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A World of Soma: A Utopic, Biopsychological, and Happy Science Fiction Novel
ISBN: 9781462019762 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For some, the pursuit of happiness does not come easily. Almost by definition, being human means to be imperfect, scratched, and scarred. Countless multitudes of men, women, and children are prevented from that very pursuit because they suffer from depression or various mental disorders. But then, four scientists working on the edge of possibility and hope invent a drug that eliminates depression, and a new era of peace and bliss for all emerges. Blending science fiction with hard science, this contemporary fairy tale for a technological world explores the very morality of such a discovery....
For some, the pursuit of happiness does not come easily. Almost by definition, being human means to be imperfect, scratched, and scarred. Countless mu...
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A World of Soma: A Utopic, Biopsychological, and Happy Science Fiction Novel
ISBN: 9781462019786 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For some, the pursuit of happiness does not come easily. Almost by definition, being human means to be imperfect, scratched, and scarred. Countless multitudes of men, women, and children are prevented from that very pursuit because they suffer from depression or various mental disorders. But then, four scientists working on the edge of possibility and hope invent a drug that eliminates depression, and a new era of peace and bliss for all emerges. Blending science fiction with hard science, this contemporary fairy tale for a technological world explores the very morality of such a discovery....
For some, the pursuit of happiness does not come easily. Almost by definition, being human means to be imperfect, scratched, and scarred. Countless mu...
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The Door Through Space
ISBN: 9781612039152 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Door Through Space was Marion Zimmer Bradley first published novel and introduces many elements seen later in the Darkover series. It is set on planet Wolf inhibited by Dry Town manacled women, mysterious telekinetic aliens and a lurking Frog-god as well as two kinds of humans, those from Earth, and Wolfians. ..". across half a Galaxy, the Terran Empire maintains its sovereignty with the consent of the governed. It is a peaceful reign, held by compact and not by conquest. Again and again, when rebellion threatens the Terran Peace, the natives of the rebellious world have turned against...
The Door Through Space was Marion Zimmer Bradley first published novel and introduces many elements seen later in the Darkover series. It is set on pl...
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51,99 |
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The Turning Tide
ISBN: 9781614348788 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The bestselling Helmsman saga continues. As the Second Great War rages, Emperor Onrad recognizes military missions unique to former-Admiral Wilf Brim's abilities can be done as well by a civilian. Soon, Brim finds himself in the thick of it againNfaced by circumstances so bizarre and dangerous he must rely solely on his most basic instincts for survival.
The bestselling Helmsman saga continues. As the Second Great War rages, Emperor Onrad recognizes military missions unique to former-Admiral Wilf Brim'...
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85,17 |
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Stay: All Is Not What It Seems
ISBN: 9781612049915 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This extraordinary sci-fi novel considers the possibilities of mind travel to other planets. Stay: All Is Not What It Seems opens the Pandora's Box of what could happen if our minds held the power to transport us through space. Frank Melton is upset when he hears one of his fellow mind-traveling operatives is a criminal, so he decides to take time off to think about his future. He is then asked to go to the planet Tishog to save, Tim, a fellow operative. Tim had set into motion a plan to unite the two classes of people living on Tishog, but became a victim of his own plan, and found himself...
This extraordinary sci-fi novel considers the possibilities of mind travel to other planets. Stay: All Is Not What It Seems opens the Pandora's Box of...
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72,23 |
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Dome City Blues
ISBN: 9780983008590 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Los Angeles: 2063 David Stalin was one of the best detectives in the business, running head-to-head with data-jackers, organ thieves, and the tech-enhanced gangs who ruled the shadowy streets of Los Angeles. He could do no wrong, until what seemed like an easy case got out of control, and left his wife dead among the abandoned ruins of old LA. After four years of self-imposed retirement, David suddenly finds himself back on the job, struggling to unravel a crime far worse than murder. This time, he's not the hunter. As he's about to discover, the past isn't finished with him yet.
Los Angeles: 2063 David Stalin was one of the best detectives in the business, running head-to-head with data-jackers, organ thieves, and the tech-enh...
