James P. Hogan (1) (1941–2010)
Auteur de Inherit the Stars
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent James P. Hogan, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
James P. Hogan was born in London on June 27, 1941. He left school at the age of sixteen and eventually began an intensive, broad-based five-year program at the Royal Aircraft Establishment covering the practical and theoretical sides of electrical, electronic, and mechanical engineering. He worked afficher plus as a design engineer for several companies before moving to sales. He started writing science fiction books in the 1970s and became a full-time writer in 1979. He wrote 30 fiction and non-fiction books during his lifetime including Inherit the Stars, Voyage from Yesteryear, and Kicking the Sacred Cow. He won three Seiun-sho awards, which were voted for by Japanese science fiction fans. He died suddenly on July 12, 2010 at the age of 69. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Szymon Sokól (Worldcon 2005, Glasgow)
Séries
Œuvres de James P. Hogan
The Giants Novels (Inherit the Stars, The Gentle Giants of Ganymede, and Giants' Star) (1991) — Auteur — 419 exemplaires
Kicking the Sacred Cow: Questioning the Unquestionable and Thinking the Impermissible (2004) 88 exemplaires
Assassin 4 exemplaires
Madam Butterfly 3 exemplaires
Neander-Tale 2 exemplaires
The Absolutely Foolproof Alibi 2 exemplaires
Jailhouse Rock 2 exemplaires
Minerva 1 exemplaire
Sword of Damocles 1 exemplaire
Leapfrog {short story} 1 exemplaire
Last Ditch 1 exemplaire
Power Dive 1 exemplaire
Take Two 1 exemplaire
Murphy's War 1 exemplaire
Escape 1 exemplaire
Fortune Cookie 1 exemplaire
Thrice Upon a Time & The Mirror Maze & Code of the Lifemaker Voyage from Yesteryear & The Gentle Giants of G 1 exemplaire
The Tree of Dreams 1 exemplaire
The Colonizing of Tharle 1 exemplaire
Silver Shoes for a Princess 1 exemplaire
Inside Story 1 exemplaire
Till Death Us Do Part 1 exemplaire
Down to Earth 1 exemplaire
The Pacifist 1 exemplaire
Merry Gravmas 1 exemplaire
Generation Gap 1 exemplaire
Rules Within Rules 1 exemplaire
Code of the Lifemaker: Prologue [SS] 1 exemplaire
Convolution 1 exemplaire
The Guardians 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
What Might Have Been, Volumes 1 & 2: Alternate Empires, Alternate Heroes (1989) — Contributeur — 183 exemplaires
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1980, Vol. 59, No. 6 (1980) — Auteur — 13 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Hogan, James Patrick
- Date de naissance
- 1941-06-27
- Date de décès
- 2010-07-12
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Dromahaire, Ireland
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK (birthplace)
Orlando, Florida, USA
Ireland - Études
- Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, England
- Professions
- science fiction writer
design engineer
sales engineer - Agent
- Spectrum Literary Agency
Eleanor Wood
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Critiques
Inherit the Stars par James P. Hogan
I thought this was boring for most of the book but it was also a good book. It was a straight up scientific science fiction with no confusion with added romance, or dramatic adventure. It took a bit to figure out what the philosophical bent was but once I did I appreciated what the author had done with the narrative. This is not an emotional or relational book at all but one that focuses on a mystery and the desire to solve it.
This book could have one of the highest drops from beginning to end in my sci-fi reading experience. It is a regular occurrence for a book, especially sci-fi, to have an interesting setup and then the playout and payoff level off or even stumble at the end.
This book has some of the coolest 'hard sci-fi' setup you can find in the first part. And he keeps expanding on it as things develop. But then, you kind of expect more to happen and instead it keeps ambling along. And then by the end, there is some action, but it's pretty tame, and the end comes to a pretty pat conclusion (which isn't that surprising if you know anything about Hogan's libertarian beliefs), but still a pretty sizable drop from all the interesting places the story and science could have gone after the setup.… (plus d'informations)
This book has some of the coolest 'hard sci-fi' setup you can find in the first part. And he keeps expanding on it as things develop. But then, you kind of expect more to happen and instead it keeps ambling along. And then by the end, there is some action, but it's pretty tame, and the end comes to a pretty pat conclusion (which isn't that surprising if you know anything about Hogan's libertarian beliefs), but still a pretty sizable drop from all the interesting places the story and science could have gone after the setup.… (plus d'informations)
A cardboard cast of characters, most of whom you'd recognize from other Hogan books with the names changed to protect the authour, and a plot that never wanders too far from exactly what you're expecting. The one somewhat interesting idea is presented (forcefully, without any subtlety whatsoever) over and over again. Skip this one and move on.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 76
- Aussi par
- 22
- Membres
- 10,791
- Popularité
- #2,200
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 144
- ISBN
- 204
- Langues
- 11