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The trilogy depicts an Earth-like world on a moon which orbits a gas giant, inhabited by a species of highly evolved, sentient Tyrannosaurs called Quintaglios, among various other creatures from the late cretaceous period, imported to this moon by aliens 65 million years prior to the story.<

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Questo libro narra la storia dell’Uomo e del suo pianeta, la Terra, attraverso i secoli futuri, in una progressione abbagliante di visioni. indimenticabili e poetiche; è l’opera che moltissimi considerano il momento più intensamente poetico di tutta la storia della fantascienza. Con la sua quieta, serena filosofia, con la sua magica capacita di evocare situazioni e paesaggi allo stesso tempo grandiosi e a perfetta,’ misura umana, Simak ci descrive dapprima il graduale abbandono delle citta, per una più serena vita nelle campagne; e poi ci accompagna nella descrizione della lenta espansione verso gli spazi cosmici, ci mostra la comparsa dei Mutanti, enigmatici figli della razza umana che di umano conservano solo una spietata, folle ironia, ci descrive il lento passaggio dell’eredita umana ai Cani, fedeli compagni dell’Uomo per millenni, ci parla dei robot che l’uomo ha creato a propria: immagine, e degli alieni che popolano i suoi sogni cosmici. E, attraverso la rivelazione di un nuovo e totalmente inaspettato piano di, esistenza su Giove, il gigantesco pianeta che sarà il nuovo Paradiso… o il nuovo Nirvana?… per tutto il genere umano, Simak si proietta nel buio dei millenni, quando l’intera razza umana sarà ricordata con il nome di una sola famiglia, i Webster, e l’antica casa sulla collina sarà un tempio e un memoriale lentamente dimenticato. E su tutto questo grandioso affresco di figure indimenticabili, gigantesca, si staglia la figura del più grande personaggio creato da uno scrittore di fantascienza: Jenkins, il robot antico, che nei suoi circuiti elettronici si aggrappa disperatamente al ricordo dell’umanità desiderata e perduta.<

Archaeologist Brandon Thackery and his rival Miles ‘Klicks’ Jordan fulfill a dinosaur lover’s dream with history’s first time-travel jaunt to the late Mesozoic. Hoping to solve the extinction mystery, they find Earth’s gravity is only half its 21 century value and dinosaurs that behave very strangely. Could the slimy blue creatures from Mars have something to do with both?<

Fast-rising money manager Brent Lucas has no idea that the head of his new firm is a Christian fanatic or that his multi-million dollar job is a set-up until a billion dollars disappears from a client’s account—and until he ends up as the only suspect. Determined to clear himself, he goes to his client’s home where he finds only corpses. Narrowly escaping, Lucas runs from both the FBI and his would-be killers.

Fueled by memories of his brother’s tragic death in the Trade Center and aided by his ex-fiancée, a beautiful cop assigned to the Project Seahawk anti-terrorism taskforce, Lucas begins to unravel a flawlessly planned conspiracy. He discovers his politically unassailable boss has masterminded a plot aimed at bringing about Armageddon-with stolen missiles, depleted nuclear fuel and a band of Muslim terrorists intent on killing the President. As the FBI closes in, Lucas launches his own desperate attempt to stop the madness before it is too late.

История восстания индейцев Сиу в 1862 году, рассказанная Большим Орлом (Вамди Танка)<

Aliens, Tosoks, have finally made contact with Earth, but there are only seven of them, and they’ve arrived in a disabled spaceship. The Tosoks are intelligent and surprisingly easy to communicate with, and are happy to tour Earth and see what humans have to offer. But during a stop in Los Angeles, one of the human scientists traveling with the Tosoks is gruesomely murdered, and all evidence points to the alien Hask. The Los Angeles Police Department is determined to indict Hask for the crime, even though the aliens have little concept of laws or crime as we understand them. The only thing the U.S. government can do is secretly procure the services of Dale Rice, a leading civil rights lawyer, and hope he can clear Hask of the charges. But as the trial progresses, evidence indicates a cover-up by one or more of the aliens. Humanity’s survival—not just Hask’s fate—might hinge on the jury’s verdict.<

En 2010, le premier message venu d'une autre étoile est capté. Il a été émis depuis Sigma Draconis, distante de dix-huit années-lumière. Et, non sans mal, l'astronome Sarah Halifax l'a déchiffré. Ce qui a permis de lui donner une réponse. Trente-huit ans plus tard, en 2048, un second message est capté. Crypté. Et deux fois plutôt qu'une.

