Science fiction

"Harsh and ingenious! "High Rise" is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind."--Martin Amis, "New Statesman."

Rediscover the extraordinary love story of Clare and Henry. The pair met when Clare was just six and Henry thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty.Impossible but true.Now adapted into the major Sky TV series, The Time Traveler's Wife is the international bestselling novel of a time-altering love. Henry is a librarian who suffers from a rare condition where his genetic clock periodically resets, finding himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. Meanwhile, Clare is an artist waiting all her life for her great love Henry to appear. In the face of this force neither can prevent nor control, Henry and Clare's struggle to lead normal lives is both intensely moving and entirely unforgettable.'Dark, unpredictable, incredibly clever and a modern romance' Grazia

In Dune: The Heir of Caladan, the climactic novel in the Caladan trilogy by New York Times bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, we step into the shoes of Paul Atreides. A not yet a man in years, he is about to enter a world he could never have imagined. The story that began with Duke Leto Atreides's rise to power, then continued with the consequences of Lady Jessica's betrayal, will now conclude with Paul becoming the leader that he needs to be on the way to his pivotal role as Muad'Dib. Any Dune fan will devour this tale of a legend coming into his own.

"The sci-fi horror manga classic returns, in a fully-colorized, premium-quality hardcover for the first time! If you've never read the story of Shinichi and the polite and murderous alien infesting his right arm-or even if you already own the series-there's never been a better way to collect it. They arrive in silence, out of dark skies. They infest human hosts and consume them. And they are everywhere. They are Parasites: alien creatures who must invade and take control of human hosts to survive. Once they have infected their victims, they can twist their hosts's bodies into any abominable shapes they choose: craniums splitting to reveal mouths of sharp teeth, batlike wings erupting from backs, blades tearing through soft hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purposes behind ordinary human faces. No one knows their secret, except an ordinary high school student. Shinichi managed to stop the infestation of his body by an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come? For more than 30 years, new generations of readers have been riveted to this unlikely buddy story that unfolds amid a world of monstrosities that never stay hidden for long. Since its first release, in 1988, Parasyte has inspired live-action films, spinoffs, and, in 2015, a global hit anime series. The Full Color Collection presents Hitoshi Iwaaki's original manga in hardcover for the first time, with each page carefully colorized and a revised translation for 2022. There's never been a better time to stay up late and get your hand on Parasyte!"--Publisher.

2040. The Long Earth is in chaos. . . .The cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption is shutting down civilization. Whole populations flee to the relative safety of myriad stepwise Earths. Sally Linsay, Joshua Valiente, and Lobsang have all been involved in the perilous post-eruption clean-up.But Joshua faces a crisis close to home. From a long childhood hidden deep in the Long Earth, a new breed of young, super-bright post-humans is emerging?but "normal" human society is turning against them, driven by ignorance and fear. For Joshua, caught up in the conflict, a dramatic showdown seems inevitable.Meanwhile, U.S. Navy Commander Maggie Kauffman embarks on an incredible journey, leading an expedition to the unexplored limits of the far Long Earth.And Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father, Willis Linsay, inventor of the original Stepper device. Ever the maverick, he is planning a fantastic voyage of his own?across the Long Mars. But what is his true motivation?For Joshua, for humankind, for the Long Earth itself?everything is different now.

A chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe -- London street urchin-turned-legendary swashbuckling adventurer -- risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox. . . and Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent a contentious continent through the newborn power of finance.

The trials of Dr. Daniel Waterhouse and the Natural Philosophers increase one hundredfold in an England plagued by the impending war and royal insecurities -- as the beautiful and ambitious Eliza plays a most dangerous game as double agent and confidante of enemy kings.

In which Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and courageous Puritan, pursues knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe -- in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight.

