- Taschenbuch: 656 Seiten
- Verlag: Orbit (4. Oktober 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1841490709
- ISBN-13: 978-1841490700
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 11 x 18 x 4 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 502.680 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Children of Hope, the seventh book in David Feintuch's Seafort Saga, continues the story of Captain Nicholas Seafort and sheds new light on the alien invaders known as the Fish. Seafort may have survived all manner of battles, rebellions, and ecological challenges, but the vengeance of one 14-year-old boy could cost him his life.
Randy, the angry son of Derek Carr, blames Seafort for his father's death. Derek was the Stadholder of Hope Nation, a planet struggling for survival and freedom. After Derek's death, Hope Nation was plunged into political uncertainty and young Randy was left fatherless. One defiant act against the powerful Church launches Randy into an adventure that will lead him to face Hope Nation's church leaders, alien invaders, and the man he deems responsible for his father's death, Nicholas Seafort. At stake is not only Randy's life, but the fate of Hope Nation itself.
Feintuch, the winner of the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer, continues his military SF saga by creating another complicated character. Young Randy is just as tortured, difficult, and guilt-ridden as Seafort, but he has his own story to tell. While the unrelenting action mixes nicely with the political and alien invasion subplots, Randy ends up being a little too unpredictable. Too often he seems more like an 8-year-old than a 14-year-old, and at points it's hard to sympathize with him. In fact, the event that begins Randy's adventure is so unbelievable that it casts a shadow over the first half of the book, until the action heats up and the story truly gets exciting. Even so, Seafort Saga fans won't want to miss this installment, especially to discover how the Fish figure in. --Kathie Huddleston -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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The protagonist and viewpoint character of the seventh Nicholas Seafort yarn is Randy Carr, son of the late Derek Carr of UNS Galactic and virtually an archetypal boy-who-comes-of-age. At first, he is a vengeance-driven sociopath, who insults a bishop of the odiously theocratic Reunification Church and nearly kills Captain Seafort. Therafter, he passes through a "Perils of Pauline" sequence until long-suffering, infinitely patient Captain Seafort adopts him. Then he becomes Seafort's indispensable ally in fending off vengeful theocrats, who want Seafort executed for numerous heresies, and learning about the resurgent Fish, the deadly space-traveling aliens Seafort thought he had annihilated. But they are alive and amenable to a trade agreement--yet another heresy on Seafort's record. At novel's end, human and Fish allies are heading for Earth to present rapprochement to the UN and the church. Writing much more tightly than in several previous installments, Feintuch fleshes out Seafort's motives sufficiently plausibly and regains much of the reader appeal that the Seafort saga lost in the last few books. Roland Green
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Doch ist der Ich-Erzähler diesmal nicht Nick Seafort, sondern Randy Carr (jup, Dereks Sohn). Ist es anfangs noch nicht so leicht sich mit diesem schwierigen und eigensinnigen Teenager zu identifizieren, packte mich doch wie bei jedem Buch der Saga bald das Lesefieber.
All meine Lieblingscharaktere sind dabei: Nick selbst (gealtert zwar, aber außergewöhnlich wie immer), Edgar Tolliver, Mikhael Tamarov, Jerence Branstead etc.
Zur Story selbst will ich nicht viel verraten: In Hope Nation braut sich mal wieder ein gewaltiger "Sturm" zusammen ... und immer wenn man denkt, es könnte nicht mehr schlimmer kommen ... ja ratet mal, welche pulsierenden Zeitgenossen dann auftauchen ...?
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All meine Lieblingscharaktere sind dabei: Nick selbst (gealtert zwar, aber außergewöhnlich wie immer), Edgar Tolliver, Mikhael Tamarov, Jerence Branstead etc.
Zur Story selbst will ich nicht viel verraten: In Hope Nation braut sich mal wieder ein gewaltiger "Sturm" zusammen ... und immer wenn man denkt, es könnte nicht mehr schlimmer kommen ... ja ratet mal, welche pulsierenden Zeitgenossen dann auftauchen ...?
Mein Fazit: Unheimlich spannend. Wann kommt der nächste Teil?
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Return to Hope
3. September 2002
Format:Taschenbuch
This is an excellant sequel in this particular series; I find it a return to the roots of the series and a distinct step up from the past couple of books. After leaving the world of Hope for the last few books in this series we return to there and to various colonial issues. Here too for the first time the role of the church as it plays in politics is brought into the main themes. We again see Seafort's rather particular sense of honor put to the test in various ways along with the newest of his child "projects" Randy Carr who provides the POV for most of this novel.
This is a very busy book; plots and sub-plots abound. You need a scorecard to keep track of who is playing what roles as the story unfolds. It is also very fast paced, not an easy book to put down. For serious readers of this series elements (and characters) of the other novels are presented, and occasional loose ends tied up.
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By far David Feintuch's best!
4. Januar 2002
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My local library just got in the Seafort Saga, and without really knowing what I picked Midshipman's Hope up and started reading it. Wow! I was hit with an awesome look at the future and really felt like I knew and could relate to the book's main character, Nick Seafort. Since then I couldn't put the books down. Now, six books later, I think that Children of Hope is an awesome volume in the continuing saga, but it also stands out uniquely on it's own. With a new main character, fourteen-year-old Randy Carr who is in desperate need of a father, Nick Seafort and his cast of familiar characters are not put on the back-burner, but rather closely intigrated into this young boy's fresh persective to make for some interesting plot twists and very realistic characters. This is a must-read for any fan of science-fiction or military novels!
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The Saga Continues...
27. April 2001
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Well, overall I loved this book. I loved every book in the series, but this one is better than most. I rank it up there with "Fisherman's Hope" (my personal favorite). The action is non-stop and you really care about the characters. There is very little quality science fiction out there with a military theme to it, but this series makes up for lost time! The only negative I saw was that Randy was a little bit to much like Nick. I thought Fientuch trod over some old ground in some of Randy's character traits. Other than that though it was great! I loved finally seeing Nick the way others see him. Most of the books in the series are from his perspective and this is the first time we really get a good look at him through other eyes. I found myself saying "I bet I know what is going through his mind right now!" as I read the book. I wonder if we are seeing Nick mellow in his older days or if its just the perspective. I also love the way Fientuch pulls characters in from books waAAAAy back in the series. Just when you think you'll never see a character again they pop up out of nowhere. You you havn't read this series start at the beginning, but if you have GET THIS BOOK!!
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