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Sto caricando le informazioni... Isle of the Dead (1969)di Roger Zelazny
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A good story, with a vibrant writing style. Dated in some respects, not least the myriad, and pointless, references to smoking. ( ) I was never sure if this book was science fiction trying to be a little bit fantasy or vice versa. Zelazny systematically avoids giving us enough detail to make it clear. From the first sentence, it is philosophical. At times it seems merely a prose poem reflecting on life, death, love, wealth, and revenge. The sparse story is just a wireframe on which to arrange those deeper thoughts. Yet even these seem belabored, cold, and distant. The only character that comes alive is Frank Sandow. In the end, I wonder if we really care about him (or were even meant to). Sandow: dueño de planetas, creador de mundos, un hombre de una fuerza y un poder inmensos medidos en términos humanos. Y algo más para los alienígenas pei'anos: un Dios, reencarnación del antiguo Shimbo, el Sembrador de Truenos. Los pei'anos eran la raza más sabia y antigua del Universo. Y, de pronto, Sandow recibió una imagen tri-di de Kathy. Kathy, que hacía mucho tiempo que había muerto. Y esto había ocurrido ya otras seis veces: seis imágenes tri-di de seis personas íntimamente unidas a Sandow y muertas hacía mucho. Y todas ellas señalaban un mismo ligar: la fabulosa creación de la isla de los Muertos. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Centuries in the future, Francis Sandow is the only man alive who was born as long ago as the 20th century. His body is kept young and in perfect health by advanced scientific methods; he has amassed such a fortune that he can own entire planets; and he has become a god. No, not a god of Earth, but one of the pantheon of the alien Pei'ans: he is Shimbo of Darktree, Shrugger of Thunders. Yet he doesn't believe that his personality has merged with the ancient consciousness of Shimbo, that he really can call down the skies upon his enemies. The time comes, however, when Francis Sandow must use these powers against the most dangerous antagonist in the universe: another Pei'an god -- Shimbo's own enemy, Belion. And Belion has no doubt whatever of his own powers... Roger Zelazny was a three-time Nebula Award and six-time Hugo Award-winning author of science fiction and fantasy classics, including the short stories "24 Views of Mount Fuji, by Hokusai", "Permafrost", and "Home is the Hangman". Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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