Titoli in Fantascienza

The year is 2072. Soon a volcanic eruption will trigger catastrophic devastation, and the only way out is up. While the world's leaders, scientists, and engineers oversee the frantic production of a space fleet meant to save humankind, their children are brought in for a weekend of touring the Lazarus|a high-tech prototype spaceship. But when the apocalypse arrives months ahead of schedule, First Daughter Leigh Chen and a handful of teens from the tour are the only ones to escape the planet.

When seventeen-year-old Dee Guerrera wakes up in a haze, lying on the ground of a dimly lit warehouse, she realizes she's about to be the next victim of the app. Knowing hardened criminals are getting a taste of their own medicine in this place is one thing, but Dee refuses to roll over and die for a heinous crime she didn't commit. Can Dee and her newly formed posse, the Death Row Breakfast Club, prove she's innocent before she ends up wrongfully murdered for the world to see? Or will The Postman's cast of executioners kill them off one by one?

A Eric Bergman le solían tratar como a un marginado, un tullido y un bicho. Algunos se compadecían de él, otros se retorcían en su presencia, mientras que otros aún se burlaban de él. Él mismo incluso pensaba que había nacido maldito por los dioses. Pero poco a poco, todo eso cambió. Lo que una vez fue considerado un defecto o fallo se transformó en una ventaja. Y Eric aprendió lentamente a usarlo en su beneficio. Eric y sus amigos escapan de la Colmena del Maestro Chi, viajan sobre la estepa de los orcos y a través del Bosque de Piedras, haciéndoles todo eso más fuertes.

The biggest problem with being trapped on a jellyfish isn’t what you’d expect. You get over the fear of death (because you start looking forward to it) and the smell of fish (because it quickly becomes your breakfast, lunch, and dinner). Boredom is an issue, sure, but it’s not the main one; the biggest problem is not being able to get away from everyone.

As a lady’s maid/bodyguard to royalty, Miss Sharp’s duty seems clear: Protect Princess May, defuse the bomb, and hand over the would-be-killer to the police. At least, that’s what the distractingly good-looking Inspector Short advises. But Liz isn’t so sure.

Now high school sophomores, the self-styled “Freaks” are back in class in quiet Quapaw City, Arkansas. They grapple with the ordinary challenges of everyday teen life: cliques, cars, and crushes. While everything appears normal on the surface, looks have rarely been more deceiving. A secret government task force—fully aware of the unusual powers the Freaks have acquired—is determined to capture them. Even as the mysterious Baltar Stern shares ancient wisdom and offers hope, a new menace silently emerges in the woods outside of town.

Londres, año 2015. Hiro Nagako, un joven japonés de 17 años, es un chico sano, quinto Dan en aikido, de mente equilibrada, que tiene unos padres amorosos, un amigo del alma y el amor correspondido de una chica fantástica. Sin embargo, noche tras noche sufre unas horribles y repetitivas pesadillas. En estos insólitos sueños el maestro de ceremonias es el Hombre Sin Rostro, un ser terrorífico que lo tortura con espantosas pruebas. Hiro hará lo posible para descubrir la verdad tras sus pesadillas y las pistas lo llevarán de Londres a la Barcelona de Gaudí y, finalmente, a Tokio.

Esta deliciosa novela que llegó a ser finalista del Premio Hache de Literatura Juvenil en 2011 rinde tributo a las mejores sagas de ciencia ficción para lectores jóvenes. Nos presenta una sociedad cerrada aunque utópica en la que adolescentes sin posibilidad de crecer viven en armonía bajo la tutela de la Gran Mente, un superordenador que cuida de ellos... hasta que de pronto empieza a enviar desconcertantes señales que solo un joven intrépido podrá descifrar. ¿Qué secreto esconde el mensaje de la Gran Mente? ¿Hasta qué punto peligra toda su civilización?

Twee wêrelde is op die punt om te bots.... Mitch het ’n knop op sy maag, hy weet iéts gaan gebeur. Iets sleg. En dan land die ruimtewesens in Deltaville en ontvoer inwoners van die dorp. Mitch en sy beste vriend, Lionel, besef dat dit hulle taak sal wees om die inwoners te red. Op die planeet Zenkion is Imke besig om oor die Blou Planeet, Aarde, te leer. Haar ma was ’n Aardling en dit beteken Imke is half-Blou Planeter, half-Zenkioniet.

