Idealne miasto Stepford: niski wska?nik przest?pczo?ci, raj dla szcz??liwych rodzin, dobrze utrzymane trawniki, bogate i czyste domy.Idealne ?ony ze Stepford: pi?kne, pos?uszne, zadbane, niewymagaj?ce. M??czy?ni ze Stepford chc? mie? w?a?nie takie ?ony. Trudno sobie wyobrazi?, jak daleko mog? si? posun??, aby dostosowa? rzeczywisto?? do swoich wymaga?…
Opera?iunea Haos este un roman science fantasy, care are toate ingredientele adulate de Paranormal Romancieri ?i Urban Fantazi?ti (dragoste cu v?rcolaci ?i vr?jitoare, ?ngeri, demoni, incubu?i, cadru modern ?.a.), ?i mai are ?n plus o complexitate moral? ?i stilistic? pe care nu o po?i detecta la prima vedere ?n subiectul aparent u?urel sau ?n scrierea relaxat?. Dar dac? te ui?i mai atent, o vezi.
1975-ieji metai.Gele?inis fa?istin?s Vokietijos kulnas sutryp? Europ?, Azij?, Piet? Amerik? ir Afrik?.Tik JAV bei Australijoje dar rusena blausi demokratijos spingsul?. Ta?iau greitai ir ji bus u?gesinta.Tod?l, kad naciai jau seniai turi atomin? ginkl?, kuriuo netrukus nu?luos JAV. Vienintel? amerikie?i? viltis — operacija „Prot?jas”.Tai superslaptas projektas gr??ti ? praeit? ir ??tb?t pam?ginti j? pakeisti…
1939–1940-ieji metai.?ymiausi pasaulio mokslininkai — Albertas Ein?teinas, Edvardas Teleris, Leo Silardas bei kiti — i? vis? j?g? stengiasi ?gyvendinti „Prot?jo” operacij? — susisiekti su 1975-aisiais ir su?inoti atomin?s bombo suk?rimo paslapt?. Deja, ry?io n?ra, o Adolfas Hitleris, pasirodo, s?kmingai bendrauja su 2025-aisiais ir jau seniai laiko savo rankose atomin? k?j?.
Po 3 latach z ksi??yca Europa wraca na Ziemi? kosmonauta Dan. Prowadzi? tam pomiary pantomat?w – urz?dze? scalaj?cych wiedz? o ludzkiej cywilizacji. Rzucony zostaje w ?wiat, w kt?rym wa?niejsze od podr?zy mi?dzygwiezdnych staj? si? eksperymenty z genami oraz z nie?miertelno?ci?, czyli tzw. aktualizacj? zapisu ?wiadomo?ci. Jego brak zgody na „operacj? wieczno??” stanowi meritum historii, w kt?rej prawo do decydowania o w?asnym losie jest, wed?ug bohatera, tyle? warto?ci? nadrz?dn?, co jednak gin?c? w op?tanym przez ch?? istnienia wiecznego ?wiecie
Cosmodrome num?ro 7. Le grand jour ?tait arriv?. Le jour du grand voyage. Un voyage que Kenedy redoutait. Les r?acteurs soufflaient un vent chaud sur la vaste plaine aride du New Jersey, o? se tenait, solitaire, le vaisseau spatial.Lugubre, il fixait l'engin qui, bient?t, l'emm?nerait dans l'espace, en pensant au dernier voyage… ? la mort !
Bohaterem dziesi?ciu opowiada? sk?adaj?cych si? na t? klasyk? nurtu science fiction jest Pirx — pocz?tkowo astronauta-kadet, p??niej pilot, nawigator, komandor. W kolejnych historiach obserwujemy kolejne etapy jego kariery.
Ziemiomorze — ?wiat wysp, magii, smok?w i czarnoksi??nik?w. Tu w?a?nie rozgrywa si? akcja s?ynnego cyklu fantasy Ursuli K. Le Guin. Autorka po latach powraca do stworzonego przez siebie ?wiata i postaci w opowiadaniach tworz?cych tom "Opowie?ci z Ziemiomorza". Pi?? epizod?w z bogatych dziej?w Archipelagu ods?ania kolejne tajemnice magicznego ?wiata. Jakie by?y pocz?tki szko?y czarnoksi??nik?w na Roke? Co si? sta?o z Mistrzem Przywo?a?, Thorionem, gdy powr?ci? z krainy umar?ych? Jakie jeszcze przygody prze?y? Arcymag Ged? O tym wszystkim opowiadaj? kolejne historie z tego tomu.
is a 1975 absurdist science fiction novel by Robert Sheckley.The story is ostensibly about a marooned space traveller's attempt to get a spare part for his starship, the . He has a robotic guard, programmed to guard him against all planetary dangers. But soon he discovers that the robot has not been programmed for the planet where they are, with comic results. However, the narrative later descends into a mass of diversions, non-sequiturs and meditations on the nature of authorship. Eventually the diversions take over the book to the extent that the author openly introduces an increasingly bizarre succession of deus ex machina in an attempt to get the novel back on track, but eventually admits defeat.
His name is John James—at least, that’s the name he gives to anyone asking. He’s a former pirate just back in Port Royal from the sack of Panama, and he has every intention of settling down and leading a respectable life. First, though, he must honor a promise and deliver a letter to the mistress of one of his dead comrades.But the lady is much more than she seems, and the letter turns out to contain detailed instructions for recovering a hidden fortune. It’s one thing to know where treasure may be found; finding it, and keeping it, is quite another. On his quest for a prince’s ransom John is joined by two unlikely allies: a black freedman named Sejanus Walker and a humble clerk named Winthrop Tudeley. Pirate attacks, hurricanes, shipwrecks, sharks, unearthly visitations and double-crosses follow. Especially double-crosses…
Alaturi de Isaac Asimov sau Stanislaw Lem, Arkadi si Boris Strugatki fac parte dintre prozatorii care au asigurat genului science fiction un loc legitim in cadrul literaturii de cea mai buna calitate. prezinta o lume sfasiata intre supunere si evaziune, proiectata pe fundalul unei utopii sustinute de sensurile unei misterioase parabole, cu tot decorul pe care il presupune Orasul ca spatiu inchis al controlului totalitar. Un dictator descins din imaginarul negru al nebuniei puterii manevreaza cu cinism o suita de destine prin care se recompune o umanitate strivita sub stigmatul unei culpabilitati intretinute metodic.
The year is 2009. For Kip Dawson, winning a passenger seat on American Space Adventure's spacecraft is a dream come true. One grand shot of insanity and he can return to earth fulfilled. But the thrill of the successful launch turns to terror when a micrometeorite penetrates the capsule, leaving the radios as dead as the pilot. Reality hits: Kip isn't going home. With nothing to do but wait for his doomed fate, Kip writes his epitaph on the ship's laptop computer, unaware that an audience of millions has discovered it and is tracking his every word on the Internet. As a massive struggle gets under way to rescue him, Kip has no idea that the world can hear his cries — or that his heroism in the face of death may sabotage his best chance of survival.
