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I am looking for a paperback novel I read in the mid 1980s. The cover had astronauts looking at a frozen monolith on Pluto.



The story takes place in the future where mankind has learned to live for centuries at a time, but can only remember the last few years.



There is an expedition to Pluto, and everybody thinks it is the first time humanity has been out that far. When they get to Pluto they find evidence that humans had already been there many years before. The main plot of the book revolves around this.



There is a possibility that I mis-remembered and instead of Pluto it is a moon of Jupiter or something similar.










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  • Mmmmh... The Demons at Rainbow Bridge (1989) (which I remember from this question) has a matching cover and an expedition to a remote planet where supposedly non-existing demons turn out to have existed, but that's where the matches end. Too thin for a partial answer, but just in case you misremembered or it jogs new memories, I'm leaving that as a comment :)

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  • @Jenayah That is not the book, but thank you for the comment!

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I am looking for a paperback novel I read in the mid 1980s. The cover had astronauts looking at a frozen monolith on Pluto.



The story takes place in the future where mankind has learned to live for centuries at a time, but can only remember the last few years.



There is an expedition to Pluto, and everybody thinks it is the first time humanity has been out that far. When they get to Pluto they find evidence that humans had already been there many years before. The main plot of the book revolves around this.



There is a possibility that I mis-remembered and instead of Pluto it is a moon of Jupiter or something similar.










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  • Mmmmh... The Demons at Rainbow Bridge (1989) (which I remember from this question) has a matching cover and an expedition to a remote planet where supposedly non-existing demons turn out to have existed, but that's where the matches end. Too thin for a partial answer, but just in case you misremembered or it jogs new memories, I'm leaving that as a comment :)

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    7 hours ago











  • @Jenayah That is not the book, but thank you for the comment!

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I am looking for a paperback novel I read in the mid 1980s. The cover had astronauts looking at a frozen monolith on Pluto.



The story takes place in the future where mankind has learned to live for centuries at a time, but can only remember the last few years.



There is an expedition to Pluto, and everybody thinks it is the first time humanity has been out that far. When they get to Pluto they find evidence that humans had already been there many years before. The main plot of the book revolves around this.



There is a possibility that I mis-remembered and instead of Pluto it is a moon of Jupiter or something similar.










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I am looking for a paperback novel I read in the mid 1980s. The cover had astronauts looking at a frozen monolith on Pluto.



The story takes place in the future where mankind has learned to live for centuries at a time, but can only remember the last few years.



There is an expedition to Pluto, and everybody thinks it is the first time humanity has been out that far. When they get to Pluto they find evidence that humans had already been there many years before. The main plot of the book revolves around this.



There is a possibility that I mis-remembered and instead of Pluto it is a moon of Jupiter or something similar.







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  • Mmmmh... The Demons at Rainbow Bridge (1989) (which I remember from this question) has a matching cover and an expedition to a remote planet where supposedly non-existing demons turn out to have existed, but that's where the matches end. Too thin for a partial answer, but just in case you misremembered or it jogs new memories, I'm leaving that as a comment :)

    – Jenayah
    7 hours ago











  • @Jenayah That is not the book, but thank you for the comment!

    – evildemonic
    7 hours ago

















  • Mmmmh... The Demons at Rainbow Bridge (1989) (which I remember from this question) has a matching cover and an expedition to a remote planet where supposedly non-existing demons turn out to have existed, but that's where the matches end. Too thin for a partial answer, but just in case you misremembered or it jogs new memories, I'm leaving that as a comment :)

    – Jenayah
    7 hours ago











  • @Jenayah That is not the book, but thank you for the comment!

