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Known Space
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A classic novel of known space.
Phssthpok the Pak had been traveling for most of his thirty-two thousand years. His save, develop, and protect the group of Pak breeders sent out into space some two and a half million years before...
Brennan was a Belter, the product of a fiercely independent, somewhat anarchic society living in, on, and around an outer asteroid belt. The Belters were rebels, one and all, and Brennan was a smuggler. The Belt worlds had been tracking the Pak ship for days—Brennan figured to meet that ship first...
He was never seen again—at least not by those alive at the time.
Phssthpok the Pak had been traveling for most of his thirty-two thousand years. His save, develop, and protect the group of Pak breeders sent out into space some two and a half million years before...
Brennan was a Belter, the product of a fiercely independent, somewhat anarchic society living in, on, and around an outer asteroid belt. The Belters were rebels, one and all, and Brennan was a smuggler. The Belt worlds had been tracking the Pak ship for days—Brennan figured to meet that ship first...
He was never seen again—at least not by those alive at the time.
218 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1973
About the author
Larry Niven
685 books3,386 followersLaurence van Cott Niven's best known work is Ringworld (Ringworld, #1) (1970), which received the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. The creation of thoroughly worked-out alien species, which are very different from humans both physically and mentally, is recognized as one of Niven's main strengths.
Niven also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes The Magic Goes Away series, which utilizes an exhaustible resource, called Mana, to make the magic a non-renewable resource.
Niven created an alien species, the Kzin, which were featured in a series of twelve collection books, the Man-Kzin Wars. He co-authored a number of novels with Jerry Pournelle. In fact, much of his writing since the 1970s has been in collaboration, particularly with Pournelle, Steven Barnes, Brenda Cooper, or Edward M. Lerner.
He briefly attended the California Institute of Technology and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics (with a minor in psychology) from Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, in 1962. He did a year of graduate work in mathematics at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has since lived in Los Angeles suburbs, including Chatsworth and Tarzana, as a full-time writer. He married Marilyn Joyce "Fuzzy Pink" Wisowaty, herself a well-known science fiction and Regency literature fan, on September 6, 1969.
Niven won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story for Neutron Star in 1967. In 1972, for Inconstant Moon, and in 1975 for The Hole Man. In 1976, he won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for The Borderland of Sol.
Niven has written scripts for various science fiction television shows, including the original Land of the Lost series and Star Trek: The Animated Series, for which he adapted his early Kzin story The Soft Weapon. He adapted his story Inconstant Moon for an episode of the television series The Outer Limits in 1996.
He has also written for the DC Comics character Green Lantern including in his stories hard science fiction concepts such as universal entropy and the redshift effect, which are unusual in comic books.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/larryn...
Niven also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes The Magic Goes Away series, which utilizes an exhaustible resource, called Mana, to make the magic a non-renewable resource.
Niven created an alien species, the Kzin, which were featured in a series of twelve collection books, the Man-Kzin Wars. He co-authored a number of novels with Jerry Pournelle. In fact, much of his writing since the 1970s has been in collaboration, particularly with Pournelle, Steven Barnes, Brenda Cooper, or Edward M. Lerner.
He briefly attended the California Institute of Technology and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics (with a minor in psychology) from Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, in 1962. He did a year of graduate work in mathematics at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has since lived in Los Angeles suburbs, including Chatsworth and Tarzana, as a full-time writer. He married Marilyn Joyce "Fuzzy Pink" Wisowaty, herself a well-known science fiction and Regency literature fan, on September 6, 1969.
Niven won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story for Neutron Star in 1967. In 1972, for Inconstant Moon, and in 1975 for The Hole Man. In 1976, he won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for The Borderland of Sol.
Niven has written scripts for various science fiction television shows, including the original Land of the Lost series and Star Trek: The Animated Series, for which he adapted his early Kzin story The Soft Weapon. He adapted his story Inconstant Moon for an episode of the television series The Outer Limits in 1996.
He has also written for the DC Comics character Green Lantern including in his stories hard science fiction concepts such as universal entropy and the redshift effect, which are unusual in comic books.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/larryn...
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October 12, 2018
Un libro spettacolare, di ampio respiro, ambientato in un futuro non troppo lontano e capace di incollare il lettore alle sue pagine fino all'ultimo bit del laser da comunicazione impiegato per trasmetterlo.
Solo chi ha già letto il libro può comprendere queste righe...
...per tutti gli altri: che siate appassionati di fantascienza o meno, questo volume merita almeno una lettura.
Solo chi ha già letto il libro può comprendere queste righe...
...per tutti gli altri: che siate appassionati di fantascienza o meno, questo volume merita almeno una lettura.
May 24, 2016
Basato sul concetto di una ascendenza aliena della razza umana, Il difensore è un classico romanzo di spazio profondo, che vede l'umanità combattere con i suoi demoni.
Una creatura aliena, che si autodefinisce "Difensore", entra nello spazio occupato dall'uomo, un uomo del futuro che ha colonizzato il sistema solare e ha imparato a sfruttarne le risorse.
Sta cercando la sua perduta progenie, perché ciò che lui è programmato per difendere è il proprio DNA.
Viene in contatto con l'umanità, e si rende conto che è e non è la progenie perduta, e perderà la vita, non prima però di aver trasformato un umano a sua volta in un Difensore.
Il nuovo Difensore però, ha una doppia eredità umana, e aliena, e i suoi atti risultano imprevedibili e pericolosi.
Il contatto tra due culture tanto diverse, e tanto uguali, non potrà non portare allo scontro totale.
Una creatura aliena, che si autodefinisce "Difensore", entra nello spazio occupato dall'uomo, un uomo del futuro che ha colonizzato il sistema solare e ha imparato a sfruttarne le risorse.
Sta cercando la sua perduta progenie, perché ciò che lui è programmato per difendere è il proprio DNA.
Viene in contatto con l'umanità, e si rende conto che è e non è la progenie perduta, e perderà la vita, non prima però di aver trasformato un umano a sua volta in un Difensore.
Il nuovo Difensore però, ha una doppia eredità umana, e aliena, e i suoi atti risultano imprevedibili e pericolosi.
Il contatto tra due culture tanto diverse, e tanto uguali, non potrà non portare allo scontro totale.
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