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By the author of The Forever War: In the breathtaking sequel to Worlds, a survivor of the terrible conflict that destroyed the Earth and most of its satellite Worlds must work to save the human race from extinctionThe war that destroyed everything lasted a single day. After an initial nuclear strike, the Earth's population was further devastated by an insidious bioweapon targeting anyone above the age of puberty. Now most of what's left of human civilization gathers on New New York, one of show more the few orbiting Worlds that remain.
Monitoring the Earth below from the floating habitat, Marianne O'Hara searches for signs of life—and, in particular, for Jeff Hawking, her former lover, who survived the viral nightmare thanks to a biological anomaly that rendered him immune. But Jeff is not the sole surviving adult in this landscape of death, ruin, and feral children, and those who fled to safety underground are being seduced by a terrible new religion preaching blood and vengeance. The last war, it seems, is not over—and the last hope for preventing the final holocaust may be Marianne O'Hara.
The second enthralling volume in Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Joe Haldeman's acclaimed Worlds trilogy, Worlds Apart is a thought-provoking tale of human frailty and lethal folly, and of the courage essential for the survival of the race.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joe Haldeman including rare images from the author's personal collection.
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Second book of the Haldeman Worlds trilogy. I liked this one better then the first. It follows two paths. One is the the man who stayed on the destroyed Earth who tries to save/revive civilization. The other follows the space station city that also tries to work with the remains of Earth and mankind. After reading the first two books I decided not to pursue the third.
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Joe Haldeman has uniquely blended a strong interest in astronomy and with his love for writing to publish numerous novels, anthologies and short stories over three decades. He holds a B.S. in astronomy from the University of Maryland (1967), and an M.F.A. in English from the Iowa Writers Workshop (1975). An adjunct professor at Massachusetts show more Institute of Technology, Haldeman has also taught at Michigan State, Larion West Seattle, SUNY Buffalo, Princeton, University of North Dakota, Kent State and the University of North Florida Haldeman's works include War Year (1972), The Forever War (1975), Worlds (1981), Worlds Apart (1983), Tools of the Trade (1987), and The Hemingway Hoax (1990). He has also co-authored and edited numerous works of science fiction. Born in Oklahoma on June 9, 1943, Haldeman grew up in Puerto Rico, New Orleans, Washington D.C., and Alaska. He was drafted into the military in 1967, fighting in the Central Highlands of Vietnam as a combat engineer with the 4th Division (1/22nd Airmobile Battalion), for which he received the Purple Heart, among other medals. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Isolierte Welten
- Original title
- Wordls Apart
- Original publication date
- 1983-10
- People/Characters*
- Marianne O'Hara; Daniel Anderson; John Ogelby; Lewis Franconia; Sandra Berrigan; Ahmed Ten (show all 23); Goodman; Jackson; Jules Hammond; Jeff Hawkings; Tad; Marsha; Jommy; Elijah Seven; Stanton Marcus; Eliot Smith; Indira Twelve; Sam Wasserman; Horace; Sturm; Evelyn Ten; General; Mary Sue
- Epigraph*
- Beklaget die Menschheit, jenes geschäftige Ungeheuer,
nicht. Fortschritt ist eine wohltuende Krankheit:
Euer Opfer (längst jenseits von Tod und Leben)
spielt mit der Größe seiner Kleinheit
– Elekt... (show all)ronen vergöttern die feinste Klinge
zu einer Bergkette; Linsen dehnen
Unwunsch durch gekrümmtes Wowann, bis Unwunsch
zurückkehrt zu seinem Unich.
Eine Welt, gemacht,
ist keine Welt, geboren - beklagt armseliges Fleisch
und Bäume, armselige Sterne und Steine, aber niemals
dies Prachtexemplar hypermagischer
Allmächtigkeit. Wir Ärzte erkennen
einen hoffnungslosen Fall – hört zu: Nebenan
ist ein Universum, selten gut; gehen wir
e. e. cummings - Dedication
- This book is for Rhysling and Joe-Jim, Harriman and Harshaw, Lorenzo and Lazarus, the Menace from Earth and our gal Friday --- and all you other zombies who so delightfully live on.
- First words
- Marianne O'Hara was in the last group of shuttles to lift off from Earth, just before a direct hit turned the Cape into a radioactive inlet.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Neue Welten aufzubauen.
- Publisher's editor*
- Alpers, Hans Joachim
- Blurbers
- Brin, David; Zelazny, Roger; King, Stephen
- Original language*
- Englisch
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