Transported to the Sky Steppe of Mars in the final, satisfying book in British author Baxter’s highly original Mammoth trilogy (), his engaging wooly characters face an abandoned and potentially lethal terraforming experiment left there by humans (aka “the Lost”). Matriarch mammoth Silverhair’s daughter, Icebones, awakens from an unnatural slumber to find herself in a land and time far from her native Pleistocene earth. The mammoths here have no knowledge of their ancient culture, such as the teachings of their mighty progenitor, Kilukpuk. Mammoth tradition says the Sky Steppe is “the Island in the sky where... mammoths would ...
Though it was published almost ten years before Kim Stanley Robinson’s acclaimed Mars trilogy and takes place in a different version of the future, contains elements that should be familiar to readers of the Mars series. Extreme human longevity, Martian revolution, historical revisionism, and shifts between primary characters are all present. is part mystery, part psychological drama, and is set in three distinct time periods. The story shifts from a failed Martian revolution of 2248, to an expedition to explore a mysterious monument on the north pole of Pluto three centuries later, and ultimately to a space station orbiting Saturn, home to a reclusive and wealthy woman who may hold the key to solving a mystery spanning centuries.
Iceworld is a humorously pointed novel of clashing perspectives, which we may designate as hot versus cold. Even for readers who have not seen H. R. van Dongen's fine cover painting for the novel's first installment in Astounding, Hal Clement does not keep us long in suspense that the planet which is unaccessible because of its climate of extreme cold is our own Earth. In contrast, the dismayed observer, the alien Sallman Ken (also on the cover, not to scale!), is truly hot-blooded. Clement genially introduces mitigating circumstances:Earth, really, is not as bad as all that. Some ...
Reads L to R (Western Style), for audience A.When a boy named Ico grows long curved horns overnight, his fate has been sealed-he is to be sacrificed in the Castle in the Mist. But in the castle, Ico meets a young girl named Yorda imprisoned in its halls. Alone they will die, but together Ico and Yorda might just be able to defy their destinies and escape the magic of the castle.Based on the video game filmmaker Guillemo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth) called a "masterpiece", Japan's leading fantasist Miyuki Miyabe has crafted a tale of magic, loss, and love that will never be forgotten.
BloodlinesCould Dr. Harold Smith be Remo Williams's biological father? Not only is Remo a few decades behind in Father's Day cards, but the discovery has sparked the volatile relationship between Remo, a very jealous Chiun, and Smith - who can't let his own son remain CURE's expendable enforcement arm.But in his padded cell, one of CURE's archenemies has been quietly regaining his extraordinary mental powers. His evil mind is culling gray matter and projecting diabolical illusions, putting a dizzying spin on real world events. The whole "family ties" freak-out at CURE is his brainstorm...and it may be enough to destroy the secret crime-fighting organization forever.
IEDOM?GAIS ROBOTSHENRIJS KATNERSizdevniec?ba «Zin?tne» R?ga 1970No ang?u valodas tulkojusi V. GRUNT? M?kslinieks A. ?IPINS«Iedom?gais robots» ir Henrija Katnera pirmais st?stu kr?jums latvie?u valod?. Sis amerik??u fantastisk?s literat?ras autors sav? ?saj? m??? izm??in?jis roku da??d?s profesij?s un paguvis sarakst?t daudz interesantu darbu. Saisto?? si?eta, dzirksto?? humora un spilgti ori?in?l? stila d?j amerik??u las?t?ji vi?u sevi??i iem??oju?i. H. Katners ir ...
No one wants to be this teacher's pet . . . Everyone else is talking about Eastlake High's gorgeous new math teacher, Mr. Beck, but Kaylee Cavanaugh has bigger things on her mind. Kaylee's a banshee—her scream is a portent of death. But the next scream might hit too close to home. Kaylee's borrowed lifeline has almost run out. Yeah—it's a shock to her, too. So to distract herself from her own problems, Kaylee is determined to defend her school against the latest supernatural threat. That hot new teacher is really an incubus, who feeds from the desire of unsuspecting students. The only girls immune to his lure are Kaylee and Sabine, her boyfriend's delinquent ex-girlfriend. Now the unlikely allies have to get rid of Mr. Beck...before he discovers they aren't quite human either. But Kaylee's running out of time, and those who love her will do anything to save her life. Anything. Soul Screamers: The last thing you hear before you die.
