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Homeworld is written by Harry Harrison who is also the author of Deathworld, Make Room! Make Room! (filmed as Soylent Green), the popular Stainless Steel Rat books, and many other famous works of SF.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.Tags
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Fantastic retro future sci-fi which is eerily prescient at the same time. The plot is a bit basic and the characters a bit silly but the pages fly on this roller-coaster. It's the small details and inventiveness of the dystopian world that ultimately make this book worth a read. Ends on an infuriating "cliffhanger" that suggests some deadlines in the past where a tad to tight maybe.
Dystopian novel about an upper crust member learning how the world really works, and becoming a secret agent for freedom. A little too James Bond esque for my liking with the hero stumbling into attractive women left and right. Still though it’s well written with a good dose of suspense. The ending is pretty anticlimactic but sets up the sequel well. There’s not as many sci fi elements as I expected, but it’s a competent espionage thriller. In a nutshell it’s 1984 meets the 39 Steps
Surprisingly prescient in places and will definitely pick up the remaining books if I come across them.
Great premise that the protagonist lives on the privileged side of society split into haves and have-nots and has never recognized a problem with it. he learns a lesson.
The whole book takes place on the home world and ends with the hero sent off to another planet.
I would buy the next books if I see them.
The whole book takes place on the home world and ends with the hero sent off to another planet.
I would buy the next books if I see them.
Short and predictable, but maybe not as much so when it was written. I also find that the technology holds up after 30 years.
In de Thuiswereld van ingenieur Jan Kulozik dient de computer mens en maatschappij. Als Kulozik zich per auto op weg begeeft vanuit het noorden van Engeland, schakelt hij op de snelweg de computer in die via een automatische piloot de besturing met een snelheid van 240 km per uur regelt. Jan draait zich dan om en gaat TV kijken.
De zo op het oog goed georganiseerde en comfortabele computermaatschappij is echter maar uiterlijke schijn. Terwijl Jan zich voortbewoog, pleegde een zojuist door hem ontslagen technicus zelfmoord, omdat hij de gedachte nooit meer werk te kunnen krijgen en zich bij het grote grauwe werklozenleger te moeten aansluiten niet verdragen kon. Blijkbaar was deze maatschappij niet zo perfect als ze leek...
Geestelijke show more onvrijheid, geschiedvervalsing, machtsmisbruik, onderdrukking en permanente werkloosheid waren de problemen van Jan's wereld. Hoewel hij daarin een zorgeloos bestaan kende, begon hij zich die steeds meer bewust te worden... show less
De zo op het oog goed georganiseerde en comfortabele computermaatschappij is echter maar uiterlijke schijn. Terwijl Jan zich voortbewoog, pleegde een zojuist door hem ontslagen technicus zelfmoord, omdat hij de gedachte nooit meer werk te kunnen krijgen en zich bij het grote grauwe werklozenleger te moeten aansluiten niet verdragen kon. Blijkbaar was deze maatschappij niet zo perfect als ze leek...
Geestelijke show more onvrijheid, geschiedvervalsing, machtsmisbruik, onderdrukking en permanente werkloosheid waren de problemen van Jan's wereld. Hoewel hij daarin een zorgeloos bestaan kende, begon hij zich die steeds meer bewust te worden... show less
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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
- Homeworld
- Original publication date
- 1980
- People/Characters
- Jan Kulozik
- First words
- "It's a monstrosity, a bastard combination of antique piping, worn valves - and modern electronic technology."
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)In the end, Jan was the one who smiled.
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