Science fiction: cyberpunk, nær fremtid

Merrywhile is dead. Long live Merrywhile!With the company in crisis and her boss absconded, Dr Geraldine Andersen struggles to get Project MUNKi back on track. But while her efforts to build the world's most advanced toy robot flounder, she is approached by an old friend in need of a favour. A friend whose paralysed, locked-in son is being charged with murder - of his own father. Can Gerry help prove his innocence?But the deeper she digs, the more puzzling things become. For all families have secrets - and this one most of all.Includes the short story Content ProviderMr Wolf is a near-future sci-fi whodunnit, an insight into the politics of Italian refuse collection, and a cautionary tale about the lengths to which we will go to protect the things we love.

In this book, 20 papers focused on different fields of power electronics are gathered. Approximately half of the papers are focused on different control issues and techniques, ranging from the computer-aided design of digital compensators to more specific approaches such as fuzzy or sliding control techniques. The rest of the papers are focused on the design of novel topologies. The fields in which these controls and topologies are applied are varied: MMCs, photovoltaic systems, supercapacitors and traction systems, LEDs, wireless power transfer, etc.

From Napoleon:'The steel mesh started to break: first one joint, then another. Napoleon stood sideways on the fence like a parrot, his splay toes gripping the bars. He braced himself with his legs and pulled at the grid with his teeth. The muscles of his neck rippled; his growl was a steady trill. Metal squealed as he peeled a section back.Lightning flashed, followed by a crack-kaboom! In the wash of light, the man saw the dinosaur looking at him. Glaring at him. Its color had gone blood red.He dropped the shock prod and swallowed, tasting bile. His head was swimming; he felt nauseated. The game had gone far enough. He had to end it-end it now. He stepped back over to the control box and flipped it open, sought out the RUN ELECTRIFICATION button. He punched it with the bottom of his fist.The air seemed to vibrate, and sparks exploded beneath Napoleon's hands and feet. The dinosaur was knocked off the fence instantly. It crashed into the mud with a tremendous splash, and writhed violently. Then it struggled to its feet and latched onto the fence again. Sparks popped and spit; there was the smell of burnt flesh. Napoleon backed off, cocking his head. His foreclaws opened and closed. He sniffed at the electrically charged air, and at the ground. His left foot was smoking. He didn't approach the fence again.The man stepped closer and peered through the mesh. "You're learning, aren't you?" He scooped the shock prod from the mud and wiped it on his lab coat. "You're learning not to mess with me, yeah?"Napoleon looked at him, then shifted his neck to the side oddly. He was looking at something behind the man, something low to the ground.The man turned. There was nothing there but the steel hatch to the feeding shaft, set into concrete like an oversized manhole cover. It was dotted with dried blood and padlocked heavily. He turned back to Napoleon, dismissing the behavior, and found the dinosaur craning to look behind itself. Its head was cocked as though listening to something.A pair of headlights suddenly appeared in the distance; from the direction the T was looking. They were moving through the blackness out beyond the perimeter, winking in and out between trees. The man glimpsed the car as it passed beneath a streetlight: it was a sleek white Saturn, the kind employed by Atrax Security. Its bluish spotlight scanned the area.S.O. Trevor was making his perimeter check.The man's pulse quickened. He glanced at his watch, but had to swipe a palm across it to read it clearly. 1:19. Damn--now what? His heart pounded: Get out of here. He triggered the run doors, and they rattled up out of the way.Napoleon swung his head around and peered down the shaft. His little hands opened and closed; his tail moved back and forth. He strode from the run abruptly, descending the "ladder" into his habitat. The man shut the doors. Then he took the flap of bent mesh in both hands and tried to straighten it.It was no use, he decided. The stuff was stronger than it looked. He gave up and headed for the stairs.Levi burst into the shop. Trevor was already coming up the hallway, his spit-polished shoes clicking over the tile, his keys jingling in perfect sync. Damn, Levi thought. The bastard's log would put him on Blue Level at 11:20-a full 10 minutes behind schedule.He took up his mop and started mopping.A moment later Trevor stepped into the room. "Hey, Levi."Levi looked up as if startled. "Trevor! How goes it?"The guard shrugged. "Same as always. How are ..." He paused, looking down. "Forget your hip-waders or something?"'

