Brandon Hackett
(HU/EN)
Markovics Botond (Brandon Hackett), science fiction író, közgazdász, az SFmag.hu spekulatív fikciós portál társalapítója.
2012 óta az Agave Könyvek szerzője.
Legutóbbi regényei:
- Az időutazás napja, amely a mindenki számára elérhető, a globális időutazás őrült következményeiről szól.
- Xeno, amely során az emberi civilizáció más idegen fajokkal kényszerül együtt élni a Földön egy magasan fejlett, titokzatos domináns faj, a migrátorok irányítása alatt. A regény számos ponton a mai világpolitikai eseményekből táplálkozik, ugyanakkor keményvonalas űropera is egyben.
- 2020-ban jelent meg az Eldobható testek, amely egy olyan technológia körül bonyolódik, amely lehetővé teszi, hogy bárki megszabaduljon a test évezredes börtönéből, eldobható t
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