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Jeffrey A. Carver

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Værker af Jeffrey A. Carver

Neptune Crossing (1994) 423 eksemplarer
Eternity's End (2000) 351 eksemplarer
The Rapture Effect (1988) 273 eksemplarer
Strange Attractors (1995) 237 eksemplarer
From a Changeling Star (1988) 225 eksemplarer
Battlestar Galactica (2005) 223 eksemplarer
Infinity Link (1984) 223 eksemplarer
Star Rigger's Way (1978) 204 eksemplarer
The Infinite Sea (1996) 195 eksemplarer
Dragons In The Stars (Star Rigger) (1992) 189 eksemplarer
Panglor (1979) 183 eksemplarer
Dragon Rigger (1993) 147 eksemplarer
Sunborn (2008) 146 eksemplarer
Down the Stream of Stars (1990) 124 eksemplarer
Clypsis (1987) 104 eksemplarer

Associated Works

Dragons of Darkness (1981) — Bidragyder — 170 eksemplarer
Futurelove: A Science Fiction Triad (1977) — Bidragyder — 127 eksemplarer
Warriors of Blood and Dream (1995) — Bidragyder — 79 eksemplarer
Habitats (1984) — Bidragyder — 40 eksemplarer
Diamonds In The Sky (2009) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Across the Spectrum (2013) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
Galileo Magazine of Science & Fiction July 1978 (1978) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer

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One of the most fabulous efforts at Science Fiction ever to hit the airwaves, this show helped breathe life back into the genre after a much too long absence. Everyone has seen the show or at least knows the basic premise, so I won’t rehash it here. Even the opening of the show, with a theme sung in a dead language, suggested how great this one was going to be. And it was.

To me, the book is well written and exciting, Carver doing an excellent job of giving fans of the show a chance to revisit it in a different medium. One of the complaints, of course, is that it is exactly that — a retelling of the show’s fabulous beginning. While it is true that nothing new is proffered here by Carver — no new insights or background to beloved characters is even remotely given — that’s why I liked it. When you look at some of the complaints, you realize they perhaps read the book too close to the ending of the series — or even while it was on the air in some places.

I think enough time has now passed that I really appreciated that aspect of the book when I read this. It was everything I remembered. It was nostalgic in a way, allowing me to once again get lost in Battlestar with all its many and varied story-lines and mythos only just beginning to emerge. I do understand that people were disappointed at what this book wasn’t, but I think at this juncture, it’s much more fun to read than it might have been during the show.

Now War and Peace this ain’t, but it’s not supposed to be. For those who loved the show, however, and just want to spend a little more time with friends, because it hurt to let them go, this is great fun. I thought Carver did a great job on this one. Considering how lackluster the books that followed it were, it makes it all the more special if you can track down a copy. So say we all...
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Matt_Ransom | 11 andre anmeldelser | Oct 6, 2023 |

This one is hard to pigeon hole.

In places it's quite morally ambiguous, and adult in the lack of clear conclusions.

In others it's over simple, like bad YA.

While the characters don't always ring true, it is an entertaining story, and an interesting backdrop that's at least partially filled out.

A solid three and a half stars you might just enjoy more than I did.
 
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furicle | 4 andre anmeldelser | Aug 5, 2023 |
Too much hand waving buzz word science, only one character I cared about, and a plot I couldn't swallow.

It's written well, and moves along enough I almost enjoyed it regardless.

Unless you've read the previous novels ( I haven't) I'd skip this one.
 
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furicle | 3 andre anmeldelser | Aug 5, 2023 |
A crusty, discredited space pilot and a stowaway girl of uncertain age, due to time dilation and other timey-wimey mishaps, crash-land on a planet where, to put it mildly, time is out of joint. There are bad guys, wrecked spacecraft, and stranded aliens. Panglor is the foundation book for Jeffrey A Carver’s six-book Star Rigger series originally published from 1976 to 2000. Carver’s flux-space universe has just enough hard science to keep it out of Dr. Who territory. 4 stars.
 
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Tom-e | 4 andre anmeldelser | Sep 30, 2022 |

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