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Jack McDevitt

Autor(a) de The Engines of God

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Jack McDevitt (born 1935) is an American science fiction author whose novels frequently deal with attempts to make contact with alien races, and with archaeology or xenoarchaeology. He attended La Salle University, where a short story of his won the annual Freshman Short Story Contest and was mostrar mais published in the school's literary magazine, Four Quarters. He received a Master's degree in literature from Wesleyan University in 1971. Before becoming a full-time author, he was an English teacher, naval officer, Philadelphia taxi driver, customs officer and motivational trainer. His first published story was The Emerson Effect in The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981. Two years later, he published his first novel, The Hercules Text, which won the Philip K. Dick Special Award. He won the 2006 Nebula Award for Best Novel for Seeker, the UPC International Prize for his novella Ships in the Night in 1991, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best SF novel for Omega in 2003. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Jack McDevitt

The Engines of God (1994) 1,858 exemplares
Chindi (2002) 1,385 exemplares
Seeker (2005) 1,339 exemplares
A Talent for War (1989) 1,318 exemplares
Polaris (2004) 1,173 exemplares
Eternity Road (1997) 1,113 exemplares
Deepsix (2001) 1,110 exemplares
Omega (2003) 1,071 exemplares
Ancient Shores (1996) 947 exemplares
Infinity Beach (2000) 840 exemplares
Moonfall (1998) 794 exemplares
Odyssey (2006) 790 exemplares
Cauldron (2007) 704 exemplares
The Devil's Eye (2008) 658 exemplares
Time Travelers Never Die (2009) 595 exemplares
Echo (2010) 526 exemplares
Firebird (2011) 419 exemplares
The Hercules Text (1986) 349 exemplares
Starhawk (2013) 285 exemplares
Coming Home (2014) 273 exemplares
The Cassandra Project (2012) 235 exemplares
Thunderbird (2015) 216 exemplares
The Long Sunset (2018) 156 exemplares
Octavia Gone (2019) 146 exemplares
Going Interstellar (2012) 82 exemplares
Hello Out There (2000) 55 exemplares
Village in the Sky (2023) 44 exemplares
Outbound (2006) 29 exemplares
A Voice in the Night (2018) 27 exemplares
Return to Glory (2022) — Autor — 19 exemplares
Maquinas De Dios,Las Puzzle (2006) 13 exemplares
PREMIO UPC 1994 (1995) 9 exemplares
Doorway to the Stars (2024) 6 exemplares
Cryptic [short story] 6 exemplares
Promises to Keep 5 exemplares
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 46, No. 3 & 4 [March/April 2022] (2021) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
The Far Shore 4 exemplares
The Candidate 4 exemplares
Auld Lang Boom 3 exemplares
Time's Arrow 3 exemplares
Welcome To Valhalla 3 exemplares
Act of God 3 exemplares
Tyger 3 exemplares
Fifth Day 3 exemplares
Good Intentions 3 exemplares
Maiden Voyage (2012) 2 exemplares
Dig Site 2 exemplares
Black To Move 2 exemplares
Happy Birthday — Autor — 2 exemplares
Codice Hercules 2 exemplares
Dead In The Water 2 exemplares
Ohio Toolmakers and Their Tools (2000) 2 exemplares
Deus Tex 2 exemplares
Indomitable 2 exemplares
Never Despair 2 exemplares
The Tomb 2 exemplares
To Hell with the Stars (1987) 2 exemplares
Report From The Rear 2 exemplares
Last Contact 2 exemplares
Windows 2 exemplares
Ellie 2 exemplares
Tweak 2 exemplares
Valkyrie 1 exemplar
Cosmic Harmony 1 exemplar
Tidal Effects 1 exemplar
Variables 1 exemplar
Glory Days 1 exemplar
Blinker 1 exemplar
Midnight Clear 1 exemplar
Oculus 1 exemplar
Windrider 1 exemplar
The Hercules Test 1 exemplar
Knock Knock [short story] — Autor — 1 exemplar
Molly's Kids 1 exemplar
The Gold Signal 1 exemplar
Dutchman 1 exemplar
Listen Up Nitwits 1 exemplar
Gus 1 exemplar
Sunrise 1 exemplar
The Mission 1 exemplar
The Eagle Project 1 exemplar
Enjoy the Moment 1 exemplar
Ignition 1 exemplar
In The Tower 1 exemplar
The Last Dance 1 exemplar
Seeker [Excerpt] 1 exemplar
Whistle 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (2008) — Contribuidor — 1,542 exemplares
Pellucidar (1915) — Introdução, algumas edições665 exemplares
The End Is Nigh (2014) — Contribuidor — 276 exemplares
Year's Best SF 10 (2005) — Contribuidor — 229 exemplares
Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft (2015) — Contribuidor — 190 exemplares
Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse (2013) — Contribuidor — 184 exemplares
Full Spectrum 3 (1991) — Contribuidor — 165 exemplares
The Further Adventures of the Joker (1990) — Contribuidor — 156 exemplares
Armored (2012) — Contribuidor — 141 exemplares
Lightspeed: Year One (2011) — Contribuidor — 138 exemplares
Down these Dark Spaceways (2005) — Contribuidor — 136 exemplares
The Best Time Travel Stories of All Time (2002) — Contribuidor — 134 exemplares
The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection (1984) — Contribuidor — 131 exemplares
Year's Best SF 16 (2011) — Contribuidor — 126 exemplares
Not of Woman Born (1999) — Contribuidor — 121 exemplares
Full Spectrum (1988) — Contribuidor — 120 exemplares
Full Spectrum 2 (1990) — Contribuidor — 117 exemplares
Futures from Nature (2007) — Contribuidor — 113 exemplares
Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories (1990) — Contribuidor — 111 exemplares
Alternate Wars (What Might Have Been, Vol. 3) (1991) — Contribuidor — 111 exemplares
Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 (2007) — Contribuidor — 106 exemplares
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985) — Contribuidor — 100 exemplares
Sideways In Crime (2008) — Contribuidor — 100 exemplares
The Other Half of the Sky (2013) — Contribuidor — 98 exemplares
Christmas Stars (1992) — Contribuidor — 96 exemplares
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore (2017) — Contribuidor — 95 exemplares
Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction (2016) — Contribuidor — 93 exemplares
Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 (2008) — Contribuidor — 90 exemplares
Forbidden Planets (2006) — Contribuidor — 88 exemplares
Time Machines: The Greatest Time Travel Stories Ever Written (1998) — Contribuidor — 79 exemplares
Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 (2004) — Contribuidor — 77 exemplares
Betcha Can't Read Just One (1993) — Contribuidor — 73 exemplares
Wondrous Beginnings (2003) — Contribuidor — 69 exemplares
Fast Forward 2 (2008) — Contribuidor — 67 exemplares
When the Music's Over (1991) — Contribuidor — 63 exemplares
Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Sol System (2004) — Contribuidor — 54 exemplares
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (2000) — Contribuidor — 54 exemplares
Timegates (1997) — Contribuidor — 53 exemplares
Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic (2004) — Contribuidor — 52 exemplares
Universe 15 (1985) — Contribuidor — 50 exemplares
Isaac Asimov's Christmas (1656) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
Isaac Asimov's Aliens (1991) — Contribuidor — 39 exemplares
Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World (2017) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
Future Washington (2005) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
The Eagle Has Landed: 50 Years of Lunar Science Fiction (2019) — Contribuidor — 31 exemplares
The Door Gunner and Other Perilous Flights of Fancy (2011) — Introdução — 29 exemplares
Christmas Forever (1993) — Contribuidor — 25 exemplares
Mission: Tomorrow (2015) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
Exploring the Horizons (2000) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Futuredaze: An Anthology of YA Science Fiction (2013) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
To Shape the Dark (2016) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe II (2008) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 31, No. 4 & 5 [April/May 2007] (2007) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 1 • June 2010 (2010) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
Galaxy's Edge Magazine Issue 1, March 2013 (2013) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 19, No. 6 [May 1995] (1995) — Autor — 13 exemplares
Universe 17 (1987) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Extrasolar (2017) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Galaxy's Edge Magazine Issue 11, November 2014 (2014) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Impossible Futures (2013) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
StarShipSofa Stories Volume 3 — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares

