Wintersmith
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Pratchett Terry David John (EN)
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Discworld
#35
Язык книги: Английский
Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch — now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the Dark Dance — the crossover from summer to winter — she does what no one has ever done before and leaps into the dance. Into the oldest story there ever is. And draws the attention of the Wintersmith himself.As Tiffany-shaped snowflakes hammer down on the land, can Tiffany deal with the consequences of her actions? Even with the help of Granny Weatherwax and the Nac Mac Feegle — the fightin’, thievin’ pictsies who are prepared to lay down their lives for their “big wee hag.”Wintersmith is the third title in an exuberant series crackling with energy and humour. It follows The Wee Free Men and Hat Full of Sky.
Tricentennial
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Haldeman Joe William (EN)
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Hugo Best Short Story Winner (1977)
Nebula Best Short Story Nominee (1977)
Locus Best Short Story Nominee (1977)
Joe Haldeman is a public relations department’s dream. Handsome, with a dashing beard, and in his early thirties, he is not only a world traveler, a teacher, a lecturer, a former senior editor of ASTRONOMY magazine, guitar player, and skin diver, but in addition to his science fiction he has written adventure novels, nonfiction books, short stories, articles, poems, and songs. In 1976 he won a Nebula Award for his novel THE FOREVER WAR, which also that year won a Hugo, the award given out by the World Science Fiction Convention annually. This year he is nominated in two categories for the Hugo-both his novel MINDBRIDGE and “Tricentennial,” the short story that follows.
You would think that this would be enough for anyone. Add, however, the fact that Joe Haldeman’s university degree is in astrophysics, with postgraduate work in mathematics, computer science, statistics, and art, and the further fact that he is a decorated Vietnam War veteran who was severely wounded in combat, and you have, as I said, a package that a public relations department even one that deals with authors year in and year out-tends to find almost embarrassingly rich in interesting details.
Nonetheless, all these things are as true and real as Joe Haldeman himself is real. And you will see as you read “Tricentennial,” on the pages that follow, that this is one of his geniuses as a writer—his writing also has a rare element of reality within it.
The Persistence of Vision
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Varley John Herbert (EN)
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Lost Boys
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Card Orson Scott (EN)
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For Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife DeAnne, and their three children, the move to tiny Steuben, North Carolina, offers new hope and a new beginning. But from the first, eight-year-old Stevie's life there is an unending parade of misery and disaster.
Cruelly ostracized at his school, Stevie retreats further and further into himself and into a strange computer game and a group of imaginary friends.
But there is something eerie about his loyal, invisible new playmates: each shares the name of a child who has recently vanished from the sleepy Southern town. And terror grows for Step and DeAnne as the truth slowly unfolds. For their son has found something savagely evil ... and it's coming for Stevie next
Exhalation
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Chiang Ted (EN)
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The story is epistolary in nature, taking the form of a scientist's journal entry. The scientist is a member of a race of air-driven mechanical beings. When it is realised that a number of clocks simultaneously appear to be running fast but they do not appear to be malfunctioning, the narrator decides to explore alternate explanations. The scientist carries out an experiment which confirms his worst fears.
It was first published in 2008, in the anthology, "Eclipse 2: New Science Fiction and Fantasy". It won the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.
La Caduta di Hyperion
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Simmons Dan (EN)
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Canti di Hyperion
#2
Язык книги: Итальянский
In un lontano futuro di straordinaria complessità fantastica, la maggior parte dei pianeti della galassia è collegata da una Rete che permette di trasferirsi in pochi secondi da un mondo all’altro. Ma anche in questo universo, apparentemente perfetto, l’umanità è minacciata da pericoli di sconvolgente portata. Ai margini dell’Egemonia si stanno infatti radunando gli Sciami di migrazione degli alieni Ouster, mentre gruppi dotati di sofisticatissimi strumenti tecnologici e strane sette esoteriche premono per conquistare un potere divino. Paradossalmente, per gli uomini, l’unica speranza di salvezza è un piccolo gruppo di pellegrini sperduti su Hyperion, il mondo nei cui insondabili recessi si nasconde il crudele, onnipotente e misterioso Shrike. Dopo Hyperion, dalla magistrale penna di Dan Simmons un altro grande classico della fantascienza moderna, un romanzo affascinante in cui si fondono l’avventura classica e i temi più inquietanti del cyberspazio.
The Confusion
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Stephenson Neal (EN)
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In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, aka King of the Vagabonds, aka Half-Cocked Jack -- devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure ensues -- a perilous race for an enormous prize of silver ... nay, gold ... nay, legendary gold.In Europe, the exquisite and resourceful Eliza, Countess de la Zeur, is stripped of her immense personal fortune by France's most dashing privateer. Penniless and at risk from those who desire either her or her head (or both), she is caught up in a web of international intrigue, even as she desperately seeks the return of her most precious possession.Meanwhile, Newton and Leibniz continue to propound their grand theories as their infamous rivalry intensifies, stubborn alchemy does battle with the natural sciences, dastardly plots are set in motion ... and Daniel Waterhouse seeks passage to the Massachusetts colony in hopes of escaping the madness into which his world has descended.
Foundation's Edge
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Asimov Isaac (EN)
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Second Foundation
#6
Язык книги: Английский
He was the analog—the mirror image—of the Mayor of Terminus, who ruled over the First Foundation. But they were different in every respect. The Mayor of Terminus was known to all the Galaxy and the First Foundation was therefore simply “the Foundation” to all the worlds. The First Speaker of the Second Foundation was known only to his associates.
