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Edmund Cooper

    Edmund Cooper byl plodným britským autorem, jehož díla se často zabývala prozkoumáváním lidské psychiky a společenských norem. Jeho psaní je charakteristické pronikavým vhledem do lidské povahy a často se ponořuje do složitostí mezilidských vztahů. Cooper se ve svých příbězích soustředil na psychologické napětí a morální dilemata, čímž si získal uznání pro svůj intelektuální přístup k fikci. Jeho literární styl často kombinoval napínavé dějové linie s hlubokým zamyšlením nad stavem lidstva.

    Deadly Image
    Transit
    A far Sunset
    Who Needs Men?
    The Cloud Walker
    The Overman Culture
    • Erreger P 939.

      • 159 stránek
      • 6 hodin čtení

      Der Tag, an dem Gabriel Crome, mit dem Gedanken an Selbstmord spielend, die Selbstmörderin Camilla Greylaw vor dem Tod bewahrt, scheint ein Tag der Erlösung zu sein für die korrupte, brutale Menschheit.Denn der hübsche Körper, den Gabriel vor der Zerstörung durch die eigene Hand rettet, ist Träger einer überaus ansteckenden Geschlechtskrankheit - eines Erregers, der die Aggressivität beseitigt und die Menschen sanftmütig macht!

      Erreger P 939.1981
    • Le jour des fous

      • 252 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      [Back Cover] "The summer of 1971 was unusually sunny for London. It was laso scientifically fascinating: Sunspots emitting a new type of solar radiation suddenly appeared. Then, unaccountably, there began a sharp rise in the suicide rate, and over the next ten years, the radiation-triggered impulse to self-destruction gradually eliminated all but the Transnormals---creative artists, eccentrics, psychopaths---those who had always lived on the fringe of organized society. These survivors now found themselves in a depopulated world where civilization had dissolved and man had reverted to savagery..."

      Le jour des fous1981
      4,0
    • The Overman Culture

      • 190 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení

      Science Fiction- Michael was quite young when he discovered that some of his playmates bled if they cut themselves, and some didn’t. For a long time, he didn’t think about it.nor did it seem strange to see zeppelins being attacked by jet fighters above London’s force field, or glimpse queen victoria walking with Winston Churchill in the mall. Not at first. But later he thought about these things-he couldn’t help it. The world was real, and yet unreal. It was all desperately worrying. So Michael and his friends formed a society to investigate the world around them. Despite the terrible things they discovered, things that made some of them insane, they never actually guessed the truth about the overman culture. Until Mr. Shakespeare told them.

      The Overman Culture1979
      3,9
    • Who Needs Men?

      • 192 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení

      Rura Alexandra, Madam Exterminator, had recently graduated into a 25th century world where men had become biologically less important, where women could reproduce as they wished by cloning and parthenogenesis. Her task was simple - in theory, if not in practice; to wipe out the last few thousand men who had taken refuge in the Highlands of Scotland. But an ambush near Loch Lomond led to rape, and the killing of her fellow-exterminators. And Diarmid MacDiarmid, the last remaining rebel chieftan proved too much of a fascination...

      Who Needs Men?1974
      3,5
    • A boy grows up in the aftermath of a great war, where all technology has been lost. In this world, technology remains a taboo, yet the country he inhabits is under attack. His ideas, once dismissed, may hold the key to survival and progress. As he navigates the challenges of a society reluctant to embrace the past, he discovers the importance of innovation and the potential for change. This journey explores themes of resilience, the clash between tradition and modernity, and the power of one individual's vision to inspire a community in crisis.

      The Cloud Walker1973
      2,7
    • Universeel experiment

      • 200 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení

      Vier willekeurige mensen worden uit Londen ontvoerd naar een verre, schijnbaar onbewoonde planeet. Twee mannen en twee vrouwen. Hier worden ze zonder het te weten getest op hoe ze problemen oplossen en met elkaar en andere wezens omgaan. De uitslag beslist over het lot van de mensheid...

      Universeel experiment1970
      3,3
    • Das Schicksal der Menschen - auf dem Prüfstand außerirdischer Wesen! Vier Repräsentanten unseres Planeten, vom Zufall zusammengeführt, sollen sich im Niemandsland zwischen den Welten bewähren. Es geht um die Frage, wer in Zukunft die Galaxis beherrschen wird ...

      Die Welt der zwei Monde1964
      4,0
    • 1957 science fiction novel by British author Edmund Cooper. First published in Britain under the title, "The Uncertain Midnight." He was an anachronism... He was a twentieth centyry man who, by a freak of chance, survived to see an age in which working had become a social disgrace; an age in which culture and the arts reigned supreme; an age of mannered ladies and gentlemen, perfectly waited on and cared for by androids - the man-like creations of their own genius. The higher grade androids were doctors, engineers, politicians and personal "companions" to each and every human being. And in whatever they did, they were perfect. No one had to worry about them. For the first time in history, man had completely freed himself from the problems of EXCEPT... When paerfect manchines, with perfect performance, are made to perfectly resemble man - who needs man?

      Deadly Image1959