Les psychohistoriens ont calcul? que l'empire galactique court ? sa perte. Saul Dornick, jeune ?tudiant, Hari Seldon et quelques autres sont exil?s sur une plan?te situ?e ? l'extr?mit? de la Galaxie. Les si?cles passent. L'empire d?cline toujours. La plan?te o? ont ?t? exil?s les psychohistoriens maintient la civilisation ; elle signe des alliances avec les mondes environnants, conclut des trait?s, m?ne une grande guerre. Des ruines de l'empire galactique s'?l?ve un nouvel empire, la Fondation, qui maintient un noyau de civilisation.
Qui est ce nouveau conqu?rant surnomm? le Mulet ? Personne ne peut se vanter de l’avoir vu,mais personne, non plus, ne peut pr?tendre?chapper ? son pouvoir. En cette ann?e 12.866, il a conquis presque toutes les plan?tes de la Galaxie,cependant : il reste invisible. Agents secrets, savants, militaires, sont incapablesde le d?couvrir. Pourquoi se cache-t-il ? Le grand ?crivain am?ricain Asimov nous prouvedans le second volet de sa trilogie que,? l’aube du 14 mill?naire,quand nous occuperons les 25 millions de plan?tesde la Galaxie, nos passions seront toujours les m?mes.
Sachant l’Empire Galactique sur le point des’effondrer, le psycho-historien Hari Seldon a cr??deux Fondations, l’une officielle, l’autre secr?te, quimanipulent l’?volution de l’Humanit?. En 498 apr?s leur ?tablissement,la foudre, tout ? coup, menace.Quelqu’un fausse les cartes du jeu.Est-ce la Seconde Fondation,que la premi?re croyait avoir ?limin?e ? Est-ce une troisi?me force,qui oeuvrerait dans l’ombre et dont nul ne sauraitrien ? Commence alors une course-poursuiteau terme de laquelle se cache une surprise detaille, une surprise qui a pour nom les Robots… Car Isaac Asimov, en renouant le fil de son r?citavec autant de fra?cheur et de verve que s’il l’avaitabandonn? hier, y introduit les th?mes majeursde ses oeuvres ult?rieures pour tisser une fresqued’une ampleur incomparabledans le domaine de la science-fiction.
Un impero grande come l’universo e contenente miliardi di mondi abitati; una forza politica, sociale e scientifica senza precedenti come la disciplina della psicostoria; l’enigma rappresentato dalle Fondazioni gemelle fondate da Hari Seldon per abbreviare il periodo d’interregno quando l’impero galattico fosse crollato… Sono questi, come ognuno sa, gli ingredienti fondamentali della vasta epopea futura che Asimov ? venuto arricchendo negli anni, e che descrive il lontanissimo futuro dell’uomo con la stessa suspense di un thriller d’oggi. Ma con Fondazione e Terra siamo a un’importante svolta del ciclo asimoviano: il nostro pianeta entra di nuovo in gioco e sempre pi? chiare appaiono le mosse decisive di una partita che ha come posta le stelle.
Rok 2142. Dr Vannevar Morgan, tw?rca Mostu Gibraltarskiego, uruchamia plany budowy wyci?gu kosmicznego — gigantycznej windy do transportu ludzi i ?adunk?w z powierzchni Ziemi na orbit?. Przedsi?wzi?cie ma by? zrealizowane na po?o?onej na Oceanie Indyjskim wyspie Taprobane. Jednak wybrana przez budowniczych g?ra okazuje si? ?wi?tym miejscem, zazdro?nie strze?onym przez tamtejszych kap?an?w…
Business has been slow for professional wizard Harry Dresden, who hasn't been able to dredge up any kind of work, magical or mundane. But just when it looks like he can't afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise.
For fifteen years FitzChivalry Farseer has lived in self-imposed exile, assumed to be dead by almost all who once cared about him. But that is about to change when destiny seeks him once again.Prince Dutiful, the young heir to the Farseer throne, has vanished and FitzChivalry, possessed of magical skills both royal and profane, is the only one who can retrieve him in time for his betrothal ceremony — thus sparing the Six Duchies profound political embarrassment…or worse. But even Fitz does not suspect the web of treachery that awaits him or how his loyalties to his Queen, his partner, and those who share his magic will be tested to the breaking point.
The triumphant conclusion to our three thrilling fantasy series, from the author of the bestselling Farseer and Liveship traders trilogies.The only hopes for an end to war and insurrection in the Six Duchies rests in the hands of the small party that are embarked on a desperate quest to the frozen island of Aslevjal. Here, so legend says, lies the sleeping form of the legendary great black dragon, Icefyre. The beast is of holy significance to the people of the Outislands, a powerful talisman, but it is this dragon that their Narcheska has challenged Prince Dutiful to ...
