Here, together in a single volume, are the two novels that launched Jack McDevitt's reputation as a writer of suspenseful, thoughtful, sense-of-wonder science fiction. Hello, Out There contains The Hercules Text, winner of the 1986 Philip K. Dick Special Award, and A Talent for War. The Hercules Text has been totally rewritten and updated for this edition. Most of us are attracted to the idea that the human race is not alone. Encountering other beings, we believe, will be romantic, exciting, thought-provoking, intriguing. ...
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Here, together in a single volume, are the two novels that launched Jack McDevitt's reputation as a writer of suspenseful, thoughtful, sense-of-wonder science fiction. Hello, Out There contains The Hercules Text, winner of the 1986 Philip K. Dick Special Award, and A Talent for War. The Hercules Text has been totally rewritten and updated for this edition. Most of us are attracted to the idea that the human race is not alone. Encountering other beings, we believe, will be romantic, exciting, thought-provoking, intriguing. And possibly dangerous. After all, one of our time-honored notions since H.G. Wells is that we may well be perceived by Others as little more than snacks, or subjects for religious conversion, or creatures of such insignificance as to be simply swept aside. No matter, we think cheerfully. We will take the risk. McDevitt suggests the hazards may be far more subtle. In Hello, Out There, contact with alien species forces us to rethink who we are and what we are about. The Hercules Text recounts a clash of wills in which the mere knowledge that someone is out there ignites profound changes in religious, political, and social behavior. In its companion novel, A Talent for War, contact forces us to rethink a cherished mythology, and ask ourselves whether truth might not sometimes demand too high a price. Here are two voyages into the unknown, twin expeditions to demonstrate that when we finally encounter whatever other intelligences Darwin has cast onto the cosmic beach, we may discover that the face looking back at us is our own. The Herules Text (Revised Edition) From the direction of the constellation Hercules, a message has been detected. The continuous beats of a pulsarhave become odd, irregular...artificial. It can only be a deliberate transmission. Frantically, a research team struggles to decipher the meaning, while the very fact of reception shakes the foundations of empires around the world, from Wall Street to the Vatican to the White House. And the fate of nations ultimately lies in the hands of a lone frightened bureaucrat. A Talent for War Everyone knew the legend of Christopher Sim. Teacher. Fighter. Leader. An interstellar hero with a rare talent for war, Sim changed history forever when he forged a ragtag band of misfits into a brilliant fighting force during mankind's darkest hour, broke the back of the only aliens the human race had ever encountered, and sacrificed himself in the effort. But now, two centuries later, Alex Benedict has found a startling bit of information, long buried in an ancient computer file. If it is true, then there is another, darker, side to the tale. For his own sake, for the sake of history, Alex Benedict must follow the track of the legend, where he will confront a truth far stranger than he could have imagined.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Small octavo hc w/jacket in mylar, 669pp, signed by McDevitt, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards with sharp corners, Fine. Jacket is clean, colorful and attractive, Fine.
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VG+/NF. 1st omnibus edition, trade paperback from Meisha Merlin, 2000. VERY GOOD PLUS TO NEAR FINE. Bob Eggleton cover art. Contains The Hercules Text (re-written for this edition) and A Talent For War.
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Eggleton, Bob. NF. 669 p 1st omnibus edition, trade paperback from Meisha Merlin, 2000. NEAR FINE, a couple thin spine creases, else quite nice. Bob Eggleton cover art. Contains The Hercules Text (completely re-written for this edition) and A Talent For War.
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Like New. Signed (inscribed) by author on title page. August 2000 with full number line. Text block, boards and binding are pristine. Dust wrapper in fine, like new condition. Extremely fine. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. US veteran operated.
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Two vols. in one. 8vo. 669, [3] pp. Dark blue publisher's cloth, gilt lettering, w/ d.j. cover art by Bob Eggelton (slight shelfwear), NF/NF copy, signed by the author on the title. First edition, thus, signed by the author of the two novels which launched McDevitt's career, including a revised "The Hercules Text" which was winner of the 1986 Philip K. Dick Special Award, and Locus Award for best first novel.
