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Gentry Lee

    March 29, 1942

    Gentry Lee masterfully blends deep expertise in space mission engineering with visionary science fiction writing. His narratives, often penned in collaboration with Arthur C. Clarke, delve into intricate concepts of humanity, technology, and our future among the stars. Lee's stories are both thrilling and thought-provoking, exploring the ethical and philosophical implications of scientific advancement. His unique perspective as a lead engineer for planetary exploration lends his fiction a compelling authenticity and depth.

    Gentry Lee
    Worst Cases
    Bright Messengers
    Cradle
    Rama II
    The Garden of Rama
    Rama Revealed
    • 2021

      Al Qaeda detonates a nuclear weapon in Times Square during rush hour, wiping out half of Manhattan and killing 500,000 people. A virulent strain of bird flu jumps to humans in Thailand, sweeps across Asia, and claims more than fifty million lives. A single freight car of chlorine derails on the outskirts of Los Angeles, spilling its contents and killing seven million. An asteroid ten kilometers wide slams into the Atlantic Ocean, unleashing a tsunami that renders life on the planet as we know it extinct. We consider the few who live in fear of such scenarios to be alarmist or even paranoid. But Worst Cases shows that such individuals—like Cassandra foreseeing the fall of Troy—are more reasonable and prescient than you might think. In this book, Lee Clarke surveys the full range of possible catastrophes that animate and dominate the popular imagination, from toxic spills and terrorism to plane crashes and pandemics. Along the way, he explores how the ubiquity of worst cases in everyday life has rendered them ordinary and mundane. Fear and dread, Clarke argues, have actually become too rare: only when the public has more substantial information and more credible warnings will it take worst cases as seriously as it should. A timely and necessary look into how we think about the unthinkable, Worst Cases will be must reading for anyone attuned to our current climate of threat and fear.

      Worst Cases
    • 2000

      Noc dvojího úplňku

      • 405 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      3.0(46)Add rating

      V knize Noc dvojího úplňku se rozvíjí příběh Johanna, Beatrice a marťanských kolonistů, kteří se vydávají na nejtajemnější dobrodružství v lidské historii. Inženýr Johann Eberhardt žije na malebném ostrově uvnitř obrovské koule, která je pro něj zároveň rájem a vězením. Spolu s kněžkou Beatricí, jež pátrá po podstatě mystických návštěvníků, vstoupil do koule před osmi lety. Od té doby Johann žije ve virtuální izolaci, aby vychovával Beatricinu dceru Marii, která zůstala osamělá po tragické smrti matky. Když je jejich ostrov napaden tajemnou životní formou, rozhodne se Johann riskovat vše a vydat se na nebezpečnou cestu přes vodu, aby našel bezpečí a své kolegy kolonisty. Odysea, plná smrtelného nebezpečí a podivných stvoření, ho zavede k novým výzvám. Po opětovném spojení kolonistů na exotické planetě čelí Johann těžkému úkolu. Beatrice mu přináší varování: musí zjistit, jak přežít nadcházející „noc dvojího úplňku“. Pokud selže, hrozí zničení nejen jeho, ale i všech ostatních, a navždy zůstanou nezodpovězená tajemství kosmu, do jehož hloubi se vydali.

      Noc dvojího úplňku
    • 1998

      GENTRY LEE: BOTEN DES LICHTS Mit dem Rama-Zyklus haben ARTHUR C. CLARKE und GENTRY LEE eine der bedeutendsten Science-Fiction-Serien aller Zeiten geschrieben. Dieser in sich abgeschlossene Roman setzt die großartige Geschichte fort: Zehn Jahre ist es nun her, daß ein rätselhaftes Raumschiff für kurze Zeit im Sonnensystem auftauchte. Daraufhin gründete sich die Rama-Gesellschaft, die seitdem auf Spurensuche nach Leben im All ist. Inzwischen steht die Menschheit vor einer ökologischen Katastrophe, als plötzlich eine Wolke winziger Lichtpartikel im All erscheint. Für die gläubige Ordensschwester Beatrice ist es eine Nachricht von Gott, für den Wissenschaftler Johann Eberhardt ein interessantes naturwissenschaftliches Phänomen und für die Rama-Gesellschaft ein Beweis für die Existenz Außerirdischer. Beatrice und Johann treffen sich zufällig auf dem Mars, wo die Ruinen einer großen unterirdischen Stadt verborgen sein sollen. Auf der Suche nach dem Ursprung der "Boten des Lichts" brechen sie zu einer gefährlichen Reise ins Unbekannte auf ... Deutsche Erstveröffentlichung

