Przy dziwnych i zagadkowych okolicznościach pojawiła się na Ziemi Gianeja, mieszkanka innej, niewiadomej planety. Ludzie Ziemi przyjęli jej jak druha, lecz zachowanie Gianei długi czas zostawało niezrozumiałym i nawet wrogim. Gościa otaczała tajemnica. O tym, jak odkryła się ta tajemnica, jak Gianeja zmieniła swój stosunek do ludzi Ziemi, o sile humanizmu i potędze rozsądku opowiada fantastyczna powieść Gieorgija Martynowa „Gianeja”.

Gibsonowska wizja przyszłości, nowoczesna i przerażająca prawdopodobna. Od czarnego rynku oprogramowania i zuchwałych kowbojów klawiatury, którzy planują wielkie skoki i rzucają się wgłąb systemów…

Przez snobistyczną kulturę świata sztuki, gdzie prawdziwy geniusz kryje się niczym ścigana zwierzyna… do elitarnego kręgu korporacyjnych technokratów.

Изобретение, а затем использование в гражданской войне Севера и Юга пулемёта.

First published under the title The Quick and the Bomb.

Na wyspie Atuan wciąż rządzą Bezimienni, bogowie sprzed początków świata Ziemiomorza. Ich moc koncentruje się w grobowcach i podziemnym labiryncie. Gdzieś tam ukryta jest połówka pierścienia równowagi, której odnalezienie przywróci pokój i dobrobyt w Archipelagu. W poszukiwaniu pierścienia przybywa na wyspę największy z magów Ziemiomorza, zwany Krogulcem. Czeka go walka z wrogą i potężną mocą o przeżycie i o duszę dziewczynki, która służy Bezimiennym jako ich kapłanka.

Džons Ronalds Ruels Tolkiens

Gredzenu pavēlnieks

Ievērojamā angļu rakstnieka Dž. R. R. Tolkīna (1892-1973) pasaulslavenās epopejas pirmā dala lasītājam liek uz neatgriešanos pārcelties pasakainajā Viduszemē, kas tinas mūžsenās teiksmās un leģendas un kur pareģojumi vēl aizvien piepildās.

Putni un zvēri, pūķi un vareni burvji, cilvēki un elfi, orki un troļļi, rūķi un hobiti tiek ierauti liktenīgā karā starp labo un ļauno, un ši cīņa katram jāizcīna ari pašam ar sevi.

Mierpilnajā Dalienā, kur mīt hobiti, uzrodas nieka gredzentiņš. Tomēr tas nav parasts, jo pieder Tumsas pavēlniekam Sauronam. Viņš pēc tā alktin alkst, taču nedrīkst Lielvaras gredzenu atgūt. Hobils Frodo dodas ceļā, lai veiktu bezgala atbildīgu uzdevumu.

Dž. R. R. Tolkina darbu var lasit gan kā krāšņu teiksmu, gan rūpīgi savērptu un sīki izstrādātu pavisam citas pasaules vēsturi. Pals autors noradījis, ka nevajag tajā meklēt līdzības un alegorijas — galvenais ir stāsts. Meistarīgi izstāstīts stāsts, kas turpinās.

JUMAVA 2002

No angļu valodas tulkojusi Ieva Kolmane Mākslinieks Dcniss Zatravkins Datorgrafīķis Arnis Rožkalns

Džons Ronalds Ruels Tolkiens

Gredzenu pavēlnieks

Ievērojamā angļu rakstnieka Dž. R. R. Tolkīna (1892-1973) pasaulslavenās epopejas otrajā daļā turpinās bīstamā Lielvaras gredzena neparedzamās gaitas. Ceļā sūtītais pulks ir pašķīries, tomēr Frodo un viņa uzticamais sabiedrotais Pīns apņēmīgi turpina iesākto. Sazarojas ari dēku pilnais vēstījums, Viduszemi uzburdams arvien krāšņāku.

Notikumos iesaistās orki, enti, Rohānas zirgvalži, gondorieši, olifaunti un baigā Šīloba, bet Ģredzenam un tā glabātājam joprojām dzen pēdas arī C/ollums - kādreizējais Dārgumiņa jeb Gredzena glabātājs. Kaut gan šķietami nelaimīgā un pretrunu plosītā radījuma nodomi nav skaidri noprotami, Frodo ir ar mieru, ka C/ollums rāda ceļu uz Mordoru. Kas viņu šajā ceļā sagaida un kas paredzams galā - to neviens no viņiem pat nenojauš.

 JUMAVA-2003

No angļu valodas tulkojusi Ieva Kolmane Mākslinieks Deniss Zatravkins Datorgrafiķis Arnis Rožkalns

izdevums latviešu valoda, 2003

© Ieva Kolmane, tulkojums latviešu valodā, 2003

© Deniss Zatravkins, mākslinieciskais noformējums, 2003

Džons Ronalds Ruels Tolkiens

Gredzenu pavēlnieks

Pasakainajā Viduszemē, kur vēsture savijas ar teiksmām, kur tiekas cilvēki un elfi, orki un aizlaiku briesmoni, savelkas tumsiba. Briest Gredzena karš, pēc kura nekas vairs nebūs kā bijis. Uzliesmo varenas kaujas. Liktenis, drosme un gribasspēks uz Gondoru ved tās likumīgo ķēniņu - Pēddzini Aragornu. Tikmēr Gredzens, pēc kura tīko Tumsas pavēlnieks, turpina bīstamo ceļu uz viņa paša zemi Mordoru, lai tur tiktu iesviests Orodruina liesmās. Visas teiksmu pasaules liktenis izšķirsies mirklī, kad Gredzena glabātājs, drosmīgais Dalienas hobits Frodo, tomēr izlems Gredzenu neiznīcināt…

JUMAVA

angļu valodas tulkojusi Ieva Kolma Mākslinieks Deniss Zatravkins

Atbildīgā redaktore Anna Pavlovska Literārais redaktors Pauls Bankovskis Tehniskā redaktore Irčna Soide Korektore Irida Miska Datorgrafikis Arnis Rožkalns

© Ieva Kolmane, tulkojums latviešu valodā

© Deniss Zatravkins, mākslinieciskais noformējums

Won Hugo and Nebula awards for Best Novelette in 1973.

Former SEAL Michael Harmon, Team Name “Ghost”, retired for service injuries, is not enjoying college life. But things are about to change, if not for the better. When he sees a kidnapping a series of, at the time logical, decisions leave him shot to ribbons and battling a battalion of Syrian commandos with only the help of three naked co-eds who answer to the names “Bambi,” “Thumper” and “Cotton Tail.” A fast-paced, highly-sexual, military-action thriller that ranges from a poison factory in the Mideast to the Florida Keys to Siberia, the novel will keep you guessing what twisted fate will bring next for the man once known as… Ghost. Keep an eye on him or… poof, he’ll be gone.

Where had all the Flower Children gone?

What was nifty in the '60s was nasty in the '90s. Hippies were crazed eco-freaks out to save the earth by destroying the square world. And the image of a Haight-Ashbury angel named Sky Bluel played with atomic weaponry instead of love beads.

But if the flower children had gone to hell, they met their monstrous match in the mega-mogul of the 80s, Connors "Con" Swindell, who gave the concept of blood money diabolical new dimension to save his empire of avarice.

Caught between the strike force of self-righteous savagery and the desperate last stand of grab-it-all-greed, Remo and Chiun faced the most deadly challenge and shocking climax of their career...

Buried in his debts, billionaire Randal T. Rumpp makes a deal with a fiend who is intent on sending the Big Apple into the darkest depths of the earth, and only Remo and Chiun can stop him.

Harper Blaine was slogging along as a small-time P.I. when a two-bit perp's savage assault left her dead. For two minutes, to be precise.

When Harper comes to in the hospital, she begins to feel a bit… strange. She sees things that can only be described as weird-shapes emerging from a foggy grey mist, snarling teeth, creatures roaring.

But Harper's not crazy. Her «death» has made her a Greywalker—able to move between our world and the mysterious, cross-over zone where things that go bump in the night exist. And her new gift (or curse) is about to drag her into that world of vampires and ghosts, magic and witches, necromancers and sinister artifacts. Whether she likes it or not.

Nyx had already been to hell. One prayer more or less wouldn't make any difference...

On a ravaged, contaminated world, a centuries-old holy war rages, fought by a bloody mix of mercenaries, magicians, and conscripted soldiers. Though the origins of the war are shady and complex, there's one thing everybody agrees on--

There's not a chance in hell of ending it.

Nyx is a former government assassin who makes a living cutting off heads for cash. But when a dubious deal between her government and an alien gene pirate goes bad, Nyx's ugly past makes her the top pick for a covert recovery. The head they want her to bring home could end the war--but at what price?

The world is about to find out.

Thousands have been killed on Samarkand and a terraforming project has been destroyed. Agent Cormac must reach it by ship to begin an investigation. But he has incurred the wrath of a vicious psychopath called Arian Pelter, who follows him across the galaxy with a terrifying android in tow.

What could be more commonplace than grass, or a world covered over all its surface with a wind-whipped ocean of grass? But the planet Grass conceals horrifying secrets within its endless pastures. And as an incurable plague attacks all inhabited planets but this one, the prairie-like Grass begins to reveal these secrets — and nothing will ever be the same again…

Nominated for Hugo and Locus awards for Best Novel in 1990.

Niūru ir gūdu Magijaros karalystėje. Siaubas lediniais nagais kausto žmonių sielas bei širdis. Nes piktieji goblinai pasklebė karą.

Žmonės bejėgiai prieš goblinų kliautis ir burtus.

Vienintelė viltis — nedidelė goblinų veidrodžio šukė, spinduliuose spinduliuojanti magišką galią…

Gli osservatori è la versione di una storia sugli UFO fatta da uno scrittore di talento come Robert Silverberg: una vicenda in apparenza trita e banale diventa nelle sue mani un racconto avvincente i cui protagonisti spiccano con figure vive e reali dalla carta stampata.

In una notte illune del 1982 il cielo del Nuovo Messico viene vivacemente illuminato da un’improvvisa esplosione: una stella lucente fiorita in un lampo biancazzurro che si muove da nordest verso sudovest, sopra la valle del Rio Grande ed i polverosi piccoli puebli, va a spegnersi dopo l’ultima accecante vampata nei pressi di Albuquerque.Ma soltanto tre esseri umani scopriranno che la stella cadente apparsa in cielo è in realtà un disco volante precipitato sulla Terra per un’avaria ai motori, soltanto Charley Estancia, il giovane messicano del pueblo di San Miguel dalla sveglia intelligenza, Kathryn Mason, la vedova melanconica e solitaria di Albuquerque, e Tom Falkner, colonnello delle forze aereeamericane, vedranno con i loro occhi gli alieni venuti dalle stelle, gli osservatori extraterrestri che studiano e controllano lo sviluppo della civiltà umana. Soltanto loro sapranno del pericolo che corre la Terra e potranno impedire lo scoppio di un conflitto galattico. Una storia umana e affascinante che solo un maestro come Silverberg poteva.

Что бывает, когда в горах видишь белого тигра, а охотник за головами выходит за порог в самую длинную ночь в году? Почему танцуют скелеты на кладбищах и чем грозит гнев духов во время праздника? Стоит ли любовь жизни русалки? Надо ли общаться с незваным гостем из другого мира, поселившимся в твоей квартире? Почему горит синее пламя и как не упустить свой шанс?

Ищите ответы на эти вопросы в сборнике рассказов «Шанс», где авторы знакомят читателей с новыми историями по полюбившимся вселенным Киндрэт и Мантикоры, а также приоткрывают дверь в совершенно иные миры.

In a post-Apocalyptic world where supernaturals have emerged from hiding, wealthy humans delight in decadence while the religious gain power through temptation. For the masses, fear reigns from birth to death, and the afterlife holds beings that only the bravest can summon—or dare to desire…

Taken from her home and family, shamaness Aisling McConaughey has no choice except to enter the “ghostlands” in order to learn the fate of a wealthy man’s mistress. But there is always a price to pay for the use of her power. To save the woman’s life she must summon the Djinn prince Zurael en Caym—and yield to his savage, sensual rage.

Zurael fears nothing except being called and bound to a human’s will. He intends to kill Aisling after she’s served as bait to find an enemy in possession of an ancient tablet. But the more he tastes of her innocent spirit, the more he’ll use his fiery touch and seductive whispers to keep her hungry for his mercy—even as they weave an erotic spell that he cannot escape…

Powerful forces threaten both their worlds, leaving Aisling and Zurael with an unbearable choice. Follow their hearts…or stay true to their honor and risk losing an eternity of pleasure.

Festival Fredric Brown si potrebbe intitolare questo numero che vede il versatilissimo autore dei «racconti concentrati» alle prese con un intreccio di solida consistenza fantascientifica: un tranquillo villaggio americano sconvolto da una serie di inspiegabili «incidenti», e la lunga brancolante lotta dei suoi abitanti impegnati a individuare e cercare l'ignota e mostruosa «mente direttiva» che sola può esserne la causa. Tra Brown romanziere e Brown umorista, al lettore decidere quale sia il più brillante.

The eagerly awaited new novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series.

 When we last left the mighty wizard detective Harry Dresden, he wasn't doing well. In fact, he had been murdered by an unknown assassin.

 But being dead doesn't stop him when his friends are in danger. Except now he has nobody, and no magic to help him. And there are also several dark spirits roaming the Chicago shadows who owe Harry some payback of their own.

 To save his friends—and his own soul—Harry will have to pull off the ultimate trick without any magic...

Gli eredi della Terra di Kate Wilhelm appartiene a quel numero di opere che travalicano i confini della fantascienza, per diventare letteratura di valore assoluto. Ancora una volta uno scrittore di sf ha dato una esemplare lezione di stile e di classe, con un romanzo che testimonia delle inesauribili risorse espressive da cui il genere può proficuamente attingere e, nello stesso tempo, della varietà dei suoi temi. Gli eredi della Terra è un grande libro sull’uomo, nel quale il tema della clonazione (di recente divenuto attualissimo) resta lo sfondo su cui l’autrice tesse la sua parabola morale, innestando un’appassionante avventura. Le vicende della piccola comunità agricola, che raccoglie la sfida di un mondo che rischia di trasformarsi in un deserto, e che riuscirà a sopravvivere solo a costo dei sacrifici e rischi più arditi, ci viene presentata con acuto senso della vita, mentre la natura violentata reclama il suo diritto all’esistenza, e torna padrona e libera dove prima era stata minacciata. E gli uomini la temono, ne hanno paura. perché non la capiscono, e la fuggono, finché, un giorno, qualcuno ne riscopre la voce e il futuro si spalanca per l’umanità…

Vinto il premio Hugo per miglior romanzo in 1977.

Nominato per il premio Nebula per miglior romanzo in 1977.

Villemo nie potrafi zapomnieć swego ukochanego Dominika, choć rodzina robi wszystko, żeby ich rozdzielić. Gdy nareszcie spotykają się w Danii, miłość staje się niczym gorączka trawiąca ciało. Villemo ucieka od rodziców i podąża za Dominikiem przez szwedzkie lasy Goinge, w których grasują okrutni snapphanowie, bezlitośnie rozprawiający się z obcymi…

Nataniel Gard przyszedł na świat jako wybrany. Miał zostać wodzem Ludzi Lodu w ich walce ze złym przodkiem, a jego najbliższymi pomocnikami były Tova Brink i Ellen Skogsrud. Żeby jednak pokonać Tengela Złego, trzeba mu przeciwstawić wszelkie siły, jaki tylko uda się pozyskać.

