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Im unendlichen Nichts des Weltraums erwacht ein einsamer Astronaut aus der Kryostase. Etwas ist schiefgegangen. Er weiß weder wer, noch wo er ist. Erst nach und nach findet er heraus, dass er Teil einer ihm unbekannten Crew war, die mehrere Jahrhunderte lang geschlafen hat. Alle anderen sind tot, in ihren Stasistanks gestorben. Einzig ein beschädigter, aber freundlicher Roboter scheint sich mit ihm an Bord zu befinden. Das Raumschiff ist in einem schlechten Zustand und leidet unter merkwürdigen Fehlern: Türen, die sich öffnen und schließen, Lichter, die flackern.

Suspenseful military space fleet adventure and hard science fiction come together in this series of future space colonization in the Alpha Centauri star system. Captain James Van Wert leads a team into the very heart of the insurgency in a desperate attempt to tip the scales in favor of the fleet, and comes face-to-face with the separatist leaders. Meanwhile, CPF leader Rusla Skjaldmaer makes a rash decision to bolster the strength of the insurgency for the looming confrontation with the fleet.

By the Ayatollah’s orders, an Iranian scientist kidnaps a trio of outer space engineers and is forced to reconcile himself to their optimism and snark as his actions decide the fate of his homeland.

The year is 2036, and the gig economy is alive and well. Technology that was once dominated by the rideshare and food delivery sector had started to pivot toward community justice. Politicians overwhelmingly voted to allow ‘Rectify’ an app that allows ordinary citizens to become crime fighters. With runaway inflation and government pensions in the red, it was a no-brainer. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for bad actors to start using the tech to eliminate those who made their lives more difficult.

Scientist Beth Darlow has discovered the unimaginable. She's built a machine that allows human consciousness to travel through time—to any point in the traveler's lifetime—and relive moments of their life. An impossible breakthrough, but it's not perfect: the traveler has no way to interact with the past. They can only observe. After Beth's husband, the co-creator of the machine, dies in a tragic car accident, Beth is left to raise daughter—and continue the work they started. Mired in grief and threatened by her CEO, Beth pushes herself to the limit to prove the value of her technology.

Lee had expertise in different sciences and 24th-century tech due to learning machines that could transfer an expert's knowledge. He had the latest high-tech weapons. He had acquired the latest protective equipment. He was sixteen and got his great-grandfather's A.I., Anna, to find him a planet that had magic. His A.I. hacked a portal to take him there. He might have bitten off more than he could chew.

Mitte des 23. Jahrhunderts hat sich die Menschheit über die Grenzen der Erde hinaus entwickelt. Viele Planeten und Monde des Sonnensystems sind besiedelt, wenn auch oft nur von kleinen Bergbaukolonien oder Industrieanlagen. Bis weit hinein in die Oortsche Wolke sind Außenposten bereits vorgedrungen. Selbst der interstellare Raum bleibt nicht unberührt. Auch wenn die überlichtschnelle Raumfahrt ein Wunschtraum bleibt, dem die unumstößlichen physikalischen Gesetze entgegenstehen.

This hacker thriller, ripped from the headlines of today's newspapers, envisions a chilling future where citizen hackers are pitted against unaccountable global actors. Everyone who stands up against oppression has to ask themselves – is freedom worth it?

C'è una buona ragione se nel 2016 "Noi Siamo Infinito (Noi Siamo Bob)" è stato nominato miglior titolo di fantascienza di Audible, ed è per la sua irresistibile sagacia e i toni irriverenti. Bob Johansson ha appena guadagnato una piccola fortuna dalla vendita della sua azienda di software e non vede l'ora di godersi la sua nuova vita all'insegna dell'agio. E il primo punto della sua lista di cose da fare è proprio iniziare a sperperare quel bendidio. Trascinato dal desiderio di spendere e spandere, acconsente a far conservare criogenicamente la sua testa in caso di morte.

The Ark has left the solar system and taken with it the first humans to ever get this far. And even though Alissa was promoted to Chief of Security back on Earth, she wants nothing more than to escape back into a quiet existence with her friends. But he is still on her mind. The man with the silver glove plagues her dreams. This man she dreams of isn't the same as the monster back on Earth. Alissa can't escape the overwhelming drive to save the man that tried to kill her. Seeking answers may protect The Ark from future threats, but that fight might just cost them their lives.

Elias McKay is an Extractionist. As an “Xwire” with a head full of experimental mites, he specializes in pulling minds out of virtual space and getting them back into their bodies intact. He’s one of the best. But he’s fallen on hard times. After getting banned by the government from doing lucrative legal work due to a past indiscretion, McKay picks up shady gigs wherever he can find them. His latest job takes him to Singapore for a quick extraction of a corporate bigwig, but things go from bad to worse when hired muscle, black ops agents, and hackers attack him and his client.

La storia si svolge in un mondo futuristico in cui tutti gli esseri umani sono liberi di fare, pensare e dire quello che vogliono con l'unico limite di non offendere ed aggredire il prossimo. Confidando nella voglia di ciascun essere umano di prosperare in pace e progredire, l'Umanità tutta ha raggiunto una nuova età dell'oro come mai prima di allora.

Max and Liz have escaped the mysterious time phenomenon by traveling to the Mars colony, which promises a whole new, exciting, and secure life. But they've left behind someone important to them. Should they embark on a journey from which no one has ever returned? And why does everyone seem to put obstacles in their way even as they try? The physicist and the mathematician must contend with forces that cannot be swayed by logical arguments while time, at an accelerating pace, is running out for their friend on Earth.

Nergal e Damkina vivono in un kibbutz e per fuggire da lì, organizzano un imbroglio vendendo puntaspilli trovati su una nave affondata. Ma i molluschi hanno capacità speciali e porteranno ai protagonisti anche molti guai e scelte difficili.

Un adolescente bullizzato a scuola troverà il modo di difendersi grazie al nonno che "tornerà" in maniera futuribile per stargli accanto durante un periodo molto difficile della loro vita.

Immigrazione climatica e terraformazione si uniscono in questa storia solarpunk di Francesco Verso per restituire un po' di speranza connessa alla costruzione di un mondo migliore e più equo di quello attuale.

Una storia toccante e delicata, narrata dal punto di vista di una bambina cinese, il cui nonno, aiutato da un androide, ritroverà un posto nella società.

Anche quando l'umanità, a causa dei cambiamenti climatici, si è rifugiata a vivere nella stratosfera dentro capsule orbitali che inibiscono qualunque rapporto umano, le persone troveranno il modo di rientrare in contatto con la parte più sensibile e poetica di noi stessi.

In 2296, an unstoppable mass extinction is underway, and history proves society will collapse before it can change. Climate Council scientists have no choice but to unveil the Dawn Project. Their audacious plan will terraform the planet back to life… by erasing its civilization. Biologist Kaia Badra commits her life to the project’s success at all costs after a storm surge takes her parents.

Nine classic science fiction stories.