And yet it was the Second Foundation which held the real power. The First Foundation was supreme in the realm of physical power, of technology, of weapons. The Second Foundation was supreme in the realm of mental power, of the mind, of the ability to control. In any conflict between the two, what would it matter how many ships and weapons the First Foundation controlled, if the Second Foundation could control the minds of those who controlled the ships and weapons?
But how long could this remain a secret?
From Foundation's Edge
Птица смерти
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Эллисон Харлан
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Царица небес (Царица ветров и тьмы, Царица воздуха)
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Андерсон Пол Уильям
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The Deathbird
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Ellison Harlan (EN)
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Abaddon's Gate
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Abraham Daniel (EN),
Corey James S.A. (EN)
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The Expanse
#3
Язык книги: Английский
For generations, the solar system – Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt – was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has appeared in Uranus's orbit, where it has built a massive gate that leads to a starless space beyond.
Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat, the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.
Seventh Son
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Card Orson Scott (EN)
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Tales of Alvin Maker
#1
Язык книги: Английский
In an alternate version of frontier America, young Alvin is the seventh son of a seventh son, and such a birth is powerful magic. Yet even in the loving safety of his home, dark forces reach out to destroy him.
Cyteen, vol. 1
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Cherryh C. J. (EN)
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Ariane Emory, politicienne habile, impose ses volontés au Conseil des Neuf qui gouverne l'Union des mondes de l'Espace profond. Ariane Emory, administratrice autoritaire, dirige d'une main de fer les laboratoires de Reseune, spécialisés dans la production d'êtres humains : les azis, travailleurs et soldats élevés, conditionnés et possédés par leurs créateurs. Ariane Emory, scientifique de génie, n'hésite pas à se livrer à des manipulations — génétiques et autres. Femme corrompue, elle ne recule devant rien — pas même le chantage et le viol — pour parvenir à ses fins... Mais certaines de ses expériences restent inachevées. Pour les mener à bien, Ariane Emory doit poursuivre son impossible quête. Acquérir l'immortalité, l'apanage des dieux...
Cyteen 1 - La Traicion
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Alliance-Union Universe
Язык книги: Испанский
Cyteen es ya un hito en la moderna literatura que trata con amenidad temas trascendentes: la clonación, la función de la herencia y de la educación en el desarrollo de una personalidad, etc. Pero Cyteen es también una brillante especulación sobre cómo los mecanismos de la psicogénesis individual y la manipulación psicológica desembocan inevitablemente en la sociogénesis de la historia. Una idea de alcance parecido a la psicohistoria de Asimov. Sin embargo, Ari Emory (el Hari Seldon de Cherryh) tiene, tal vez, la ventaja de la casi inmortalidad que le ofrece la clonación.
«La mejor novela de la autora de La Estación Downbelow y El Orgullo de Chanur, quien ha obtenido tres premios Hugo en los últimos diez años.»
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories 16+
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Asimov Isaac (EN)
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Andrew was one of Earth's first house robot domestic servants—smoothly designed and functional. But when Andrew started to develop special talents which exceeded the confines of his allotted positronic pathways, he abandoned his domestic duties in favour of more intellectual pursuits. As time passed, Andrew acquired knowledge, feelings and ambitions way beyond anything ever experienced by any other mechanical men. And he found himself launched on to a career which would bring him fame fortune—and danger. For a robot who wants to be human must also be prepared to die...In the Bicentennial Man, Isaac Asimov returns to his first and most enduring love—robotics. The result is a brilliant book of first-class entertainment and mind-spinning ideas which confirm Asimov's supreme status as Grand Master of science fiction.
Cryptonomicon
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Stephenson Neal (EN)
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WWII, year 1943. The allies have already cracked all the Nazi codes. They know where the military convoys are going and where enemy submarines are hiding. But if British destroyers will start finding and sinking Nazi submarines every time without any problems, Germans will figure out that their codes have been broken and will change them. That's why it's necessary to fool the enemy. For that reason, the special British-American secret unit 2702 was created...
"The Bible" of cyberpunk (or cypherpunk? :) about the creation of the computer world. There is everything in it: love, war, betrayal, treasures on the bottom of the sea, and even exile from Eden...
Blue Champagne
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Varley John Herbert (EN)
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A collection of science fiction stories from "the best writer in America" (Tom Clancy)—Hugo and Nebula award-winning author John Varley.
John Varley's unique blend of startling technology and genuinely human characters has won him every major science fiction award several times over for both his novels and his short fiction.Blue Champagne collects eight thought-provoking stories from one of the genre's undisputed masters, including the Hugo Award-winner "The Pusher," and the Hugo and Nebula award-winner "Press Enter."
Tales from Earthsea
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Le Guin Ursula Kroeber (EN)
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Earthsea Cycle
#5
Язык книги: Английский
If you have never read an Earthsea book, this collection isn't the place to start, as the author points out in her thoughtful foreword; begin with A Wizard of Earthsea. If you insist on starting with Tales of Earthsea, read the foreword and the appended "Description of Earthsea" before proceeding to the five stories (three of which are original to this book).
Tehanu The Last Book of Earthsea
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Earthsea Cycle
#4
Язык книги: Английский
Book Four of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle Years ago, they had escaped together from the sinister Tombs of Atuan -- she, an isolated young priestess; he, a powerful wizard. Now she is a farmer's widow, having chosen for herself the simple pleasures of an ordinary life. And he is a broken old man, mourning the powers lost to him through no choice of his own. Once, when they were young, they helped each other at a time of darkness and danger and shared an adventure like no other. Now they must join forces again, to help another in need -- the physically and emotionally scarred child whose own destiny has yet to be revealed. With millions of copies sold worldwide, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere, alongside the works of such beloved authors as J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.