As Napoleon's tenacious infantry rampages across Europe and his armada lies in wait for Nelson's smaller fleet, the war does not rage on land and water alone. Squadrons of aviators swarm the skies - a deadly shield for the cumbersome canon-firing vessels. Raining fire and acid upon their enemies, they engage in a swift, violent combat with flying tooth and claw... for these aviators ride dragons.Captain Laurence is a satisfied man with a respectable commission aboard the ship Reliant. His career is born from a love for the sea and he takes his duty very seriously ...
This is a story about a cat and a dog and their undying devotion to their human master. It doesn’t have anything in common with the family films you have seen. It is a masterpiece you have to listen to.Cat with armor in the city of the dead. Dog chase after the Cat and a story told with epic esoteric language. The master was a god. The dog and the cat learn the master’s words from the small animal in their dreams and set out on a mission to rescue their master.The story ...
The “Back Cover” information for this book is quite misleading. This is only “science fiction” in the most literal sense of the phrase — it is fiction about science. The single fantastical element is only theorized — a Sender of the message in question. The book is cerebral in nature, which makes me question why exactly it is referred to as a “thriller” on the back cover. . though there is a tension in the book, like in most good literature, I would not choose to describe it as a “thriller”. The most thrilling thing about this book is that there exists an author who is willing to explore topics as diverse as psychology, morality, linguistics, physics, mathematics, ethics, and philosophy in one book. This is a more thoughtful, realistic, and rewarding book than others in the same vein such as Sagan’s .
Though he died at age 34, Cyril M. Kornbluth left behind a vast body of classic SF writings (he sold his first story at age 15, in 1939). His Share of Glory, introduced by Frederik Pohl (Kornbluth's erstwhile collaborator), edited by Timothy P. Szczesuil, collects for the first time the 56 short stories that Kornbluth wrote solo.
En sus andanzas por los burgos y los campos de Francia, Leola se topa con un enigma tr?gico: trovadores, muchachas o vecinos inician el relato de la historia del Rey Transparente y caen fulminados tras unas pocas frases. Nyneve, que parece estar al tanto del enigma, reacciona siempre con furia ante la sola menci?n del nombre de ese rey misterioso. El acertijo s?lo lo conocer? el lector en las ?ltimas p?ginas: se trata, en realidad, de una f?bula moral que resume la filosof?a de toda la novela.Leola se ver? armada caballero ...
Leisha Camden, urodzona w 2008 roku c?rka miliardera, jest nie tylko pi?kna i niezwykle inteligentna, ale nale?y do wci?? nielicznej grupy genetycznie uniezale?nionych od snu. Pocz?tkowo ona i jej podobni s? tylko sensacj? i ciekawostk?, szybko jednak staj? si? obiektem politycznych represji i atak?w t?uszczy, kt?re maj? doprowadzi? do zepchni?cia Bezsennych na margines ludzkiego spo?ecze?stwa, a ostatecznie i poza sam? Ziemi?. Lisha postanawia jednak pozosta? w ?wiecie, kt?ry zazdro?ci i boi si? jej daru, w ?wiecie zagro?onym przez spisek Bezsennych, zawi?zany w imi? wolno?ci i zemsty.Opowie?? nominovana do nagrody Nebula w 1993, do nagrody Hugo w 1994.
A serial killer is hunting the Pacific Northwest, murdering victims in a gruesome and spectacular way. The local police suspect "monsters" are involved, and have called in Anita Blake and Edward, US Marshals who really know their monsters, to catch the killer. But some monsters are very real. The Harlequin have been the bogeymen of the vampire world for more than a thousand years; they are a secret so dark that even to speak their name can earn you a death sentence. Now they are here in America, hunting weretigers, and human police. The Harlequin serve the ...
Two years ago, on the same day but miles apart, Finn Darby lost two of the most important people in his life: his wife Lorena, struck by lightning on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, and his abusive, alcoholic grandfather, Tom Darby, creator of the long-running newspaper comic strip Toy Shop. Against his grandfather’s dying wish, Finn has resurrected Toy Shop, adding new characters, and the strip is more popular than ever, bringing in fan letters, merchandising deals, and talk of TV specials. Finn has even started dating again.When a terrorist attack decimates Atlanta, killing half ...
