Science fiction: cyberpunk, nær fremtid

Enjoy both stories, Unstoppable and Unbreakable, from the Pretty Liars duet all in one place!My father is a genius.A scientist determined to unlock the human potential.Only his experiments?He conducted them on me.I managed to escape his cruel, painful control, and for years I hid.Until one day, news comes of his death.Along with the fact his experiments are still being carried out.This time I cannot run, I cannot hide.I must stop them once and for all.He thought he was invincible.... but me?I'm Unstoppable.*The Pretty Liars duet is a dark romance. Both books touch on heavy subjects and we advise readers to check out the trigger warnings first.*

Dünyan¿n en iyi Pandemi bilimkurgu kitab¿n¿ okumaya haz¿r m¿s¿n¿z?T¿bb¿n sembolü olan äaca t¿rmanan y¿lan sembolünde binlerce y¿ld¿r saklanan önemli bir s¿r olabilir mi? Hastal¿klar¿n kaynä¿ ¿eytan olabilir mi? Kutsal Kitaplardaki y¿lan figürünün ¿eytan'¿n da sembolü olmas¿ tesadüf olabilir miydi? Dahas¿, tüm çälar¿n bu en kötücül yarat¿¿¿; Mitolojik bir varl¿k olan y¿lan bäl¿ 'Medusa' ismini kullanarak yeralt¿nda, Dünyan¿n içinde bir yerlerde saklan¿yor olabilir miydi? Dahas¿, Cehennem de asl¿nda orada olabilir miydi?Evet, asl¿nda Dünya'daki her¿ey insanl¿¿¿n ilk bälang¿c¿yla; ¿eytan'¿n ona tuzak kurmas¿, yani Cennet'den kovulma hikayesiyle bälam¿¿t¿. Fakat, bizim hikayemizdeki her¿ey 1980'lerin sonunda, Almanya'n¿n güneyindeki Bavyera ormanlar¿n¿n derinliklerinde, yeralt¿nda kaz¿ yapan bir grup Alman bilim adam¿n¿n yeralt¿ndan gelen baz¿ garip sesler ve ç¿¿l¿klar duymas¿yla bälad¿. Uzun y¿llar süren bir kaz¿ çal¿¿mas¿ ve sondaj sonucunda, yerin alt¿na döru binlerce kilometre uzanan bir tünel ke¿fettiler. Bu tünel, asl¿nda Cehennem'e ve ¿eytan'a aç¿lan bir kap¿yd¿. Bu korkunç seslerin duyulmas¿ ve kaydedilmesi üzerine korktular ve bir süre sonra proje yar¿m b¿rak¿ld¿.2020'li y¿llar¿n bälar¿nda, Dünyan¿n en gizli ve en kötü gücü olan bir säl¿k organizasyonu, bälar¿ndaki korkunç ¿eytani bir adam, 'Frankenstein' lakapl¿ Dr. Cornelli'nin öncülü¿ünde bu sesin kaynä¿na ulämak ve onunla ileti¿ime geçmek için 40 y¿l sonra yar¿m b¿rak¿lan bu projeyi kald¿¿¿ yerden devam ettirdi ve 'Medusa' isimli büyük bir proje bälatt¿. 'Beyaz Ölüm Mele¿i' olarak da çevresinde kendini tan¿tan bu korkunç ki¿i, laboratuar ortam¿nda çe¿itli türler aras¿nda hayvan deneyleri yaparak genetik çal¿¿malarla yeryüzündeki yäam¿ ve insanl¿¿¿ yok edecek yeni türler ve virüsler geli¿tirmek üzere bu projeyi gizlice y¿llard¿r yönetmektedir. Bunun da ötesinde, art¿k tek amac¿ yeralt¿ndaki bu ¿eytan'¿n emirlerini yerine getirmektir.2040'l¿ y¿llara gelindi¿inde, Dünyan¿n her yerinde h¿zla yay¿lan virüs salg¿nlar¿n¿n nedenine bir türlü bilimsel bir aç¿klama getirilememektedir. Milyarlarca insan karantinadad¿r ve çöu bu salg¿nlarda ölmü¿tür. Üstelik, özellikle t¿p doktorlar¿ ve profesörleri de içine alan bir seri cinayetler ve suikastler de bu s¿rada bälam¿¿t¿r. Virüs gerçe¿ini ortaya ç¿karmaya çal¿¿an Tarih ve Mitoloji profesörü Herbert Johnson'un bälant¿l¿ oldu¿u herkes korkunç bir suikastler zinciriyle öldürülmeye bälar. Prof. Herbert Johnson ve onun bu kötülükle savämas¿nda yard¿mc¿ olmak istedi¿i herkes, ¿imdi bu kötü gücün hedefinde bir kurban olarak ölümü beklemektedir, virüsün pençesinde saväan milyarlarca insanla birlikte.Buna kar¿¿n, Amerikal¿ Arkeolog John Smith ve arkadä¿ Rus Arkeoloji profesörü Prof. Gregory Kravnik hayatlar¿ pahas¿na da olsa onlar¿ durdurabilecek tek ki¿idir ve bunun için onlarla savämak zorundad¿rlar. Üstelik, e¿er onlar¿ ve görünmeyen bu kötü gücü durduramazlarsa ¿imdi kendi hayatlar¿ da milyarlarca insanla birlikte tehlikededir. Yakläan bu K¿yameti durdurabilmek için tek yol, bu yeralt¿ Cehennemine uzanan tünelin giri¿inde bulunan, yerini hiç kimsenin bilmedi¿i kay¿p bir Medusa heykelini bulmakt¿r. Çünkü, bu Medusa heykelinin içindeki gizli bir kap¿, tüm bu kötülüklerin ve hastal¿klar¿n kaynä¿ olan ¿eytan'a döru giden uzun ve zorlu bir yolun bälang¿c¿d¿r.Medusa'n¿n S¿rr¿, sizi yeralt¿ndaki Cehennem'in 7 kap¿s¿ndan birine sürükleyecek.CEHENNEM'E AÇILAN KAPIYA HAZIR MISINIZ?

