Foundation and Empire af Isaac Asimov (Bog)

Otto McGavin, thief, spy, murderer, is the Prime Operator for the TBII. He can change identity to take on appearances and personalities. He faces challenges on a planet with dangerous creatures, a sarcastic figure, and other bizarre entities. Type: Hardcover

By Michael Cobley, PRINT ISBN: 9781841496313 E-TEXT ISBN: 9780748125630. Forlag: Orbit Sider: 622 Sprog: Engelsk

Softcover book. Published by Simon & Schuster, Limited (2006).

Science fiction-roman Forlag: Orbit Udgivelsesår: 2011 Sider: 614 Sprog: Engelsk

If you liked Dune, Atlantis Gene and Star Wars--you will love the book Battlefield Earth In the year A.D. 3000, Earth is a dystopian wasteland, plundered of its natural resources by alien conquerors known as Psychlos. Fewer than thirty-five thousand humans survive in a handful of communities scattered across the face of a post-apocalyptic Earth. From the ashes of humanity rises a young hero, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler. Setting off on an initial quest to discover a hidden evil, Jonnie unlocks the mystery of humanity's demise and unearths a crucial weakness in their oppressors. Spreading the seeds of revolt, Jonnie and a small band of survivors pit their quest for freedom in an all-out rebellion that erupts across the continents of Earth and the cosmic sprawl of the Psychlo empire. For the fate of the Galaxy lies on the Battlefield of Earth. "Over 1,000 pages of thrills, spills, vicious aliens a

Governors are the ultimate in robot evolution. Composed of six separate robots, each can single-handedly run an entire human city. They begin to fail mysteriously, leading MC Governor to realize its own destruction is approaching. To save itself, it breaks down into six component robots and launches parts into the past. Time travel alters its molecular structure, necessitating their return or risking nuclear destruction of human history. Hunter and a team must find the MC Governor robots, starting in the age of dinosaurs. Tags: Isaac Asimov

På havplaneten Pandora er kampen om overlevelse og kontrol nået et nyt højdepunkt. Planeten styres af den brutale direktor Raja Flattery, som forsøger at fastholde sit diktatur ved hjælp af propaganda og hemmeligt politi. I dybet lever det intelligente hav, der tidligere har kommunikeret med mennesker og potentielt kan destruere eller forandre hele verden. Mod Flattery står de anarkistiske Shadows og andre oprørsgrupper, som ser deres håb i Crista Galli, en nær-menneskelig kvinde, som er vokset op under havet og af mange betragtes som et tegn fra den bevidste ocean. Romanen følger politiske intriger, attentater, religiøs fanatisme og økologiske kræfter, mens menneskeheden forsøger at mestre "the Void" og forberede rejsen mod stjernerne. "The Ascension Factor" afrunder den filosofiske science fiction-saga om Pandora med fokus på transformation, frihed og sameksistens mellem menneske og mi

Dread Empire's Fall All will must bend to the perfect truth of The Praxis For millennia, the Shaa have subjugated the universe, forcing the myriad sentient races to bow to their joyless tyranny. But the Shaa will soon be no more. The dread empire is in its rapidly fading twilight, and with its impending fall comes the promise of a new galactic order . . . and bloody chaos. A young Terran naval officer marked by his lowly birth, Lt. Gareth Martinez is the first to recognize the insidious plot of the Naxid -- the powerful, warlike insectoid society that was enslaved before all others -- to replace the masters’ despotic rule with their own. Barely escaping a swarming surprise attack, Martinez and Caroline Sula, a pilot whose beautiful face conceals a deadly secret, are now the last hope for freedom for every being who ever languished in Shaa chains -- as the interstellar battle begins again