Qui pourra le décoder, sinon Sarah Halifax ? Seul problème : elle a désormais quatre-vingt sept-ans.

Un multimilliardaire qui a fait fortune dans l’industrie des robots lui propose un *rollback*, un traitement de rajeunissement extraordinairement coûteux, qu lui rendra ses vingt-cinq ans. Sarah n’accepte que si Don, son époux du même âge, bénéficie de la même chance.

Mais il y a un risque. C'est que sur l'un ou sur l'autre le traitement échoue. Que deviendra leur amour si longtemps partagé s'ils se trouvent séparés par soixante ans d'âge apparent ?

Et que veulent donc nous dire les habitants de Sigma Draconis ?

Croisant les deux thèmes du contact avec une autre civilisation et du rajeunissement intégral, Robert J. Sawyer, déjà couronné par le prix Hugo, nous donne ici un roman passionnant, intelligent et émouvant.

Wer Zahlen beherrscht, der hat Macht. Schon Archimedes besiegte die römische Flotte mit Mathematik, und Rechenmaschinen schlagen den Menschen im Schach und beim Jeopardy. Rudolf Taschner nimmt uns mit auf einen Streifzug durch die Kulturgeschichte der Zahlen. Er erzählt, wie Blaise Pascal schon im 17. Jahrhundert den Computer erfand, wie Isaac Newton mit der Unendlichkeit rechnen lernte, warum Kurt Gödel zugleich an die Allmacht der Zahlen und an Gespenster glaubte – und sich der britische Geheimdienst an der Zahl 007 die Zähne ausbiss. Taschner lüftet dabei die Geheimnisse der Mathematik und Kryptologie so spannend, leichtfüßig und unterhaltsam, dass auch Nichteingeweihte ihrem Zauber erliegen müssen.<

An autobiography of Alexander Todd - chemist, Nobel laureate, Royal Society President. Extremely interesting and full of historical details.<

2096. Affrété par le Commonwealth des planètes, le vaisseau Starplex sillonne la galaxie. Son objectif : découvrir de nouvelles formes de vie et entrer en communication avec elles. Mais la tâche n’est pas aisée pour le commandant Keith Lansing. Il lui incombe en effet au préalable de faire cohabiter harmonieusement les membres de son équipage. Et ô combien diverses — et divergentes — sont les attitudes de son épouse Clarissa, d’un belliqueux physicien waldahud, ou d’un dauphin pilote farceur... Sans compter que l’enjeu de cette soi-disant mission de routine va vite s’avérer n’être ni plus ni moins que la préservation de la paix intergalactique, et que le paisible vaisseau d’exploration scientifique va devoir se transformer en navire de guerre !<

Pierre Tardivel, a French Canadian geneticist, works on identifying junk DNA for the Human Genome Project. There is a 50 percent chance that Pierre is carrying the gene for Huntington’s disease, a fatal disorder. That knowledge drives Pierre to succeed in a race against time to complete his research. But a strange set of circumstances — including a knife attack, the in vitro fertilization of his wife, and an insurance company plot to use DNA samples to weed out clients predisposed to early deaths — draw Tardivel into a story that will ultimately involve the hunt for a Nazi death camp doctor.<

Jake Sullivan watched his father, suffering from a rare condition, collapse and linger in a vegetative state, and he’s incredibly paranoid because he inherited that condition. When mindscanning technology becomes available, he has himself scanned, which involves dispatching his biological body to the moon and assuming an android body. In possession of everything the biological Jake Sullivan had on Earth, android Jake finds love with Karen, who has also been mindscanned. Meanwhile, biological Jake discovers there is finally another, brand-new cure for his condition. Moreover, Karen’s son sues her, declaring that his mother is dead, and android Karen has no right to deprive him of his considerable inheritance. Biological Jake, unable to leave the moon because of the contract he signed, becomes steadily more unstable, until finally, in a fit of paranoia, he takes hostages. Sawyer’s treatment of identity issues —of what copying consciousness may mean and how consciousness is defined —finds expression in a good story that is a new meditation on an old SF theme, the meaning of being human.

Won John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 2006

Nominated for Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2005<