Ludzie Lodu spotykają się w Górze Demonów, gdzie wiele spraw zostanie wyjaśnionych i gdzie podejmie się wiele decyzji – na dobre i na złe…

Marit z Głodziska przez całe życie żyła samotnie. Kiedy leżała na łożu śmierci, Christoffer Volden, pragnąc ofiarować jej odrobinę szczęścia w ostatniej godzinie, wyznał jej miłość i obiecał małżeństwo. Gdy Marit, wbrew wszelkim oczekiwaniom, poczuła się lepiej, Christoffer wystraszył się nie na żarty. Honor Ludzi Lodu zabraniał mu cofnąć raz dane słowo, ale był już przecież zaręczony z Lise-Merete Gustavsen…

W Europie trwa Wojna Trzydziestoletnia, w której tryby dostali się też młodzi synowie Ludzi Lodu. Cecylia Meiden, wnuczka Tengela, przeżywa tymczasem poważne osobiste problemy. Spodziewa się dziecka, którego ojcem jest mężczyzna żonaty, a przy tym pastor. Przyjaciel Cecylii, Aleksander Paladin, także stanął w obliczu katastrofy. Rozeszły się pogłoski, że Aleksander popełnił ciężki grzech i że grozi mu kara śmierci…

Niezbyt odległa przyszłość, człowiek opanował układ słoneczny, posiadł też umiejętność teleportowania się z miejsca na miejsce, o ile zna koordynaty miejsca docelowego. Teleportować można się w obrębie planety, nikomu jednak nie udał się skok przez kosmiczną pustkę.

Ta umiejętność odmieniła cały świat, ale nie odmieniła samego człowieka. Jego postępowaniem kierują wciąż te same namiętności — a Gwiazdy, moje przeznaczenie są jedną z najlepszych książek o zemście.

Niejaki Foyle jest zwykłym pracownikiem na statku kosmicznym, ani inteligentnym, ani ambitnym, szary człowiek jakich wiele. Do czasu, gdy wrak rozbitego statku, na którym z determinacją walczy o życie jedyny rozbitek — Foyle właśnie — zostaje obojętnie ominięty przez inny statek. Foyle wpada we wściekłość i poprzysięga zemstę ludziom, którzy nie chcieli uratować rozbitka.

Od tej chwili akcja nabiera nieprawdopodobnego tempa. Samotny mściciel w dążeniu do zemsty staje się nadczłowiekiem, zdolnym do nieprawdopodobnych czynów.

When the Kzinti take over of a patrol ship in the vicinity of Earth, a female crew dietician helps to defeat the invaders by reprogramming the food synthesizers to weaken her foes.

First published in Analog in August 1996, this is an “authorized Man-Kzin Wars story” set in Larry Niven’s universe and part volume VIII of “Man-Kzin Wars” series.

Una saga grandiosa in bilico fra realtà e soprannaturale dove si intrecciano i destini di due famiglie — una di stirpe divina, l'altra umana ma potentissima - divise da sempre da un odio atavico. E quando scatta il colpo di fulmine tra Rachel e Galilee, i discendenti delle due dinastie, gli antichi rancori riemergono scatenando una travolgente guerra dei mondi attraverso il Tempo e lo Spazio. Tradimenti, lussuria e magnifiche visioni metafisiche in una storia di linee di sangue intrecciate che riflette i conflitti celati nella nostra anima più segreta.

Janie thought she knew what her future held. And she thought she'd made her peace with it. But she can't handle dragging Cabel down with her.

She knows he will stay with her, despite what she sees in his dreams. He's amazing. And she's a train wreck. Janie sees only one way to give him the life he deserves--she has to disappear. And it's going to kill them both.

Then a stranger enters her life--and everything unravels. The future Janie once faced now has an ominous twist, and her choices are more dire than she'd ever thought possible. She alone must decide between the lesser of two evils. And time is running out...

Karen White can open “doors” between universes. This power, which she shares with her brother and sister, has been suppressed since childhood. But now it appears in her teenage son, Michael, who is approached by a mysterious figure known only as the Grey Man, a figure who has haunted Karen’s dreams for decades. Fleeing to her sister Laura’s reality, Karen and Michael have to undertake a terrifying and painful journey into the past—to discover the secret of their power and the truth about the Grey Man and his masters.

Synopsis: This is in response to those asking for more of my conventional writings. For those who read A Perfect World, this story takes place in the same universe and is the story of Laura Whiting and the Martian Revolution. I started it several years ago, wrote to Chapter 13, and then set it aside because I felt it was too complex. I picked it up again after "Intemperance" was complete and it is now tying nicely into A Perfect World. This is a science fiction and political story.

Sex contents: Much Sex

Genre:

Codes: Science Fiction

Posted: 2005-09-21

Quando Leo Graf, ingegnere spaziale della potente GalacTech, giunge sulla stazione di Cay Habitat, che orbita attorno al pianeta Rodeo, si aspetta di svolgere un compito di ordinaria amministrazione, e cioè insegnare a una classe di operai spaziali le tecniche più avanzate nel proprio campo.

Ma non appena il responsabile del progetto, Bruce Van Atta, gli presenta il primo studente, Leo rimane letteralmente senza fiato: già, perché non si tratta di semplici operai, bensì di creature straordinarie prodotte dall’ingegneria genetica e destinate a vivere e lavorare in permanenza a gravità zero. Oltre ai numerosi mutamenti introdotti nel loro metabolismo, l’alterazione più spettacolare è la sostituzione degli arti inferiori con un secondo paio di braccia. I quad, come essi vengono chiamati, sono creature simpatiche e affabili, in grado di riprodursi normalmente, e quindi si considerano come una nuova specie di umanità, mentre invece, per l’industria spaziale che li ha creati, non sono altro che schiavi in un mondo tecnologicamente avanzatissimo...

E, infatti, non appena nuove sorprendenti scoperte rendono superfluo l’impiego dei quad, la GalacTech non vede altra soluzione se non quella di sbarazzarsene rapidamente, condannandoli all’esilio e all’emarginazione come «umani a metà». E proprio allora Leo Graf sarà chiamato a guidare una rivolta senza precedenti, dove un popolo che non ha chiesto di nascere vuole ora affermare il suo diritto ad esistere, ma soprattutto a conquistare una patria nella quale vivere in libertà.

Some night-time prowler is turning the citizens of Ankh-Morpork, greatest city of the fantasy Discworld*, into something resembling small charcoal biscuits.

And that's a real problem for Captain Vimes of the City Watch, who must tramp the mean streets of the city searching for a seventy-foot-long fire-breathing dragon which, he believes, can help him with their enquiries.

In a city thrown into turmoil by magic, charcoal biscuits, secret societies and mad lady dragon breeders ("Just tell him 'sit' if he'sothering you"), he's just looking for the facts.

* Which is flat and rides through space on the back of four elephants who stand on the shell of an enormous turtle, as every scholar knows.

ОТ АВТОРА

(содержит элементы ритуального проклятья святотатцам)

Итак, я не выдержал.

Сорвался.

Нарушил клятву, которую повторял… ммм… да, повторял двадцать четыре года, почти каждый раз, когда обдумывал новые и новые сюжет своих книг (которые начал писать класса со второго, беспощадно коверкая нравившиеся мне произведения!).

Страшную клятву…

Никогда не писать ничего о мире Джона Роналда Руэла Толкиена!

НИ! КОГ! ДА!

…Все знают, как твёрдо я соблюдал клятву. И в тяжкие, чёрные годы владычества графомана и плагиаторщика Перумова, чьи первые книги я сдуру купил в 95–м. И в ещё более тяжкие, хотя и не чёрные, а галлюцинаторно–розово–голубые годы тошнотного (увы — необходимого по профессии!) чтения опусов про добрых орков и пьяных эльфов (на тему: «Я там был, я всё видел, Профессор ошибался и всё было не так!»).

Я держался.

Я твёрдо не хотел осквернять страну, которая открылась однажды девятилетнему пацану на крыше сарая, где он, совершенно потрясённый, увидел перед собой мир (позже я узнал — значительно порезанный цензурой…) какого–то Толкиена, о котором я тогда ничего не знал толком, кроме того, что ТАКИХ книг я не читал ещё ни разу. Я принял Средиземье всё, целиком и мгновенно, чем поразил родителей (не нашедших в этой книге ничего интересного… впрочем, папа уже не первый год искал истину на дне стакана, а мама позже книгу всё–таки прочитала…), да и большинство друзей–приятелей (лишь позже, в подростковые годы, мне удалось совратить пару человек на те же тропы, которым и снова и снова отправлялся странствовать я (хорошо, что книги тогда издавали добротно!!!)…) Как же я жалел, что могу читать и перечитывать только ОДНУ часть…

Короче, я был верен той клятве, не желая пятнать Средиземье своими следами…

…Во всём виноват Пашка.

Я повторяю это снова — во всём виноват Пашка, и прошу зафиксировать это для будущих поколений — во всём виноват малолетний (14 лет на момент того разговора) засранец (я не откажусь от своих слов даже под пыткой) Павел Зубков.

Это поразительно начитанный и умный (даже по меркам моего детства, когда мальчишки читали в сто раз — без преувеличения — больше… да и умнее были значительно) мальчишка, которому я обязан кропотливой работой по перепечатке некоторых моих книг (и многочисленными опечатками в оных). Интересы Пашки в музыке и литературе до такой степени совпадали с моими, что я, поэкспериментировав, начал давать ему «потоком» всё, что читал и слушал сам…

…пока не споткнулся на Толкиене. Дж.Р.Р. Великом Профессоре.

А ведь я был уверен — уверен! — что книга Пашке понравится!!!

И добро бы он просто промолчал. Хотя бы из вежливости.

Белобрысый потомок русских, немцев и скандинавов (в его жилах течёт именно эта жуткая смесь), экс–беженец из Казахстана и пр. и др — короче, Павел Зубков не пожелал щадить моих чувств. Правда, конспективно — весной 2008 года, отдавая мне первый том — он сказал просто: «Фиг–ня!» — именно так, раздельно. Я так очумел, что решил, будто ослышался и через какое–то время поинтересовался, нести ли вторую книгу. В ответ на что получил недоумённый взгляд и почти ласковое, как будто обращённое к умалишённому, пояснение: «Олег Николаевич, но это же правда фигня…» Я повторил вопрос с угрозой в голосе: нести или нет?! Павел огрызнулся: «Нет!» На майке у него в тот момент был изображён наш тамбовский символ, и вообще он сам сильно напоминал собирающегося тяпнуть надоедливую руку молодого волка.

Я «отпал». Гнев бушевал в моей груди. Мне хотелось сказать то, что я никогда не говорил ни одному из своих подопечных — сакраментальное и очень обидное, но часто употребляемое многими моими коллегами: «Мал ещё рассуждать!» Но я удержался… Я ведь сам вызвал его на этот разговор.

Толкиен всё написал не так, потому что не так пишет Пехов. А как пишет Пехов — это и есть правильно. Эльфы, орки, гоблины и вообще. У Пехова — правильно, у Толкиена — нет.

Мне захотелось убить Пехова, которого я и раньше–то не любил. Но было уже поздно. Пашка получил сильнейшую дозу антитолкиеновской сыворотки — прочёл русского автора, пишущего фэнтэзи на западные темы. Причём автора совершенно не задумывающегося над категориями добра и зла, а просто гонящего острый сюжет. Смертельное и неотразимое блюдо даже для очень умного мальчишки, вовремя не прочитавшего Профессора.

Я был бессилен.

Спасать Пашку было поздно. Увы. И я решил отомстить. Совершенно недостойно отомстить четырнадцатилетнему подростку.

Я сделал Пашку Зубкова главным героем этой книги.

Всю тонкость моей мести вы поймёте позже…

…Хочу предупредить сразу — эта книга — книга правоверного толкиниста (хотя и не толкинутого). Любителям «смотреть на вещи с ТОЙ стороны» и вообще выискивать сложные объяснения простым вещам она покажется унылой и скучной, как Библия — завзятому атеисту. Те, кто захочет найти тут «новый подход, «оригинальное видение» или — не дай боги! — «революционные концепции» будут жестоко разочарованы. Всё очень традиционно. Во всём. От секса до политики.

Увы.

Но хочу предупредить так же, что, в отличие от «коренного» мира моя книга по изложению вовсе не эпична. Это не большое полотно величавого старинного гобелена, прекрасного и бесценного, с которым надо обращаться бережно (усердно пашущие толкиеновскую ниву об этом забывают…). Это — картина неореалиста–романтика, где видно, как конь роняет с губ пену, а из–под ногтей руки, сжимающей меч, выступает кровь…

И конечно же, эта книга не была бы моей книгой, не стань её главным героем «наш человек там». Такой, какой он есть. Мой любимый «герой с улицы».

Книга именно моя — о Добре и Зле, о выборе и страхе, о боли и любви… Ну и немножко всё–таки — см. строчку ниже.

Месть! Смерть!! И преисподняя!!!

Итак — от начала Третьей Эпохи прошло 1408 лет.

У нас же было лето 200… года.

Roland Deschain of Gilead knows he is obsessed over finding the Dark Tower, but does not care. He will follow the Man in Black wherever he goes and for how long it takes even into eternity until he catches this person, if he is a person, and force him to reveal the locale of the Dark Tower. If others die at his hands after meeting the Gunslinger so be it.

Currently he tracks his prey across a desert stopping at a way station where he meets a child whom he thought at first was his target, albeit two feet shorter. The kid is John "Jake" Chambers from 1977 New York City wherever in hell that place is. Shockingly to the solitary Deschain, instead of his usual killing or just another soul left behind, Roland allows Jake to accompany him on his trek towards the mountains, the Man in Black, and ultimately the Black Tower.

Una storia che Bova scris­se per «Again Dangerous Visions», la famosa antologia di Harlan Ellison dedicata alle vicende più «scioccanti» che fece seguito all'altrettanto celebre «Dangerous Visions». È anche la prima storia, in termini cronologici, di una serie dedicata a Chet Kinsman, astronauta americano: qui Bova descrive la sua perdita di innocenza e i suoi primi passi verso la maturità, il suo risveglio nel mondo reale, un mondo che non è affatto lontano dal no­stro… anzi…

Suppose that elves, gremlins, and leprechauns are really tiny aliens marooned on Earth for hundreds of years. They want to go home, and human technology finally can make it possible—if they can get aboard NASA’s Mars rocket and hijack it! Pity the poor human who has to help them with the big heist…

Chicago wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden confronts his latest and most dangerous challenge in the person of a ghost of an evil wizard who possesses the power to invade people's nightmares and uses other ghosts to wreak havoc on the living.

Chicago wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden confronts his latest and most dangerous challenge in the person of a ghost of an evil wizard who possesses the power to invade people's nightmares and uses other ghosts to wreak havoc on the living.

Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is on vacation when her Djinn lover, David, asks Joanne to marry him. She's thrilled to say yes, even if some others may be less than happy about it.

Unfortunately, Joanne's pre-marital bliss is ended by a devastating earthquake in Florida. And she can't ask David and his kind for assistance. Because the cause of the quake is unlike anything Joanne has ever encountered — and a power even the Djinn cannot perceive

Sylvie is back from vacation, and all she wants out of life right now is for the Magicus Mundi to leave her alone for a bit. No dead things, no mayhem, no life-and-death struggles. Just because Sylvie managed to take some time off doesn't mean that the Magicus Mundi has to follow her example, though, and it's been piling things up on her doorstep while she was away.

Still, she can pick and choose her cases, right? Solving a string of burglaries sounds perfect—mind-numbingly boring and mundane. Until you throw in Sylvie's missing sister, a generous helping of necromancy, and a Chicago cop possessed by a disturbingly familiar spirit.

As the Rolling Stones sang, "You can't always get what you want."

Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universe… and on reaches of unimaginable horror. When prospector Bob Broadhead went out to Gateway on the Heechee spacecraft, he decided he would know which was the right mission to make him his fortune. Three missions later, now famous and permanently rich, Robinette Broadhead has to face what happened to him and what he is...in a journey into himself as perilous and even more horrifying than the nightmare trip through the interstellar void that he drove himself to take!

Won:

Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1977;

Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1978;

Locus Award for Best Novel in 1978;

John W. Campbell Award in 1978.

È possibile che gli altri mondi non siano abitati. Ma finora, niente esclude che possano invece ospitare forme di vita, simili o no alla nostra. Questo è un problema che le scoperte della nuova scienza rendono attuale e non più ignorabile, una questione che va considerata sotto tutti gli aspetti. Anche quello religioso. Infatti, fra i doveri della Chiesa c'è quello di mantenersi in linea coi tempi; e il punto a cui è arrivata la giovane scienza spaziale ha spinto appunto la Chiesa a interessarsi dell'eventualità che esistano altri pianeti abitati. A questo proposito importanti esponenti del Clero hanno consentito a rispondere alle domande dei giornalisti, e il risultato delle speciali recenti interviste è stato ampiamente pubblicato su autorevoli quotidiani. Il romanzo che presentiamo in questo numero sembra scritto proprio in seguito alle ipotesi formulate da un Padre Gesuita nel corso del colloquio cui abbiamo accennato. E, guarda caso, a protagonista del suo romanzo, James Blish ha scelto un Gesuita. Il tema è ardito, e solo un autore intelligente, obiettivo, e abile come Blish lo poteva affrontare. Ne è uscito il racconto più eccitante che sia mai stato scritto nel campo della fantascienza. Un romanzo che i lettori di Urania non possono ignorare.