Hluboko pod ledem Antarktidy objev? sonda francouzsk? pol?rn? z?kladny n?co naprosto ne?ekan?ho, zvl??tn?ho, nep?edstaviteln?ho. Stopy nezn?m? civilizace, trosky budov, schodi??, ulic. A jejich p??stroje zachyt? sign?l funguj?c?ho ultrazvukov?ho vys?la?e. Znamen? to snad, ?e uprost?ed zm?ti poh?ben?ch, gigantick?ch z??cenin n?co nebo n?kdo ?ije a vol?? Co najdou v?dci a technici Mezin?rodn? expedice, kter? je pov??en? naj?t odpov?? na tuto ot?zku? Jak dopadne konfrontace civilizace XX. stolet? s mnohem vyvinut?j?? civilizac?, kter? zni?ila sama sebe? Kde jsou hranice l?sky, v?ry, nen?visti? P?ed n?mi se otev?e hlubina ?asu, abychom do n? mohli s ??asem pohl?dnout.
V rom?nu Hlubok? pastviny autor opustil vesm?r, aby ?erpal inspiraci ve stejn? tajemn?ch a nebezpe?n?ch hloubk?ch oce?n?. Vzniklo tak, zejm?na d?ky re?lnosti p??b?hu, jedno z jeho nejlep??ch d?l. P?elidn?n? lidstvo hled? nov? mo?nosti ob?ivy i v oce?nech, kde obrovsk? plant??e slou?? k hromadn?mu chovu velryb. Zde farma?? i Franklin, astronaut, kter? musel zm?nit zam?stn?n? a jeho? strmou kari?ru rom?n sleduje. P?i sv? pr?ci za??v? v neprozkouman?ch hlubin?ch mnoh? dobrodru?stv?, kter? jsou mnohdy nebezpe?n?j?? ne? ta v kosmu.
Druh? kniha p??b?h? o Willovi a jeho p??tel?ch z hradu Redmontu. Araluensk? kr?lovstv? se chyst? na v?lku proti Morgarathovi a Will s Hor?cem doprov?zej? Gilana s poselstv?m do Celtiky. Celtick? vesnice a doly jsou v?ak opu?t?n?. T?i poslov? zjist?, pro? tomu tak je, a? kdy? objev? hladovou a vy?erpanou d?vku: Morgarath poslal sv? odporn? stv?ry, aby Celtiky zotro?ily.Zat?mco Gilan rychle uj??d? zp?tky do Araluenu, aby podal zpr?vu kr?li, Will s Hor?cem odhal? pravou p???inu Morgarathova jedn?n?. Chyst? se p?ekvapiv? ?tok ze t?? stran a Araluenu hroz? neodvratn? por??ka - pokud na?i dva p??tel? n?co nepodniknou.
Najnowsze wydanie klasycznego dzie?a Tolkiena. Hobbit to istota wi?ksza od liliputa, mniejsza jednak od krasnala. Fantastyczny, przemy?lany do najdrobniejszych szczeg???w ?wiat z powie?ci Tolkiena jest r?wnie? jego osobistym tworem, a pod barwn? fasad? nietrudno si? dopatrzy? g??bszego sensu i pewnych analogii do wsp??czesno?ci.
Het vierde boek in de Foundation-serie.Vijf eeuwen na de stichting van de Eerste Foundation bestaat de dreiging van Het Muildier niet meer; op Trantor heerst vrede en welvaart.Maar: bestaat de Tweede Foundation nog? En: wat is er waar van de geruchten over het bestaan van andere wezens, die een hogere intelligentie hebben dan de mens? Golan Trevize, de ambitieuze raadsman van de Eerste Foundation, wordt erop uit gestuurd om deze vragen te beantwoorden. Zijn missie, die op den duur uitgroeit tot een speurtocht naar de legendarische Oude Aarde, brengt het voortbestaan van de Melkweg in gevaar…
Who would want to harm Discworld's most beloved icon? Very few things are held sacred in this twisted, corrupt, heartless - and oddly familiar - universe, but the Hogfather is one of them. Yet here it is, Hogswatchnight, that most joyous and acquisitive of times, and the jolly old, red-suited gift-giver has vanished without a trace. And there's something shady going on involving an uncommonly psychotic member of the Assassins' Guild and certain representatives of Ankh-Morpork's rather extensive criminal element. Suddenly Discworld's entire myth system is unraveling at an alarming rate. Drastic measures must be taken, which is why Death himself is taking up the reins of the fat man's vacated sleigh... which, in turn, has Death's level-headed granddaughter, Susan, racing to unravel the nasty, humbuggian mess before the holiday season goes straight to hell and takes everyone along with it.
