Klik op een omslag om naar Google Boeken te gaan.
|
Bezig met laden... At the Speed of Lightdoor Simon Morden
   Bezig met laden...
 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  asalamon | Nov 1, 2021 |    Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.You get up. Then the voice keeps repeating “Get dressed”. You stagger to a door with strange markings and into a room where a spacesuit awaits. After dressing, the voice says “Prepare for reduced gravity”. And your body tries to reorient yourself to the room as your up and down shift about. Your name is Corbyn. This is a recurring dream you tell your therapist. Morden’s novel is divided into four parts with Corbyn’s conception of his place in the moral and physical universe shifting with each one as he discovers more truth and must decide how to act on it. To say more would spoil the suspense in Morden’s story. It shifts between detailed hard science adventure and vague cultural extrapolation, but the surprising combination works in what, for all practical purposes, is a tale with only Corbyn on stage but his acts potentially significant on a cosmic and human scale. A quick and engaging read. (  )1  RandyStafford | Jul 26, 2018 | Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. )1 Gkarlives | Jul 9, 2017 | Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. Ann_Louise | May 20, 2017 | Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.At the time of this story, Corbyn has been gone for a relavistically long time and assumes the human race is extinct. Until he wakes from a 10 year nap to find a the remains of a ship keeping pace with him at near-light speed. This ship is heavily damaged, except for a compartment containing a crew member. This is a smart story describing the dawn of interstellar space travel and what happens when technology advances. It was advanced tech that led to this ship coming along side of him -- the purpose though was not mere curiosity. Humanity had already colonized ahead of Corbyn, and when he passed, it was an isolated civilization looking for meaning and existential answers. But Corbyn was napping, and kind of missed their pleas. This resulted in centuries of internecine warfare and the ship was launched to rendezvous with Corbyn to settle the matter once and for all. ( ) JeffV | Apr 29, 2017 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)NewCon Press Novellas (Set 1.2)
A tense drama set in the depths of space. Aboard a ship that has travelled beyond the reach of human knowledge, Corbyn discovers he may not be as alone as he ought to be... An intense hard SF novella from Simon Morden (B.Sc. Hons., Sheffield, Ph.D, Newcastle), a bona fide rocket scientist with degrees in geology and planetary geophysics who also writes science fiction. Author of a dozen novels and collections, Simon won the 2012 Philip K. Dick Award. At The Speed of Light is one of his finest works to date. "Morden has a natural talent for a plot that keeps the reader guessing." - The Guardian (on Equations of Life) "An engrossing rollercoaster of a plot winds up with a solidly satisfying climax that leaves the reader craving more." - Publishers Weekly (on Arcanum) "Morden, against a gritty, utterly convincing backdrop, anticipates every consequence and wrings out surprise after surprise." - Kirkus (on Arcanum) "This is British sci-fi at its hard-boiled best." - The Guardian (on The Curve of the Earth) "Morden is a writer who delights in turning your expectations upside down." - ScienceFiction.com At The Speed Of Light is the second release in a new series of NewCon Press novellas. The series will be issued in sets of four, with each set featuring cover art by the same artist - one piece of artwork divided between the four covers. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Deelnemer aan LibraryThing Vroege RecensentenSimon Morden's boek At the Speed of Light was beschikbaar via LibraryThing Early Reviewers.  Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
 Google Books — Bezig met laden...WaarderingGemiddelde: (3.59)
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1
Nemrég olvastam Andy Weirtől a Project Hail Mary-t, ami lényegében ugyanígy indult így óhatatlanul is összehasonlítottam a két regényt, és a különbség bizony óriási. Ott rögtön elérte a szerző, hogy azonosuljak a főhőssel, hogy érdekeljen a sorsa. (