Premio Hugo per miglior romanzo in 1959.

In the 21st century, scientists Victor Hunt and Chris Danchekker, doing research on Ganymede, attract a small band of friendly aliens lost in time, who begin to reveal something of the origin of mankind. Finally, man thought he comprehended his place in the Universe . . . until he learned of the Watchers in the stars!

The New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series delivers her first novel for adults, a story about the living, the dead, and a curse that binds them.

Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the tender attention her grandmother, Maylene, bestowed upon the dead of Claysville, the town where Bek spent her adolescence. There wasn't a funeral that Maylene didn't attend, and at each Rebekkah watched as Maylene performed the same unusual ritual: three sips from a small silver flask followed by the words "Sleep well, and stay where I put you."

Now Maylene is dead and Bek must go back to the place—and the man—she left a decade ago. But what she soon discovers is that Maylene was murdered and that there was good reason for her odd traditions. It turns out that in placid Claysville, the worlds of the living and the dead are dangerously connected. Beneath the town lies a shadowy, lawless land ruled by the enigmatic Charles, aka Mr. D—a place from which the dead will return if their graves are not properly minded. Only the Graveminder, a Barrow woman, and the current Undertaker, Byron, can set things to right once the dead begin to walk.

La aparición cerca de la Tierra de dos enigmáticos satélites invisibles provocó inquietud entre los científicos. Fracasaron los intentos de acercarse a estos satélites, pues éstos escaparon de toda persecución. A poco tiempo otro enigma emocionó al mundo: en el observatorio cósmico ubicado en uno de los sateróides apareció una muchacha de otro mundo. Se podia suponer que Guianeya ayudaría a descubrir el enigma de los misteriosos satélites, pero callaba aunque sabia que los satélites amenazaban la vida de la Humanidad. Además se reveló que Guianeya conocía el español, pero se empeñaba en ocultarlo...

La nueva novela de ficción de Martínov, de trama amena y sugestiva, trata acerca del humanismo y del triunfo del intelecto de las personas del futuro.

Georgui Martinov nació en 1906. A los catorce años empezó a trabajar en una fábrica como aprendiz de electricista. Luego terminó por correspondencia una escuela superior para alcanzar el título de ingeniero.

En 1953 apareció el primer libro de Martínov «220 días en una astronave» Después publicó las novelas «Caliste», «La hermana de la tierra», «Encuentro a través de los siglos», «Los calistianos» y «Guianeya», en las que desarrolla la idea sobre el posible encuentro de los habitantes de la Tierra con los representantes de civilizaciones de otros mundos del futuro.

La presente obra fue editada en español dos veces y obtuvo gran popularidad.

Cumpliendo numerosas peticiones del lector latinoamericano la editorial Mir la ha reeditado este año.

He was born Temujin, the son of a khan, raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe. Temujin’s young life was shaped by a series of brutal acts: the betrayal of his father by a neighboring tribe and the abandonment of his entire family, cruelly left to die on the harsh plain. But Temujin endured-and from that moment on, he was driven by a singular fury: to survive in the face of death, to kill before being killed, and to conquer enemies who could come without warning from beyond the horizon.

Through a series of courageous raids against the Tartars, Temujin’s legend grew. And so did the challenges he faced-from the machinations of a Chinese ambassador to the brutal abduction of his young wife, Borte. Blessed with ferocious courage, it was the young warrior’s ability to learn, to imagine, and to judge the hearts of others that propelled him to greater and greater power. Until Temujin was chasing a vision: to unite many tribes into one, to make the earth tremble under the hoofbeats of a thousand warhorses, to subject unknown nations and even empires to his will.

Vampire hunter Anita Blake (known by the vampires she kills as “The Executioner”) is hired by the most powerful vampire in town to find out who has been murdering vampires.

Welcome to Gil's All Night Diner, where zombie attacks are a regular occurrence and you never know what might be lurking in the freezer….

Duke and Earl are just passing through Rockwood county in their pick-up truck when they stop at the Diner for a quick bite to eat. They aren't planning to stick around-until Loretta, the eatery's owner, offers them $100 to take care of her zombie problem. Given that Duke is a werewolf and Earl's a vampire, this looks right up their alley. But the shambling dead are just the tip of a particularly spiky iceberg.

Seems someone's out to drive Loretta from the Diner, and more than willing to raise a little Hell on Earth if that's what it takes. Before Duke and Earl get to the bottom of the Diner's troubles, they'll run into such otherworldly complications as undead cattle, an amorous ghost, a jailbait sorceress, and the terrifying occult power of pig-latin. And maybe-just maybe-the End of the World, too.

Gory, sexy, and flat-out hilarious, Gil's All Fright Diner will tickle your funnybone — before ripping it out of its socket!

In un futuro lontano, una classe dominante di umani geneticamente modificati ottiene l’equivalente dell’immortalità mediante l’uso di droghe. Questa classe dominante tiene l’intera società in stasi grazie alla manipolazione genetica del genoma umano, eliminando ogni sorta di mutazione spontanea dello stesso. Come se non bastasse, solo poche persone attentamente selezionate hanno la possibilità di riprodursi. Tuttavia nelle megalopoli si sviluppano dei movimenti clandestini ed appare una razza di cyborg, opposta agli immortali.

Wobec śmiertelnego zagrożenia z kosmosu Ziemia przygotowuje swoją broń ostatniej nadziei. Jest nią chłopiec, w którym odkryto zalążki niezwykłego geniuszu wojskowego.

Czas nagli, a przyszłość dwóch cywilizacji spoczywa w rękach dziecka…

Nagroda Nebula 1985.

Nagroda Hugo 1986.

Gallegher invents a machine that solves three problems at ones. But what exactly?

Bohaterem powieści jest Byron Farrill, student Uniwersytetu Ziemskiego, urodzony w odległych Królestwach Nebuli, podbitych i rządzonych przez planetę Tyrann, która pośród gwiazd buduje swoje okrutne Imperium. Ojciec Byrona został zamordowany za próbę przeciwstawienia się tyranii; teraz ktoś usiłuje zabić młodego Farrilla. Dlaczego? Byron ucieka z Ziemi i przyłącza się do rebeliantów walczących z władcami Tyranna. Rozwiązanie zagadki śmierci ojca może przynieść zagładę lub wolność całej Galaktyce…

The aliens had arrived with gifts, warnings, and an offer we couldn’t refuse…

Our choice was simple: we could be cannon fodder, or we could be… fodder. We could send our forces to fight and die (as only humans can) against a ravening horde that was literally feeding on its interstellar conquests — or remain as we were — virtually weaponless and third in line for brunch.

We chose to fight.

Thanks to alien technology and sheer guts, the Terrans on two worlds fought the Posleen to a standstill. Thank God there was a moment to catch our breath, a moment, however brief, of peace.

Now, for the survivors of the Barwhon and Diess Expeditionary Forces, it was a chance to get some distance from the blood and misery of battle against the Posleen centaurs. A blessed chance to forget the screams of the dying in purple swamps and massacres under searing alien suns.

For Earth it was an opportunity to flesh out their force of raw recruits with combat-seasoned veterans. Political, military and scientific blundering had left the Terran forces in shambles — and with the Posleen invasion only months away, these shell-shocked survivors might be the only people capable of saving the Earth from devastation.

If the veterans had time to lick their wounds.

Because the Posleen don’t read schedules.

Hugo and Nebula award-winning author David Brin is one of the most eloquent, imaginative voices in science fiction. Now he returns with a new novel rich in texture, universal in theme, monumental in scope—pushing the genre to new heights.

Young Maia is fast approaching a turning point in her life. As a half-caste var, she must leave the clan home of her privileged half sisters and seek her fortune in the world. With her twin sister, Leie, she searches the docks of Port Sanger for an apprenticeship aboard the vessels that sail the trade routes of the Stratoin oceans.

On her far-reaching, perilous journey of discovery, Maia will endure hardship and hunger, imprisonment and loneliness, bloody battles with pirates and separation from her twin. And along the way, she will meet a traveler who has come an unimaginable distance—and who threatens the delicate balance of the Stratoins’ carefully maintained, perfect society…

Both exciting and insightful, Glory Season is a major novel, a transcendent saga of the human spirit.

Najnowsza historia Rosji, ewolucja od socjalizmu do raczkującego jeszcze kapitalizmu, przerażająca wręcz antyutopia, narkotyczne seanse spirytystyczne, wow-czynniki, koka i grzybki zażywane przez przedstawicieli generacji „P”, która wybrała pepsi, tak jak wcześniej wybierano Breżniewa... O tym jest „Generation P” Wiktora Pielewina, powieść — bardzo nieśmiało zaryzykowałabym stwierdzenie — społeczno-obyczajowa.

Głównym bohaterem książki Pielewina jest Wawa Tatarski, który jest absolwentem literatury, a w nowej XXI-wiecznej rzeczywistości rosyjskiej odnajduje się jako copywriter. Wraz z nim i jego awansami stopniowo poznajemy mechanizmy reklamy i dowiadujemy się, że rządzi ona naszymi poczynaniami. Zagłębiając się w lekturę odkrywamy dosyć niepokojące prawdy: TV nas ogłupia, tym ogłupianiem steruje grupa ludzi, którzy kreują nasz świat. No dobrze, a kto kieruje nimi?

The Global Civil War was about to make Humankind extinct, when the stupendous Super Dimensional Fortress dispatched to Earth by a dying alien genius changed all that forever. Humanity's only hope lay in a corps of untried young men and women gifted with powers they didn't fully understand. Then the most feared conquerors in the universe attacked, determined to destroy them for no reason they could comprehend.

Мортимер Тейт, в прошлом страховой агент, девять лет пережидает конец света в пещере на вершине горы в Теннесси. Так случается, что, защищая себя и свое убежище, он убивает трех человек, после чего решает спуститься в долину посмотреть, что осталось от не существующей более Америки. Его глазам предстает картина полного разорения. То малое, что осталось от цивилизации, сосредоточено вокруг стриптиз-клубов, где пиво холодное, танцоры горячие, а вышибалы вооружены до зубов.

В сопровождении ковбоя Баффало Билла, великолепной стриптизерши Шейлы и горца Теда Мортимер отправляется в разрушенный город Атланту в надежде, что сумеет поспособствовать возрождению человечества…

Tess Gerritsen used to be a doctor, so it comes as no great surprise that the medical aspects of her latest thriller are absolutely convincing -- even if most of the action happens in where few doctors have ever practiced -- outer space.

Dr. Emma Watson and five other hand-picked astronauts are about to take part in the trip of a lifetime -- studying living creatures in space. But an alien life form, found in the deepest crevices of the ocean floor, is accidentally brought aboard the shuttle Atlantis. This mutated alien life form makes the creatures in Aliens look like backyard pets.

Soon the crew are suffering severe stomach pains, violent convulsions, and eyes so bloodshot that a gallon of Murine wouldn't help, brilliantly describes the difficulties of treating sick people a space module, and how the lack of gravity affects the process of taking blood and inserting a nasal tube. Dr. Watson does her best, but her colleagues die off one by one and the people at NASA don't want to risk bringing the platform back to earth. Only Emma's husband, doctor/astronaut himself, refuses to give up on her. As we read along, eyes popping out of our heads, all that's missing is one of bland NASA voices saying, "Houston, we have a problem -- we're being attacked by tiny little creatures that are part human, part frog, and part mouse."

"Gniazdo światów" to jedno z najwybitniejszych dokonań polskiej fantastyki powojennej, powieść zaczynająca się dość niewinnie i niepozornie, lecz proponująca czytelnikowi grę, po której bez mała odmieni się jego spojrzenie na świat.

„Gniazdo światów” jest powieścią krakowskiego fizyka, pracownika Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, dwukrotnego laureata Nagrody Fandomu Polskiego im. Janusza A. Zajdla. Książka ta nie należy całkowicie do żadnego nurtu obecnego w literaturze współczesnej. Znajdują się w niej wątki charakterystyczne dla kilku nurtów, ale przede wszystkim tworzy ona własną kategorię literacką. Nawet fantastyczna przynależność „Gniazda światów” budzi wątpliwości, gdyż przekracza ono granice science fiction. Można je zaliczyć do bardzo popularnego od pewnego czasu autotematycznego nurtu książek o książkach, ale to niewiele powie o tej powieści. Jest to na pewno również „proza filozoficzna”, a także rzecz metaliteracka. Najlepiej jednak charakteryzuje tę książkę określenie wymyślone specjalnie dla tej powieści przez innego pisarza fantastę, Jacka Dukaja, który nazwał „Gniazdo światów” kryminałem ontologicznym. „Śledztwo” prowadzone w tej książce jest bowiem specyficzne i dotyczy bardzo specjalnej sprawy – istnienia wszechświata.

„Gniazdo światów” to nie jedna książka, lecz pięć książek zamkniętych jedna w drugiej na podobieństwo powieści szkatułkowej. Bohaterowie, o których czytamy, posiadają swój egzemplarz „Gniazda światów”, a w nim są inni bohaterowie, czytający swoje wersje tej książki. W każdym kolejnym świecie jest coraz więcej wersji „Gniazda światów”. Porównując ze sobą światy ze swojej wersji powieści jeden z bohaterów odkrywa tajemnicę rzeczywistości. Można powiedzieć, że autor tworzy ontologię dzieła literackiego. W „Gnieździe światów” bohaterowie żyją szybciej, gdy czytamy powieść, a ich życie zwalnia, gdy przerywamy lekturę. Niezwykłe jest to, że postacie z naszej wersji książki zaczynają sobie zdawać sprawę, że są bohaterami powieści. Trzy z nich określa się nawet jako alter ego autora pierwszej wersji (czyli tej, którą my czytamy). W pewnym momencie bohater zwraca się wprost do czytelnika i prosi go o coś, przez co czytelnik staje się aktywnym uczestnikiem świata przedstawionego, zostaje wciągnięty w dzieło literackie, tracąc bezpieczną pozycję biernego obserwatora. Huberath pokazuje nam, jak bardzo się mylimy myśląc, że jako czytelnicy nic nie wnosimy do lektury. Czytanie to, wbrew pozorom, działanie, aktywny proces zmiany treści dzieła. Książka czytana wielokrotnie zmienia swą treść, odkrywamy w niej coraz to nowe szczegóły, inaczej interpretujemy przedstawione wydarzenia. „Gniazdo światów” to gra, zagadka, wymuszająca rozwiązanie jej nie tylko przez bohaterów, lecz także przez czytelnika. Przy okazji stawiania czoła problemowi i docierania do prawdy Huberath pokazuje, jak problem fizyczny, który rozwiązać można przy pomocy równań matematycznych, przeistacza się w metafizyczny. A problemy metafizyczne dotykają żywo każdego człowieka. Autor okazuje także optymizm epistemologiczny twierdząc, że możliwe jest poznanie prawdy o rzeczywistości.

Powieść ta słusznie określana jest jako jedno z najwybitniejszych dokonań polskiej fantastyki. Jako że nie mieści się ona w głównym nurcie literatury współczesnej, została zepchnięta do getta fantastyki, chociaż wyraźnie się z niego wyłamuje. Jest ona nowatorską, oryginalną i odważną, a co najważniejsze, udaną próbą wstrząśnięcia czytelnikiem oraz nawiązania z nim kontaktu, przez zatarcie granicy między czytelnikiem, bohaterami a autorem. Potrzeba wielkiego kunsztu literackiego, by napisać rzecz potrafiącą wywołać katharsis i realnie przenieść czytelnika w świat wykreowany przez autora.

