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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
240
Utgivningsdatum
2018-09-04
Förlag
Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Illustrationer
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensioner
203 x 133 x 14 mm
Vikt
281 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
34:B&W 5.25 x 8 in or 203 x 133mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9781504051095

Special Deliverance

av Clifford D Simak
Häftad,  Engelska, 2018-09-04
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From a Nebula and Hugo award winner, one the best-loved authors in SF: A tale of humans and one robot navigating an alien puzzle-world (Publishers Weekly). Following a conversation with a talking slot machine, Professor Edward Lansing finds himself mysteriously transported to a tavern on a long and empty road. It is immediately obvious to the educator that he is no longer on campusor even Earthand that he is not alone. Lansings new companionsa female engineer, a military officer, a humorless priest, a poetess, and a robot named Jurgensall hail from separate alternate realities and share Lansings confusion. What is clear, however, is that they must continue down the road together, encountering a series of bizarre sights, dangerous obstacles, and perplexing puzzles along the way: an abandoned, decaying city; a set of doorways; a large blue cube; a tower that sings. Soon it is apparent they are all being tested for some eerie, inexplicable reason, and the choices each must make will determine his or her future. For those who fail, the alien trail will never be seen again. A provocative science fiction allegory, Special Deliverance is Hugo and Nebula Awardwinner Clifford D. Simaks Pilgrims Progressa tale of great trials and hidden agendas that expose the foibles of humanity and a fantastic exploration of the human condition. A science fiction classic brimming with intelligence, invention, and wonder, it is yet another extraordinary creation from one of the genres most revered grandmasters.
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Simaks prose is better than ever, clean and supple and occasionally brilliant; and his alien conundrums are appealing and persuasive. A captivating, near-vintage performance overall. Kirkus Reviews Praise for Clifford D. Simak One of the best-loved authors in SF. Publishers Weekly To read science fiction is to read Simak. The reader who does not like Simak stories does not like science fiction at all. Robert A. Heinlein

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During his fifty-five-year career, Clifford D. Simak produced some of the most iconic science fiction stories ever written. Born in 1904 on a farm in southwestern Wisconsin, Simak got a job at a small-town newspaper in 1929 and eventually became news editor of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, writing fiction in his spare time. Simak was best known for the book City, a reaction to the horrors of World War II, and for his novel Way Station. In 1953 City was awarded the International Fantasy Award, and in following years, Simak won three Hugo Awards and a Nebula Award. In 1977 he became the third Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and before his death in 1988, he was named one of three inaugural winners of the Horror Writers Associations Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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