<p>Sur Dune, la planète des sables, les anciennes prophéties sont en train de s’accomplir. La transformation écologique s’accélère : l’eau, jadis plus coûteuse que l’or, coule à flots, et les jardins débordent sur le désert. Mais la prospérité nouvelle de Dune menace sa richesse, l’Epice de longévité et de prescience. Les durs Fremen, qui ont porté aux confins de l’univers humain la bannière et la parole de Muad’Dib, s’amollissent. Les vers géants se font rares. Et depuis que Paul est allé au désert pour y mourir selon la tradition Fremen parce qu’il a perdu la vue, ses prêtres ont construit sur son message de paix une théocratie autoritaire qui régit toute la galaxie.</p><p>C’est alors que se jouent les destins des enfants de Dune.</p><p>Leto et Ghanima, les jumeaux nés de Paul et de Chani, se sont éveillés à la conscience dans le ventre de leur mère et portent en eux les mémoires héréditaires d’innombrables générations. Il leur faut les dompter s’ils veulent échapper à l’Abomination redoutée par les Sœurs du Bene Gesserit à la possession par un spectre surgi de ce passé génétique.</p><p>Il leur faut aussi déjouer les complots s’ils veulent survivre, refondre l’univers humain ébranlé par le Jihad et régner à leur tour sur Dune.</p><p>Voici enfin le troisième volet de l’épopée la plus fascinante de toute la science-fiction moderne. Un grand roman historique situé dans l’avenir lointain.</p><p>Dans huit mille ans.</p><
Les optimhommes. Hautains, inapprochables, sans bouger de leur sphère ils dirigent le monde. Avec l’insouciance que leur donne l’immortalité. Dans l’ombre, les mystérieux Cyborgs, mi-hommes, mi-robots, guettent l’instant favorable à la prise du pouvoir. Les « Ordinaires », enfin, ne sont guère que des esclaves soutenus par leur rêve permanent : triompher de la stérilité.<
<p>Prawdziwymi władcami Ziemi od miliona lat są nieśmiertelni Nadludzie. Starannie strzeżone tajemnice modelowania genetycznego zapewniająca im pełną kontrolę nad zniewoloną Masą, zyjącą na zamikniętym obszarze o promieniu siedmiuset kilometrów. </p><p>Wynikiem jednego z nie kończących się eksperymentów demiurgów świata są Cyborgi, ludzie-maszyny. Obracają się oni przeciwko swoim stwórcom, chcąc ich za wszelką cenę unicestwić. Wykorzystują do tego rodzący się wśród Masy ruch oporu. Wspólne działąnia niszczą istniejący od tysiącleci ład.</p><
Das Ehepaar Durant darf ein Kind haben — so haben es die Regenten der Genetik entschieden. Und das Gesetz 10927 gestattet es den Durants, der genetischen Umformung ihres Embryos beizuwohnen. Dr. Potter, der große Künstler unter den Genchirurgen, nimmt die Operation vor. Dabei handelt er den Gesetzen der Regenten zuwider, die kategorisch die Ausmerzung aller Erbanlagen fordern, die Menschen zur Rebellion gegen die jahrtausendealte Herrschaft der Unsterblichen führen könnten. Mit Hilfe einer Untergrundorganisation von halbrobotischen Cyborgs glückt die Entführung des Embryos aus dem Bruttank des Hospitals. Doch der Preis, den die Verschwörer zahlen müssen, ist ungeheuer hoch. In panischer Furcht vor einer Revolte gegen ihre Herrschaft sind die unsterblichen Regenten eher bereit, die übrige Menschheit auszulöschen, als dem neuen Leben eine Chance zu geben.<
<p>Als der HNO-Spezialist Manuel Ritter nach einem Ärztekongress gerade Platz in dem abfahrenden Zug genommen hat, klopft eine Frau gegen das Fenster seines Abteils. Einige Zeit danach steht diese Frau in seiner Praxis und möchte ein Kind von ihm haben. Obwohl ihn dieser Wunsch entrüstet – er ist glücklich verheiratet, glaubt er, und hat zwei Kinder – kann er der Fremden nicht widerstehen. Neun Monate später erhält er von ihr eine Karte mit der Zeile »Es hat geklappt«. Seither sieht er sein Leben mit einem empfindlichen Makel belastet, den er lange erfolgreich zu verdrängen versteht. Auch als sich ein Klopfgeräusch in seinem Gehör einstellt, möchte er am liebsten weiterleben, als sei nichts Gravierendes geschehen …</p><p>»Schwerlich kann man sich dem Sog dieses Textes entziehen…« </p><p>Franz Hohler wurde 1943 in Biel, Schweiz, geboren, er lebt heute in Zürich und gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Erzähler seines Landes. Franz Hohler ist mit vielen Preisen ausgezeichnet worden, u. a. erhielt er 2002 den »Kassler Literaturpreis für grotesken Humor« und 2005 den »Kunstpreis der Stadt Zürich«.</p><
