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Vonda N. McIntyre

    28 augustus 1948 – 1 april 2019

    Vonda N. McIntyre was een vooraanstaand Amerikaans sciencefictionauteur wiens werken diepgaande menselijke vragen verkennen binnen futuristische en dystopische settings. Haar innovatieve benadering van het genre, vaak met sterke vrouwelijke protagonisten en complexe maatschappelijke verkenningen, onderscheidde haar in het literaire landschap. McIntyre was een pionier in het onderzoeken van de impact van technologie op de menselijke samenleving en de ethische dilemma's die daaruit voortvloeien. Haar vermogen om boeiende verhalen te creëren met een rijke karakterdiepte verzekerde haar een blijvende plaats tussen vooraanstaande sciencefictionauteurs.

    Vonda N. McIntyre
    Metaphase
    The Entropy Effect
    Dreamsnake
    Little Sisters and Other Stories
    Star Trek
    Star Wars. De kristallen ster
    • Star Wars. De kristallen ster

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      Prinses Leia, Chewbacca en R2-D2 doen op hun tocht langs enkele werelden van de Nieuwe Republiek de planeet Munto Codru aan. Tot Leia’s ontzetting worden haar kinderen – Jacen, Jaina en Anakin – van de planeet ontvoerd. De machthebbers op Munto Codru doen hier aanvankelijk nogal luchtig over. Het zou gaan om een zogenaamde coup-ontvoering, een traditionele manier om aandacht te vragen voor problemen. Leia besluit de zaken echter niet af te wachten en gaat samen met R2-D2 en Chewbacca op zoek naar haar kinderen. Han Solo, niet op de hoogte van de kidnapping, is ondertussen samen met Luke Skywalker en C-3PO naar het afgelegen ruimtestation Crseih afgereisd, daartoe aangezet door een mysterieus bericht dat verband houdt met een verdwenen Jedi. Intussen is de machtige Sith Lord Hethrir bezig met het trainen van een legertje jonge kinderen met Jedi-gaven. Zijn doel is niets minder dan het laten herrijzen van het Rijk...

      Star Wars. De kristallen ster
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    • Star Trek

      The Wrath of Khan

      • 223bladzijden
      • 8 uur lezen

      Prepare Yourself For Warp-10 Excitement! The Galaxy's ultimate future is in the hands of James Kirk, Mr. Spock and the indomitable crew of the "Enterperprise. The Galaxy's ultimate weapon is in the hands of the evil Khan and his followers. A battle that will shake the universe cannot be avoided...And the ultimate adventure is about to begin!

      Star Trek
      4,2
    • Little Sisters and Other Stories

      • 224bladzijden
      • 8 uur lezen

      Selected short stories by one of the most acclaimed voices in post-war US American science fiction. This volume presents a selection of short fiction by Vonda Neel McIntyre (1948–2019), one of the most acclaimed writers of post-war US American science fiction, and the winner of multiple awards for both novels and short fiction. These stories, which span the whole of McIntyre’s career, show the broad range of her interests and her voice, taking us from bleak dystopian worlds on the verge of environmental collapse to baroque intergalactic civilizations populated by genetically modified humans, from cries for freedom to sharp-eyed satire to meditations on aging. Throughout run her distinctive themes of gender and power dynamics, human and species diversity, and a pragmatic utopianism that emphasises our mutual dependency. The stories included in the volume are: "Breaking Point," "Thanatos," "Shadows, Moving," "Elfleda," "A Story for Eilonwy," "Malheur Maar," "The Adventure of the Field Theorems," "Little Faces", "Little Sisters," and "XYY" (previously unpublished).

      Little Sisters and Other Stories
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    • Dreamsnake

      • 288bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for sick humanity, she goes wherever her skills are needed. With her she takes the three deadly reptiles through which her cures are accomplished: a cobra, a rattlesnake, and a snake called Grass – a creature with the power to induce benign dreams, to smooth the path between life and death. Rare and valuable is the dreamsnake. When Grass is wantonly slain, Snake must journey across perilous landscapes to find another to take its place…

      Dreamsnake
      4,0
    • The Entropy Effect

      • 224bladzijden
      • 8 uur lezen

      The Enterprise is summoned to transport a dangerous criminal from Starbase prison to a rehabilitation center: brilliant physicist Dr. Georges Mordeauxs, accused of promising to send people back in time -- then killing them instead. But there's more at stake than just a few lives. For Mordeaux's experiments have somehow throw the entire universe into a deadly time warp. All of existence is closing in on itself -- and only Spock can stop The Entropy Effect!

      The Entropy Effect
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    • Metaphase

      • 353bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      As J.D. Sauvage and his crew initiate the first human contact with the reclusive alien squidmoth, exploring the fibrous tunnels of the small planetoid that houses the alien, an awesome secret awaits them inside

      Metaphase
      3,8
    • Transition

      • 290bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      The second novel in the Starfarers series continues the adventures of the crew of the Starfarer spacecraft as they search for alien civilizations while coping with a hidden saboteur. Reissue. LJ.

      Transition
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    • Barbary

      • 183bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      Orphaned Barbary finds a new home on a space station but runs into difficulties trying to protect her pet cat Mickey

      Barbary
      3,5
    • The Exile Waiting

      • 235bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      The time is the distant future. Earth has been rendered uninhabitable for much of the year by terrible storms during which its only city, Center, constructed around a natural cave system, is sealed from the outside. Mischa, a young thief whose capabilities are enhanced by hereditary mutation, is trying to escape with her drug-addicted brother from the dominance of her uncle. So when a starship arrives commanded by the twin alien pseudosibs Subone and Subtwo, Mischa seizes her chance. She is soon assigned for training to Jan Hiraku, who quickly realises that Mischa has immense abilities. All goes well until Subone, in a moment of cruelty, lures Mischa's brother into a fight and then kills him. Mischa attacks Subone and both she and Jan have to flee the wrath of the brothers and take refuge in the deep caves underneath the city.

      The Exile Waiting
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    • The King's Daughter

      • 448bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      A sumptuous historical fantasy romance set in the court of the Sun King: now a major motion picture starring Pierce Brosnan as King Louis XIV and Fan Bingbing as the Mermaid.

      The King's Daughter
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