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Bezig met laden... Hour of the Horde (1970)door Gordon R. Dickson
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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. Dickson, Gordon - Hour of the Horde - The world's first contact turns out to be a recruiting mission for intergalactic warfare - but they want only one man -Miles Vander - a painter with a withered left arm. Not your typical hero material, perhaps. He gets 'healed' (but that's another post -about the strength and prowess of apparently handicapped individuals) - and then absorbs something from the people of the earth (though that particular part seems gratuitous, as it is not clear that it is ever used) -and then thrown on a ship on the very end of the line in the battle. He has to fight his way to the top of this group of otherworld renegades even before engaging the enemy. - lovely part about why we fight on, even when we KNOW that we cannot prevail, and must die - but then, of course, he doesn't die - so the author wrote a very good book that just misses being great. Fiction, Science fiction, Alien invasion, A horde of monstrous space travelers were advancing through the universe, Space battles. Editions: Venture Science Fiction, May 1969; First edition in book form: New York, Berkley Medallion Book, 1970, 12mo, pp. 160, paperback; DAW Books, 1970; New York, Putnam 1970, pp. 191, First Italian edition, under the title: "L'ora dell'orda", Milano, Editrice Nord, 1981, translated by Rita Botter Pierangeli geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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One man stands between Earth and a ravening alien horde. Classic military sf in the mode of Starship Troopers and Ender's Game from a master of the genre. The ravenous aliens known as the Horde make their way across the Universe like locusts, stripping bare entire galaxies and leaving death and destruction in their wake. Now, they stand on the edge of the Milky Way. It seems all is lost, but the denizens of our galaxy are not content to give up without a fight. To that end, a galaxy-wide defense force has been assembled, with each star system contributing their greatest warrior to the battle. Enter Miles Vander, the best a tiny backwater like Earth has to offer. Vander may be the key to destroying the Horde. But first he'll have to prove his worthiness to his alien compatriots. A classic of military sf from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning master of science fiction Gordon R. Dickson. Praise for Time Storm by Gordon R. Dickson: "Dickson has done a superb job."--Publishers Weekly "Dickson at his best. . . . One of the notable science fiction novels of the year."--Booklist "One of those rare books that holds your attention constantly. The suspense at some points is almost unbearable, leaving the reader breathless and glad the crisis has passed."--New Orleans Times-Picayune "Science fiction that seduces. . . . A masterful science fiction story told by a masterful science fiction writer."--Milwaukee Journal About Gordon R. Dickson: "Dickson is one of SF's standard-bearers."--Publishers Weekly "Dickson has a true mastery of pacing and fine understanding of human beings."--Seattle Post Intelligencer "A masterful science fiction writer."--Milwaukee Journal "Dickson is among the best storytellers we have ever has...one of the finest makers that our field has ever known."--Poul Anderson Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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