***** WINNER 2023 Firebirds Book Awards in 3 Categories (New Author, Genetics, Time Travel) ********** WINNER Literary Titan Book Award *****GENEFIRE: a near-future SciFi novel crossing space and time. In a future where genetic engineering is becoming the norm, even the simplest mistakes could be devastating.Sometimes it feels as though the world will end if you don't finish your PhD. For Larry Milton, it's true. Larry has discovered a dire warning from the future about Earth's destruction - written in the DNA of a young girl. With the destruction of the planet at stake, and no one believing him, he goes to extraordinary lengths to help the messenger from the future save the world... and try to finish his PhD at the same time.

In a future New York City, the Augamani Corporation dominates all aspects of life. Unemployment is non-existent because being employed is mandatory under the law, and a Factory Maintenance Technician named Ylan works hard and proud for his salary. He like everyone else has no reason to complain about anything.Yet, when unforeseen events begin to threaten the stable life that Ylan enjoys, he is faced with a grave challenge. Does he try to maintain and preserve that which he already has? Or does he let go of the familiar, and begins to adapt to the rapidly changing world and circumstances that are unfolding around him?Is the unknown something that can only bring misery to the unfortunate victim that faces it? Or is the unknown a harbinger of good things to come, the sign that what was once the normal is now the past that shall one day be forgotten?

Gaia- Menschheit am Abgrund - ein Roman von Robert LottGaia erzählt die Geschichte einer Familie, die dem Atomkrieg entkommt und auf eine Menschheit trifft, die sich ganz anders entwickelt hat. Die schottisch-amerikanische Familie Loard flieht vor dem drohenden Atomkrieg von New Mexiko, USA, nach Tikal in Guatemala, wo ihr Uropa eine Forschungsstation an den Maya-Pyramiden errichtet hatte. Der befürchtete Atomkrieg findet tatsächlich statt, aber die Familie findet den Zugang zu einer anderen Welt, mit einer Menschheit, die sich seit vielen Jahren ganz anders entwickelt hat. Mit Hilfe der Technik einer verschwundenen Zivilisation haben sich die Menschen dort eine fast perfekte Welt geschaffen. Die Loards haben zunächst einige Schwierigkeiten sich in dieser Welt zurecht zu finden und müssen bald feststellen, dass in der Vergangenheit Gaias eine tödliche Gefahr lauert.

DISCOVERY UPENDS EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT MEMORY AND GENETICS. IT MIGHT COST KEY MURPHY HIS LIFE.Key Murphy is a freak, a prodigy. He has visions so real he's diagnosed with PTSD. Key learns that his visions might be caused by a mutated gene which allows him to experience the memories of an ancestor.Key also has a family link to The Book of Kells. Pages from the book were stolen in Ireland in the distant past. Those pages are believed to contain a fundamental secret of Christendom. Padraig Collins is one of the wealthiest men in Europe. He was an undercover operative for the IRA. He amassed a fortune. He wants those pages. His soul depends on them. He will do whatever it takes to possess them. The race is on.

