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Case Of Conscience
Av James Blish
Häftad, 2014
145 kr
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Father Ramon Ruiz-Sanchez S.J., is a part of a four man scientific commission to the planet Lithia, there to study a harmonious society of aliens living on a planets which is a biologist's paradise. He soon finds himself troubled: how can these perfect beings, living in an apparent Eden, have no …
Cities In Flight
Av James Blish
Häftad, 2010
194 kr
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James Blish's galaxy-spanning masterwork, originally published in four volumes, explores a future in which two crucial discoveries - antigravity devices which enable whole cities to be lifted from the Earth to become giant spaceships, and longevity drugs which enable their inhabitants to live for …
They Shall Have Stars
Cities in Flight Book 1
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
51 kr
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2018 AD. The time of the Cold Peace, worse even than the Cold War. The bureaucratic regimes that rule from Washington and Moscow are indistinguishable in their passion for total repression. But in the West, a few dedicated individuals still struggle to find a way out of the trap of human history. …
Life For The Stars
Cities in Flight Book 2
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
51 kr
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Science has come to humanity''s rescue with two crucial discoveries - antigravity devices that enable whole cities to be lifted from the Earth to become giant spaceships, and longevity drugs that allow their inhabitants to live for thousands of years - lead to the establishment of a unique Galactic …
Earthman, Come Home
Cities in Flight Book 3
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
51 kr
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When the cities left Earth, they exchanged a simple environment for one of constant, sometimes shattering change. The Universe was littered with cultures in every conceivable stage of development. Only the iron hand of the germanium-backed economy and occasional interventions by the Earth police …
Triumph of Time
Cities in Flight Book 4
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
51 kr
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When the scientists of the wandering planet, journeying through inter-galactic space, heard the sound of hydrogen atoms coming into existence out of nothing, they realized that they had accidentally discovered the birthplace of continuous creation. They had lifted the curtain and caught an …
Case Of Conscience
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2012
45 kr
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Father Ramon Ruiz-Sanchez S.J., is a part of a four man scientific commission to the planet Lithia, there to study a harmonious society of aliens living on a planets which is a biologist''s paradise. He soon finds himself troubled: how can these perfect beings, living in an apparent Eden, have no …
Doctor Mirabilis
After Such Knowledge Book 2
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2013
51 kr
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This is the strange, compelling story of Roger Bacon. Ambitious, impatient, mutinous, Bacon was a man of his times with a vision reaching far beyond even our own day. Subject to the harsh, narrow confines of Church-dominated ''science'', Bacon dared to venture into the deep waters of theory, …
Black Easter
After Such Knowledge Book 3
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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A gripping story about primal evil: a sinister intermingling of power, politics, modern theology, the dark forces of necromancy, and what proves, all too terribly, not to be superstition.
Day After Judgement
After Such Knowledge Book 4
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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The events told in Black Easter have run their course. Now God is dead, and Satan has dominion over the earth . . .
