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Con este relato fascinante sobre el frágil límite entre el deseo y la aniquilación, J. G. Ballard transporta al lector a uno de sus paisajes más inolvidables.En su viaje a una remota región del este de Africa, el medico britanico Edward Sanders descubre un fenomeno inexplicable: los bosques han empezado a cristalizarse. Los arboles se transforman en joyas colosales, los cocodrilos reptan hacia el rio cubiertos por una piel centelleante y las pitones se alzan con ojos de gema en posturas heraldicas.Mientras muchos habitantes huyen aterrados, otros, deslumbrados por la belleza, vagan sin rumbo por un mundo petrificado que oscila entre la fascinacion y el miedo. En ese escenario irreal, un jesuita blande una cruz de cristal, un pistolero busca a su mujer y una tribu de leprosos ansia alcanzar el paraiso.

LA ÚLTIMA BATALLA HA COMENZADO. Y ESTA VEZ, LA OSCURIDAD DECIDIRÁ QUIÉN SE SALVA.Una guerra olvidada está a punto de estallar de nuevo. Mientras el vínculo entre Kelewan y Midkemia se debilita, Arutha reune sus fuerzas para enfrentar a un enemigo que trasciende el tiempo y la muerte. Macros el Negro ha regresado, y su hechiceria oscura amenaza con romper el delicado equilibrio del universo.En Sethanon, heroes y enemigos se enfrentaran en una batalla sin retorno, donde cada decision puede inclinar la balanza hacia la luz o hacia el abismo.

Neal Stephenson, en medio del desierto y bajo la protección de mezcalito, habla con un escorpión que le ofrece un arma para los niños perdidos del futuro. SH00TER es la historia de esos niños perdido

Riveting and highly inventive Chinese-inspired science-fantasy of a royal family torn apart, painful betrayal and deadly secrets. Set on a drowning continent full of corruption and deception and strange technology this is richly envisioned and powerfulOn Pio, the floating empire of lotuses, Xlian discovers the royal advisors ploy to overthrow her brother, Yun, the emperor, in the same way they had murdered their parents, by creating a deadly flood that will make Yuns death seem as though an accident. She flees to the drowning continent of Opera, a place of high tech and near environmental collapse where companies vie to sell a chance at immortality. There Xlian seeks out her exiled brother Lang to help in her efforts to disrupt the advisors plans and remove them from court.Also residing on Opera is the outcast, No Face. Abandoned by the empire of Pio, they plot to destroy those who tore their family apart. When Xlian is caught and imprisoned and No Face discovers the shocking truth about their past, the two must work together to stop the advisors and unify their two lands or lose everyone they love to flood and revolution.

A propulsive and thrilling chase through the multiverse as a washed-up writer joins an elite crew of scouts on a mission to stop terrorists destroying entire realities.Perfect for fans of character-driven multiverse adventures such as The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson, and The Long Earth series by Terry Pratchett and Stephen BaxterTim begins to slide into parallel worlds every three days, at first dismissing the surreal but subtle changes around him as stress until he first wakes up with a family he never had, and then three days later wakes up on an abandoned planet.He soon meets Fred, a traumatised Ryder who travels between worlds to protect Luminariesa lineage of women critical to humanitys future. Theyre joined by Zhue, a warrior sent back from 5,000 years in the future, whose transition from male to female reflects her own complex inner journey to stop the murder of Luminaries on World #20, a crisis that will ultimately erase that world from existence.Believing the culprit to be John Cho, the man responsible for the destruction of Freds crew, the trio pursue him across worlds and eras, having been tasked by Union Arcade, the organisation overseeing Ryder missions.Despite their efforts, they become the hunted and grow desperate, until Tim realises Cho isnt their true enemy; instead, he has been tracking, and often saving them, to catch the real killerFreds former best friend and a high-ranking operative within Union Arcade itself. Forced to ally with Cho, they finally confront and stop the real killer.

