Sharp defense attorney Paul Madriani was on the rise with the firm of Potter, Skarpellos -- until a short-lived affair with Potter's wife cost him his job. Now, Potter's wife is accused of his murder -- and Paul is thrust back into the big time, as he uncovers secrets that may end his career -- and his life.
Alle soglie del 200 l'improvvisa comparsa del Sasso, un gigantesco asteroide in orbita attorno alla Terra, getta lo scompiglio tra gli scienziati. Ma la vera sorpresa è al suo interno, perché lo scenario che si presenta ai primi esploratori è davvero al di là di ogni immaginazione. Forse un'astronave interstellare, comunque il prodotto di una stupefacente tecnologia, il Sasso è costituito da sette "camere" collegate da una rete di gallerie, e all'interno di ciascuna sorgono vaste città, habitat artificali, fiumi, laghi, immense biblioteche che raccolgono il sapere di un'intera civiltà. Ma se il Sasso non è di natura aliena, chi può avere ideato e realizzato una simile meraviglia? E quando? Per quale ragione, inoltre, i suoi abitanti l'hanno abbandonato ormai da secoli? Dopo anni di ricerche, gli scienziati hanno appena sfiorato i segreti del Sasso, e tocca quindi a Patricia Vasquez, esperta in matematica teorica, raccogliere la grande sfida.
The survivors are sent on a quest by the Benefactors to find and destroy the race that destroyed the Earth.
Dzięki zaangażowaniu ekscentrycznego milionera na niewielkiej wyspie w pobliżu Kostaryki powstaje Jurassic Park, którego największą atrakcją są żywe dinozaury, sklonowane za sprawą DNA pozyskanego z krwi zatopionych w bursztynie owadów. Niestety stworzony przez człowieka ekosystem wymyka się spod kontroli – dinozaury wydostają się na wolność i rozpoczynają polowanie na inne stworzenia oraz... ludzi. W latach dziewięćdziesiątych XX wieku od tej książki Michaela Crichtona zaczęła się wielka, trwająca do dziś fascynacja prehistorycznym światem dinozaurów. Niewątpliwy udział miała w tym znakomita ekranizacja powieści w reżyserii Stevena Spielberga.
Mickey awaits imminent chaos when his brother-in-law uses the moon's facilities in his quest for Absolute Zero and his sister Rho tries to read the memories of 410 cryogenically frozen heads.
In Eternity, multiple Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Greg Bear returns to the Earth of his acclaimed novel Eon--a world devastated by nuclear war. The crew of the asteroid-starship Thistledown has thwarted an attack by the Jarts by severing their link to the Way, an endless corridor that spans universes. The asteroid settled into orbit around Earth and the tunnel snaked away, forming a contained universe of its own. Forty years later, on Gaia, Rhita Vaskayza recklessly pursues her legacy, seeking an Earth once again threatened by forces from within and without. For physicist Konrad Korzenowski, murdered for creating The Way, and resurrected, is compelled by a faction determined to see it opened once more. And humankind will discover just how entirely they have underestimated their ancient adversaries.
THE FUTURE OF MANKIND CAN TAKE ONE OF TWO DIRECTIONS... The Mechanists are ancient aristocrats, their lives prosthetically extended with advanced technology. The Shapers are genetically altered revolutionaries, their skills the result of psychotechnic training and artificial conditioning. Both factions are fighting to control the Schismatrix of humankind. The Shapers are losing the battle, but Abelard Lindsay--a failed and exiled Shaper diplomat--isn't giving up. Across the galaxy, Lindsay moves from world to world, building empires, struggling for his cause--but more often fighting for his life. He is a rebel and a rogue, a pirate and a politician, a soldier and a scholar. He can alter the direction of man's destiny--if he can survive.. SCHISMATRIX
With a microchip pulsing inside his head, Ale Elatey was perfectly happy being a computer-linked expert for the almighty ORA:CLE. Until he stepped out on his terrace and a winged killer Dac tried to gun him down. Then Ale's life became one gigantic glitch. Computerized black doctor bags began making house calls to his home; the photo tried to burn a hole in his brain; his own union even ordered him to commit suicide. But Ale was never much good at following orders...
