Showing results for "Babel" in Science Fiction

Babel-17, winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year, is a fascinating tale of a famous poet bent on deciphering a secret language that is the key to the enemy's deadly force, a task that requires she travel with a splendidly improbable crew to the site of the next attack.

1828. Un jeune orphelin chinois est recueilli à Canton par un professeur et conduit à Londres. Rebaptisé Robin Swift, le jeune garçon consacre ses journées à l'étude des langues dans l'optique d'intégrer le prestigieux Institut royal de traduction de l'Université d'Oxford, plus connu sous le nom de Babel. Berceau de l'argentogravure, les étudiants y exploitent le sens perdu des mots à l'aide de barres d'argent enchantées.

تعد بابل عملاً خياليًّا تأمليًّا، ومن ثم، تقع أحداثها في نسخة خيالية من مدينة أوكسفورد في ثلاثينيات القرن التاسع عشر التي تغير تاريخها تمامًا بسبب العمل بالفضة (سنسوق المزيد خلال وقت قصير). مع ذلك، حاولت الالتزام، قدر المُستطاع، بدقة السجل التاريخي في وصف حياة أوكسفورد في العصر الفيكتوري، وبالاكتفاء بتقديم قدر من المغالطات فقط حين يخدم ذلك الرواية. وفيما يتعلق بالمراجع الخاصة بأوكسفورد في بدايات القرن التاسع عشر، اعتمدت على الدليل والمرجع التاريخي لمدينة أوكسفورد (1878) الذي كتبه جيمس جيه مور،...

In the third millennium's twenties, Annette and her husband David find themselves exploring Berlin, specifically the historic film location of Potsdam-Babelsberg. This is where legends like Marlene Dietrich, Ernst Lubitsch, and Billy Wilder began their illustrious careers a century ago. The couple visits the newly inaugurated Babel's Park.Seemingly an ostalgic amusement park, Babel's Park is revealed to be a cutting-edge hub for cybernetic organisms. Annette's brother Jake, alongside his assistant Baby_Lon, crafts these organisms in a Frankenstein-esque manner.Unbeknownst to David, Annette has...

Nos anos vinte do terceiro milênio, Annette e seu marido David encontram-se explorando Berlim, especificamente a histórica locação de filmes de Potsdam-Babelsberg. Foi aqui que lendas como Marlene Dietrich, Ernst Lubitsch e Billy Wilder iniciaram suas ilustres carreiras um século atrás. O casal visita o recém-inaugurado Parque Babel.Aparentemente um parque de diversões ostálgico, o Parque Babel revela-se um centro de ponta para organismos cibernéticos. O irmão de Annette, Jake, ao lado de seu assistente Baby_Lon, cria esses organismos de maneira semelhante à de ...

Després de la desaparició d'Atlas City, on els Speaker Cabinets ens van explicar el seu final (en el seu primer àlbum: Requiem For Atlas City), sorgeix de les penombres un nou projecte de ciutat, de civilització, anomenada NEW BABEL.El control per part d'unes forces que volen mantenir l'ordre i el poders'enfronta amb aquells que busquen la supervivència i la llibertat.Metafòricament estem parlant del naixement de 'una nova vovilització, on la polarització de la societat a arribat a situacions extremes i on la lluita per sobreviure pren sentit.Veurem la història dels germans Suzan i ...

From the very first hour Cayden had set foot inside the massive, real-life game that was the Tower of Babel, nothing had gone according to plan. A unique skill, a handful of new friends, and the wrath of an ultra-wealthy, patricidal lunatic were just some of the complications to his best laid plans.
So why was he even surprised when a special event trapped him, his companions, and dozens of other players inside the tower, squaring them off against a murderous army of stone-faced warriors?

Launch day. That was what they called it. The day when over four million people vanished in an instant from the island of Manhattan. The day earthquakes ravaged the east coast. The day a 101-kilometer tall tower rose from the wreckage of the now empty city. The day every screen, newspaper, and smart phone displayed a single message from an unknown source: The Great Emperor has issued his challenge.