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Slan Hunter: The Sequel to Slan
ISBN: 9780765323507 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The sequel to A. E. van Vogt's "Slan," one of the most famous SF novels of the twentieth century This startling SF adventure novel is a collaboration between the classic SF Grand Master, A. E. van Vogt, and contemporary master Kevin J. Anderson. At the time of his death in 2000, van Vogt left a partial draft and an outline for the sequel to his most famous novel, "Slan." Van Vogt's jam-packed, one-damn-thingafter-another storytelling technique makes his active plots compulsively readable. Now the story has been completed by Anderson, and is sure to be one of the most popular SF novels... The sequel to A. E. van Vogt's "Slan," one of the most famous SF novels of the twentieth century This startling SF adventure novel is a collabor... |
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Sims
ISBN: 9780765326652 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Just a few hundred genes separate humans from chimpanzees. Imagine someone altering the chimp genome, splicing in human genes to increase the size of the cranium, reduce the amount of body hair, and enable speech. What sort of creature would result? Sims takes place in the very near future, when the science of genetics is fulfilling its vaunted potential. It's a world where dangerous or boring manual labor is gradually being transferred to "sims," genetically altered chimps who occupy a gray zone between simian and human. The chief innovator in this world is SimGen, which owns... Just a few hundred genes separate humans from chimpanzees. Imagine someone altering the chimp genome, splicing in human genes to increase the size ... |
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The Invisible Man
ISBN: 9780451531674 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the twentieth century's first great practitioner of the novel of ideas comes a consummate masterpiece of science fiction about a man trapped in the terror of his own creation.
A stranger emerges out of a freezing February day with a request for lodging in a cozy provincial inn. Who is this out-of-season traveler? More confounding is the thick mask of bandages obscuring his face. Why is he disguised in such a manner? What keeps him hidden in his room? The villagers, aroused by trepidation and curiosity, bring it upon themselves to find the answers. What they discover is not... From the twentieth century's first great practitioner of the novel of ideas comes a consummate masterpiece of science fiction about a man trapped i...
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The Arrival
ISBN: 9781365741319 / Angielski / Miękka / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beneath a cloak of darkness and mystery, it has arrived Palestine: 1948 With the winds of war fast approaching, an unscrupulous archaeologist finally finds the remains of the man he's been searching for unwittingly releasing an ancient evil on the world. White River, Arkansas: 2019 The small town awakens one morning to find itself ground zero of a joint UN-US terrorist training exercise. Residents face martial law, a cashless economy, and a host of ruthless leaders seemingly bent on making the maneuvers more than just a military operation. Outraged citizens begin to rise up and fight... Beneath a cloak of darkness and mystery, it has arrived Palestine: 1948 With the winds of war fast approaching, an unscrupulous archaeologist final... |
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New California
ISBN: 9780615852997 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After New California's founder committed suicide, two men vied to rule the colony. Ashwin George, supported by the colony's elite and Tian Quan, the Chinese company whose hyperdrive ships and intelligent robots dominated half the settled galaxy. Desmond Park, nanotechnology engineer, armed with a shrewd intellect, the loyalty of the colony's disaffected youth, and the most formidable weapon of all. A single idea."
After New California's founder committed suicide, two men vied to rule the colony. Ashwin George, supported by the colony's elite and Tian Quan, the C...
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Lucy
ISBN: 9780307473905 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Primatologist Jenny Lowe is studying bonobo chimpanzees deep in the Congo when she is caught in a deadly civil war that leaves a fellow researcher dead and his daughter, Lucy, orphaned. Realizing that the child has no living relatives, Jenny begins to care for Lucy as her own. But as she reads the late scientist s notebooks, she discovers that Lucy is the result of a shocking experiment, and that the adorable, magical, wonderful girl she has come to love is an entirely new hybrid species half human, half bonobo."
Primatologist Jenny Lowe is studying bonobo chimpanzees deep in the Congo when she is caught in a deadly civil war that leaves a fellow researcher dea...
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Frankenstein - Or, The Man and the Monster - A Stage Play (Fantasy and Horror Classics)
ISBN: 9781447404972 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. H. M. Milner was a hugely successful playwright, producing a great many melodramas and popular tragedies. His most notable work, The Man and The Monster; or The Fate of Frankenstein a melodramatic adaptation of Mary Shelley's famous 1818 novel, Frankenstein opened at the Royal Coberg Theatre in July of 1826. Many of the horror stories of monsters and ghouls, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork."
H. M. Milner was a hugely successful playwright, producing a great many melodramas and popular tragedies. His most notable work, The Man and The Monst...
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50,28 |
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A Twentieth Century Homunculus (Fantasy and Horror Classics)
ISBN: 9781447404996 / Angielski / Miękka / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the best science fiction stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the best science fiction stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive....
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The New Frankenstein (Fantasy and Horror Classics)
ISBN: 9781447405016 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the horror stories of monsters and ghouls, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the horror stories of monsters and ghouls, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly e...
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The Bride of Frankenstein (Fantasy and Horror Classics)
ISBN: 9781447405542 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the horror stories of monsters and ghouls, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the horror stories of monsters and ghouls, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly e...
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
ISBN: 9781483702896 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth is an H. G. Wells science fiction novel which Wells called "a fantasia on the change of scale in human affairs. . . . I had hit upon [the idea] while working out the possibilities of the near future in a book of speculations called Anticipations."