Jest to znakomita, wciągająca i trzymająca w napięciu lektura, od której trudno się oderwać. Otwiera ona przed czytelnikiem fascynujące perspektywy interpretacyjne, zmuszając go zarazem do refleksji na tematy zaliczane do filozoficznych (problem istnienia świata realnego, kwestia poznania prawdy czy poznania w ogóle, tematy związane ze światem przedstawionym dzieła literackiego etc.). Te wycieczki w tematy filozoficzne są główną atrakcją i walorem powieści, to one nadają jej wagę i przyciągają uwagę.

A brand-new series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Nightside novels!

The Carnacki Institute exists to "Do Something" about Ghosts-and agents JC Chance, Melody Chambers, and Happy Jack Palmer will either lay them to rest, send them packing, or kick their nasty ectoplasmic arses with extreme prejudice.

Two hundred years after the Forbidding was broken, Santhenar is locked in war with the lyrinx. Despite the development of battle clankers and mastery of the crystals that power them, humanity is losing. Tiaan, a lonely crystal worker in a clanker manufactory, is experimenting with crystal when she begins to have visions.

Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she's a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she is forced to work as the king's thug.

When she first meets Prince Po, Graced with combat skills, Katsa has no hint of how her life is about to change. She never expects to become Po's friend. She never expects to learn a new truth about her own Grace—or about a terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone.

With elegant, evocative prose and a cast of unforgettable characters, debut author Kristin Cashore creates a mesmerizing world, a death-defying adventure, and a heart-racing romance that will consume you, hold you captive, and leave you wanting more.

Homens estavam sendo convidados. Para que? O objetivo era Ella, o planeta dos seres de tez esverdeada. O objetivo era Réssa, onde se reunia a Liga das Terras Humanas. O objetivo era a Galáxia Maldita, para enfrentar os Milsliks, pois que somente os seres de sangue vermelho podiam enfrentar a irradiação mortal dos seres metálicos que apagavam a luz dos sois e das estrelas…

Fatalny zbieg okoliczności sprawia, że Harpirias, błyskotliwy młodzieniec z arystokratycznego rodu, zamiast objąć urząd na Górze Zamkowej, zostaje wysłany na odległy kontynent Zimroel w roli ambasadora. Niespodziewanie otwiera się przed nim szansa zmiany losu: ma poprowadzić wyprawę na daleką Północ w poszukiwaniu zaginionej grupy paleontologów. W górach Majipooru czyhają jednak niebezpieczeństwa, które trudno przewidzieć… Bogactwu świata słonecznej planety Majipoor i rozmachowi narracji dorównuje psychologiczna prawda w konstrukcji postaci jego bohaterów.

Sylvie Lightner is no ordinary P.I. She specializes in cases involving the unusual and unbelievable. When she finds the bodies of five women in the Florida Everglades, Sylvie believes them to be the work of a serial killer and passes the buck. But when the bodies wake and shift shape, killing the police, Sylvie finds herself at the head of a potentially lethal investigation.

Here, in this place, her meaning as woman is clear. Here, apart from symbols and disguises, she stands as a woman, the prize of man. Does she, this woman, now know her femaleness? Does she understand? Is the meaning of her excruciatingly desirable body now brought home to her? Does she now understand the significance of her sex: that she is female, that nature has designed her for man? Yes, thought Chance, she is very beautiful, marvelously incredibly beautiful - Miss Lucia Turner, educated Eastern gentle-woman, sophisticated and refined, feminist - captive female - suddenly expectedly shamefully simply captive female. Reduced utterly, she, miss Lucia Turner, gifted and beautiful, to ancient primitive essentialities - owned, literally owned..

From kidnapped collegian to a woman’s slave, from landless fugitive to warrior-captain, the life of Jason Marshall on Earth’s orbital twin was a constant struggle against the naked power and barbaric traditions of glorious Gor.

Now, in the heat of a desperate naval battle against overwhelming odds, Jason faced the pivotal hours of his Gorean career. For him victory would mean a homeland, a warrior’s honors, and the lovely Earthgirl who was the prize he had long sought. Defeat would mean degradation worse than the chains he had once escaped.

GUARDSMAN OF GOR is the blazing climax of this saga of one man against an entire world.

From kidnapped collegian to a woman’s slave, from landless fugitive to warrior-captain, the life of Jason Marshall on Earth’s orbital twin was a constant struggle against the naked power and barbaric traditions of glorious Gor.

Now, in the heat of a desperate naval battle against overwhelming odds, Jason faced the pivotal hours of his Gorean career. For him victory would mean a homeland, a warrior’s honors, and the lovely Earthgirl who was the prize he had long sought. Defeat would mean degradation worse than the chains he had once escaped.

GUARDSMAN OF GOR is the blazing climax of this saga of one man against an entire world.

Znudzony nieustannymi sukcesami, zniechęcony brakiem poważnych wyzwań i stymulujących przeżyć, niezwyciężony Gurgel — najlepszy gracz galaktyki — przybywa do Imperium Azadu, by wziąć udział w najbardziej skomplikowanej i najtrudniejszej grze, jaką wymyślono we wszechświecie. Stawką w tej grze jest nie tylko życie, lecz również samo Imperium. A także coś jeszcze…

Miłośnicy literackiego talentu Iaina M. Banksa wiedzą już, czego spodziewać się po tym autorze: nieskrępowanej, zrywającej ze wszelkimi schematami wyobraźni, pasjonującej akcji, niezwykłych bohaterów i przewrotnego poczucia humoru. Tym razem również się nie zawiodą.

For the boys. And you thought the garage was tough…

The builders did bow before the castle lord and say to him that his fortress was complete. But the lord declared the castle not yet strong enough, for his enemies were powerful and many. And so the lord commanded the builders to set an iron ring into the stone on the battlements at each compass point of the keep, and he chose his four strongest warriors to sanctify his fortress with their lives. One of the four was chained to each of the rings and charged to watch for marauders who might appear from any point along the sweeping horizon. At every hour the watch bells were rung to ensure the warriors did not sleep, and none were allowed to speak to them lest they be distracted from their duty. Through burning autumn and into bitter winter the four stood watch, allowed no shelter, no comfort, and no respite, believing that their faithfulness and honor would protect their lord’s stronghold long after their eyes and ears had failed. And when they died, they were left in place until their dust had filtered into the stones and mortar. They were called the Guardians of the Keep and are said to protect it still, and the symbol of the Four Guardian Rings is the shield of Comigor. Indeed, the four must have been potent warriors, for never in six hundred years has Comigor fallen to its enemies.

The History and Legends of Comigor Castle

Poput blistavog dragulja, grad je ležao na prsima pustinje. Nekada je bio podložan promenama i preinačenjima, ali sada je Vreme teklo mimo njega. Noći i dani nizali su se preko lica pustinje, ali na ulicama Diaspara vladalo je večno popodne i tama se nikada nije spuštala. Duge zimske noći mogle su mrazom da okuju pustinju, ledeći poslednje ostatke vlage u razređenom vazduhu Zemlje — ali grad nije osećao ni toplotu ni hladnoću. On nije stajao ni u kakvoj vezi sa spoljnim zbivanjima; bio je to svet za sebe.

Ljudi su i ranije podizali gradove, ali nikada sličan ovome. Neki su trajali stolećima, drugi milenijumima, pre no što je Vreme razvejalo čak i njihova imena. Jedino se Diaspar uhvatio ukoštac sa Večnošću, braneći sebe i ono čemu je pružao okrilje protiv sporog osipanja vekova, razorne moći truljenja i pogubnog dejstva rđe.

Od časa kada je sazdan, okeani su nestali sa površine Zemlje, a pustinja se rasprostrla čitavom planetom. Vetrovi i kiša satrli su u prašinu poslednje planine, a svet je bio odveć umoran da bi iznedrio nove. Grad za to nije mario; čak se i sama Zemlja mogla pretvoriti u prah i pepeo, a Diaspar bi i dalje štitio decu svojih tvoraca, noseći bezbedno njih i njihova dobra niz reku vremena…

Poput blistavog dragulja, grad je ležao na prsima pustinje. Nekada je bio podložan promenama i preinačenjima, ali sada je Vreme teklo mimo njega. Noći i dani nizali su se preko lica pustinje, ali na ulicama Diaspara vladalo je večno popodne i tama se nikada nije spuštala. Duge zimske noći mogle su mrazom da okuju pustinju, ledeći poslednje ostatke vlage u razrenenom vazduhu Zemlje — ali grad nije osećao ni toplotu ni hladnoću. On nije stajao ni u kakvoj vezi sa spoljnim zbivanjima; bio je to svet za sebe.

Ljudi su i ranije podizali gradove, ali nikada sličan ovome. Neki su trajali stolećima, drugi milenijumima, pre no što je Vreme razvejalo čak i njihova imena. Jedino se Diaspar uhvatio ukoštac sa Večnošću, braneći sebe i ono čemu je pružao okrilje protiv sporog osipanja vekova, razorne moći truljenja i pogubnog dejstva rne.

Od časa kada je sazdan, okeani su nestali sa površine Zemlje, a pustinja se rasprostrla čitavom planetom. Vetrovi i kiša satrli su u prašinu poslednje planine, a svet je bio odveć umoran da bi iznedrio nove. Grad za to nije mario; čak se i sama Zemlja mogla pretvoriti u prah i pepeo, a Diaspar bi i dalje štitio decu svojih tvoraca, noseći bezbedno njih i njihova dobra niz reku vremena…

Если ты ухитрился поступить в Академию Магических Искусств, то легкими твои будни уж точно не назовешь. Лекции и практикумы, зубрежка и тренировки… Жизнь и верно пошла тяжелая, а вот насколько она окажется интересной — зависит только от тебя. Но если ты в равной мере наделен как талантом, так и способностью совать свой нос куда не просят, скучно не будет наверняка. Вот только… кто окажется страшнее: василиск, Фенрир Волк или разгневанный декан?

Parts of this book were published as separate short stories in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction:

“Time Patrol” May 1955;

“Delenda est” Dec 1955;

“Brave To Be A King” Aug 1959;

“The Only Game in Town” Jan 1960;

“Gibraltar Falls” Oct 1975.

Guardians of Time collection was first published in Oct 1962; “Gibraltar Falls” was added to it in Oct 1981 edition.

Uczeni odkrywają przypadkiem, że na Ziemię dociera z Kosmosu sygnał, który mógłby być komunikatem od rozumnych istot. Jak jednak odczytać to przesłanie, nie wiedząc nic o nadawcach – nawet: czy istnieją? Głos Pana jest książką nietypową: brak w niej awanturniczej akcji, ale zmagania z tajemnicą poruszają i przykuwają uwagę mocniej niż w niejednej powieści przygodowej, zwłaszcza że dotknięcie Nieznanego prowokuje do zadania elementarnych pytań o istotę świata, naturę człowieka i źródła defektów Bytu.

Дарги были древней и могучей расой. Многие миры под сотнями солнц принадлежали им и никто в Галактике не решился бы враждовать с ними. Давно уже не страшили их бездны космической пустоты, разделявшие звезды и планеты, и трассы звездолетов были для них такими же обычными, как в старину наезженные земные пути. Так шли тысячелетия и, казалось, ничто не остановит продвижения даргов в глубины Вселенной…

Géniem zkázy v tomto románě, odehrávajícím se v předválečném Německu, je vědec pracující na výzkumu mozku, který zdánlivě zanechává vědecké kariéry a přijímá místo v sekretariátě velké banky, avšak ve skutečnosti uskutečňuje zde své smělé plány na ovládnutí světa...

“Gilgamesh el rey” es una de las más recientes obras de Silverberg, escrita después de una de sus últimas etapas de inactividad. Silverberg nos plantea en este libro una reexploración de la epopeya/mito de Gilgamesh, enfocada aquí no desde el punto de vista del héroe, sino del hombre. La figura legendaria del rey-dios de Sumer se convierte así en un personaje profundamente humano, con todos sus miedos, debilidades y ansias. Su temor a la muerte le llevará a un desesperado periplo en busca de la inmortalidad y a tomar conciencia de la verdad absoluta de la vida. Escrita en primera persona, como un diario íntimo, “Gilgamesh el rey” tiene a un tiempo la fuerza de la épica que le ha dado origen y la profundidad de un inimitable estudio psicológico.

For Michael Rivers, life is perfect. Michael has everything: he is tall, handsome, and famous, worshipped by billions of fans around the globe. He is wealthy beyond measure, the heir apparent to RiverGroup, one of the handful of high-tech corporations that controls the world. He is fashionable, setting trends with his wardrobe of immaculate designer suits, each a unique and celebrated work of art. And Michael is in love—a perfect love, sharing a private language based entirely on quotes from the latest fashion magazine advertisement—with Nora, his beautiful, witty, and equally perfect fiancée, the only woman with whom he can see surgically altered monochromatic eye to eye.

When an assassin's bullets pierce Michael's body before the unblinking eyes of cameras, reporters, and viewers at a press junket, everything changes, forcing Michael to question his previously perfect world. Illusions shattered and forcibly separated from Nora, Michael seeks to uncover the reasons behind the attempted assassination, embarking on a quest that lead him to question his relationship with his loud, profane, and narcissistically Ultra father; his estranged mother; and the perilous, contaminated, neo-feudalistic world that lies beyond the safe and protected bubble of corporate family life.

Michael must delve deep into his past, finding that all paths seem to lead to the now-closed PartyHaus, and to a time when he was the golden boy, dancing furiously to the beat of the notorious all-night Rage parties thrown by his father. High fashion, corporate malfeasance, celebrity culture, and a media obsessed with the Next Big Thing collide with exuberant violence and volatile intensity in Grey, the explosive debut novel by Jon Armstrong.

We’re all eager to see the wonders that the future is likely to bring; that’s one of the reasons we read science fiction. Here’s a typically mordant Silverberg story about a man who manages to visit the future and is not delighted by what he finds.

W Układzie Słonecznym ludzkość znajduje urządzenia i budowle tajemniczej obcej rasy, którą ochrzczono mianem Heechów. Ich technologia była bardzo rozwinięta, a niektóre artefakty okazują się bardzo przydatne dla ludzi. Nikt nie wie, jak wyglądali Heechowie, ani gdzie odlecieli. Największym odkryciem jest asteroid Gateway, rodzaj stacji kosmicznej z blisko tysiącem międzygwiezdnych statków Heechów

Otto milioni di copie vendute per otto libri pubblicati: un record che nessun altro autore fantastico e fantascientifico ha mai eguagliato. Abraham Merritt, che siamo lieti di presentare sulle pagine di « Futuro » con uno dei suoi più noti capolavori, è una figura dominante nella letteratura immaginativa americana. Capostipite di una «scuola» che ha fra i suoi esponenti Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance ed Ira Levin, è il più grande ed affascinante creatore di mondi fantastici. Mondi dimenticati in luoghi inaccessibili, nascosti tra le pieghe del tempo, perduti tra i labirinti di altre sconosciute dimensioni. « Gli abitatori del miraggio » lo presenta in questa vena, che ha una grande tradizione narrativa. Merritt trasporta i suoi personaggi —ed i lettori con essi — dalla magica desolazione del deserto di Gobi, culla dell’uomo. agli universi misteriosi che si celano al di là dell’illusione e del miraggio. Universi popolati da figure mitiche, da genti e creature favolose, su cui domina l’ombra minacciosa del Kraken, che guida l’eterna battaglia fra il Bene ed il Male, incarnati in due figure di donna egualmente enigmatiche ed inafferrabili. Universi alternativi alla grigia realtà contemporanea, che fanno sognare e pensare.

Una vita da topi, una vita da scarafaggi: così si diceva degli ebrei chiusi nei ghetti dell’Europa Centrale, dei popoli schiacciati dall’occupazione nazista. Ma qui, su questa Terra invasa da strapotenti, invincibili, torreggianti mostri, la vita da scarafaggi è, per l’uomo, una realtà letterale. Tribù nomadi ormai ridotte allo stato primitivo si aggirano in un groviglio di cunicoli, condotti, gallerie; il loro stato normale è il terrore, il loro unico scopo e sopravvivere fino a domani; il loro universo è quello cieco e senza speranza degli insetti, degli infimi parassiti che infestano le crepe e i segreti passaggi dei muri di casa. Ma c’è, in questa esistenza disperata, una tenacia, un accanimento, un coraggio che gli insetti non conoscono. Non è facile liberarsi, una volta per tutte, dei fastidiosi e formicolanti terrestri...

