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The 'Wasting' (HIV) has caused devastating destruction throughout the known world and severely limited the development of technology as well, creating a mid-nineteenth century England and London almost unrecognizable to us. This is the world Viola is born into. Extremely intelligent and growing up in a house full of medical books which she reads, she dreams of traveling to far-off places, something she can only do via books since her actions and movements are severely restricted by law custom.

Stranded on the moon after a global economic crash, Nick Morrison and his friends must take decisive action to secure their supply chain before they starve to death. The capture of a space station wins them some breathing room. But the powers that be on Earth cannot tolerate an independent, thriving lunar colony. Amidst a high-stakes arms race, Nick and his friends struggle to hold off the entire might of Earth. At the same time, Nick must also fight his old nemesis, Joe Massad, for control of the lunar base.

A space portal to remote colonies held by Earth is captured by a hostile species, which wants to place a toll on it. While authorities on Earth and considering whether to wage war, they manage to capture an alien spaceship, and hand it over to a group of scientists for military research. Will the scientists succeed in discovering any secrets that will give humanity the upper hand in the impending conflict?

The Reinvented Detective presents stories that complicate law and order as well as the concept of criminals, detectives, punishment, and justice for all by showing how shifting technology, the rise of sentient AIs, and shifting social attitudes may affect what is not only acceptable, but expected, within both real world and digital communities—and everything in-between. These stories reinvent detective and true crime tropes, recasting them for the 21st century, and above all, experimenting, astonishing, and entertaining.

Mysterious emanations originating in the Intergalactic void... Suspicious deaths near the galactic rim… An Armada recalled… Another goes missing… While the Confederations Central Council and High Command face the consequences of the inspector's treachery, Michael and his team continue to raise Earth's profile among its neighbors. A trade deal is started. Numerous new Transluminide claims are filed. The Space Force fleet grows.

Клиффорд Саймак — один из отцов-основателей современной фантастики, писателей-исполинов, благодаря которым в американской литературе существует понятие «золотой век НФ». Он работал в разных направлениях жанра, но наибольшую славу — и любовь нескольких поколений читателей — ему принесли произведения, в которых виден его собственный уникальный стиль, который критики называли мягким, гуманистическим и даже пасторальным. За пятьдесят пять лет Саймак написал около тридцати романов и более ста двадцати повестей и рассказов. Награждался премиями «Хьюго», «Небьюла», «Локус» и другими.

The cancer-causing disease came from space, and now the whole of humanity is on the brink of extinction. The only hope for Earth is a single starship catapulted across space with a crew of misfits seeking a cure.

La popolazione terrestre si è enormemente ridotta dopo che una guerra globale ha devastato il pianeta rendendo sterile la maggior parte dell'umanità. Le macchine intelligenti sorvegliano la vita quotidiana; le automobili e le farmacie parlano e litigano con gli utenti, e molti, in modo ossessivo, giocano a Bluff, un gioco di gruppo che accoppia in modo sempre diverso gli individui, creando e sciogliendo matrimoni senza interruzione, in una paradossale lotteria che premia la fortuna dell'ambita fertilità.

Члены Пушечного клуба, когда-то совершившие полет на Луну (романы "С Земли на Луну прямым путем за 97 часов 20 минут" и "Вокруг Луны") теперь приобретают необследованную территорию Арктики, где, как они предполагают, есть залежи угля. Чтобы добраться до них, члены клуба намерены повернуть земную ось и тем самым растопить полярные льды, не думая о том, какими бедствиями это обернется для человечества.

Sci-fi román, který navždy změnil podobu žánru Předloha kultovního filmu Stanleyho Kubricka Audioknižní operní opus, který posouvá hranice mluveného slova V měsíčním kráteru Tycho je nalezen záhadný objekt: černý monolit, který vysílá pravidelný elektromagnetický signál na jeden ze Saturnových měsíců. Vůbec poprvé je proto hluboko do Sluneční soustavy vypravena lidská posádka. Ještě než dosáhne cíle, objeví se podivné technické obtíže, které postupně narůstají do děsivých rozměrů. Kapitán lodi David Bowman musí čelit selhávajícímu lodnímu systému, jež mění vědeckou misi v boj o život.

