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Deze serie onderzoekt de grenzen van de realiteit en de menselijke psyche via een ongewone patiënt die beweert van een andere planeet te komen. Zijn verblijf in een psychiatrische inrichting onthult diepe waarheden over de mensheid, onze waarden en onze plaats in het universum. De verhalen dwingen de lezer om de eigen perceptie van normaliteit in twijfel te trekken en te onderzoeken wat het betekent om echt mens te zijn, terwijl het mysterie van zijn identiteit geleidelijk wordt onthuld.

K-PAX
K-Pax II. On a Beam of Light
Protovy světy
K-Pax V
K-Pax IV

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  1. 1

    K-PAX

    The Trilogy

    4,1(2546)Tarief

    When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into the Manhattan Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. However, this patient is unlike anyone psychiatrist Dr. Gene Brewer has met before. Clever, inscrutable and utterly charismatic, Robert Porter calls himself 'prot' and has no traceable background - but he claims that he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX, a perfect world without wars, government or religion, and where every being co-exists in harmony. It's not long before the other patients are hanging on prot's every word. And even Dr Brewer starts to find himself convinced...This omnibus edition contains all three of the K-PAX novels, plus a bonus story, prot's report, and is as witty, quirky and enlightening as we have come to expect of Brewer's wonderful characters.

    K-PAX
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    K-Pax II. On a Beam of Light

    • 272bladzijden
    • 10 uur lezen
    3,8(163)Tarief

    Prot returns to Earth with a plan to take some beings back home. For Dr. Brewer and his patients eager to win his favor, it's a race against time, as this visit will be his last.

    K-Pax II. On a Beam of Light
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    Protovy světy

    • 272bladzijden
    • 10 uur lezen
    4,0(64)Tarief

    Prot je zpět… a tentokrát naposledy. Tvrdí, že přiletěl z planety K-PAX, kde žijí všechny bytosti v harmonii – nezabíjí se pro potravu, neválčí, nevedou spory. A teď se ocitl na Zemi a má o ní podat zprávu. Už tady několikrát byl – a v příbězích Svět podle prota a Na světelném paprsku dokázal mnoha lidem navždy změnit jejich životy. Sice ho zavřeli do Manhattanského psychiatrického ústavu, ale to ho nezastaví. Když je tu však prot, pacient Robert upadá znovu do katatonie. A doktor Brewer, Robertův a protův psychiatr, má opět omezený čas na to, aby odhalil protova tajemství a vrátil Roberta zpět do života. To ale bude muset prot odletět – a s ním vybraná stovka lidských bytostí, která chce žít na dokonalé planetě K-Pax. Protovy světy uzavírají příběh o nevšedním bláznu v našem dosti krvelačném světě. Na konci knihy se čtenář dočká i protovy svérázné, ironické a upřímné zprávy o Zemi.

    Protovy světy
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    K-Pax IV

    A New Visitor from the Constellation Lyra

    • 168bladzijden
    • 6 uur lezen
    3,3(116)Tarief

    A New visitor arrives from K-PAX. Fled is outspoken, belligerent, very promiscuous, and resembles more than anything else a large chimpanzee. When she returns she will be taking 100,000 people with her. Dr. B agrees to "host" the visitor at the Manhattan Psychiatric Institute hoping she will be able to do something for the hospital's difficult mental patients. Fled soon becomes pregnant, and the father could be anyone-a chimpanzee, a gorilla, or a human, possibly even one of the patient. As the departure date draws near, the reader will find himself gripped by the questions of who will be going wither and will the CIA be able to prevent her from "kidnapping" any American citizens.

    K-Pax IV
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    K-Pax V

    The Coming of the Bullocks

    • 190bladzijden
    • 7 uur lezen
    3,7(7)Tarief

    "In this final book of the K-PAX series, Dr. Gene Brewer is approached by visitors from the planet Bullock, who demand that he deliver an ultimatum to the United Nations: Homo sapiens must end the killing of other humans as well as all other animal species living on Earth. Failure to meet this demand will result in the immediate extinction of the human race. Dr. B is amazed to discover that U.S. Government officials, including the President, have been expecting such visitors (who, though not corporeal, behave like a colony of ants), and are fully prepared to acquiesce to these demands. The problem is that the rest of the world must be convinced that the Bullocks are capable of, and willing to, eliminate human beings from the face of the Earth. Sometimes funny, always sympathetic, Dr. Brewer has a number of encounters with the Bullocks, in which he experiences undreamed of travels around the galaxy, and to his own past and beyond. For their part, the aliens willingly demonstrate their ability to remove Homo sapiens from this world. Will the clues found on the mysterious cone-shaped device be deciphered in time to save mankind from extinction? The surprise ending will captivate and reward K-PAX fans everywhere."

    K-Pax V