    – evildemonic
    7 hours ago
















Mmmmh... The Demons at Rainbow Bridge (1989) (which I remember from this question) has a matching cover and an expedition to a remote planet where supposedly non-existing demons turn out to have existed, but that's where the matches end. Too thin for a partial answer, but just in case you misremembered or it jogs new memories, I'm leaving that as a comment :)

– Jenayah
7 hours ago





Mmmmh... The Demons at Rainbow Bridge (1989) (which I remember from this question) has a matching cover and an expedition to a remote planet where supposedly non-existing demons turn out to have existed, but that's where the matches end. Too thin for a partial answer, but just in case you misremembered or it jogs new memories, I'm leaving that as a comment :)

– Jenayah
7 hours ago













@Jenayah That is not the book, but thank you for the comment!

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@Jenayah That is not the book, but thank you for the comment!

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Icehenge (1984), by Kim Stanley Robinson



The description on Goodreads mentions ice blocks on Pluto and the extended human lifespans and lost memories:




On the North Pole of Pluto there stands an enigma: a huge circle of standing blocks of ice, built on the pattern of Earth's Stonehenge--but ten times the size, standing alone at the farthest reaches of the Solar System. What is it? Who came there to build it?



The secret lies, perhaps, in the chaotic decades of the Martian Revolution, in the lost memories of those who have lived for centuries.




This Ace Books paperback cover (left) shows spacesuited figures in the lower right corner, tiny in comparison to the ice monoliths. Other versions (eg, right) of the cover show similar depictions of this scene:



Cover of Icehenge by Kim Stanley RobinsonAnother cover of Icehenge by Kim Stanley Robinson



You can borrow Icehenge as an e-book from the Open Library of the Internet Archive.




Although the original poster has confirmed that Icehenge (set on Pluto) is the answer, the question includes this suggestion:




There is a possibility that I mis-remembered and instead of Pluto it is a moon of Jupiter or something similar.




This detail might come from a recollection of The Engines of God (1995), by Jack McDevitt. The cover shows a similar scene: a tiny spacesuited human next to a giant ice sculpture on Iapetus, a moon of Saturn:



Cover of The Engines of God by Jack Mcdevitt






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    @evildemonic — I haven't read this book yet, but I've always liked the cover art, and the description you gave brought it (along with the title and author) to mind right away.

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Icehenge (1984), by Kim Stanley Robinson



The description on Goodreads mentions ice blocks on Pluto and the extended human lifespans and lost memories:




On the North Pole of Pluto there stands an enigma: a huge circle of standing blocks of ice, built on the pattern of Earth's Stonehenge--but ten times the size, standing alone at the farthest reaches of the Solar System. What is it? Who came there to build it?



The secret lies, perhaps, in the chaotic decades of the Martian Revolution, in the lost memories of those who have lived for centuries.




This Ace Books paperback cover (left) shows spacesuited figures in the lower right corner, tiny in comparison to the ice monoliths. Other versions (eg, right) of the cover show similar depictions of this scene:



Cover of Icehenge by Kim Stanley RobinsonAnother cover of Icehenge by Kim Stanley Robinson



You can borrow Icehenge as an e-book from the Open Library of the Internet Archive.




Although the original poster has confirmed that Icehenge (set on Pluto) is the answer, the question includes this suggestion:




There is a possibility that I mis-remembered and instead of Pluto it is a moon of Jupiter or something similar.




This detail might come from a recollection of The Engines of God (1995), by Jack McDevitt. The cover shows a similar scene: a tiny spacesuited human next to a giant ice sculpture on Iapetus, a moon of Saturn:



Cover of The Engines of God by Jack Mcdevitt






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    – Gaultheria
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Icehenge (1984), by Kim Stanley Robinson



The description on Goodreads mentions ice blocks on Pluto and the extended human lifespans and lost memories:




On the North Pole of Pluto there stands an enigma: a huge circle of standing blocks of ice, built on the pattern of Earth's Stonehenge--but ten times the size, standing alone at the farthest reaches of the Solar System. What is it? Who came there to build it?



The secret lies, perhaps, in the chaotic decades of the Martian Revolution, in the lost memories of those who have lived for centuries.