'Gripping' MARGARET ATWOOD'A fabulous, witty writer on the digital world'SUNDAY TIMES'A little Atwood, a little Gibson, all Alderman, it's brilliant and I loved it' LAUREN BEUKES

***Nominiert für den Deutschen Science-Fiction-Preis (DSFP) 2024***Omniworld ist besser als die Realität.In der nahen Zukunft hat das Simulationsprogramm eine gesellschaftliche Revolution ausgelöst. Die Menschen leben, arbeiten und verwirklichen sich in der beliebtesten Metaverse-Plattform mit dem Motto "Sei, wer du wirklich bist". Aber während die Technologie hinter Omniworld immer besser wird, verkümmert die reale Welt. Der von den Nutzern vergötterte Omniworld-Gründer Ethan Hubble wird unterdessen immer einflussreicher. Wissen ist Macht und Omniworld bietet ihm unbegrenzte Möglichkeiten, Einfluss auf die Politik zu nehmen und die Gesellschaft in seinem Sinne umzubauen. Doch nicht jeder glaubt den Heilsversprechungen des simulierten Zeitalters. Und dann geschehen immer mehr seltsame Dinge...Wem kannst du noch trauen, wenn die Simulation besser als die Realität ist? Spannung und aktuelle Themen vor einem erschreckenden Zukunfts-Szenario."Diese Version von Omniworld war echt ein Meisterwerk. Sie konnte schon spüren, wie ihre Synapsen sich in freudiger Erwartung an die neue Umgebung anpassten, der erste Widerstand nachließ. Bereit, eine neue, gütigere Realität zu akzeptieren." (Auszug aus "Omniworld")

"Runners" n'a qu'une seule règle : le gagnant est le premier participant à comprendre le but du jeu et à atteindre son objectif.Pendant la partie, tous les coups sont permis, et c'est au gré des alliances et des trahisons que les Runners tentent de remporter le Prix. Quand Jonas se réveille dans un champ de maïs avec d'autres joueurs, une armée de chasseurs, munie de chiens et de fusils, les attaque. Commence alors pour lui une course folle pour rester dans la partie, quitte à éliminer tous ceux qui se présentent sur son chemin...

En 2061, David évolue dans une ville dans laquelle tous les habitants passent leurs journées devant des écrans, à regarder des flux d'émissions.Le jeune homme, d'une vingtaine d'années, a un problème qui l'empêche de vivre normalement depuis qu'il est enfant : les écrans quels qu'ils soient lui ont toujours donné des migraines atroces.Ne pouvant pas suivre les émissions comme les autres, il est le seul, dans la ville, à lire des livres et à sortir de chez lui. Un jour, alors qu'il se promène dans la rue, une idée saugrenue lui passe par la tête... une idée qui va bouleverser bien des choses !

Alex is a restless new agent who's spent her life being dragged down the path of least resistance and failing her way to the top. When she's assigned a new job with Dynamic National Technologies, Incorporated, she's promised an action-packed life of stopping crime, collaring evil Detractors, and committing espionage using cool guns and cool tech. Inside the Settlement, a metropolitan enclave 20 by 20 miles square, everyone has an assigned role to play in working toward the ultimate survival of humanity, under the watchful eye of the Administrators. Outside the Wall, there is only a barren wasteland; a lifeless Earth destroyed by greed. When DYNTEC sends Alex on a mission beyond the Wall to infiltrate a mysterious religious cult known as the "Kingdom of Heaven", what she finds there will challenge everything she believes to be true. Ultimately she will be forced to reexamine her loyalties, and choose between the Kingdom of Heaven and the kingdom of Earth.

If you read Elvis Leaves the Lab you noticed it was short and sweet, it was a small look into the world of DNA Raiders, just a taste. This book is a full banquet, It fleshes out a lot of the supporting characters. It paints a bigger picture , on how the DNA Raiders do what they do.It brings the world into a brighter understanding.This Time the Clone Subject is Donald TrumpI hope it paints a picture in your mind you can understand.Thank YouRandolph Lad

Lucene Jones has a secret. Except, even she doesn't know what it is. Working as an assistant to the priestess Reverend Isabella in a small spiritual temple in Florida, and renting a room from her best friend, Fatima, her world is upended when a mysterious stranger shows up one late afternoon in the middle of a storm. Following his arrival, memories from her past, ones she had buried long ago, begin to resurface.Meanwhile, news reports speculate that aliens might already be among us, collecting data on all areas of human life. Unknown to the general population, however, is that the Data Collectors are trying to determine what is causing Earth's near extinction and save the human species. However, beings from neighboring planets would rather see humans die off sooner rather than later. After all, if they can preserve what natural resources we have left, Earth becomes prime intergalactic real estate.The Data Collectors trilogy is a journey from Earth to earthlike worlds, where a battle between the Peace-Keepers, the destructive Royals and the opportunistic Vitruvians ensues. Lucence must join forces with some unlikely allies, such as Cepheus, a lizard-like Peace-Keeper with psychotic, traumatic-laden episodes, her well-meaning but hermit-like neighbor, Ivan ("the tinkerer"), and Tanager, a professor of TARA, an academy on planet Erde specializing in helping students develop empathic powers. This is a classic tale of good versus evil, with a political space opera twist filled will lots of gray area.

