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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. On a whim sponsored by a buddy read, I hopped on this novella by Hutchinson not knowing what to expect at all. I mean, sure, the cover kinda tells me something, but other than something like a deep space opera or a generational ship and perhaps some AI action, I kinda cleansed my mind and let myself slide in. And it was a gentle ride! Superbrights and an interesting colony and technological advancement and a really laid-back narrator. It was cool and light and pleasant... Until the end. Or nearly so. I LOVED the dark twist. :) No spoilers, but it's quite hardcore and tickled all my fancies. Hard SF shouldn't be afraid to go all dark. :) Fun twist, solid story. Ce roman court de Dave Hutchinson présente un scénario plutôt classique où une partie d'une population oppressée s'enfuit et arrive à trouver refuge dans un endroit sûr. L'auteur introduit néanmoins un retournement de situation, tant au niveau de l'oppresseur et l'oppressé qu'au niveau du personnage principal à travers les yeux de qui l'histoire est racontée. Cependant, ce retournement de situation arrive bien tardivement, trop tardivement, laissant la plus grosse partie de ce roman court n'être qu'une aventure assez classique et le faisant ressembler à une nouvelle plus courte dont l'intérêt ne réside que dans sa chute. Dommage, au vue des idées plutôt originales que l'auteur dévoile çà et là. Un auteur à suivre, même si cette oeuvre ne semble être qu'un essai à moitie réussi. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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The Colony left Earth to find their utopia--a home on a new planet where their leader could fully explore the colonists' genetic potential, unfettered by their homeworld's restrictions. They settled a new paradise, and have been evolving and adapting for centuries. Earth has other plans. The original humans have been tracking their descendants across the stars, bent on their annihilation. They won't stop until the new humans have been destroyed, their experimentation wiped out of the human gene pool. Can't anyone let go of a grudge anymore? No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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Acadie is a far-future space opera novella with an unexpected twist at the end. It begins when Duke wakes up on the morning after his 150th birthday. There is a crisis on the utopian thinktank Colony of deep space habitats where he has been chosen president because nobody else wanted the job. He was abducted and offered the chance to join this Colony when he told off his bosses and quit his job with the ruling Bureau of the Settled Worlds. The genetic engineering genius who founded the Colony is on the run from the Settled Worlds, so the Colony has to move from one star system to another every time it is found by probes still searching for them after half a millennium. Now another Settled Worlds probe seems to have found them. Hutchinson, a British writer, has Duke speak a lively British slang. Even in the far future, Brits are likely to say “bollocks” when the occasion arises. ( )