Starplex

2096. Affrété par le Common-wealth des planètes, le vaisseau Starplex sillonne la galaxie. Son objectif : découvrir de nouvelles formes de vie et entrer en communication avec elles. Mais la tâche n'est pas aisée pour le commandant Keith Lansing. Il lui incombe en effet au préalable de faire cohabiter harmonieusement les membres de son équipage. Et ô combien diverses - et divergentes - sont les attitudes de son épouse Clarissa, d'un belliqueux physicien waldahud, ou d'un dauphin pilote farceur... Sans compter que l'enjeu de cette soi-disant mission de routine va vite s'avérer n'être ni plus ni moins que la préservation de la paix intergalactique, et que le paisible vaisseau d'exploration scientifique va devoir se transformer en navire de guerre !

(Résumé de l’Ed. J’ai Lu, Coll. Sf)

"Sawyer's latest should gladden the hearts of readers who complain that nobody's writing real science fiction anymore, the kind of story that has faster-than-light spaceships and far-off planets and interstellar combat and all the neat things they gobbled up so greedily when `Doc' Smith was dealing them out. Here's a story with plenty of slam-bang action but no shortage of material to attract thinking readers, either. Sawyer deftly juggles half a dozen sweeping questions of cosmology (not to mention everyday ethics and morality) while keeping the story moving ahead full speed. His scientific ideas are nicely integrated into the plot, yet they also hint at larger metaphorical levels. Enjoy." - Asimov's Science Fiction

"Mind-boggling. A complaint often heard these days is that there's not enough `sense of wonder' in today's science fiction. Robert J. Sawyer's Starplex ought to lay that complaint to rest for quite a while." - Analog Science Fiction and Fact

"An enormous grab bag of ideas — and a whole lot of fun." - The New York Review of Science Fiction

"A swift, inventive, enjoyable book. Unexpected twists keep the plot moving briskly, but Sawyer is able to do this while raising intriguing philosophical issues." - Quill & Quire

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