Starworld

by Harry Harrison

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Starworld is a novel by Harry Harrison, author of innumerable science fiction novels and stories.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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This was a disappointing end to the trilogy. It feels rushed as the hero literally runs from one end of the Earth to the other and back, typos and mangled phrases included. A back history of 400 years is infodumped by people who play no further part in the action, yet all the reference to history we get is the usual 20th century stuff, including nationalist clichés. We are treated to a lecture on how to conduct a real space war – the weapons engineer even gets to play an excerpt that reads like Star Wars (Harrison really must have been pissed off with the travesty of space popluarized by movies). Hardest to swallow is the emergence of a James Bond-style, omnipotent, omniscient supervillain. And all this in 200 pages! For once, more show more would have been better, there is simply not enough time to treat interesting aspects of the story in satisfactory depth. show less
Not as good as the first two, the politics was a bit screwy. But still a wonderful trilogy
Jan Kuzolik keert terug naar zijn Thuiswereld. De sterren trachten zich te bevrijden van het aardse juk en maken zich op voor een hevige strijd, die gestreden zal worden met uiterst subtiele middelen.

Hoewel ze in de fysieke meerderheid zijn, weet Thurgood-Smythe, als hoofd van de aardse veiligheidsdienst zo'n ondoorzichtig spelletje 'mastermind' te spelen, dat het tot het laatste moment volkomen onduidelijk blijft aan wiens zijde hij staat in de oorlog tussen de sterren en de Aarde. Het beslechten van het angstaanjagende conflict neemt een zeer onverwachte wending...
Trevlig avslutning på en skön trilogi med retro-sf av Harry Harrison. Här återfinns också en homage till Sveriges störste sf-utgivare och -författare, Sam J. Lundwall (i revolutionens sista timmar leder en kapten Lundwall ena halvan av flottstyrkan ombord på skeppet "Sverige").
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Harry Harrison was born Henry Maxwell Dempsey on March 12, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut. He was drafted into the U. S. Air Corps in 1943 and became a sharpshooter, a military policeman, a gunnery instructor, and a specialist in the prototypes of computer-guided bomb-sights and gun turrets. After being discharged, he graduated from Hunter College show more with a degree in art. By the end of the 1940s, he was running a small studio that specialized in selling illustrations to comics and science-fiction magazines. He then moved on to editing some of the magazines. As the market for comics began to shrink, he started writing for science-fiction magazines. He wrote short science fiction stories and novels including Deathworld, Captive Universe, Montezuma's Revenge, Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers, Stonehenge, West of Eden, Stars and Stripes Forever. He also wrote the Stainless Steel Rat series and the Bill, the Galactic Hero series. His novel Make Room! Make Room! Was the inspiration for the movie Soylent Green. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Hank Dempsey, Felix Boyd, Wade Kaempfert, Cameron Hall, Philip St. John, and Leslie Charteris. He died on August 15, 2012 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Starworld
Original title
Starworld
Original publication date
1981-07
People/Characters
Jan Kulozik
First words
Der alte Frachter war seit Passieren der Marskreisbahn auf Fusionsantrieb gelaufen.
The battered freighter had been on fusion drive ever since it had passed the orbit of Mars.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Wenn wir es diesmal nicht schaffen, werden wir wohl keine dritte Chance bekommen."
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"We must. I doubt if we will have a third chance if we don't get it right this time."

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Fiction and Literature, Science Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PS3558 .A667Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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