Alan E. Nourse Super Pack (16) (Positronic Super Pack)

Nourse, Alane E. (Author)

ISBN 10: 1515404358 / ISBN 13: 9781515404354

Verlag: Positronic Publishing, 2016

734 pages. 6.00x1.61x9.00 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers x-1515404358

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Alan E. Norse was a leading science fiction author during the tail end of the golden age. His stories have stood the test of time and continue to entertain and enthral generation after generation of readers. His thought provoking stories are just as pertinent today as they were in the Golden Age when he wrote them. If you enjoyed this book, you'll want to search on "Positronic Publishing Super Pack" and check out all our other Super Packs! Collected here in this omnibus edition are over 700 pages of wonderful fiction including twenty three classics such as:Star Surgeon An Ounce of Cure Circus My Friend Bobby Consignment Second Sight Marley's Chain The Coffin Cure Letter of the Law Contamination Crew The Link Meeting of the Board Image of the Gods Peacemaker Derelict The Native Soil Brightside Crossing The Dark Door Infinite Intruder Bear Trap Martyr A Man Obsessed Gold in the Sky

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Alan E. Nourse (1928-1992) was an American science fiction writer, physician, and nonfiction author whose work helped define an intelligent, practical strain of mid-twentieth-century speculative fiction. Trained as a doctor, Nourse brought unusual authority to stories concerned with medicine, biology, public health, space travel, scientific responsibility, and the ethical pressures created by new technologies. His fiction appeared during the later Golden Age and magazine era of science fiction, when writers were expanding the field's interest in social systems, professional expertise, and the human cost of scientific change.Nourse's stories are notable for their clarity, pace, and problem-solving energy. He could write space adventure, medical science fiction, institutional satire, alien-contact stories, and speculative mysteries with equal confidence, often grounding large ideas in the immediate dilemmas of working people, doctors, technicians, pilots, scientists, and explorers. His fiction remains rewarding for readers interested in classic science fiction, Golden Age SF, medical SF, vintage magazine fiction, and the development of twentieth-century speculative storytelling.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Alan E. Nourse Super Pack (16) (Positronic ...
Verlag: Positronic Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Brand New