Jack McDevitt




Jack McDevitt

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born
January 01, 1935

gender
male

place of birth
The United States

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Science Fiction & Fantasy


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Jack McDevitt is an award-winning American science fiction author whose novels frequently deal with attempts to make contact with alien races, and with archaeology or xenoarchaeology.

McDevitt's first published story was "The Emerson Effect" in The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981. Two years later, he published his first novel, The Hercules Text, about the discovery of an intelligently conceived signal whose repercussions threaten human http://www.sfwa.org/members/McDevitt/civ... This novel set the tone for many of McDevitt's following novels, which focused on making first contact. Frequently this theme is mixed with both trepidation before the unknown and a sense of wonder at the universe.

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avg rating: 3.59 | 3,687 ratings | 452 reviews | 39 distinct works | 23 fans
Seeker Seeker
by Jack McDevitt
avg rating 3.68 — 420 ratings — published 2005
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The Engines of God The Engines of God
by Jack McDevitt
avg rating 3.66 — 383 ratings — published 1994
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Chindi Chindi
by Jack McDevitt
avg rating 3.59 — 390 ratings — published 2002
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Polaris Polaris
by Jack McDevitt
avg rating 3.58 — 296 ratings — published 2004
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Eternity Road Eternity Road
by Jack McDevitt
avg rating 3.46 — 275 ratings — published 1997
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Omega Omega
by Jack McDevitt
avg rating 3.59 — 256 ratings — published 2003
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Deepsix Deepsix
by Jack McDevitt
avg rating 3.62 — 230 ratings — published 2001
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A Talent For War A Talent For War
by Jack McDevitt
avg rating 3.64 — 216 ratings — published 1989
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Odyssey Odyssey
by Jack McDevitt
avg rating 3.53 — 177 ratings — published 2006
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Ancient Shores Ancient Shores
by Jack McDevitt
avg rating 3.41 — 162 ratings — published 1996
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