Научная фантастика
Различные книги в жанре Научная фантастикаResnick on the Loose
RESNICK ON THE LOOSE collects Mike Resnick's essays, editorials, interviews, introduction, and articles – more than 75 of them – covering everything from Hugo Awards to classic authors to the art of writing. An essential volume for anyone interested in looking beyond Resnick's award-winning novels and stories to the heart and soul of the creative genius behind them! Introduction by Eric Flint.
Rule of the Brains
This volume collects four classic SF tales from the pulp era! <P> THE RULE OF THE BRAINS… <P> After many years spent in wars and struggle, mankind had achieved a perfect civilization. But this Utopia was going directly against the adaptive strain Nature had developed. <P> In earlier times, the human body had been keyed to respond to every emergency. Now it was trying to find a new form of excitation in order to maintain its equilibrium, was seeking to tear down that perfect structure… So mankind’s rulers built the Arbiter, an artificial intelligence created from the brains of twelve men and women, who had sacrificed their lives for the greater good. <P> The pooled intelligence of the Arbiter’s twelve artificial brains would work in unison to provide a common answer, to be the impartial judge of humanity’s future actions. Such was the theory…but the Rule of the Brains threatened to destroy humanity itself!
The Man from Hell
This volume collects four classic tales from the SF pulp magazines by a master of the genre! <P> THE MAN FROM HELL… <P> From top to bottom the Brant Building became insubstantial, like the illusion of a dream world. It hung transparent, incredible, for a moment with the figures of people momentarily visible through the suddenly glassified walls–then with staggering abruptness the whole 1,000-foot mass snapped into black extinction! Its very foundations changed to cavernous darkness. Where there had been the Brant Building, there was nothing but an abysmal crater, sheerly cut. A yawning emptiness divided the two buildings on each side, both of them quite untouched. Such was the vengeance of Dake Bradfield, the scientist who had been murdered on the orders of industrialist Marvin Brant–but who had returned to life as THE MAN FROM HELL!
Weird Tales #354 (Special Edgar Allan Poe Issue)
Weird Tales #359 is a special celebration of all things Poe, with a special features dedicated to Poe's influence on modern writers, fiction and poetry inspired by Poe, plus an interview with Joe Schreiber, the usual features, and much general weirdness. Another great issue!
Last Conflict
This first book publication of three exciting novelettes from science fiction’s Golden Age includes: LAST CONFLICT, in which an artificial storm of incredible violence–a storm that destroys London and all its environs–reveals the rise of a ruthless new scientist who uses his newly acquired control of the weather to gain ultimate power; NEMESIS, in which a rogue asteroid heading straight for Earth is driven out of control by a ruthless dictator who wants to conquer the stars–and instead may only destroy himself and the planet; and THREE’S A CROWD, in which explorer Bruce Langden's beautiful new wife, a descendant of a lost race of Incas he's recently discovered in the Amazon jungle, either suffers either from some strange disease–or is having an affair with his best friend and fellow traveler; the truth is stranger than fiction!
The Rule of the Door and Other Fanciful Regulations
This volume collects 9 classic science fiction stories by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Included are: «The Rule of the Door,» «Petty Larceny,» «On the Dotted Line,» «Judgement Day,» «Secret Weapon,» «The Perfect Punishment,» «A Slight Case of Limbo,» «D.F.C.,» and «Wings of Song.» Also included is the original 1967 introduction by the author. In «The Rule of the Door»: The owner had a positive mania for closets and doors. Along one entire wall of that spacious living room were closets, large, window-less closets. Their doors were structural monstrosities, fully two feet thick, that functioned strangely. They were hung with a strange type of hinge none of the carpenters had ever seen before. And the doors opened inward. Who ever heard of a closet with a door that opened inward? There were eleven of them, and the central closet was left unfinished and doorless…
The Still, Small Voice of Trumpets
The IPR Bureau (whose motto is «Democracy imposed from without is the severest form of tyranny») works to bring newly discovered planets up to the point where they have a planetary democratic government and then induct them into the galactic federation. Unfortunately, the planet Furnil offers problems. The continent of Kurr has a well-entrenched monarchy, and the citizens seem little inclined to change. In fact, they immerse themselves in art rather than politics…and have been doing so for more than 400 years! So what's a poor IPR agent to do…? Classic science fiction!
Better Angels
With his astonishing future vision, Howard V. Hendrix has emerged as one of the new masters of science fiction, drawing extraordinary praise for his debut novel, <I>Lightpaths</I>, «a taut…space-age slice of life» (<I> Publishers Weekly</I>), and its «brilliant» (<I>Locus</I>) follow-up, <I>Standing Wave</I>. <P> Now Hendrix meshes virtual reality, deep-space exploration, and human nature in a novel starkly breathtaking in its portrayal of the quest for meaning against a backdrop of scientific and spiritual chaos. Spanning the first part of the twenty-first century, <I>Better Angels</I> revolves around the mystery of an ancient, alien artifact resembling an angel's shoulder blade, and the transcendent effect it has on five people, whose lives and relationships lead to–and are forever altered by–its discovery. <P> A novel of unparalleled brilliance from the author leading the way into the new millennium. Kim Stanley Robinson has named Howard V. Hendrix as «One of the very best of the new science fiction writers.»
Speaking of the Fantastic III
Darrell Schweitzer interviews seventeen science fiction writers. Included are scintillating conversations with: George R. R. Martin, James Morrow, Jack Dann, Geoffrey A. Landis, Joe W. Haldeman, Zoran Zivkovic, Esther M. Friesner, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Harry Turtledove, Gregory Frost, Tom Purdom, D. G. Compton, Robert J. Sawyer, Charles Stross, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Howard Waldrop.
All the Colors of Darkness
When the Universal Transmitting Company finally perfected a matter transmitter capable of sending a person instantly from terminals scattered throughout the United States to any major city in foreign countries, it seemed like man's ultimate conquest of time. Opening day in New York City was a tremendous success, with throngs of travelers crowding into the terminal. But on the second day of operations, two women failed to arrive at their destinations and could not be traced. The UTC called in private detective Jan Darzek. What Darzek discovers sends him on a trail of extraterrestrial adventure and gripping suspense…on which hinges the fate of all mankind!