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Cargando... Subspace Explorers (1965)por E. E. 'Doc' Smith
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. One of the early sci-fi writers. At times a crude writing style compared to today's works but entertaining nonetheless. Definitely a product of the cold war. ( ) Old favorite. I just read Subspace Survivors, the magazine story that triggered this book and its sequel, so of course I had to reread. It starts (like Survivors) with a wrecked starship, then goes off in various interesting directions. Our Heroes (all four of them) are strongly psychic, which lets them do things that heterodyne with the political situation - like find metals in big enough chunks for automation, thereby triggering a near-catastrophic confrontation with the unions. Smith's politics are pretty simplistic, though Labor is not the only villain - greedy and corrupt Capital is equally a problem. But the planets - the colonies from Earth - have solved this with a mathematical solution that puts everyone on the same side...except Earth herself, who won't change. The book spends a _lot_ of time on this political stuff; Our Heroes get shoved into the background over and over (then pop up again, with a new twist, mostly psychic). Multiple hidden planets, secret colonies. And one that isn't, which is amusing. There are some really dated bits - the sort of thing that changes unexpectedly. Milk trucks, for one - milk deliveries are a thing of the past now, but when this was written I'm pretty sure they were expected to be a permanent thing (there's a reference - "Milk....Impossible to automate..."). The makeup of the Council is somewhat amusing - Metals, Oil, Communications, the "labor" side...and one Chinese and one Russian representative (though they expect some more to show up). Not Russian business, or Chinese companies, just ethnic Easterners... Again, Smith is showing prejudice and now-dated perceptions. But it was cutting-edge when it was written. And it's still fun, within its limits. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Subspace Explorersby E. E. "Doc" Smith Bursting right through the four-dimensional travel zone of subspace, Tellurian psiontists make an amazing discovery on the other side. Beyond the bounds of subspace, a parallel universe is cruelly ruled by a violent, murderous empire, the Justiciate, where psiontists are ruthlessly hunted down and fed to giant eagles. And within the Justiciate are lodged spies and traitors, dedicated to its overthrow - evil agents of the proud Garshan 'master race'. The arrival of the psiontists from Tellus triggers off a truly spectacular space adventure...We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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