It's a routine archaeological find, on a routine archaeological dig-until the strange inscription on a buried plaque is translated. Then all at once the entire world is prospecting for gold-a whole mountain of it-hidden centuries before by an ancient Latin American people.The U.S. is determined to stake a claim because that much gold, in the wrong hands, could destroy the free world's economy. But nothing's panning out, and the only person who can decipher the clues to the gold's location might not live long enough to complete the task. It seems everyone's trying to kill her...There's only one CURE for gold fever-Remo and Chiun. But unless they strike it rich, this gold rush is bound to be a bust, and the free market along with it. Unfortunately, our heroes' luck is about played out...
The book depicts the arrival of members of an alien species called the Fithp that have traveled to our solar system from Alpha Centauri in a large spacecraft. The aliens are intent on taking over the Earth.Physically, the Fithp resemble man-sized, quadrupedal elephants with multiple trunks. They possess more advanced technology than humans, but have developed none of it themselves. In the distant past on their planet, another species was dominant, with the Fithp existing as animals, perhaps even as pets. This predecessor species badly damaged the environment, rendering themselves and many other species extinct, but left ...
After the murder of the Drood Matriarch, the family finds itself vulnerable to evil. This time, it's a Satanic Conspiracy that could throw humanity directly into the clutches of the Biggest of the Bads...
Hugo and Nebula award winner Anderson incorporates two stories he wrote for the series into this absorbing posthumous novel, a fast-paced space opera that never lets the reader forget that aliens are alien. At a time when nearly immortal humans have colonized the galaxy, various space-faring species commingle freely and the residents of Earth have become as alien to other humans as true ETs, an astronomical event that may affect all existence is about to take place. Unfortunately, only one set of aliens knows what that event is and their ruling dictatorship is hell-bent on keeping it that way. ...
А сейчас я участвую в разработке игры о России.– Надо же! – в один голос удивились Щепкин и Всеслав.– Да, – тревожно переводил взгляд с одного на другого собеседника Ренат. – Мне будет полезно общение и, если потребуется, сотрудничество с вами, уважаемые коллеги. Простите, не могу об этом говорить.– Смотри-ка, а виртуальная реальность ударила парню в голову, – попробовал пошутить один из собеседников.Ренат молчал, но, казалось, чуть сдерживается, раздувая щеки от гнева.– Я просто не могу разглашать детали.Несмотря на то, что сейчас специалист по коммуникациям выглядел сущим ребенком, ни он сам, ни его старшие собеседники и не подозревали, насколько его правда серьезна и опасна.Между игрой и реальностью грань может оказаться очень тонкой, тем более, если в сценарий игры заложены реальные события. И если в них «играют», то ход событий оживает и вплетается в реальную жизнь.
Objeto de esc?ndalo tras su publicaci?n, libro de cabecera de la cultura hippie, biblia de Charles Manson y sus seguidores, Forastero en tierra extra?a es la novela m?s pol?mica e iconoclasta del g?nero de ciencia ficci?n. Humano por parte de padres, marciano por nacimiento y educaci?n, Valentine Michael Smith llega a la Tierra como un aut?ntico forastero. Pese a su ascendencia terrestre, Smith piensa y siente como un marciano y no tiene nada en com?n con los seres humanos. Su peripecia en nuestro planeta se convertir? en motivo de asombro y esc?ndalo all? donde vaya…Autor de novelas tan c?lebres como “Historia del futuro”, “El n?mero de la bestia” y la presente, Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) es, junto con Asimov y A. C. Clarke, uno de los m?ximos exponentes de la ciencia ficci?n cl?sica.
Vanda has a tiny anger problem. Nothing major. She has been known to destroy a room — or three — when something doesn't go her way, but who hasn't? That's no reason to force her into anger management! But that's just what the head vamps decide she needs. Once she gets there, things go from bad to worse. Because while Vanda lets the little things get her down, she has a very good reason not to trust her new sponsor, Phil…or anyone of his kind. Phil has made a place for himself with the vampires. They're the only ones who ...
The trilogy depicts an Earth-like world on a moon which orbits a gas giant, inhabited by a species of highly evolved, sentient Tyrannosaurs called Quintaglios, among various other creatures from the late cretaceous period, imported to this moon by aliens 65 million years prior to the story.
This is the second book in the brand new trilogy from the author of the "Tawny Man" trilogy, following on from the bestselling Shaman's «Crossing».The King's Cavalla Academy has been ravaged by the Speck plague. Hundreds of cadets and instructors have been lost to the disease, and even the survivors may never fully recover. Many have been forced to relinquish their military ambitions and return to their families to face lives of dependency and disappointment.As the Academy infirmary empties, Cadet Nevare Burvelle also prepares to journey home, to attend his brother Rosse's wedding. Far from ...