      Boten des Lichts. Ein Science Fiction Roman aus dem Rama- Universum.
    • 1996

      To Sister Beatrice, a priestess of the global Order of St. Michael, the cloud of tiny white particles is a message from God. To Johann Eberhardt, a German systems engineer, it is an anomaly of physics. But to the Rama society, it may; be the long-awaited proof of nonhuman intelligence. On Mars, Johann and Beatrice will meet, drawn together by a fabulous account of a vast city lost beneath the red planet's harsh landscape. Joined by none Martian colonists, the mystic and the skeptic will board a strange craft that will hurtle them toward the truth behind the mysterious bright messergers and a startling journey into the heart of the unknown.

      Bright Messengers
    • 1996

      Poslové Rámových světů

      • 313 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.0(61)Add rating

      5. kniha série Ráma Země, rok 2142. Pro sestru Beatricii, biskupa řádu sv. Michaela na Marsu, je vířící oblak třpytivých částeček Božím poselství. Johann Eberhardt, německý inženýr, v něm vidí poselství mimozemšťanů, po které lidé pátrají od chvíle, co Sluneční soustavou proletěla obrovská loď neznámého původu nazvaná Ráma. Kdo z nich má pravdu?... celý text

      Poslové Rámových světů
    • 1993

      Rama Revealed (1993) is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee. It is the last of three sequels to Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama by these authors. The book picks up the story immediately after the end of The Garden of Rama. The book follows the story of Nicole Wakefield and her escape from imprisonment left at the cliffhanger of the previous book.

      Rama Revealed
    • 1991

      The Garden of Rama

      • 528 pages
      • 19 hours of reading
      3.8(22636)Add rating

      In the spellbinding Arthur C. Clarke tradition, here is an exhilarating adventure into the hearts of both the Universe and mankind... By the twenty- third century Earth has already had two encounters with massive, mysterious robotic spacecraft from beyond our solar system--the incontestable proof of an alien technology that far exceeds our own. Now three human cosmonauts are trapped aboard a labyrinthine Raman vessel, where it will take all of their physical and mental resources to surviv. Only twelve years into their journey do these intrepid travelers learn their destination and face their ultimate challenge: a rendevous with a Raman base--and the unseen architects of their galactic home. The cosmonauts have given up family, friends, and possessions to live a new kind of life. But the answers that await them at the Raman Node will require an even greater sacrifice--if humanity is indeed ready to learn the awe-inspiring truth.

      The Garden of Rama
    • 1989

      Rama II

      • 512 pages
      • 18 hours of reading
      3.7(22780)Add rating

      “This is a space trip that no reader will want to miss.”—Playboy Years ago, the enormous, enigmatic alien spacecraft called Rama sailed through our solar system as mind-boggling proof that life existed—or had existed—elsewhere in the universe. Now, at the dawn of the twenty-third century, another ship is discovered hurtling toward us. A crew of Earth's best and brightest minds is assembled to rendezvous with the massive vessel. They are armed with everything we know about Raman technology and culture. But nothing can prepare them for what they are about to encounter on board Rama II: cosmic secrets that are startling, sensational—and perhaps even deadly. “Offers one surprise after another.”—The New York Times “A masterpiece . . . one of the year’s best hard SF epics.”—The Houston Post

      Rama II
    • 1989

      Two seemingly unconnected events trigger off the discovery of nothing less than the secret of humanity's existence. Written in conjunction with author and senior NASA scientist Gentry Lee.

      Cradle