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Carregando... The Man Who Used the Universe (1983)de Alan Dean Foster
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The Man Who Used The Universe by Alan Dean Foster: This book is a science fiction novel about a human civilization that has spread over a group of planets and their antagonistic relationship with the slimy Nuel aliens who reside on another group of planets. Their xenophobic struggles with each other provide lots of intrigue, tension and violence. Just when the situation seems to be improving, another predator species mounts an attack that appears to be catastrophic. The book is populated by interesting characters, twists and turns of plot, and engrossing action. However, the most interesting aspects of this book are the covert manipulations that guided the development of the human and Nuel civilizations. I enjoyed this book very much. *** beware spoilers *** A racy read in which our protagonist, hired gun for a local protection racket, takes over his boss's syndicate, gradually worms his way up the criminal system and the layers of "illegal" status ranks, builds an interplanetary crime empire, and then breaks into "legal" business, using the kind of organizational skills which enable businessmen to hide their dealings in layers of shell companies and offshore tax havens, plus uncanny psychological intuition, long-term secret planning. and the strategic use of blackmail, extreme violence, and almost complete emotional detachment. Driven only by his desire for control over his own destiny (reacting against a childhood of bullying and parental neglect), he becomes the first human to make a full commercial agreement with the rival empire of the Nuel (delightfully depicted as a molluscan race so slimily repulsive that they have a collective paranoia about it). He plays human and alien interests against each other in an ever-more complex system of bluffs and double bluffs, and ends up saving both civilizations from conflict and invasion almost as an accidental side-effect of his personal obsession. Maybe there's some sort of message about how good leaders must eschew loyalty or even morality in relation to individuals in order to achieve a greater good for all; but mainly, it's just a fun SF novel. MB 8-x-2012 sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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No one knows the true motives of Kees vaan Loo-Macklin. He's a mastermind criminal who gave up his place at the head of the dark underworld to become a legitimate member of Evenwaith's cities. But soon he was reaching out to powerful enemies-the slimy aliens called the Nuel. Loo-Macklin negotiates an illusory peace agreement and gains precious alien secrets in the process. Is he after peace, power or pure evil? With enemy starships beginning to amass, we won't have to wait long to find out. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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God, this guy is prolific - I assume he's actually a pen-name for a group of authors. ( )