Framed for murder, married to the exquisite Gwen Novak, fleeing for his life in the Wild West free enterprise zones of the moon, Colonel Colin Campbell (23rd century writer, traveller and bon viveur) is pursued by mysterious forces. Heinlein is also the author of "Stranger in a Strange Land".
The 21st century was on the brink of nuclear confrontation when the 300 kilometer-long stone flashed out of nothingness and into Earth's orbit. NASA, NATO, and the UN sent explorers to the asteroid's surface...and discovered marvels and mysteries to drive researchers mad. For the Stone was from space--but perhaps not our space; it came from the future--but perhaps not our future; and within the hollowed asteroid was Thistledown. The remains of a vanished civilization. A human--English, Russian, and Chinese-speaking--civilization. Seven vast chambers containing forests, lakes, rivers, hanging cities... And museums describing the Death; the catastrophic war that was about to occur; the horror and the long winter that would follow. But while scientists and politicians bickered about how to use the information to stop the Death, the Stone yielded a secret that made even Earth's survival pale into insignificance.
Z górą sto lat po śmierci Elijaha Baleya z wolna zaczyna się spełniać jego największe marzenie – kolonizacja Galaktyki. Dzięki przyjaznej polityce Hana Fastolfe’a z Aurory mieszkańcy Ziemi zasiedlają kolejne planety. Gdy jednak Fastolfe umiera, głowę podnosi jego największy przeciwnik, Kelden Amadiro. Kiedy na opuszczonej Solarii zniszczone zostają statki kupców, Przestrzeńcy i Osadnicy - miast wspólnie zajmować Galaktykę - stają na krawędzi konfliktu. Jego wybuchowi zapobiec może tylko Gladia, dawna ukochana Baleya. Wraz ze swoimi robotami, Giskardem Reventlovem i Daneelem Olivawem, oraz potomkiem nowojorskiego detektywa wyrusza w przestrzeń, by uratować ideę Imperium Galaktycznego. Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) to bodaj najwybitniejszy i najpoczytniejszy autor science fiction wszech czasów. Sławę zapewniły mu przede wszystkim dwa epokowe cykle: „Fundacja” (wydana przez REBIS wraz z uzupełniającymi ją tomami autorstwa Benforda, Beara i Brina) oraz „Roboty”. Tłem i zarazem siłą napędową tego drugiego, osadzonego w przyszłości, lecz poprzedzającego wydarzenia z „Fundacji”, jest konflikt Ziemian z ich kulturalnymi spadkobiercami i zaawansowanymi technologicznie rywalami – Przestrzeńcami. Dom Wydawniczy REBIS wydał już cały czterotomowy cykl „Roboty” Isaaca Asimova, na który składają się powieści: Pozytonowy detektyw, Nagie słońce, Roboty z planety świtu oraz Roboty i Imperium.
Detective Elijah Bailey and his robot partner R. Daneel Olivaw are sent to the Spacer world of Aurora to solve a bizarre case of roboticide.
For over a century, the human colonists on the planet Gaia have prospered under the guidance of the M'threnni. But when David arrives in the capital Helixport and makes contact with the aliens, he begins to learn the terrifying truth about them. From that moment on he is in mortal danger, for the M'threnni far from being silent benefactors, may turn out to be the deadliest of cruel dictators
Andrew Harlan, one of the operatives who help control human history, breaks the rules to help Noys Lambent, the woman he loves, escape a reality change
Ontstaan en ontwikkeling van de Westerse muziek.
In een zonnige stad aan de kust van de Middellandse Zee arriveert, op een mooie zomerochtend, Ivan Zjilin. Hij vindt er een pension en bezoekt, net als iedere rechtgeaarde toerist, de gelegenheden waar de bevolking haar - overvloedige - vrije tijd doorbrengt. De mensen zijn in de greep van het amusement en hun zucht naar ontspanning en verrukking overschrijdt alle grenzen. Zo zijn er de dagelijkse orgieën met drank en drugs, en de psychedelische 'rillers' waarbij mannen en vrouwen zich massaal overgeven aan verbijsterende hallucinaties. Maar welke is de hoogste verrukking? Om dat te ontdekken neemt geheim agent Zjilin grote risico's, maar het grootste gevaar is; de verrukking zelf...