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106,68 |
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Robopocalypse
ISBN: 9780307740809 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this terrifying tale of humanity's desperate stand against a robot uprising, Daniel H. Wilson has written the most entertaining sci-fi thriller in years. Not far into our future, the dazzling technology that runs our world turns against us. Controlled by a childlike--yet massively powerful--artificial intelligence known as Archos, the global network of machines on which our world has grown dependent suddenly becomes an implacable, deadly foe. At Zero Hour--the moment the robots attack--the human race is almost annihilated, but as its scattered remnants regroup, humanity for the...In this terrifying tale of humanity's desperate stand against a robot uprising, Daniel H. Wilson has written the most entertaining sci-fi thriller ... |
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72,42 |
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Ubik
ISBN: 9780547572291 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "From the stuff of space opera, Dick spins a deeply unsettling existential horror story, a nightmare you'll never be sure you've woken up from."--Lev Grossman, Time Glen Runciter runs a lucrative business--deploying his teams of anti-psychics to corporate clients who want privacy and security from psychic spies. But when he and his top team are ambushed by a rival, he is gravely injured and placed in "half-life," a dreamlike state of suspended animation. Soon, though, the surviving members of the team begin experiencing some strange phenomena, such as Runciter's face appearing on...
"From the stuff of space opera, Dick spins a deeply unsettling existential horror story, a nightmare you'll never be sure you've woken up from."--Lev ...
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72,38 |
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With a Little Help
ISBN: 9780557943050 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anyone who grooved to the counterculture vibe of Doctorow's young-adult novels "Little Brother" (2008) and "For the Win" (2010) will embrace these stories heartily--no one can dole out technological cautionary tales while simultaneously celebrating technology as cunningly as Doctorow.
Anyone who grooved to the counterculture vibe of Doctorow's young-adult novels "Little Brother" (2008) and "For the Win" (2010) will embrace these sto...
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59,77 |
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The Cupel Recruits
ISBN: 9780615397368 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. WOULD YOU BE RECRUITED? A cupel is a dish used in alchemy for separating lead from gold. How would you separate and recruit an elite team from the rest if the fate of the world was in your hands? Expert physicists have done just that in this tale of ten recruits who clutch their grasp on reality as surprising twists and turns continue right to the end. Unknowingly followed and monitored for years prior, the team is counted upon in ways they cannot fully understand. Once at the training compound, a rigorous training schedule and extensive indoctrination program quickly become their new way of...
WOULD YOU BE RECRUITED? A cupel is a dish used in alchemy for separating lead from gold. How would you separate and recruit an elite team from the res...
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43,98 |
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Cardinal Hoax
ISBN: 9780615517674 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A compelling fictional view of the way the universe might work." -Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D., Nobel Laureate "Bozicevic understands how pioneering inventions change our world more than politics, faith, and the environment combined. In CARDINAL HOAX, he explores this reality to impressive effect." -Tena Herlihy, Counsel, MIT Technology Licensing Office "CARDINAL HOAX presents a fascinating interplay of science, religion, and patent law." -Carol L. Francis, Ph.D., J.D., patent lawyer "A pleasurable and fast-moving read." -Reid Rubsamen, M.D., anesthesiologist and inventor When Herbert...
"A compelling fictional view of the way the universe might work." -Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D., Nobel Laureate "Bozicevic understands how pioneering inv...
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51,83 |
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Dome City Blues
ISBN: 9780983008569 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Los Angeles: 2063 David Stalin was one of the best detectives in the business, running head-to-head with data-jackers, organ thieves, and the tech-enhanced gangs who ruled the shadowy streets of Los Angeles. He could do no wrong, until what seemed like an easy case got out of control, and left his wife dead among the abandoned ruins of old LA. After four years of self-imposed retirement, David suddenly finds himself back on the job, struggling to unravel a crime far worse than murder. This time, he's not the hunter. As he's about to discover, the past isn't finished with him yet.... Los Angeles: 2063 David Stalin was one of the best detectives in the business, running head-to-head with data-jackers, organ thieves, and the t... |
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59,99 |
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Children of Ptah.: Third Manuscript of the Richards' Trust
ISBN: 9780983481423 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Egyptologist Joseph Richards stumbled across something that simply set his mind ablaze. His hypothesis was so contrary that if it became public his banishment from the academic world would be assured. Simultaneously, highly classified evidence lent credence to Richard's position, which ultimately allowed him and his partner Gregorieva to venture back farther in time than any had ever attempted before - all in search of a man named Ptah. Meanwhile, there are others who secretly covet the Soap Bubble technology, who are willing to do whatever it takes to get it, and who even tried to steal it -...
Egyptologist Joseph Richards stumbled across something that simply set his mind ablaze. His hypothesis was so contrary that if it became public his ba...
