‘In the year 4784, the Universe is contained within the empire of Isher ruled by the Empress Innelda.‘Dedicated to pleasure, Innelda’s dictatorship has driven Isher to the brink of cosmic disaster. For against her stand the impregnable Weapon Shops, their immortal leader Robert Hedrock and a man ...
Πρόκειται για την ιστορία του Τζέημσον, ενός ανθρώπου για τον οποίο "τα πάντα – η οικογενειακή ζωή, η ανατροφή των παιδιών, η αγάπη και οι προσωπικές επιθυμίες – έρχονταν σε δεύτερη μοίρα", ενός ανθρώπου αναγκασμένου "απ' τις περιστάσεις να αντισταθεί με μοναδικό όπλο την ευφυϊα του απέναντι σ' έ...
This a novel from the 'golden age' of SF, when galaxies could be crossed in a matter of days in fully electric rocket ships and no one thought to explain how. Such innocence!Gilbert Gosseyn arrives in the City of the Machine in the year 2650 planning to take part in The Games in order to have a ...