In Amerika wurden die großen Städte evakuiert und geschlossen. Nur zwei Sommermonate lang dürfen Touristen die Stadt New York betreten und bei den für diese Zeit zurückgekehrten Geschäftsleuten ihre Einkäufe machen, Bars und Hotels besuchen. Ron, Abiturient, in einer futuristischen, keimfreien Gartenstadt lebend, macht sich auf eigene Faust dorthin auf und findet Einlass, obwohl er das dafür notwendige Alter noch nicht erreicht hat. Was er nun erlebt und erleidet, verändert sein Leben.§
In Amerika wurden die großen Städte evakuiert und geschlossen. Nur zwei Sommermonate lang dürfen Touristen die Stadt New York betreten und bei den ...
Impressed into service aboard the seal-hunting Ghost, Humphrey Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a tense shipboard drama. With a wary eye, he watches the vessel's abusive captain, Wolf Larsen, an enigma who can abandon two sailors on the open water, then return to reading the moral philosophers. One of the best sea novels ever written, The Sea-Wolf tells of mutiny, shipwreck, and a desperate confrontation.... Also in this volume, "The Law of Life," "The One Thousand Dozen," "All Gold Canyon," and "Moon-Face" offer more riveting action and adventure. In these...
Impressed into service aboard the seal-hunting Ghost, Humphrey Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a tense shipboard drama. With a w...
Modern mankind has spread throughout the stars and must join together to fight ancient enemies in STAR WATCHMAN. Set in the same universe as STAR CONQUERORS and THE DUELING MACHINE this follows the evolution of the Star Watch: Humans rule a giant galactic empire, but not all the worlds are pleased. Can the Star Watch prevent a revolt? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Ben Bova is a six-time Hugo Award winner, and author of over 125 futuristic novels and nonfiction books about science and technology.
Modern mankind has spread throughout the stars and must join together to fight ancient enemies in STAR WATCHMAN. Set in the same universe as STAR CONQ...
Civilized, harmless virtual reality dueling has replaced all physical conflict - everything from punching someone over a personal insult to interstellar warfare... until a madman dictator of a small empire finds a way to cheat, and use the dueling machine to take over the galaxy From a six-time Hugo Award winning master of science, and set in the same universe as The Star Conquerors, THE DUELING MACHINE is filled with real people facing the end of their world as they know it. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Ben Bova is a six-time Hugo Award winner, and author of over 125 futuristic novels and...
Civilized, harmless virtual reality dueling has replaced all physical conflict - everything from punching someone over a personal insult to interstell...
After conquering everything else, the last frontier was... controlling Mother Nature THE WEATHERMAKERS is a novel about climate change... literally. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Ben Bova is a six-time Hugo Award winner, and author of over 125 futuristic novels and nonfiction books about science and technology.
After conquering everything else, the last frontier was... controlling Mother Nature THE WEATHERMAKERS is a novel about climate change... literally. ...
When a nuclear missile launched by a rogue North Korean faction explodes in space the resulting shockwave destroys the world's satellites, throwing global communication into chaos. The United States military satellites, designed to withstand such an assault, show that two more missiles are sitting on the launch pad in North Korea, ready to be deployed. Faced with the threat of a thermonuclear attack, the United States has only one possible defense: Able One.
ABL-1, or Able One, is a modified 747 fitted with a high-powered laser able to knock out missiles in flight. But both the laser's...
When a nuclear missile launched by a rogue North Korean faction explodes in space the resulting shockwave destroys the world's satellites, throwing...