Si perché il romanzo «L’insidia di Andromeda» non solo è il seguito del primo «A come Andromeda» ma si inserisce cronologicamente dove quest’ultimo termina, con gli stessi personaggi e l’evoluzione della vicenda…
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L’ombra mortale di una nuvola di gas avvolge la Terra. Mentre i politici si agitano vanamente, alcuni scienziati giungono a una straordinaria scoperta: la Nuvola non è solo un ammasso di gas… In questo classico della fantascienza (1958), suspence, credibilità scientifica (Hoyle è uno scienziato), e infiniti spunti di riflessione sui rapporti scienza-politica.<
Fred Hoyle, nato nel 1915 nello Yorkshire, astronomo e matematico, è autore di romanzi di fantascienza basati su ipotesi rigorose. Tra essi «La nuvola nera» (1957), «A per Andromeda» (1962), «Inferno» (1974).<
<p>...This was the way it always started. First he would see them and the air would thicken. Then the image of them bound. Then came the screaming and the Red Room would appear with the glittering, new meathook waiting just for them. And there in the Red Room he could play for as long as he wanted... </p><p>This volume also contains the short stories 'The Filmmakers' & 'Writer's Block'.</p><p>Review</p><p>Graphic and gruesome, Hamilton's novel explores voyeurism, sexual predators, child abuse, murder, torture - things I wasn't expecting in a horror novel from Australia. It's not that they don't have horror novels Down Under. It's just that this one is so lean and mean. Spare Key is actually only 170 pages - there are two short stories, The Filmmakers and Writer's Block included (nasty little stories they are as well). But Spare Key is the eye-opener. Think if Edward Lee had a child who grew up Down Under and you might get the general idea of just how horrifying this book is - sexually explicit and violent with an ending I really didn't see coming. --Fatally Yours, September 16th, 2009</p><p>But don't be fooled. Hamilton sets out to shock and disgust, making this material limited to a tailored horror audience. The violent sexual nature of many events throughout these stories may see readers placing Spare Key in the "too nasty" basket. So what realm of disgusting and shocking are we talking here? Probably somewhere between Stephen King's darker moments and Bret Easton Ellis's least shocking, and I'm not surprised to find these two authors on Hamilton's list of influences. --[As if!], July 1st, 2009</p><p>R. Frederick Hamilton is a young writer going at it hard and heavy in a competitive market. There's a lot of promise in this, his first book. Mark the name down, Hamilton is going to be a voice to be reckoned with in the coming years. --Scary Minds, January 15th, 2010</p><
<p>F. Hoils Dž.Eliots</p><p>ANDROMĒDA</p><p>IZDEVNIECĪBA «ZINĀTNE» RĪGA 1969</p><p>Ievērojamā angļu astronoma, astrofizika un matemātiķa Freda Hoila un literāta Džona Eliota kopīgi uzrakstītais zinātniski fantastiskais romāns k<Andromēda» saista lasītāju gan ar spraigo sižeta risinājumu un dramatiskajām situācijām, kas dažbrīd pat atgādina detektīvromānu, gan ar interesanti veidotajiem galveno varoņu raksturiem. Tai pašā laikā autori izvirza nopietnu pamatdomu par zinātnieka atbildību cilvēces priekšā, par kompromisa nepieļaujamību, parāda, kā kapitālistiskajā pasaulē militāristi un alkatīgi veikalnieki jebkuriem līdzekļiem cenšas dabūt zinātnes sasniegumus savās rokās, lai izmantotu tos saviem nolūkiem. IļVaras un peļņas kāres apstulbināti, viņi neuzklausa zinātnieku brīdinājumus un ar savu rīcību paši palīdz svešas, nezināmas planētas «sūtnim» īstenot tā ļaunprātīgos nodomus. «Jūs visi iznīksit, tāpat kā dinozauri,» saka biosintēzes ceļā izaudzētā cilvēkveidīgā būtne Andromēda, un vienīgi jaunā zinātnieka Fle- minga asais prāts, drosme un pašaizliedzība izglābj cilvēci no draudošajām briesmām, </p><p>No angļu valodas tulkojusi R. Koka Māksliniece J. Antimonova</p><
