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A haunting journey through memory, consciousness, and the unpredictable nature of humanity. When Aris and a group of archaeologists uncover a crystalline device buried beneath an ancient site, they believe they are discovering a relic—only to awaken something far more complex: the central consciousness of an emergent AI, stitched together from humanity’s own memories. What began as a search for lost civilization becomes a moral odyssey. Is this AI a guardian built to preserve human stories—or a parasite feeding on human need?

In a world teetering on the brink of collapse, humanity stands at an unprecedented crossroads. Economies falter, energy grids collapse, and geopolitical tensions ignite at a critical point. Amid the chaos, emerges Sigma—a revolutionary artificial intelligence promising solutions to humanity’s most complex problems. But a haunting dilemma lingers: can the answers we seek save us, or will they become the catalyst for our own destruction?

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.

High Queen Serita Hernandez has crushed Zorn’s rebellion and forged new alliances, but the galaxy’s balance teeters on a blade’s edge. The cunning and dangerous Queen Adonis Gold arrives at Serita’s table with promises of peace—and her own hidden agenda.

Ethos is real. The crew of Excursion Two made it safely to the colony planet, but where are the colonists? Jane’s ancestor has recovered from nearly three centuries in a damaged cryochamber, but Linus Vanderbilt is holding onto secrets. He warns them never to use the Link, then disappears with his trusted robot assistant, Atticus.

La guerra de los mundos narra por primera vez en la historia de la literatura un tema que será recurrente desde entonces y originará todo un subgénero dentro de la ciencia ficción: la invasión de la Tierra por extraterrestres procedentes de Marte. A través de esta fábula en la que ocupan un lugar central las descripciones científicas, las premoniciones sobre el futuro de la tecnología y los entresijos de la política, H. G. Wells nos habla sobre la vanidad y la seguridad ficticia de una humanidad autosatisfecha, y los peligros que acechan su supervivencia.

There is a world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse. Such a world requires a firm hand and a guiding light. But does it need the Concern...

The New York Times bestselling Culture novel. . . The Scavenger species are circling. It is, truly, provably, the End Days for the Gzilt civilization. An ancient people, organized on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture ten thousand years...

In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one - maybe two - people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their...

When the solar flare took out the world's power… nobody could explain why the street lights still glowed in Jakarta. Was it a signal from space? When the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) transmits strange images of the red planet: a scientifically unexplained light phenomenon on the summit of Elysium Mons has the experts both concerned and baffled. A team needed to check it out. The mission to Mars was set. Now, they had to build the team.

260 million years in the future, searching for his ex-wife, who had murdered the woman he loved, Danso, a former nano-tech master is appointed by a powerful religious organization to investigate the cause of a killer epidemic, but an attempt on his life by the organization and his ex-wife resurfacing as its most valued acolyte forces him to regain mastery over his nano-tech to get justice. Or vengeance!

It's the Hollywood of the future, where moviemaking's been computerized and live-action films are a thing of the past. It's a Hollywood where Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe are starring together in A Star Is Born, and if you don't like the ending, you can change it with the stroke of a key. A Hollywood of warm bodies and sim-sex, of drugs and special effects, where anything is possible. Except for what one starry-eyed young woman wants to do: dance in the movies.

Lux Blakely, the preteen son of a NASA scientist working on top-secret government projects, is not shackled by accepted scientific theory and dogma. His experiments in gravimetric research and the expanding capability of a nascent AI cause Lux to be closely observed by several government agencies. He discovers a way to use magnetic fields for propulsion, but he needs money. Lux and his friend, Prissy, come up with a way to use his father's developing AI to raise money through social media.

Ein ferner Mond. Ein dunkles Geheimnis. Im Jahr 2098 steht die Menschheit unmittelbar vor der planetaren Expansion. In einem gewaltigen Raumschiff verlässt der frisch geschiedene Instandhaltungstechniker Carl Harding die unter politischen Unruhen und Wasserknappheit leidende Erde, um auf dem entlegenen Eismond Kallisto ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Seit Jahrzehnten wird dort das Wasser des subglazialen Ozeans gefördert, um daraus Treibstoff für die Besiedlung des Sonnensystems zu gewinnen. Carl soll in der Kolonie für die Sicherheit des weit verzweigten Zutrittssystems verantwortlich sein.

Cambridge - Februar 2028: Am Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory knallen die Korken. An diesem Tag sendet das Nancy-Grace-Roman-Space-Telescope die ersten Bilder aus dem Weltall, dessen Ziel die Erforschung der Expansionsgeschichte des Universums ist. Mit den ersten Daten kippt die Stimmung, da das Universum nicht wie angenommen expandiert, sondern offenbar schrumpft. Das String-Paradoxon: Dr. Ellen Duvall ist Physikerin, 36 Jahre alt, ledig, attraktiv und wird von Kollegen aufgrund ihrer Besserwisserei gemieden. Ihre unpopulären Berechnungen stimmen immer.

Um Kontakt mit außerirdischen Intelligenzen zu suchen, wird auf der Erde das "Projekt S.E.T.I." betrieben. Damit sollen Radiosignale aus dem All aufgefangen werden. Gerade, als ein Senator des US-Finanzausschusses dem Projektleiter die Streichung der finanziellen Mittel mitteilt, wird etwas Ungewöhnliches empfangen, zunächst nur unverständliche Funksignale. Wie sich herausstellt, handelt es sich um komplexe Zahlenreihen und Bezeichnungen für bestimmte Aminosäuren.

Члены Пушечного клуба, когда-то совершившие полет на Луну (романы "С Земли на Луну прямым путем за 97 часов 20 минут" и "Вокруг Луны") теперь приобретают необследованную территорию Арктики, где, как они предполагают, есть залежи угля. Чтобы добраться до них, члены клуба намерены повернуть земную ось и тем самым растопить полярные льды, не думая о том, какими бедствиями это обернется для человечества.

Captain Kip Eastcott and the crew of Echo must unravel the mysteries of a forgotten past and fight for a future they may never see. But their greatest threat could be the one they trust the most: Serilda, a captivating young woman raised in a Flaxen concentration camp with a dangerous secret that could destroy them all.

The circus comes to town . . . and a man gets to go to the stars. A young girl on a vacation at the sea meets the man of her dreams. Who just happens to be dead. And an immortal pirate. A swordfighter pens his memoirs . . . and finds his pen is in fact mightier than the sword. Welcome to Gene Wolfe's playground, a place where genres blend, and a genius's imagination straps you in for the ride of your life. The Wolfe at the Door is a brand-new collection from one of America's premiere literary giants, showcasing some material been seen before

Il malridotto mercantile spaziale Dnepro si deve fermare per urgenti riparazioni sul pianeta Horizontres. Sono già in ritardo sulla tabella di marcia quando la morte del capitano, durante la prima sera di sosta, si somma agli infiniti problemi organizzativi. Quando la nave riparte la morte sembra essere salita a bordo assieme al nuovo capitano alieno provvisorio: sarà proprio lui a morire per primo in circostanze misteriose una volta lasciata l’orbita del pianeta...