Warriors of Day
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
51 kr
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Tipton Bond was a man who lived for challenges - and Earth had no more challenges for him. But on Xota: One of the giants'' faces bent over him, sardonically benign. "You are an Earthman, little human electron. You are a denizen of a planet which the Warriors of Day will reach and engulf, in a bare …
Jack of Eagles
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
50 kr
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Danny Caiden is on the run - from the FBI, the SEC, the Justice Department and the Mob. Only recently, Danny was an average New York copywriter, until he suddenly found he had ESP. His knowledge of the future is astonishing, and the rest of Danny''s powers are just beginning. But someone has plans …
Fallen Star
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
51 kr
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If you were looking for a fallen star, would you go happily off to the North Pole and dig holes into the seas-bed, grubbing for pieces of rock? You wouldn''t? Neither would Julian Cole. He was dragged there. Would you choose as companions a cashiered astronomer whose capacity was purely alcoholic, …
Vor
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
51 kr
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The glowing ovoid plummeted downward, the whole sky screaming like a metallic banshee as the air boiled away from its sides. A supersonic bang broke over the forest, but the thing was already gliding down to Earth. As the ovoid settled in among the trees, the entire forest burst into flames. A thin …
Titan's Daughter
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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The tetraploids, giant men and women created by genetic experiment, only wanted to live their lives in peace, but they had to live in the world of the jealous ''normals'' who gathered in screaming mobs with murder in their hearts. Sena, the heroine of this remarkable science fiction novel, is a …
Night Shapes
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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The continent lay before them, vast areas of it unexplored, its forests, plains, jungle and mountains teeming with forms of life unknown to modern man. Here the witch-doctors reigned supreme, using their inexplicable and remarkable powers on men and beasts. The purpose of the safari was mysterious, …
Duplicated Man
Av Robert A.W. Lowndes, James Blish
E-bok, 2011
51 kr
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Paul Danto was a member of a subversive political party which had an answer: make peace with Venus. But the only way to peace was through the overthrow of Security. And Danton had found the one weapon which would make Security''s fall possible: the long-forgotten duplication machine. It had been …
Torrent of Faces
Av Norman L. Knight, James Blish
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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In the year 2794, the greatest civilisation in Earth''s history, ravaged by over-population and lack of food, faces almost certain destruction. A handful of men and women struggle desperately to avert the coming holocaust, but they seem doomed to failure. And even if they succeed, Earth will never …
And All The Stars A Stage
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2012
51 kr
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There are too many men in a world governed by women. They''re bored and disillusioned and often resort to ''suicide missions'' - jobs in experimental space research. Jorn applies for such a job, is selected and trained as a navigator for the huge ship Javelin , the first to implement the recently …
Midsummer Century
A Haertel Scholium Book
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
51 kr
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In the year 25,000 AD When John Martels returned to consciousness he found himself the Delphic Oracle of a world far different from the Twentieth Century. Humanity has risen and fallen three times and was back once again in a semi-primative state. He shared his oracular powers with a mind and a …
Star Dwellers
Heart Stars Book 1
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2013
51 kr
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The inhabitants of Terra nicknamed them "Angels". They were exquisitely beautiful, these shimmering, fiery creatures , highly intelligent and playful. Yet they were awesome, too, considering that the youngest were four million years old, and the oldest had probably participated in the First Cause, …
Mission to the Heart Stars
Heart Stars Book 2
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2013
50 kr
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Past worlds almost too strange to describe, three men hurtle into the dark uncharted mystery of space. Their task: to make contact with the Hegemony of Malis, the unknown force that has been watching the Solar System since before the beginning of recorded history. On their success or failure …
Welcome To Mars
A Haertel Scholium Book
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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Dolph Haertel had made history. An incredible anti-gravity discovery, made entirely through his own efforts, had put him miles ahead of the professionals in the space race - and now he was setting off to prove his theories by travelling alone to Mars! The journey went perfectly - until Dolph …
Issue At Hand
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2014
51 kr
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For several years, hiding under a cloak of anonymity, the most penetrating critic of the field of magazine science fiction was known as ''William Atheling, Jr''. it soon became a challenge to guess his real identity. And that was no easy game, for Atheling''s dissection did not spare even his alter …
More Issues At Hand
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2014
51 kr
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James Blish, in his incarnation as ''William Atheling, Jr'' has written more than his share of the most incisive criticism of contemporary science fiction. Following on form The Issue at Hand, this new volume of Atheling''s critical writings skewers literary malefactors of many kinds, including …
Tale That Wags The God
Av James Blish
E-bok, 2013
51 kr
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When James Blish died in 1975 he was one of the top science fiction writers. in addition, he was perhaps the leading technical critic in the science fiction field. Following on from the two earlier collections of his critical writing, under the anonymous pseudonym of ''William Atheling, Jr'', The …
Three for Tomorrow
Av Roger Zelazny, James Blish m. fl.
E-bok, 2020
38 kr
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Three short novels by some of science fiction's greatest writers -- Robert Silverberg, Robert Zelazny, and James Blish, with an Introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. Each writes a short novel on a theme proposed by Clarke: With increaing technology goes increasing vulnerability.
