Titoli in Distopica

In a corporate-controlled future where the ruling conglomerates genetically engineer their employees, Millicent Foster is the best of the best. Physically perfect and exceptionally intelligent, Millicent is granted the uncommon privilege of breeding. But her daughter inherits more than superior genetics...little Marie has a rare ability that the world has never seen, and her conglomerate, Moxidone, will stop at nothing to have sole possession of the child.

The fourth volume in the brilliant Dark Tower Series is “splendidly tense…rip-roaring” (Publishers Weekly)—a #1 national bestseller about an epic quest to save the universe. In Wizard and Glass, Stephen King is “at his most ebullient…sweeping readers up in…swells of passion”...

They existed only to serve the state. They were conceived in controlled Palaces of Mating. They died in the Home of the Useless. From cradle to grave, the crowd was one - the great WE. In all that was left of humanity, there was only one man who dared to think, seek, and love. He lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world, he dared to love the woman of his choice. In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization, he had the courage to seek and find knowledge.

Los Caballeros Radiantes deben volver a alzarse. Los antiguos juramentos por fin se han pronunciado. Los hombres buscan lo que se perdió. Temo que la búsqueda los destruya.

When a viral apocalypse kills 97 percent of the people on the planet, the survivors' humanity is hanging by a thread. Amid the leftovers of civilization, ex-Army Ranger Jason Larsen is reminded of the meaning of hope, family, and loyalty by a dog and a young boy who are as alone as he is. The survivors he seems to collect become family, and that is very bad news for those who think they run the apocalypse.

A revolution has taken over the government of the United States, and the environment has been saved. All pollution has been banned and reversed. It's a bright, green new world. But this new world comes at a great cost. The United States is ruled by a fascist green police state, and the corporations are fighting back. Joining them is an increasing number of rebels angered by the dictatorship of Chairman Rahma.

The Sound of His Horn is a classic novel of the uncanny. Alan Querdilion becomes a prisoner of war during World War II and then awakes, only to find himself in an alternative future in which the Nazis have won the war. Against a sylvan backdrop, the legend of the wild huntsman is revived and genetic experiments have created strange hybrids. Humans are hunted for game, haunted by the sound of the huntsman's horn.

In the reality TV show The Running Man, the only objective is to stay alive. This “slam-bang action suspense” (Gilbert Cruz, Vulture) from Stephen King is now a major motion picture from Paramount. Ben Richards has no job, no money, and a young daughter who urgently needs medical attention...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The first volume in the internationally acclaimed MaddAddam trilogy is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future—from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed...

In 1967, four female scientists worked together to build the world’s first time machine. But just as they are about to debut their creation, one of them suffers a breakdown, putting the whole project - and future of time travel - in jeopardy. To protect their invention, one member is exiled from the team - erasing her contributions from history. Fifty years later, time travel is a big business. Twenty-something Ruby Rebello knows her beloved grandmother Granny Bee was one of the pioneers, though no one will tell her more.

*** 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST *** *** LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE AND THE 2020 TRANSLATED BOOK AWARD *** *** NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR *** A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The...

In a future dystopia, Zia Alexander lives in crumbling ruins playing the world's most illegal and addictive virtual reality game. After the loss of her mother, she plays the game for her shot at freedom. Zia discovers a map that leads to Lemuria—a real fantasy world full of dragons, wicked faeries and assassins where her mother is alive, and two princes try to win her heart.

In a future where aging has been cured and death has been carefully regulated, humanity has achieved what appears to be perfect stability. Population is fixed. Order is absolute. Every new life must be balanced by a willing death. Inside a Chicago hospital, this system is carried out with quiet efficiency. Clerks keep count. Doctors follow protocol. Volunteers step forward. When a man waits for the birth of triplets, the logic of this world presses in on him, forcing a reckoning that no amount of order can soften.

Step into the mind-bending worlds of The Selected Works of Philip K. Dick, a powerful collection of classic science-fiction stories from one of the genre’s most influential visionaries, Philip K. Dick. This expertly curated volume showcases Dick at his sharpest—probing the fragile boundaries between reality and illusion, power and freedom, humanity and the unknown.

Dreißig dystopische Microstorys und Kurzgeschichten führen in Welten, in denen Hoffnung selten geworden ist: Eine junge Rebellin trotzt der Überwachung im Paris von morgen, auf einem fernen Planeten wächst das Grün zur Bedrohung, und ein uraltes Baumwesen spürt sein Ende nahen.

2024. Le nouveau président des États-Unis provoque une crise sans précédent. Dérèglement social et climatique, épidémies, pauvreté, violences… Dans ce décor post-apocalyptique, la barbarie règne, les murs s'élèvent. La fille d'un pasteur noir atteinte d'hyper-empathie entame la rédaction d'une Bible d'espoir et d'humanité, Le Livre des Vivants.

À la croisée des univers de Colson Whitehead, George Saunders ou encore Carmen Maria Machado, ce roman imagine un monde où des condamnés peuvent purger leur peine à condition qu’ils participent à un programme nommé «Divertissement pénal d’action criminelle» (DPAC). Téléréalité d’un nouveau genre, celui-ci met en scène des combats de gladiateurs version 2.0, où les participants se livrent une lutte à mort sous les yeux d’une foule en liesse et de millions de streameurs. Si, au bout de trois ans, l’un d’entre eux est encore en vie, il est libéré.

Un uomo si risveglia da una difficilissima operazione chirurgica incapace di riconoscere la realtà che lo circonda. Ben presto si renderà conto che un misterioso assassino gli sta dando la caccia lasciando dietro di sé una scia di cadaveri. Chi era Joaquin Hernandez prima di perdere la memoria? La chiave per comprendere questo mistero si trova dentro il suo cervello, sepolta in un passato atroce da ricordare.

The battle over the alien artifacts rages across the solar system. On Earth, Los Angeles becomes the battleground for two mega-corporations that will stop at nothing to get their hands on the strange material. Meanwhile, as she races towards Ganymede, astronaut Rachel Ferreira discovers that the biggest threat to the ship and her team is not awaiting ahead out in space, but is right under their own feet. As the satellite images received from Ganymede get stranger and stranger, Rachel and Theodore each find themselves in a race against time.

What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive speculation from the Hugo Award - winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy. An explorer returns to gather information from a climate-ravaged Earth that his ancestors, and others among the planet’s finest, fled centuries ago. The mission comes with a warning: A graveyard world awaits him. But so do those left behind - hopeless and unbeautiful wastes of humanity who should have died out ages ago.