After a spaceship crashes in unknown and unfriendly territory, two young children, the only survivors, are left to fend for themselves, but with time being of the essence, a rescue plan must be put into place quickly before the clock runs out on their lives. Reissue.[...]
In 1981, three years before the publication of Neuromancer, Vernor Vinge's critically acclaimed novella True Names invented the concept of cyberspace, introducing fictionally the idea of a global network of computers. In forums as diverse as Wired, The Whole Earth Catalog, artificial intelligence co[...]
Ten years have passed on Tines World, where Ravna Bergnsdot and a number of human children ended up after a disaster that nearly obliterated humankind throughout the galaxy. Ravna and the pack animals for which the planet is named have survived a war, and Ravna has saved more than one hundred childr[...]
The Hugo Award winning A FIRE UPON THE DEEP and its epic companion novel A DEEPNESS IN THE SKY, set in the same universe but 20,000 years earlier, were benchmarks for SF in the last decade of the 20th century. In FIRE 'Vinge presents a galaxy divided into Zones - regions where different physical con[...]
Orphaned young and forced to survive on the streets of a distant planet, telepathic urchin Cat is the ultimate future punk, but he is swept into a struggle for his life when two interstellar powers want to use his mind as a weapon, in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the classic science fiction[...]
A science fiction adventure-thriller by Hugo Award-winner Joan D. Vinge. Cat, the popular anti-hero of "Psion and "Catspaw," tries to go home to a planet inhabited by Hydrans, the telepathic humanoid aliens from whom he gets his own mind-powers. Love, danger, and controversy all follow him as he tri[...]
Sequel To The Hugo Award-Winning Bestseller" The Snow Queen"
"The Summer Queen" is the extraordinary sequel to one of science fiction's most celebrated novels, "The Snow Queen." Set in a fully realized universe of wonders, this spectacular space epic, itself a finalist for the Hugo Award, is one[...]
The novel that garnered Vinge his first "Best Novel" Hugo Finalist nomination, back in print after thirteen years. With a combination of hard-SF concepts, tight plotting, and appealing characters, Vinge tells a now-classic story of the Few triumphing over the Many. The Peace Authority, wielding a ne[...]
The exciting sequel to "The Peace War by the author of "A Fire Upon the Deep
Hugo-Award winner bestselling author Vernor Vinge's first novel
An exploration team from Earth becomes trapped between warring alien factions as they fall into the hands of the inhabitants of Giri, who view science as unnecessary and technological advances as playthings for the unintelligent, in a new edition of a classic science fiction saga by the Hugo Award-w[...]
After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.
The group that opens trade with the aliens will reap[...]
In a near-future western civilization that is threatened by corruptive practices within its technologically advanced information networks, a recovered Alzheimer's victim, his military son and daughter-in-law, and his middle school-age granddaughter are caught up in a dangerous maelstrom beyond their[...]
Ten years have passed on Tines World, where Ravna Bergnsdot and a number of human Children ended up after a disaster that nearly obliterated humankind throughout the galaxy. Ravna and the pack animals for which the planet is named have survived a war, and Ravna has saved more than one hundred Childr[...]
This book is based on the movie Cowboys and Aliens starring Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig. 1875, New Mexico Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he disco[...]
'The intricately plotted progress of characters from near to farfuture...on an Earth which, like an abandon playground, has long ago been left behind by an evolving humanity...human-scale action within a vast canvas' The Excyclopedia of Science Fiction. Encompassing time-travel, powerful mystery and[...]
Göran Sonnevi (f.1938) er en av de mest anerkjente nålevende skandinaviske poetene. Dette utvalget henter dikt fra hans tre siste samlinger, og supplerer Geir Gulliksens gjendiktning Et ansikt (1996), som består av dikt fra Sonnevis første utgivelse, outfört (1961), fram til og med dikt fra Tr�[...]
Stockholm är en fruktansvärt hård plats att växa upp på. I alla fall i början av 1900-talet. Och inte minst i de hårt drabbade arbetarkvarteren. Familjen Vinge försöker med nöd och näppe att släpa sig fram i den slitsamma tillvaron, men gång på gång dras de ner i smutsen. Av makthavar[...]
Bogen gennemgår grundigt og systematisk ferieloven, emne for emne.Bogen indeholder udførlige beskrivelser af den righoldige administrative praksis, der findes på området, ligesom domme i vidt omfang er omtalt. Forarbejderne til ferieloven er indarbejdet, ligesom forholdet til internationale forp[...]
Søstre på De syv Have er en ny, spændende og letlæst eventyrserie omsørøvere og magi,venskab og kærlighed- af den populære forfatter til Veninder for Altid.Her er fuld fart på handlingen fra første side med appel til både piger og drenge.
Den Sorte Vinge e[...]
Året er 1199, det er korstogenes og krigenes tid. Valdemarerne tager på togter i syd og øst, men hjemme i Danmark er hungersnøden aldrig langt væk, sygdom har stor magt, og på samfundets bund må man leve med angsten for herremandens voldsomme straffe og kirkens trusler om skærsild og helvede[...]