2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day, a new society continues to evolve in the Long Earth. Now, a message has been received: ?Join us.?The Next?the hyper-intelligent post-humans?realize that the missive contains instructions for kick-starting the development of an immense artificial intelligence known as The Machine. But to build this computer, the size of an Earth continent, they must obtain help from the more populous and still industrious worlds of mankind.Meanwhile, on a trek in the High Meggers, Joshua Valienté, now nearing seventy, is saved from death when a troll band discovers him. Living among the trolls as he recovers, Joshua develops a deeper understanding of this collective-intelligence species and its society. He discovers that some older trolls, with capacious memories, act as communal libraries and live on a very strange Long Earth world, in caverns under the root systems of trees as tall as mountains. He also learns something much more profound about life and its purpose in the Long Earth: We cultivate the cosmos to maximize the opportunities for life and joy in this universe, and to prepare for new universes to come.

Die schönsten irischen Tänze, Jig Reels, Hornpipes, Stücke von Carolan und Folksongs laden in die Welt der irischen Musik ein. Informationen über die einzelnen Stücke, zur Stilistik und dem kulturellen Hintergrund ergänzen die stilvollen Bearbeitungen. Passend zum "Irish Flute Book" mit Audio-Downloads gibt es ein Heft für Klavier, das in den Tonarten auf die Flötensätze abgestimmt ist. Beide Hefte eignen sich hervorragend für den Unterricht und das Spiel im Ensemble.Schwierigkeitsgrad: 2

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Lauded Star Wars author James Luceno returns to pen an intense tale of ambition and betrayal that sets the stage for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. War is tearing the galaxy apart. For years the Republic and the Separatists have battled across the stars, each building more and more deadly technology in an attempt to win the war. As a member of Chancellor Palpatine's top secret Death Star project, Orson Krennic is determined to develop a superweapon before the Republic's enemies can. And an old friend of Krennic's, the brilliant scientist Galen Erso, could be the key. Galen's energy-focused research has captured the attention of both Krennic and his foes, making the scientist a crucial pawn in the galactic conflict. But after Krennic rescues Galen, his wife, Lyra, and their young daughter, Jyn, from Separatist kidnappers, the Erso family is deeply in Krennic's debt. Krennic then offers Galen an extraordinary opportunity: to continue his scientific studies with every resource put utterly at his disposal. While Galen and Lyra believe that his energy research will be used purely in altruistic ways, Krennic has other plans that will finally make the Death Star a reality. Trapped in their benefactor's tightening grasp, the Ersos must untangle Krennic's web of deception to save themselves and the galaxy itself.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.What would happen if the world were ending?A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain . . .Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.

Yokos eventyr har vinger! Hun elsker at flyve, gerne mod himlens uendelighed i fantastiske maskiner, som ofte er konstrueret specielt til hende. Heldigvis er hun aldrig bange for at sætte sig ind i ny teknologi, når fortidens gåder skal løses eller fremtidige trusler mod menneskeheden skal afværges. Hvad enten hun indtager cockpittet i det elegante svævefly LS1, den statelige Heracles – forgængeren for vore dages jumbojet – den manøvredygtige Kolibri eller den sofistikerede og hemmelighedsfulde ”Zar”, formår hun at betjene dem kontrolleret og med omtanke, så hun og flyet i fællesskab forsvarer humane værdier og beskytter menneskehedens juvelskrin: Jorden. Temaet for dette ottende samlebind er … fly! Roger Leloup har haft en passion for flyvemaskiner, siden han var barn – og i de 15 år, han var ansat på Hergés tegnestue, før han skabte Yoko Tsuno, tegnede han samtlige fly i Tintin-historierne ... foruden masser af biler, motorcykler, tanks og kaptajn Haddocks kørestol! Det er med stor fornøjelse, han her har samlet tre album, der er fyldt med flyvemaskiner: Budskab til evigheden (hvori Yoko erfarer, at der svæver evige beskeder rundt i himlen) Kanonen fra Kra (hvori yoko får tilbudt en kolibris vinger for at forhindre en machiavellistisk plan) Den syvende kode (hvori Yoko genfinder Olga og hendes vodka – og sammen med en Zar og Rasputin får solbeskinnet selskab af Petrusjka) Tre af Yoko Tsunos klassiske eventyr, som ikke har kunnet fås i mange år. Endvidere indeholder bogen et omfattende og rigt illustreret ekstramateriale om tegneseriens og de enkelte historiers tilblivelse, denne gang skrevet i en meget personlig stil af Roger Leloup selv – naturligvis med masser af skitser og modeller af fly foruden tekniske data for dem!Pressen skrev om de tidligere samlebind: “Som altid er tegningerne sublime.” ****** – Serieland “Nostalgisk fryd.” ***** – Berlingske “Forrygende flot med et væld af lækkert ekstramateriale.” ***** - Ekstra Bladet “Man overvældes af detaljeringsgraden og det enorme arbejde, der er lagt i hver enkelt tegning.” – nummer9.dk

