In this alternate history novel, the Bubonic Plague sets the stage for a world where the West is powerless. After the Black Death has wiped out most of the European population, there is little defence against Turkish invasion and expansion, and by the 1980s, the major world powers are the Russians, [...]
Science fiction legend Robert Silverberg reflects on some of his earliest, least-reprinted tales in this new "Planet Stories" collection! Between 1956 and 1958, Silverberg contributed dozens of short stories and novellas to the digest pulps, each written in the bombastic, high-adventure style of the[...]
In "The Planet Killers", the Security Computers of Earth Central determine that the frontier world of Lurion will launch an all-out attack on Earth in 67 years, sending Agent Roy Gardner to the rough-and-tumble planet to ensure that doesn't happen - even if it means blowing Lurion to interstellar du[...]
"It's an informative and entertaining read for kids of all parents, straight or queer. And, hey, even if your kids were conceived the old-fashioned way, they should know not everyone was--and why."--"Queerty"
Geared to readers from preschool to age eight, "What Makes a Baby" is a book for every [...]
Four students discover a manuscript, The Book of Skulls, which reveals the existence of a sect, now living in the Arizona desert, whose members can offer immortality to those who can complete its initiation rite. To their surprise, they discover that the sect exists, and is willing to accept them a[...]
The term field dynamics refers to the branch of physics that deals with objects and phenomena large enough to be measured and observed and is developed from four-dimensional geometry. Research that was once a major interest within theoretical physics has since passed to differential geometry, where [...]
Robert Silverberg är en författare som skildrar extraordinära eller icke realiserade verkligheter. I "Det brokiga cocktailpartyt" tar han läsaren med på en resa genom tid och rum med besök i exotiska kulturer och förunderliga världar, som dock inte är mer främmande än att vi lätt kan k�[...]
GilgameÅ¡ on Urukin kuningas ja jumalaista syntyperää. Hän on vahva hallitsija täynnä elinvoimaa ja intohimoa. Jumalia hän kunnioittaa riitein ja uhrilahjoin, mutta Inannan papittaresta, hänen eniten rakastamastaan naisesta, kohtalo on kuitenkin tekevä hänen pahimman vihollisensa. Hän l�[...]