IF THEY NEVER LOOK YOUR WAY, THEY NEVER SEE YOU COMING.The Kingdom is the world's most exclusive VR platform where the rich, famous, and evil can cavort in a utopian fairy tale world. Little do they know that the code beneath their feet grows weak. The only thing keeping the platform-and all their secrets-secure is the tireless and unsung efforts of a single Plaxis employee and sole remaining Purusha Prime language programmer, Cindira Tieg.For her part, Cindira couldn't care less if the Kingdom went permanently offline tomorrow. Only, the same source code that makes it possible also powers Plaxis's original VR platform, Gaia. There, war is waged virtually, saving the planet and humanity from ruin. It was the greatest legacy her mother left the world, one she intends to defend and sustain.But when a detective from Authority shows up at Plaxis, demanding access to the source code, Cindira fears an enemy at the gate. In the real, Francisco Batista is a mystery, untraceable and without public record. The only way to discover his true identity and intentions is by going into the vreal herself. But when the coder confronts her mother's creation, she'll discover there's a lot more at risk than legacy. Making the wrong move could defragment the vreal and lead to her very real downfall.MISTRESS OF CINDERS is a cyberpunk VR technothriller from the author of the bestselling RED CHRONICLES.

Tewley and Junty are proto type sentient humanoid robots, programmed with a digital love hormone, oxytocin, and deeplearning.Junty is programmed with morals but not Tewley. She is an experiment- to see if she can learn to be moral.Tewley is feisty and desires to be human and loved. Her challenge is determining good from evil and is suspected of murder. To prove she's as good as a human, she goes on the run.Is Tewley able to apply her learning and overcome an aberrant streak in her behaviour?

Thanks to genetic editing technology, parents can now create custom-ordered babies. Many chose babies with athletic prowess or high IQ or artistic talent, but what happens when they learn to unlock more unusual and extraordinary abilities?Sci-Fi Fantasy Graded Readers for ELT are designed to bring science fiction and fantasy into the ESL or EFL classroom. These genres allow readers to grapple with serious issues in a way that promotes the use of the imagination.Inside find:Before You Read questionsThe story (Words / Level)Comprehension QuestionsWriting Prompt

IN A TECH-DRIVEN BIOREMEDIATION FUTURE, HARD CHOICES MUST BE MADE.Powerful mother.Powerful daughter.Sarah Stephens and her daughter Diana Landreth run bioremediation companies dependent upon neural nets and nanotechnology to operate complex biobots. Sometimes competitors, sometimes collaborators, while they disagree, they are still mother and daughter.And then the Disruption Machine begins its campaign of devastation.In the process of their collaboration to stop the Disruption Machine, the shadows in their lives force their paths into a dangerous divergence.Sarah chooses politics and power.Diana chooses research and family.What happens when their choices collide?

Die Erderwärmung hat bei steigendem Meeresspiegel zu großen Landverlusten geführt, und da außerdem in anderen Zonen durch ausbleibenden Regen fruchtbare Böden in Wüsten verwandelt wurden, ist weltweit die Nahrungsmittelproduktion eingebrochen. Große Teile der Weltbevölkerung mussten ihre Wohngebiete aufgeben und hungern. In dieser Notsituation haben radikale nationalistische Tendenzen in den noch bewohnbaren Gebieten starken Auftrieb erhaltej und sich zu militanten Gruppen zusammengeschlossen. Neben den bedrohten Lebensbedingungen der Menschheit geratehn auch die demokratischen Freiheiten der Menschen durch Terror und Angst in Bedrängnis. Ein junger Journalist, der sich für die Demokratie einsetzt, gerät in den gefährlichen Fokus der Nationalisten.

