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Jack McDevitt (born 1935) is an American science fiction author whose novels frequently deal with attempts to make contact with alien races, and with archaeology or xenoarchaeology.

McDevitt's first published story was "The Emerson Effect" in The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981. Two years later, he published his first novel, The Hercules Text, about the discovery of an intelligently conceived signal whose repercussions threaten human civilization. This novel set the tone for many of McDevitt's following novels, which focused on making first contact. Frequently this theme is mixed with both trepidation before the unknown and a sense of wonder at the universe.

With The Engines of God (1994), McDevitt introduced the idea of a universe that was once teeming with intelligent life, but contains only their abandoned artifact by the time humans arrive on the scene. Although it was initially written as a standalone novel, the main character of The Engines of God, pilot Priscilla Hutchins, has since appeared in five more books, Deepsix (2001), Chindi (2002), Omega (2003), Odyssey (2006), and Cauldron (2007). The mystery surrounding the destructive "Omega Clouds" (which are introduced in The Engines of God) is left unexplored until Omega.

McDevitt's novels frequently raise questions which he does not attempt to answer. He prefers to leave ambiguities to puzzle and intrigue his readers: "Some things are best left to the reader's very able imagination."

His novel Seeker won the 2006 Nebula Award for Best Novel, given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award fourteen times; Seeker is his only win.

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Total Books: 82
Firebird
2011 - Firebird [Alex Benedict] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780441020737
ISBN-10: 0441020739
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Echo
2011 - Echo [Alex Benedict] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781937007003
ISBN-10: 1937007006
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1

Time Travelers Never Die
2010 - Time Travelers Never Die (Paperback)Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780441019557
ISBN-10: 0441019552
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 4

The Devil's Eye
2009 - The Devil's Eye [Alex Benedict, Bk 4] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780441017850
ISBN-10: 0441017851
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 5

Cryptic The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt
2009 - Cryptic the Best Short Fiction of Jack Mcdevitt (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781596061958
ISBN-10: 1596061952
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 1

The Devil's Eye
2008 - The Devil's Eye [Alex Benedict, Bk 4] (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780441016358
ISBN-10: 0441016359
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 9

Cauldron
2008 - Cauldron [Engines of God, Bk 6] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780441016501
ISBN-10: 0441016502
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 21

Odisea/ Odyssey
2008 - Odisea/ Odyssey [Solaris Ficcion - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788498004014
ISBN-10: 8498004012
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Wastelands Stories of the Apocalypse
2008 - Wastelands Stories of the Apocalypse (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781597801058
ISBN-10: 1597801054
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 48

Odyssey
2007 - Odyssey [Engines of God, Bk 5] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780441015405
ISBN-10: 0441015409
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 30

Die Suche
2007 - Die Suche (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783404243624
ISBN-10: 3404243625
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Omega
2006 - Omega [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788498002539
ISBN-10: 8498002532
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Odyssey
2006 - Odyssey (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780441014330
ISBN-10: 044101433X
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 17

Seeker
2006 - Seeker [Alex Benedict, Bk 3] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780441013753
ISBN-10: 0441013759
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 62

Polaris
2004 - Polaris (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780441012022
ISBN-10: 0441012027
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 20

Omega
2004 - Omega [Academy, Bk 4] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780441012107
ISBN-10: 0441012108
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 63

Chindi
2004 - Chindi (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783404243280
ISBN-10: 3404243285
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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A Talent for War
2004 - A Talent for War [Alex Benedict, Bk 1] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780441012176
ISBN-10: 0441012175
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 48

Die Sanduhr Gottes
2004 - Die Sanduhr Gottes (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783404243211
ISBN-10: 3404243218
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Deepsix
2003 - Deepsix (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780613683319
ISBN-10: 0613683315
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1

Omega
2003 - Omega (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780441010462
ISBN-10: 0441010466
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 20

2003 - Chindi [Engines of God, Bk 3] (Paperback)Hardcover
2002 - Chindi (Hardcover)Paperback
2002 - Deepsix [Engines of God, Bk 2] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
1995 - The Engines of God [Engines of God, Bk 1] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover