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Cargando... To Conquer Chaos (1964 original; edición 1981)por John Brunner (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. There is nothing about this short novel to particularly dislike, but there’s really not much to it beyond an exercise is writing a story that feels like a fantasy but turns out to have a surprising science fiction explanation. The surprise when it comes is moderately effective, but there is so little to the story and characters that it hardly seems worth the admittedly fairly minimal effort. A novelette treatment might have worked better. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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A postapocalyptic thriller with "the fun aspect of an American International 50's SF movie" from the Hugo Award-winning author of Stand on Zanzibar (Vintage45). In To Conquer Chaos, John Brunner gives us a heaping helping of classic planetary science fiction adventure. The barrenland is a mystery and an enigma, a dangerous and terrifying place that none who enter ever return from. More than three hundred miles around, it has existed far longer than collective memory can guess, and all too often, strange beasts emerge from it and kill at random. Conrad lives on the edge of the barrenland and is haunted by visions of its past as a haven, populated by magical people who could travel between worlds. He meets Jervis Yenderman, a soldier who has knowledge of the visions and who believes that within the barrenland is an island of human survivors--and that one man has escaped it within recent memory. For each generation, there is a writer meant to bend the rules of what we know. Hugo Award winner (Best Novel, Stand on Zanzibar) and British science fiction master John Brunner remains one of the most influential and respected authors of all time, and now many of his classic works are being reintroduced. For readers familiar with his vision, it is a chance to reexamine his thoughtful worlds and words, while for new readers, Brunner's work proves itself the very definition of timeless. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This one was worse. Maybe an early work. Not impressed. I know he went on to write award winning books. This one is not one of them. I'll keep trying but so far it's been rough. ( )