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Mur Lafferty

    25 juli 1973

    Mur Lafferty creëert verhalen die zich verdiepen in de complexiteit van de menselijke psychologie en maatschappelijke structuren. Door haar verhalen verkent ze de grenzen van wetenschap, ethiek en identiteit, waarbij ze lezers dwingt complexe dilemma's te overwegen. Haar schrijfstijl kenmerkt zich door precieze taal en een talent voor het creëren van meeslepende werelden die resoneren met universele menselijke ervaringen. Lafferty levert werken die zowel boeiend als tot nadenken stemmend zijn.

    Mur Lafferty
    Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition
    The Best of R. A. Lafferty
    The Shambling Guide to New York City
    Ghost Train to New Orleans
    R. A. Lafferty: Three Great Novels
    Minecraft: The Lost Journals
    • Station Eternity

      • 464bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove her to live on an alien space station, but her problems still follow her in this witty, self-aware novel that puts a speculative spin on murder mysteries, from the Hugo-nominated author of Six Wakes. From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban landscapes, Mallory Viridian is constantly embroiled in murder cases that only she has the insight to solve. But outside of a classic mystery novel, being surrounded by death doesn’t make you a charming amateur detective, it makes you a suspect and a social pariah. So when Mallory gets the opportunity to take refuge on a sentient space station, she thinks she has the solution. Surely the murders will stop if her only company is alien beings. At first her new existence is peacefully quiet…and markedly devoid of homicide. But when the station agrees to allow additional human guests, Mallory knows the break from her peculiar reality is over. After the first Earth shuttle arrives, and aliens and humans alike begin to die, the station is thrown into peril. Stuck smack-dab in the middle of an extraterrestrial whodunit, and wondering how in the world this keeps happening to her anyway, Mallory has to solve the crime—and fast—or the list of victims could grow to include everyone on board….

      Station Eternity2022
      3,7
    • Edited and collated by Jonathan Strahan, with a volume introduction by Neil Gaiman, THE BEST OF R.A. LAFFERTY is the authoritative collection of short fiction by R.A. Lafferty.

      The Best of R. A. Lafferty2019
      3,8
    • Mur Lafferty has given us the best adaptation of a Star Wars film yet.-Star Wars News Net If you liked the movie but were left wanting more, this novel has exactly what you need.-CNET A fun adventure tale within the larger Star Wars franchise that goes beyond the run-of-the-mill novelization treatment to explore a new bit of the world that we haven't yet seen.-The Verge

      Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition2018
      3,8
    • Six Wakes

      • 391bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel 2018Nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel 2018 In this Hugo nominated science fiction thriller by Mur Lafferty, a crew of clones awakens aboard a space ship to find they're being hunted-and any one of them could be the killer. Maria Arena awakens in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood. She has no memory of how she died. This is new; before, when she had awakened as a new clone, her first memory was of how she died. Maria's vat is one of seven, each one holding the clone of a crew member of the starship Dormire, each clone waiting for its previous incarnation to die so it can awaken. And Maria isn't the only one to die recently... Unlock the bold new science fiction thriller that Corey Doctorow calls Mur's "breakout book".

      Six Wakes2017
      3,8
    • Ghost Train to New Orleans

      • 352bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Witty urban fantasy from fan favourite Mur Lafferty, about a travel writer who agrees to write a guide to New Orleans - for the undead

      Ghost Train to New Orleans2014
      3,8
    • Don't Read This Book

      13 Forbidden Tales from the Mad City

      • 200bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      Down a lonely alleyway, under a starless sky, lies a city that never was, yet is: the Mad City, where nightmares walk the streets, and a good night's sleep can get you killed. Here, then, is a book from that place.Within these recovered pages are the tales of the Awake, insomniacs who've walked those perilous streets, bringing a bit of the power of dream with them to fight back the night - always at a terrible cost. For many, it will not end well. For a few, they might just become heroes - or at least find their way back home. For you, a choice. Turn away. Don't read this book. And maybe you'll continue to rest easy. Or open the cover and enter a world unlike any you've ever dared to imagine! Don't Read This Book introduces 13 forbidden tales from the Mad City and the world of the Don't Rest Your Head RPG.

      Don't Read This Book2013
      3,7
    • The Shambling Guide to New York City

      • 342bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      Witty urban fantasy from 2013 John W. Campbell Award-winner and fan favourite Mur Lafferty, about a travel writer who finds she's agreed to write a guide to New York - for the undead.

      The Shambling Guide to New York City2013
      3,8