This sounds like Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt. Have your patron check the
description on Amazon.
On 8 May 2003 at 14:38, Scott Clark wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've exhausted all my normal means of identifying a specific work that
> one of my library patrons is looking for, and I'm hoping someone on
> the list will recognize this novel.
>
> The patron described it as follows: He read it about five years ago
> (he believes he read a paperback copy) and thinks it was probably
> published within the past 10 years. It was written by a male author.
>
> The plot involved space travel. An ancient building is located in
> either North Dakota or Minnesota and has to be excavated -- a farmer
> finds a gigantic boulder in his field that is involved in the
> excavation process somehow. Also involved in the plot is an ancient
> lake bed and a sailboat found nearby. Within the ancient building are
> discovered a series of portals -- each of which ultimately leads to
> another world or another dimension. Each of those has to be tested to
> see if humans can survive there.
>
> That's it. Good luck, and thanks in advance!
>
> Scott Clark
> Reference Department -- (supposedly the SF guru!)
> Lincoln City Libraries
> Lincoln, Nebraska
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