В отличие от отца, Карина Каргилл очень уважала древние сказания и всегда обращалась к ним. Так вот, сразу в нескольких из них упоминалось это сияние, не угасающее ни днем, ни ночью. Там говорилось, что все харуспексы образовались из остывшего вулканического стекла: оно почернело, когда жар вулкана угас. Но были и такие, что сохранили в себе этот первозданный жар… Красный глаз, Горящий Обсидиан, Око войны — много имен давали одному и тому же явлению, но ни одно из них не было добрым, словно светящиеся изнутри камни прокляты.
Поначалу Кангасска окружала только темнота. Воздух же был неподвижен. Но совсем скоро потянуло сквозняком и появился первый цвет. Светился сам обсидиан. Дымчатый, весь в туманно-белых прожилках, он был здесь всюду. И обсидиановые пещеры, вопреки названию, напоминали скорее величественные дома Странников — с высокими купольными потолками и причудливыми наплывами по стенам. Здесь было красиво… и отчего-то невероятно спокойно.
Fiume Mississippi, 1857. Il ghiaccio di un gelido inverno ha appena distrutto la flotta commerciale del Capitano Abner Marsh. Privo di assicurazione, il vecchio armatore si ritrova solo, in bancarotta, disperato. Ma ecco che, inaspettatamente, un bizzarro straniero di nome Joshua York si offre di rilevare la met? della sua compagnia di navigazione in rovina, mettendo sul piatto una cifra spropositata. Ma non ? tutto. York intende investire il proprio denaro nella costruzione del battello pi? lussuoso, pi? bello e soprattutto pi? veloce che abbia mai solcato le torbide acque del Mississippi, e per di pi? ne offre il comando al ...
Vincitore dei premi Hugo e Nebula per il miglior romanzo breve in 1976.Anche pubblicato come “Il vendicatore”, “Il canto del delfino”, “Il mio nome ? Legione”.
In un mondo sovrappopolato, che cercava spazio vitale nella giungla, l’Organizzazione Ecologica Internazionale sterminav sistematicamente dei voraci insetti che rendevano inospitali quelle zone. Uomini come Joha Martinho e i suoi aiutanti usavano bombole schiumogene mortali e nuove armi a vibrazione per ripulire l’inferno verde del Mato Grosso. Ma, per ragioni sconosciute, le aree gi? disinfestate completamente incominciarono a essere di nuovo assalite dagli insetti malgrado le impenetrabili barriere. Dalla giungla si sentirono strane storie… insetti divenuti enormi… creature dalle sembianze umane, ma i cui occhi avevano quel particolare scintillio degli insetti.
Che cosa bolle ai confini della Galassia? Si parla di stragi “locali” e rappresaglie “limitate” su lontani pianeti come Odino, Cassandra, Antigone; si dice che la Lega dei Mondi Indipendenti voglia ribellarsi al governo centrale terrestre; si teme una guerra totale. Ma il solo a sapere come stanno realmente le cose ? il capitano Robert Janas, un neutrale, un uomo di buona volont? e di buon senso, dal cui rapporto dipende il destino di miliardi di uomini. E Janas, come spesso accade a chi dice semplicemente la verit?, non trova nessuno disposto a credergli.
In un angolo remoto dell’universo in una piega isolata del tempo, esiste l’incredibile mondo Disco la cui forma ? perfettamente conforme al proprio nome: ? infatti un gigantesco disco che le pi? recenti teorie astronomiche in voga sul pianeta vogliono sorretto da quattro magici elefanti ritti in piedi sul dorso di una cosmica tartaruga (il cui sesso ? tuttavia ancora ignoto). La superficie superiore di Disco ospita numerosi regni e varie razze di abitanti, ma la leggenda vuole che anche sul lato inferiore del pianeta esistano terre abitate, ovvero il mitico continente Contrappeso. La leggenda diventa realt? quando nella citt? ...
Tutto ha inizio quando il professor Edward Lansing decide di scoprire chi ha realmente scritto un magnifico saggio su Shakespeare consegnatogli da un suo studente e viene a sapere che l’alunno l’ha comprato, pensate un po’!, da una slot machine. Una rapida investigazione ed ecco che il professor Lansing si trova di fronte alla macchinetta: questa gli d? due chiavi e lo manda alla ricerca di un’altra slot machine. La terza slot machine infine si prende il suo denaro e lo trasporta in un nuovo mondo. Qui Lansing incontra uno strano assortimento di compagni di viaggio, ...
