Critics have compared the engrossing space operas of Peter F. Hamilton to the classic sagas of such sf giants as Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert. But Hamilton's bestselling fictionpowered by a fearless imagination and world-class storytelling skillshas also earned him comparison to Tolstoy and Dickens ... more »

Der Band enthält die folgenden Erzählungen: Auf der Seifenblase Der Traumfabrikant Prost Die Fernschule Die Rache im Odoratorium Über Zukunftsträume Die Weltprojekte Apoikis Prinzessin Jaja! Aladins Wunderlampe Psychotomie Mirax Auf der Seifenblase Der Gehirnspiegel Wie der Teufel den Professor holte ... more »

Carol Meyers has forgotten her tragic life until Ned, an experimental neural implant, wakes her from the childlike sleep of Alzheimers. We love you, Mrs. Meyers. You're going to be happy now. You're a very lucky person, Mrs. Meyers. You've got that big memory chip! And the nanos are fixing your body ... more »

To view this eBook, the free application, MobiPocket Reader, is required. Go to MobiPocket.com What is this book? Is it a completely new angle of science fiction; or is it the most revolutionary revelation of scientific understanding of the new millennium?  Is it something can be ignored or something ... more »

excerpt from CHAPTER I: THE AWAKENING Dimly, like the daybreak glimmer of a sky long wrapped in fogs, a sign of consciousness began to dawn in the face of the tranced girl. Once more the breath of life began to stir in that full bosom, to which again a vital warmth had on this day of days crept slowly ... more »

from the INTRODUCTORY: They were four of the greatest minds in the Universe: Two men, two women, lost in an experimental spaceship billions of parsecs from home. And as they mentally charted the Cosmos to find their way back to earth, their own loves and hates were as startling as the worlds they encountered ... more »

The place is the United States. The time, the near-future, 2020-2040. Here, justice is blind and the ranks of the disenfranchised have swollen to a toxic level. High-tech rules the day while human nature, for better or worse, remains constant. In nine interwoven tales, Mosley paints a keen if fictional ... more »

... be your guide. Bring a gat along, and plenty of ammo. Hope's away, at Aunt Cleo's, so don't get in touch with her and spoil her visit. -Vic *** The Whispering Spheres By R. R. Winterotham An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation. CHAPTER I - The Cauldron ... more »

In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of research and cutting-edge science in the first of three novels that will chronicle the colonization of Mars. For eons, sandstorms have swept the barren desolate landscape of the red planet. For centuries ... more »

A colony world lost during the Downfall, Aramar is in a strategic spot between the Commonwealth and Conclave. Both galactic civilizations want Aramar to join them. Trouble is brewing, and the crew of Sunsinger is asked by the Commonwealth Council to go to Aramar and assist the Commonwealth's ambassadors ... more »

As launch approaches, Michael initiates changes that he sees as necessary if he succeeds, eventually, in persuading his crewmen to accept his wild plan, so as to keep Cleo safe. He announces that since the voyage home could take an Earthyear, seven people will engage in activities intended to keep them ... more »

Miles Naismith Vorkosigan comes of age. After failing the Barrayaran Military Academy physicals, the brittle-boned, dwarfish son of Cordelia and Aral Vorkosigan uses a clever touch of creativity to finance a shipment of munitions into a war zone. When the simple merchant expedition draws the attention ... more »