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  • The Orchid Cage: A Science Fiction Novel

    The Orchid Cage by Franke, Herbert W.;

    A Science Fiction Novel

    Series: Science and Fiction;

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      • Publisher's listprice EUR 32.09
      • The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.

        13 309 Ft (12 675 Ft + 5% VAT)
      • Discount 12% (cc. 1 597 Ft off)
      • Discounted price 11 712 Ft (11 154 Ft + 5% VAT)

    13 309 Ft

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    Long description:

    This book is a new English translation of the classic science fiction story written in 1961 by Herbert W. Franke, widely held to be the most important German-language science-fiction writer.

    A dead city on a distant planet, two groups of people trying to explore it. Step by step, they penetrate the outer ring with its ultra-modern technology, the half-ruined medieval city center and finally the mysterious center. But is the eerie city really dead? Suddenly the factories start working again, the automatons intervene, and somewhere in the background there is still something hidden that could perhaps awaken. But is it people or machines? Herbert W. Franke leads the reader into an oppressively strange world; only after the startling resolution does it become clear what lies behind the adventures of the intruders - not a cosmic strangeness, but a threatening development that could affect humans in the same way. Franke's novel is thus a parable of the evolution of all humans in the age of technical communication ...

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    Table of Contents:

    The First Attempt.- The Second Attempt.- The Third Attempt.- Epilog.- Afterword by Hans Esselborn.

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