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(2015) A portal to other worlds is found in North Dakoa in the same story line as Ancient Shores. I guess the story is nice to read and I could follow it very well. However, not a very good story as things are just a little too simple for the enormity of what has been found. It is almost as if they have discovered a car that could go 120 MPH driverless. These people should have been either more excited about the Maze, Riverworld or the Space Station. Instead, it becomes routine and ho-hum. Even at the end when they discover that the portal also is a time travel device that shows the ultimate fate of the Earth their reaction is to shut it down rather than be excited at the possibilities.Amazon customer review: First, the praises - this book is relatively free of typos and grammar errors, the language (dialog and not) is tolerable, and the concept is inspiring.On the other hand, the writer has next to no descriptive talent (or maybe just no imagination) - there's very little prose devoted to what a place looks like or what it feels like to be there. That alone is bad enough in a sci-fi based around amazing places, but they also spend most of their time in a place that they're continually comparing to Earth (down to having similar wildlife). One difference they do cite is the color of the foliage (and even that is along the lines of "except for the color of the foliage, this could be Earth"), which is laughable, because if the author actually remembered to mention the color, I did not notice it. So we spend the majority of a book about exotic alien places on either Earth, or a place that looks like Earth except it has slightly different colors. Mind-blowing sci-fi here.The thing that really burned me up and actually had me yelling at my Kindle in frustration was how timid and fearful the entire book was - the majority of the characters are cowering isolationists who can't decide whether it's safer to blow the stargate up or just blow it up. They make wild assumptions about its effect on the economy and the military, and go on and on about the risks and the danger. Hell, one of the main characters is so cowardly that he ACTIVELY LIES to people to avoid going through the stargate because he might possibly be in some danger; he only ends up going because another character accidentally railroads him into it. Every time the book comes within shouting distance of something wonderful and strange, it shies away and hides behind page after page of caution and fear. There are other buttons on the transport network, but the only ones explored turn out to be non-starters. The characters come across actual bloody ALIENS, and then retreat because contacting a superior race might possibly be harmful or even dangerous to the human race. Almost every other chapter is another argument for why the exploration should be stopped. Finally, the characters beat a hasty retreat because they encounter another alien race that happens to resemble a devil...I wish I was kidding.Tantalus, according to Greek mythology, was condemned to stand forever in water that receded whenever he tried to drink, under a fruit tree whose fruit was always -juuust- out of reach. This book feels like that. Page after page of promise followed by retreat and disappointment.Science fiction is supposed to be about showing us new things, not hinting at them and then raving about how they'll surely destroy us if we look at them for even one second. It's also supposed to inspire thought, discovery, and exploration, whereas this book seems to want to inspire the opposite. It made me really angry to read, and I regret the time I spent on it. The author should be ashamed of himself.… (mais)
 
