La Grande Porte
A Space Opera, Audiobook, Fantasy book. I wasn't enjoying the conversation that much. I didn't want to prolong it. It is the sort of man-to-woman...
La Grande Porte, c'est un astéroïde artificiel construit il y a des centaines voire des milliers d'années par une civilisation disparue, les Heechees. Ces extraterrestres mystérieux ont laissé derrière eux d'innombrables astronefs, programmés pour des destinations inconnues... Pour les aventuriers qui s'y risquent, c'est souvent la disparition corps et biens ou la mort qui surgit. Pour quelques prospecteurs chanceux, les richesses des Heechees sont au bout du voyage. La Grande Porte met en scène un curieux antihéros, qui déclare à son psychanalyste-ordinateur : « Je m'appelle Robinette Broadhead, mais je n'en suis pas moins de sexe masculin. »... Problème qui en dissimule d'autres, plus sérieux, la culpabilité de l'ex-pilote — survivant millionnaire de la « loterie » heechee — surgissant peu à peu au cours des séances d'analyse.
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 317 pages
- ISBN: 9782277216919 / 2277216917
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