Resultados Editorial "audible studios" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Saturnine, giovane ragazza belga, cerca un alloggio a Parigi. Trova, per una cifra davvero modesta, un suntuoso appartamento da condividere con l'eccentrico proprietario, il Grande di Spagna don Elemirio Nibaly Milcar. Ma l'irriverente Saturnine non sa che otto donne prima di lei hanno abitato quella magnifica casa, che hanno indossato abiti dai colori meravigliosi creati dalle mani di don Elemirio, e che di loro nessuno ha più notizie.

Il protagonista è un uomo afflitto da una bruttezza senza speranza. Cos'altro gli rimane se non venerare una donna i cui tratti sono la perfezione assoluta? Moderna favola dell'amore impossibile, la Bella e la Bestia di Amélie Nothomb sono riscattati da un umorismo spietato che racconta una società attenta solo alle apparenze.

Commodore Straker's rebellion grows in strength - but his enemies are growing even faster. Faced with a dozen rebel planets in their territory, the Mutuality finally takes notice of the upstart known as the Liberator, and they gather a vast fleet to crush him. Preparing for a titanic interstellar battle, it's clear Straker has no chance. His tiny enclave of free planets can't survive the weight of 1000 worlds. His own officers realize this, and some of them begin to turn against him....

Con la misma desenvoltura que demostrara en su debut ("Cosas vivas", Periférica, 2018), Munir Hachemi se atreve con la ficción especulativa –¿acaso no son especulativas todas las ficciones?– y logra articular en "El árbol viene" un dispositivo tan insólito como alucinante. A través del relato del Arqueólogo, que se intercala en la narración con fragmentos de su diario y de los informes que escribe tras un período de convivencia con los mulai, los lectores se adentran en la historia de una civilización surgida por accidente, fruto de una misión espacial que cayó en el olvido.

Tras las recientes declaraciones de la existencia de fenómenos aéreos no identificados por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos y la creciente ola de avistamientos por todo el mundo, se desata una frenética carrera por descubrir la verdad detrás del supuesto artefacto extraterrestre. Todos quieren poseerlo: fanáticos, investigadores de ovnis, científicos, hasta una banda de narcotraficantes. Pero es Victoria Collins, investigadora de la NASA, quien tiene los medios para analizarlo y evitar que caiga en las manos equivocadas.

Questa storia è l'esempio perfetto del genere solarpunk, dove non ci sono estremi e dove due generazioni - prima diffidendi, finiscono per incontrarsi fino quasi ad abbracciarsi, per portare avanti un lavoro di cura e di manutenzione di un faro, che rappresenta allo stesso tempo un'esperienza sia materiale che intellettuale.

After an epic battle, the weapon is lost, but Atlas won’t succumb so easily. He’s vanished with the key to humanity’s survival, and David Bryce is left to fight on his own. Atlas finds himself in the middle of a hornet’s nest, amid an alien people that he can hardly comprehend. But their motivations are clear, and that’s enough to keep him focused on retrieving the prize.

Voici plus d'un siècle, un homme étrange nommé Nol visita tous les rois du monde connu. Sur sa demande, des émissaires parmi les plus sages l'accompagnèrent alors pour un voyage mystérieux sur l'île de Ji. Mais tous n'en revinrent pas, et les survivants gardèrent le silence sur ce qu'ils avaient vu, jusque dans la tombe. Depuis, leurs descendants se réunissent régulièrement pour commémorer cet événement dont ils ignorent presque tout. À part eux, plus personne ne s'intéresse à cette histoire tombée dans l'oubli.

I ended my life to protect Lucian from his enemies. It should have been the hardest decision to make, but it wasn’t. Now I find that Lucian kept even more secrets, deadly ones that threaten to destroy me. I thought I won the game that he and Katarina played, but he’s never stopped shuffling the pieces on the board. Even so, I’ve found peace in his violence and learned to accept my fate within his embrace. As our enemies are revealed, and worlds crashed down into ours, everything is on the line again. Could we survive his latest betrayal, or would it destroy us all?

Il mondo fantastico e magico, inquietante e surreale di Buzzati poteva forse trovare occasione più felice, per confrontarsi con la realtà quotidiana, che un'inchiesta giornalistica sui fenomeni di parapsicologia? E infatti Buzzati la colse con contagioso entusiasmo nell'estate del'65, quando scrisse per il "Corriere della Sera" una serie di "pezzi" dal titolo "In cerca dell'Italia misteriosa".