Frey has spent her life in a family of deceivers, a stand-in for her sister, manipulated at her father's command. Free from them at last, she is finding her own voice -- and using it to question everything her family stood for. Tally was once the most famous rebel in the world. But for over a decade, she's kept to the shadows, allowing her myth to grow even as she receded. Now she sees that the revolution she led has not created a stable world. Freedom, she observes, has a way of destroying things.

Enmig d'unes vacances a Venècia, els nostres protagonistes descobreixen que la ciutat s'està omplint de criatures fantàstiques. Una epidèmia de somnambulisme assola la ciutat. És hora de que la Serena i els seus amics s'embarquin en una aventura trepidant per salvar el nostre món i el dels somnis.

Laz is a side-stepper: a teen with the incredible power to jump his consciousness to alternate versions of himself in parallel worlds. All his life, there was no mistake that a little side-stepping couldn’t fix. Until Laz wakes up one day in a cloning facility on a seemingly abandoned Earth. Laz finds himself surrounded by hundreds of other clones, all dead, and quickly realizes that he too must be a clone of his original self.

Days before her marriage to the king of the neighboring Sunruta Kingdom, Princess Annabel of Najir is abruptly betrayed by her fiancé and thrown into prison with her magic knight under suspicion of being a spy. After being held captive for months and informed her kingdom is no more, Annabel passes out in a burst of destructive magic, only to awaken as her 12-year-old self, six years before her political marriage. Armed with knowledge of the dark future to come, she now has another chance to bring about a new fate.

J'ai déjoué la mort une fois de plus. Mais, à mon réveil, j'ai tout perdu. Ma famille me croit disparue à jamais. Ma ville est assiégée par des Maudits. Assoiffés de sang. Vince est ravagé par un sort dont je suis responsable. Pour protéger les miens, je dois les renier. Pour survivre, je dois affronter mes peurs. Pour sauver celui que j'aime, je dois comprendre qui je suis. D'où je viens. Revenir à la case de départ. Terminer par le début.

Asher has a secret. A secret that, if the ever-watchful government or vigilantes find out, would kill him. Living in the secluded Willow Wood manor has kept him away from prying eyes for 16 years, but one night, everything changes. When his safe haven is compromised, Asher must seek out his father for the first time and find a way to hide in plain sight onboard a junior academy starship. Asher has to deal with his past while forming an unexpected future among the stars and ensuring that no one finds out who...or what...he is.

Una història de ciencia ficció trepidant que ens trasllada al món virtual de GEN i que reflexiona sobre la relació dels joves amb els videojocs. L’Artur es un apassionat dels videojocs, sobretot de GEN, un joc de fantasia que mostra el món dels Hums i els Gennis. Li agrada tant que es passa els diez jugant, connectat a aquest món fictici.

Ten years ago, disaster struck the remote town of Indigo Falls. A horrific event drove the residents underground, into shelters that keep them safe from the danger on the surface. No one speaks about what happened that fateful day, but even the youngest still remember the fear and, most of all, the searing pain when sunlight touched their skin. Now, a handful of families inhabit this bunker together, guided by a charismatic leader named Dr. Imogen Moran.

Nafis ha 13 anni, è magro, occhi verdi, spettinato. Da una crisi esistenziale decide un nuovo e duro cammino. Siamo nel XXI secolo all’inizio di una Pandemia mondiale e della IV rivoluzione tecnologica che segnano il livello massimo di stili di vita erronei e frenetici, di insensati consumi, inquinamento scellerato e distruttività da parte dell’uomo, del pianeta e dell’integrità umana e animale.

Jarra never wanted to be a celebrity. All she ever wanted was to gain some respect for the people left on Earth: the unlucky few whose immune system prevents them from portaling to other planets. Except now she's the most famous Earth girl in the universe - but not everyone in the universe is happy about it, nor the fact that she has found love with a norm. Jarra's actions have repercussions that spread further than she ever could have imagined, and political unrest threatens to tear apart the delicate balance of peace between humanity's worlds.

Como Rojo, Darrow creció trabajando en las profundidades de las minas bajo la superficie de Marte, soportando un trabajo agotador mientras soñaba con un futuro mejor para sus descendientes. Pero la sociedad que sirvió fielmente se construyó sobre mentiras y el único camino hacia la liberación es la revolución. Así Darrow se sacrifica y se convierte en un dorado, infiltrándose en ese ámbito privilegiado para poder destruirlo desde dentro.