The New York Times bestselling Kate Daniels novels have been hailed as "top-notch urban fantasy." Now, Ilona Andrews delves deeper into Kate's world, and reveals its untold stories...

Some people have everything figured out — Andrea Nash is not one of those people. After being kicked out of the Order of Knights of Merciful Aid, Andrea's whole existence is in shambles. All she can do is try to put herself back together, something made easier by working for Cutting Edge, a small investigative firm owned by her best friend, Kate Daniels.

When several shapeshifters working for Raphael Medrano — the male alpha of Clan Bouda and Andrea's former lover — die unexpectedly at a dig site, Andrea is assigned to investigate ... and must work with Raphael. As her search for the killer leads her into the secret underbelly of supernatural Atlanta, Andrea knows that dealing with her feelings for Raphael might have to take a backseat to saving the world ...

Berengaria jest pełną radości dziewczyną o nienasyconym apetycie na wszystko, co życie może jej zaproponować. Ów głód życia zastąpił jednak ostatnio cichy smutek. Przyjaciele z jej kręgu znaleźli już swoje drugie połowy, ona natomiast czuła się samotna i opuszczona. Na szczęście wyznaczono ją do udziału w ostatniej ważnej wyprawie w Góry Czarne, mającej na celu rozprawieniem się z groźnymi ptaszyskami…

It was the highest and most coveted award of all time. It was given to only the bravest among those defending Earth from the mysterious Kradens. Many had sacrificed their lives for it. The current bearer of the medal became the idol of all mankind—a man above the law, a man who would never want for anything. One man was going to cheat to win it—and live to regret it.

This is an extended version of the novelette Medal of Honor first published in Amazing Stories magazine in Nov 1960.

Da osservazioni raccolte sulla Terra risulta che in orbita attorno a Giove c’è qualcosa da cui cominciano a pervenire dei segnali. Un ufo? La deduzione sembrerebbe inevitabile, dal momento che nessuna astronave terrestre è mai ancora arrivata laggiù. Ma...

Ma queste non sono praticamente le stesse parole con cui abbiamo presentato nello scorso numero Segnali da Giove di Zach Hughes?

Il fatto è che Ben Bova e Zach Hughes per una straordinaria coincidenza hanno scritto e pubblicato contemporaneamente due romanzi che partono dalle stesse premesse pur arrivando a conclusioni diversissime. Veda dunque il lettore quali delle due preferisce e tenga conto d’altra parte che il complesso, ricchissimo romanzo di Bova è quasi tre volte più lungo di quello di Hughes e negli USA costa più del doppio, mentre in URANIA costa naturalmente lo stesso. Un’occasione da non perdere.

Haldale has been destroyed and forty million killed. King Daulun Jongo is searching for the ships that destroyed one of his fleets and destroying Haldale was just an example of what to expect if they interfered with him again. The Empire is out gunned and they know its just a matter of time until Jongo discovers Bristone. Things dont look good and they will soon discover that Jongo is being held hostage by an evil Provincial Duke that has two thousand Searchers in his fleet.

The Empire is caught up in a civil war and survival is uncertain. What no one knows is an invader is waiting for the winner to be determined before they attack.

The action continues in Greysons Revenge as the Emperor fights to bring peace to a war weary universe.

La guerra, ci insegna l’autore, non è mai una cosa piacevole. E in una guerra che dura 1200 anni, le probabilità di sopravvivenza sono prossime a zero. Iniziata nel 1997, la guerra contro la razza extraterrestre dei Taurani si trascina avanti pesantemente, un secolo dopo l’altro. I soldati che la combattono viaggiano tra le stelle a velocità prossime a quelle della luce, e invecchiano soltanto di pochi mesi ad ogni viaggio, mentre i secoli si susseguono rapidamente sulla Terra: una Terra che ad ogni licenza diventa sempre più irriconoscibile.

Il soldato Mandella inizia come fuciliere: è di leva, non ama né la vita militare né il modo con cui gli alti comandi trattano lui, i suoi compagni e in sostanza anche il nemico. Ma, nonostante queste sue avversioni, il semplice espediente di non farsi uccidere in qualche scaramuccia o in qualche esercitazione (assai più pericolose che non i veri combattimenti) lo porta a diventare maggiore, a capo di qualche… secolo. E parallelamente all’inglorioso svolgersi della Guerra Eterna, vediamo i cambiamenti della società terrestre in 1200 anni: i mutamenti di abitudini e di prospettive culturali, estrapolati da Haldeman in modo quanto mai plausibile. Un grande romanzo, che ha giustamente meritato i massimi premi della fantascienza.

Set decades after the Earth’s population has been sterilised as a result of nuclear bomb tests conducted in Earth's orbit, the book shows an emptying world, occupied by an ageing, childless population.

Meet the Carnacki Institute's operatives — JC Chance: the team leader, brave, charming, and almost unbearably arrogant; Melody Chambers: the science geek who keeps the antisupernatural equipment running; and Happy Jack Palmer: the terminally gloomy telepath. Their mission: Do Something About Ghosts. Lay them to rest, send them packing, or just kick their nasty ectoplasmic arses...

The Ghost Finders are investigating a haunting at the long-abandoned Haybarn Theater, which is being renovated. But work has been thrown off-schedule by the some peculiar and unnatural activities. And after the potentially world-altering recent events of their previous assignment, the team thinks that a haunted theater (aren't they all?) will be a walk in the park.

Until they encounter the Phantom of the Haybarn — an ancient evil whose ability to alter reality itself will test the skills, science, and blind luck of the Ghost Finders to the limit.

Award-winning author James Alan Gardner evokes a sense of wonder that is synonymous with great speculative fiction. Now, in his first short-story collection, he brings together the numerous tales that have made his reputation, ranging from the everyday experience to the cosmic, from peanut butter sandwiches to space drives. There are stories of wonder, imagination, humanity, and the unknown and tales that remind us of the importance of possibility.

Some of the stories in this collection have won the Aurora Award and the grand prize in the prestigious Writers of the Future contest and been nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, while others are completely new and undiscovered.

Questa è la storia di Will Barrent, che esiliato dalla Terra piomba in quel mondo d’incubo che è Omega. E’ un pianeta di fuorilegge, che ha una sua particolare religione, una sua precisa idea sugli svaghi, una sua assurda organizzazione sociale in base alla quale solo l’assassino più abile, più feroce, e più fortunato, in un mondo fatto di assassini, può aspirare alla ricchezza e al potere. Un mondo in cui le proprietà della vittima vengono per legge ereditate dall’uccisori. E su questo mondo Will Barrent cerca disperatamente i ricordi che gli hanno tolto, la ragazza che l’ha salvato dalla morte per due volte, e la speranza di poter un giorno tornare sulla Terra nonostante le terribili astronavi di pattuglia orbita attorno a Omega. Quando riuscirà ad arrivare sul suo pianeta, si troverà fronte a qualcosa più pericoloso ancora dei «Giochi» di Omega: i suoi ricordi, il suo condizionamento di terrestre, ma soprattutto l’esasperato conformismo di una civiltà che si è arrenata al raggiungimento della perfezione meccanica.

Nieśmiertelny półbóg Levellin stanowi wystarczająco poważny problem dla Conwaya. Tymczasem dochodzi do największego kryzysu w całej historii Szpitala Kosmicznego. Kiedy bowiem Levellin zwraca się do Conwaya o pomoc w wyleczeniu trapionej zarazą populacji pewnej planety Imperium, gwiezdny chirurg stwierdza isnienie nie tylko choroby, lecz również monstrualnego, nikczemnego spisku przeciwko całej planecie! Imperium, chcąc ukryć swoje zbrodnie, wypowiada wojnę bezbronnemu Szpitalowi Kosmicznemu.

Conway, personel Szpitala oraz wszyscy pacjenci muszą nagle stawić czoło oblężeniu. I nawet jeśli Federacji uda się wygrać tę wojnę, to niewykluczone, że centrum galaktycznego lecznictwa przemieni się w stos radioaktywnego gruzu!

Na doktora Conwaya niczym grom z jasnego nieba spada propozycja awansu. Odległy Goglesk, na którym z polecenia naczelnego psychologa O'Mary lekarz odpoczywa i zastanawia się nad odpowiedzią, wyciśnie na nim niezatarte piętno. Po powrocie do Szpitala, pośród nawału pracy i nowych obowiązków, Diagnostyk Conway stopniowo zapomina o egzotycznej planecie. Tymczasem jej mieszkaniec Khone, którego osobowość przejął przypadkowo Ziemianin, co rusz daje o sobie znać, i to w najmniej oczekiwanych sytuacjach…

Gurronsevas, olbrzymi sześcionożny obcy, jest powszechnie znany jako najlepszy w Galaktyce szef kuchni. Jednak u szczytu swej kariery odkrywa, że sława, honor i armie pochlebców to za mało. Pragnie nowego wyzwania. Wyzwania na miarę wielkości swego ciała, talentu i pychy. Tylko Szpital Kosmiczny — potężny kompleks, w którym leczą i są leczeni zarówno ludzie, jak i obcy — pozwala na realizację takich marzeń. Gurronsevas, obecnie Naczelny Dietetyk, postanawia zrobić coś, co nie udało się przed nim żadnemu kucharzowi: chce sprawić, by szpitalne jedzenie było smaczne. Tylko czy pacjenci to przeżyją?

Вредно с пренебрежением относиться к произведениям творцов фэнтезийных миров. Вот и четырнадцатилетний Пашка совершенно не ожидал, что покритиковав автора окажется в мире «Властелина колец».

Однажды, на рассвете, Пашка встанет на пороге и, послушный неожиданному решению, пойдет по узкой тропинке заболоченного распадка в стылый туман… туман безвременья. И, попав в мир непрочитанного, узнает: холод рабства и беспощадность врагов, верность друзей и пьянящую свежесть первой любви, горячее упоение битвы и леденящий ужас смерти. И чудом вернувшись, поймёт, что там и только там навсегда осталось ВСЁ...

En esta nueva e hilarante entrega de Mundodisco, Terry Pratchett nos presenta a un nuevo grupo de personajes que viven en Ankh-Morpork. Bueno, viven..., digamos que moran o habitan, que ya se sabe que en Ankh-Morpork el único que vive es el patricio… La guardia (turno de noche) está formada por un grupo de hombres rudos, con alguna debilidad de carácter, de acuerdo, que se entregan con aplomo a su trabajo y hacen frente sin temor a un cúmulo de situaciones peligrosas.

Pese a algunos contratiempos, los miembros de la guardia (turno de noche) se las venían apañando para mantener la ley y el orden… Hasta que empezaron los problemas… Varios a la vez.

El primero, de carácter interno, lo constituyó la llegada del joven Zanahoria. Había algo muy extraño en ese chico, y no era sólo su estatura o el hecho de que se hubiese ofrecido voluntario… Tenía una extraña fijación con las ordenanzas, y no sólo parecía sabérselas de memoria sino que se empeñaba en hacerlas cumplir al pie de la letra. Así, un buen día detiene al ilustre presidente del Gremio de Ladrones acusándole de ser, eso, el presidente del Gremio de Ladrones…

Por si fuera poco, Ankh-Morpork empieza a sufrir los ataques de un dragón que nadie sabe de dónde puede haber salido, pues esos feroces e inteligentes animales se creían extinguidos desde hacía muchísimo tiempo. (No, la variedad doméstica de dragones del pantano no puede tenerse en cuenta aquí.) Lo peor del caso es que no parece haber ningún héroe a mano que pueda encargarse del dragón, y ¿a quién le va a tocar hacerse cargo de la situación…?

Aboard Argo, a colonization ship bound for Eta Cephei IV, people are very close—there’s no other choice. So when Aaron Rossman’s ex-wife dies in what seems to be a bizarre accident, everyone offers their sympathy, politely keeping their suspicions of suicide to themselves. But Aaron cannot simply accept her death. He must know the truth: Was it an accident, or did she commit suicide? When Aaron discovers the truth behind her death, he is faced with a terrible secret—a secret that could cost him his life.

Sawyer’s four most recent novels were nominated for the Hugo Award. He has won the Nebula Award for Best Novel, as well as the major Canadian awards for best science fiction and best mystery fiction. Here is the novel that began his career.

…Sesilele sunt o specie lipsita de aparare. Pe domeniul lor nu au nici un fel de arme. Pana si forma lor mobila, care are dexteritatea fizica de a folosi arme, este in esenta non-violenta. Pentru a se apara de ceea ce se tem ca va fi invazia inevitabila a oamenilor, sesilele le-au indrumat pe mirmipisicile mobile sa construiasca fortarete in jurul a patru dintre cele mai batrane si dezvoltate din specia lor. Intre timp pepenii-mana nu mai sunt lasati sa germineze, iar mirmipisicile care nu sunt implicate in procesul de construire sunt de timpuriu transformate in coconi. Daca oamenii isi mai intarzie atacul cu cateva intervale, cum se pare ca vor face, este posibil ca in timpul invaziei lor sa gaseasca doar cateva mirmipisici…

Some people feel no empathy. An experimental drug makes them take a hard look in the mirror.

Some people feel no empathy. An experimental drug makes them take a hard look in the mirror.

Genellan—a beautiful, Earthlike world where intelligent cliff dwellers waited in fear for the day the bear people would return, killing them for their fur…

Genellan—the only refuge for a ship's crew and a detachment of spacer Marines, abandoned by a fleet fleeing from alien attackers.

Stranded on Genellan, the humans struggled to make a home for themselves until—they hoped against hope—the fleet would return to rescue them. Lt. Sharl Buccari tried desperately to hold on to the threads of command over the spacers and the Marines—to keep her crew together and alive.

Winter was coming. No one knew if the winged natives would be friend or foe. And now the bear people were returning, intent on destroying the humans—but not before stealing the secret of hyperlight drive, the key to interstellar flight…

It's all she's ever wanted to be, but it couldn't be further from her grasp...

Dana Hathaway doesn't know it yet, but she's in big trouble. When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, again, Dana decides she's had enough and runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the captivating, magical world of Faerie intersect. But from the moment Dana sets foot in Avalon, everything goes wrong, for it turns out she isn't just an ordinary teenage girl — she's a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds, and the only person who can bring magic into the human world and technology into Faerie.

Soon, Dana finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat game of Fae politics. Someone's trying to kill her, and everyone seems to want something from her, from her newfound friends and family to Ethan, the hot Fae guy Dana figures she'll never have a chance with... until she does. Caught between two worlds, Dana isn't sure where she'll ever fit in and who can be trusted, not to mention if her world will ever be normal again...

Between the living and the dead is the Order of the Deacons, protectors of the Empire, guardians against possession, sentinels enlisted to ward off the malevolent haunting of the geists...

Among the most powerful of the Order is Sorcha, now thrust into partnership with the novice Deacon, Merrick Chambers. They have been dispatched to the isolated village of Ulrich to aide the Priory with a surge of violent geist activity. With them is Raed Rossin, Pretender to the throne that Sorcha is sworn to protect, and bearer of a terrible curse.

But what greets them in the strange settlement is something far more predatory and more horrifying than any mere haunting. And as she uncovers a tradition of twisted rituals passed down through the dark reaches of history, Sorcha will be forced to reconsider everything she thinks she knows.

And if she makes it out of Ulrich alive, what in Hell is she returning to?

Sono passati trent’anni da quando Frederik Pohl inventò quei Mercanti dello spazio che Kingsiey Amis nelle sue Mappe dell’inferno mise al disopra dello stesso 1984 di Orwell. Fu allora che dagli uffici di Madison Avenue le grandi compagnie pubblicitarie assunsero il controllo della Terra, ma fecero lo sbaglio di mandare un’astronave sul pianeta Venere. Oggi Venere è il rifugio dei refrattari e dei ribelli, il simbolo dell’anti-pubblicità, la bandiera dei nemici della produzione e del consumo. I rapporti tra i due pianeti si fanno ogni giorno più difficili. La situazione insomma è così tesa, che Frederik Pohl ha sentito la necessità di scrivere un nuovo romanzo sullo scottante argomento. E l’ha scritto.

Anche pubblicato come “Gioco di specchi”.

Anche pubblicato come “Gli oscillanti” e “Gli ondicoli”.

