Eric Frank Russell

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"Barrera Siniestra", un cl sico olvidado de la ciencia ficci n. Al investigar las muertes, aparentemente accidentales, de unos cient ficos, el investigador Bill Graham descubre un secreto horrible que acecha a la humanidad desde su mismo comienzo. Obligado a enfrentarse a un enemigo imprevisto, maligno e implacable, la lucha ser sin cuartel, en la que en ltima instancia estar el destino de la especie humana. Eric Frank Russell, uno de los pioneros de la ciencia ficci n, sorprendi en 1939 con "Barrera Siniestra", inaugurando uno de los temas que ser n cl sicos en la ciencia ficci n: el dominio de la raza humana por otros seres, realizando una visi n original y distinta hasta todo lo que en ese momento se hab a escrito, recogiendo las teor as de Charles Fort. Escrita con los mimbres de una novela polic aca, la historia consigue mantener la tensi n de la primera a la ltima p gina, adem s del sentido del humor que caracteriza a la prosa de Russell. * Erick Franck Russell (1905-1078) fue uno de los escritores m s reconocidos de mediados del siglo XX en el campo de la ciencia ficci n. Entre sus obras m s reconocidas est n "Avispa", "La gran explosi n" (premio Prometheus), y esta adelantada a su tiempo, "Barrera Siniestra". En 1955 gan el premio Hugo de Relato.

The war had been going on for nearly a year and the Sirian Empire had a huge advantage in personnel and equipment. Earth needed an edge. Which was where James Mowry came in. If a small insect buzzing around in a car could so distract the driver as to cause that vehicle to crash, think what havoc one properly trained operative could wreak on an unsuspecting enemy. Intensively trained, his appearance surgically altered, James Mowry is landed on Jaimec, the 94th planet of the Sirian Empire. His mission is simple: sap morale, cause mayhem, tie up resources, wage a one-man war on a planet of eighty million. In short, be a wasp. First published in 1957, WASP is generally regarded as Eric Frank Russell's finest novel, a witty and exciting account of a covert war in the heart of enemy territory.