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Fiction.
Science Fiction.
HTML:From one of the bestselling science fiction authors of all time comes this heart-stopping far future novel of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
A century into the future, technology has solved most of the problems that have plagued our time. However, a new problem is on the horizonâ??one greater than humanity has ever faced. A massive asteroid is racing toward Earth, and its impact could destroy all life on the planet.
Immediately after the asteroidâ??named "Kali" after the Hindu goddess of chaos and destructionâ??is discovered, the world's greatest scientists begin researching a way to prevent the disaster. In the meantime, Cpt. Robert Singh, aboard the starship Goliath, may be the only person who can stop the asteroid. But this heroic role may demand the ultimate sacrifice.
"Entertaining . . . [Clark] handles both ideas and characters with deftness and wit." â??Chicago Su… (meer)
Solid. Wish it focused on the plot more instead of 'what's happened in human civilization over the last century' but there is a quote in the authors notes that made it make sense. The story was written for Time Magazine as a "snapshot of life on Earth in the next millenium".
Very good last quarter of the book when we did focus on the plot but the middle was a real slog.
A couple funny quips throughout. One about Bradbury being "too optimistic" setting a story in... 2001. winkwink. ( )
I love Arthur C Clarke for his superb world-building and philosophical narrative style, but the man cannot write a suspenseful plot to save his life. Ugh. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
All the events in the past happened at the times and places stated; all those set in the future are possible. And one is certain. Sooner or later, we will meet Kali.
Opdracht
Eerste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
It was the size of a small house, weighed nine thousand tons, and was moving at fifty thousand kilometres an hour.
Citaten
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
The cosmic iceberg came in from the direction of the Sun, so no one saw its approach until the sky exploded. Seconds later, the shock wave flattened two thousand square kilometres of pine forest, and the loudest sound since the eruption of Krakatoa began to circle the world.
Had the cometary fragment been delayed a mere two hours on its age-long journey, the ten-megaton blast would have obliterated Moscow and changed the course of history.
The date was 30 June 1908.
It came in vertically, punching a hole ten kilometres wide through the atmosphere, generating temperatures so high that the air itself started to burn. When it hit the ground, rock turned to liquid and spread outwards in mountainous waves, not freezing until it had formed a crater two hundred kilometres across.
That was only the beginning of disaster; now the real tragedy began.
Nitric oxides rained from the air, turning the sea to acid. Clouds of soot from incinerated forests darkened the sky, hiding the sun for months. Worldwide, the temperature dropped precipitously, killing off most of the plants and animals that had survived the initial cataclysm. Though some species would linger on for millenia, the reign of the great reptiles was finally over.
The clock of evolution had been reset; the countdown to man had begun.
Laatste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
There was still plenty of time for it to change its mind again.
Fiction.
Science Fiction.
HTML:From one of the bestselling science fiction authors of all time comes this heart-stopping far future novel of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
A century into the future, technology has solved most of the problems that have plagued our time. However, a new problem is on the horizonâ??one greater than humanity has ever faced. A massive asteroid is racing toward Earth, and its impact could destroy all life on the planet.
Immediately after the asteroidâ??named "Kali" after the Hindu goddess of chaos and destructionâ??is discovered, the world's greatest scientists begin researching a way to prevent the disaster. In the meantime, Cpt. Robert Singh, aboard the starship Goliath, may be the only person who can stop the asteroid. But this heroic role may demand the ultimate sacrifice.
"Entertaining . . . [Clark] handles both ideas and characters with deftness and wit." â??Chicago Su
Very good last quarter of the book when we did focus on the plot but the middle was a real slog.
A couple funny quips throughout. One about Bradbury being "too optimistic" setting a story in... 2001. winkwink. ( )