What could be more commonplace than grass, or a world covered over all its surface with a wind-whipped ocean of grass? But the planet Grass conceals horrifying secrets within its endless pastures. And as an incurable plague attacks all inhabited planets but this one, the prairie-like Grass begins to reveal these secrets — and nothing will ever be the same again…Nominated for Hugo and Locus awards for Best Novel in 1990.
Chicago wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden confronts his latest and most dangerous challenge in the person of a ghost of an evil wizard who possesses the power to invade people's nightmares and uses other ghosts to wreak havoc on the living.
The bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series delivers her first novel for adults, a story about the living, the dead, and a curse that binds them. Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the tender attention her grandmother, Maylene, bestowed upon the dead of Claysville, the town where Bek spent her adolescence. There wasn't a funeral that Maylene didn't attend, and at each Rebekkah watched as Maylene performed the same unusual ritual: three sips from a small silver flask followed by the words "Sleep well, and stay where I put you." Now Maylene is dead and Bek must go ...
Quando Leo Graf, ingegnere spaziale della potente GalacTech, giunge sulla stazione di Cay Habitat, che orbita attorno al pianeta Rodeo, si aspetta di svolgere un compito di ordinaria amministrazione, e cio? insegnare a una classe di operai spaziali le tecniche pi? avanzate nel proprio campo.Ma non appena il responsabile del progetto, Bruce Van Atta, gli presenta il primo studente, Leo rimane letteralmente senza fiato: gi?, perch? non si tratta di semplici operai, bens? di creature straordinarie prodotte dall’ingegneria genetica e destinate a vivere e lavorare in permanenza a gravit? zero. Oltre ai numerosi mutamenti introdotti nel ...
Una storia che Bova scrisse per «Again Dangerous Visions», la famosa antologia di Harlan Ellison dedicata alle vicende pi? «scioccanti» che fece seguito all'altrettanto celebre «Dangerous Visions». ? anche la prima storia, in termini cronologici, di una serie dedicata a Chet Kinsman, astronauta americano: qui Bova descrive la sua perdita di innocenza e i suoi primi passi verso la maturit?, il suo risveglio nel mondo reale, un mondo che non ? affatto lontano dal nostro… anzi…
Tess Gerritsen used to be a doctor, so it comes as no great surprise that the medical aspects of her latest thriller are absolutely convincing -- even if most of the action happens in where few doctors have ever practiced -- outer space.Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime -- studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in ...
Award-winning author James Alan Gardner evokes a sense of wonder that is synonymous with great speculative fiction. Now, in his first short-story collection, he brings together the numerous tales that have made his reputation, ranging from the everyday experience to the cosmic, from peanut butter sandwiches to space drives. There are stories of wonder, imagination, humanity, and the unknown and tales that remind us of the importance of possibility. Some of the stories in this collection have won the Aurora Award and the grand prize in the prestigious Writers of the Future contest and been nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, while others are completely new and undiscovered.
D?ons Ronalds Ruels TolkiensGredzenu pav?lnieksIev?rojam? ang?u rakstnieka D?. R. R. Tolk?na (1892-1973) pasaulslaven?s epopejas pirm? dala las?t?jam liek uz neatgrie?anos p?rcelties pasakainaj? Viduszem?, kas tinas m??sen?s teiksm?s un le?endas un kur pare?ojumi v?l aizvien piepild?s.Putni un zv?ri, p??i un vareni burvji, cilv?ki un elfi, orki un tro??i, r??i un hobiti tiek ierauti likten?g? kar? starp labo un ?auno, un ?i c??a katram j?izc?na ari pa?am ar ...
D?ons Ronalds Ruels TolkiensGredzenu pav?lnieksPasakainaj? Viduszem?, kur v?sture savijas ar teiksm?m, kur tiekas cilv?ki un elfi, orki un aizlaiku briesmoni, savelkas tumsiba. Briest Gredzena kar?, p?c kura nekas vairs neb?s k? bijis. Uzliesmo varenas kaujas. Liktenis, drosme un gribassp?ks uz Gondoru ved t?s likum?go ??ni?u - P?ddzini Aragornu. Tikm?r Gredzens, p?c kura t?ko Tumsas pav?lnieks, turpina b?stamo ce?u uz vi?a pa?a zemi Mordoru, lai tur tiktu iesviests Orodruina liesm?s. Visas teiksmu pasaules liktenis iz??...
Hysterically funny "Myth Manners' Guide to Greek #1: Andromeda and Perseus." which is a parody of the legend of Andromeda and Perseus featuring thinly disguised modern characters.
