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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Goblin Reservation (originale 1968; edizione 1977)di Clifford D. Simak (Autore), Ken Barr (Immagine di copertina)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. F/SF Maxwell al cuadrado une la imaginación a una trama apasionante que conserva su tensión hasta la última línea. Nuestra tierra es una especie de Universidad Intergaláctica. El hombre convive con seres de otros astros y de otras épocas: los legendarios goblins, los dinosaurios... e incluso Shakespeare. El protagonista, el profesor Maxwell, ha sido ingeniosamente duplicado durante el viaje cósmico de investigación. Hay dos Maxwell y, ¿cuál es el que realmente está aquí, de regreso? Professor Peter Maxwell of the College of Supernatural Phenomena has just retuned to the University in Wisconsin by means of matter transmission, but not from the planet he had planned to visit. He’d planned to visit a system to investigate rumors of a dragon, instead he found himself on what he described as a “roofed-in crystal planet.” He’s shocked when the authorities inform him that he returned a month ago and died in an accident a week later. It’s even more upsetting when he returns to campus to discover that his home has been rented to someone with a pet saber tooth tiger that knock him over as soon as he unlocks his front door. The next day he discovers his job has been filled by someone else right after his funeral. What is he going to do? This is a fast paced adventure with intrigue and puzzles aplenty. It’s also not terribly serious blend of science fiction and fantasy, complete with evil extraterrestrials, goblins, trolls, banshees, a Neanderthal that goes by the name of Alley Oop, and a time traveling William Shakespeare who did not write those plays 3.5 stars. What a ridiculous book. Simak tried to do a bit too much, in my opinion, shoving in everything but the kitchen sink — time travel, fantasy creatures, ghosts, many bizarre aliens, Shakespeare, and grand philosophies about human nature. But that is obviously the charm for this light hearted mystery. It also means you shouldn’t put too much thought into the underlying logic of the universe (like how on earth is the school of Time broke?). I like his style compared to other pulp scifi authors. Sparse and direct, but evocative. Sometimes sounds a little like the narration of an episode of the Twilight Zone. 3.5 stars. What a ridiculous book. Simak tried to do a bit too much, in my opinion, shoving in everything but the kitchen sink — time travel, fantasy creatures, ghosts, many bizarre aliens, Shakespeare, and grand philosophies about human nature. But that is obviously the charm for this light hearted mystery. It also means you shouldn’t put too much thought into the underlying logic of the universe (like how on earth is the school of Time broke?). I like his style compared to other pulp scifi authors. Sparse and direct, but evocative. Sometimes sounds a little like the narration of an episode of the Twilight Zone. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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From science fiction Grand Master Clifford D. Simak, an interstellar adventure of aliens, fairies, and time travel. Until the day he was murdered, Professor Peter Maxwell was a respected faculty member of the College of Supernatural Phenomena. Imagine his chagrin when he turns up at a Wisconsin matter transmission station several weeks later and discovers he's not only dead but unemployed. During an interstellar mission to investigate rumors of dragon activity, this alternate Maxwell was intercepted by a strange alien race that wanted him to carry knowledge of a remarkable technology back to Earth, and it seems someone does not want the information shared. Suddenly, it's essential for Maxwell to find his own killer. He enlists the aid of Carol Hampton of the Time College, along with her pet saber-tooth tiger, a ghost with memory issues, and the intelligent Neanderthal Man recently rescued from a prehistoric cooking pot. But the search is pointing them toward the goblins, fairies, and assorted Little Folk living in reservations on campus, and into the dangerous heart of an interspecies blood feud that has been raging for millions of years. Ingeniously inventive and unabashedly tongue-in-cheek, this novel demonstrates multi-award-winning fantasy and science fiction favorite Clifford D. Simak operating at the imaginative peak of his considerable powers. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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