Jack McDevitt creëert sciencefictionverhalen die diep ingaan op wetenschappelijke ontdekkingen en hun impact op de mensheid. Zijn verhalen, vaak gesitueerd tegen uitgestrekte kosmische achtergronden, behandelen thema's als exploratie, verlies en de essentie van het menselijk bestaan. McDevitts kenmerkende stijl wordt gekenmerkt door een bedachtzaam tempo en een gevoel van verwondering, waardoor lezers worden ondergedompeld in ingewikkelde interstellaire mysteries. Zijn aanpak combineert meesterlijk wetenschappelijke nauwkeurigheid met emotionele resonantie, wat resulteert in boeiende lectuur voor veeleisende sciencefictionliefhebbers.
It's 2225. Mankind has reached the outskirts of the universe, and found traces of a civilization on the Maleiva III, known as Deepsix. Archaeologists land to record and salvage civilization and the team is stranded there with no way of escape.
A nominee for the 2015 Nebula Award, COMING HOME is a brilliant novel of interstellar travel, with an 8,000-year-old mystery finally to be resolved
'A writer who is a storyteller first and a science fiction writer second. In his ability to absolutely rivet the reader, it seems to me that he is the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke' Stephen King The universe has been explored - and humanity has all but given up on finding other intelligent life. Then an alien satellite orbiting a distant star sends out an unreadable signal. Is it the final programmed gasp of an ancient, long-dead race? Or the first greeting of an undiscovered life form?
A magazine of speculative fiction. Edited by Mike Resnick. Stories by Robert J. Sawyer, Kij Johnson, Nick DiChario, Lou J. Berger Jack McDevitt, Alex Shvartsman, Stephen Leigh, Robert T. Jeschonek and James Patrick Kelly. Columns by Barry Malzberg and Horace Cocroft. Book Reviews by Paul Cook.
A Nebula Award finalist for Best Novel from the multi-award winning SF master Jack McDevitt. Sixth in the acclaimed Alex Benedict series. 'No one writing today is better than McDevitt at combining galaxy-spanning adventure with the genuine novel of ideas' Washington Post Book World
A thrilling space rescue mission unfolds as Alex Benedict, a renowned character from the Nebula Award-winning author, embarks on an adventure filled with excitement and challenges. With a blend of humor and suspense, the narrative promises to engage readers as Benedict navigates the complexities of interstellar travel and the stakes of saving lives. This captivating tale combines elements of science fiction with a lighthearted tone, making it an entertaining read for fans of the genre.
The fourth novel in the acclaimed Alex Benedict series from the multi-award winning SF master Jack McDevitt. 'No one writing today is better than McDevitt at combining galaxy-spanning adventure with the genuine novel of ideas' Washington Post Book World
From Nebula Award–winning author Jack McDevitt comes the eighth installment of the Alex Benedict series featuring Gabe triumphantly reuniting with Alex and Chase to retrieve a possible alien artifact—which may lead them to solve the greatest archaeological mystery of their careers. After being lost in space for eleven years, Gabe has returned, and is trying to find a new life for himself after being presumed dead—just as Alex and Chase are relearning how to live and work with him. But when a seemingly alien artifact goes missing from Gabe’s old collection, a mystery is uncovered concerning its origins and it grants everyone an opportunity to dive into solving it as a team, once again. When a lead on the artifact is tied to a dead pilot’s sole unrecorded trip, another clue leads to one of the greatest mysteries of the age: the infamous disappearance of a team of scientists aboard a space station orbiting a black hole—the Amelia Earhart of their time. With any luck, Alex, Chase, and Gabe may be on the trail of the greatest archaeological discovery of their careers. Nebula Award winner Jack McDevitt, who Stephen King has called “the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke,” has created another terrific science fiction mystery in his beloved Alex Benedict series.
Interstellar pilot Priscilla 'Hutch' Hutchins has seen a lot of action. But now, multi award-winning science-fiction master Jack McDevitt gives us the thrilling, edge-of-your-seat tale of how it all began ...Hutch has finally realised her dream: she's completed a nerve-bending qualification flight for a pilot's licence. Her timing is far from optimal, however. Faster-than-light travel has only recently become a reality and the World Space Authority is still learning how to manage long-range missions safely. To make matters worse, efforts to prepare two planets for colonization are killing off native life forms, outraging people on Earth. So interstellar pilots are not exactly in demand. Although Hutch fears her career may be over before it has begun, her ambition won't be denied and soon she is on the bridge of an interstellar ship, working for the corporation that is responsible for the terraforming. Her working conditions include bomb threats, sabotage, clashes with her employers ...and a mission to a world adrift between the stars which harbours a life form unlike anything humanity has ever seen. Ultimately, she will be part of a life and death struggle which will test not just her capabilities, but also her character.
From Nebula Award winner Jack McDevitt comes the eighth installment in the popular The Academy series—Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins discovers an interstellar message from a highly advanced race that could be her last chance for a mission before the program is shut down for good. Hutch has been the Academy’s best pilot for decades. She’s had numerous first contact encounters and even became a minor celebrity. But world politics have shifted from exploration to a growing fear that the program will run into an extraterrestrial race more advanced than humanity and war. Despite taking part in the recent scientific breakthrough that rejuvenates the human body and expands one’s lifespan, Hutch finds herself as a famous interstellar pilot with little to do, until a message from an alien race arrives. The message is a piece of music from an unexplored area. Despite the fact that this alien race could pose a great danger and that this message could have taken several thousand years to travel, the program prepares the last interstellar ship for the journey. As the paranoia grows, Hutch and her crew make an early escape—but what they find at the other end of the galaxy is completely unexpected.