Donald Kingsbury Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

A loving homage to Asimov, and dialogue with him--a triumph of galactic-scaled SF that is destined to be recognized as a classic in its own rightEron Osa had faced the ultimate penalty. Not death, but the removal of his fam. Without the augmentation of his brain by his electronic familiar, he can barely function amidst the bewildering complexities of everyday life on Splendid Wisdom. Here, on the capital world of the galaxy's Second Empire, everyone from the meanest citizen to the ruling Pscholars has depended upon a fam since childhood. Without one, simply navigating the streets and levels of the planetary megalopolis is a paralyzing challenge. Lost along with such everyday survival skills were many of Eron's memories and his professional knowledge. The crime he committed must have been terrible to warrant such a dreadful punishment. If only he could remember what it was!

SPRING SCHNELL, AFFENJUNGE Nach zwei unangenehmen Niederlagen gegen die Menschen von der Erde - diesen verdammten, hinterhältigen Affen mit Werkzeugen - hat die Kzin-Dritte Flotte beschlossen, ihre Strategie zu ändern. Nicht schreien und springen, sondern die subtilere und letztlich befriedigendere (weil sie funktionieren könnte!) Finte und Sprung. Die menschenmordenden Katzen von Kzin sind zurück. Nur Glück oder die Außenseiter können uns jetzt noch retten...

A vast alien landscape, a human culture based on our own, yet evolved in strange ways by the forces of an inimical nature provide a panoramic backdrop for the romantic adventures of a large cast of memorable & attractive characters. Courtship Rite is a sf novel by American writer Donald Kingsbury, originally serialized in Analog magazine in 1982. The book is set in the same universe as some of his other stories, such as Shipwright (1978) & the unpublished The Finger Pointing Solward. In the UK, the novel was entitled Geta, in France, Parade nuptiale. Courtship Rite was the 1st winner of the Compton Crook Award for best 1st novel & was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1983. The novel details the attempts of two of the priest-clans, the Kaiel & the Mnankrei, to expand into territory controlled by the Stgal. Ultimately, all the priest clans are trying to attain dominance of the planet through the use of new technology, propaganda, treachery & "war", a new concept in this world. Previously, killing was done merely in order to provide food. Jo Walton remarked that Courtship Rite "is about a distant generation of colonists on a planet with no usable animals. This is the book with everything, where everything includes cannibalism, polyamory, evolution & getting tattoos so your skin will make more interesting leather when you’re dead."

Enemy Mine by Barry B. LongyearThe Moon Goddess and the Son by Donald KingsburyPalely Loitering by Christopher PriestSonghouse by Orson Scott CardKer-Plop by Ted Reynolds

Contents:The Persistence of Vision by John VarleyOld Folks at Home by Michael BishopShipwright by Donald KingsburySeven American Nights by Gene WolfeFireship by Joan D. VingeThe Watched by Christopher Priest