Les Amants étrangers

A Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction book. I picked up this book at Powell's City of Books...

Croyant avoir échappé à la tyrannie religieuse qui domine la Terre du XXXIe siècle par une affectation inespérée sur la planète Ozagen, le linguiste Hal Yarrow découvre que le pire de sa planète natale l'a suivi - Pornsen, son ange gardien personnel, à l'affût du moindre péché ou de la plus insignifiante pensée déviante. Conditionné par une vie entière de soumission, Yarrow accepte l'espionnage constant de Pornsen comme un mal nécessaire et se plonge dans l'étude du langage des Wogglebugs, la race insectoïde dominante sur Ozagen. Jusqu'à ce qu'il découvre Jeannette, une fugitive pas tout à fait humaine, cachée dans d'anciennes ruines construites par des humanoïdes depuis longtemps disparus. Pour un croyant comme...

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  • Pages: 250 pages
  • ISBN: 9782277115373 / 2277115371
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-No es tan fiero en len como lo pintan. Al menos no al principio-.Gnero. Ciencia-Ficcin.Lo que nos cuenta. Hal Yarrow, lingista de profesin en el ao 3050 e infelizmente casado con Mary, vive en una sociedad religiosa totalitaria y represiva bajo el control del Iglestado. Cuando es enviado en misin secreta al recin descubierto planeta... I picked up this book at Powell's City of Books simply to gawk at the wonderfully weird cover. (Different from the one shown here.) When I read the back, I was intrigued by the concept of the world split into two shifts (day/night) due to over population. It was only $3.50, so I bought. I read it on the train home. I was shocked by... This seems like a short story expanded to a novella or short novel. Interesting (and complete) world design, religious oppression taken to an extreme. No real action in the first half, though. The second half is a good story, with elements of adventure and intrigue at the personal and government scale, and works fairly well.Tried to...


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