Cet auteur et traducteur néerlandais s'est principalement consacré à la fantasy et à la science-fiction. Ses œuvres découlent souvent de sa perspective unique sur le monde. Sous son vrai nom, Vincent van der Linden, il publiait parfois sous le nom de Thomas Wintner.
Long after his humiliating defeat at the hands of Earthman Elijah Baley, Keldon Amadiro embarked on a plan to destroy planet Earth. But even after his death, Baley's vision continued to guide his robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, who had the wisdom of a great man behind him and an indestructable will to win....
A puzzling case of roboticide takes New York Detective Elijah Baley from Earth to the planet Aurora, where humans and robots have, till now, always coexisted in perfect harmony. Only the gifted roboticist Hans Fastolfe had the means, the motive, and the opportunity to commit the crime - but Baley must prove the man innocent. For the murder of Jander Panrell is closely tied to a power struggle that will decide who will be the next interstellar pioneers in the universe. Armed only with his own instincts, his sometimes quirky logic, and the immutable Three Laws of Robotics, Baley sets out to solve the case. But can anything prepare a simple Earthman for the psychological complexities of a world where a beautiful woman can easily have fallen in love with an all-too human robot?
'The best debut, in my opinion, is COMPELLING EVIDENCE' John Grisham
Wraak, gerechtigheid, oorlog… Dit zijn de bouwstenen in de aanzet tot Aambeeld van sterren, waarvoor Greg Bear, de huidige coryfee van de moderne science fiction, op meesterlijke wijze de fundering legde in Gods smidse, waarin de Aarde op dramatische wijze werd uitgemoord en vernield door zichzelf duplicerende moordmachines.