Combining elements of science fiction and spiritual philosophy, this novel is a tale of the devastating consequences of a scientific mission to make contact with an extraterrestrial culture.Awards:John W Campbell Memorial Award (nominee)Arthur C. Clarke AwardBritish Science Fiction Association
J. G. Ballard is a British writer who has been called a “poet of death.” But Ballard, especially in the early part of his career, also wrote excellent extrapolative science fiction on social themes, and this haunting story is one of his finest. Here Ballard speaks of the enslavement of the unconscious, of an economic system that forces people to consume against their will through the use of technology. Ballard makes an important assumption-the belief (at least implicitly) that people would not want to consume at high rates if they were not “forced” to do so. In a ...
Earthling Sutty has been living a solitary, well-protected life in Dovza City on the planet Aka as an official Observer for the interstellar Ekumen. Insisting on all citizens being pure "producer-consumers," the tightly controlled capitalist government of Aka — the Corporation — is systematically destroying all vestiges of the ancient ways: "The Time of Cleansing" is the chilling term used to describe this era. Books are burned, the old language and calligraphy are outlawed, and those caught trying to keep any part of the past alive are punished and then reeducated. Frustrated in her attempts to study the linguistics and literature ...
Цикл о Крае Времени весьма необычен. Это не фэнтези, это не научная фантастика в обычном смысле этого термина, это - нечто иное. Край Времени - это когда "дни вселенной были сочтены". Герои этого цикла - люди, хотя человеческого в них не сильно много. Они всемогущи, а если их настигает смерть, то они легко могут возродиться, а главное - они не живут, они скорее играют в жизнь. Играют в любовь, в страдания, играют во что угодно, лишь бы занять время. Беспрерывные развлечения - вот смысл их жизни. Цикл полон языковых изысков, необычных способов построения речи и сюжета, странных имен героев, но при этом читается просто отлично. Легенды Края Времени - это сборник повестей о Крае Времени, позволяющий получше узнать обитателей этого столь необычного мира. Именно эти истории вскользь упоминались в Танцорах. Среди них: история греха Вертера де Гёте, рассказ о дуэли Лорда Акулы Неизвестного и, на мой взгляд, лучшая повесть о материнской любви и сыновнем непонимании... "Танелорн: Всё о Майкле Муркоке" http://www.moorcock.narod.ru/
"Sleep. And when you awake everything you know about the 20th-century will be gone from your mind. Tonight is January 21, 1882. There are no such things as automobiles, no planes, computers, television. 'Nuclear' appears in no dictionary. You have never heard the name Richard Nixon."Did illustrator Si Morley really step out of his 20th-century apartment one night — right into the winter of 1882? The U.S. Government believed it, especially when Si returned with a portfolio of brand-new sketches and tintype photos of a world that no longer existed — or did it?Jack Finney is the author of more than a dozen novels. He lives in Mill Valley, California.
«— La verdad no se quema. La verdad espera a todos cuantos quieran hallarla — dijo —. S?lo se quemar?n estas p?ginas. La elecci?n es tuya. ?Quieres que el paginismo se convierta en la pr?xima religi?n de este mundo? — Sonri?. — Ser?is santos de la iglesia…Mir? a Leslie y vi en sus ojos el mismo horror que yo sent?a en los m?os.Ella tom? la rama de sus manos y la acerc? a los bordes del pergamino. La llamarada creci? hasta convertirse en un amplio capullo de blanco sol bajo nuestros dedos. Un momento despu?s dej?bamos caer aquellas astillas luminosas al suelo. All? ardieron por un instante m?s y quedaron oscuras.El anciano suspir? su alivio.— ?Qu? bendito atardecer! — exclam? —. ?Cu?n rara vez se nos da la oportunidad de salvar al mundo de una nueva religi?n!..»
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs—and, perhaps, save their own lives.
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives “unwound” and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs—and, perhaps, save their own lives.
По мнению исследователей творчества Филипа Дика, трилогия «Валис» стала главным произведением его жизни, хотя писатель успел закончить только два романа из задуманных трех. Первый роман трилогии – вероятно, наиболее личная книга Дика из всех им написанных. В этом романе нашли отражение собственные мистические переживания автора, и остается только догадываться, считал ли он сам «Валис» художественным вымыслом – или же автобиографией с совсем небольшими преувеличениями…
VIESIS NO BEZGALIBAS Georgijs MARTINOVSIZDEVNIEC?BA «ZIN?TNE» R?GA 1968Tulkojusi SKAIDR?TE CIELAVAM?ksliniekiOskars B?rzi??, Georgs SmeltersPublic?ts saska?? ar Latvijas PSR Zin?t?u akad?mijas Redakciju un izdevumu padomes 1967. gada 23. marta l?mumuNave ir fakts, kas j?izp?t?M. GorkijsAutora priek?v?rdsRom?ns «Viesis no bezgal?bas» iecer?ts un aizs?kts 1951. gad?. Toreiz es biju p?rliecin?ts, ka rom?n? aprakst?tie zin?tnes un tehnikas sasniegumi tiks ?stenoti ?oti t?l? n?...
