Le voyage de Haviland Tuf
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9782290010976 (2290010979)
Publish date: September 9th 2009
Publisher: J'ai lu
Edition language: French
Category:
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
European Literature,
Book Club,
Anthologies,
Sci Fi Fantasy,
Space Opera,
Collections,
German Literature,
Short Stories,
Spanish Literature
“I will sit here in the coolness and talk my thoughts to this crystal and I will drink my wine and watch the flyers, the few who still live, as they dance and soar against the night. Far off, they look so like shadowgulls above my living sea. I will drink my wine and remember how that sea sounded wh...
This is a selection of short stories, written between 1976 and 1986, which have been assembled into a collection. The stories revolve around a central character, Tuf, and his adventures aboard an uber powerful seedship, the Arc. In each story you visit a new world, with a new problem, and watch as T...
More a novel in an unusual format than it is a short story collection, as it's touted, centering around the bizarre and enigmatic Haviland Tuf. I love the sense of humor, which remains evenly subtle, and the change in Tuf works very well, from big-hearted do-gooder to the Lord God Himself (as he him...
It took me a long time to get ahold of this book (I finally received it as a present!) Don't wait as long as I did to read it - this is a great book. It's certainly very different from the epic fantasy that Martin has become best known for, but fans of Martin are aware of his breadth of styles.The b...