The circus comes to town . . . and a man gets to go to the stars. A young girl on a vacation at the sea meets the man of her dreams. Who just happens to be dead. And an immortal pirate. A swordfighter pens his memoirs . . . and finds his pen is in fact mightier than the sword. Welcome to Gene Wolfe's playground, a place where genres blend, and a genius's imagination straps you in for the ride of your life. The Wolfe at the Door is a brand-new collection from one of America's premiere literary giants, showcasing some material been seen before

Der Anthropologe Rex Walker hat es geschafft, die kosmische Brücke zu aktivieren. Doch damit enden Chaos und Durcheinander nicht: Was sich Rex auf der anderen Seite offenbart hat, verheißt nichts Gutes. Gemeinsam mit alten Freunden und neuen Verbündeten muss er eine Rettung für die Menschheit finden - und zwar schnell. Die mysteriösen Objekte aus Richtung Pluto nähern sich unaufhaltsam und haben die Erde fast erreicht, während der Kult mit immer verheerenderen Aktionen Aufruhr stiftet.

The fate of the world is on the line. What will be left after us? Safety is obviously only temporary as the Static continues to show itself. With someone trying to open a new set of Rings, the group must separate to vanquish their enemies. Blaze heads to the South Pole with Anand, to activate the Attractor. Wyatt must stop Isabel’s father from continuing his destructive patterns, but is he actually working for the good of humanity? When someone from the past returns, the teams are beckoned to New York where it all began.

“I giorni del Cavaliere Solitario erano finiti; questa era l’età dei milioni di eroi.” Un viaggio intorno al mondo attraverso le azioni di gente comune che combatte il cambiamento climatico: dalle perdite di metano nel Mar Artico, all'Amazzonia resa arida dalla siccità fino alle pianure alluvionali del Gange e al fenomeno del fracking in Texas, tutti quanti sono collegati mediante il progetto Milioni di Occhi, una rete sperimentale che unisce virtualmente le persone quando hanno bisogno di ispirazione e supporto.

Aprile 2000, villaggio di Jenovac, Kosovo meridionale: durante una missione di peace keaping gli ispettori Nato Monaldi e Leclerc s’imbattono in una fossa comune che ospita, tra decine di corpi, i resti di uno strano soldato senza mostrine. Sospettano si tratti di un Militech, una sorta di “ravenant” ottenuto assemblando parti di cadavere e poi rianimato grazie a una tecnologia avanzatissima di cui nessuno conosce l’origine. La prima generazione di questi droidi da combattimento comparve dal nulla durante la seconda guerra mondiale.

Il malridotto mercantile spaziale Dnepro si deve fermare per urgenti riparazioni sul pianeta Horizontres. Sono già in ritardo sulla tabella di marcia quando la morte del capitano, durante la prima sera di sosta, si somma agli infiniti problemi organizzativi. Quando la nave riparte la morte sembra essere salita a bordo assieme al nuovo capitano alieno provvisorio: sarà proprio lui a morire per primo in circostanze misteriose una volta lasciata l’orbita del pianeta...

Lunar prospecting is the next big thing, and companies are raking in the bucks. Nick has a plan to get a piece of the action—but he’ll first have to overcome the agonizing difficulties of surviving up here. To do that, he must work with Joe Massad, who nearly killed Nick two years ago. Joe seems to have put aside his ambitions to conquer the moon and Earth, but has he really changed?

Lux Blakely, the preteen son of a NASA scientist working on top-secret government projects, is not shackled by accepted scientific theory and dogma. His experiments in gravimetric research and the expanding capability of a nascent AI cause Lux to be closely observed by several government agencies. He discovers a way to use magnetic fields for propulsion, but he needs money. Lux and his friend, Prissy, come up with a way to use his father's developing AI to raise money through social media.

Ein ferner Mond. Ein dunkles Geheimnis. Im Jahr 2098 steht die Menschheit unmittelbar vor der planetaren Expansion. In einem gewaltigen Raumschiff verlässt der frisch geschiedene Instandhaltungstechniker Carl Harding die unter politischen Unruhen und Wasserknappheit leidende Erde, um auf dem entlegenen Eismond Kallisto ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Seit Jahrzehnten wird dort das Wasser des subglazialen Ozeans gefördert, um daraus Treibstoff für die Besiedlung des Sonnensystems zu gewinnen. Carl soll in der Kolonie für die Sicherheit des weit verzweigten Zutrittssystems verantwortlich sein.

Agetha and her husband have spent their whole lives in the fleet's zero-G. Now all is turmoil as the fleet lands, discovering they are surrounded by a single fungal biomass spanning the entire planet. To build a new home, the fleet must confront a dangerous organism, and Agetha must decide if she can raise a family in this inhospitable landscape.