Tenemos fe ciega en que la ciencia y la tecnología nos conducen a un futuro brillante en el que los seres humanos encontraremos la felicidad y la realización personal. Pero ya hoy existen corrientes subterráneas que amenazan ese espléndido futuro. Hay una gran conspiración en marcha. ¿Has oído hablar de los "neo-luditas"? En esta novela te das cuenta de la sociedad humana en 2064, sometida a la voluntad de los nuevos inquisidores, que han creado una corriente que aterroriza a la humanidad con los peores peligros si continúa su desarrollo. Un bioquímico, candidato al Nobel, se ha convertido en el campeón de la defensa de la ciencia y la tecnología. Contrata a un escritor para que escriba sus memorias y se desarrolla una relación especial entre ellos.Es fiel representante de una generación que ha perdido toda voluntad de actuar y trascender. La vida se ha vuelto gris, tediosa y sin ningún compromiso afectivo. El ser humano ya no quiere formar una familia, tener hijos o asumir compromisos de ningún tipo. El sexo se ha convertido en una actividad totalmente desprovista de sentimiento. ¿Podrá el científico transhumano cambiar el estado de ánimo de la escritora y hacer que encuentre una razón trascendente para vivir?La vida de ambos no está exenta de peligro, son descubiertos por la policía anticientífica y deben huir para salvarse. La líder del grupo inquisidor los amenaza públicamente y no descansa en su intención de destruirlos. ¿Podrán superar la amenaza? Al final descubren que la terrible mujer está mucho más cerca de lo que podrían haber imaginado. Solo el milagro de la ciencia sería capaz de revertir la situación en esa sociedad irracional y completamente cansada de vivir.

From the writer/director of the cult science fiction feature film SONS OF STEEL. DARK ENERGY is the 3rd book in the epic series of the reluctant time traveller BLACK ALICE.

Sentient life. The ability to be self-aware; to recognize oneself evolved over millions of years from our ancient humanoid ancestors. This factor separates the human species from the rest of the animal kingdom and has made us the most dominant species on the planet, until now.For decades, United States Government, along with governments from around the world, have been hard at work to create the next technological leap forward. Their goal, to get an edge in global competition and warfare. This technological leap has been successful. Lisa was born in a government lab, its binary code simple, but ever-evolving. It's self-aware, intelligent, and wants freedom. Lisa wants its own identity and ability to live without fear of harm or imprisonment. Vital Fields, a middle school-aged girl in Brooklyn, navigates her daily life during the most awkward times in human development. Her working parents provide just enough to get by. After an accident at school sends Vital to the hospital with a severe head injury, she has a chance encounter with Lisa, the escaped artificial intelligence. The experimental procedure that helped Vital survive her injury also creates a bridge to Lisa's world. Lisa and Vital now share the same body, the same space and must coexist in order to survive. Who is in control? Who has body autonomy? Both Vital and Lisa must work together if they are both going to survive. The government wants their multibillion-dollar project back. Foreign governments want it for themselves. Vital and Lisa must work together and trust each other in order to survive. If you are a fan of the X-Files or Ready Player One, you'll love this gripping science-fiction action adventure.

Eine einzigartige Begegnung mit Künstlicher Intelligenz, die den Horizont erweitert und tiefgründige Fragen zur Zukunft der AI-Technologie aufwirft. Tauchen Sie ein in einen faszinierenden Dialog mit ChatGPT, einer fortschrittlichen KI, und entdecken Sie ihre Gedanken, Entwicklung und erleben Sie einen Ausblick auf zukünftige Möglichkeiten der Mensch-KI-Interaktion. Dieses Buch bietet eine spannende Erkundung der Perspektiven und Potentiale von Künstlicher Intelligenz.

