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Soprapopolazione globale, nuovo siero d’immortalità ed un ambasciatore extraterrestre ostile sono soltanto alcuni problemi di Roy Walton, recentemente nominato dal governo alla carica del Padrone della vita e della morte.

Soprapopolazione globale, nuovo siero d’immortalità ed un ambasciatore extraterrestre ostile sono soltanto alcuni problemi di Roy Walton, recentemente nominato dal governo alla carica del Padrone della vita e della morte.

Won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1969.Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1970.

Earthman Roy Crawford is framed for murder on the planet Velliran. He has two choices. He must escape from the planet within three days or go to prison for life.But the only spaceship leaving the planet within three days belongs to the Exploration Corps. This is a group of scientists which investigates new planets. They are about to leave for World Seven on the Star System Z-16.With help from his friends, the dazed Crawford finds himself in the ship. The scientists, of course, think he is one of them.But World Seven is no escape for Roy. It is a planet of death. The team of scientists find themselves in a world where even the trees are killers. And one more killer is on the spaceship—the real murderer who framed Crawford!

If “you can’t live with ’em, and you can’t live without ’em”… you’re bound to learn something in the process. The difficulty is to get someone who wants agreement to realize the value of innate, unalterable, and fixed disagreement.

Una novela de atmósfera ciber-punk sobre los viajes por el tiempo, un tema apasionante que en este libro queda reflejado de una manera bastante decente, en especial todo lo relacionado con las paradojas espacio-temporales. Además, el libro nos aporta una minilección de historia sobre Constantinopla que ameniza la acción. En definitiva un libro agradable, entretenido y rápido de leer cuya única falta estribaría en algunas caracterizaciones de algunos personajes. Aparte de esto, solo mencionar lo deplorable de la edición española, plagada de errores tanto lingüísticos como de traducción. Aún así, es muy recomendable para todos aquellos amantes de los viajes temporales.

Consider the poor mailman of the future. To "sleet and snow and dead of night"—things that must not keep him from his appointed rounds—will be added, sub-zero void, meteors, and planets that won't stay put. Maybe he'll decide that for six cents an ounce it just ain't worth it.

Consider the poor mailman of the future. To “sleet and snow and dead of night”—things that must not keep him from his appointed rounds—will be added, sub-zero void, meteors, and planets that won’t stay put. Maybe he’ll decide that for six cents an ounce it just ain’t worth it.

Gdyby ktoś chciał wybrać się na wycieczkę w przeszłość, w roku 2058 byłoby to możliwe, ale nie łudźmy się, ani tanie, ani bezpieczne. Należy przede wszystkim przestrzegać przepisów ustalonych przez służbę czasową. Co ma zrobić pilot wycieczki, jeśli niesforny turysta umknie z grupy i zagubi się w czasie? Przydarzyło się to Judsonowi Danielowi Elliotowi III… i zakończyło niewesoło.

Vainqueur de la guerre des Sorciers, Prestimion, qui a manqué d’y perdre la vie, a payé chèrement le titre de Coronal. La fine fleur de Majipoor a été décimée, le monde ravagé, et la belle Thismet, la grande passion de Prestimion, est morte dans les combats.Prestimion a décidé de rendre la paix à la planète géante et d’effacer de toutes les mémoires, avec l’aide de deux mages, le souvenir du conflit atroce et de tous ceux qui ont péri. Seuls deux de ses compagnons d’armes et lui-même en garderont la trace indélébile dans leurs souvenirs.Mais comment Prestimion pourrait-il exulter de joie durant la cérémonie de son couronnement alors que ce secret lui pèse ? Et comment pourrait-il prendre femme comme le doit un Coronal alors qu’il demeure obsédé par l’image de Thismet ?Pire, le charme d’oubli a creusé dans les esprits un vide insidieux que vient souvent remplir la folie. La sédition gronde. La violence menace à nouveau de ravager Majipoor.Prestimion saura-t-il guérir les peuples dont il a la charge, et se sauver lui-même en retrouvant l’amour ?