Un beau roman touffu, magnifiquement humain qui a pour cadre un orphelinat d'une petite ville forestière du Maine (E.U.) dans les années 1940, pour principal héros un obstétricien - accoucheur et avorteur - et pour thèmes principaux, la paternité, l'adoption, l'avortement, la sexualité, la drogue.
Lorsque John Wheelwright évoque avec nostalgie le puzzle invraisemblable de sa jeunesse, un personnage en émerge : Owen, son ami dont la frêle enveloppe dissimulait une volonté de fer, une foi absolue et la conviction profonde qu'il était l'instrument de Dieu. Cet ange du Bizarre ne s'était-il pas assigné la double tâche de réparer le tort causé à John et de sauver le monde?
It is the twenty-first century. On Mars a dedicated group of pioneers - among them some of Earth's finest brains - struggle to change the face of the planet . . . Science fiction writer Martin Gibson finally gets a chance to visit the research colony on the Red Planet. It's a dream come true - until he discovers the difficulties and perils of survival on another world . . . and the very real terror it holds.
Written Between 1965 And 1967, Setting Free The Bears Is 'Sensual, Moving, Truly Remarkable' (Time), And Concerns A Plot To Release All The Animals From The Vienna Zoo.
Contains: DE DENKER (The Ponderer, 1962) DUIVELTJELIEF (Dear Devil, 1950) LEST BEST (Early Bird, 1957) SPIRO (Spiro (Ventures of the Martian Mimics)
Money was worthless; it had no value! It couldn't buy housing, clothing, or food. Someone with enormous quantities of cash was buying houses and tearing them down, buying stores and closing them. Perhaps a few people could have stopped the transactions before it was too late. They could have said that Earth was being taken over by alien beings in the shapes of bowling balls, talking dogs, and dolls that walked like men. In fact, they did say it. The trouble was, no one believed them!
