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For two years in deep space, the freighter Demeter and a small crew have collected botanical life from other planets. It's a lesson in patience and hell. Mechanics Ensign Raina is ready to jump ship, if only because her abusive ex is also aboard, as well as her overbearing boss. It's only after a foreign biological creature sneaks aboard and wreaks havoc on the ship and crew that Raina must find her grit - and maybe create a gadget or two - to survive...that is, if the crew members don't lose their sanity and turn on each other in the process.

Take the most sophisticated AI-designed mind that has ever existed, encase it in over 50 million cubic kilometres of diamond nano-rods and send it off on a 20-thousand-year odyssey towards the centre of the galaxy. Then screw it all up by allowing 32 million humans to go along for the ride. 

Путешествия во Вселенной в повестях и романах цикла сочетаются с романтической сказкой, где есть и рыцарские турниры, и роботы, и фантастические летучие существа — крэги, глазами которых люди видят окружающий мир. Цикл «Венценосный крэг», начатый повестью «Чакра Кентавра», писался долго, около двадцати лет.

אוגוסטין, אסטרונום מבריק, שקוע כל כולו בכוכבים. עשרות שנים הוא מתגורר בתחנות מבודדות לחקר החלל ומחפש עדויות לראשית היקום. כאשר מתרחש אסון עולמי, נקראים כל המדענים...

When two space travelers encounter a planet of proud warriors with a bizarre concept of honor, diplomacy takes an unexpected turn. Sheckley's signature wit and social commentary shine in this clever exploration of alien values and human folly.

Die Sonde New Horizons verschwindet auf der Höhe des Zwergplaneten Pluto am Rande des Sonnensystems spurlos. 2037 die Sonde New Horizons II erreicht den Pluto und geht ebenfalls auf mysteriöse Weise verloren. Zuvor sendet sie bestürzende Bilder von Resten einer außerirdischen Zivilisation auf dem Zwergplaneten zur Erde. Die bemannte Mission New Horizons III startet zum Pluto. Sie soll das Schicksal der Sonden aufklären und nach Spuren der Außerirdischen suchen. Doch die Astronauten stoßen auf ein uraltes kosmisches Grauen.

Der Spanier Dominico Gonsales sieht nur einen Ausweg, die Insel, auf der er festsitzt, zu verlassen. Er baut ein Fluggestell, das ihn über das Meer tragen soll. Doch es kommt anders als geplant. Mit der Kraft unzähliger Vögel gelangt er nicht auf das Festland, sondern in immer größere Höhen bis hinauf zum Mond.

On the 300th anniversary of Earth’s first expedition to another solar system, the original colony ship miraculously appears near Saturn. But the crew of Excursion One is nowhere to be found. All that’s left is a broken android, and a string of clues. Captain Calvin Brooks, a hero from the Solar Wars, spends his days trying to forget the past on Link Station, until he’s thrust into danger when he’s asked to pilot the decayed ship back through the wormhole to search for the Ethos colony.

An astronaut on a routine space flight is forced to make a decision that saves his crew, but ultimately finds him publicly disgraced by the corporation that built his ship and the politicians they own through lobbyists. Forced out of his rank as the scapegoat for what went wrong on the mission, he makes a fateful decision that brings him to the attention of a reclusive billionaire genius with his own vision and means to fulfill a dream to set foot on Mars.

Old Rambling House by Frank Herbert is a gripping science fiction short story first published in the late 1950s. What begins as a simple house trade spirals into a mind-bending journey for Ted and Martha Graham, a couple looking to settle down.

The might of Mars has failed. A world lost to the enemy. To oppose the coming night, Mars cannot stand alone. Inhabited by humans and aliens together, the star system of Chimera was a symbol of peace between humanity and the non-humans called Reezh. But now, that system has been conquered by the...

From beyond her grave, a hero's final transmission could turn the tide of a galactic war. Three years after humanity's Final Stand against the Korilian Empire, the Colonial Defense Forces have largely reclaimed the lost colonies. However, as the tide of war shifts against the Colonies again...

The situation on Earth is coming to a head; while the infestation was brutally contained in Siberia, it has spread uncontrollably in Los Angeles. Jenna wants to prevent the spore from causing even worse damage at all costs and tightens the noose around the Initiative—or is she just another pawn in the clutches of the shady organization?

The Terran Republic is falling apart. Former colonies declare their independence, plunging the galaxy into chaos. Captain Zadiya Ark faces the greatest challenge of her career.

Ein Finale, das die Galaxis erschüttert! Die Proxima nimmt Kurs auf den Hort der Verschwörer, eine Station im Asteroidengürtel, um endlich die Drahtzieher der galaktischen Intrigen zu stellen. Doch nichts ist, wie es scheint: Während Captain Ark verzweifelt um Frieden verhandelt, entfesseln neue Technologien und fanatischer Widerstand eine weitere Bedrohung für die Zukunft der Menschheit: Die Verschwörer versuchten, eine Macht zu kontrollieren, die jenseits menschlichen Vermögens liegt - und nun kommt sie frei!

In the inhabited Circles of the Dyson Sphere the natives call Unity, everything is different. Time here is measured in cycles that change with the signs of the celestial calendar. The lords of the Skythrone set the new rules, and all Nations of the Circle gather for the moot to discuss how to live on.

Dan Starkey reads this brand new novelisation of a recent TV adventure. Fifteen missing people. A light that hungers. A trap outside reality. A trip to 1950s Miami takes a dangerous turn, leaving the Doctor and Belinda at the mercy of Mr. Ring-a-Ding. A cartoon come to life who wants something...

Brought to you by Penguin. Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, and Omega gamble on a mission to help rebuild Pabu in this thrilling adventure for The Bad Batch. A good soldier knows that life is all about change – whether it’s on or off the battlefield. Surviving, living, means adaptation. Hunter is well...

SILVER WINNER OF THE 2026 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS It's 2056 and international oligarchs have pushed the world to the precipice of ecological, economic, and nuclear catastrophe. But two philanthropists have teamed up to establish a long-term colony on Mars. Could this daring outpost be the next...

*Spotify best of the month* *Gizmodo best new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror* * BOOKISH 20 Debut Novels to Read This Year * "A Crichtonesque cascade of mistakes and misunderstandings in an all-too-plausible but entertaining thriller."—Booklist American and Russian astronauts are trapped together...