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TECHMAN Part Two: The Age of Intelligence and Language is a techno-thriller and science-fiction novel built around four interconnected story arcs, combining advanced technology, medical research, military operations, intelligence and mystery. At the centre is Aaron, a young man implanted with an advanced brain chip that gives him extraordinary computational and analytical capabilities. When an unknown origin begins creating entirely new languages across interconnected technological systems, Aaron encounters something conventional translation technology cannot understand.

En la novela que le valió a Peter Terrin el Premio de Literatura de la Unión Europea, el autor aborda una trama pseudo-apocalíptica con tintes distópicos. Dos vigilantes del aparcamiento de un edificio de lujo ven como todos sus inquilinos abandonan las instalaciones el mismo día. Aislados, con la obligación de no comunicarse con nadie del exterior, se plantea entre ellos la pregunta de si habrá sucedido una catástrofe. Mientras tanto, su relevo debe de llegar en cualquier momento y las provisiones empiezan a menguar... Peter Terrin es un novelista belga nacido en 1968.

A family gathering in an English mansion devolves into horror in a chilling novella by the "Master of British Sci-Fi" (Reactor) Elena Mendes thought she understood what "old money" was. She knew her boyfriend Ross Enderbough was rich. Like, "old money" rich. She knew he was the scion of some...

Neal Stephenson is a blazing new force on the sci-fi scene. With the groundbreaking cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, he has "vaulted onto the literary stage." It weaves virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility - in short, it is the gigathriller of the information age.

Otherworldly yet grounded, ominous yet tender, The Asterist is a captivating first contact story that will appeal to fans of Andy Weir and John Scalzi. Dull days drift by at the dead end of the galaxy for misanthrope Bill Jeffries. While fulfilling his mundane duties as an Asteroid Station...

The highly-anticipated fourth volume in the number-one bestselling Quantum Evolution series. An all-new, ground-breaking, action-packed science fiction adventure set in the universe of The Quantum Magician. A HUNT THROUGH ETERNITY In the closing moments of the Quantum War, Belisarius disappeared...

Tras sobrevivir a mil y un peligros en el espacio exterior, nuestra tripulación de exploradores ha regresado por fin a casa. Sin embargo, su alivio durará poco. Un magnate ruso les ofrece la posibilidad de regresar a Encélado con una oferta demasiado tentadora para poder rechazarla. Por desgracia, pronto descubrirán que el magnate tiene otros motivos ocultos para financiar su nueva misión... unos motivos que podrían costarles la vida.

It has been more than forty years since the publication of this classic science fiction novel that changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space...

¿Es posible revertir el inevitable final del Universo, o el mundo debe acabar de todas formas? es la pregunta que desde un día del siglo XXI, hasta generaciones y generaciones posteriores en el tiempo, hacen los humanos a los ordenadores.

In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse - mathematical genius and young Captain in the US Navy - is assigned to detachment 2702. It is an outfit so secret that only a handful of people know it exists, and some of those people have names like Churchill and Roosevelt. The mission of Watrehouse and Detachment 2702 - commanded by Marine Raider Bobby Shaftoe - is to keep the Nazis ignorant of the fact that Allied Intelligence has cracked the enemy's fabled Enigma code. In the present, Waterhouse's crypto-hacker grandson, Randy, is attempting to create a "data haven" in Southeast Asia....

En el camino de Los Ángeles a Estocolmo, un vuelo de SAS, con más de doscientos pasajeros a bordo desaparece. No se detecta ningún aterrizaje y Suecia entra inmediatamente en el estado más alto de emergencia creyendo que se trata de un ataque terrorista. Thana 'Monty' Montgomery, que acaba...

La Fundación yace en ruinas, arrasada por la inteligencia mutante del Mulo. Sin embargo, se rumorea que Hari Seldon, el científico que lo inició todo, ha establecido una Segunda Fundación al otro lado de la galaxia, cuya ubicación exacta es un secreto guardado desde hace tiempo. Obligada a revelar su existencia, la Segunda Fundación deberá enfrentarse a la voluntad destructora del Mulo, con el añadido de que los supervivientes de la Primera Fundación también quieren acabar con ella…

En 1942, Larence Pritchard Waterhouse, genio matemático y joven capitán de la Marina estadounidense, es asignado a colaborar con Bobby Shaftoe en una misión secreta que consiste en descifrar los códigos de las potencias del Eje. De este modo se pretende evitar que los nazis perciban que la Inteligencia aliada ha descubierto el sistema de cifrado de su mítico código Enigma. Sesenta años más tarde, Randy Waterhouse, brillante «criptohacker», proyecta la creación en el Sureste asiático de un paraíso de datos y el mayor exponente de la libertad informática: la Cripta.

A gripping techno-thriller by William Gibson, bestselling author of Neuromancer Tokyo, post-event: After an attack of scruples, Colin Laney's skipped out on his former employer Slitscan - avoiding the rash of media lawyers sent his way - and taken a job for the outfit managing Japanese rock duo...

Año 2112. Una alarma climática sin precedentes asola el planeta Tierra: bosques deforestados; especies extinguiéndose todos los días; una contaminación que roza ya lo irremediable. Zoe, una joven bióloga y activista ecológica para quien la lucha se ha convertido en su forma de vida, es...

When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters. Desperation causes the Athsheans, led by Selver, to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. But in defending their lives, they have endangered the very foundations of their society. For every blow against the invaders is a blow to the humanity of the Athsheans. And once the killing starts, there is no turning back.

La cicatriz es el segundo volumen de la mítica trilogía «Bas-Lag», el thriller fantástico con que China Miéville redefinió los límites de la fantasía contemporánea y empezó a fascinar a escritores, medios y lectores de cualquier género.

Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, Red Mars is the first book in Kim Stanley Robinson's best-selling trilogy. Red Mars is praised by scientists for its detailed visions of future technology. It is also hailed by authors and critics for its vivid characters and dramatic conflicts.

For centuries, the red planet has enticed the people of Earth. Now an international group of scientists has colonized Mars. Leaving Earth forever, these 100 people have traveled nine months to reach their new home. This is the remarkable story of the world they create - and the hidden power struggles of those who want to control it.

In the year AD 3000, Earth is a dystopian wasteland, plundered of its natural resources by alien conquerors known as Psychlos. Fewer than 35,000 humans survive in a handful of communities scattered across the face of a post-apocalyptic Earth. From the ashes of humanity rises a young hero, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler. Setting off on an initial quest to discover a hidden evil, Jonnie unlocks the mystery of humanity’s demise and unearths a crucial weakness in their oppressors.

A robopsychologist must outwit a machine determined to stay hidden in "Little Lost Robot"; a woman’s talent for "Light Verse" overshadows her true accomplishments with her robot servants; "The Last Question" presented to computer after computer over a hundred billion years may remain forever unanswered … and seventeen more future visions from the grand master of science fiction.