John Scalzi
Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 4.06 | 48556 Users | 2246 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Last Colony ISBN13 9786155272264 |
| Edition Language: | Hungarian |
| Series: | Old Man's War #3 |
| Characters: | John Perry, Jane Sagan, Zoë Boutin |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (2008), Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2008), Seiun Award 星雲賞 for Best Foreign Novel (2010) |
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Katonai szolgálata végeztével John Perry leszerelt, és eseménytelen veteránéveit Huckleberry távoli bolygóján tengeti, ahol a Gyarmati Szövetség falusi békebírójaként a telepesek tyúk- és kecskepereiben szolgáltat igazságot. A korábban a Különleges Erőknél szolgáló feleségével, Jane Sagannel él együtt, több hektáros tanyájukon földet művelnek, és büszkeségtől dagadó kebellel figyelik, hogyan cseperedik örökbefogadott lányuk, Zoë.A falusi idill nyolc évét azonban egy csapásra fenekestül felforgatja, amikor a Gyarmati Szövetség fejese kopogtat a portájukon. Az emberek gyarmatbirodalma ugyanis politikai válság szélére sodródott: a maroknyi telepes segítségével létesített egykori kolóniák az évek során annyira megerősödtek, hogy egy ideje maguk is gyarmatosítási jogot követelnek saját bolygóiknak. Ki más lehetne rátermettebb kormányzója a baljós nevű Roanoke-ra készülő, tíz külön világról érkezett, önfejű telepesnek, mint Perry, a békebíró és az ellentmondást nem tűrő Sagan? Az új kolóniához a Gyarmati Szövetség nagy reményeket fűz, de nem csak azért, mert ezzel megzabolázhatja az elégedetlenkedő gyarmatokat, hanem egy ennél grandiózusabb, magasztosabb cél hajtja, mely egyben Johnt és Jane-t is a galaktikus politika, ármány és cselszövés legmélyebb vízébe dobja, a fejük felett lebegő háború árnyáról már nem is beszélve.
Itemize Of Books Az utolsó gyarmat (Old Man's War #3)
| Title | : | Az utolsó gyarmat (Old Man's War #3) |
| Author | : | John Scalzi |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | 2013 by Agave (first published April 17th 2007) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Space. Space Opera. War. Military Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy. Audiobook |
Rating Of Books Az utolsó gyarmat (Old Man's War #3)
Ratings: 4.06 From 48556 Users | 2246 ReviewsAssess Of Books Az utolsó gyarmat (Old Man's War #3)
American pioneer heritage is something which has kind of a sordid history once you peel back the legend and myth-making which was deliberately added to it. Disease, exile of religious dissidents, slaughter of locals, and shameless land grabs are the least of it. I was hesitant about John Scalzi's take on the subject with the story of Old Man War protagonist John Perry taking up the role of a colony head in a book series primarily about the evils of colonization. I shouldn't have doubted ScalziThe best entry in the series so far, and it really capitalizes on the two books that came before.The decision to bring back John Perry from the first book as the main character was great. The fact he was paired with Jane, who was an important secondary character in the first book and an even more important secondary character in the second book, was great. It feels like the book is building on the earlier books in a really meaningful way without making it feel like the first books were in any
Im no expert at colonizing newly discovered worlds, but I gotta think that naming your new planet Roanoke and your settlement town Croatoan is just asking to be pimp slapped by fate. Why not just christen a ship Titantic or call that new nuclear plant Chernobyl? Whats the worst that could happen?The third installment of this series finds John Perry and his wife Jane retired from the Colonial Defense Force and living quietly on a colonized planet with their daughter. The CDF approaches them to
3.5 stars. A good installment in this series. I enjoyed this much more than I was expecting, and totally loved these women: Jane Sagan and Savitri Guntupillai. I'm looking forward to seeing this story's events from Zoe Boutin's perspective soon. I wanted to spend so much more time with these three people.It's nice to see that some of the revelations in book 2 are followed up here, (view spoiler)[namely, that Charles Boutin wasn't just a crazy, evil genius, and the CU really are fairly unethical
In The Last Colony we are reunited with John Perry and Jane Sagan from the previous books. In return for Janes silence regarding the events of book 2, Jane and John have their consciousness transferred back into human bodies to start a new married life on one of the colonies, on the planet Huckleberry. That would be the one with the moons called Sawyer and Becky. Apparently the original colonists had a Twain fetish. Anyway, they adopt Zoe, Charles Boutins daughter from book 2, and the story
(My full review of this book is much longer than Goodreads' word-count limitations. Find the entire essay at the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com].)Regular readers will know that I've found myself in a special situation this month, because of accidentally getting my hands on a total of eight out of the twelve science-fiction novels nominated this year for either the Hugo or Philip K Dick award; today's review is the sixth of that series*, with the rest of them found
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