John Varley ist ein gefeierter Autor, der für seine innovativen und zum Nachdenken anregenden Werke bekannt ist. Seine Schriften erforschen häufig tiefgründig die menschliche Natur, die Zukunft der Technologie und die Komplexität zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen. Varleys unverwechselbarer Stil und sein meisterhaftes Erzählen entführen die Leser in Welten voller Vorstellungskraft und intellektueller Auseinandersetzung. Seine Fähigkeit, fesselnde Handlungen mit philosophischer Reflexion zu verbinden, sichert ihm eine bedeutende Stellung in der modernen Literatur.
This is the most wide-ranging and provocative look at punk rock as a social change movement over the past forty-five years, told through first-hand accounts of roughly 250 musicians and activists. John Malkin brings together punk's most famous figures as well as underground voices, creating a new and insightful history of punk throughout the ages.
The Cold War meets Mad Men in form of Karel Koechner, the most successful double agent who lived a life of shifting morals and blow-out hedonism from New York to Moscow. In the mid-1970s, the CIA and KGB both suspected Karel Koecher was working for the enemy. They were both right. With his wife Hana, Koecher arrived in the US as a KGB agent, posing as an anti-communist defector, and he soon learned that performing well in academia was the fastest path to the CIA. After graduating from Columbia he swiftly entered the ranks of the CIA, becoming a double agent during the height of the cold war. The Koechers eventually embraced the 1970s Manhattan high life -- cocaine, swinging, parties. Hana made money as a diamond dealer, occasionally relaying messages to Karel's handlers. The Koechers' lifestyle reflected both the times and their risk-taking. It was the apex of Karel's career, spy by day, swinger by night. The Koechers made it and even the once shy Hana got carried away with the euphoria. Life is good, and the Koechers felt unstoppable. But it was too good to last. Using newly declassified documents, interrogation tapes and extraordinary first-hand accounts from the Koechers themselves, Cunningham reconstructs their double lives and the fading Cold War, where a strange moral fog made it hard to know what truth was being fought for, and to what end.
Modern Literature and the Passions of Rationalization
Bureaucracy, once considered moderate and mild, drives people wild. It provokes both a rational fanaticism for more bureaucracy and a fanaticism that would, if only it could, do away with it once and for all. This confusion of rationalization and ex
In this book, leading member of the Railway Performance Society Alan Varley discusses and analyzes a lifetime of railway travel across the French Railways (SNCF) network - over a million kilometers worth! The performance of different types of train is assessed on the wide variety of routes on which they operated, giving the opportunity to see the impact of modernization, first from steam to diesel, and latterly to the dedicated high speed lines of the Trains a Grande Vitesse (TGV).
Despite wars with Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as 9/11, the United States’ dependence on foreign oil has kept the nation tied to the Middle East. A scientist has developed a cure for America’s addiction—a slow-acting virus that feeds on petroleum, turning it solid. But he didn’t consider that his contagion of an Iraqi oil field would spread to infect the fuel supply of the entire world… In Los Angeles, screenwriter Dave Marshall heard this scenario from a retired U.S. Marine and government insider who acted as a consultant on Dave’s last film. It sounded as implausible as many of his scripts, but the reality is much more frightening than anything he can envision. An ordinary guy armed with extraordinary information, Dave hopes his survivor’s instinct will kick in so he can protect his wife and daughter from the coming apocalypse that will alter the future of Earth—and humanity…
Der Wettlauf zum Mars beginnt, als China ein Raumschiff startet. Die USA reagieren mit einem eigenen Raketenstart. Doch ein drittes, ungewöhnliches Team – ein Ex-Astronaut, ein Genie und vier Teenager – bereitet sich im Verborgenen auf den Wettlauf vor. Ein spannendes Rennen im Weltall entfaltet sich.
In "Roter Blitz" setzt John Varley sein Weltraumabenteuer fort. In der nahen Zukunft, nach einer Katastrophe auf der Erde, begeben sich die Kinder der Marspioniere auf einen gefährlichen Rückweg zum Mutterplaneten, ohne zu wissen, was sie dort erwartet.
Stumbling upon a perfectly frozen woolly mammoth in the northern wilds of Canada, a mammoth hunter is stunned when he also finds the mummified body of a Stone Age man, dating from around 12,000 years ago, wearing a modern-day wristwatch
Renowned for its captivating narrative, this novel showcases the exceptional storytelling skills of its author, making it a standout in its genre. The plot intricately weaves together themes that resonate deeply with readers, offering a rich and immersive experience.
