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James P. Hogan

    James Patrick Hogan è stato un autore di fantascienza britannico noto per il suo approccio "hard" al genere. Le sue opere esplorano spesso lo scontro tra l'indagine scientifica e le convenzioni sociali, sottolineando che le teorie devono essere basate sull'evidenza empirica, non viceversa. Le narrazioni di Hogan, come la serie "Giants", evidenziano l'importanza di adattarsi ai fatti, anche quando ciò implica l'abbandono di idee consolidate. Oltre alla speculazione scientifica, la sua scrittura mostra frequentemente temi anti-autoritari e libertari, suggerendo che i progressi tecnologici possono sfidare le strutture sociali obsolete e portare a una maggiore libertà.

    Cradle of Saturn
    Code of the Lifemaker
    The Two Worlds
    Giants' Star
    The Immortality Option
    The Giants Novels
    • The Giants Novels

      • 704pagine
      • 25 ore di lettura

      Discover the first three books in the ground-breaking 21st century hard-science fiction saga by James P. HoganINHERIT THE STARSThe skeletal remains of a human body are found on the moon. His corpse is 50,000 years old, and nobody knows who he was, how he got there, or what killed him.THE GENTLE GIANTS OF GANYMEDEA long-ago wrecked ship of alien giants is discovered by Earth's scientists on a frozen satellite of Jupiter. Then, spinning out of the vastness of space, a ship of the same strange, humanoid giants has returned....GIANTS' STARHumans finally thought they comprehended their place in the universe...until Earth found itself in the middle of a power struggle between a benevolent alien empire and a cunning race of upstart humans who hated Earth!

      The Giants Novels
      4,3
    • The Immortality Option

      • 288pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      The book showcases the author's exceptional storytelling ability, as noted by Publisher's Weekly. Through engaging characters and intricate plots, the narrative unfolds with depth and nuance, highlighting themes that resonate with readers. The writing style captivates, making it a compelling read that reflects the author's skill in crafting memorable literature.

      The Immortality Option
      4,0
    • Giants' Star

      • 315pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      A PROBLEM IN RELATIVITY ONE: Eons ago, a gentle race of giant aliens fled the planet Minerva, leaving the ancestors of Man to fend for themselves. TWO: 50 thousand years ago, Minerva exploded, hurling its moon into an orbit about the Earth. THREE: In the 21st century, scientists Victor Hunt and Chris Danchekker, doing research on Ganymede, attract a small band of friendly aliens lost in time, who begin to reveal something of the origin of Mankind. Finally, Man thought he comprehended his place in the Universe...until he learned of the Watchers in the stars!

      Giants' Star
      4,1
    • The Two Worlds

      • 864pagine
      • 31 ore di lettura

      Giant’s Star : The aliens from Ganymede bought with them answers that forever changed human history. Finally, humans thought they comprehended their place in the universe – that is, until they learned of the Watchers in the stars. Now Earth finds itself in the middle of a power struggle between a benevolent alien empire and an off-shoot group of upstart humans who hate Earth more than any alien ever could.Entoverse : Jevlen is a rational society managed to perfection by immense super computer JEVEX – until now. Things are falling apart, people are changing, or being changed, and shutting down JEVEX doesn’t help. The changed behave as if they are possessed by demons. Meanwhile in a nearby, completely different universe, rationality is creeping into a world where magic has always held sway. Logic, the magic of this world, is beginning to work! Cause is actually leading directly to effect! What’s more, with the proper concentration and purity of mind, crossing over into a new, rational universe can be achieved. Jevlin is that destination, of course, and the collision is between not just worlds, but universes with completely opposing operating systems.

      The Two Worlds
      4,0
    • Code of the Lifemaker

      • 416pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      Once, long ago, a robot factory-ship flew too near a star unexpectedly gone nova. After suffering extensive damage, it continued blindly for millennia. A million years passed. Then, in the twenty-first century, a colony ship destined for Mars was surreptitiously rerouted to Titan and only the leaders of the military industrial complex knew why. In addition to its flight crew, the interplanetary transport carried parapsycholoy researchers, linguists, psychologists, representatives of industry, an ambassador and elite military units from several Western nations. Clearly something was up. But no one was talking!

      Code of the Lifemaker
      3,5
    • Cradle of Saturn

      • 544pagine
      • 20 ore di lettura

      Set among the moons of Saturn, a colony known as the Kronians has emerged, attracting innovative thinkers from Earth. Their groundbreaking research challenges established scientific beliefs, particularly their claim of recent catastrophic events in the Solar System. However, their work faces opposition from the scientific community. The situation escalates when Jupiter unexpectedly ejects a massive protoplanet, threatening to collide with the Earth and potentially annihilate civilization, forcing the Kronians to confront the urgency of their findings.

      Cradle of Saturn
      3,6
    • Human society on Jevlen, failing due to problems with the managing supercomputer, looks to transition to an alternate universe where magic works and things are different

      Entoverse
      3,6
    • Early in the 21st century, Russia has heroically gathered its dwindling resources to build "Valentina Tereshkova", a space station rumored to have actually been built by the last heirs of the Soviet dictators as a weapon. When scientists Paula Bryce and agent Lew McCain travel to the station to investigate, they become prisoners in the station's high-tech prison facilities.

      Endgame Enigma
      3,5
    • The Proteus Operation

      • 407pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      Utopia is achieved in the 21st century--until a group calling themselves "overlord" build a time gate and go back in time to help Adolf Hitler win WW II. Now, only North America and Australia remain free. With smuggled technical information, an American time gate is built--code name "Proteus." As the final battle looms, a team leaps back to 1939. Their mission--stop Overlord before its agents can aid Hitler. Previously published by Bantam.

      The Proteus Operation
    • The Gentle Giants of Ganymede

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      THE END OF EXILE Long before the world of the Ganymeans blew apart, millennia ago, the strange race of giants had vanished. No one could discover their fate, nor where they had gone, nor why. There was only a wrecked ship abandoned on a frozen satellite of Jupiter. And now Earth's code and scientists were there, determined to ferret out the secret of the lost race. And suddenly, spinning out of the vastness of space and immensity of time, the ship of the strange, humanoid giants returned. They brought with them answers that would alter all Mankind's knowledge of human origins in startling revelations from the past that would have biologic reverberations to be at this time. . .

      The Gentle Giants of Ganymede