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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.

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芥川龍之介の処女作。雪の降る日、橋場の玉川軒では一中節の順講が開かれていた。四十歳を超えた人々が集まり、師匠の紫暁、中洲の大将、小川の旦那などが列席している。末席にいるのは「房さん」という本卦返りをした老人だ。かつては茶屋酒に溺れ、金瓶大黒の若太夫との心中沙汰も経験した彼は、玄米問屋の身上をすってしまったが、今では料理屋に引き取られ楽隠居の身となっていた。

In Matheson's vampire classic I Am Legend, a plague has decimated the world and transformed the unfortunate survivors into bloodthirsty creatures of the night. Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth. Every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire hungry for Neville's blood. By day he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】明治十一年、二十五歳の私は芝の師匠宅に住み、休日ごとに谷中の高橋宅へ遊びに通っていた。 旧暦八月一日の名月の晩も、谷中で一日過ごし夜九時前に帰途につき、月明かりの下、将来や郷里を思いながら将監橋を十時前に渡ったところまでは覚えている。

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Literary Hub The best in short fiction from around the world, from celebrated anthologist and author John Freeman and award-winning novelist Rabih Alameddine In The Penguin Book of the International Short Story, writers from different nations, languages...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FICTION PRIZE 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018 'Brilliantly inventive and blazingly smart' Garth Greenwell 'Impossible, imperfect, unforgettable' Roxane Gay In her provocative debut, Carmen Maria Machado demolishes the borders...

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Two is the second instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Two features 13 essential classic novels from Jane Austen; Edith Wharton; Leo Tolstoy; D.H. Lawrence, and many more, alongside selected poetry from Christina Rossetti; Elizabeth Browning; and Emily Dickinson. Read by a cast of incredible narrators including Joanne Froggatt, Adjoa Andoh, Jonathan Keeble, and many more, this is your new go-to collection to catch up on those classics you've always wanted to hear.

In 1956, Caedmon had the great fortune to record Eudora Welty reading some of her finest stories. In her sweetly vibrant Mississippi drawl, Ms. Welty deftly draws the listener in to the uproariously multilayered ""Why I Live at the P.O.,"" the spontaneous ""Powerhouse"" and the insightful voice...

A collection of short stories, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories was first published in 1979 and awarded the Cheltenham Festival Literary Prize. This Audible exclusive adaptation is narrated by legendary actors, Richard Armitage and Emilia Fox, who take on different chapters of the audiobook. Among these are 'The Bloody Chamber', 'The Courtship of Mr Lyon', 'The Tiger's Bride', 'Puss in Boots', 'The Erl-King', 'The Snow Child', 'The Lady of the House of Love', 'The Werewolf' and 'Wolf-Alice'.

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金持ちの商人が死に、息子がその全財産を受け継いだ。浪費家のこの息子は、毎晩仮装舞踏会へでかけたり、お札でたこをはったり、小石の代りに金貨で海の水を打ってあそんだり……すぐに財産を使い果たし、四シリングと古どてらのねまき、そして一足のうわぐつだけになってしまう。友人たちは一人また一人と離れていったが、親切な友人の一人が古いかばんをくれた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】老獣医の糟谷は家族とともに暮らし、貧しいながらも診療所を運営していた。

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務は自殺を図ろうとしていた。電車の踏切で自殺を試みたが果たせず、混乱した頭で他の死場所を探していた。いらいらした気持ちで丘の小径へと向かい、人気のない夜道で松の枝に兵児帯を掛けようと思いつく。しかし帯を投げて枝にかけ、結び目を作り上に攀じのぼろうとしたその時、耳許で叱り咎めるような声がした。振り返ると白っぽい洋服を着た鈎鼻のある兄・正義の顔があった。

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生物現象と物理現象の関連性について論じたエッセイ。科学者である寺田は、駿河湾の鰺の漁獲高と地震頻度の相関研究から出発し、物理的方法を生物現象に適用する意義を主張する。たとえば、人間を含む生物集団も物質として統計的に分析でき、歩行者の密度や神輿を担ぐ群衆の動きは物理法則に従っていることがわかる。