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80,00 |
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Annihilation From Home
ISBN: 9780983674306 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the near future, NASA learns to use nuclear-waste-powered, (NWP), tools in space. It has no impact on the local ecology. Unfortunately, when a shuttle mishap occurs, the nuclear waste aboard the shuttle Kennedy is our doom. It is a very cold morning and NASA has had nothing but success since they learned how to launch on bitter cold mornings. Dr. Sam Adring, a paleantologist at a local University learns a startling discovery. He has just learned that all the knowledge and evidence he has learned is useless. It is not based on fact, or so he believes. He now has incontrovertible proof that...
In the near future, NASA learns to use nuclear-waste-powered, (NWP), tools in space. It has no impact on the local ecology. Unfortunately, when a shut...
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35,18 |
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The Ultimate Sin
ISBN: 9780983674320 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When best friends are torn apart, they go their own way. Doing what they feel is right, Kensing has set up a laboratory in his garage. He invents a drug that let's animals and humans communicate through telepathy. This drug is also addictive and has other abilities it gives the human user. When he moved to Colorado, Terrin was involved in a different and new kind of research called Micro-Magnetic Engineering. Setting up a small shop of his own, he takes small components home for use with his private work. Creating a doorway with his specialized field, he has the ultimate doorway. He has...
When best friends are torn apart, they go their own way. Doing what they feel is right, Kensing has set up a laboratory in his garage. He invents a dr...
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44,03 |
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Post Mortal Syndrome: A Science Fiction Novel
ISBN: 9781434435590 / Angielski / Miękka / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Attorney Jill Shannons clients include Blick Pharmaceuticals, which is pursuing research into life-extending drugs. Blick has reawakened the homicidal maniac Payback, whom they created twenty years earlier, to literally kill off the competition by targeting research scientists. Jills boyfriend, Paul Gibson, one of the scientists, is forced to inject them with an intelligence booster. Suddenly they find themselves in the middle of a war--a war over what it means to be human (and more than human). Can any of them survive?
Attorney Jill Shannons clients include Blick Pharmaceuticals, which is pursuing research into life-extending drugs. Blick has reawakened the homicidal...
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93,87 |
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Pw2: 2012 The End of the Beginning
ISBN: 9781448644278 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's been coming at us for 13.7 billion years. In the beginning, it made everything possible. In the end, it promises to do the same...... 2012 will never be the same.....Already we see increasing synchronicities, the unlikely, the bizarre. Something extraordinary is happening yet everything looks the same. On April 1, 2011, the world notices, but doesn't understand. What's the chance something fundamental is changing with the universe? .....Ex-professor Hamilton Ray is at the mercy of inexplicable events. Backed into a spotlight with an unlikely theory, Hamilton is driven by a 13.7 billion...
It's been coming at us for 13.7 billion years. In the beginning, it made everything possible. In the end, it promises to do the same...... 2012 will n...
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76,00 |
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Shidai
ISBN: 9781450074933 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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144,03 |
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Alien Takeover
ISBN: 9781453894293 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eddie Haden has been hired by the world government to work with a secret military division who has been communicating with an alien race stranded in our solar system. The aliens are not happy with the government and have developed a weapon for extermination. Eddie's old employer Ferb Stilts and his mutant son are about to get even with the government for the loss of their business. Meanwhile, Frosow, the aliens' first officer, has adverse plans to become the world's leader. Through a mindportation apparatus, Eddie confronts a problem as he tries to get to their ship. He finds himself on a...
Eddie Haden has been hired by the world government to work with a secret military division who has been communicating with an alien race stranded in o...
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47,99 |
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You, Robot?: The Vortex at the Large Hadron Collider
ISBN: 9781456379827 / Angielski / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A whole new "take" on robots. Not since Asimov has the Robot genre been given such a new approach. Best SciFi book of the season and beautifully printed. You will love this book. It is tied into String Theory, 12 dimensions, the Large Hadron Collider, dimensional travel, Higgs Bosons, Robots living in the other dimensions, and a lot more. Story-line flows easily and it is hard to put this book down. Everyone who loves Isaac Asimov will love this story, the first of a trilogy. Destined to be a cult classic because it puts Robots into the fabric of all the dimensional spaces forecast by String...
A whole new "take" on robots. Not since Asimov has the Robot genre been given such a new approach. Best SciFi book of the season and beautifully print...
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59,83 |
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