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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Delenn, Lyta Alexander, Valen, Susan Ivanova, John Sheridan, Jeffrey Sinclair, Alfred Bester, Byron Gordon, Marcus Cole, Catherine Sakai, Lennier. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Dans l'univers de Babylon 5, Delenn est l'ambassadrice de la Fédération minbarie de 2257 à 2262. Le personnage a été incarné par l'actrice d'origine yougoslave Mira Furlan. Delenn est née dans la famille de Mir, de la caste religieuse minbarie. Encore enfant, elle voit sa mère entrer au service du temple de la divinité Valeria. Remarquée par Dukhat, le chef du Conseil gris, elle entre à son service et suit le parcours qui l'amène à devenir peu avant 2248 membre du Conseil. Dukhat l'avait choisie car il avait découvert qu'elle était une des descendantes de Valen. À peine membre du Conseil gris, elle est confrontée au premier contact de l'escadre du croiseur du Conseil avec une escadre d'exploration de l'Alliance terrienne. Ceux-ci, effrayés, ouvrent le feu sur les Minbaris. Dans cet incident, Dukhat meurt et Delenn soutient de rage le vote d'une guerre sainte contre les Humains (voir guerre Terre-Minbari). Au cours de cette guerre, elle découvre que Dukhat était en contact avec des Vorlons qui la soutiennent dans l'idée que les Humains sont les alliés nécessaires à la prochaine guerre contre les Ombres, comme l'affirmait la Grande Prophétie de Valen. Delenn parvient à convaincre le Conseil d'abandonner la guerre pendant la bataille de la Ligne par la capture et l'interrogatoire du pilote de chasse Jeffrey Sinclair dont l'analyse de l'ADN révèle des éléments communs avec les Minbaris. Pour surveiller l'arrivée de la Grande Prophétie et l'effacement de la mémoire de Sinclair, elle est nommée ambassadrice sur la station di...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Alfred "Alfie" Bester (December 18, 1913 - September 30,1987) was an American science fiction author, TV and radioscriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic stripsand comic books. Though successful in all these fields, heis probably best remembered today for his work as a sciencefiction author, and as the winner of the first Hugo Awardin 1953 for his novel The Demolished Man. ... Read more

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Included: "The Golden Man," by Philip K. Dick; "Danger -- Human!" by Gordon R. Dickson; "All the People," by R.A. Lafferty; "Oddy and Id," by Alfred Bester; "The Man with English," by Horace L. Gold; "To Be Continued," by Robert Silverberg; "Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall," by Frank Belknap Long; and "Bettyann," by Kris Neville. ... Read more

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Included: "Venus and the Seven Sexes," by William Tenn; "Babel II," by Damon Knight; "Useful Phrases for the Tourist," by Joanna Russ; "Conversational Mode," by Grahame Leman; "Heresies of the Huge God," by Brian W. Aldiss; "(Now+n), (Now-n)," by Robert Silverberg; "Slow Tuesday Night," by R. A. Lafferty; "Help! I Am Dr. Morris Goldpepper," by Avram Davidson; "Oh, To Be a Blobel!," by Philip K. Dick; "Hobson's Choice," by Alfred Bester; "I Plinglot, Who You?," by Frederik Pohl ... Read more

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a fantastic and unique compilation
Great collection of scifi stories with comedic twists.Loved it.Id even re-buy it for my kindle if they had it available.

One of my all-time favorite collections.

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Well, not really...
The collection is entitled "The Best of Analog" but what it realy is "the Best of Analog from the Early 70's".The real "Best of Analog" would be fairly 50's and 60's heavy. Still some treasures, of course!

The binding is bad on this version, too, the book is falling apart as I read it.

An Anthology of the Finest Kind
I had thought I was fairly jaded when it comes to SF reading. I had thought that in the anthos of Groff Conklin, Anthony Boucher, Leo Margulies, and the annual "Bests", and in single author collections of writers like Sturgeon, Asimov, Clarke, Connie Willis, I have read all the good SF short stories particularly of the last century. It was a pleasant surprise to be proven wrong through this anthology.

Here is brief look at just two of the stories in the book:

1. "How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion", by Gene Wolfe: In my opinion this is the best Gene Wolfe story that I have read (I can hear the howls of protest from several Gene Wolfe fans, each of whom would have a different favorite story in mind). The story involves Hitler and Churchill - not to mention a man named Dwight - and car racing and electron flow. There is no way I can describe the story more. You will have to read it to find out how they all fit together.

2. "Unlimited Warfare", by Hayford Peirce: Britain plans to wage war on France - a war that would not be called a war, a war where no shot would be fired. So the British general looks around trying to find one thing the destruction of which would undermine the very soul of France. He pinpoints one such item and it is wine. So the French wine crop is sabotaged beyond redemption. Now France has to retaliate. The French general ponders upon what could be considered as the soul of the British. And he comes up with an answer - and I will not tell you that answer. No spoilers here. Once again, go and read the story. It is a delight.

Just these two stories are worth more than the price of the book. The rest of the stories are then an added bonus.

Get this book.

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