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Jeffrey A. Carver

Autor/a de Neptune Crossing

36+ obres 3,377 Membres 62 Ressenyes

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Obres de Jeffrey A. Carver

Neptune Crossing (1994) 423 exemplars
Eternity's End (2000) 351 exemplars
The Rapture Effect (1988) 273 exemplars
Strange Attractors (1995) 237 exemplars
From a Changeling Star (1988) 225 exemplars
Battlestar Galactica (2005) 223 exemplars
Infinity Link (1984) 223 exemplars
Star Rigger's Way (1978) 204 exemplars
The Infinite Sea (1996) 195 exemplars
Panglor (1979) 183 exemplars
Dragon Rigger (1993) 147 exemplars
Sunborn (2008) 146 exemplars
Down the Stream of Stars (1990) 124 exemplars
Clypsis (1987) 104 exemplars

Obres associades

Dragons of Darkness (1981) — Col·laborador — 170 exemplars
Futurelove: A Science Fiction Triad (1977) — Col·laborador — 127 exemplars
Warriors of Blood and Dream (1995) — Col·laborador — 79 exemplars
Habitats (1984) — Col·laborador — 40 exemplars
Diamonds In The Sky (2009) — Col·laborador — 10 exemplars
Across the Spectrum (2013) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Galileo Magazine of Science & Fiction July 1978 (1978) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars

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Nom normalitzat
Carver, Jeffrey A.
Data de naixement
1949-08-25
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
United States of America
Lloc de naixement
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Llocs de residència
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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One of the most fabulous efforts at Science Fiction ever to hit the airwaves, this show helped breathe life back into the genre after a much too long absence. Everyone has seen the show or at least knows the basic premise, so I won’t rehash it here. Even the opening of the show, with a theme sung in a dead language, suggested how great this one was going to be. And it was.

To me, the book is well written and exciting, Carver doing an excellent job of giving fans of the show a chance to revisit it in a different medium. One of the complaints, of course, is that it is exactly that — a retelling of the show’s fabulous beginning. While it is true that nothing new is proffered here by Carver — no new insights or background to beloved characters is even remotely given — that’s why I liked it. When you look at some of the complaints, you realize they perhaps read the book too close to the ending of the series — or even while it was on the air in some places.

I think enough time has now passed that I really appreciated that aspect of the book when I read this. It was everything I remembered. It was nostalgic in a way, allowing me to once again get lost in Battlestar with all its many and varied story-lines and mythos only just beginning to emerge. I do understand that people were disappointed at what this book wasn’t, but I think at this juncture, it’s much more fun to read than it might have been during the show.

Now War and Peace this ain’t, but it’s not supposed to be. For those who loved the show, however, and just want to spend a little more time with friends, because it hurt to let them go, this is great fun. I thought Carver did a great job on this one. Considering how lackluster the books that followed it were, it makes it all the more special if you can track down a copy. So say we all...
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Matt_Ransom | Hi ha 11 ressenyes més | Oct 6, 2023 |

This one is hard to pigeon hole.

In places it's quite morally ambiguous, and adult in the lack of clear conclusions.

In others it's over simple, like bad YA.

While the characters don't always ring true, it is an entertaining story, and an interesting backdrop that's at least partially filled out.

A solid three and a half stars you might just enjoy more than I did.
 
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furicle | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Aug 5, 2023 |
Too much hand waving buzz word science, only one character I cared about, and a plot I couldn't swallow.

It's written well, and moves along enough I almost enjoyed it regardless.

Unless you've read the previous novels ( I haven't) I'd skip this one.
 
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furicle | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Aug 5, 2023 |
A crusty, discredited space pilot and a stowaway girl of uncertain age, due to time dilation and other timey-wimey mishaps, crash-land on a planet where, to put it mildly, time is out of joint. There are bad guys, wrecked spacecraft, and stranded aliens. Panglor is the foundation book for Jeffrey A Carver’s six-book Star Rigger series originally published from 1976 to 2000. Carver’s flux-space universe has just enough hard science to keep it out of Dr. Who territory. 4 stars.
 
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Tom-e | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Sep 30, 2022 |

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Obres
36
També de
7
Membres
3,377
Popularitat
#7,546
Valoració
½ 3.6
Ressenyes
62
ISBN
130
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