Vier romans in één band 1. Ruimteodyssee (Galactic odyssey, 1967) 2. Dinosaurusstrand (Dinosaur Beach, 1971) 3. De komst van de Chaos (Assignment in nowhere, 1968) 4. Invasie uit de dimensies (The other side of time, 1965)
The Barnes & Noble Review presents Vernor Vinge's Hugo Award-nominated sequel to his 1984 classic, blending murder mystery with hard science fiction. Set 50 million years in the future, the remnants of human civilization face extinction and internal conflict. Central to the plot are bobbles—impenetrable force fields that isolate areas from the universe. After the events of The Peace War, small groups of humans have survived by entering stasis for centuries. With fewer than 300 humans remaining and essential technology failing, a long-term survival strategy is crucial. However, the survivors are deeply divided. The murder of key planner Marta Korolev, who is killed while others are in stasis, prompts a former police officer to uncover the murderer before humanity faces total annihilation. Readers familiar with Vinge's later works, such as A Fire upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky, may be surprised to find that many consider this 1986 sequel to be his finest. This compelling and visually stunning masterwork is essential for any science fiction enthusiast.
Uit een groot aantal van Silverbergs eigen bundelingen van zijn betere werk heeft Meulenhoff 13 van de sprekendste verhalen geselecteerd. Wat aan de afzonderlijke verhalen al te zien was, blijkt uit deze dubbel geraffineerde keuze nu zulke verhalen schrijft alleen Robert Silverberg.
From Book 1: The Peace War is quintessential hard-science adventure. The Peace Authority conquered the world with a weapon that never should have been a weapon--the "bobble," a spherical force-field impenetrable by any force known to mankind. Encasing governmental installations and military bases in bobbles, the Authority becomes virtually omnipotent. But they've never caught Paul Hoehler, the maverick who invented the technology, and who has been working quietly for decades to develop a way to defeat the Authority. With the help of an underground network of determined, independent scientists and a teenager who may be the apprentice genius he's needed for so long, he will shake the world, in the fast-paced hard-science thriller that garnered Vinge the first of his four Hugo nominations for best novel. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Contents: And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side (1972) The Snows Are Melted, the Snows Are Gone (1969) The Peacefulness of Vivyan (1971) Mamma Come Home (1968) Help (1968) Painwise (1972) Faithful to Thee, Terra, in Our Fashion (1969) The Man Doors Said Hello To (1970) The Man Who Walked Home (1972) Forever to a Hudson Bay Blanket (1972) I'll Be Waiting for You When the Swimming Pool Is Empty (1971) I'm Too Big but I Love to Play (1970) Birth of a Salesman (1968) Mother in the Sky with Diamonds (1971) Beam Us Home (1969)