Titoli in Fantascienza

The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has accelerated. Entire star systems - and billions of people - are becoming cut off from the rest of human civilization. This collapse was foretold through scientific prediction...and yet, even as the evidence is obvious and insurmountable, many still try to rationalize, delay and profit from, these final days of one of the greatest empires humanity has ever known.

With a formerly hostile mercenary company under their control and enough resources to work with freely, Adrian and Amelia can finally pursue the one true desire they both share: freedom. The threat of Amelia's father might still hang over their heads, but they are set on eliminating it. This requires them to muddle their way back to where it all began: the city's slums, and all the different actors exerting their influence there. But, if they're expecting Adrian to be easy prey, he's set on proving to them that he can more than just protect the new life he's started with the doctor's daughter…

Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created with Alien: Covenant, a new chapter in his groundbreaking Alien adventure. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise. But it is actually a dark, dangerous world.

Winston Smith works in the Ministry of Truth - or Minitrue as it is called in Newspeak - altering newspapers and reports to follow the arbitrary dictates of Big Brother’s propaganda.

THE INSTANT NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER HE'S HER GREATEST ENEMY … AND HER DEEPEST DESIRE 'A dark fever dream of a fairytale. Rose in Chains is a heart-pounding, spellbinding, forbidden love story that kept breaking my heart and putting it back together again' Stephanie...

Reidon Ward will become a god. He doesn't know it yet, of course. Reidon was born weak, sickly, and small. Afflicted with a painful disease and abandoned by his parents because of it, he has had to fight tooth and nail for every minor advantage life has allowed him. However, his perseverance has not gone unnoticed, and when the most powerful artificial intelligence in human history takes an interest in him, things began to change quickly.

For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of former times. For now, more sensible heads have prevailed – and have even championed unity. But now, there is a new force that threatens the hard-maintained peace: The Consu, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met, are on the cusp of a species-defining civil war.

A city is hit by a sudden and strange epidemic of "white blindness", which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there social conventions quickly crumble and the struggle for survival brings out the worst in people.

All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she's a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. The rumors of his cowardice are true - he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them.

Hace diez años, Darrow encabezó una revolución que asentó los cimientos de un nuevo mundo. Ahora, proscrito por la misma República que fundó, disputa una guerra sin cuartel en Mercurio con la esperanza de salvar el sueño de Eo. Pero, ahora que deja un reguero de muerte y destrucción a su paso, ¿seguirá siendo el héroe que rompió las cadenas? ¿O surgirá otra leyenda que ocupe su lugar?

A new series set in the world of the Hunter's Code and the Order of Architects! Have you ever watched someone's pride go up in flames? I have. It happened on the day your children screamed for help, and the only one to come to their aid was the one you had humiliated and cast out. I saved...

New Manhattan isn't for everyone. In fact, it's pretty much only for those powerful, wealthy, or lethal enough to survive in its rarefied air. Megacorporations and a few elites make the rules. Everyone else just dies by them. Tony used to be one of the hidden elite. A high-tech enhanced operative working behind the scenes, in the shadows, under the table. That is, until his handlers decided to terminate his contract, strip his hardware, and dump him in the Blast. The end of the line. A place where the airborne Dust mutates your DNA before the locals can do worse.

In "Follia per sette clan" Dick si tramuta, in quanto scrittore di fantascienza, in psicologo/ psichiatra che utilizza la sua creatura letteraria come atto terapeutico sia per i suoi personaggi che per i lettori, organizzando un viaggio dentro le psicosi della mente, o meglio – grazie alla duttilità della fantascienza – su Alfa III L2, una luna ospitante i ‘lunatici’, vale a dire, non coloro colpiti da malattia provocata (come una volta si credeva) dal mutamento dei cicli lunari, bensì coloro che, diagnosticati ‘folli’ sulla terra, sono stati allontanati (allunati?) su un satellite remoto e isolato.

Il protagonista di questo romanzo si aggira tra le macerie di un mondo in rovina, devastato da una violenta pulizia etnica. Una lunga cicatrice gli attraversa il petto, e una memoria difettosa gli impedisce di mettere ordine nei suoi ricordi. Intorno a lui una realtà slittata, dove non esistono cellulari, l'uomo non ha mai camminato sulla luna e l'Africa è diventata un deserto radioattivo. Immerso nel silenzio della neve sorge Vajont: un paese nuovo, costruito per accogliere gli sfollati della diga, e diventato negli anni ricettacolo di gente senza casa, di diseredati.

La fattoria degli animali (Animal Farm) è la grande allegoria socio-politica di George Orwell ambientata in una fattoria padronale inglese, dove gli animali decidono di fare la rivoluzione per liberarsi dalle catene dello sfruttamento a cui sono sottoposti da Mr. Jones e creare una società comunitaria in cui diritti e doveri siano equamente distribuiti e i bisogni primari soddisfatti per tutti, una sorta di comunismo utopistico da cui gli umani sono banditi per sempre. Essi dichiarano che lavorare per gli esseri umani non è di nessuna utilità per loro.

From New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game—adapted to film starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford—is the classic Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction novel of a young boy's recruitment into the midst of an interstellar war. In order to develop a secure...

Living up to your kick-butt image as an elite monster wrestler is hard when you (maybe) want to kiss your hated rival. A fun enemies-to-lovers lesbian romantasy. To the whole world, Athena Rainstorm is the most hated villain in Elite Monster Wrestling. Away from the boos and jeers that slice...

A robopsychologist must outwit a machine determined to stay hidden in "Little Lost Robot"; a woman’s talent for "Light Verse" overshadows her true accomplishments with her robot servants; "The Last Question" presented to computer after computer over a hundred billion years may remain forever unanswered … and seventeen more future visions from the grand master of science fiction.

The Demon Slayer Manga Reading Club, where we go through a chapter of the Demon Slayer Manga every Wednesday. Keywords: Manga, Demon Slayer, Demon Slayer Manga, Demon Slayer Podcast, Anime, Pop Culture, Comics, Comic Books, Shonen Jump, Indie Comics, Movies, Television, DC Comics, Marvel, Marvel Comics

Alan Medas ha trent’anni, è un geologo e trascorre la vita sulle miniere tra Africa e Asia, faticando a mantenere le relazioni. Il mondo, da cui lui rimane scollegato per lunghi periodi, viene scosso da una notizia clamorosa: una nuova risorsa alimentare miracolosa è stata appena scoperta. Si tratta di un’alga dalle qualità eccezionali battezzata Narciso. In pochi anni le disparità economiche vengono livellate e i governi collaborano in un’utopia di pacifismo globale senza precedenti.