by Nancy Kress · BOLSILLO BYBLOS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466609180
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«Una luz extraña» is the science fiction novel by Nancy Kress, published by Bolsillo Byblos in paperback (528 pages, in Spanish).
On Qom, an Earth colony lives in pre-industrial conditions when they come into contact with the Ged, a collective alien species that cannot conceive of violence between individuals. The clash of cultures leads humans to discover the scientific and technological secrets of a species obsessed with studying how their enemies learn.
The original English title is An Alien Light; the Spanish translation is by Salo Sadi. The novel is part of the Byblos collection.
For science fiction readers interested in contact with alien species and cultural conflicts.
Nancy Anne Kress is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella Beggars in Spain (1991), which became a novel in 1993. She also won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2013 for After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, and in 2015 for Yesterday's Kin. In addition to her novels, Kress has written numerous short stories and is a regular columnist for Writer's Digest. She is a regular at Clarion Workshops. During the winter of 2008/09, Nancy Kress was the Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the University of Leipzig's Institute for American Studies in Leipzig, Germany.
