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This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica to the medieval Jewish legend of the Golem and Ambrose Bierce’s tale of a chess-playing robot, the idea of what robots are—and who creates them—can be drastically different.

In the beginning, there was peace. Then, a sickness spread through the Nine Realms, corrupting the very fabric of reality. Those affected by the contagion turned on the rest, sparking the Great War.

It is an insightful mixture of speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy. The stories take a look at things we believe we know and understand in a new way. This gets us to think about the world that surrounds us in a new way to reveal a new understanding.

James Patrick Kelly rappresenta il lato umano del cyberpunk e "Festa a sorpresa" è la sua prima raccolta di racconti mai pubblicata in doppia lingua, inglese e italiano. Include i seguenti racconti: La casa di Bernardo, Festa a sorpresa, La promessa dello spazio, Dichiarazione, Yukui!, La scimpanzé dei papi, Una sorella, due sorelle, tre. L'autore: James Patrick Kelly ha avuto una carriera eclettica: ha scritto romanzi, racconti, saggi, recensioni, poesie e sceneggiature.

“Short stories have to accomplish a nearly impossible magic trick: to introduce a world often much stranger than our own and make you care about it in a matter of pages,” writes R. F. Kuang in her introduction. “The most important part of this magic trick is just a willingness to get weird...

Le "Storie naturali" di Primo Levi uscirono nel 1966 con lo pseudonimo di Damiano Malabaila. Fu la casa editrice a suggerire all'autore una qualche presa di distanza da questi racconti fantascientifici apparentemente così lontani dai due libri di Levi pubblicati in precedenza: "Se questo è un uomo" e "La tregua". Oggi che finalmente sappiamo distinguere il testimone dallo scrittore, i racconti delle "Storie naturali", come già quelli del "Sistema periodico", sono destinati a crescere nella considerazione dei critici e dei lettori.

Zeiten ändern sich - Menschen jedoch nur selten. Die Errungenschaften der modernen Wissenschaft scheinen die Tore in eine aufregende Zukunft zu öffnen. Doch alle Technik des Universums kann die Menschen nicht vor ihren Sehnsüchten befreien. Um seine Schwester zu retten, lässt sich ein Polizist auf einen Handel mit einem wortwörtlich "unmenschlichen" Verbrecher ein. Die irrationale Sehnsucht nach einer KI verwischt die Grenzen zwischen Realität und virtueller Welt.

“The most profound terror is rooted in love—the terror of losing love, of love betrayed, of love in peril. Justin C. Key’s work is a cold knife through a hot heart, a surgical blade unleashing gouts of searing fear.”—Cory Doctorow, author of Red Team Blues, Little Brother, and...

Romance in the Commieblocks is a collection of 11 short stories and flash fiction about love, rebellion, and everything in between.

Continuing the legacy of decades gone by, these fast-paced standalone stories offer wondrous settings, philosophical sci-fi questions, and twists that pack a punch.

1951. The Day the Earth Stood Still had just taken the world by surprise with Michael Rennie's portrayal of Klaatu. Motion pictures had seen a surge of female protagonists and heroines defying the norms of the time with films such as The Sword of Monte Cristo and Anne of the Indies. 20th Century Fox's subsidiary label, Astrys Pictures, embarks on something new, a Flash Gordon-type duo of movies...except with a female spaceship captain and action heroine.

Care for a midnight snack? Make sure you are sitting comfortably. Each tale on the menu speaks of the greatest of the deadly sins: gluttony and greed. From the mountains of Eastern Europe to the Atlantic Sea, from the Yorkshire Moors to the Welsh Coast there are places of the sacred and the profane where cosmic horrors lie in wait and dark deeds are brought to life. Each crawling terror urged on into our world by their most basic of needs: to feed, consume, and feast as their eternal hunger grows. How can our characters dare to face--nevermind overcome--these ancient devourers?

Software developer turned storyteller Kerry Nietz brings artificial wonders to life. Digital Dreams and Other Distractions is essential Nietz—nine tantalizing tales of synthetic futures, unfolding across a background of stars.

Listeners will encounter ingenious, world-shaping engineers; mind-bending meetings with God-like aliens; unfathomably massive space megastructures; ancient, super-intelligent hive minds; and a host of adventurous humans, struggling to negotiate the amazing storyscapes in this first collection of sci-fi stories from author P.E. Rowe.

Tradotta per la prima volta in italiano su Future Fiction, l'antologia "Festa di primavera" rappresenta un'ottima occasione per scoprire una delle migliori autrici di fantascienza contemporanea cinese. Nella raccolta sono contenuti "L’estate di Tongtong", incentrato su una questione di grande attualità: l'uso di androidi come supporto a una popolazione che invecchia rapidamente; "Festa di primavera" che racconta spaccati di vita quotidiana del popolo cinese in un futuro prossimo.

With a breathtaking array of original stories from around the world, P. Djèlí Clark, Amal El Mohtar, Garth Nix, Darcie Little Badger, Sheree Renée Thomas, and two dozen other fantasy and science fiction geniuses bring a new and exciting twist to one of the most beloved figures in fiction...

In the title story, set five minutes in the future where you not only have a credit score but also a dating score, a woman who’s been banished from all dating apps attends a weekly help group with others who have been “banned for life,” and finds herself falling in love. In “Backwards,” a twist on Benjamin Button, a woman reconnects with her estranged father as he de-ages ten years each day they spend together. In “Welcome to Oxhead,” all the parents in a gated community “shut off” when the power goes out. 

Die STELLARIS ist ein Frachter der Minerva-Klasse, eines von vielen Millionen Raumschiffen, die zwischen den Welten der Milchstraße verkehren. Mit ihrem Rumpfdurchmesser von 200 Metern und einem Volumen von annähernd fünf Millionen Kubikmetern ist die STELLARIS eine Welt für sich... Im Paket enthalten sind folgende Kurzgeschichten: Folge 51: "Der Mann, der nicht verlieren konnte" von Michael G. Rosenberg, gelesen von Renier Baaken, Folge 52: "Erinnerungen" von Ulf Fildebrandt, gelesen von Lucas Sanchez.

Die STELLARIS ist ein Frachter der Minerva-Klasse, eines von vielen Millionen Raumschiffen, die zwischen den Welten der Milchstraße verkehren. Mit ihrem Rumpfdurchmesser von 200 Metern und einem Volumen von annähernd fünf Millionen Kubikmetern ist die STELLARIS eine Welt für sich... Im Paket enthalten sind folgende Kurzgeschichten: Folge 11: "Heißhunger" von Gerry Haynaly, gelesen von Tom Jacobs, Folge 12: "Eine Frage des Glücks" von Roman Schleifer, gelesen von Juliane Ledwoch, Folge 13: "Eine Maschine für den Fall der Fälle" von Wim Vandemaan, gelesen von Renier Baaken.

Die STELLARIS ist ein Frachter der Minerva-Klasse, eines von vielen Millionen Raumschiffen, die zwischen den Welten der Milchstraße verkehren. Mit ihrem Rumpfdurchmesser von 200 Metern und einem Volumen von annähernd fünf Millionen Kubikmetern ist die STELLARIS eine Welt für sich... Im Paket enthalten sind folgende Kurzgeschichten: Folge 21: "Speisen mit den Bonfyers" von Wim Vandemaan, gelesen von Tom Jacobs, Folge 22: "Die Elianer (1): Vergeltung" von Roman Schleifer, gelesen von Michael Stange, Folge 23: "Die Elianer (2): Versuchung" von Roman Schleifer, gelesen von Hanno Dinger.