Tom Mishkin is piloting another routine supply flight when he hears an unusual noise and gets the distressing news: He's about to be stranded on a backward planet and forced to hike across unknown and probably hostile terrain to find a cache of spare parts and get going again. Mishkin's journey intr
Options
✍ Scribed by Robert Sheckley Philippe Hupp
- Publisher
- Le Livre de poche
- Year
- 1975;1979
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Les Entreprises Robert Sheckley présentent : L'odyssée de Tom Mishkin Mishkin, l'idiot, le cosmonaute raté, s'échoue sur Harmonia à la suite d'une panne. Rien de très grave, en apparence. Mais Harmonia, planète-cerveau, renferme mille pièges. Et quand on n'a pour seul compagnon qu'un robot-tarentule, mal embouché, la recherche d'une minable pièce de rechange se transforme en odyssée. On rencontre en chemin des tas de créatures fabuleuses, y compris plusieurs autres versions de soi-même.
Options, c'est la promenade philosophique de l'homme et du robot aux confins de l'espace intersidéral et de l'espace mental.
Options, c'est l'intrusion du zen dans la science-fiction.
Options, c'est un voyage qui n'a pas de fin, un trip cosmicomique.
Options, c'est le retour de Robert Sheckley au roman après huit ans d'absence, un retour qui surprendra plus d'un lecteur.
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