Resultados para "Novellen" en Ciencia ficción

Una novel·la històrica d'alè èpic que ens transporta a un passat vibrant i desconegut Durant mil anys, un llibre sagrat ha passat de mà en mà. Des de la Tàrraco romana fins a la Barcelona de Jaume I, passant pel setge del Toledo visigòtic i la Còrdova dels Omeies, la Hagadà, un tresor...

En una ciutat arrasada pel canvi climàtic i les desigualtats socials, en Jordi malviu fent de fumigador. El producte que fa servir segurament és tòxic però ningú no ho sap ben bé, i en qualsevol cas, té sort de no haver de treballar als pous, on als quaranta anys ja et jubilen perquè...

Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster hasn't even broken in his lieutenant's insignia when he's summoned to meet with the Spirearch of Spire Albion himself for a very special—and very secret—purpose. The Spirearch needs Benedict to retrieve a bag he's "misplaced" on the Colony Spire known as Dependence, which has strangely cut off all contact with the outside world. It's a delicate mission at best, a potential bloodbath at worst. To this end, the Spirearch has supplied Benedict with backup in the form of three Warriorborn.

Before you knew him as the king or the Immortal, he was Commander Xavier “X” Rodriguez—with ninety-six dives under his belt, the most experienced Hell Diver on the airship known as the Hive. Time after time, he dived through the electrical storms, returning with parts to keep his home in the sky. Then, on a jump into Hades, the most hostile environment in North America, he sacrificed everything for mission and team. They returned to the airship with the fuel cells needed to keep the Hive running, but X was left behind.

Every novella by Ursula K. Le Guin, an icon in American literature, collected for the first time - and introduced by the legendary author - in one breathtaking volume. Ursula K. Le Guin has won multiple prizes and accolades, from the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to the Newbery Honor, Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and PEN/Malamud awards. She has had her work collected over the years but never as a complete retrospective of her longer works.

Katie is content with her post-alien-abduction life. Not only has she found work as a royal attendant, but her current assignment on a galaxy cruise is enjoyable, too . . . until the ship is brought down by a malevolent species. Now she must rescue her friends and escape a hostile planet—all by herself. Then she crosses paths with a sexy stranger who changes everything . . .

This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas published between 1929 and 1964, containing 11 great classics. No anthology better captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field. Published in 1973 to honor stories that had appeared before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced tens of thousands to the wonders of science fiction and was a favorite of libraries across the country.

Best-selling urban fantasy and paranormal suspense author M.D. Massey welcomes listeners back to the world of the Junkyard Druid for his third short story collection. Blood Bound includes "Voodoo Ball", "Prince Mark's Price", and "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do".

Still new to her duties as Lady Vorkosigan, Ekaterin is working together with expatriate scientist Enrique Borgos on a radical scheme to recover the lands of the Vashnoi exclusion zone, lingering radioactive legacy of the Cetagandan invasion of the planet Barrayar. When Enrique's experimental bioengineered creatures go missing, the pair discover that the zone still conceals deadly old secrets.

Aikaterina has lived since the dawn of time. Her species was born at the same time as the universe, yet she yearns for something more. Her experiences with the Valdier, Sarafin, Curizan, and especially the Dragonlings, has left her craving something she never expected—a sense of belonging. Bear Running Wolf is shocked when he discovers a beautiful alien woman standing in the snow-covered woods on Paul Groves’ Ranch. He knows that not all the visitors to the ranch are human … he just never expected to meet a woman from another world.

What is it like for an Alien to go on vacation Earth-style? DaR and the others are about to find out, let the giggles begin. Contains mature themes...

From the Nebula and Bram Stoker Award-winning author comes the lyrical and moving science-fantasy follow-up to A Palace Near the Wind, as Lufeng and her sister Sangshu fight to protect their culture and their world. For fans of Nghi Vo, Amal El-Mohtar, and Kritika H. Rao. Fleeing from the bone...

The Compound consists of 23 males and 23 females. The same Routines are rigidly followed every single 24 Hour Block. The Compound's Rules must always be obeyed. And Sexual Relief is only allowed to happen between the same sex. Male 13 slowly starts to quietly question the world of the Compound. He wonders if there could be more to life other than Work, Eat and Repeat. And, Compound-forbid, could he dare to risk everything, and ever attempt to have Sexual Relief with a female..?

When Xue Saunders is murdered in her home, the police have little to go on. The mystery deepens as she is discovered next to an unidentified man also shot to death. An unknown bot lies destroyed in her home, its memdrives a ruin. Missing from the home is Xue's young daughter Fa, along with her nanny bot. Desperate for answers, and fearing for the child's safety, the police turn to Lenore and Tick. The human and her robot partner are the best robot mechanics, or botdocs, in Denver. The pair agree to help in an attempt to salvage the damaged memdrives, but it comes with a risk.

When Gus Dupin, literary critic and scholar, finds himself invited to the funeral of Peggy Firmin, celebrated novelist and now murder victim, he is determined to find out who killed her and why. As his investigation gets underway, it is not long before he finds himself at the center of an experiment at Marlow AI, a large language model company.

Felix Boyd would do anything for his family, even if it means leaving them for a job on another planet.... Working as a silica harvester, he earns just enough money to keep his wife and son afloat. When selection for the colony ships begins, he hopes Melissa and Jake will be among the first to come, and that they’ll all be reunited. But it’s never that easy.

Jude and Lyle's newlywed life is shattered when a vicious attack leaves Lyle infected with a disease that transforms him into a violent and often incomprehensible person. With no cure for the "zombie" virus in sight, the young husbands begin to face the last months they have together before Lyle loses himself completely.

When a sentient AI system finds religion, its creator calls on a theologian-turned-atheist to cure it of its faith. In a near future ordered by a sentient AI system called YAR, once-renowned Christian theologian Dr. Michael Berg has lost his faith through unspeakable loss. For the last few years, he has embarked on a crusade to spread his newfound atheism far and wide - until he receives an unexpected phone call. YAR’s creator, Ramy Ray, asks Berg to meet with YAR to talk the intelligent machine out of its obsession with religion.

Transcrição das fitas recuperadas do arquivo do dr. Wilson Tavares, especialista em pacientes dissonantes na região da Fenda. Segundo a perícia, as anotações pontuais acrescidas posteriormente foram feitas pelo próprio profissional.

Two stoic lobstermen harboring a secret affection. A lonely architect building houses and machines from the exoskeletons of scorpions in a desert town. A girl painfully growing into new wings. A flock of crows and an untidy vulture observe and collect these moments of human tenderness as they build an archive of brightness. Each love story becomes, in its own way, the end of a world—and the beginning of a new one.