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Mightiest Qorn de Keith Laumer

Mightiest Qorn

Autor Keith Laumer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 mai 2023
Mightiest Qorn, has been considered important throughout human history. In an effort to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to secure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for both current and future generations. This complete book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not scans of the authors' original publications, the text is readable and clear.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789357383738
ISBN-10: 9357383735
Pagini: 24
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 2 mm
Greutate: 0.05 kg
Editura: Alpha Editions

Notă biografică

Keith Laumer (1925-1993) was an American science fiction writer, military veteran, diplomat, and one of the distinctive voices of mid-twentieth-century adventure-oriented SF. Born John Keith Laumer in Syracuse, New York, he served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and later in the U.S. Air Force. He also worked in the diplomatic service, experiences that helped shape his fiction's recurring interest in command, bureaucracy, military systems, protocol, political maneuvering, and the absurdities of official power.Laumer began publishing science fiction in the 1950s and became known for stories and novels that combined speed, wit, action, and satirical bite. His best-known creations include the Retief stories, which mock diplomacy and institutional incompetence through sharp comic adventure, and the Bolo stories, centered on massive self-aware war machines and questions of loyalty, sacrifice, and martial honor. He also wrote novels such as A Plague of Demons, The Other Side of Time, The Great Time Machine Hoax, and many shorter works for science fiction magazines.His fiction often features capable individuals trapped inside dangerous systems, whether military, political, technological, or bureaucratic. Laumer could be funny, cynical, explosive, and surprisingly serious about courage, competence, and responsibility under pressure. Though his career was affected by serious health problems after a stroke in the early 1970s, his best work remains important to readers of classic science fiction, military SF, satirical SF, and the magazine tradition that shaped modern speculative adventure.