
Remembrance Day e-bog
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Third in the acclaimed Squire Quartetfrom the author of ';Supertoys Last All Summer Long,' the basis for the movie A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Winner of two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Brian W. Aldiss challenged readers' minds for over fifty years with literate, thought-provoking, and inventive science fiction. Ray and ...
E-bog
25,00 DKK
Forlag
Open Road Media
Udgivet
1 april 2014
Længde
308 sider
Genrer
FA
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781497608412
Third in the acclaimed Squire Quartetfrom the author of ';Supertoys Last All Summer Long,' the basis for the movie A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Winner of two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Brian W. Aldiss challenged readers' minds for over fifty years with literate, thought-provoking, and inventive science fiction. Ray and Ruby Tebbutt are a Norfolk couple struggling to pay off a loan they could not afford. Peter Petrik, a small-time Czech film director, is involved with an Irish arms smuggler. Dominic Mayor, a British millionaire with a cold past, made his fortune by manipulating the stock market. All four people's lives are taken by a terrorist bombing in a small British seaside hotel. InRemembrance Day, an American academic examines the details of the victims' lives and histories to find the relationship between them and their fate. ';In another significant mainstream outing, British science-fiction/fantasy grandmaster Aldiss discovers fresh and arresting nuances in the dichotomy between blind chance and predestination in human affairsoriginal, disturbing, and memorable.' Kirkus Reviews This ebook includes an introduction by the author.