Anche pubblicato come “Base Hawksbill”.

Arkadi und Boris Strugatzki gelten als die unumstritten besten Autoren der osteuropäischen Science Fiction. Ihr Werk wurde in zahlreiche Sprachen übersetzt und erschien in Millionenauflage. Der erste Band des Gesamtwerks enthält die Einzelromane: Die bewohnte Insel, Ein Käfer im Ameisenhaufen und Die Wellen ersticken den Wind.

Titel der Originalausgaben:

Обитаемый остров

Жук в муравейнике

Волны гасят ветер

On the night of her twenty-fifth birthday, alone in her apartment, Air Force Sergeant Christine Canady wished for one thing: a little magic in her life. After drinking way too much champagne, she performed, of all crazy things, a goddess-summoning ritual, hoping that it would somehow make her life a little less ordinary... but she never believed the spell would actually work!

When her military plane crashes into the ocean, CC's mission overseas takes an unexpected turn. She awakens to find herself in a legendary time and place where magic rules the land—occupying the body of the mythic mermaid Undine. But there is danger in the waters and the goddess Gaea turns this modern, military gal into a beautiful damsel so that she can seek shelter on land. CC is soon rescued (literally) by a knight in shining armor. She should be falling in love with this dream-come-true, but instead she aches for the sea and Dylan, the sexy merman who has stolen her heart.

Auf einem fremden Planeten kämpft seit sechzehn Jahren ein Häuflein Erdenmenschen den Kampf um’s Überleben.

Durch eine Havarie ihres Raumschiffes, durch hohe Radioaktivität im Schiff und eisige Kälte außerhalb gezwungen, den Landeplatz zu verlassen, stoßen sie endlich nach qualvoller, viele Todesopfer kostender Überwindung einer Gebirgskette auf ein wärmendes Niederungsgebiet. Die Überlebenden versuchen, sich der „Wildnis“ anzupassen. Die „Erdgeborenen“ wissen um die Gefahr des Vergessens, ahnen den bereits spürbaren Rückfall in eine „Urzeit“, wenn es ihnen nicht gelingt, moralische und ethische Werte der menschlichen Zivilisation und deren jahrtausendealtes Wissen weiterzugeben an die „Jugend“, damit diese die Kraft aufbringt, eines Tages den Paß zu bezwingen, um zu dem Raumschiff zu gelangen, in der Hoffnung auf eine Rückkehr zur Erde …

Hysterically funny "Myth Manners' Guide to Greek Missology #1: Andromeda and Perseus." which is a parody of the legend of Andromeda and Perseus featuring thinly disguised modern characters.

Seeking vengeance against his usurping brother, Eric, Corwin, the rightful heir to the throne, ventures into the dark world of Shadow in order to gather ammunition, and is distracted by a beautiful and mysterious woman.

From the author of the popular Weather Warden series. Welcome to Morganville, Texas.

Just don't stay out after dark.

College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school's social scene: somewhere less than zero.

When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life. But they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.

Drizzt joins Bruenor on his quest for the fabled dwarven kingdom of Gauntlgrym: ruins said to be rich with ancient treasure and arcane lore. But before they even get close, another drow and dwarf pair stumbles across it first: Jarlaxle and Athrogate. In their search for treasure and magic, Jarlaxle and Athrogate inadvertently set into motion a catastrophe that could spell disaster for the unsuspecting people of the city of Neverwinter – a catastrophe big enough to lure even the mercenary Jarlaxle into risking his own coin and skin to stop it. Unfortunately, the more they uncover about the secret of Gauntlgrym, the more it looks like they can't stop it on their own. They'll need help, and from the last people they ever thought to fight alongside again: Drizzt and Bruenor.

A small band of travelers seeks to prevent a tyrant from finding the various pieces of a gate that, when fully assembled, will give him enormous power.

Nadciaga kryzys, jakiego ludzkość jeszcze nie doświadczyła. Zmiany klimatu, choroby roślin, brak surowców, klęska głodu. Skazy genetyczne i napromieniowanie grożą plagą bezpłodności. Czy ludzkość może przetrwać? Grupa naukowców pracujących nad klonowaniem tworzy w górach enklawę, która pozwoli przetrwać nielicznym, ale jak uchronić się przed bezpłodnością, jak zachować ludzi przy życiu. Nauka podpowiada rozwiązania, ale w warunkach doświadczalnych eksperyment wymyka się spod kontroli, a zakładane cele są wciąż modyfikowane. Czy człowiek ma przed sobą przyszłość? Wspaniała powieść Kate Wilhelm nie pozostawi cię obojętnym.

Nominowana do nagrody Nebula w 1976. Otrzymała nagrody Hugo, Locusa i Jupitera w 1977.

About the Author

Praise for the Garrett, P.I., Novels

"A wild science fiction mystery that never slows down for a moment."

— Midwest Book Review

"Garrett, private detective, returns after too long an absence. . Cook makes this blending of fantasy with hard-boiled-detective story seem easy, which it isn't, and manages to balance the requirements of both genres superbly."

— Chronicle

"Cook brings a dose of gritty realism to fantasy."

— Library Journal

"Eminently satisfying."

— Booklist

Der Gezeitensturm rückt näher: die Zeit, wenn die Zwillingsplaneten Opal und Erdstoß ihrer Sonne am nächsten kommen. Unglaubliche Gezeitenkräfte wirken auf die beiden Welten ein. Diesmal soll es besonders schlimm werden, denn die Große Konjunktion der Sterne und Planeten steht bevor. Über Erdstoß wurde ein absolutes Einreiseverbot verhängt. Doch einige Leichtsinnige lassen sich davon nicht abschrecken. Manche von ihnen sind einer untergegangenen Zivilisation auf der Spur. Andere sind auf Verbrecherjagd. Die Planetenverwalter Hans Rebka und May Perry haben keine Wahl: Sie müssen selbst nach Erdstoß reisen, um die Besucher von der Welt zu schaffen. Sie begeben sich auf eine lebensgefährliche Mission, die ungeahnte Geheimnisse bereithält?

Don Harvey è nato nello spazio, a bordo di un’astronave in caduta libera oltre l’orbita degli asteroidi, da padre terrestre e da madre di cittadinanza venusiana, si ritrova senza patria quando le colonie di Venere decidono di ribellarsi allo sfruttamento della Federazione Terrestre. È la storia della prima guerra cosmica, sullo sfondo di una grande trasformazione del sistema solare, in orbita intorno alla luna si sta costruendo il Cercatore di Orizzonti. La nave interstellare che porterà uomini e donne in un viaggio di centinaia d’anni, generazioni e generazioni su un mondo artificiale, verso altri sistemi stellari; su Marte e su Venere, gli indigeni intelligenti che i terrestri hanno trovato al loro arrivo sui pianeti gemelli ricordano epoche remotissime, nelle quali la Terra, Marte, Venere e i satelliti di Giove facevano parte di un grandioso Impero… Don Harvey, strappato al suoi studi, alla vita che conosceva, dallo scoppio della guerra, sfugge miracolosamente alla distruzione di Circum-Terra, la stazione spaziale che collega la Terra a Luna City e ai pianeti, e finisce su Venere, tra le paludi e le giungle del pianeta nebbioso, braccato da tutti i belligeranti perche, suo malgrado, egli è latore di un messaggio così importante che, da solo, potrebbe cambiare la storia del Sistema Solare.

Dentro de cincuenta años, las nuevas copiadoras-horno permitirán hacer copias perecederas de las personas. Esas copias, los llamados “ídem”, la gente de barro, tienen una vida prevista de un día, carecen de derechos legales o sociales, y son de diverso color según su función. Se les encargan las ocupaciones menos interesantes o las más peligrosas, todas las que rechazan los seres humanos verdaderos. Al final de su existencia, si es posible, los ídem “descargan” en su personaje original, el arquetipo o “archi”, las memorias recopiladas de ese día. Gente de barro narra las peripecias del detective Albert Morris y sus múltiples duplicados de barro en esa nueva sociedad. En el idemburgo se están haciendo copias pirata de una famosa cortesana, Gineen Wammaker, y Morris debe impedirlo. Un trabajo que no parece excesivamente difícil, pero que le llevará a descubrir una intrincada red de conspiraciones en en esa sociedad del futuro donde los ídem carecen de derechos y de todo tipo de consideración.

David Brin, galardonado ya con diversos premios Nebula y Hugo, utiliza una narración detectivesca, del tipo hard-boiled, para mostrar las complejidades de una sociedad en la que existe una curiosa versión de los “replicantes” del Blade Runner cinematográfico.

Novela finalista del premio Hugo 2003.

Novela finalista del premio Arthur C. Clarke 2003.

ORBIT HOSPITAL ist ein Klinikum im All, das allen raumfahrenden Lebensformen der Galaxis medizinische Hilfe leistet. Es nimmt alle Geschöpfe auf, ob sie ein Dutzend Gliedmaßen haben oder gar keine, ob sie sich von Radioaktivität ernähren oder Wasser atmen — von anderen exotischen Gewohnheiten und Bedürfnissen ganz zu schweigen. Es ist ein ökologisches Tollhaus und ein organisatorischer Irrwitz, aber es ist für alle da und es funktioniert. Es ist im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes — lebensnotwendig.

While developing a new system to maintain Morganville's defenses, student Claire Danvers discovers a way to amplify vampire mental powers. Through this, she's able to re-establish the field around this vampire-infested Texas college town that protects it from outsiders.

But the new upgrades have an unexpected consequence: people inside the town begin to slowly forget who they are—even the vampires. Soon, the town's little memory problem has turned into a full-on epidemic. Now Claire needs to figure out a way to pull the plug on her experiment—before she forgets how to save Morganville...

Sarakšo planetą atrado Baderio ekspedicija 2148 metais. Paaiškėjus, kad joje gyvena technologinę civilizaciją sukūrę humanoidai, ekspedicijos vadas nusprendžia tučtuojau nerti hipererdvėn ir pranešti apie atradimą Galaktikos Saugumo Tarybai. Kiek vėliau paaiškėja, kad Sarakšo civilizacija pergyveno termobranduolinę katastrofą. Ir štai tuomet į Sarakšą atvyksta Maksimas Kamereris, dvidešimtmetis Laisvosios Paieškos Grupės narys, neturintis jokių progresoriškų ar paprasto kontaktavimo įgūdžių…

Czekał 7000 lat, by pokonać ludzkość.

Przyszła na świat, by przynieść wybawienie lub całkowitą zagładę…

Znakomita powieść wielokrotnego laureata nagród Hugo i Nebula, dorównująca napięciem i pomysłowością Grze Endera a głębią i skomplikowaniem Mówcy umarłych.

Tym razem rzecz dzieje się na planecie Imaculata, skolonizowanej przez człowieka setki pokoleń wcześniej. Cywilizacja ludzka jest jednak w ciągłym zagrożeniu. Zgodnie z przepowiednią ratunek lub ostateczną zagładę ma przynieść pracowita potomkini Kapitana Statku.

Discover how the Amadis began in this fascinating prequel to the award-winning Soul Savers Series!

While the land of Ancient Greece is plagued with mortals' wars, twins Cassandra and Jordan have lived more than a lifetime as outcasts. When their dying father divulges a secret that's been buried in his soul, his children come to opposite conclusions, launching them down two very different paths.

Jordan descends down a road of darkness and discovers the Daemoni, servants to Satan. His passion to gain their inhuman abilities, especially that of immortality, nearly consumes him, but when he thinks he's achieved his ultimate goal, he yearns for his sister to share in his power.

Cassandra, however, follows the path of healing and light. She cares for the wounded and dying on the battlefields, while praying for the end to such atrocities. But her brother is determined to bring her into the war of all ages - the one for human souls.

Whether you've already immersed yourself in the world of the Amadis through the main Soul Savers Series, or this is your initial foray into Cook's world, you'll find yourself addicted and wanting more until long past the last word.

Even a Ghost Can Die

Deep within an ancient bunker, the Desert Rangers uncover the secret to defeating the Base Cochise AI, the crazed computer responsible for spawning the killer robots terrorizing the Arizona wastes. But the secret is hidden under a mountain, and protected by a cult known as the Guardians of the Old Order, who hate everything the rangers stand for.

As the Rangers fight the Guardians, Ghost, the clone of a clone of a ranger, fights a battle of his own. Should he continue to help the friends of the man he used to be? Should he sacrifice himself to save humanity? Why bother, when the only person who treats him with any humanity at all might not be entirely human herself?

You Can’t Keep A Good Ranger Down

Hunting for the source of the killer robots terrorizing the Arizona wastes, a team of Desert Rangers stumbles into the town of Darwin’s Village. The people there are weak and getting weaker, dying of a disease born inside the research facility that employs them all.

As the rangers search the facility for a cure, one of them, Ghost, is also looking for other answers. Only days before he awoke in a cloning chamber knowing nothing of his previous life except that he’d worn a ranger’s star and he’d died in Darwin’s Village.

But who killed him? And why? And more importantly, can he fill the boots of the man he used to be?

A sequel to Yukikaze (Haikasoru, 2010)

The alien JAM have been at war with humanity for over thirty years… or have they? Rei Fukai of the FAF’s Special Air Force and his intelligent plane Yukikaze have seen endless battles, but after declaring “Humans are unnecessary now,” and forcibly ejecting Fukai, Yukikaze is on her own. Is the target of the JAM’s hostility really Earth’s machines? And have the artificial intelligences of Earth been acting in concert with the JAM to manipulate Yukikaze? As Rei tries to ascertain the truth behind the intentions of both sides, he realizes that his own humanity may be at risk, and that the JAM are about to make themselves known to the world at large.

“Yukikaze may be the perfect bridge between anime and the sort of military SF which I write. The novel is a clean, detached look at war and warriors: fast-moving, poetic, and precise even when describing passion. A remarkable book, unique in my experience.”

David Drake, author of Hammers Slammers

What happens when the plot ends? A relentless barrage of weddings, babies, and planetary colonisation! Meandering through the two years following the conclusion of the Touchstone Trilogy, this self-indulgent collection of family reminiscence is more saccharine than dramatic, with the most action to be found in snowball fights.

For those who truly just want to know what happens next, no matter how mundane, read on for the everyday, ordinary lives of psychic space ninjas playing house.

The official novelization of the much-anticipated brand-new Godzilla movie — a rebirth for the major international franchise! Gareth Edwards' Godzilla will be released on May 16, 2014!

An epic rebirth of Toho's iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world's most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence

In the heart of a huge, beautiful new office building in downtown Los Angeles, something has gone totally, frighteningly wrong. The Yu Corporation Building, hailed as a monument to human genius, is quietly snuffing out employees it doesn't like. The brain of the building can't be outsmarted or unplugged — if the people inside are to survive, they'll have to be very, very lucky.

In the heart of a huge, beautiful new office building in downtown Los Angeles, something has gone totally, frighteningly wrong. The Yu Corporation Building, hailed as a monument to human genius, is quietly snuffing out employees it doesn't like. The brain of the building can't be outsmarted or unplugged — if the people inside are to survive, they'll have to be very, very lucky.

When a robot defies his programming, is he broken? Or is he something else?

A short story of 5,000 words.

Journey below Area 51 in a conspiratorial thriller that will mystify readers with chilling insight about fringe sciences controlled by the military-industrial complex. Author Bryan O challenges readers to discern fact from fiction in a mainstream narrative that questions the origin and use of advanced technologies. The plot offers multiple perspectives, allowing readers to identify with the book whether they are believers, non-believers or new to the conspiracy genre.

Groom Lake is not just a novel; the story is a briefing on America’s shadow programs, methods and reasoning, intertwined with fast-paced scenarios where intelligence agents guard their fringe programs from inquisitive civilians, China’s Ministry of State Security and a congressional task force investigating hidden government spending.

Paleontologist David Ludlum thinks the frequent reports of alligators in the sewers of New York may be evidence of something much more dangerous… and much, much older.

Ray Aldridge's last story here was "The Beastbreaker,” (February 1990). His compelling new novella is the story of a dying longhauler named John Thinwolf, stranded on an odd and menacing outpost called Jaworld ...

