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Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and...

After an undercover investigation goes bad, ex-soldier Evan hopes to forge a new life on a remote colony world. But when the transport ship explodes in orbit, his plans for a peaceful early retirement go out the airlock. He crash-lands with a small group of settlers, away from the target site, and with limited resources. Unable to call for help off-world, Evan and the mission's xenobiologist Anya race for survival in the dangerous wilds—until they realize they aren't alone on the planet.

Evan and Anya flee Aethos with a target on their backs. Unfortunately, the ship's sentient AI is missing thousands of years of history and is just as surprised to be on the run. As they search for the ship's makers, Evan and Anya soon discover that the interstellar plot to transform the Commonwealth with alien tech runs much deeper than they'd ever imagined.

A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary’s mission to Winter, an unknown alien world whose inhabitants can choose—and change—their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so, he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.

When Hail confronts the Farian gods, the last thing she expected was to discover that they were part of a race of aliens who'd attacked the galaxy long before humanity's ancestors had crawled out of the sludge of Earth's oceans. The discovery carries with it dire news: the Hiervet, who'd once subjugated the mighty Svatir, are coming - a consequence of Hail's decision not to kill the Farian gods. Now the fate of the galaxy is on the line, and Hail will have to make one final gamble to leverage chaos into peace.

In this rip-roaring space opera, a ragtag band of explorers are out to make the biggest score in the galaxy. On this space jump, no one is who they seem . . . Captain Hammond Roystan is a simple cargo runner who has stumbled across the find of a lifetime: the Hassim, a disabled exploration...

Im Jahr 2404 terranischer Zeitrechnung ist es soweit: Die sechste Epoche der Menschheitsgeschichte bricht an...

Die Auseinandersetzung zwischen der Milchstraße und Andromeda ist in ihre entscheidende Phase getreten. Um der Gefahr einer Invasion der Heimatgalaxis durch die Meister der Insel zu begegnen, entschließt sich Perry Rhodan zu einem Bündnis mit den Maahks. Atlan, der Arkonide, macht sich auf den Weg zu dieser schwierigen Mission. Rhodans Pläne gehen aber noch weiter. Um den MdI den Weg in die Galaxis zu versperren, muss der Sonnentransmitter Andromedas zerstört werden.

Die künstlich geschaffene Hohlwelt im Leerraum zwischen der Milchstraße und der Andromeda-Galaxis ist die vollkommenste Falle, der Menschen jemals begegnet sind. Nie zuvor hat sich Perry Rhodan in einer auswegloseren Lage befunden, als im Inneren von Horror, wie er und seine Gefährten den Planeten genannt haben.

Als der Fremde aus den Tiefen des Alls auf einem Planeten des Solaren Imperiums landet, ahnen Perry Rhodan und seine Vertrauten noch nicht, dass mit dem Erscheinen von Icho Tolot, dem Haluter, das bisher größte Abenteuer der Menschheit beginnt - der Sprung in die Nachbargalaxis Andromeda.

Im Jahr 2402 steht die Entscheidung bevor: Die Terraner stoßen nach Andro-Beta vor, einer Kleingalaxis im Vorfeld der großen Galaxis Andromeda...

Seit die mysteriösen Hypnokristalle in der Milchstraße aufgetaucht sind, werden sie zu einer immer größeren Gefahr: Sie verwandeln Menschen in Sklaven, zwingen ihnen einen fremden Willen auf. Zu allem Überfluss kontrollieren die Kristalle auch noch den aus der Vergangenheit aufgetauchten Riesenroboter OLD MAN mit seinen über 15.000 Ultraschlachtschiffen.

XXI secolo. L'umanità ha colonizzato il Sistema Solare e si è stabilita su ogni pianeta o satellite abitabile. Ma la vita fuori dalla Terra è dura e tutt'altro che piacevole. Per questo Leo Bulero fa grossi affari vendendo ai coloni marziani l'illusione di essere ancora "a casa", grazie ai plastici della bambola Perky Pat. Certo, non bastano mobili e accessori in miniatura: perché l'effetto sia completo serve anche il Can-D, una droga se non legale quanto meno tollerata.

A saga of colony ships, shattering moons and cataclysmic war in a new Eden. Rochelle wakes from cryostasis to take up her role as engineer on the colony ark, Calypso. But she finds the ship has transformed into a forest, populated by the original crew's descendants, who revere her like a saint. She travels the ship with the Calypso's creator, the enigmatic Sigmund, and Catherine, a bioengineered marvel who can commune with the plants, uncovering a new history of humanity forged while she slept.

Zwei große Science-Fiction-Romane von Ursula K. Le Guin - in vollständiger Neuübersetzung. Ursula K. Le Guins visionäre Hainish-Romane, die davon erzählen, wie die Menschheit ferne Planeten besiedelt, haben die Landkarte der modernen Science Fiction neu entworfen. In Das Wort für Welt ist Wald, gelesen von Oliver Siebeck, versklaven Kolonisten einen ganzen Planeten, um sich seiner Ressourcen zu bemächtigen - doch die Waldbewohner wissen sich zu wehren.

Siamo nel 2046, in un'America totalitaria nella quale lo Stato controlla le azioni, le parole e perfino i pensieri dei suoi cittadini, così come avviene ormai in tutto il mondo. Joe Fernwright è un guaritore di vasi, in grado di far tornare come nuovi i manufatti di ceramica che restaura. In un mondo dove tutto è fatto di plastica, però, Joe si ritrova disoccupato e depresso. Con un matrimonio fallito alle spalle, e senza prospettive, il suo unico divertimento è quello di dedicarsi, con alcuni amici sparsi in tutto il mondo, a quel che Joe chiama semplicemente il Gioco.

Новый человек, помни! Всех, кого ты возьмёшь в плен, придётся кормить твоей семье, которая трудится в тылу!

A quartet of fabulous stories based on vintage comic strips from the Doctor Who Annuals, featuring the Second, Third and Fourth Doctors. In The Vampire Plants the Doctor and Jamie discover strange goings-on in a Venusian colony, where Dr Vane's space seedlings appear to be at the heart of the...

Journey to the stars with this immersive audiobook rendition of Philip K. Dick's captivating short story "The Crystal Crypt." Set against the backdrop of interplanetary tension between Earth and Mars, this gripping tale follows three fugitives harboring a secret that could change the course of human history. As the last Earth ship prepares to depart from Mars, a desperate search threatens to expose a mystery that has vanished an entire Martian city.