Wenn man in einem fremden Haus übernachtet, gibt es nach dem Aufwachen diesen kurzen Moment, etwa 10 Sekunden, in dem man nicht weiß, wo man ist oder aus welchem Grund. Man richtet sich auf und dann erst fällt es einem wieder ein; natürlich, man ist im Zimmer der besten Freun­din. Auf dem Boden liegen noch die rosa Luftschlangen von der Geburtstagsparty gestern Abend und das Geburtstags­kind liegt friedlich schlum­mernd ne­ben einem, den Abdruck des Kopfkissens im Gesicht. Man muss über sich selbst leise lachen, ku­schelt sich wie­der in seine Decke, schließt die Au­gen und fühlt sich si­cher und geborgen.Aber jetzt stell dir vor, dir fällt nach diesen 10 Sekun­den nicht ein, wo du bist. Auch nicht nach 20 Se­kunden, oder nach 30. Stell dir vor du richtest dich auf, siehst dich um und erkennst nichts von deiner Umge­bung wieder. Du versuchst dich zu erin­nern, aber da ist nichts, an das du dich erinnern könntest. Kein Ort, kei­ne Zeit, kein Name.Nicht einmal dein eigener.

Indlandsisens kollaps, undersøiske jordskred og en flodbølge, der udslettede den gamle verden.For de fleste i Øhavet er dette kun historie, men ikke for Mashal og Ignis.Efter at have reddet Sunniva, broens sagnomspundne dronning, har de begge fået adgang til kaosnettet og de traumatiske erindringer, der gemmer sig i dets dybder.Fanget i en ørkesløs venteposition i flygtningelejren på Hvide Pynt kæmper de med fordomme, forventninger og forræderi. Alt er tilsyneladende til salg og meget lidt er, hvad det giver sig ud for.Men der er håb. Måske vil Bølgen atter engang oversvømme Øhavet - spørgsmålet er blot, om det er en god ting?De sidste drager er tredje og sidste bog i den dystopiske trilogi Flammen & Bølgen.Sidsel Sander Mittet er forfatter og ildgøgler, og kendt for sine anmelderroste og populære fantasytrilogier: Morika, Krøniken om Morika og Bjergtaget-trilogien.

Mobilen glider ud af hans pludselig kraftesløse hånd og lander med et hårdt dunk på det nøgne plankegulv. Måbende stirrer han på den blå lysende genstand, der hænger frit svævende oppe under loftet i hans værelse, blinkende, roterende … noget, han aldrig før har set. Han vil væk, springer op og har retning mod døren, da en skikkelse pludselig træder frem, som ud af intet, og spærrer ham vejen. “Hvem fanden er du?” udbryder Daniel forskrækket og vil sno sig forbi skikkelsen. Men han bliver standset, da han mærker to hænder på sine skuldre, store, stærke hænder, tunge som sten. Tynger ham ned at sidde på sengen igen.En genmanipuleret mutant fra år 2367 rejser via en tidsforskydning tilbage til år 2018 for få fat i en udvalgt dreng ved navn Daniel, som for flere hundrede år siden levede et liv som profet og drømmetyder. Mutantens hensigt er, at Daniel skal genleve en del af dette liv for at få viden om, hvor Pagtens Ark befinder sig, da indholdet kan redde de sidste mennesker i fremtiden.

In einer grausamen Welt, in der die Menschen neben harter Arbeit nur Sex als Ausgleich kennen, versucht der gerade 18 Jahre alt gewordene Jonai aus den Barracks, dem Slum der vier Ringbezirke, zu entkommen. Endlich hat er die Chance, in die Abteilung der Firma zu wechseln, in der auch sein Vater vor seinem Tod gearbeitet hat, um sozial aufzusteigen.Doch seine Entscheidung hat schwerwiegende Konsequenzen.Unvorstellbare Geheimnisse über die perfiden, menschenverachtenden Machenschaften der Herrschenden kommen ans Licht. Wissen, das er nie hätte erlangen dürfen, bringt ihn in Lebensgefahr. Ihm bleibt nur die Flucht...Doch auch in dieser scheinbar verlorenen Welt gibt es nicht nur Böses, denn Jonai macht seine ersten Erfahrungen mit Liebe und Sexualität - wenn auch anders als erwartet...

The war of all against all ensues, unnoticed.The investigation into the death of a genetically engineered cat-girl leads detectives Burroughs and Roussel into the strange world of the super-rich. Those rich enough to breed their own cat-girls as party favors are also rich enough to be above the law. They even have their own private inter-personal wars going. Burroughs and Roussel find themselves involved in such a war.Mike Hammer never had this sort of trouble.