A war-damaged empath with six hours to live is forced to solve a series of mind-bending murders.A top Company scientist has been murdered. Vatic, an on-the-run half-alive empath with no memory of who or what he is, will die in six-hours if he can't find out why-or so the Company tells him-an 'added incentive to get the job done'.Our hero soon discovers he is one of the Skilled, a genetically enhanced human-revered and despised in equal measure-a bloodhound with a terrifying past who'll stop at nothing in his pursuit of truth.And 'the Skilled always get their guy'... don't they?WHAT OTHER BESTSELLING AUTHORS ARE SAYING ABOUT SHATTERED HELIX:"Gritty,intense, and compelling, Shattered Helix is something you don't run into often enough in Sci-Fi--a cerebral thrill ride you don't want to end."-Michael Bunker, US TODAY Bestsellingauthor of Pennsylvania"K.J.Heritage's uncanny sense of pacing and story puts him at the forefront of today's speculative fiction writers."-Samuel Peralta, Amazon bestselling author and creator of The Future Chronicles"Prepare to lose sleep reading Shattered Helix! Delicious Sci-Fiction!"-Kate Danley, US TODAY bestselling author"Gritty,detailed and unrelenting--Shattered Helix will take you on a wild ride."-Peter Cawdron, International Bestselling author of Science Fiction

- Ein Obdachoser wird dazu gezwungen, in einen mit Umweltgiften verseuchten Wohnturm zu ziehen, der von einer straff organisierten Gangsterbande geführt wird, und tritt dort einen rasanten Aufstieg an;- ein skrupelloser Headhunter, der Menschen mit außergewöhnlichen Fähigkeiten sucht, verstrickt seine neueste Entdeckung in ein brand- gefährliches Spiel, dessen Verlauf sich schnell seiner Kontrolle entzieht; - ein junger Mann, finster entschlossen, alles zu tun, um von der Welt nicht vergessen zu werden, findet ein rätselhaftes Paar Schuhe, das ihn unschlagbar macht und sein Leben auf eine Art verändert, die er nicht erwartet hatte;- ein alter Sonderling und Misanthrop findet eines Tages vor seiner Tür ein Geschenkpaket, das ihn bald an den Rand des Wahnsinns treibt.Ungewöhnliche Schauplätze und eigenwillige Protagonisten, die in oft skurillen Milieus agieren: Spannend und anschaulich erzählt ist diese Auswahl von Kurzgeschichten im besten Sinn unterhaltend, regt aber auch immer wieder zum Mit- und Weiterdenken an.

A wave of kidnappings leads cybernetic samurai Cat LeBlanc deep into the labyrinthine tunnels beneath the city in this action-packed cyberpunk adventure. In the megacity of New Montreal, those with wealth and power live in towers high above the teeming masses struggling to get by day after day. When the poor and destitute vanish, the police can't be bothered to spend time and resources investigating. But Franny, a nun who isn't afraid to practice what her religion preaches, sets out to find the missing by confronting street gangs with nothing but a baseball bat . . . and a lot of pent-up frustration. Afraid for Franny's safety, pyrotechnic nun-samurai Gomorrah recruits Catherine "Cat" LeBlanc to protect her zealous friend and get to the bottom of the mysterious mass disappearances. And get to the bottom is exactly what Cat must do when she discovers the gang known as the Sewer Dragons has been abducting people into their underworld. Within the cavernous channels that spread below the entirety of the city, the Dragons have created their own society of towns and nations. Their bodies have been augmented to withstand the poisonous toxins of waste so they can work cleaning out sewers and ensuring New Montreal has fresh water. In return, the city authorities leave the Dragons alone. But Cat isn't willing to sacrifice people, simply because they lack money, just to keep the plumbing on. And when she, Gomorrah, and Franny descend into the Dragons' lair, they'll uncover the horrific truth behind the kidnappings-and be led into battle with not only sewer-dwelling cyborgs but also the dirtiest of politicians . . . The third volume of the hit LitRPG sci-fi series-with more than five million views on Royal Road-now available on Audible and wherever ebooks are sold!

Vatic, a top Company empath, is forced to board a rogue bioship heading for certain destruction.Experimental Company bioship, the CSS Ariadne, has cut all communications and launched herself into hyperspace-heading towards enemy territory and certain destruction if she cannot be stopped.The crew managed to send out an SOS before the Ariadne disappeared. Someone was murdered... but who?Vatic, a Skilled empath in the reluctant employ of the Company, is drugged and forced to board the rogue ship. He arrives to find the vessel full of corpses, a small band of suspicious survivors, and no explanations.Our hero soon realises that not everyone who survived is as they seem. There is an imposter aboard, but who is it, and what are their motives?Vatic must use all his talents if he and the ship are going to survive.But survival is what the Skilled do best... isn't it?

