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The Unincorporated War
ISBN: 9780765331106 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Kollin brothers introduced their future world, and central character Justin Cord, in The Unincorporated Man. Justin created a revolution in that book, and is now exiled from Earth to the outer planets, where he is a heroic figure. Corporate society, which is headquartered on Earth and rules Venus, Mars, and the orbital colonies, wants to destroy Justin and reclaim hegemony over the outer planets. The first interplanetary war begins as the military fleet of Earth attacks. Filled with battles, betrayals, and triumphs, The Unincorporated War is a full-scale space opera... The Kollin brothers introduced their future world, and central character Justin Cord, in The Unincorporated Man. Justin created a revolution... |
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93,28 zł |
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1984
ISBN: 9781328869333 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With extraordinary relevance and renewed popularity, George Orwell's 1984 takes on new life in this hardcover edition.
-Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is, above all, a way of asserting power.---The New Yorker In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions.... With extraordinary relevance and renewed popularity, George Orwell's 1984 takes on new life in this hardcover edition.
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93,32 zł |
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The Postmortal
ISBN: 9780143119821 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Finalist for the Philip K. Dick and Arthur C. Clarke Awards
The gripping first novel by Drew Magary, Deadspin columnist, GQ correspondent, and author of The Hike "An exciting page turner. . . . Drew Magary is an excellent writer.The Postmortalis . . . even more terrifying than zombie apocalypse." Mark Frauenfelder, Boing Boing John Farrell is about to get "The Cure." Old age can never kill him now. The only problem is, everything else still can . . .... Finalist for the Philip K. Dick and Arthur C. Clarke Awards
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76,36 zł |
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The Space Merchants
ISBN: 9781250000156 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a vastly overpopulated near-future world, businesses have taken the place of governments and now hold all political power. States exist merely to ensure the survival of huge transnational corporations. Advertising has become hugely aggressive and boasts some of the world's most powerful executives. Through advertising, the public is constantly deluded into thinking that all the products on the market improve the quality of life. However, the most basic elements are incredibly scarce, including water and fuel. The planet Venus has just been visited and judged fit for human... In a vastly overpopulated near-future world, businesses have taken the place of governments and now hold all political power. States exist merely t... |
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84,80 zł |
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Outlander Chronicles: Phoenix
ISBN: 9780984887507 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eighty years after a smallpox pandemic decimated the global population, Jacen Chester finds himself the sole survivor of his tiny community, just outside the ruins of Philadelphia. Out of the ashes of the old civilization he determines to build a new one. The young man encounters Hakim, a wanderer with a mysterious past, who begins to teach him the arts of self-defense, leadership, and the history of the recent global disaster. Together they gather a small group of people committed to Jacen's vision of the future. The endeavor is threatened from within by Jacen's and Hakim's... Eighty years after a smallpox pandemic decimated the global population, Jacen Chester finds himself the sole survivor of his tiny community, just o... |
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71,90 zł |
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The Demi-Monde
ISBN: 9780062210814 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "You can't help getting caught up in the smartly-paced story...which is served up with lashings of steampunk relish." "Rees makes the book work: the world he's created is a psychopathic nightmare." In the Demi-Monde, author Rod Rees has conjured up a terrifying virtual reality, a world dominated by history's most ruthless and bloodthirsty psychopaths--from Holocaust architect Reinhard Heydrich to Torquemada, the Spanish Inquisition's pitiless torturer, to Josef Stalin's bloodthirsty right-hand man/monster, the infamous... "You can't help getting caught up in the smartly-paced story...which is served up with lashings of steampunk relish." |
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72,07 zł |
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Soft Landing
ISBN: 9780956909817 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Fraser's last work of fiction, Hard Places, was a series of novellas concerning physical and moral dilemmas, left unresolved at the expense of the protagonist. This sequel, Soft Landing, is the opposite - a novel of quest and adventure, in which scruple is overcome, and demanding or impossible situations have outcomes favourable to the hero. The trail takes us from urban violence to Eldorado, the regime of a bikers' club, and the secret finds of a prospectors' camp. The last section shows all puzzles solved, and the protagonists' return home with gifts. In keeping with the tale's sour...
John Fraser's last work of fiction, Hard Places, was a series of novellas concerning physical and moral dilemmas, left unresolved at the expense of th...
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109,23 zł |
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Flashback
ISBN: 9780316101981 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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110,25 zł |
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America Pacifica
ISBN: 9780316105071 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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93,28 zł |
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Book of Wrath
ISBN: 9781463756772 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What happens when an immortal begins to question his role in the balance of light and darkness? From the time of creation, Famine has followed his immortal path, spreading hunger, starvation and misery on humanity. We see through the eyes of Famine as he begins to challenge himself, his siblings and their collective jobs. Is he a puppet of his unknown creator, or does he have a choice in his role? Do the others have the answers he is looking for? Follow Famine as he interacts with fellow immortals in his quest for self-determination.
What happens when an immortal begins to question his role in the balance of light and darkness? From the time of creation, Famine has followed his imm...
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53,98 zł |
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Driving Towards Disaster: The Story Thus Far: The Great Pandemic and Quarantine
ISBN: 9781466211513 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most people run from disasters, for people like Jake its your job to get to one as fast as you can.This time he is not so sure he wants to go. A major global pandemic is going on and a major hurricane has just hit the Gulf Coast. To make matters worse the government is forcing the evacuees back to the storm stricken cities or placing them in isolation and quarantine. His chances of helping others or becoming a casulty himself have just taken a turn for the worse as the U.S. declares martial law for a storm ravaged coast.Follow this short tale of bad goverment policy and impending apocalypse....
Most people run from disasters, for people like Jake its your job to get to one as fast as you can.This time he is not so sure he wants to go. A major...