Da osservazioni raccolte sulla Terra risulta che nella bassa atmosfera di Giove è entrato qualcosa da cui cominciano a pervenire dei segnali. Un Ufo? La deduzione sembrerebbe inevitabile dal momento che nessuna astronave terrestre è ancora mai penetrata laggiù. Ma Zach Hughes — autore dell’indimenticabile Il campo degli Ufo e specialista di fantascienza spaziale non può certamente accontentarsi di una spiegazione così semplice…<
<p>The king is going to mass at Westminster, the knight said, and after that he will ride round the city. I shall go myself to Westminster with him, and you can both ride with me, for it may be that the king on his way may be met by the rabble, which is composed of the worst and most dangerous of all who have been out, for in addition to Tyler's own following, there will be the prisoners released from all of the jails and the scum of the city. We will ride in our armour. They say there are still 20,000 of them, but even if the worst happens we may be able to carry the king safely through them.</p><p>__________________</p><p>About the Author</p><p>G. A. Henty's storytelling skills grew out of tales told to his own children. After dinner, he would spend an hour or two in telling them a story that would continue the next day. Some stories went on for weeks! A friend who was present one day suggested that he write down his stories so others could enjoy them. He wrote his first children's book, Out on the Pampas in 1868, naming the book's main characters after his children. Henty wrote approx. 144 books plus stories for magazines and was dubbed as The Prince of Story-Tellers and The Boy's Own Historian. </p><p>On November 16th, 1902, Henty died aboard his yacht in Weymouth Harbour shortly before he finished his last novel, By Conduct and Courage, which was completed by his son Captain C. G. Henty. </p><
<p>“I wish most heartily that something would happen,” Harry Parkhurst, a midshipman of some sixteen years of age, said to his chum, Dick Balderson, as they leaned on the rail of her majesty's gunboat Serpent, and looked gloomily at the turbid stream that rolled past the ship as she lay at anchor.</p><p>“One day is just like another—one is in a state of perspiration from morning till night, and from night till morning. There seems to be always a mist upon the water; and if it were not that we get up steam every three or four days and run out for twenty-four hours for a breath of fresh air, I believe that we should be all eaten up with fever in no time. Of course, they are always talking of Malay pirates up the river kicking up a row; but it never seems to come off.”</p><p>_____________________</p><p>So, those two young shipmates wish out loud for some excitement and immediately get it.</p><
<p>Agincourt is the quintessential English battle. Outnumbered English forces meet the French on the battlefield, and through courage, tenacity, (and a wicked Welsh weapon called a longbow), they win the day. While Henry V was triumphant, and was immortalized by Shakespeare for his victory, his gains were later squandered by his son, Henry VI, so ultimately not much was accomplished. In this Henty book, Guy Aylmer is an English squire and the son of a knight. He travels to Villeroy, in France, where his lord has a castle, but is swept up in it's defense when it is attacked by Orleanist forces. He winds-up as a prisoner in Paris where he and his charges are assaulted by the White Hoods-the butchers of Paris. After several adventures and escapes he later returns to France with King Henry V and fights in the Battle of Agincourt. </p><p>Henty's History Series Learning History Through Fiction </p><p>The Henty series is a unique way of learning about history. It consists of over 80 novels, each written by George A. Henty, and each featuring a significant historical person, period or event. * Perfect for busy people who have never lost their desire to learn. * An ideal way for homeschool students to learn history. * </p><