Geek Love is the story of the Binewskis, a carny family whose mater- and paterfamilias set out — with the help of amphetamine, arsenic, and radioisotopes — to breed their own exhibit of human oddities. There’s Arturo the Aquaboy, who has flippers for limbs and a megalomaniac ambition worthy of Genghis Khan. Iphy and Elly, the lissome Siamese twins.. albino hunchback Oly, and the outwardly normal Chick, whose mysterious gifts make him the family’s most precious — and dangerous — asset.

As the Binewskis take their act across the backwaters of the U.S., inspiring fanatical devotion and murderous revulsion; as its members conduct their own Machiavellian version of sibling rivalry, Geek Love throws its sulfurous light on our notions of the freakish and the normal, the beautiful and the ugly, the holy and the obscene. Family values will never be the same.

Geek Love is the story of the Binewskis, a carny family whose mater- and paterfamilias set out — with the help of amphetamine, arsenic, and radioisotopes — to breed their own exhibit of human oddities. There’s Arturo the Aquaboy, who has flippers for limbs and a megalomaniac ambition worthy of Genghis Khan. Iphy and Elly, the lissome Siamese twins.. albino hunchback Oly, and the outwardly normal Chick, whose mysterious gifts make him the family’s most precious — and dangerous — asset.

As the Binewskis take their act across the backwaters of the U.S., inspiring fanatical devotion and murderous revulsion; as its members conduct their own Machiavellian version of sibling rivalry, Geek Love throws its sulfurous light on our notions of the freakish and the normal, the beautiful and the ugly, the holy and the obscene. Family values will never be the same.

Also appeared as “The Fight with the Gorgon”.

Jon didn’t know why he held a sword in his hand to fend off the Wild Ones; he knew only that he was one of many who for centuries had become—

Die Zeichen stehen auf Krieg – und obwohl Auraya in ihrer neuen Rolle als Beschützerin der Siyee alles daran setzt, nicht in diesen Konflikt mit hineingezogen zu werden, kann sie ihm doch nicht entrinnen. Mehr noch – sie scheint sich gegen die Götter stellen zu müssen, denen sie einst gedient hat. Doch nur so hat sie eine Chance, all jene zu retten, die ihr etwas bedeuten ...

This isn’t quite what the phrase “movers and shakers” usually means…

Игра? Реальность? Что делать, если ты не помнишь, как именно тут очутился, а разлогиниться и все выяснить возможности нет? Правильно - идти и качаться! LitRPG в древнеславянском антураже. Обновление от 07.09.2015 P.s. Книга завершена в черновом варианте. Всем приятного чтения!

At the heart of a provocative narrative that stretches from Renaissance Italy to the moons of Jupiter is the father of modern science: Galileo Galilei. To the inhabitants of the Jovian moons, Galileo is a revered figure whose actions will influence the subsequent history of the human race. From the summit of their distant future, a charismatic renegade named Ganymede travels to the past to bring Galileo forward in an attempt to alter history and ensure the ascendancy of science over religion. And if that means Galileo must be burned at the stake, so be it. From Galileo's heresy trial to the politics of far-future Jupiter, Kim Stanley Robinson illuminates the parallels between a distant past and an even more remote future--in the process celebrating the human spirit and calling into question the convenient truths of our own moment in time.

Meet Mike. Mike wants to be a responsible human, but he's buried in student loans and job prospects are bleak in the down economy. What he needs is a well-paying job that provides health care. This is what leads Mike to accepting a job at NEOTAP, a government-run prison.

But NEOTAP is unlike any other prison. NEOTAP is a place where the employees are treated no better than the prisoners. Where your personal conversations are monitored. Wait, do you feel that? That's not the ever-loving presence of God you feel. It's NEOTAP, watching you right now. Worst of all, employees and prisoners alike are disappearing from NEOTAP. People who show up for work one day might be gone the next, their existence erased from all NEOTAP records.

After becoming aware of the string of disappearances, Mike and Monica Whitten, a fellow NEOTAP employee, team up to discover the truth behind NEOTAP. But before Mike and Monica discover the violent uprising on the horizon, they will drink pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks, they will watch movies on Netflix, they will form a meaningful relationship in hopes of one day achieving the five pillars of a happy life.

Repeat after me:

Go to work and do your job. Care for your children. Pay your bills. Obey the law. Buy products.

The first of three media tie-in novels based on the hit RPG franchise Deadlands

From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry, the first in a thrilling series of novels based on Deadlands, a hugely successful role-playing game (RPG) set in the Weird, Weird West.

Welcome to the Deadlands, where steely-eyed gunfighters rub shoulders with mad scientists and dark, unnatural forces. Where the Great Quake of 1868 has shattered California into a labyrinth of sea-flooded caverns… and a mysterious substance called "ghost rock" fuels exotic steampunk inventions as well as plenty of bloodshed and flying bullets.

In Ghostwalkers, a gun-for-hire, literally haunted by his bloody past, comes to the struggling town of Paradise Falls, where he becomes embroiled in a deadly conflict between the besieged community and a diabolically brilliant alchemist who is building terrible new weapons of mass destruction… and an army of the living dead!

Deadlands is one of the most popular RPGs in history, with over a million Deadlands gaming books sold.

Dans le monde exotique et décadent du Boudayin, il faut être prêt aux rencontres les plus inattendues. On y croise aussi bien des avatars de James Bond (sourcil arqué, gin et Walther PPK) que des Levantins adipeux, des disciples enturbannés de Jack l’Éventreur des Sœurs Veuves noires (cuir et couteau) ou un « parrain » bicentenaire.

Il faut dire que dans ce Moyen-Orient du XXIIesiècle, il suffit de s’enficher dans le crâne un module mimétique pour changer de personnalité. Mais pour Marîd Audran, synthèse islamique de Philip Marlowe et Nero Wolfe, comme pour tous les autres protagonistes de cet additif aux Mille et Une Nuits, le monde a beau se déglinguer le rite du café à la cardamome ou le ramadân, ça reste sacré. Et c’est ainsi qu’Allah est grand.

‘Vimes ran a practised eye over the assortment before him. It was the usual Ankh-Morpork mob in times of crisis; half of them were here to complain, a quarter of them were here to watch the other half, and the remainder were here to rob, importune or sell hotdogs to the rest.’

Insurrection is in the air in Ankh-Morpork. The Haves and Have-Nots are about to fall out all over again. Captain Sam Vimes of the city’s ramshackle Night Watch is used to this. It’s enough to drive a man to drink. Well, to drink more. But this time, something is different — the Have-Nots have found the key to a dormant, lethal weapon that even they don’t fully understand, and they’re about to unleash a campaign of terror on the city. Time for Captain Vimes to sober up.

Annotations collected and edited by Leo Breebaart. http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/guards-guards.html

In principle, maximizing freedom of choice sounds like the highest of ideals. In practice, if too many make the same choice…

When genetics becomes a matter of choice, “nature vs. nurture” takes on whole new dimensions.

The second incredible book in The Keys to the Kingdom, now in hardcover. Arthur doesn't think he will ever have to return to the strange house that nearly killed him on Monday -- the house that contains an entire world. But Tuesday brings new challenges -- in the form of an enemy named Grim Tuesday, who threatens the well-being of both Arthur's family and his world. Arthur must retrieve the Second Key from Grim Tuesday in order to save everything -- an adventure that will include stealing a Sunship, surviving a very weird work camp, befriending a bearlike spirit, fighting the voidlike Nithlings, and traveling to the scary Far Reaches for the ultimate showdown..

Lamed and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.

To the citizens of the planet Erin, the Godspeed Drive is a legendary device from a lost age before the isolation of the Forty Worlds. To teenager Jay Hara, however, it is his one chance to claim his future in deep space—if he can find it. The author of Cold as Ice sets this coming-of-age adventure against the backdrop of a planet struggling in quiet desperation to hold onto the remnants of a dying technology. Despite the high-action content of his plot, Sheffield never slights his characters or his science. A good choice for most sf collections.

‘The post was an old thing, of course, but it was so old that it had magically become new again.’

The post office is an ailing institution belonging to the olden days. New technology overshadows its mind-numbing bureaucracy and the creakingly slow pace of change. You can call them nostalgic, but there are still people who believe in the post: in the beauty of stamps and cast-iron pillar boxes, and the dignity of the postman braving hail, wind and troublesome dogs. And sometimes it’s worth standing up for what you believe in.

Попаданец в гантз. Внимание. ГГ моральными принципами малость обделен, и вообще извращенец. Попадает в тело Кея Куроно, знает канон и собирается выжить или как минимум повеселится перед смертью.

В книге присутствуют сцены насилия, сексуального характера и унижения.

По хронологии - первая история про Кея.

Фэндом: Gantz

Основные персонажи: Кей Куроно, Кей Кишимото , Сэй Сакураока, Садаё Судзумура (Садако)

Пэйринг: Кей/гарем

Рейтинг: NC-21

Жанры: Гет, Фемслэш (юри), Юмор, Фантастика, Мистика, Экшн (action), Психология, Пародия, Даркфик, POV, Hurt/comfort, Мифические существа, Стёб, Омегаверс

Предупреждения: BDSM, смерть основного персонажа, OOC, насилие, нецензурная лексика, групповой секс, Мэри Сью (Марти Стью), ОЖП, Underage

Статус: закончено

Почтовая антиутопия.

»Black Jack« Geary musste als Kommandeur schon viele riskante Entscheidungen fällen. Doch seine Offiziere zweifeln an seinem Verstand, als er die Allianz-Flotte wieder ins Lakota-Sternensystem zurückbeordert, wo sie zuletzt beinahe zerstört wurde. Während er sich bemüht, dem Feind immer einen Schritt voraus zu sein, muss er sich Verschwörern aus den eigenen Reihen stellen — eine unbekannte Anzahl an Offizieren will ihn des Kommandos entheben. Geary weiß, dass seine Flotte sich keinesfalls innere Unruhen leisten kann. Denn sonst reißen die Syndics ihn und seine Leute in tausend Stücke…

« Black Jack » Geary viendra-t-il jamais à bout des épreuves qui se succèdent et s’empilent sur son chemin ? À peine sa flotte est-elle revenue de son périple dans l’espace inexploré par-delà la frontière des mondes humains qu’il lui faut intervenir dans le système de Midway tout récemment libéré. Car le pouvoir central syndic, en dépit de sa défaite, n’a pas dit son dernier mot et cherche à reprendre la main… Pourtant, il faut retourner dans l’Alliance, il faut y escorter les délégués de cette espèce extraterrestre qu’on nomme désormais les Danseurs, de possibles alliés, mais dont les motivations restent mystérieuses. Il faut y ramener aussi l’Invulnérable, ce gigantesque bâtiment capturé de haute lutte : une prise inestimable. Tout cela sans savoir quelles machinations politiques attendent l’amiral Geary dans sa patrie, sans savoir non plus quelle extravagante requête les Danseurs présenteront à l’humanité. Gardien fait suite à Intrépide et Invulnérable.

The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.

Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.

Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors. But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat. Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or...

Es ist die größte Herausforderung, der sich die Menschheit je gegenübersah: die Besiedlung unseres Nachbarplaneten Mars. Die Verwandlung einer lebensfeindlichen Wüstenwelt in einen blauen Planeten wie die Erde. Von der ersten bemannten Landung auf dem Mars über die frühen Kolonien und ihre Auseinandersetzungen, welche Form von Gesellschaft sie erbauen sollen, bis zum riskanten Versuch, das Klima einer ganzen Welt zu verändern — Kim Stanley Robinson erzählt in seiner Mars-Trilogie die Geschichte der Zukunft wie ein großes historisches Epos.

Magic and mayhem. Vampires and gods. Cops and werewolves. The binding thread of mysticism in the modern world and acts of kindness, small and large, random and focused. Join these ten authors as we travel through their worlds.

David Marusek’s most recent story for us, “We Were out of Our Minds with Joy” (November 1995), was a finalist for both the Hugo and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. Although Mr. Marusek’s latest tale has a new cast of characters, he considers it the second in “what I hope to be a series of stories about life in the next century.” A substantially different version of “Getting to Know You” originally appeared in England in Horizon House Publications’ 1997 anthology, future histories. Readers can reach the author at his home page URL, which is: www.sff.net/people/david_marusek/

Фантастическай рассказ.

Nordhausen is back with new research and his hand on the neck of the terrorist behind the Palma Event. Now the project team struggles to discover how and where the Assassins have intervened to restore the chaos of Palma, and their search leads them on one of the greatest naval sagas of modern history.

В маленькой деревне происходят странные явления в заброшенном доме, которые получили у местных жителей название «Чёрт». При попытке выяснить, в чем дело, бесследно исчез помощник участкового. Позже в Донецке, расследуя обычный угон, следователь Серегин вскрывает преступную сеть, которой руководит неуловимый преступник по кличке Тень, обладающий невероятными способностями к гипнозу. Продолжая расследование, Серегин натыкается на результат эксперимента нацистского ученого времён ВОВ.

Godzina Byka to opis działań ekspedycji gwiezdnej ludzi Ery Podanych Rąk na planetę skolonizowaną w dalekiej przeszłości przez uciekinierów z Ziemi. Zbudowali na niej swój świat, ale popełniając liczne błędy zniszczyli planetę do tego stopnia, że społeczeństwo Jan-Jah ledwie egzystuje, czy raczej wegetuje. A dobrze się mają tylko oligarchowie i aparat represji. Z tym zacofanym światem, gdzie nikt nie słyszał o prawach człowieka, wolności, a dobra są reglamentowane, zderza Jefremow astronautów statku „Ciemny Płomień” — pięknych, młodych ludzi, którzy natychmiast chcą uwolnić planetę od oligarchów.

Radzieckiej cenzurze powieść Jefremowa się nie spodobała, gdyż planeta, której astronauci idą na ratunek, zbyt przypominała sowiecką rzeczywistość.

Dziwna to historia, w której dwóch badaczy radzieckich stara się dowieść faktu, że dawno temu, na długo zanim na Ziemi pojawił się człowiek, na naszej planecie pojawiły się statki obcych istot. Kosmitów będących na wysokim szczeblu rozwoju, którzy już wtedy potrafili opanować siłę atomu. Tym dziwniejszy jest fakt, że dowieść tego muszą, badając zakopywane przez miliony lat kości wielkich gadów. Cóż — jak widać paleontologia w wydaniu radzieckiego autora, który sam był paleontologiem, to nie tylko nauka o przeszłości, ale także taka, która zmierza ku przyszłości. To dyskusje o tym, czym powinny się charakteryzować myślące, inteligentne istoty i dlaczego. Roztrząsane są więc wielkość czaszki, rodzaj uzębienia, czy ilość i długość kończy, ale także przecież otoczenie, w jakim mogło dojść do rozwinięcia się tak zaawansowanej technologii, która pozwoliła tajemniczym kosmicznym przybyszom odwiedzić Ziemię. To opowieść, która skupia uwagę na fizycznych i socjologicznych podstawach. „Gwiezdne okręty” traktują również o tym, czy warto zajmować się gałęzią nauki, która jest w danym momencie niepopularna. Tak więc — utwór niedługi, ale ważny. Zarówno jeśli chodzi o jego treść, jak i fakt, że pokazuje kierunki, w których zmierzała nauka radziecka w końcu lat czterdziestych oraz... o czym marzyli ówcześni naukowcy.

Occurs eight years before the events in Promise of Blood.

Taniel Two-Shot is a powder mage with the Tristan Ghost Irregulars, a band of volunteers who have made a name for themselves fighting in the Fatrastan Revolution. They range through the swamps of the frontier, cutting off enemy supplies and raiding towns while Taniel hunts the Privileged sorcerers that make the Kez armies so powerful.

When a desperate call for help comes from the nearby city of Planth, the Irregulars aren't the only ones to answer and Taniel must deal with another hero of the revolution: Mad Colonel Styke. But not all is well within the young Fatrastan government, and more hangs on the defense of Planth than Taniel and his companions could possibly know.

Occurs eight months before the events of Promise of Blood.

The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told… until now.

There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside.

At the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. From a bit farther away comes the chink of an aluminum bat hitting a baseball as the Senior League kids practice for the Labor Day charity game.

One day, a stranger calls to Gwendy: “Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me.”

On a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat like for a suit, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat…

Journey back to Castle Rock again in this chilling new novella by Stephen King, bestselling author of The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, and Richard Chizmar, award-winning author of A Long December. This book will be a Cemetery Dance Publications exclusive with no other editions currently planned anywhere in the world!

