The Gods Themselves

Informationen zum Autor Isaac Asimov began his Foundation series at the age of twenty-one, not realizing that it would one day be considered a cornerstone of science fiction. During his legendary career, Asimov penned more than 470 books on subjects ranging from science to Shakespeare to history, though he was most loved for his award-winning science fiction sagas, which include the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series. Named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Asimov entertained and educated readers of all ages for close to five decades. He died, at the age of seventy-two, in April 1992. Klappentext In the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a source science little understands: an exchange between Earth and a parallel universe, using a process devised by the aliens. But even free energy has a price. The transference process itself will eventually lead to the destruction of the Earth's Sun-and of Earth itself. Only a few know the terrifying truth-an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun. They know the truth-but who will listen? They have foreseen the cost of abundant energy-but who will believe? These few beings, human and alien, hold the key to Earth's survival."No good!" said Lamont, sharply. "I didn´t get anywhere." He had a brooding look about him that went with his deep-set eyes and the slight asymmetry of his long chin. There was a brooding look about him at the best of limes, and this was not the best of limes. His second formal interview with Hallam had been a greater fiasco than the first. "Don´t be dramatic," said Myron Bronowski, placidly. "You didn´t expect to. You told me that." He was tossing peanuts into the air and catching them in his plump-lipped mouth as they came down. He never missed. He was not very tall, not very thin. "That doesn´t make it pleasant. But you´re right, it doesn´t matter. There are other things J can do and intend to do and, besides that, I depend on you. If you could only find out-" "Don´t finish, Pete. I´ve heard it all before. All I have to do is decipher the thinking of a non-human intelligence." "A better-than-human intelligence. Those creatures from the para-Universe are trying to make themselves understood." "That may be," sighed Bronowski, "but they´re trying to do it through my intelligence, which is better than human I sometimes think, but not much. Sometimes, in the dark of the night, I lie awake and wonder if different intelligences can communicate at all; or, if I´ve had a particularly bad day, whether the phrase ´different intelligences´ has meaning at all." "It does," said Lamont savagely, his hands clearly bailing into fists within his lab coat pockets. "It means Hallam and me. It means that fool-hero, Dr. Frederick Hallam and me. We´re different intelligences because when I talk to him he doesn´t understand. His idiot face gets redder and his eyes bulge and his ears block. I´d say his mind stops functioning, but flack the proof of any other state from which it might stop." Bronowski murmured, "What a way to speak of the Father of the Electron Pump." "That´s it. Reputed Father of the Electron Pump. A bastard birth, if ever there was one. His contribution was least in substance. I know." "I know, too. You´ve told me often," and Bronowski tossed another peanut into the air. He didn´t miss. It had happened thirty years before. Frederick Hallam was a radiochemist, with the print on his doctoral dissertation still wet and with no sign whatever of being a world-shaker. What began the shaking of the world was the fact that a dusty reagent bottle marked "Tungsten Metal" stood on his desk. It wasn´t his; he had never used it. It was a legacy from some dim day when some past n habitan...

Product details

• Authors: Asimov, Isaac Asimov
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.09.1990
• EAN: 9780553288100
• ISBN: 978-0-553-28810-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 105 mm x 175 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Isaac Asimov; Nemesis Bantam Spectra Book; Isaac Asimov
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy