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Lädt ... The Weapon Shops of Isher (Original 1951; 1980. Auflage)von A. E. Van Vogt (Autor)
Werk-InformationenDie Waffenhändler von Isher von A. E. van Vogt (1951)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Wish I had abandoned this one, but I kept waiting for it to turn around. The whole story is predicated on a series of inventions of incredible power that somehow haven't affected any other part of society. Guns with AI so sophisticated that they only fire in self-defense, but somehow there are still office buildings full of clerks? A machine that unerringly identifies morally upstanding people but the world government is run by a hereditary monarchy? It's entirely too ludicrous. ( ) What starts off as a Second Amendment thought experiment veers off into speculation on time travel and political corruption. Thousands of years in the future, an empire declares war on an underground society that supplies defensive weaponry to honest individuals. The outcome is to be decided by two people: your standard Immortal With Advanced Technology, and a typical Chosen One who is out seeking his fortune. Van Vogt is a clumsy wordsmith, making for a tedious (though occasionally amusing) read. "He watched the slender woman-shape move off into the shadows." "Green lights directly in front of him flashed unscintillatingly into red.". Stuff like that. What does work is the sheer cynicism of the world that he has imagined. The Akira moment of the epilogue is a nice finish, but hardly a surprise. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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