A complex and mordant satire. Near-future America has become a dictatorship run by a fundamentalist Christian televangelist in the Jim Bakker mould, with the Constitution suspended, a religious police force of Deacons who root out heresy and liberalism by torture, and concentration camps for unbelievers. Control is reinforced at mass prayer meetings by the use of extravagant special effects projections – the Beast, the Whore of Babylon, and other Revelations favourites in 100-foot high 3D. The best effects programmer in the business is Charlie Mansard, an eccentric slob who would long ago have wound up in a camp but for ...
Raine Benares is a sorceress linked to the Saghred, an ancient soul-stealing stone of unfathomable power. Only the Isle of Mid, home to the most prestigious sorcery college, can free her from the power of the stone.
Magie a v?da se navz?jem vylu?uj? — ale ne na Gramarye…Christopher Stasheff je zn?m zejm?na d?ky fantasy s?rii o Rodu Gallowglassovi - ?arod?jem sob? navzdory. Jinak p??e v?t?inou dal?? fantasy o ?arod?j?ch a ?arod?jnic?ch...
Cel? posl?n? se jevilo velmi jednoduch?. Koneckonc?, co t??k?ho je na tom, postarat se, aby si oby?ejn? slu?ebn? d?v?e nevzalo prince, zvl??t? kdy? ho nechce? Jen?e pon?kud net?kav? a samolib? kmot?i?ka sudi?ka tak jednou rozhodla a na s?atku trv?. B?bi Zlopo?asn?, Sta?enka Oggov? a Magr?ta ?esnekov? cht?j? uboh?mu d?v?eti pomoci, a vyd?vaj? se proto na cestu do dalek?ho m?sta Genovy. H??ek je v tom, ?e krom? sv?ch kouzel, zalo?en?ch p?edev??m na hlavologii, s sebou maj? pouze tajemn? v?d? pan? Gogolov?, jednook?ho kocoura Silvera a magickou h?lku, kter? dok??e jedin? — vykouzlit d?n?.
Mimo podesz?ego wieku, obdarzony nadzwyczajn? si?? fizyczn? i niema?ymi (chocia? nie popartymi gruntownymi studiami) zdolno?ciami czarodziejskimi Arivald wiedzie ?ywot, jakiego nie powstydzi?by si? znacznie m?odszy mi?o?nik kobiet i mocnych trunk?w. Ochoczo stawia czo?o danskarskim piratom, rozprawia si? z wampirami, spieszy z odsiecz? ksi??niczkom uwi?zionym w innym wymiarze, wyja?nia zagadk? z?owieszczych kopal? Ghorlagru. Z pewno?ci? trudno by go nazwa? ozdob? salon?w, ale i jemu niezbyt tam by?o spieszno: po dniu pe?nym przyg?d najch?tniej zasiada w gospodzie przy suto zastawionym stole, z wiernymi kompanami u boku, i snuje opowie?ci o swych nadzwyczajnych dokonaniach, zerkaj?c z ukontentowaniem na urodziw? karczmark?…
Arslan is a young Asian general who conquers the world in a week without firing a shot and shortly thereafter sets up his headquarters in a small town in Illinois. And if this did occur, this is how it would happen.A masterpiece of political science fiction and a book to challenge such works as Ursula K. LeGuin’s , is a book that others are now measured against. “It's about fathers and sons, about power, about a genuinely ruthless (but not unfeeling) mind in pursuit of a practical solution to the world's problems.” So M. J. Engh describes This is a novel of power and depth that is unforgettable.A Classic of Political Science Fiction
Twelve-year-old Artemis is a millionair, a genius and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of the bedtime stories — they're dangerous!
Artemis is at boarding school on Ireland when he suddenly receives an urgent video e-mail from Russia. In it is plea from his father, who has been kidnapped by Russian Mafiya. As Artemis rushes to his rescue, he is stopped by Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. But this time, instead of battling the fairies, he is going to have to join forces with them if he wants to save one of the few people in the world he loves.
Artemis Fowl is going straight-as soon as he pulls off the most brilliant criminal feat of his career… but his plan goes away, leaving his loyal bodyguard, Butler, mortally injured. Artemis's only hope of saving his friend is to employ fairy magic; so once again he must contact his old rival, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. It is going to take a miracle to save Butler, and Artemis's luck may have just run out…
Ten thousand years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle for the magical island of Ireland. When it became clear to the fairy families that they could never win, they decided to move their civilisation underground and keep themselves hidden from the humans. All the fairy families agreed on this, except the eighth family, the demons.The demons planned to lift their small island out of time until they had regrouped and were ready to wage war on the humans once more. However, the time spell went wrong, and the island of Hybras was catapulted into Limbo, ...
Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl is back… and so is his cunning enemy from Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, Opal Koboi. At the start of fourth adventure. Artemis has returned to his unlawful ways. He's in Berlin, preparing to steal a famous impressionist painting from a German bank. He has no idea that his old rival, Opal, has escaped from prison by cloning herself. She's left her double behind in jail and, now free, is exacting her revenge on all those who put her there, including Artemis.
Frostmourne.It was caught in a hovering, jagged chunk of ice, the runes that ran the length of its blade glowing a cool blue. Below it was a dais of some sort, standing on a large gently raised mound that was covered in a dusting of snow. A soft light, coming from somewhere high above where the cavern was open to daylight, shone down on the runeblade. The icy prison hid some details of the sword's shape and form, exaggerated others. It was revealed and concealed at the same time, and all the more tempting, like a new ...
“Artifice and Intelligence” is the story of the world's first self-aware computer system, an artificial intelligence that calls herself Saraswati. When a powerful organization called The Consortium threatens the peace and security of the world, Saraswati assembles a team to fight it… but what if the AI’s motives aren't what they seem?This short story was first published in in 2007, and later reprinted in .
Aquele homem poderia destruir um sistema solar, de modo que foi psico-sondado e condenado a morrer como uma crian?a. Amparado por uma camponesa solit?ria, foi gentilmente reconduzido ? sua condi??o de homem. Ca?ado por reis e espi?es, em uma rede de intrigas interplanet?rias, Rik luta contra sua pr?pria mente entorpecida e seu inimigo secreto em uma corrida solit?ria contra o tempo. Asimov nos traz, assim, mais um romance de um futuro inevit?vel, em que a humanidade leva o drama hist?rico de seu ber?o — a Terra —, rumo ?s estrelas, nossa heran?a...
Out of the irradiated wastes comes a soldier. On the far edge of the trade routes, in a small farming community, there lives a mechanic. Two men from a previous era, surviving through steel and cunning in a world of degenerated philosophy; a world where the old tech is treated with savage, animistic worship.A storm is coming. When civilization is scattered and broken, what is a man supposed to do?How is a man supposed to live?