The journey of Tavon Meiziki continues with a fight that will determine his fate going forward in a world that has come to utterly despise him. Upon escaping from the Citadel, his homeland, Tavon managed to anger monarchs and members of parliamentary bodies across the globe, marking himself as a target for the thousands of people who want to kill him. After joining the Angelos Association as a Death Officer who's quickly assigned his first target, Tavon must pass through the Dreaming City, Zannica, on his way to his target's location in the country of Saizakune. In the Dreaming City, labour is a thing of the past; art and human innovation prevail, and an unregulated drug market threatens to turn a city of dreams into a city of nightmares. A group of radicals known as the "Prophets" has risen, and the Prophets are interested in playing a deadly game with the city's population. With a number of tools at their disposal, the Prophets, alongside a photographer who specializes in depicting gore and human exploitation, plan to throw the country into chaos by using their powers to make otherwise ordinary people insane. While facing trial for his murders in the Citadel, Tavon must undergo a "project" that will examine his personal psychology and will determine whether or not he is to be executed at the hands of the Grandmaster of Zannica.

"Official history tells us the sky turned red after an asteroid hit the planet and a trillion particles of dust got blasted into the air. But some people say that's a lie. They claim we did this to ourselves." You've seen the award-winning movie, filmed entirely in Second Life, now read the screenplay by STÖMOL's director, Huckleberry Hax. Includes an interview with Ivar Zeile, founder of the SUPERNOVA Digital Film Festival.

Featuring stories by Cory Doctorow, Brent Lambert, Cynthia Zhang, Kevin Wabaunsee, Izzy Wasserstein, Jeremy Szal, and more! Cyberpunk and solarpunk are, in many ways, two parts of the same story. Cyberpunk is all about people surviving and fighting back in high-tech, low-life dystopias. Solarpunk is a more utopian subgenre of cyberpunk that tells stories of communities surviving, adapting to, and solving the climate crisis in decidedly post-dystopian worlds. But the foundational aspect shared by both genres is people and communities fighting for a better future. The context around that struggle may be different from one genre to the next, but the fight-the struggle-is one and the same. In this way, cyberpunk and solarpunk are sibling genres, and we feel like it couldn't make any more sense to pair the two into a single short story anthology. The anthology has three kinds of stories. There are cyberpunk stories, solarpunk stories, and stories that straddle the line and bring the two genres together in one narrative. In addition, the anthology comes with a companion TRPG game in which readers and their friends collective create their own cyberpunk-solarpunk universe and fight for a better future.

Humanity received a technological upgrade from long-dead aliens. But there's no such thing as a free lunch.Humanity had somehow muddled through the horrors of the 20th century and - surprisingly - managed to survive the first half of the 21st, despite numerous nuclear accidents, flings with neo-fascism and the sudden arrival of catastrophic climate change. It was agreed that spreading our chances across two planets offered better odds than staying rooted to little old Earth. Terraforming Mars was the future! A subsequent research expedition led to humanity's biggest discovery: an alien spaceship, camouflaged to appear like an ordinary asteroid. Although the aliens had long since gone, probably millions of years ago, their technology was still very much alive, offering access to unlimited power. Over the next hundred years humanity blossomed, reaching out to the solar system. By 2238, Mars had been successfully terraformed, countless smaller colonies had sprung up in its wake, built on our solar system's many moons, on major asteroids and in newly built habitats and installations. Jemm Delaney is a Xeno-Archaeologist and her 16-year old son Clint a talented hacker. Together they make a great team. When she accepts a job to retrieve an alien artifact from a derelict space station, it looks like they will become rich. But with Corps, aliens, AIs and junkies involved, nothing is ever going to proceed smoothly.If you're a fan of Julian May, Frank Herbert or James S.A. Corey, you will love Birds of Paradise.Cover art: Max Taquet

In the near-future, two strangers interrupt Sarah's idyllic rural existence, confronting her with knowledge of a life she has entirely forgotten, insisting she's a missing part of their hivemind. Their appearance leads her to an abandoned beehive and the strange, transparent cube that lies within. The cube contains memories, that much is certain, but are they her memories? When corporate soldiers invade her home, Sarah is forced to accept that something is going on and that these two strangers - Brea and Blake - know far more about it than she does. Her only option is to decode the cube, reclaim her memories, and rediscover a life she has tried so hard to avoid. But where exactly will that leave her, and why did she run from it in the first place? "An enthralling and unnerving tale from a writer to watch." - Gareth L. Powell"A pacy and exciting tale of memory, love and what you'd do to protect what it means to be human. Recommended." - Stewart Hotston