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Patrick Joya lifted his head to scan the southern sky and saw a dark bluish shape flicker against the clouds. Growing larger and larger the object undulated like a wide piece of cloth carried along on a moving current of water."He could hear the babble of voices around him swelling to a mounting groan of panic. The sound went racing like a cresting wave back toward the Terminal where the thousands there would be lifting their gaze skyward."Another Space Swimmer, Pat thought with sinking show more heart. It seemed as if it intended to swallow up the sky - for the brightness of day had blackened into night . . . .accepted their robot-like existence. Either way, the human race was doomed! show lessTags
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Following a failed space experiment, humanity is split into Sea-Born and Land-Born. Johnny Joya, a Sea-Born leader, must overcome this deep divide to learn the secrets of space travel from mysterious, sky-consuming alien Space Swimmers to save Earth from destruction.
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A naturalized American who was born in Canada on November 1, 1923, Gordon Rupert Dickson is a popular science fiction writer. Dickson graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1948 and made his home in Minneapolis. Among his many novels, especially notable is Soldier, Ask Not, which won the Hugo Award in 1965. For many years, Dickson's most show more engrossing project was his Childe Cycle, a series of novels about humanity's evolutionary potential, which included a group of futuristic books that are popularly known as the Dorsai Cycle. Dickson also wrote hundreds of short stories and novelettes including Call Him Lord, for which he received a Nebula Award in 1966. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Weltraumschwimmer
- Original title
- The Space Swimmers
- Original publication date
- 1967-02
- First words*
- Der Verfolger war ein riesiger Seeleopard, ein Bulle, der seine zwölf Zentner wild vor Wut gegen die Barriere warf, die er nicht sah und deren Beschaffenheit er nicht verstehen konnte.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)LIED DER SCHWIMMER - Aus der Kantate der Viertgeneration, von Patrick Joya.
- Original language*
- Englisch
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