US astronomer Collette Bonnington is hired by the Pentagon to head investigations into a sudden increase in extraterrestrial activity on Earth. Her investigations lead her all over the globe to a rendezvous at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem where the aliens reveal their presence set against the backdrop of the eerie northern lights. When the visiting extraterrestrials reveal their presence what difference will it make? On the edge of extinction, the dying race of visitors face a dilemma.
Some of Stephen Gillespie's favourite first contact movies - 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' directed by Robert Wise, 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' directed by Steven Spielberg, 'Starman' directed by John Carpenter, '2010' directed by Peter Hyams and 'Contact' directed by Robert Zemeckis. A favourite science fiction novel - 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' by Douglas Adams for its Improbability Drive, Babel fish, SEP fields and Vogon poetry. The original radio series is a must listen. A prized graphic novel - 'JLA-Avengers' written by Kurt Busiek and drawn by the legendary George Perez for its compelling collision of DC-Marvel cosmologies. A favourite short story - 'A Small Kindness' by Ben Bova. Favourite musical artists - Kate Bush, David Bowie, Mike Oldfield and Toyah Wilcox. (All inspirational.) A favourite poem - 'Whale Nation' by Heathcote Williams. An important work of non-fiction on the bookshelf - 'Demon Haunted World' by Ann Druyan and Carl Sagan. A small claim to fame - having a letter, regarding a point of Whovian cosmology, published in the pages of the Doctor Who Magazine UK (issue 523). Stephen Gillespie grew up in Derry, Northern Ireland, where he spent his teenage years drawing Supurr mini-comics featuring such superhero creations as Doctor Optic and Anti-Atomic Man. He now lives in Scotland, where he lives with his wife Tracey and their cats Monty and Morfis. Prior to the novel Stephen Gillespie wrote community theatre in Ireland which included the rock musical 'Captured Shadows' which toured Ireland in 1985. In 1994 he was awarded his Batchelor of Arts Honours Degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Ulster in Coleraine and in 1996 he recieved his Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching from Northern College, Aberdeen. Since then he has been teaching Secondary and Primary level Drama in Dundee. His novel 'the Merlin Agenda' has been described as 'A spirited fantasy adventure that successfully blends elements of children's stories, folklore, high science and magic into an appealing whole. Very funny, too. A clever, freewheeling adventure.'
Zusammenfassung
After surviving an attempted mugging and experiencing an encounter of Fortean proportions, Holly Foster began to suspect that she was part of something bigger. Tick, tock. Tick, tock.US astronomer Collette Bonnington is hired by the Pentagon to head investigations into a sudden increase in extraterrestrial activity on Earth. Her investigations lead her all over the globe to a rendezvous at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem where the aliens reveal their presence set against the backdrop of the eerie northern lights. Tick, tock. Tick, tock.When the visiting extraterrestrials reveal their presence what difference will it make? On the edge of extinction, the dying race of visitors face a dilemma.US astronomer Collette Bonnington is hired by the Pentagon to head investigations into a sudden increase in extraterrestrial activity on Earth. Her investigations lead her all over the globe to a rendezvous at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem where the aliens reveal their presence set against the backdrop of the eerie northern lights. Tick, tock. Tick, tock.When the visiting extraterrestrials reveal their presence what difference will it make? On the edge of extinction, the dying race of visitors face a dilemma.A second strand follows protagonist Collette Bonnington who is a US astronomer hired by the Pentagon to head investigations into a sudden increase in extraterrestrial activity on Earth.Threaded through the stories of Collette and Holly is a series of stand-alone chapters which detail the activity of the extraterrestrials. In these episodes, an orbital telescope is disabled and made fall to Earth, a US mercenary is abducted in Africa, a Chilean cargo ship is buzzed in the Atlantic (some cargo is removed and the ship's cat abducted), a convoy of fleeing refugees is saved from being gunned down in an ambush staged by some Chinese Red Army soldiers and the rioting inmates in a US prison facility have their memories wiped.