The amazing exploits of Wilson Wu and his pal Irving, who we first met in “The Hole in the Hole” (February 1994), and Irv’s curvaceous fiancée, Candy, who we came to know in “The Edge of the Universe” (August 1996), are amusingly recounted in Terry Bisson’s hilarious new tale.

The worst effects of addiction are much the same, no matter what you’re addicted to…

Midway libéré, mais Midway menacé, Midway subverti, Midway contraint à résister à des dangers dont on ignore quand et d’où ils surgiront.

Le général Drakon va partir en mission dans le système voisin d’Ulindi où un potentat local aux visées impérialistes s’est emparé du pouvoir. Piège, Ulindi, car le Syndicat n’a pas dit son dernier mot ; piège encore, la menace de soulèvement que la présidente Iceni va devoir affronter seule… L’étau se resserre.

Comme toujours, l’issue serait un pas nouveau vers la démocratie, mais le parcours et la culture de nos deux dirigeants rebelles ne leur rendent pas cette démarche naturelle.

Tandis que « Par-delà la frontière » prolonge la série de « La flotte perdue », Jack Campbell a ouvert un troisième champ de romans imbriqués, celui des « Étoiles perdues ». Glaive imparfait fait suite à L’Honneur terni et Bouclier périlleux.

The forces that drive people into space may be quite down to Earth…

THE OFFICIAL NOVELIZATION TO THE MOTION PICTURE “GHOST IN THE SHELL” FROM PARAMOUNT PICTURES, DREAMWORKS PICTURES AND RELIANCE ENTERTAINMENT.

Based on the internationally-acclaimed sci-fi property, “GHOST IN THE SHELL” follows the Major, a special ops one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9. Devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists, Section 9 is faced with an enemy whose singular goal is to wipe out Hanka Robotic’s advancements in cyber technology.

Haldale has been destroyed and forty million killed. King Daulun Jongo is searching for the ships that destroyed one of his fleets and destroying Haldale was just an example of what to expect if they interfered with him again. The Empire is out gunned and they know its just a matter of time until Jongo discovers Bristone. Things dont look good and they will soon discover that Jongo is being held hostage by an evil Provincial Duke that has two thousand Searchers in his fleet.

The Empire is caught up in a civil war and survival is uncertain. What no one knows is an invader is waiting for the winner to be determined before they attack.

The action continues in Greysons Revenge as the Emperor fights to bring peace to a war weary universe.

“Interesting quirks and divided loyalties flesh out this first novel in which sf and mystery intersect in a well-crafted plot… Pedreira’s science thriller powerfully highlights the human politics and economics from the seemingly desolate expanse of the moon. It will attract readers who enjoyed Andy Weir's lunar crime caper Artemis.”

— Library Journal, starred review

A realistic and chilling vision of life on the Moon, where dust kills as easily as the vacuum of space… but murder is even quicker—a fast-paced, cinematic science fiction thriller, this debut novel combines the inventiveness of The Martian, the intrigue of The Expanse, and the thrills of Red Rising.

The Moon smells like gunpowder. Every lunar walker since Apollo 11 has noticed it: a burnt-metal scent that reminds them of war. Caden Dechert, the chief of the U.S. mining operation on the edge of the Sea of Serenity, thinks the smell is just a trick of the mind—a reminder of his harrowing days as a Marine in the war-torn Middle East back on Earth.

It’s 2072, and lunar helium-3 mining is powering the fusion reactors that are bringing Earth back from environmental disaster. But competing for the richest prize in the history of the world has destroyed the oldest rule in space: Safety for All. When a bomb kills one of Dechert’s diggers on Mare Serenitatis, the haunted veteran goes on the hunt to expose the culprit before more blood is spilled.

But as Dechert races to solve the first murder in the history of the Moon, he gets caught in the crosshairs of two global powers spoiling for a fight. Reluctant to be the match that lights this powder-keg, Dechert knows the lives of him and his crew are meaningless to the politicians. Even worse, he knows the killer is still out there, hunting.

In his desperate attempts to save his crew and prevent the catastrophe he sees coming, the former Marine uncovers a dangerous conspiracy that, with one spark can ignite a full lunar war, wipe out his team … and perhaps plunge the Earth back into darkness.

“Interesting quirks and divided loyalties flesh out this first novel in which sf and mystery intersect in a well-crafted plot… Pedreira’s science thriller powerfully highlights the human politics and economics from the seemingly desolate expanse of the moon. It will attract readers who enjoyed Andy Weir's lunar crime caper Artemis.”

— Library Journal, starred review

A realistic and chilling vision of life on the Moon, where dust kills as easily as the vacuum of space… but murder is even quicker—a fast-paced, cinematic science fiction thriller, this debut novel combines the inventiveness of The Martian, the intrigue of The Expanse, and the thrills of Red Rising.

The Moon smells like gunpowder. Every lunar walker since Apollo 11 has noticed it: a burnt-metal scent that reminds them of war. Caden Dechert, the chief of the U.S. mining operation on the edge of the Sea of Serenity, thinks the smell is just a trick of the mind—a reminder of his harrowing days as a Marine in the war-torn Middle East back on Earth.

It’s 2072, and lunar helium-3 mining is powering the fusion reactors that are bringing Earth back from environmental disaster. But competing for the richest prize in the history of the world has destroyed the oldest rule in space: Safety for All. When a bomb kills one of Dechert’s diggers on Mare Serenitatis, the haunted veteran goes on the hunt to expose the culprit before more blood is spilled.

But as Dechert races to solve the first murder in the history of the Moon, he gets caught in the crosshairs of two global powers spoiling for a fight. Reluctant to be the match that lights this powder-keg, Dechert knows the lives of him and his crew are meaningless to the politicians. Even worse, he knows the killer is still out there, hunting.

In his desperate attempts to save his crew and prevent the catastrophe he sees coming, the former Marine uncovers a dangerous conspiracy that, with one spark can ignite a full lunar war, wipe out his team … and perhaps plunge the Earth back into darkness.

Мир спасен, жизнь прекрасна, тебя все любят и ценят, пусть и спрятали в какой-то медвежий угол якобы в целях безопасности… Но какая же тут скука! Впрочем, только на первый взгляд – свои развлечения есть везде. А уличный этап мирового турниры Битвы чемпионов – это вполне неплохое времяпрепровождение. Особенно учитывая некоторые божественные подарки, которые даже с твоим уникальным стратегическим и тактическим талантом серьезно усложняют жизнь. Новый вызов для простого русского парня из 2010-х в мире будущего… Он же все еще чемпион?

Мир спасен, жизнь прекрасна, тебя все любят и ценят, пусть и спрятали в какой-то медвежий угол якобы в целях безопасности… Но какая же тут скука! Впрочем, только на первый взгляд – свои развлечения есть везде. А уличный этап мирового турниры Битвы чемпионов – это вполне неплохое времяпрепровождение. Особенно учитывая некоторые божественные подарки, которые даже с твоим уникальным стратегическим и тактическим талантом серьезно усложняют жизнь. Новый вызов для простого русского парня из 2010-х в мире будущего… Он же все еще чемпион?

[The Expanse #2.5]: The story takes place between Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate.

Set in the hard-scrabble solar system of Leviathan Wakes and Caliban's War, Gods of Risk deepens James S. A. Corey's acclaimed Expanse series.

As tension between Mars and Earth mounts, and terrorism plagues the Martian city of Londres Nova, sixteen-year-old David Draper is fighting his own lonely war. A gifted chemist vying for a place at the university, David leads a secret life as a manufacturer for a ruthless drug dealer. When his friend Leelee goes missing, leaving signs of the dealer's involvement, David takes it upon himself to save her. But first he must shake his aunt Bobbie Draper, an ex-marine who has been set adrift in her own life after a mysterious series of events nobody is talking about.

During an apocalyptic battle against murderous machines and hardened soldiers a lone salvage marine turns the tide with a devastating counter attack. Having revealed herself as a consummate warrior, Jada Sek is welcomed into the ranks of the Dire Swords, an elite fighting force loyal only to the contract.

As the other marines return to their salvage duties Jada and her new comrades, each as haunted by the ghosts of their past as she is, plunge yet further into necrospace. They are repeatedly deployed to disrupt and destroy the endeavors of corporate competitors, and along the way discover that the enigma of the machine race is more sinister and complex than any imagined.

Surrounded by the specters of an ancient holocaust and forced to face her inner conflict, Jada must make a choice. When the money ceases to matter, when surviving loses its significance, and the thrill of taking the fight right into the teeth of the enemy seems like the only truth left in this scrapyard of a universe, it is time to let the marine die so that the mercenary can be born.

From the Author

Thank you for joining me in Necrospace…

The adventure continues in:

• Salvage Marines (Book 1)

• Dead Worlds (Book 2)

• Trade War (Book 3)

• Ghost Faction (Book 4)

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You might also like my other tales of war and adventure:

• Gladiators vs Zombies

• Wasteland Survival Guide

• Black Metal: The Orc Wars

• Ember Days: An Urban Fantasy Novel

A shocking vision of our future that is one part Minority Report and one part Chinatown.

Lazlo Ratesic is 54, a 19-year veteran of the Speculative Service, from a family of law enforcement and in a strange alternate society that values law and truth above all else. This is how Laz must, by law, introduce himself, lest he fail to disclose his true purpose or nature, and by doing so, be guilty of a lie.

Laz is a resident of The Golden State, a nation resembling California, where like-minded Americans retreated after the erosion of truth and the spread of lies made public life, and governance, increasingly impossible. There, surrounded by the high walls of compulsory truth-telling, knowingly contradicting the truth—the Objectively So—is the greatest possible crime. Stopping those crimes, punishing them, is Laz’s job. In its service, he is one of the few individuals permitted to harbor untruths—to “speculate” on what might have happened in the commission of a crime.

But the Golden State is far less a paradise than its name might suggest. To monitor, verify, and enforce the Objectively So requires a veritable panopticon of surveillance, recording, and record-keeping. And when those in control of the truth twist it for nefarious means, the Speculators may be the only ones with the power to fight back.

Golden State is a prescient, devastating commentary on humanity’s disintegrating attachment to reality and truth, expertly told through the prism of a police-procedural, dystopian nightmare. Winters has written a 1984 for the 21st century. Not just a thrilling book, but an important one.

Blake Crouch, author of DARK MATTER and TV series WAYWARD PINES

A shocking vision of our future that is one part Minority Report and one part Chinatown.

Lazlo Ratesic is 54, a 19-year veteran of the Speculative Service, from a family of law enforcement and in a strange alternate society that values law and truth above all else. This is how Laz must, by law, introduce himself, lest he fail to disclose his true purpose or nature, and by doing so, be guilty of a lie.

Laz is a resident of The Golden State, a nation resembling California, where like-minded Americans retreated after the erosion of truth and the spread of lies made public life, and governance, increasingly impossible. There, surrounded by the high walls of compulsory truth-telling, knowingly contradicting the truth—the Objectively So—is the greatest possible crime. Stopping those crimes, punishing them, is Laz’s job. In its service, he is one of the few individuals permitted to harbor untruths—to “speculate” on what might have happened in the commission of a crime.

But the Golden State is far less a paradise than its name might suggest. To monitor, verify, and enforce the Objectively So requires a veritable panopticon of surveillance, recording, and record-keeping. And when those in control of the truth twist it for nefarious means, the Speculators may be the only ones with the power to fight back.

Golden State is a prescient, devastating commentary on humanity’s disintegrating attachment to reality and truth, expertly told through the prism of a police-procedural, dystopian nightmare. Winters has written a 1984 for the 21st century. Not just a thrilling book, but an important one.

Blake Crouch, author of DARK MATTER and TV series WAYWARD PINES

Do you have what it takes to survive?

The EMP hits. The lights go out and silence roars. Society is on the brink of violent chaos. The only way to survive is to get out, away from the cities and into the wilderness.

Max is an office worker with some gear and a plan. He’s one of the first to realize the unspoken dangers. A few years ago, he inherited an old farmhouse. His plan is to get to it as fast as possible and bunker down. He thinks he’s ready, but he quickly discovers that there’s more to surviving than just having the right gear.

Mandy is a waitress with the day off work. What seems like a normal power outage quickly turns terrifying. Her peaceful town is no longer the home she once knew. She’s offered a way out, but can she put her trust in a perfect stranger?

Georgia is a single mother who just wants to keep her two teenage kids safe. She drives a pickup and loves hunting. She has skills that could keep her family alive, but is she ready to make life or death decisions in the blink of an eye?

Do Max, Mandy, and Georgia have what it takes to overcome the unexpected? After all, even the best-laid plans can come up short.

Getting Out is book 1 of The EMP, a post-apocalyptic survival thriller series. It deals with real people fighting for their survival every inch of the way.

What would you do to get back home?

Max and Mandy are stranded miles from camp. Their vehicle has been burned, along with most of their gear. The road ahead means danger and the unknown.

Dan and Olivia are holed up in a suburban home. She’s gravely injured, and Dan waits anxiously for the soldiers to return. Will he alone be able to defend the house?

Georgia and the rest realize that Max and Mandy might not be returning. After the last attack, they know they have to step up their defenses. But will their efforts be enough to keep them alive?

Defending Camp is book 7 of The EMP, a post-apocalyptic survival thriller series. It deals with real people fighting for their survival every inch of the way.

Sean only needs to survive a week with his brother- and sister-in-law.

Until ash starts falling from the sky.

An apocalyptic volcanic eruption brings gray snowfall to his rural woodland home. Stuck inside, Sean and his family board up the windows and doors. They recount the food and supplies that Sean had amassed as a prepper. They hunker down to survive what looks like the end of the world.

But as the food stores deplete and the endless winter cold seeps deeper into their home, Sean and his family begin to discover that the greatest danger isn’t the ash outside. But something far worse within themselves.

Их с самого начала не принимали всерьёз.

Размороженные должны были стать расходным материалом, но по дикой прихоти судьбы смогли пережить собственных хозяев. Одни принялись покорять неприветливый мир будущего, исчезая один за другим. Другие решили затаиться, не подозревая, что этим лишь отсрочивают неизбежный конец. Само существование поддельных личностей несёт угрозу всей Системе.

И лишь один из всей группы продолжил начатое дело, наплевав на собственную безопасность и здравый смысл. Клим Денисов привык идти до самого конца, пусть даже он окажется его собственным.

Теперь он не одинок. Новые союзники тоже хотят докопаться до истины и прекратить загадочные смерти игроков, чего бы это ни стоило. Но не окажется ли цена слишком большой? Ведь таинственный охотник ещё не готов считать себя дичью…

Это будет хорошая охота!

Dok se Točak okreće, vetrovi sudbine šibaju zemlju, a Rand al’Tor se upinje da ujedini narode pred Poslednju bitku, kad Mračni bude oslobođen i kada neoprezno čovečanstvo bude upalo u zamke koje su postavili besmrtni Izgubljeni. Bela kula u Tar Valonu, pod Elaidom kao Amirlin, zaključila je da se Rand mora obuzdati – i smiriti, ako zatreba – i to odmah. Zato u Salidar, među Aes Sedai u izgnanstvu, stiže izaslanica, Tarna Fejr. Tamo je i Mogedijen, jedna od Izgubljenih, kao i Birgita, legendarna junakinja, ali samo Elejna i Ninaeva znaju ko su one zapravo. Suša i letnja žega nastavljaju se i tokom zime. Zbiva se još mnogo toga što nikad bilo nije: Rand okuplja muškarce sposobne da usmeravaju, brojne Dvorečanke kreću u Tar Valon na obuku, a jedna Aes Sedai vezuje za sebe Zaštitnika bez njegove saglasnosti – i to glavom i bradom Ponovorođenog Zmaja.

Поход мести Кратоса против богов Олимпа давно позади; теперь он живет как человек в царстве скандинавских богов и монстров. Именно в этом суровом, неумолимом мире он должен сражаться, чтобы выжить… и научить своего сына поступать так же. Это поразительное переосмысление God of War разрушает основные элементы, которые определили серию – упоение боем, захватывающие дух масштабы и мощное повествование – и сливает их заново, да так, что голова кругом!