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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. (Original Review, 1980-07-29) Some apparent anomalies in Niven's "Protector". I am reasonably comfortable with Larry Niven's "Known Space" universe, however I have just finished rereading "Protector" for the umpteenth time and I am somewhat disturbed by the apparent incompatibility with other "Known Space" stories. In "Protector" Roy Truesdale seeks out Brennan and they leave Sol for Home with the Pak scouts close behind. Brennan infects Truesdale with the modified Tree-of-Life virus just before they get there. After they arrive there, the virus spreads to all members of Home. The net result is that you have a planet full of childless protectors. Many years later ("Known Space" time) I believe We Made It buys the hyperspace shunt from the Outsiders. How come I have never seen reference to Home being wiped out by plague (that would be a likely story for the protectors to send to Earth) or reference to protectors on Home (I have not read "Ringworld Engineers" yet and I understand that protectors have something to do with Ringworld). With the advent of the hyperspace shunt, someone should have visited Home. Sometimes I read so fast that I miss things. If so, could someone please cite examples to get me back on track. [2018 EDIT: This review was written at the time as I was running my own personal BBS server. Much of the language of this and other reviews written in 1980 reflect a very particular kind of language: what I call now in retrospect a “BBS language”.] Jorden, nogle hundrede år ude i fremtiden Vi er i samme fiktive verden som i Ringworld. Man kan rejse i rummet vha Bussard ramjet-maskiner. Rummet omkring planeterne og Kuiper-bæltet er befolket af Belters, der ser lidt ned på jordkrabberne. En levevej er at finde magnetiske monopoler, som fx er gode til at lave kompakte maskiner og motorer med. En Jack Brennan har fundet en ret uvurderlig genstand, nemlig Mariner XX's rakettrin, som et rumfartsmuseum på Månen nok vil give gode penge for, men på vej til Månen opdager han at et Outsider rumskib er på vej ind i solsystemet og er ved at matche position og hastighed med ham. Ombord er en Pak Protector, som er en næsten udødelig udgave af en Pak, i alt fald når den har et formål. Og en Pak Protector kan kun have et formål, nemlig at beskytte sin race / stamme / gruppe. Ham her hedder Phssthpok. ??? sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Pertence à sérieKnown Space (4) Ringworld (Companion Prequel That Relates to Events in Book 2) Pertence à série publicadaBastei Science Fiction-Special (24258) Prêmios
Cavanaugh is a former member of Delta Force who now works as a protector for those rich enough to afford him and his team. A brilliant scientist named Prescott hires Cavanaugh to protect him from a powerful drug lord who, he says, is seeking the highly addictive drug he has invented. But after Cavanaugh trains the scientist in escape and evasion, the unthinkable occurs: Cavanaugh's team is viscously attacked and entirely wiped out--and Prescott seems to be in collusion with the attackers. Now Cavanaugh must fight against his own tactics and anticipate his enemy's every move, while suffering the consequences of the real secret Prescott is hiding: a unique weapon that induces fear. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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