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戦争から帰ってきたオング君は街を歩いていると、昔の知り合いのハルと再会する。ハルは今や映画女優になっていた。二人は喫茶店でコーヒーを飲みながら会話する。ハルは女優には給料が十分に出ないと不満を漏らし、オング君は最近終えた戦争の経験を語りだす。オング君は周辺国でパルチザンの鎮圧に参加したが、その戦争が実は映画会社の仕組んだ芝居だったと疑っていたのだ。

This classic science fiction masterwork by Isaac Asimov weaves stories about robots, humanity, and the deep questions of existence into a novel of shocking intelligence and heart. “A must-read for science-fiction buffs and literature enjoyers alike.”—The Guardian I, Robot, the first and...

Featured in the Netflix series Love, Death & Robots Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his multiple award-winning stories for a groundbreaking collection—including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume. With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu...

The Apology of Socrates, written by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue of the speech of legal self-defense which Socrates spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BC. Specifically, the Apology of Socrates is a defense against the charges of "corrupting the youth" and "not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other daimonia that are novel" to Athens.

Een erotische kerstkalender: een collectie korte verhalen uitgegeven door LUST bevat een erotisch seksverhaal voor de adventdagen.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】ベルギーにある科学研究所で、モール博士は人造人間の設計図を二本の黒い筒に分けて、弟子の千吉とハンスに預ける。

The early fiction of one of the nation’s most celebrated writers, Truman Capote, as he takes his first bold steps into the canon of American literature Recently rediscovered in the archives of the New York Public Library, these short stories provide an unparalleled look at Truman Capote...

What happens when a robot begins to question its creators? What would be the consequences of creating a robot with a sense of humour? Or the ability to lie? How do we truly tell the difference between man and machine? In I, Robot, Asimov sets out the Three Laws of Robotics - designed to protect humans from their robotic creations - and pushes them to their limits and beyond.

Selected from the best of the world's short fiction, 50 Great Short Stories brings together writings by great masters of the genre. Carefully picked for their timeless quality, listeners are sure to be delighted by the inclusion of such favourites as 'The Gift of the Magi', 'The Lady with the Dog', 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', 'Rain' and 'Mrs Packletide's Tiger', to name but a few.

Here is a story that goes beyond space and time. Isaac Asimov takes on a journey that explores the ultimate fate of the universe, along with the question, what will become of the human race? So take a journey into the outer twilight of your mind. Turn off the light, sit back and relax, close your eyes, and enter the infinite universe of your imagination.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】近江の国に住む田原藤太は、瀬田の唐橋で二十丈もの大蛇と出会う。藤太が平然と大蛇の背を踏んで渡ると、大蛇は青い着物を着た小男に姿を変えた。小男は自らが龍王であることを明かし、三上山に住むむかでが湖を荒らし、子供たちをさらっていくと訴える。龍王は藤太に助けを求め、湖底の御殿へ案内する。

Revenge, death, and destruction abound in this early short story by H.P. Lovecraft. The story follows Antoine, a count who is last in line to die at the age of 32 due to a curse put on his family hundreds of years prior. His ancestor, being responsible for the death, brought about the curse, and Antoine was left to watch all his family, including his manservant, die an early death. But when his time comes and he is exploring the castle in wait, he manages to successfully end the curse by deflecting the fatal blow of Charles - the son of the man who was killed so many years ago.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】『小さな町』『落穂拾ひ』『犬の生活』などの著書がある昭和期の小説家による三編の回想録。幼い頃、私の父は摂津大掾の弟子で文楽座に出ていた。

This audiobook brings together 13 uproarious short stories and one novella, focused on Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium. His stories are celebrated as heroic propaganda pieces, but he’s simply trying to stay alive in a hostile galaxy.

With accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide. The nine stories in this stunning debut collection unerringly chart the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.

The story tells the tale of an introverted academic who happens upon a strange whistle while exploring a cemetery on the East Anglian coast. When blown, the whistle unleashes a supernatural force that terrorises its discoverer. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

Dating to the ninth century BC, Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned...