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Step into the mind-bending worlds of The Selected Works of Philip K. Dick, a powerful collection of classic science-fiction stories from one of the genre’s most influential visionaries, Philip K. Dick. This expertly curated volume showcases Dick at his sharpest—probing the fragile boundaries between reality and illusion, power and freedom, humanity and the unknown.

In the year 2055, a quarter-century after the last firearm-related homicide inside the once-peaceful SafeCities, the unthinkable occurs: the murder of the president of this sprawling metropolis. Mark, a seemingly unassuming yet highly effective investigator and a potential suspect, is tasked with gathering the immediate evidence. But the investigation takes an unexpected turn, spiralling beyond the confines of his jurisdiction. What he discovers is a sinister plan to reshape the world, with himself unwittingly cast in the role of a pawn.

""A fantasy that hews uncomfortably close to today’s reality, where facts and the truth are selectively recognized at increasingly subjective whims . . . . The specifics of Mania are the stuff of bleeding satire, but the novel’s guiding concept cuts close to the bone with no anesthesia...

In a reality not too distant from our own, where the so-called Mental Parity Movement has taken hold, the worst thing you can call someone is 'stupid'. Everyone is equally clever, and discrimination based on intelligence is 'the last great civil rights fight'. Best friends since adolescence, Pearson and Emory find themselves on opposing sides of this new culture war. Radio personality Emory – who has built her career riding the tide of popular thought – makes increasingly hard-line statements while, for her part, Pearson believes the whole thing is ludicrous.

The Last Man is Mary Shelley's apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation. Set in the late twenty-first century, the novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven with her futuristic theme, Mary Shelley incorporates idealised portraits of Shelley and Byron, yet rejects Romanticism and its faith in art and nature.

Una nueva empresa internacional ha aterrizado en la capital para comercializar el intercambio de cuerpos. Se acabó la guerra de sexos, la guerra de clases, adiós a la xenofobia. La empresa YOU-FEELING te abre la mente convencida de que con su tecnología puede propiciar la aproximación de...

Dostoyevsky was never shy to play with the issues of human mind in his work. A Funny Man's Dream is one of his shorter pieces that, nevertheless, lacks none of the profundity or the mind-bending power of his larger works.

Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award Told with perfect rhythm and unyielding brutality, these stories expose unsuspecting men and women to the realities of nature, the primal instincts of man and the dark humour and heartbreak of our struggle to not only thrive, but survive. In Girl on...

A cartel enforcer across Southeast Asia must escape a world of paranoia and violence to save his family in this cerebral and multi-layered cyberpunk science fiction novel, from the award-winning author of 36 Streets. Perfect for fans of William Gibson's The Peripheral and Five Minds by Guy...

Living off the land and adapting to a changing environment takes a special individual with the unique skills, training, and determination necessary to survive. Gus Berry is not that individual. The former house painter barely made it out of Annapolis as its population underwent a violent transformation, leaving everyone he knew or loved dead—or undead. Now, Gus needs food and booze, weapons and armor, clothing that fits, and above all, toilet paper, preferably two-ply.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE AND DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? Following a devastating nuclear war, the Moral Reclamation government took over the world and forced its citizens to live by strictly puritanical rules - no premarital sex, drunkenness, or...

"Månen over øen" er en hæsblæsende filosofisk dystopi, der tager os med til demokratiet Superesse anno 2687 post Luna. På dette tidspunkt er menneskeheden så afhængige af supernettets flimrende stimuli, at Superesses borgere må tage beroligende medicin for ikke at dø, når de tillader sig en sjælden stund offline. Alle undtagen Hypatia, der takket være et særligt gen ikke behøver det uophørlige rush fremkaldt af simultane virtuelle verdener.

Truth Medici knows life isn't fair. But for the first time, the balance is in his favor. Cultivation has taken him from desperate slumrat to burglar to mercenary to bodyguard to terrorist, and now he's the revered prince of a kingdom to come—immortal heir to a dynasty hidden for millennia. Pampered by succubae, demons, and sprites, Truth is more than ready to embody the might of his ancestors, who've prospered in secret for centuries. With an aura that reeks of power, he'll make his presence known. His word and will are law.

The sky has opened. For the first time in living memory, the people of Eterra have seen the truth above them—and the truth is more terrible than the lie. Aelit and her companions shattered the ancient lock that held their world in darkness. They broke the Dome, destroyed the governing power of Sector Zero, and gave the buried city its first glimpse of the stars. But freedom does not arrive gently.

When the system corrects itself…who decides who lives and who vanishes? Every day, commuters get on the train. Every day, most of them arrive. But some never do. In a city obsessed with precision, one transit worker starts noticing a truth no one else sees: the trains aren’t malfunctioning—they’re correcting.

People bought tickets. But the system decides who gets off. And once something notices that you’ve begun to look…you stop being invisible.

Quando la divinazione eseguita sul DNA dei cittadini è una pratica obbligatoria, le verità genetiche che si possono scoprire non sono facili da accettare, come quelle che attendono l'investigatore Toby Korsakov, in seguito all'omicidio di un famoso indovino genetico avvenuto su una stazione orbitale.

Say you're a time traveler and you've already toured the entirety of human history. After a while, the outside world might lose a little of its luster. That's why this time traveler celebrates his birthday partying with himself. Every year, he travels to an abandoned hotel in New York City in 2071, the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and drinks 12-year-old Scotch (lots of it) with all the other versions of who he has been and who he will be.

Mary Shelley wrote The Last Man in 1826, in the aftermath of losing her husband Percy, their children, and Byron. What emerged was the first modern apocalypse: a plague rises out of the late 21st century and, year by year, empties the earth of human life. Armies dissolve. Cities go silent...

The Heat Wave drew a violence that was swift and efficient at breaking humanity. Abraham’s people have come to the rescue—only for those they deem worthy. Banished with the task of culling this planet and others, Abraham is pressured to meet his quota while the population on Earth dwindles. He is disturbed by what he witnesses. Until he meets Nova. Twice. She’s refused his offer of sanctuary because the promise of a floating city in the sky sounds absurd, even if it does offer safety and relief from the sweltering heat.

A weaponized disease has destroyed the United States. Untold millions are dead and millions more wander the wasteland feeding off those that remain. David Gath has returned from the International Space Station to deliver a vaccine to one of the few scientists left alive. Hunted by renegades and haunted by the deaths of his crew, Gath and a handful of survivors have escaped into the frozen ruins of Washington DC, where they must try to keep their promise and stay alive in this new broken world.