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De Schervenlanden Reeks

Deze saga speelt zich af in de verre toekomst, waar de mensheid uitgestrekte delen van de galaxy heeft gekoloniseerd. Na de ineenstorting van grote rijken en langdurige conflicten stuit de mensheid op hun eerste buitenaardse beschaving tijdens hun reis naar het kosmische onbekende. Wanneer een mysterieuze sonde met een onbekend wezen aan boord wordt ontdekt, begint een race tegen de klok. Kunnen zijn bedoelingen worden ontcijferd en contact worden gelegd voordat het te laat is?

The Gripping Hand
The Mote in God's Eye

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  1. The Mote in God's Eye

    • 560bladzijden
    • 20 uur lezen

    In the year 3016, the Second Empire of Man spans hundreds of star systems, thanks to the faster-than-light Alderson Drive. No other intelligent beings have ever been encountered, not until a light sail probe enters a human system carrying a dead alien. The probe is traced to the Mote, an isolated star in a thick dust cloud, and an expedition is dispatched. In the Mote the humans find an ancient civilization--at least one million years old--that has always been bottled up in their cloistered solar system for lack of a star drive. The Moties are welcoming and kind, yet rather evasive about certain aspects of their society. It seems the Moties have a dark problem, one they've been unable to solve in over a million years

    The Mote in God's Eye1
    4,0

  2. The Gripping Hand

    The Long-Awaited Sequel to The Mote in God's Eye

    • 413bladzijden
    • 15 uur lezen

    For the safety of mankind, the aliens called Moties have been quarantined for 25 years (see THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE) and are now poised to break out of their solar system and spread rapidly into humanity's space. Kevin Renner, Horace Bury, Rod Blaine and other characters introduced in THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE must now find new ways to cope with the inevitable Motie expansion while trying to protect humanity. Sequel to the novel Robert A. Heinlein called "Possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read."

    The Gripping Hand2
    3,7