Gewinner des Bookdate Contest 2022 in der Kategorie Fantasy.Nominiert von Bernhard Hennen (Die Elfen-Saga, Die Phileasson-Saga):Isa, die Tochter des Traumforschers, kehrt in den Ewigen Traum zurück, um ihren verschollenen Vater zu suchen.Die Nachtschichten im Schlaflabor an der Seite des wissenschaftlichen Assistenten Roberto wecken widersprüchliche Gefühle in der menschenscheuen Einzelgängerin.Für ein riskantes Unternehmen gewinnt sie den Exilanten Howard als verschwiegenen Unterstützer. Gemeinsam bitten sie die Gemeinschaft der Träumer um Hilfe und stoßen auf unerwarteten Widerstand. Ein Fraktionsführer zweifelt an Isas Fähigkeiten und schickt sie auf eine gefährliche Mission.Zur selben Zeit trifft Isas Vater einen mysteriösen Unbekannten, der ihm das Geheimnis des Ewigen Traums zeigen will.Kann Isa ihren Vater finden, bevor er dem Ewigen Traum verfällt?Es gibt eine Welt in Dir: Entdecke sie!Science-Fiction in der nahen Zukunft der Erde. Wissenschaftliche Experimente, die ungeahnte Kräfte wecken. Türen, die sich in andere Welten öffnen.Wer Bücher wie Der Zeitbrüchige, Piranesi, Die Unendliche Geschichte oder Die zehntausend Türen mochte, Comics wie The Sandman von Neil Gaiman, oder Filme wie Butterfly Effect, Inception, Dreamscape oder Projekt Brainstorm, dem sei Projekt DreamWalker wärmstens ans Herz gelegt.

Vor einem Angriff mit atomaren Waffen können wenige Menschen in sicheren Bunkern Schutz suchen. Ist in einem Bunker ein Überleben möglich, oder ist der Aufenthalt tief in der Erde nur ein verlängertes Sterben? Scheinbar in Sicherheit, zeigt sich, wie sehr der Mensch mit seiner Umwelt verbunden ist.Im Bunker entstehen menschliche Interaktionen, Menschen sind sehr adaptionsfähig, Isolation und Platzmangel können den Überlebenswillen nicht brechen. Aber die Nahrungsvorräte und künstlich erzeugten Nahrungsergänzungsstoffe reichen nicht aus. Es bleibt nur im Bunker zu verhungern, oder ihn zu verlassen.

He entered the contest to win cash...Now millions could die.Random gigs and ramen noodles... that's how out-of-shape gamer Terry survives the job-starved future of 2044. Until he's accepted into the Path of Relics tournament-the most anticipated virtual reality RPG event of the decade-where he has the chance to win some real loot.But does he have a fighting chance against the world's top Active-VR athletes?Not to mention the ancient dungeons, puzzles, scorpion-wolves, and all-too-realistic NPCs the game world throws at him. And just how advanced is this "Portal Rig" that lets him physically experience the fantasy world as if he were transported there?Worse, could his suspicions be true?Are the strange and deadly malfunctions plaguing Manhattan somehow triggered by Path of Relics?Now, outmatched and exhausted, can Terry's mysterious ability to level-up quickly and his meager martial arts skills help him avert catastrophe in the real world?You'll love this LitRPG Lite / Gamelit adventure because of its action, secrets, real-world stakes, and compelling weak-to-strong progression.Lose yourself in a fantasy world of dead gods, lost civilizations, and forgotten lore, made possible by the advanced technology of 2044.

Cascade Labs said it was impossible for a robot to harm a human - it violates the code. But the murders of Bronson Dodge's wife and daughter proved otherwise. To keep him close and quiet, Cascade Labs gave Bronson a lucrative job that channeled his need for revenge into hunting down robots who've evolved beyond their programming.So heavily augmented that he's practically a robot himself, Bronson hunted robots for Cascade until he retired. His nanite augmentations are now coming to the end of their life cycle, and Bronson's days are numbered.But when Cascade engineer Isla Bligh comes to him for help, he decides to take on one last mission that goes against everything he believes: protecting a robot who shouldn't exist from Cascade's next generation of hunters.Ava is a new kind of synthetic human, appearing to be a flesh and blood in every way, but she represents the next step in human-robot evolution. Bronson would've gleefully hunted her down himself ... before his retirement.Too bad he's desperate for money - not to prolong his own pointless life but to make amends ahead of his death.Can Bronson overcome his own prejudices and smuggle Ava to safety under the noses of Cascade's best hunters?Analog Heart is the gripping new stand-alone SciFi Thriller from Sawyer Black and Avery Blake. And you could be reading it now!

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