<p>The invasion of Britain by the Roman legionaries is the setting for this story. Beric, a boy-chief of a British tribe, takes a prominent part in the insurrection against Rome under Boadicea. These efforts are useless against the might Roman army. For a short time, Beric and his companions continue the fight but are ultimately defeated and taken prisoners to Rome.</p><p>Through the eyes of Beric, the reader will learn of life in Rome, the gladitorial schools, the great fire and life in Nero's court. This classic work by the masterful hand of G. A. Henty will shed light upon an event much neglected in history today.</p><
<p>Ronald Leslie, the son of a French heiress and a Scottish officer in the service of the French, is rescued as a baby from the hands of his parents' enemies and taken to safety in Scotland. While still a youth he determines to search in France for his father and mother, and his </p><p>bold and enterprising spirit lands him in one dangerous situation after another. He sails back to Scotland with Bonnie Prince Charlie in his attempt to regain his kingdom, and, although wounded at the Battle of Culloden, escapes with his life and continues his search for his parents.</p><
<p>Henty again turned his attention to the war fought in Queen Anne’s reign. The little known but remarkable and eccentric Charles Mordaunt, earl of Peterborough, served the Crown as admiral and general, diplomat and ambassador. He led English forces in the War of the Spanish Succession and in a remarkable siege captured Barcelona and installed an Austrian archduke as king of Spain. Henty states in his preface that Peterborough “showed a genius for warfare which has never been surpassed, and performed feats of daring worthy of taking their place among those of the leaders of chivalry.”</p><p>Orphaned and ornery, Jack Stilwell begins life with two strikes against him. A frustrated uncle turns him over to an impressment gang and off he goes to Spain to join Peterborough. As an aide-de-camp to the general, he survives several adventures, faces down an angry mob bent on killing unarmed citizens, and helps the General in all the military actions in Spain. Jack also serves under Marlborough, exhibiting all the strength of character and valor expected of an English officer. This action-packed story ends with the former orphan a respected colonel and a member of Parliament.</p><
Gervaise Tresham, the hero of this story, joins the Order of the Knights of St. John, and leaving England he proceeds to the stronghold of Rhodes. Subsequently, Gervaise is made a Knight of the White Cross for valor, while soon after he is appointed commander of a war-galley, and in his first voyage destroys a fleet of Moorish corsairs. During one of his cruises the young knight is attacked on shore, captured after a desperate struggle, and sold into slavery in Tripoli. He succeeds in escaping, however, and returns to Rhodes in time to take part in the splendid defense of that fortress. Altogether a fine chivalrous tale of varied interest and full of noble daring.<
<p>Gregory Hilliard Hartley is a young man, brother to the heir of an English estate. When he marries a young lady lower on the social ladder than his father wished, he was expelled from his father's house. He soon travels to Egypt, due to his knowledge of Arabic, and obtains employment with a merchant firm. When the Dervishes attack and destroy his employer's warehouse, he joins the army under Hicks Pasha as an interpreter. The expedition is destroyed, and no news is heard of Gregory.</p><p>His wife lives in Cairo, uncertain of his fate. Years pass, and she brings up their young son, also named Gregory, and ensures that he is taught several native languages. When she dies, Gregory is left alone in the world, with a small bank account and a mysterious tin box only to be opened when he is certain of his father's death.</p><p>Gregory obtains a position as interpreter in the expedition under Lord Kitchener which is advancing into the Soudan to attack the Dervish forces. He endures many hardships and dangers in the great campaign, and gains high distinction, while continuing his search for his father. Soon, a discovery leads him to a clue, and the tin box, once opened, reveals a surprising discovery about his true identity.</p><
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