Neverness - Brossura

Zindell, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0007124376 ISBN 13: 9780007124374

Casa editrice: Voyager, 2002

Riassunto

An epic masterwork of science fiction, Neverness is a stand-alone novel from one of the most important talents in the genre. Now a part of the Voyager Classics collection.

The universe of Neverness is intriguingly complex and filled with extraordinary beings. There are the Alaloi, whose genes have ‘backmutated’ so that they look like Neanderthals... the Order of Pilots, which reworks the laws of time and physics to slingshot its members through dense regions of ‘thickspace’... the Solid State Entity, a nebula-sized brain made up of moon-sized biocomputers...

Against this backdrop stands Mallory Ringer, the headstrong novitiate of the Order of Pilots, who, against all odds, navigates a maze of interspatial passageways to penetrate the Solid State Entity. There he makes a stunning discovery. A discovery that could unlock the secret of immortality hidden among the Alaloi.

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Recensione:

‘A victorious book’ JOHN CLUTE, INTERZONE

‘David Zindell writes of Interstellar mathematics in poetic prose’ DAVID BARRETT, NEW SCIENTIST

‘One of the finest talents to appear since Kim Stanley Robinson and William Gibson – perhaps the finest’ GENE WOLFE

‘One of the great romatic epics of modern sf’ LOCUS

‘Spectacular world-making, a kind of reverse-coin of Dune, that carries sudden alarms of invention to give it all great immediacy. The Times

L'autore:

David Zindell’s short story Shanidar was a prize-winning entry in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. He was nominated for the ‘best new writer’ Hugo Award in 1986. His first novel, Neverness, was published to great acclaim.

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• Editore: Voyager
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0007124376
• ISBN 13: 9780007124374
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 688