Tretten måneder efter begivenhederne i seriens første bog lever Randall Morgan og hans familie stadig et liv i usikkerhed. Et liv, hvor de – ligesom de andre spredte grupper af overlevende – konstant må være på vagt. En dag gør de dog et makabert fund, som leder dem til at tro, at deres forfølgere ikke vil udgøre en trussel meget længere. Men kan de stole på, at det ikke blot er endnu en udspekuleret fælde, som deres usynlige fjende har sat op? Og kan de stole på hinanden?

Afslutningen på DEN FØRSTE og DE TOLV - en international og forrygende anmeldt bestsellertrilogi, hvori Justin Cronin tegner et skræmmende billede af civilisationens sammenbrud og menneskehedens desperate kamp for overlevelse.Vampyrlignende væsner smittet med en særdeles smitsom virus har overtaget verden. Små kolonier af overlevende mennesker må leve side om side med disse overnaturlige væsner, der konstant er på jagt efter nyt blod. Nu er alt stille, men varsler stilheden enden på mareridtet eller evig mørke? Kan de overlevende genopbygge samfundet og skabe en håbefuld fremtid? Forude venter den absolut sidste kamp mellem lys og mørke."Uovertruffen ... Afslutningen på Cronins postapocalyptiske bestsellertrilogi byder på alt den hjertesorg, glæde og uventede twists, som begivenher i DEN FØRSTE og DE TOLV lagde op til." - Publishers Weekly"Læsere, som utålmodigt har ventet på afslutningen af Cronins dystopiske thrillertrilogi, bliver i den grad belønnet med denne episke, knugende roman. Ikke alene får serien med denne titel en spændende og tilfredsstillende afslutning, den viser også Cronins rørende udforskning af kærligheden som både en destruktiv kraft og en elementær nødvendighed, hvilket hæver dette værk over andre dystopiske romaner." - Library JournalSE UNDER INFO TIL PRESSE/MARKETING (TEKSTEN ER FOR LANG TIL AT VÆRE I DETTE FELT:O)

A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Martian. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crew mates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realises that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance. Part scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian - while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.

En kringlet forfatterhjerne, en britisk bestseller, et genialt, originalt mordmysterium.Aiden Bishop kender reglerne. Arlena Hardcastle falder død om hver dag, indtil han identificerer hendes drabsmand og bryder det loop, han er fanget i. Men hver gang dagen begynder forfra, vågner Aiden i skikkelse af en ny gæst på Blackheath Manor. Og nogle af hans værter er mere behjælpelige end andre. Arlena Hardcastles syv dødsfald er et åndeløst afhængighedsskabende mysterium. Det er én mands vilde ridt mod tiden for at afsløre en morder, med hjernevridende, tidsundertvingende twists, hvor ingen er, hvem de giver sig ud for at være.

Forfatteren Randall Morgan er på vej hjem efter 14 dages ophold i den afsidesliggende hytte, hvor han altid tager hen for at skrive afslutningerne på sine bøger. Da han ankommer til sin hjemby, East Alin, bliver han imidlertid mødt af et foruroligende syn.Ved et lyskryds nær bygrænsen har nogen forvandlet en lygtepæl til en improviseret galge, og i den er en mand – død og maltrakteret – blevet klynget op.Synet af den hængte mand er skræmmende i sig selv, men det går hurtigt op for Randall, at der er andre – og langt større – problemer i det lille samfund. For mens han venter i sin bil på, at politiet dukker op, passerer flere mennesker forbi gerningsstedet – og ikke et eneste af dem reagerer på, at der hænger en død mand midt på gaden.Noget er gået helt galt i East Alin, mens han har været væk.----------Udhængt er en spændingsroman, der genremæssigt har en fod plantet i både horror og science fiction. Det er en actionfyldt bog, hvor karaktererne for det meste kun lige når at gispe en halv mundfuld ilt ind efter den ene dramatiske begivenhed, før den næste følger.Trods det høje tempo og de overnaturlige horror/science fiction-elementer er der dog også et underliggende niveau, hvor bogen skildrer mere almenmenneskelige problemstillinger. Især familiedramaerne bliver interessante, når de udspiller sig under de nye livsvilkår, som gælder i bogens fiktive univers.

