Outlaw Planet: Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award - the wild, exhilarating SF adventure: The Pandominion
Autor M. R. Careyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 noi 2025
Tradus din limba engleză, Outlaw Planet păstrează vibrația intensă a limbajului original, reușind să transfere în română un amestec inedit de duritate și vulnerabilitate. Prin această traducere, cititorul primește acces la o lume în care granițele dintre dimensiuni sunt la fel de fragile ca moralitatea personajelor sale. Reținem că M. R. Carey nu se mulțumește doar cu o aventură spațială, ci construiește o cosmogonie complexă sub umbrela The Pandominion, unde tehnologia și conștiința se contopesc în moduri tulburătoare.
Sistemul tehnologic propus este unul dintre cele mai inventive elemente ale cărții: Wakeful Slim, arma inteligentă purtată de protagonista Bess, nu este doar un instrument de distrugere, ci o entitate bântuită de amprenta digitală a unui fost posesor. Această simbioză între om și obiect oferă o perspectivă unică asupra identității într-un multivers aflat în război. În tradiția stabilită de Micaiah Johnson în The Space Between Worlds, acest roman explorează temele privilegiului și ale supraviețuirii în dimensiuni paralele, însă Carey adaugă o estetică de western intergalactic care amintește de atmosfera din Revenger de Alastair Reynolds.
Față de lucrările sale anterioare, precum Once Was Willem, unde explora folclorul medieval întunecat, sau Infinity Gate, care punea bazele acestui multivers, Outlaw Planet este o lucrare mai viscerală, focalizată pe transformarea unei profesoare într-o eroină renegată. Stilul este cinematic, alert, dar presărat cu detalii de construcție a lumii care extind orizontul narativ dincolo de limitele obișnuite ale genului.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0356528049
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Orbit
Seria The Pandominion
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte pasionaților de science-fiction care caută mai mult decât simple bătălii stelare. Câștigător al premiului Philip K. Dick, romanul oferă o explorare profundă a răzbunării și redempțiunii. Cititorul va câștiga o experiență de lectură intensă, marcată de un sistem tehnologic fascinant și de o protagonistă memorabilă, într-o poveste care demonstrează cum o singură persoană poate destabiliza un întreg imperiu interdimensional.
Despre autor
M. R. Carey este pseudonimul unui scriitor britanic de renume, cunoscut atât pentru proza sa literară, cât și pentru contribuțiile majore în lumea benzilor desenate. A semnat scenarii pentru giganți precum DC și Marvel, lucrând la titluri iconice ca X-Men și Fantastic Four. Succesul său internațional a fost consolidat de romanul „The Girl With All the Gifts”, adaptat într-un film nominalizat la premiile BAFTA. În Outlaw Planet, autorul își folosește experiența vastă în narațiunea vizuală și construcția de lumi pentru a oferi o nouă dimensiune universului său multiversal, Pandominion.
Descriere
**WINNER OF THE PHILIP K. DICK AWARD**
'A sweeping story of vengeance, love and redemption, set against a backdrop of unimaginably vast interdimensional conflict' Claire North, award-winning author of 84K and Slow Gods
Discover this thrilling stand-alone science fiction adventure set in the world of the Pandominion from the million-copy bestselling M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts and the Philip K. Dick Award-shortlisted Infinity Gate.
Sometimes the fate of entire worlds can be decided by a woman with nothing to lose, and the smartest gun in the multiverse in her hand . . .
This is the story of Bess - or Dog-Bitch Bess as she came to be known. It's the story of the gun she carried, whose name was Wakeful Slim. It's the story of the dead man who carried that gun before her and left a piece of himself inside it. And it's the tale of how she turned from teacher, to renegade, and ultimately to hero.
This is also the tale of the last violent engagements in an inter-dimensional war - one of the most brutal the multiverse had ever seen.
This is how Bess learned the truth about her world. Came to it the hard way, through pain and loss and the reckless spilling of blood, and carried it with her like a brand on her soul. And once she knew it - knew for sure how badly she'd been used - she had no option but to do something about it.
From one of science fiction's most original and revolutionary voices comes a tale like no other. Vengeance always comes with a price . . .
Praise for Outlaw Planet:
'A character you can't forget in a lush, inventive world that expands past the wildest horizon' David Wellington, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated The Last Astronaut
'Western and science fiction tropes collide to brilliant, fresh effect' Kirkus
'Studded with wild worldbuilding details, this cinematic saga has nary a dull moment' Publishers Weekly
'His best novel yet' SFX
Recenzii
A genuine treat for SF fans: an epic multiverse tale that moves like a thriller
[A] brilliant dimension-hopping sci-fi thriller . . . readers will be wowed
Infinity Gate is a powerful exploration of the near-future, skilfully and seamlessly weaving different realities and different iterations of AI . . . Carey has the experience, imagination and verve to pull it off. A compelling entry and a must-read!
Humane, thoughtful and exciting, Mike Carey reaffirms his place in the ranks of SF with this startlingly good novel
Infinity Gate, with its in-depth science and rich characterization, is a must-read for SF fans, as Carey's story crosses the militarism of an anthropomorphic Starship Troopers with Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter's Long Earth series while waging a war against Stargate's replicators.
A dazzling speculation on the many ways our world could have evolved, layered inside a thriller that will make your eardrums vibrate. M.R. Carey reveals the human (and non-human) cost extracted by the crumbling aspirations of a multiverse empire. I was charmed, disturbed, and fascinated by turns - and I couldn't put this book down
M.R. Carey is a master of imagination and suspense
This is gripping, unrelenting, and absolutely unique. Carey is working at the absolute top of his game, and I cannot wait to see where this story goes next! They say there's nothing new under the sun. Well, M. R. Carey heard this and invented a whole new sun to put new things under. Absolutely brilliant. Top-notch science fiction, thrilling and thoughtful at the same time.
Infinity Gate is a powerful exploration of the near-future, skilfully and seamlessly weaving different realities and different iterations of AI . . . A compelling entry and a must-read!
Compulsively readable . . . This is the science-fiction epic I've always wanted to read. It's nothing short of superb, and deserves every accolade it's sure to get. Go and read it as soon as it comes out - you will not be disappointed
When the book's different subplots converge, they do so in a brilliantly realised set-piece that combines balletic über-violence with real emotional heft - which only makes you impatient to open the next volume
A mind-bending multiverse novel that feels wholly original
Outlaw Planet is a sweeping story of vengeance, love and redemption, set against a backdrop of unimaginably vast interdimensional conflict
Western and science fiction tropes collide to brilliant, fresh effect
A character you can't forget in a lush, inventive world that expands past the wildest horizon!
Studded with wild worldbuilding details, this cinematic saga has nary a dull moment
This is an SF western . . . And yet, that's also a misleading simplification, because the frontier inhabited by Bess is a place where nothing is as it seems. Add in a split narrative involving dimension-hopping soldiers, animal-human creatures, a war conducted across the multiverse, and mysterious archaeological remains, and there's much going on here. That it never seems too much, but rather the product of a brilliant imagination, is entirely to Carey's credit. His best novel yet.
An immense achievement: an impeccably crafted book
A must-read for SF fans