Blackcollar Omnibus

Blackcollar #1-2

by Timothy Zahn

Graham Smith is a 33 year-old office messenger. To the outside world he's an obsessive-compulsive mute - weird but harmless. But to Graham Smith, it's the world that's weird. And far from harmless. He sees things others can't . . . or won't. He knows that roads can change course, people disappear, office blocks migrate across town. All at night when no one's looking. The world's an unstable place, still growing, sloughing off layers of reality like dead skin. One day you drive by, and it's changed. Annalise Mercado hears voices, all from girls calling themselves Annalise. Sometimes she thinks they're spirit guides, sometimes she thinks she's crazy. But then they start telling her about Graham Smith and the men who want to kill him. That's when they meet. So begins the story of two people whose lives are fragmented across alternate realities. And how the hold the key to the future of a billion planets. . . .

Genres: Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Fiction

608 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Timothy Zahn attended Michigan State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1973. He then moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and achieved an M.S. degree in physics in 1975. While he was pursuing a doctorate in physics, his adviser became ill and died. Zahn never completed the doctorate. In 1975 he had begun writing science fiction as a hobby, and he became a professional writer. He and his wife Anna live in Bandon, Oregon. They have a son, Corwin Zahn.

Reviews

[Anh Nhan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable

[Ronny Bereczki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ein wirklich gelungener ScFi-Roman von Tmothy Zahn (dem Autor, der maßgeblich zur Wiederbelebung des Star Wars-EU Anfang der 90er beigetragen hat).

Dieses Werk spielt nicht im Star Wars Universum, sondern im 25. Jahrhundert in unserer Galaxie und handelt vom Widerstand der Menschen im besetzten Terranischen Demokratischen Empire gegen die Ryqril und umfasst in diesem Sammelband die Romane "Die Blackcollar-Elite", "Die Backlash-Mission" und "Die Judas-Variante".

Vom irdischen Widerstand beauftragt, reist Agent Caine auf die entlegene Welt Plinry, um mit Hilfe von Kriegsveteranen der Spezialeinheit der Blackcollar fünf im Krieg versteckte Schlachtschiffe wieder zu finden…

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This collects the first two Blackcollar novels in a single volume. (With one of the worst covers ever!)They have a little more of an action/adventure flavor than much of Zahn's later politically-oriented work, though that theme is present. My only real quibble is that the evil aliens are convincingly presented as darn-near unbeatable, but they're somehow consistently bested through-out.

[colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

read 04.01.06