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derailer | 9 outras críticas | Jan 25, 2024 |
(2007) As PW says this is not one of McDevitt's better books. Easy read but that is part of the problem. Too many pat scenarios and things happen too easy, even the end where the ?evil? omega cloud is defeated.From Publishers WeeklySpace opera specialist McDevitt shoehorns two traditional SF plots into his latest Academy novel (after 2006's Odyssey), doing both stories a disservice. Youthful physicist Jon Silvestri persuades the philanthropic Prometheus Foundation to back tests of a risky interstellar drive that's vastly superior to current technology. Soon series keystone Priscilla Hutchins finds herself aboard a newly outfitted ship dispatched to the galactic core, seeking the source of a million-year-old interstellar menace. The cast is uniformly likable if prickly, but no true protagonist emerges from McDevitt's ensemble. Some sections are leisurely, others rushed. Readers see little of the star drive research, and the space voyage is triply sidetracked¥to a planet of cheerfully technophobic aliens, an abandoned world with unexpected dangers and a black hole with a tantalizing secretÂ¥before reaching its stated objective, where the threat's origin is summarily introduced and disposed of in the last 60 pages. Despite considerable inventiveness and an enthusiastic pro-space agenda, the story remains superficial, especially frustrating from a writer of McDevitt's caliber.… (mais)
 
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derailer | 26 outras críticas | Jan 25, 2024 |
(2006)Another good story with Priscilla ?Hutch? Hutchins as the head of the ?Academy? that controls most interstellar flights. Sightings of ?ufos? spawns concerns that we are being attacked by aliens. Two incidents imply that this has happened only to learn that it is a corporate conspiracy to build up space defense spending. Then a real attack catches everybody off guard as the aliens try to stop a dangerous scientific project that could cause the destruction of the universe.Booklist:Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchinson's fifth adventure opens with the former starship pilot deskbound at the Academy (the twenty-third-century equivalent of NASA), which is facing catastrophic cuts to the space program. In a media campaign led by Hutch's old friend, acerbic newspaper editor Gregory MacAllister, pundits and politicians alike argue that the program's money would be better spent on the earthbound threats of global warming and disease. Perhaps not coincidentally, humans everywhere from Earth to Ophiuchi begin witnessing repeated visitations from "moonriders" (apparently alien spherical spacecraft), and they prompt an Academy investigative mission. To humor Hutch and grab a good story, MacAllister joins a spacebound team including a celebrated pilot and a senator's daughter. When the moonriders apparently redirect a few asteroids to destroy an orbiting hotel and narrowly bypass Earth, suspicions begin to emerge that the moonriders--and certain members of the Academy--may not be what they seem to be. McDevitt's energetic, character-driven prose serves double duty by exploring Earth's future political climate and forecasting the potential dangers awaiting humanity among the stars.… (mais)
 
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derailer | 24 outras críticas | Jan 25, 2024 |
(2004)Another good store that has Alex Benedict & his assistant Chase Kolpath try to unravel a mystery about the disappearnce of a crew of 7 aboard an observation ship that is studying a nova, leaving only the ship behind.
 
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Membros
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