EMPTY SPACE is a space adventure. We begin with the following dream:An alien research tool the size of a brown dwarf star hangs in the middle of nowhere, as a result of an attempt to place it equidistant from everything else in every possible universe. Somewhere in the fractal labyrinth beneath its surface, a woman lies on an allotropic carbon deck, a white paste of nanomachines oozing from the corner of her mouth. She is neither conscious nor unconscious, dead nor alive. There is something wrong with her cheekbones. At first you think she is changing from ...
Leo Graf era tan s?lo un competente ingeniero de soldadura: se ocupaba de sus asuntos, hacia bien el trabajo y se ajustaba a las especificaciones. Pero todo cambi? cuando fue asonado al H?bitat Cay y conoci? a los cuadr?manos, seres sin piernas y con cuatro brazos adaptados por la ingenier?a gen?tica para el trabajo en ausencia de la gravedad. ?Qui?n podr?a permanecer indiferente antela explotaci?n y la esclavitud de un millar de j?venes tratados como objetos por Galac-Tech. la gran corporaci?n espacial?Fue relativamente f?cil adoptar, un tanto ilegalmente, a un millar de cuadr?manos. Lo dif?cil fue ense?arles a ser libres.Un retorno de lujo a los temas de la ciencia ficci?n campbelliana basada en la aventura y la especulaci?n cient?fica inteligente, con personajes de una entra?able «normalidad». Un hito en la moderna literatura de ciencia ficci?n.
Al hechicero Aliso le aterra conciliar el sue?o, pues hacerlo significa trasladarse a la tierra de los muertos para encontrarse con su esposa. Ella falleci? muy joven y desea tanto regresar a ?l que lo bes? a trav?s del bajo muro de piedra que separa nuestro mundo de la Tierra Seca, donde la hierba est? marchita, las estrellas, siempre quedas, y los amantes se cruzan sin reconocerse. Cada noche, los muertos atraen a Aliso hacia ellos para, a trav?s de ?l, liberarse e invador Terramar.Desesperado, Aliso acude al antiguo Archimago Gavil?n, quien le ...
Les membres de la premi?re exp?dition vers Mars p?rirent tous. Sauf un : Valentine Michael Smith, n? sur Mars, ?lev? par les Martiens, recueilli et ramen? sur Terre, ? l'?ge de vingt ans par la deuxi?me ?xp?dition vers Mars, au d?but du XXIe si?cle.Physiquement Valentine Michael Smith ?tait humain.Mentalement, il ?tait martien.La seule analogie qui conv?nt pour le d?finir ?tait celle des enfants-loups, des enfants ?lev?s par des loups. Mais les martiens n'?taient pas des loups. Leur culture ?tait plus complexe que celle de la terre.Le premier probl?me de Mike : survivre sur la Terre ! Tout lui ?tait agression : la pesanteur, la pression atmosph?rique, et surtout les hommes…Le second probl?me fut pour lui de comprendre en quoi et pourquoi les hommes diff?raient des martiens et pourquoi ils ?taient malheureux…
Soltera y embarazada, la joven Fawn Bluefield huye de su comunidad de granjeros en busca del anonimato de la ciudad. Durante el largo y peligroso viaje, se encuentra con el poder y la magia del “andalago” Dag, quien patrulla con sus compa?eros a la caza de los temibles da?iespectros conocidos como “malicias”. Las dificultades y sus mutuas soledades les llevar?n a un romance imposible entre humanos pertenecientes a grupos que no pueden mezclarse.
In Deuce’s world, people earn the right to a name only if they survive their first fifteen years. By that point, each unnamed ‘brat’ has trained into one of three groups–Breeders, Builders, or Hunters, identifiable by the number of scars they bear on their arms. Deuce has wanted to be a Huntress for as long as she can remember. As a Huntress, her purpose is clear—to brave the dangerous tunnels outside the enclave and bring back meat to feed the group while evading ferocious monsters known as Freaks. She’s worked toward this goal her whole life, and nothing’s going to stop her, not even a beautiful, brooding Hunter named Fade. When the mysterious boy becomes her partner, Deuce’s troubles are just beginning.