Commander David Bryce returned from his mission, successful, with a derelict alien ship that wasn’t as empty as predicted. With the assistance of an old ally, David is hell-bent on stopping the invasion before it begins. There’s just one problem; the Signal is hidden somewhere on Earth. Atlas Donovan is the only man capable of helping them, and it’s unclear whether he can trust the ORB employees. One thing is clear: Aliens have been to Earth, and from the looks of it, not just a single race. There were two.

Lucia, une jeune immigrée Indonésienne, a disparu dans le bayou de Louisiane, laissant derrière elle des messages vaudous couverts d'une mystérieuse poudre d'or. Pour sauver Lucia, Sixtine doit suivre les indices qui la mèneront dans les cercles ésotériques de la Nouvelle-Orléans, sur un site sacré amérindien et au cœur d'étranges pratiques ancestrales d'une île indonésienne. Pendant ce temps, Franklin affronte les spectres de son passé, lorsque, jeune flic à la Nouvelle-Orléans, il enquêtait sur le meurtre d'un révérend. L'assassin ?

The Claw of the Conciliator continues the saga of Severian, banished from his home, as he undertakes a mythic quest to discover the awesome power of an ancient relic, and learn the truth about his hidden destiny.

Gene Wolfe's "The Book of the New Sun" is one of speculative fiction's most-honored series. In a 1998 poll, Locus Magazine rated the series behind only "The Lord of the Rings" and The Hobbit as the greatest fantasy work of all time.

Una novel·la mordaç i brillant que captura l’energia dels vint anys i el caos de les primeres vegades."Si mai has estimat la persona equivocada, o la persona correcta en el moment equivocat... En resum, si mai has estat jove, t’encantarà El factor Rachel tant com a mi." - Gabrielle Zevin, autora de Demà, i demà i demà.La Rachel és al darrer curs de la Universitat, treballa en una llibreria i viu amb el seu millor amic, en James, en una casa que cau a trossos.

Cradle isn’t over yet. Lindon’s journey may have ended, but there are still more tales to tell. The stories in this collection will show you the world after Cradle, those left behind, and even some legends from long ago. Witness the first Uncrowned King tournament. Visit the Monarchs and their voyages in the lands beyond. Get to know the Abidan in their homes, and meet the people of new worlds as they cross paths with familiar faces. And, of course, check in on some old friends.

Firenze sarà una signoria. Che i fiorentini lo vogliano oppure no. Ma chi ne sarà il signore? Tra guelfi bianchi e guelfi neri inizia una lotta senza quartiere: Guido Cavalcanti e Vieri dei Cerchi contro Corso Donati, Kabal e Circo contro gli Ancestrarchi antichi fedeli a Don. Si paga con sangue e virtù ogni vicolo guadagnato, e si combatte su ogni campo: la benevolenza degli spiriti maggiori, il predominio commerciale, le alleanze politiche nello spirito e nella materia.

Após um brutal treinamento de oito anos em Underhill, Kallik, uma mestiça metade humana e metade feérica, sobreviveu ao teste final e poderá retornar para casa e, quem sabe, ter a vida que sempre sonhou desde que perdeu a mãe e se viu jogada em um orfanato depois de ser renegada pelo próprio pai. Mas durante seu juramento, Underhill—o lar ancestral dos feéricos e fonte da magia primordial—é destruído, Alli é a única que sabe o que aconteceu de verdade no momento em que tudo explodiu.

For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of former times. For now, more sensible heads have prevailed – and have even championed unity. But now, there is a new force that threatens the hard-maintained peace: The Consu, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met, are on the cusp of a species-defining civil war.

From science-fiction legend Alan Dean Foster comes a thrilling new Pip and Flinx adventure, wherein a certain red-haired, green-eyed young man blessed (or cursed) with strange powers finds himself and his mini-dragon sidekick on a top-secret mission concerning deep space, alien worlds...and a primordial horror intent on devouring all of it.

At thirteen years old, it became known Prince Aleksei Knightstar of Night’s Fall was the True Heir. The next king, the fiercest warrior, the mightiest beast in all the realm. The Fall rejoiced at having the first True Heir in over a century. But Aleksei is private, no nonsense, and worried about why The Fall, in a time of peace, would need a True Heir.