Un experimento cient?fico hace posible la inesperada interacci?n entre dos universos paralelos con la salvedad de que, en uno de ellos, la especie humana que ha predominado son los Neanderthales y no los Cromagnones, como ha ocurrido en nuestro mundo. es el inicio de una prodigiosa exploraci?n cultural, un nuevo tipo de ficci?n antropol?gica que centra sus mejores virtudes no s?lo en la m?s actual ciencia moderna, sino, y sobre todo, en las complejas consecuencias culturales, humanas y antropol?gicas de un inesperado cruce de culturas.
Neandertalski fizyk Ponter Boddit, podczas eksperymentu z komputerem kwantowym przypadkiem przekracza barier? mi?dzy wszech?wiatami i zostaje przeniesiony do naszego ?wiata.Niemal natychmiast zostaje rozpoznany jako Neandertalczyk. Czuje si? obcy w dziwnym dla niego ?wiecie, nie potrafi porozumie? si? z otoczeniem, a do tego musi przej?? kwarantann?. Na szcz??cie znajduje kilkoro przyjaci??, w tym specjalistk? w dziedzinie genetyki, Kanadyjk? Mary Vaughan, kobiet?, z kt?r? zaczyna go ??czy? szczeg?lna wi??.Tymczasem w ?wiecie Pontera, jego partner, Adikor Huld, musi stawi? czo?o podejrzeniom o morderstwo. Jak ma dowie?? w?asnej niewinno?ci, skoro nie wie, co si? sta?o z jego przyjacielem?
Hospital Station is a 1962 science fiction book by author James White and is the first volume in the Sector General series. The book collects together a series of five short stories previously published in magazine between 1957 and 1960.“Medic” — During the construction of Sector 12 General Hospital, construction worker O'Mara is suspected of negligently causing the death of two alien workers. Pending an investigation he is restricted to quarters and given the aliens' child to care for.“Sector General” — The first story of the main series' narrative. Doctor Conway has spent two months on the station and is about ...
An expedition team of scientists is exploring the planet Mercury. The constant rumblings of earthquakes and wind have shaken their ship, the Albireo. A small explorative party departs on tractors. It’s then when the volcanic reaction starts. And it looks like the end of the team unless man’s intelligence can beat the malevolent nature of a fiery planet!
Humankind’s soul is at stake in a futuristic tale of an Earth bordering on ecological collapse, from which the only escapes are genetic adaptation or emigration to satellite cities in the sky.
In this science fiction classic (1962) based on , Hugo Best Short Story Winner of 1962, we are transported millions of years from now, to the boughs of a colossal banyan tree that covers one face of the globe. The last remnants of humanity are fighting for survival, terrorised by the carnivorous plants and the grotesque insect life.
The voracious and merciless Horde roved the galaxies, stripping whole star systems of all life. As they advance on the Milky Way, a galaxy-wide force is hastily arrayed to stop them. But Miles Vander, the warrior sent by Earth to join the defense, must first convince his alien crewmembers that he is just as good a soldier as they.
Al loro ritorno sulla Terra gli astronauti scoprono che le cose sono cambiate dalla loro partenza, e che il mondo ? popolato solo da donne. L’uomo ? considerato un pericoloso residuo del passato.Vincitore dei premi Hugo e Nebula per il miglior romanzo breve in 1977.