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35,58 zł |
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Price of a Bounty
ISBN: 9781466268104 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Keira Maddock has never considered herself a lady. In fact, she often acts in ways that would be considered downright un-ladylike. A hired killer and thief whose only goal is to provide the necessities of life for herself and her sister, she has learned to be brutally effective in her trade, with skills as sharp as the weapons she prefers. And when the head of a huge, shadowy corporation hires her to remove a powerful and wealthy opponent, Keira is happy to oblige. Until she meets him... Scott Maddock is a hardened Terenian soldier-for-life. His job, to uphold the motto of the realm:...
Keira Maddock has never considered herself a lady. In fact, she often acts in ways that would be considered downright un-ladylike. A hired killer and ...
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57,68 zł |
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Dark Matters: Betrayal (Dark Matters Trilogy Book 2)
ISBN: 9780996937542 / Angielski / Miękka / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,77 zł |
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The Magnificent Wurlitzer
ISBN: 9780956140906 / Angielski / Twarda / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Magnificent Wurlitzer is an epic work of literary fiction, divided into four parts. Its theme is that of the 'guilty Faust' on a fantastic, grotesque journey seeking his truth, his Mephistopheles. Its hero treads in the footsteps of epics from East and West, Gilgamesh, the Ramayana, Gotterdammerung.
The Magnificent Wurlitzer is an epic work of literary fiction, divided into four parts. Its theme is that of the 'guilty Faust' on a fantastic, grotes...
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128,23 zł |
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The Shadow Wars: Book Two in the Demi-Monde Saga
ISBN: 9780062070371 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rod Rees's riveting dystopian saga continues with The Shadow Wars, the spellbinding sequel to The Demi-Monde: Winter. First Daughter Norma Williams finds herself stranded in the sinister cyber-world of the not-so-distant future that's inhabited by some of history's most menacing villains. Betrayed by those she thought were friends, she must lead the resistance against a terrifying force if she wants to survive. Skillfully written and highly imaginative, The Shadow Wars blends elements of steampunk with science fiction in an adventure that will keep... Rod Rees's riveting dystopian saga continues with The Shadow Wars, the spellbinding sequel to The Demi-Monde: Winter. First... |
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63,59 zł |
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Going Shogun
ISBN: 9781477593936 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On paper, their plan was simple... The remains of society live within a divisive caste system, under the almighty, oppressive rule of The Board. Their Ultimate Directive is to Preserve Control, and it's maintained by a nearly omniscient, high-tech crime unit patrolling every street. They're called Board Agents, and everybody knows, you don't go up against a Board Agent, and you don't test the authority of The Board. That is, everyone except two desperate waiters named Forklift and Brick. They work at a restaurant called Wishful Thinking, where the top secret recipes for exotic dishes (like...
On paper, their plan was simple... The remains of society live within a divisive caste system, under the almighty, oppressive rule of The Board. Their...
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66,77 zł |
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Users of the Mind
ISBN: 9781467927147 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Julian is a student in a school that specialises in teaching gifted children the Arts of the Mind, a discipline originally developed to control the mysterious concept referred to as 'consciousness'. The school is run by a charismatic, yet mysterious man, known only as Teacher to his students. In the school the children learn to utilise subtle behavioural tools based on evolutionary laws that enable them to control untrained people. Julian's life is built around discipline and order, but the choices made by others long ago are about to change his life forever. He is forced to face his... Julian is a student in a school that specialises in teaching gifted children the Arts of the Mind, a discipline originally developed to control the... |
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43,43 zł |
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Half Past Human
ISBN: 9780575129627 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A novel of dystopian future in the tradition of SOYLENT GREEN and H.G. Wells' THE TIME MACHINE, with an introduction by Ken MacLeod
Tinker was a good citizen of the Hive - a model worker. But when he was allowed sexual activation he found Mu Ren who, like him, harboured forbidden genes. And so began the cataclysm. But in a world where half-wild humans are hunted for sport - and food - can anyone overthrow the Hive? Greater by far than its stunted, pink-blooded citizens, the Hive is more than prepared to rise and crush anyone who challenges its supremacy ... A novel of dystopian future in the tradition of SOYLENT GREEN and H.G. Wells' THE TIME MACHINE, with an introduction by Ken MacLeod
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53,71 zł |
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You & Me
ISBN: 9780062126146 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Padgett Powell, author of the acclaimed The Interrogative Mood and "one of the few truly important American writers of our time" (Sam Lipsyte), returns with a hilarious Southern send-up of Samuel Beckett's classic Waiting for Godot. Truly a master of envelope-pushing, post-postmodern American fiction, in a class with Nicholas Baker and Lydia Davis, Powell brilliantly blends the sublime, the trivial, and the oddball in You & Me, as two loquacious gents on a porch discuss all manner of subjects, from the mundane to the spiritual to the downright... Padgett Powell, author of the acclaimed The Interrogative Mood and "one of the few truly important American writers of our time" (Sam Lips... |
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76,36 zł |
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The Harvesting
ISBN: 9781479327249 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The world, it seemed, had gone silent. It was something we knew but did not talk about. We were alone." Layla Petrovich reluctantly returns home to rural Hamletville after a desperate call from her psychic grandmother. Layla never could have anticipated the horror of what Grandma Petrovich had foreseen. The residents of Hamletville will need Layla's cool head, fast blade and itchy trigger finger to survive the undead apocalypse that's upon them. But even that may not be enough. With mankind silenced, it soon becomes apparent that we were never alone. As the beings living on the fringe seek...
"The world, it seemed, had gone silent. It was something we knew but did not talk about. We were alone." Layla Petrovich reluctantly returns home to r...
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75,67 zł |