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Science is always telling stories. Whether in the creation myths of evolution or the Big Bang, or in the eureka moments of science history, narrative just as much as metaphor is a key tool in the scientist's surprisingly literary toolkit. In this unique anthology, authors have collaborated with leading scientists, to bounce literary, human narratives against purely theoretical ones, alloying together real stories with abstract ones, to produce truly extraordinary results.

Like the creation myths they supersede, the revelations of science are seared into our collective imagination through storytelling. From Archimedes' bath to Newton's apple, vivid accounts of scientific discovery help us understand the principles behind each theory, and add to the larger narrative of how the universe works, and how we came to be here. This anthology draws out and distils science's love of narrative from a wide range of scientific disciplines, weaving theory into very human stories.

The essential short story collection set in the universe of Ninefox Gambit. An ex-Kel art thief has to save the world from a galaxy-shattering prototype weapon.... A general outnumbered eight-to-one must outsmart his opponent.... A renegade returns from seclusion to bury an old comrade....

Thirteen incredible authors. Thirteen stories about the Depik - what they were and where their society goes from here! 

After his son gives him a pair of "X-ray" glasses as a gift, Martin Blackstone tries them on just for the hell of it - and all they do is give him a headache...until he sees things he can’t possibly be seeing. Glimpses of things on the other side of a wall or beneath someone’s clothing. He wants to believe it’s just his overactive imagination, but the “X-ray” specs actually work.

Arthur Conan Doyle is well known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, but he also wrote numerous works in which the great detective played no part. Included here are a selection of the best, ranging from science fiction to tales of supernatural terror and rip-roaring adventures set in Jacobean and Regency England.

Written by veteran radio producer Charles Chilton, Journey into Space kept Light Programme listeners enraptured between 1953 and 1958. Almost eight million people tuned in to the interstellar adventures of Jet Morgan and his intrepid crew, making it the last UK radio drama serial to beat television in the ratings. This audio collection contains the complete Series 3 of the groundbreaking trilogy, as well as the special 90-minute sequel The Return from Mars.

In Matheson’s vampire classic I Am Legend, a plague has decimated the world, and transformed the unfortunate survivors into bloodthirsty creatures of the night. Robert Neville is the last living man on earth. Every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire, hungry for Neville’s blood...

This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica to the medieval Jewish legend of the Golem and Ambrose Bierce’s tale of a chess-playing robot, the idea of what robots are—and who creates them—can be drastically different.

La nuova serie thriller I Tredici di G. L. Barone: riuscirà il procuratore Lorenzo Fossati a sventare una minaccia globale proveniente dal cielo ma ben radicata sulla terra? Venezia. Due terribili delitti sconvolgono il mondo dello spettacolo: prima il regista Dante Bertoletti, possibile vincitore del Festival del Cinema, viene trovato senza vita nel suo albergo. Poi, anche lo sceneggiatore Steven Lucas viene ucciso sull’isola di Poveglia. Il procuratore Lorenzo Fossati viene incaricato di seguire le indagini: perché il regista sembra aver inserito nel film indizi che presagivano la sua morte?

Go on the adventure of a lifetime with this boxed set from Dan Raxor and Tyler Bowman. When the galaxy is in peril, these heroes will do everything it takes to save the day. Full of vivid imagery, cunning and vicious opponents, deadly aliens, and gorgeous babes, this collection aims to immerse the listener in a sci-fi journey that won’t soon be forgotten.

Dall’invecchiamento della popolazione ai cambiamenti climatici, dall’istruzione di massa all’impatto dei social network, le storie immaginate da Liu Cixin, Xia Jia, Chen Qiufan e Wu Yan mostrano una Cina lontana dall’Occidente per costume e sensibilità, ma simile nelle realtà economico-sociali e così tecnologicamente avanzata da restituire uno sguardo sul futuro che attende il mondo intero. Una selezione di alcune delle voci più importanti della fantascienza cinese contemporanea che di certo delizieranno i lettori di tutto il mondo.

Ein tadschikischer Gastarbeiter, der in die Fänge des Moskauer Organhandels gerät. Ein Antikorruptions-Ermittler, der von seinem Verfahren abgezogen wird. Ein Regierungsbeamter, der sich auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Karriere die Sinnfrage stellt. Ein Provinzpolitiker, der urplötzlich mit der bitteren Wahrheit unverfälschter Wahlergebnisse konfrontiert wird. Dmitry Glukhovskys "Geschichten aus der Heimat" sind kleine Fenster in die Untiefen der russischen Gesellschaft.

Step into twenty science fiction short stories where strange possibilities become immediate human problems—and ingenuity, courage, ambition or sheer stubbornness may be the only way out. Buy a planet where the laws of physics refuse to cooperate. Escape a tyrannical Earth aboard the last rebel ship. Hunt the Great Secret of the Universe. Race to save a dying world. Watch reality disappear because everyone believes it should. Travel through time to Nero's Rome. And meet aliens, inventors, engineers, soldiers, con men and unlikely heroes confronting problems no one has faced before.

A baker‘s dozen of futuristic and space travel tales await you in this audiobook of short stories, originally published in the science fiction magazine, IF (1960–61). These stories are both a sign of their times and a testament to the imaginative powers of writers in the era between Sputnik...

Four classic TV novelisations in which the Doctor and friends are witnesses to alien invasion. In Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet, by Gerry Davis, the First Doctor, Ben and Polly help the crew of an Antarctic tracking station as they resist invasion by the Cybermen, intent on enslaving humanity...

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

Nicholas Briggs, Arthur Darvill and Clare Corbett read these four original stories featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory. In The King's Dragon, by Una McCormack, the inhabitants of the city-state of Geath appear to be happy and rich; yet strange creatures are stirring, and an ancient civil...

A weak Cthonian boy forges a bloody destiny among the stars. Tribal warriors hunt a beast in the Fenrisian snows. Prosperine sorcerers seek hidden secrets. The Emperor's Praetorian shows his ruthless side. Alpharius submits to questioning over a brutal campaign, and Mortarion returns to Terra for the first time since his ascension to daemonhood. Each of these six tales provides you with a new look at one of the primarchs, the demigod sons of the Emperor. Once brothers-in-arms, these legendary heroes fell into war and strife, loyalist and traitor.

During the coldest winter on record, an EMP attack wipes out the nation's power and cripples the country. As the city spirals into lawless chaos, an investigative journalist, twenty-six-year-old Cassandra Drews, is forced onto the dangerous streets of Portland to begin the long walk to her parents' home in Oregon. But hypothermia and starvation aren't the only dangers Cass and her rescue dog, Daisy, face on their perilous trek.