Hvad er en BUG? Svaret kan være:- en fejl i en computers funktion eller programmering- en infektion eller et sygdomsfremkaldende virus - en skjult aflytningsmekanisme, for eksempel i en telefon- en insektlignende, udenjordisk organisme som har taget kontrollen over et menneskes kropI 2041 indtræffer et globalt digitalt sammenbrud, som med ét slag udraderer al data i hele verden. Fra det ene øjeblik til det andet må menneskeheden forsøge at klare sig uden computere, internet og kunstig intelligens. Snart begynder man fra forskellig side at mistænke kosmonauten Kameron Obb – den eneste overlevende fra en ekspedition til Mars – for at have noget med sammenbruddet at gøre. Og ikke nok med det: Obb lader til personligt at være i besiddelse af al den forsvundne data, hvilket snart gør ham til verdens mest eftersøgte menneske.Med BUG har Enki Bilal skabt en futuristisk fabel om den digitale tidsalder – og de risici vi løber, når vi lader computerne overtage vores liv.En dystopisk tegneserie til tiden, kunne man næsten sige. Andet bind udkommer i foråret 2021 og tredje og sidste bind i efteråret 2021.

I en fremtid, hvor dine muligheder for at afprøve seksuelle grænser er næsten uendelige, hvilken fantasi ville du så udleve?I en fremtid, hvor det mest avancerede sexlegetøj kan gå, tale og simulere adfærd, der ligner mennesker, kan vi så bare smide det ud, når vi er færdige med at bruge det?

Den Udvalgte er en oversættelse af første bog i den episke triologi, Deltager, Af Taran Matharu, forfatteren bag New York Times' bestsellerserie Påkalderen.Cade Carter er dømt for en forbrydelse, han ikke har begået. Mens han er ved at finde sig til rette på sin nye skole, befinder han sig pludselig i en anden verden.Men i denne verden er der ingen nem udvej. Den er fyldt med blodtørstige forhistoriske væsner og befolket af fortabte levn fra fortiden. Cade og klassekammeraterne bliver tvunget til at deltage i et livsfarligt spil kontrolleret af mystiske overmagter.Men hvem er disse brutale overmagter?Hvorfor er Cade blevet udvalgt?Cade på forberede sig på kamp... For det er ikke muligt at gemme sig.

The best science fiction and fantasy stories from 2019, guest-edited by author of the mega-best-selling Outlander series, Diana Gabaldon.Today’s readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever—to illuminate what it means to be human. With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and Diana Gabaldon, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 explores the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today.

Hvad er en BUG? Svaret kan være:- en fejl i en computers funktion eller programmering- en infektion eller et sygdomsfremkaldende virus - en skjult aflytningsmekanisme, for eksempel i en telefon- en insektlignende, udenjordisk organisme som har taget kontrollen over et menneskes kropI 2041 indtræffer et globalt digitalt sammenbrud, som med ét slag udraderer al data i hele verden. Fra det ene øjeblik til det andet må menneskeheden forsøge at klare sig uden computere, internet og kunstig intelligens. Snart begynder man fra forskellig side at mistænke kosmonauten Kameron Obb – den eneste overlevende fra en ekspedition til Mars – for at have noget med sammenbruddet at gøre. Og ikke nok med det: Obb lader til personligt at være i besiddelse af al den forsvundne data, hvilket snart gør ham til verdens mest eftersøgte menneske.Med BUG har Enki Bilal skabt en futuristisk fabel om den digitale tidsalder – og de risici vi løber, når vi lader computerne overtage vores liv.En dystopisk tegneserie til tiden, kunne man næsten sige. Andet bind udkommer i foråret 2021 og tredje og sidste bind i efteråret 2021.