Some of Stephen Gillespie's favourite first contact movies - 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' directed by Robert Wise, 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' directed by Steven Spielberg, 'Starman' directed by John Carpenter, '2010' directed by Peter Hyams and 'Contact' directed by Robert Zemeckis. A favourite science fiction novel - 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' by Douglas Adams for its Improbability Drive, Babel fish, SEP fields and Vogon poetry. The original radio series is a must listen. A prized graphic novel - 'JLA-Avengers' written by Kurt Busiek and drawn by the legendary George Perez for its compelling collision of DC-Marvel cosmologies. A favourite short story - 'A Small Kindness' by Ben Bova. Favourite musical artists - Kate Bush, David Bowie, Mike Oldfield and Toyah Wilcox. (All inspirational.) A favourite poem - 'Whale Nation' by Heathcote Williams. An important work of non-fiction on the bookshelf - 'Demon Haunted World' by Ann Druyan and Carl Sagan. A small claim to fame - having a letter, regarding a point of Whovian cosmology, published in the pages of the Doctor Who Magazine UK (issue 523). Stephen Gillespie grew up in Derry, Northern Ireland, where he spent his teenage years drawing Supurr mini-comics featuring such superhero creations as Doctor Optic and Anti-Atomic Man. He now lives in Scotland, where he lives with his wife Tracey and their cats Monty and Morfis. Prior to the novel Stephen Gillespie wrote community theatre in Ireland which included the rock musical 'Captured Shadows' which toured Ireland in 1985. In 1994 he was awarded his Batchelor of Arts Honours Degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Ulster in Coleraine and in 1996 he recieved his Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching from Northern College, Aberdeen. Since then he has been teaching Secondary and Primary level Drama in Dundee. His novel 'the Merlin Agenda' has been described as 'A spirited fantasy adventure that successfully blends elements of children's stories, folklore, high science and magic into an appealing whole. Very funny, too. A clever, freewheeling adventure.'
Zusammenfassung
After surviving an attempted mugging and experiencing an encounter of Fortean proportions, Holly Foster began to suspect that she was part of something bigger. Tick, tock. Tick, tock.US astronomer Collette Bonnington is hired by the Pentagon to head investigations into a sudden increase in extraterrestrial activity on Earth. Her investigations lead her all over the globe to a rendezvous at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem where the aliens reveal their presence set against the backdrop of the eerie northern lights. Tick, tock. Tick, tock.When the visiting extraterrestrials reveal their presence what difference will it make? On the edge of extinction, the dying race of visitors face a dilemma.US astronomer Collette Bonnington is hired by the Pentagon to head investigations into a sudden increase in extraterrestrial activity on Earth. Her investigations lead her all over the globe to a rendezvous at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem where the aliens reveal their presence set against the backdrop of the eerie northern lights. Tick, tock. Tick, tock.When the visiting extraterrestrials reveal their presence what difference will it make? On the edge of extinction, the dying race of visitors face a dilemma.A second strand follows protagonist Collette Bonnington who is a US astronomer hired by the Pentagon to head investigations into a sudden increase in extraterrestrial activity on Earth.Threaded through the stories of Collette and Holly is a series of stand-alone chapters which detail the activity of the extraterrestrials. In these episodes, an orbital telescope is disabled and made fall to Earth, a US mercenary is abducted in Africa, a Chilean cargo ship is buzzed in the Atlantic (some cargo is removed and the ship's cat abducted), a convoy of fleeing refugees is saved from being gunned down in an ambush staged by some Chinese Red Army soldiers and the rioting inmates in a US prison facility have their memories wiped.
Titel
Photographing God
Autor
EAN
9781543906141
ISBN
978-1-5439-0614-1
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Genre
Veröffentlichung
02.07.2017
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
1.74 MB
Anzahl Seiten
362
Jahr
2017
Untertitel
Englisch
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