Starswarm

by Brian W. Aldiss

Paperback, 1980

Status

Available

Call number

823.9

Library's review

Indeholder "Sector Vermilion", "a kind of artistry", "Sector Grey", "hearts and engines", "Sector Violet", "the underpriviledged", "Sector Diamond", "the game of god", "Sector Green", "shards", "Sector Yellow", "legends of smith's burst", "Sector azure", "o moon of my delight", "The Rift", "old

hundredth".

"Sector Vermilion" handler om de 215000 planeter med en form for fælles kultur i denne del af stjernesværmen.
"a kind of artistry" handler om planeten Abrogun, hvor Derek Flamifew/Ende forlader sin mor/partner My Lady for at drage på en mission til The Cliff, som er et vældigt stort væsen, der er svært at komme ind på livet af. Da det er lykkedes, vender han tilbage og da My Lady forsøger at få ham til at love aldrig igen at forlade hende, springer han ud fra en klippe.
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Genres

Science Fiction

All Topics

Fiction

Collection

English paperback sf

Publication

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (1980), Hardcover, 190 pages

User reviews

LibraryThing member DinadansFriend

Mr. Aldiss deals here with the idea of differing evolutions of humanity caused by a colonization thrust from Earth outwards. A collection of shorts, the evening passed quite pleasantly reading them.

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LibraryThing member Farree

A pretty decent collection of SF shorts. it has aged better than most collections, probably because it doesn't get very much into the technology. I give it:

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