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The universe is hungry. For power. For money. For war. And—revenge. Stripping osmium from across the stars, thieves will stop at nothing to fuel the nightmarish industry of Stolen Persons, their souls locked away in chips made of the rarest metal known. Among these thieves is Helum Gauss, the visionary criminal whose empire spans a hundred worlds. But his massive corporation, BeneStar, lost—badly—to Van and the Guild, and Gauss won’t take no for an answer.

Van and his crew have killed an empire. The problem is the empire doesn’t know it’s dead. Moving among the stars, the Peacemakers are faced with their greatest challenge—removing an evil so vast, it has a presence in every known star system. To that end, they’ll need to move quickly. To do so, they must be mobile, and that means big changes in their tactics. . . and their crew. With the help of a shadowy figure known as the Body Thief, Van will continue his policy of justice and freedom for all citizens, even if they began life on a computer chip.

Als Winston Niles Rumfoord sein Raumschiff in ein chrono-synklastisches Infidibulum flog, wurde er in pure Energie verwandelt. Er wird nur dann wieder stofflich, wenn seine Energiewelle einen Planeten kreuzt – also materialisiert er sich alle 59 Tage in seiner Heimat Newport, Rhode Island, und das auch nur für eine Stunde. Aber immerhin weiß er jetzt alles über alles, was je geschehen ist und je geschehen wird.

L'attesissima ed epica conclusione della tanto amata serie che ha tenuto gli ascoltatori (e i dipendenti) di Audible incollati alle cuffie; un amore a primo Bob narrato ancora una volta dall'impareggiabile Alberto Onofrietti. Essere una nave spaziale senziente dovrebbe essere molto più divertente, ma dopo aver viaggiato in lungo e in largo per lo spazio, è chiaro che Bob e i suoi cloni proprio non riescano a tenersi fuori dai guai.

L'attesissimo sequel di "Noi siamo infinito (Noi siamo Bob)", vincitore del miglior titolo di fantascienza di Audible nel 2016. Gli ascoltatori lo definiscono "esilarante", "esattamente ciò che ci si aspetta da un'opera di fantascienza" e ciò che sarebbe successo se "Andy Weir ed Ernest Cline avessero avuto un figlio". Bob Johansson non credeva nella vita dopo la morte, e riaprire gli occhi in seguito a un incidente mortale è stato per lui un grosso trauma. Come se ciò non bastasse, è tornato in vita come computer senziente e intelligenza dominante in una sonda di Von Neumann.

In Mexiko tagen die führenden Vertreter Terras, um die Zukunft der irdischen Raumfahrt zu regeln. Keiner der Teilnehmer ahnt, dass die Nachforschungen von Enders Payntor und seinem Team diesen Kongress gefährden. Nur wenig später begibt sich ein fremdes Raumschiff auf einen gefährlichen Kurs in das Zentrum des Sonnensystems. Die HTO greift ein.

At Space Academy, cadet Tom Corbett and his pals Roger and Astro are at the top of their class. So whenever there’s an important—and possibly dangerous—mission to be handed out, the crew of the Polaris “sticks out like a hot rocket.” But this time the “Best Unit” in the Academy may be in over their heads. They’ve been placed under the command of Major “Blast-Off” Connel, a legendary spaceman who seems determined to cut the boys down to size. After their ship is refitted for hyperdrive, the crew of the Polaris heads into deep space for Alpha Centauri.

Special Forces are accustomed to crazy ops, but orbiting a black hole to slow down time and fight Earth’s dirty wars in the future? That’s new, even for them. But that’s the mission for Owen Quarry, Anaya Pretorius, and the rest of COG, a company of elite, disgraced, soldiers from around the globe. They join a defrocked company commander, an AI warship with self-confidence issues, and a crew of misfit troopers on a dizzying time-quest: prove the concept of stationing armies in space-time. If they complete ten missions, they’ll be redeemed as citizens in good standing.

Britain won the Moon Race! Decades before Neal Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind", two intrepid adventurers from Lympne, England, journeyed there using not a rocket, but an antigravity coating. Mr. Bedford, who narrates the tale, tells of how he fell in with eccentric inventor Mr. Cavor, grew to believe in his research, helped him build a sphere for traveling in space, and then partnered with him in an expedition to the Moon. What they found was fantastic!

