Keith Laumer

Greylorn (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Greylorn is a book written by author Keith Laumer. The book presents a story of "Desperate measures may be in order, and if anyone asks that each of you in forming a conclusion remember that our present situation can only be described as desperate". Although the commander's voice was low and leisurely, it was authoritative and carried well. Members shifted uncomfortably in their seats. Then the character does not have enough manpower and raw resources. The small improvements in effectiveness have been progressively offset by increasing casualties and loss of territory. In the end, alone, we must lose, the story says. The location of the Omega Colony is unknown, he said. Omega was our nation's final colonial endeavor, two centuries after the others. The task group should be given the responsibility of building a 50,000-ton scouting ship and performing an exhaustive survey of a volume of space centered on Omega. The scout in the story will proceed along the Omega course line as known to us from the observations which were carried on for almost three years after its departure Commander: There is no hope in that direction.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789357274395
• Artikelnr.: 67601995

Autorenporträt

John Keith Laumer (1925 - 1993) was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service. His older brother March Laumer was also a writer, known for his adult reinterpretations of the Land of Oz (also mentioned in Laumer's The Other Side of Time). Frank Laumer, their youngest brother, is a historian and writer. Keith Laumer is known for the Bolo and Retief stories. Stories from the former chronicle the evolution of super tanks that eventually become self-aware through the constant improvement resulting from centuries of intermittent warfare against various alien races. The latter deals with the adventures of a cynical spacefaring diplomat who constantly has to overcome the red-tape-infused failures of people with names like Ambassador Grossblunder. The Retief stories were greatly influenced by Laumer's earlier career in the US Foreign Service. In an interview with Paul Walker of Luna Monthly, Laumer states "I had no shortage of iniquitous memories of the Foreign Service."