The Stars in Shroud
by Gregory Benford (Afterword)
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Hundreds of years in the future, the alien Quarn strike at the heart of Earth's interstellar Empire. Space Captain Ling Sanjen is faced with the job of preventing the gradual Quarn takeover. This novel follows his story through the mutiny that dishonors him, the illness that nearly destroys him, and the war that redeems him.Tags
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En un futuro lejano en el que la humanidad ha sobrevivido a un período de catástrofe, la Tierra es el centro de un imperio cuyas colonias se han extendido por las estrellas. En estas circunstancias se produce el primer contacto con una inteligencia extraterrestre: los Quarn. Pero sin que se conozcan sus motivaciones, éstos atacan las colonias humanas extendiendo una plaga mortífera entre los hombres.
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Gregory Benford, was born on January 30, 1941 in Mobile, Alabama. He is a physicist and science fiction writer who earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego, in 1967. He is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a consultant for NASA. Benford's first novel "Deeper than the Darkness" (1970), which was revised as "The Stars in Shroud" show more (1978), gave him notice as a serious Science Fiction writer. His most popular work is "Timescape" (1980), which was the winner of the Nebula and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards; it presented a hard physics approach to limited time travel. "In the Ocean of Night" (1977), "Across the Sea of Suns" (1984), "Great Sky River" (1987), "Tides of Light" (1989) and "Furious Gulf" (1994) were all a part of the Galactic Cluster Series. He has also written the juvenile novel "Jupiter Project" (1975), "Against Infinity" (1983) and the thriller "Artifact" (1985). He has been nominated for 12 Nebula Awards (winning for "Timescape" and for the novelette, "If the Stars are Gods"). Benford, writing alternately with Bruce Sterling, produces science fact articles for the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. They took over after the death of regular columnist Isaac Asimov. He has also co-edited theme anthologies with Martin H. Greenburg, which include "Hitler Victorious" (1986), "Nuclear War" (1988), "What Might Have Been, Volume 1: Alternate Empires" (1988), "Volume 2: Alternate Heroes" (1989) and "Volume 3: Alternate Wars." (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Stars in Shroud
- Original title
- The Stars in Shroud
- Original publication date
- 1978-08
- People/Characters
- Space Captain Ling Sanjen; First Officer Tonji; The Quarn
- Important places
- Regeln; Veden
- Epigraph
- "Know thyself?" If I knew myself, I'd run away.
--Goethe
Don't follow leaders; watch the parking meters.
--Bob Dylan
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" - Dedication
- For my father,
James Alton Benford - First words
- The place to begin is at the bottom of the trough.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Angela," I said, "let's try to talk again."
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And if science fiction means anything, we should prefer the unmarked trails. - Publisher's editor*
- Alpers, Hans Joachim
- Original language*
- Englisch
- Disambiguation notice*
- Revised version of "Deeper than the Darkness". Don't combine!
*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.
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