Close EncountersIs it a space odyssey or a spaced-out hoax? The answer isn't clear, but this much is certain: a stranger from a strange land has come to earth and recruited a squadron of space cadets to launch a campaign against America's nuclear arsenal. The gravity of the situation prompts Harold W. Smith, director of the top-secret government agency CURE, to order Remo and Chiun to blast the scheme out of orbit.And it should be just a routine assignment for the world's top assassins. Only Chiun believes the alien is fulfilling an ancient legend of Sinanju, and he takes off to join the space colony. And all at once Remo finds himself not only at odds with his mentor, but single-handedly trying to stave off the war of the worlds!
Archaeologist Brandon Thackery and his rival Miles ‘Klicks’ Jordan fulfill a dinosaur lover’s dream with history’s first time-travel jaunt to the late Mesozoic. Hoping to solve the extinction mystery, they find Earth’s gravity is only half its 21 century value and dinosaurs that behave very strangely. Could the slimy blue creatures from Mars have something to do with both?
Born and brought up on a space ship that is slowly deteriorating, Linc discovers its secrets and the way to get the remaining occupants to their ultimate destination.
The human price of war, regardless of nationality, is the relentless focus of this chilling sequel to Turtledove's alternative history Days of Infamy (2004), in which the Japanese conquer Hawaii after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Times are hard for Americans under the occupation. Scarce food and resources result in privation and a thriving black market. Japanese soldiers work POWs to death with heavy labor on insufficient rations. Women are forced into prostitution as comfort women. But the U.S. armed forces have a few tricks up their sleeve, notably a new kind of aircraft that can hold its own against the Zero. Both the Japanese and American militaries scheme, plan and train, while surfer bums, POWs and fishermen just try to get by. A plethora of characters, each with his or her own point of view, provide experiences in miniature that combine to paint a broad canvas of the titanic struggle, if at the cost of a fragmented narrative.
Kit Nouveau didn't escape himself when he flew to Japan. He runs a bar in the Roppongi district of Tokyo and is having an affair with the wife of a High Yakusa ganglord. All things considered being held up at gunpoint isn't a complete shock. The pale girl in the black cloak appearing from nowhere and punching an ivory spike into the man's head on the other hand ...Nijie has stolen fifteen million dollars, she's on the run, she's just killed a man and she has a cat who knows more than it should. It's a lot to deal with when you haven't even left school. But Nijie is really Lady Neku. And it is time for her to stop mewling in the darkness. And suddenly, the girl who became Lady Neku understands she's never really been anyone else. And in a sentient castle at the end of world Lady Neku otherwise known as Baroness Nawa-no-ukiyo, Countess High Strange and chatelaine of Schloss Omga realizes that a man called Kit has stolen some of her memories.
Lusitania es ?nico en la galaxia. Un planeta donde coexisten tres especies inteligentes: los cerdis, que evolucionaron en el mismo planeta; los humanos que llegaron como colonizadores; y la reina colmena y sus insectores, llevados por el joven Ender unos a?os atr?s. El planeta ha sido condenado por el Consejo Estelar a causa de la descolada, el virus letal para los humanos e imprescindible para la biolog?a de los cerdis. Jane, la inteligencia artificial aliada de Ender y nacida del nexo de ansibles que comunican la galaxia, ha salvado Lusitania interfiriendo con la Flota Estelar y ...
De Aarde is in oorlog met een agressief buitenaards ras. Het leger is op zoek naar een genetisch speciaal slag mensen als officieren in de oorlog. Een van hen is Ender, die als jongen bij zijn ouders gehaald wordt om samen met een groep andere jongens getraint te worden tot marinier.
Anno Domini 3126. Quasi tre secoli dopo la Caduta. Pianeta Hyperion. Raul Endymion, una giovane guida, viene condannato a morte dopo un omicidio commesso per legittima difesa. E la sua morte, al contrario di quella dell'uomo da lui ucciso, sarebbe definitiva, perch? il ragazzo ? fra i pochi a non essersi convertito alla religione della Chiesa ufficiale, non ? un cristiano rinato e non ha accettato su di s? il simbionte crucimorfo che rende possibile la Risurrezione. La sentenza, tuttavia, non viene eseguita. Martin Sileno lo ha infatti scelto per una missione destinata a cambiare il volto dell'universo: accompagnare nel futuro e ...
