Научная фантастика
Различные книги в жанре Научная фантастикаFleet of the Damned (Sten #4)
Sten's luck seems to have deserted him. He had barely scraped through Imperial flight school when he was assigned a tacdivision in the Fringe Worlds. The enemy couldn't have picked a better time or place to launch their long-planned attack against the Empire. But Sten won't give up without a fight…
The Court of a Thousand Suns (Sten #3)
Having fought his way from slave labor on a factory world to commander of the Eternal Emperor's bodyguard, the most dangerous weapons Sten has encountered in Prime World are the lies of Court politicians. When a bomb goes off, however, he discovers the danger and corruption behind Court intrigue.
The Old Man of the Stars
Who was the man who never grew old? Even in the enlightened society of near-future Earth, he was feared, reviled, castigated for remaining forever young. But when Matthew admits to his amazing longevity, and its source in biological science, he's called a liar. Life on Earth becomes intolerable, until he volunteers to travel on the world first interstellar spaceship–a multi-generation colony ship that will take centuries to complete its voyage. And even when he reaches journey's end–the planet Elysium–he finds personal discontent–a restlessness that will only be settled when he returns to his distant past!
Paired with this novella is «The Recusants,» the story of the creation of mental supermen–a race generated by ourselves! But when one of the advanced humans turns on the others, civil war may loom. Two great SF stories by a great storyteller.
Speaking of the Fantastic III
The basics of a good interview may be summed up in the following sentence: find someone interesting and articulate, ask just enough questions to get them talking, then point the microphone, shut up, and, oh, by the way, make sure your equipment works. So says Darrell Schweitzer, the editor of this fascinating volume of contemporary interviews with 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.
Jubilee
Peter Lindsay lives in Melbourne, Australia. Charles Blackford is an American trying to relive a happier time in Athens. Both men have lost their wives. And now they must decide how to cope with the overwhelming changes being wrought by transcendent emergences from the sea. This is the quintessential “First Contact” story, a mind-bendingly brilliant exploration into what is alien…and what it means to be human. Library Journal called Jubilee “a haunting story of transformation and loss.” First-rate science fiction.
The Economy of Light
This is the story of a Nazi hunter’s journey to find the man who tortured him and murdered his family, as he penetrates the depths of the Amazon jungle to experience an extraordinary «dream time.» Michael Swanwick called this gripping novel a “dark quest into the heart of dreams.” It is a magnificent depiction of a modern descent into hell…and the frightening–and profoundly surprising–consequences of redemption.
A Collector of Ambroses and Other Rare Items
A COLLECTOR OF AMBROSES AND OTHER RARE ITEMS features four tales of SF and fantasy, including the title story, in which three unscrupulous book collectors encounter a true «Completist»; «The Boy in the Iron Mask,» which touches on the contamination of reality by dreams; «The Slaves of Moxon and Other Tales of Scientific Romance,» in which the SF world has to deal with an alternate history version of…itself!; and «A Reply to L. Ron Hubbard.» Great stories by a master storyteller.
From Afar
Richard Shaw thinks he's been blessed when he and his new bride Beryl survive a car smash. Both make rapid recoveries from their injuries, both have apparently fully recovered. But Beryl is strangely changed. As the doctor tells Richard: “As far as we can tell medically, she is normal again, except for one thing–the way she looks at you. I don’t think I have ever seen such a strange light in the eyes of a woman before!” Despite Beryl’s odd, even sinister, new mental outlook, Richard buys an isolated house in the country–at his wife’s insistence–and tries to pursue a normal married life. And then the murders begin....
The G-Bomb
Despite being the cleverest man on Earth, Jonas Glebe becomes the unwitting tool of a baleful intelligence. He hopes that his new invention, the G-Bomb, will bring riches to himself and his daughter Margaret–but instead, it brings death, and a deadly threat to mankind. Val Turner knows the danger, but he is imprisoned, having been framed for Margaret’s murder. When Val’s eventually released, he’s too late to prevent the cataclysm that has engulfed the world. But fate intervenes: he saves a strange little man from drowning, and thereby changes the destiny of the world....