by Orson Scott Card, Kathryn H. Kidd · Alamut · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498890402
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«Lovelock» is the science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and Kathryn H. Kidd, published by Alamut in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
The Ark, a huge space habitat, carries the colonists toward a new world; also traveling are the Witnesses, genetically modified animals equipped with cybernetic enhancements who record the lives of their masters. Lovelock, a capuchin monkey and Witness to the chief gaiologist, accepts his condition as a slave and plans to rebel.
«Lovelock» is the first installment of the Mayflower trilogy and no. 24 in the Alamut Serie Fantástica collection. The translation is by Rafael Marín Trechera and the original English work dates from 1994.
It will appeal to science fiction readers and to followers of Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game.
Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card coproduced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003). Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; he has provoked controversy and criticism for his public opposition to homosexuality.
