New York, 1926. Rocco Campobello, the great tenor - one of the most revered entertainers in the world - collapses on stage. He emerges from this brush with death a changed man: a fallen, but enlightened colossus, Casting off the mantle of celebrity, he embarks on a...

Editeur : Transworld Digital
Parution : 2011-08-31

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'Welcome to the future.'The early decades of the twenty-first century. All the wars have been won. There are no rogue states. The secret services of the world keep the planet electronically monitored, safe from all threat. There is no one left for United States and...

Editeur : Bbc Digital
Parution : 2011-08-31

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In a world where we have been genetically engineered so that we can photosynthesise sunlight with our hair, hunger is a thing of the past, food an indulgence. The poor grow their hair, the rich affect baldness and flaunt their wealth by still eating.But other hungers...

Editeur : Gollancz
Parution : 2011-08-18

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When Oscar Lupe appears 20,000 feet up in the air, his body is frozen solid and free-falling to earth. It shatters on impact. Soon after, a CIA Special Activities Division squad goes rogue with a cargo marked 'Torchwood' that they've been escorting from somewhere called...

Editeur : Bbc Digital
Parution : 2011-08-18

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*THE BOOK BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG*'Wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut' Independent'Part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-08-18

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Jarek Reen is trying to save a lost world. He discovered the primitive theocracy of Serenein by accident, and now he wants it to take its place in human-space. To do this he needs a shiftspace beacon - without it, there is no way to find the planet again. The beacons...

Editeur : Gollancz
Parution : 2011-08-18

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A hundred years from now, Russia and the USA are at odds again. This time, the cold war has gone hot. Heavily armored soldiers battle genetically engineered troops hundreds of meters below the icy, mineral rich mountains of Kazakhstan.War is Oscar Wendell's ticket to...

Editeur : Orbit UK
Parution : 2011-08-04
Collection : Subterrene War
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In the System of Federated Nations, a new religion is growing fast. The Electric Church offers eternal life - the only catch is, you've got to be killed first. Millions have had their brains placed in advanced cybernetic bodies, making them immortal. But rumour has it...

Editeur : Orbit UK
Parution : 2011-08-04

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Chess must decide who to trust as things begin to spiral out of control. Box is now part of the Twisted Symmetry's Elite Cavalry. Has he forgotten where his loyalties lie? Is it too late? Or can he still helpChess in her struggle to stop the Twisted Symmetry's sinister...

Editeur : Orion Children's Books
Parution : 2011-08-04
Collection : Bad Tuesdays
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Michael Swanwick, Geoff Ryman, Allen Steele, Nancy Kress, Robert Reed,Michael Cassott, Charles Stross are just some of the high-profile names that feature in this volume of what is now regarded as essential reading for every science-fiction fan. This year's edition...

Editeur : Robinson
Parution : 2011-08-04
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Widely regarded as the essential book for every science-fiction fan, The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 17 continues to uphold its standard of excellence with more than two dozen stories from the previous year. This year's volume includes not just a host of established...

Editeur : Robinson
Parution : 2011-08-04
Collection : Mammoth Books
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Widely regarded as the benchmark anthology for every science fiction fan, The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21 continues to uphold its standard of excellence with over two dozen stories from the previous year.This year's volume includes many bright young talents of...

Editeur : Robinson
Parution : 2011-08-04
Collection : Mammoth Books
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This is the only essential annual SF collection. Widely regarded as the benchmark anthology for every science fiction fan, "The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 20" continues to uphold its standard of excellence with over two dozen stories from the previous year.This year's...

Editeur : Robinson
Parution : 2011-08-04
Collection : Mammoth Books
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'A prodigy of imagination, insight and overwhelming tenderness' Independent'Remember me when I'm gone' just took on a whole new meaning . . . Laura Byrd is in trouble. Three weeks ago she and her friends found themselves alone in one of the coldest, most remote places...

Editeur : John Murray
Parution : 2011-07-21

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Lin Carter introduces readers to Tolkien's epic trilogy then takes them on a scholarly yet populist journey through the massive web of myths and legends that Tolkien drew on for both imagery and themes during his life's work. Carter's book places Tolkien's trilogy in...

Editeur : Gollancz
Parution : 2011-07-21

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Gwen and Rhys are on the run. Rhys was hoping this meant a windswept cottage on a cliff top, but he's had to settle for a miserable caravan in the isolated village of Rawbone. With the locals taking an unhealthy interest in their daughter,Gwen and Rhys start to realise...

Editeur : Bbc Digital
Parution : 2011-07-21

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British-born Teresa Simons returns to England after the death of her husband, an FBI agent, who was killed by an out-of-control gunman while on assignment in Texas. A shocking coincidence has drawn her to the run-down south coast town of Bulverton, where a gunman's...

Editeur : Gateway
Parution : 2011-07-14

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Cameraman Richard Grey's memory has blanked out the few weeks before he was injured in a car bomb explosion. When he is visited by a girl who seems to have been his lover, his attempts to recall the forgotten period produce an odyssey through France and conflicting...

Editeur : Gateway
Parution : 2011-07-14

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Frank Herbert's classic SF tale of an insect menace threatening the USAFirst published in 1973,Frank Herbert's vivid imagination and brilliant view of nature and ecology have never been more evident than in this classic of science fiction.America is a police state, and...

Editeur : Gateway
Parution : 2011-07-14
Collection : S.F. MASTERWORKS
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Kitty Norville is back and in more trouble than ever. Her recent run-in with werewolves traumatised by the horrors of war has made her start wondering how long the US government might have been covertly using werewolves in combat. Have any famous names in our own...

Editeur : Gollancz
Parution : 2011-07-14

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