This Ace Books paperback cover (left) shows spacesuited figures in the lower right corner, tiny in comparison to the ice monoliths. Other versions (eg, right) of the cover show similar depictions of this scene:



Cover of Icehenge by Kim Stanley RobinsonAnother cover of Icehenge by Kim Stanley Robinson



You can borrow Icehenge as an e-book from the Open Library of the Internet Archive.




Although the original poster has confirmed that Icehenge (set on Pluto) is the answer, the question includes this suggestion:




There is a possibility that I mis-remembered and instead of Pluto it is a moon of Jupiter or something similar.




This detail might come from a recollection of The Engines of God (1995), by Jack McDevitt. The cover shows a similar scene: a tiny spacesuited human next to a giant ice sculpture on Iapetus, a moon of Saturn:



Cover of The Engines of God by Jack Mcdevitt






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    This is the book! Were you already familiar with this book? If not, can you tell me the search terms you used to find it? Thank you!

    – evildemonic
    7 hours ago






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    @evildemonic — I haven't read this book yet, but I've always liked the cover art, and the description you gave brought it (along with the title and author) to mind right away.

    – Gaultheria
    7 hours ago













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Icehenge (1984), by Kim Stanley Robinson



The description on Goodreads mentions ice blocks on Pluto and the extended human lifespans and lost memories:




On the North Pole of Pluto there stands an enigma: a huge circle of standing blocks of ice, built on the pattern of Earth's Stonehenge--but ten times the size, standing alone at the farthest reaches of the Solar System. What is it? Who came there to build it?



The secret lies, perhaps, in the chaotic decades of the Martian Revolution, in the lost memories of those who have lived for centuries.




This Ace Books paperback cover (left) shows spacesuited figures in the lower right corner, tiny in comparison to the ice monoliths. Other versions (eg, right) of the cover show similar depictions of this scene:



Cover of Icehenge by Kim Stanley RobinsonAnother cover of Icehenge by Kim Stanley Robinson



You can borrow Icehenge as an e-book from the Open Library of the Internet Archive.




Although the original poster has confirmed that Icehenge (set on Pluto) is the answer, the question includes this suggestion:




There is a possibility that I mis-remembered and instead of Pluto it is a moon of Jupiter or something similar.




This detail might come from a recollection of The Engines of God (1995), by Jack McDevitt. The cover shows a similar scene: a tiny spacesuited human next to a giant ice sculpture on Iapetus, a moon of Saturn:



Cover of The Engines of God by Jack Mcdevitt






share|improve this answer
















Icehenge (1984), by Kim Stanley Robinson



The description on Goodreads mentions ice blocks on Pluto and the extended human lifespans and lost memories:




On the North Pole of Pluto there stands an enigma: a huge circle of standing blocks of ice, built on the pattern of Earth's Stonehenge--but ten times the size, standing alone at the farthest reaches of the Solar System. What is it? Who came there to build it?



The secret lies, perhaps, in the chaotic decades of the Martian Revolution, in the lost memories of those who have lived for centuries.




This Ace Books paperback cover (left) shows spacesuited figures in the lower right corner, tiny in comparison to the ice monoliths. Other versions (eg, right) of the cover show similar depictions of this scene:



Cover of Icehenge by Kim Stanley RobinsonAnother cover of Icehenge by Kim Stanley Robinson



You can borrow Icehenge as an e-book from the Open Library of the Internet Archive.




Although the original poster has confirmed that Icehenge (set on Pluto) is the answer, the question includes this suggestion:




There is a possibility that I mis-remembered and instead of Pluto it is a moon of Jupiter or something similar.




This detail might come from a recollection of The Engines of God (1995), by Jack McDevitt. The cover shows a similar scene: a tiny spacesuited human next to a giant ice sculpture on Iapetus, a moon of Saturn:



Cover of The Engines of God by Jack Mcdevitt







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