Pur di far partire la prima astronave interstellare gli scienziati sono disposti a mettere in scena un gigantesco imbroglio, e alla fine questo si riveler? un bene.Vincitore del premio Hugo e Locus per il miglior racconto breve in 1977.Nominato per il premio Nebula in 1977.
Barred from practice, disgraced psychiatrist Charlie Flint receives a mysterious summons to Oxford from an old professor who wants her to look into the death of her daughter's husband. But as Charlie delves deeper into the case and steps back into the arcane world of Oxford colleges, she realizes that there is much more to this crime than meets the eye.
Now you see it....Now you don't....Now you're history.There are demons in the world. Monsters. Creatures that would steal your soul. You might hide under your covers at night and pretend all's right with the world, but you know. Even if you don't want to admit it...Las Vegas bar owner Trixa Iktomi deals in information. And in a city where unholy creatures roam the neon night, information can mean life or death. Not that she has anything personal against demons. They can be sexy as hell, and they're great for getting the latest gossip. ...
Rois, nains, bandits, d?mons, h?ritiers du tr?ne, bouffons, trolls, usurpateurs, fant?mes, tous sont au rendez-vous. Shakespeare n’en aurait pas r?v? autant. Ou peut-?tre que si ? Mais l’avantage du roman par rapport au th??tre, c’est que l’on peut s’autoriser beaucoup, beaucoup plus de personnages. Et m?me le ravitaillement en vol d’un balai de sorci?re !
Denied access to a program he created, computer expert Alan Bradley seeks out Flynn, a video game virtuoso who is the only man clever enough to outwit the powerful Master Control Program.Flynn’s efforts are in vain. The Master Control Program shoots him into an incredible electronic world, where computer programs are the alter-egos of their programmers, where video games are battles of life and death.It is here that Flynn finds Tron, the alter-ego of Alan Bradley and the only program who can overthrow the Master Control. The video wizard and the electronic program join forces in a battle to decide whether man or machine will control the system.
Cartea con?ine dou? fire narative principale, care se ?ntrep?trund abia spre final. Marea parte a primei jum?t??i a pove?tii este dedicat? reunirii unor specii hominide de pe inel, pentru a ucide un cuib de vampiri care se hr?ne?te cu ele. Unele personaje au ap?rut ?i ?n , doar pu?ini hominizi fiind omor??i ?n timpul opera?iunii lui Louis Wu ?i a Ultimului de stabilizare a inelului, desf??urat? la sf?r?itul c?r?ii anterioare.A doua parte descrie aventurile lui Louis Wu, acum b?tr?n ?i bolnav. ?n cele din urm?, el ?i Chmee revin la Ultimul, fiind vindeca?i, doar pentru ca ei — ?i un alt Kzin, pe nume Acolyte, care este fiul lui Chmee — s? devin? sclavii unui Protector Pak vampir. Urmeaz? o lupt? ?ntre Protectorii de pe Zidul de Margine ?i Protectorii vampiri care controleaz? ap?rarea Lumii Inelare.
Complete with skull and crossbones fluttering in the wind, "Captain" Thomas Kidd is the new scourge of the Caribbean, raiding unsuspecting pleasure craft and pursuing the great piratical tradition of looting, pillaging and plant walking. The bloodthirsty crew tosses the lucky ones overboard, while saving the women for dessert at Kidd's private island hell.When these maritime marauders kidnap the daughter of a senator, CURE sets out to kick some serious pirate booty. Posing as rich tourists. Remo and Chiun set a course for the tropics to tempt these freebooters into the mistake of their career. But Remo soon fines himself swimming with sharks while Chiun senses some illicit treasure in his future. Even so, they are ready to dispatch the sea raiders to an afterlife between the devil and the deep blue sea.
W Szpitalu Kosmicznym dziej? si? bardzo dziwne rzeczy. Do?wiadczony lekarz pope?nia proste i zarazem ?miertelnie niebezpieczne b??dy, a ni?szy personel medyczny ma halucynacje i nie mo?e si? doliczy? instrument?w. Doktor Conway odkrywa wkr?tce, ?e przyczyn? nie s? bynajmniej mikroby i ?e za spraw? kierowanego my?l? narz?dzia mo?e si? dokona? prze?om w medycynie. Trzeba si? jedynie porozumie? z jego chorym w?a?cicielem. Tymczasem na planecie Drambo, po?r?d walki o przetrwanie i konfliktu j?drowego, nie?atwo leczy?, a co dopiero rozmawia?. Rozpoczyna si? naprawd? trudna operacja…
Grupa historyk?w z XXI wieku trafia do kr?lestwa Arkanaru, w kt?rym panuje ziemskie ?redniowiecze. Czy podo?aj? trudnej roli mi?osiernych i ?wiat?ych bog?w, czy maj? prawo ingerowa? w obcy ?wiat, cho?by by? nie do przyj?cia niesprawiedliwy i okrutny? I czy ktokolwiek ma prawo przyspiesza? ewolucj? jakiegokolwiek spo?ecze?stwa?
Elena jest najbardziej nie?mia?? i niepewna siebie przedstawicielk? najm?odszego pokolenia w Kr?lestwie ?wiat?a. Przekonana, ?e ze wzgl?du na niedostatki urody nikt si? ni? nie zainteresuje, je?li nie b?dzie we wszystkim ulega?a, z rado?ci? przyjmuje umizgi nieznajomego Johna. Ale i w Kr?lestwie ?wiat?a nie wszystko jest idyll?. W mie?cie nieprzystosowanych grasuje morderca kobiet…
This collection, structured around a reprint of Vernor Vinge's enormously influential novella "True Names," includes several essays as well as other short fiction inspired by Vinge's revolutionary tale.This is as complete and accurate an etext of the 1984 edition of True Names as I can make. I agree with Project Gutenberg, regarding the superiority of hard formatted plain ASCII over other formats. Except that this work some italics, so I've used a bastard mix of plain text and HTML. If you want to read it as plain text, the HTML codes for italics are not too annoying; yet in HTML it will still preserve the original work's line formatting (minus right justification). Also included is the Afterword by Marvin Minsky, and .GIFs of all illustrations from the book. These are linked in at the correct places in the etext. One zip file contains the whole lot, for portability.Enjoy! The Rectifier, Feb 1998
