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Chargement... Murasaki (1992)par Martin Harry Greenberg (Directeur de publication), Robert Silverberg (Directeur de publication)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I can't give a higher rating because: 1) the first story contained fatphobia; 2) most of the stories commented on nearly all main female characters' sexual or physical appearance without also doing so for the male characters (except for the fat character in the first story); and 3) the first 5.5 stories were tedious to get through for me. Those 5.5 stories focused on the exploration of the alien planet, which was definitely interesting, but as a reader I tend to prefer more character-driven stories. HOWEVER, by the end everything came together epically. It was like reading a mystery you didn't know was a mystery until the big reveal. All the tedious pieces from the previous stories culminated in a finale I couldn't put down until I had finished, and with masterfully constructed writing that came full circle, mirroring the full-circle events on the planets themselves. I'm so glad I stuck with the book because the end really did pay off. ( ) The arrival of human colonists in the Murasaki system to explore and settle the twin worlds of Genji and Chujo forms the background for this shared-world anthology. The six stories by Nebula award-winning authors Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, David Brin, Nancy Kress, and Frederik Pohl focus on the effects of human intervention on an alien ecosystem. A pair of essays by Anderson and Pohl provide background information and offer a rare glimpse of the planning stages of this experiment in sf world building. All in all, this satisfying blend of hard sf and expert storytelling should be considered by libraries with large sf collections. Murasaki : The Treasures of Chujo - Frederik Pohl Murasaki : Genji - David Brin Murasaki : Language - Poul Anderson Murasaki : World Vast World Various - Gregory Benford Murasaki : A Plague of Conscience - Greg Bear Murasaki : Birthing Pool - Nancy Kress aucune critique | ajouter une critique
In a major science fiction event, Nebula Award winners Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, David Brin, Nancy Kress, and Frederik Pohl join forces--under the editorship of Robert Silverberg--to create a triumph of world-building: Murasaki, a science fiction novel in six parts. Murasaki is completely based in hard science and what we know of the Murasaki star system--which actually exists. Authors Poul Anderson and Frederik Pohl painstakingly constructed the working.
Mechanics of a real star system, projecting the atmosphere, geology, chemistry, flora, and fauna of the two planets on which the work is set. They and four more of America's best science fiction authors--known for their "hard" speculative fiction--used Pohl and Anderson's essays (included as appendixes to this book) as source material to create this amazing story of the earliest human explorations of the twenty-third century--an epic tale of discovery, conflict, and.
Resolution told by the masters of imaginative writing. Murasaki, star HD 36395 ... where the gristmill of Darwinism produced two vastly different alien ecologies on two closely revolving planets, circling each other since scouring lightning storms stirred them to life billions of years ago. The two planets are Genji, violent and reckless, filled with a variety of winged life; and Chujo, a cooling world of ancient, crumbling cities, slowly going through its glacial death.
Throes. Both planets are host to intelligences that are strange in ways Man can only guess at ... and the planets have an eerie connection that will soon come to fruition after the first human explorers arrive. Exceeding light-speed for twenty years and decelerating by plasma exhaust drive, the first ship bearing humans arrives at Murasaki. The wealth, pride, and future of nations depend upon the outcome as the first contact team sets foot on a Murasaki-system world--while.
The hope of mankind, a planet capable of supporting human life, awaits the first explorer to touch the strangely colored alien soil ... Intricately detailed, epic in scope, startling in its implications, Murasaki is destined to become a classic novel of world-building--combining rousing adventure, informed speculation, and a bold prophetic vision. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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