KLIFORDS SAIMAKSVISA DZ?V?BA ZA?Oizdevniec?ba «zin?tne» R?ga 1969… R?ms un kluss vasaras r?ts. Vakaru pus? pie tum?a apv?r??a plaiksn?s r?sa. Gais? j?tams spirgts svaigums, k?ds m?dz b?t vien?gi pirms saull?kta, kad zemi v?l nav sk?rusi svelme …S?d? jauk? r?t? rom?na varonis, k?ds noma?as Amerikas pils?ti?as Milvilas iedz?vot?js, neko nenojauzdams, izbrauc uz ?osejas, lai kop? ar savu draugu dotos mak??er?t. Bet ...
In the One State of the great Benefactor, there are no individuals, only numbers. Life is an ongoing process of mathematical precision, a perfectly balanced equation. Primitive passions and instincts have been subdued. Even nature has been defeated, banished behind the Green Wall. But one frontier remains: outer space. Now, with the creation of the spaceship Integral, that frontier—and whatever alien species are to be found there—will be subjugated to the beneficent yoke of reason.One number, D-503, chief architect of the Integral, decides to record his thoughts in the final days before the launch for ...
About 65 million years ago, it is supposed that dinosaurs disappeared from Earth. But what if they had not been?From a master of imaginative storytelling comes an epic tale of the world as it might have been, a world where the age of dinosaurs never ended, and their descendants clashed with the humans. The story is set in the Americas, where a clan of native humans survives by hunting and fishing. Suddenly they clash with a new race that comes from across the ocean — the lizards who are a much more advanced civilization, progressing not through technology, but ...
Wie die Romane von George Orwell und Aldous Huxley, die von dem russischen Schriftsteller Jewgenij Samjatin beeinflu?t wurden, geh?rt Wir zu den gro?en vision?ren Romanen dieses Jahrhunderts.Schon 1920 entwarf Samjatin (1884–1937), von der Revolution entt?uscht, in seinem Roman die alptraumhafte Welt eines totalit?ren Staates. D-503, B?rger des Einzigen Staates und Konstrukteur des Raketenweltraumschiffes Integral, berichtet in seinem Tagebuch vom Leben in einer strahlenden, kristallen durchsichtigen Stadt, in der die B?rger als uniformierte Nummern leben. Von der Arbeit bis zur Liebe ist das Leben streng nach mathematischen Gesetzen organisiert, jede Regung wird beobachtet und kontrolliert. Doch D-503 entdeckt in sich dunkle Triebe aus einer l?ngst vergangenen Zeit — bei ihm hat sich »eine Seele gebildet«. Die ganze seelenlose Ordnung der technischen Welt ger?t durcheinander…
This Omnibus Edition collects the five Wool books into a single volume. It is for those who arrived late to the party and who wish to save a dollar or two while picking up the same stories in a single package.The first Wool story was released as a standalone short in July of 2011. Due to reviewer demand, the rest of the story was released over the next six months. My thanks go out to those reviewers who clamored for more. Without you, none of this would exist. Your demand created this as much as I did.This is the story of mankind clawing for survival, of mankind on the edge. The world outside has grown unkind, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they profess to want: They are allowed outside.
Is anyone out there?Ann Burden is sixteen years old and completely alone. The world as she once knew it is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. For the past year, she has lived in a remote valley with no evidence of any other survivors.But the smoke from a distant campfire shatters Ann’s solitude. Someone else is still alive and making his way toward the valley. Who is this man? What does he want? Can he be trusted? Both excited and terrified, Ann soon realizes there may be worse things than being the last person on Earth.
Zaigojo?? pasauleAleksandrs G R ? N SIZDEVNIEC?BA «ZIN?TNE» RIG? 1972M?kslinieks VIESTURS GRANTSNo krievu valodas tulkoju?asSOLVEIGA CEPURNIECE un MILDA PAULAIzdota saska?? ar Latvijas PSR Zin?t?u akad?mijas Redakciju un izdevumu padomes l?mumuGR?NS UN «GR?NLANDE»Latvie?u las?t?jiem Aleksandrs Grins nav vairs j?atkl?j. Ar vi?a dai?radi tos iepaz?stin?jis kr?jums «S?rt?s buras» (LVI, 1959), kur sakopoti st?sti un noveles, k? ari ievietots rom?ns «Pa vi??iem trauco??», ...