Two humans and a robot roam the universe in search of castaways. The Majestic Draght, a spaceship built by aliens and controlled by an AI, transports them from system to system at one-fifth the speed of light. But then the ship suddenly - and seemingly unstoppably - accelerates. Has the AI lost control of the propulsion system? Or is the AI pursuing its own plans? The Draght’s new course targets a planet that would not have been the destination of the human-alien crew for a long time: Earth.

Cascina Odessa è il satellite periferico di un Pianeta che naviga placido ai margini della Via Lattea. Un mausoleo eretto sopra i resti di un cane, un microcosmo con un passato perfetto ma ora afflitto dalla malattia della dispersione. Gabriele lotta, contrappone la cura al disfacimento, è erede e custode, e resiste al progressivo sfaldarsi della propria famiglia.

Der Klimawandel hat die Lebensbedingungen auf der Erde dramatisch verändert. Die Menschheit wurde in die Barbarei zurückgeschleudert. Nur ein kleiner Teil der Flora und Fauna hat überlebt und sich der neuen Lage angepasst. Die Nachfahren der früheren Menschen haben alles Wissen über die Existenz ihrer Ahnen verloren und befinden sich in der ersten Phase einer neuen Stammeskultur. Nur das Überleben zählt. Der Tag ist ausgefüllt mit der Jagd nach Nahrung und der Abwehr monströser Insekten, die in gigantischen Pilzwäldern hausen.

James Decker, captain of the living starship Farrago, has a mission: locate the seven symbiotes scattered across space. This mission will bring him credits beyond his imaginations, but it could also save the universe. He has found three, but there are still four more out there. All the while, the strange, faceless man from the Cloud Sea is never far away. He has his eye on this side of the void, and Captain James Decker might be the only one who can stop him.

Timothy Scott, canadese di mezza età, finisce in prigione per un errore giudiziario, presunto colpevole dell'omicidio della sua compagna Edith. Durante gli anni di carcere, Tim si distingue per la buona condotta e il carattere mite e sensibile ma il peso dell’inevitabile monotonia si fa sentire a tal punto da spingerlo quasi al suicidio. A salvarlo da questo stato di malessere giunge la notizia di un asteroide, il Pathos 433, che nel giro di 24 mesi dovrebbe intercettare la traiettoria della Terra.

Van's next mission has begun, and at the heart of it is the power to save lives. Meanwhile, a hungry galaxy looks to a brilliant young scientist for answers, making her the most wanted person in known space. After years of research, Adayluh Creel perfects a resource to feed sixteen races—or more—all with one golden plant capable of growing on the most hostile worlds. For her efforts, she wants nothing, but savage forces will seek to possess what she would give away for free, thus controlling the food source for billions of people.

In "A Little Journey," published in August 1951, we meet an elderly woman in search of enlightenment who buys a ticket on a rocket. Like other more famous Bradbury's stories, "A Little Journey" demonstrates the author's characteristic blending of the sentimental and the transcendent, the homely and the mystical.

Un missionario del futuro, padre Francisco Morales de Alcàntera, nato su Marte nel 2205, viene scelto dalla Chiesa per frequentare il seminario e intraprendere la carriera ecclesiastica in un universo colonizzato dagli uomini. Ma padre Francisco è uno spirito ribelle, e un uomo pieno di dubbi, e le sue esperienze su diversi pianeti sono tali da convincere le gerarchie ecclesiastiche a punirlo, inviandolo come missionario su di un remoto pianeta abitato da alieni privi di ogni morale.

Dinosaurs. Majestic giants. They’ve captured our imagination for generations. On planet Mintari, they live again. Mintari is far from Earth. Wild. Pristine. A world where triceratops herd across grasslands, pterosaurs soar over golden mountains, and T-rexes prowl the misty forests. But these magnificent beasts might soon disappear. And only one man can save them. They call him Jurassic Joe; a semi-mythical figure, a ranger who lives in the wilderness of Mintari. He is the defender of dinosaurs and the bane of poachers. A folk hero...but is he real?

The Kree Empire is knocked back on its heels when the Phalanx, a cybernetic race that converts hosts using a techno-organic virus, seizes control of Hala, the Kree homeworld. The person who accidentally brought the Phalanx right to the heart of the Kree Empire? Peter Quill, otherwise known as Star-Lord.

He finally escaped the cycle of war and death only to find himself kidnapped, taken to a new universe where nothing makes sense. A world where nothing is familiar and insane robots, killer AI, and otherworldly beings he can hardly comprehend are the norm. He must learn to survive these constant threats to his very survival, all the while learning that these new experiences are changing him, molding him into something new...something extraordinary.