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Eine exotische Wasserwelt, angenehm temperiert, bisher nicht von intelligenten Wesen bewohnt – die Grosnopfe sind glücklich. Wird das die neue Heimat ihrer Zivilisation, nach der sie schon so lange gesucht haben? Marchenko ist skeptisch. Dieser Planet wirkt einfach zu perfekt – als wäre er exakt für die Bedürfnisse ihrer Alienfreunde geschaffen worden.

Margaret and Philip are two of the best space archaeologists at the Royal Institute of London. While being sent to retrieve some valuable relics, they stumble upon an unknown space object, which brings them to a rogue planet, filled with green lush vegetation. Facing the unknown, they decide to explore further, and to their surprise, they find an inhabited city. At the invitation of the prominent leader of the Elders, the people who oversaw this city hidden in a great forest, they stayed and tried to adapt to this remote community, where time seemed to pass extremely slowly.

After a strange meeting leads to dire prophecies of a horrible future, a Hacan war hero must chart an expedition across the galaxy to locate a mysterious planet to save the universe from destruction in this high stakes thrilling space opera tie-in to Twilight Imperium: Thunder's Edge. Harrugh...

Die Menschheit bricht ins All auf. An Bord der gigantischen Raumschiffe liegen tausende Siedler im Kälteschlaf. Nur ein kleines Team an Wissenschaftlern bleibt wach, um die Arbeit der organisch-mechanischen Gehirne, die das Schiff steuern, zu überwachen. Als weit jenseits der Plutobahn die Gehirne versagen und sterben, beginnt für die Crew ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Sie können nicht zur Erde zurückkehren, also bleibt ihnen nur, eine künstliche Intelligenz zu entwickeln.

Reissued after seventy-five years out of print—and in hardcover for the first time in a generation—Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus is the third novel in the Lucky Starr series written by the legendary Isaac Asimov, author of Foundation, the Galactic Empire series, and I, Robot. The Lucky...

Reissued after seventy-five years out of print—and in hardcover for the first time in a generation—Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids is the second book in the Lucky Starr series written by the legendary Isaac Asimov, author of Foundation, the Galactic Empire series, and I, Robot...

Reissued after seventy-five years out of print—and in hardcover for the first time in a generation—Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury is the fourth novel in the Lucky Starr series written by the legendary Isaac Asimov, author of Foundation, the Galactic Empire series, and I, Robot...

Reissued after seventy-five years out of print—and in hardcover for the first time in a generation—David Starr, Space Ranger is the first book in the Lucky Starr series written by the legendary Isaac Asimov, author of Foundation, the Galactic Empire series, and I, Robot. Conway could...

Gideon the Ninth meets Moby-Dick in USA Today bestselling author Alexis Hall's thrilling SF debut, Hell's Heart! "[Charli Anne] Delores’ irreverent, fourth wall-breaking narration is the highlight here, making listeners feel like they’re listening to a friend’s raucous story." — Booklist...

Bloomsbury presents The Mars House by Natasha Pulley, read by Daniel de Bourg. A compulsively readable queer sci-fi novel about a marriage of convenience between a Mars politician and an Earth refugee. Named a Best Book of 2024 by The Washington Post * Amazon * Book Riot * LitHub * Paste...

This program includes original sound design. From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration of the future. Destry's life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the...

From the ingenious author of JENNIFER GOVERNMENT and LEXICON: a brilliant work of science fiction that tells the intimate tale of four people facing their most desperate hour - alone, together, at the edge of the universe. The video changed everything. Before that, we could believe that we were...

Six-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova chronicles the saga of humankind's expansion beyond the solar system in The Aftermath. In the wake of the Asteroid Wars that tore across the solar system, Victor Zacharius makes his living running the ore-carrier Syracuse. When the Syracuse stumbles into the...

After nearly twenty years, Vernor Vinge has produced an enthralling sequel to his memorable bestselling novel A Fire Upon the Deep, the third in the Zones of Thought series. Ten years have passed on Tines World, where Ravna Bergnsdot and a number of human children ended up after a disaster that...

After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.The group that opens trade with the aliens will reap...

A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale. Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from...

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Over 1 million copies sold in North America “A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal “Fascinating.”—TIME ...

Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts geht es um eine Reise zum Mars, eine neuartige Erfindung soll die Schwerkraft überwinden und erstmalig eine solche Reise möglich machen. Der Autor Hans Dominik hat bereits viel der späteren Zukunft vorausgeahnt.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Leonid is a Russian revolutionary in 1908, working underground against Tsarist autocracy. When Martians—who've secretly watched Earth's politics—invite him to their planet, he finds a socialist civilization that has eliminated class exploitation...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Somewhere in the silence between radio transmissions, the engineer Los decoded a single word: Aelita. Where it came from, what it meant, who had sent it — these questions organized the rest of his life. He built a spacecraft, recruited a Red Army...