Mr. Bensington, a research chemist specializing in the More Toxic Alkaloids, and Professor Redwood, who after studying reaction times takes an interest in "Growth." Unfortunately their Herakleophorbia IV enter the local food chain and havoc ensues. Herbert George "H. G." Wells was an English writer... The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth is an H. G. Wells science fiction novel which Wells called "a fantasia on the change of scale in human a...
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The Invisible man
ISBN: 9788171674435 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Touch No One
ISBN: 9781612968278 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Body Modification is nothing new in Schengen City. Even Detective John Moglich has a cybered arm, on account of being shot by a punk with an auto-shotgun back when he was a cop. Naturally, when Detective Moglich is given a hefty sum to investigate the attempted murder of a woman with more than her fair share of mods, he doesn't hesitate. As he gets deeper into the investigation, things get weirder. He discovers a fetish subculture centering on the worship of the female breast, and the conversion of its milk into a pain-soothing drug. The milk may be poisoned though, since those... Body Modification is nothing new in Schengen City. Even Detective John Moglich has a cybered arm, on account of being shot by a punk with an auto-s... |
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A Slow Cold Death
ISBN: 9781938463372 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. She died the way the universe will
Lori Barrow was a Wunderkind, the youngest student ever to enroll at America's most exclusive science university. Now, twenty years later, she's a lonely, socially awkward Luddite whose career is all over the map because she refuses to grow up.. Her alma mater has brought her back as a professor not because of any great achievements, but because they hope her wide range of skills will resuscitate the dying physics department. She learns very quickly that the "dying" is all too literal. Mysterious deaths and accidents have... She died the way the universe will
Lori Barrow was a Wunderkind, the youngest student ever to enroll at America's most exclusive... |
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The God Wave
ISBN: 9780062419521 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Patrick Hemstreet's debut, THE GOD WAVE, is a bombshell of a thriller full of everything I love: complicated characters, dynamic plotting, all set against a backdrop of a fantastic scientific premise. Here is a novel that demands to be read in one sitting, while leaving a lasting impact afterward. And with more of this world to come, I can't wait to read what happens next." --James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestseller of The Bone Labyrinth
"The God Wave is a mind-twisting... "Patrick Hemstreet's debut, THE GOD WAVE, is a bombshell of a thriller full of everything I love: complicated characters, dynamic plo...
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The Face in the Mirror: a transhuman identity crisis
ISBN: 9781482635829 / Angielski / Miękka / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What does it mean to be human? imagine you're in a tragic accident. You expect to die Instead, you awaken in a body that is not yours. Not even your own species. Not even your own gender. In a desperate attempt to save your life your brain has been transplanted into the only body available, the body of a genetically engineered slave. Everyone is quick to assure you that you are still "legally human," but you know that when any stranger sees you they see property or perhaps a Frankenstenian abomination. It is a... What does it mean to be human? imagine you're in a tragic accident. You expect to die Instead, you awaken in a body th... |
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Botanicaust
ISBN: 9780985901318 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After genetically altered weeds devastate Earth's crop lands, much of humanity turns to cannibalism to survive. Dr. Tula Macoby believes photosynthetic skin can save the human race, and her people single-mindedly embark on a mission to convert the cannibals roaming what's left of Earth. But when Levi, a peaceful stranger, refuses alteration, Tula doesn't think the only options should be conversion or death.
Levi Kraybill, a devout member of the Old Order, left his Holdout farmland to seek a cure for his terminally ill son. Genetic manipulation is a sin, but Levi will do almost anything... After genetically altered weeds devastate Earth's crop lands, much of humanity turns to cannibalism to survive. Dr. Tula Macoby believes photosyntheti...
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To Live Again and the Second Trip: Two Complete Novels
ISBN: 9781480448520 / Angielski / Miękka / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two enthralling novels by Robert Silverberg about a future in which the minds of the living can be changed for a price often with dire consequences
In To Live Again, thanks to the Scheffing Institute, death is not the end. For a hefty fee, the soul bank stores the personas of those who have died and inserts them into the brains of willing, living hosts. It s a process that integrates the two minds, imbuing the host with a menu of highly valuable abilities, memories, and traits. The more personas one absorbs, the greater his social status. When banking mogul Paul Kaufmann... Two enthralling novels by Robert Silverberg about a future in which the minds of the living can be changed for a price often with dire consequences...
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Seveneves
ISBN: 9780062334510 / Angielski / Miękka / 880 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. SEVENEVES was included on President Obama's Summer 2016 reading list. SEVENEVES was one of only five books recommended by Bill Gates as "must reads" for Summer 2016. SEVENEVES was included on President Obama's Summer 2016 reading list. SEVENEVES was one of only five books recommended by Bill Gates as "must... |
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Brainjob
ISBN: 9781479392964 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Brilliant..." - reader review left on Amazon. Decades ago, Zenor's brain was transplanted into a brainless clone body; a "brainjob" of another race after a near-fatal industrial accident. He's now reached 100 years old (brain time). But his cloned body is breaking down. He seeks help from the makers of his clone but all is not what it seems. The bio company that made his body has other, secret plans for him. 125,000+ words.
"Brilliant..." - reader review left on Amazon. Decades ago, Zenor's brain was transplanted into a brainless clone body; a "brainjob" of another race a...
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