A thrilling and cataclysmic collection of city-smashing titans and the desperate coalitions of humanity clinging to survival in the wreckage, from the New York Times-bestselling and multiple award-winning editors.Featuring bestselling and award-winning authors such as Tananarive Due, Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler and Steve Alten, author of The Meg.An explosive collection of monster terror, featuring 25 original tales of creatures the size of skyscrapers. See cities shattered and worlds ended, as great beasts rise from the deep.Featuring work from: Steve Alten Linda D. Addison Kevin J. Anderson Maurice Broaddus Tananarive Due Luke Dumas Kane Gilmour Maxwell Gold Christopher Golden Henry Herz Jamal Hodge Ai Jiang Alma Katsu Tim Lebbon Jonathan Maberry Seanan McGuire Lee Murray Tobi Ogundiran Cynthia Pelayo Jeremy Robinson Michelle Sagara Scott Sigler Ben Spada Anne Walsh

The exhilarating and riotously entertaining science fiction romance blending queer counterculture, joy as resistance, and banging disco hits, perfect for readers of Kaliane Bradley, Vajra Chandraseker and Victor Manibo.In 1977 - a world in which America launched its space program shortly after WWII - Mitch Ward followed Flynn, the lost love of his youth, into the US Spaceguard. Now, hes stuck on a backwater moon base with his only friend, Gloria, watching every shuttle in the hope Flynn will be on it.After an inexplicable encounter with a strange, euphoric being, Mitch and Gloria find themselves dishonourably discharged, and stuck in a USA rapidly sliding into fascism with no plans and no future. Theres nothing for it but to move to Los Angeles to chase their dreams, and find their people in the discos of the city.But when Flynn crashes back into their lives, claiming to be the host for an emissary of a utopian civilization approaching Earth, he offers Mitch the power to protect himself and friends across the queer community, so they never have to live in the shadows or face oppression again.With the world on the brink of cataclysm, and Mitch and his friends being squeezed out of every space, its down to this community of disco-loving outcasts to stand up for what is beautiful and right.

From the acclaimed critic and award-winning author of Anno Dracula comes a bitingly satirical story of superheroism, soap opera and alternative reality -- for readers of Austin Grossmans Soon I Will Be Invincible and George R.R. Martins Wild Cards.When Chrissie Chambers (model actress whatever) discovers her soap opera character is about to be killed off, she finally stops dieting and discovers hitherto untapped supernatural abilities. Meanwhile, Chrissies aunt - former national heroine Lady Shade - goes missing. Afraid for Jasmines safety and itching to costume-up, Chrissie and her ghost-possessed best friend Loulee break into Devils Dyke, the asylum where Jasmine works as a therapist with the most dangerous cutthroats (supervillains) in Britain only to find the inmates have taken over Chrissie debuts successfully as a cloak (superheroine), but who will become the arch-nemesis of Lady Shade II?In Chrissies timeline, the Beatles didnt split up and recorded a hallucinodelic album in 1972 Never Mind (strictly, Never Mind the Beatles) which literally changed the world. Set in an alternative 2020s London, this hugely entertaining, darkly humorous superhero tale is packed with Newmans trademark wit, and comes with wickedly sharp edges.

In this twisty and action-packed adventure from the BSFA award-winning author of Descendant Machine and Futures Edge, a crew of bounty hunters find themselves ensnared in a conspiracy on the very fringes of the devastated solar system. Perfect for fans of James S. A. Corey and Adrian Tchaikovsky."On Earth, they depicted justice as blindfolded and impartial, but out here on the frontier, she was red in tooth and claw."Jupiter and Saturn are gone, and a mysterious force has built a huge habitable sphere from their ashes. When criminals try to lose themselves on this new frontier, bounty hunters like Copernicus Brown and the crew of his sentient ship Jitterbug get paid to hunt them down. But when Brown rescues Amber Roth, sole survivor of a pirate attack, the Jitterbug and her crew find themselves the target of powerful political factions who want control of the data chip hidden in Roths stomach.And all the while, something vast and ancient creeps towards them from the depths of space

Faixa etária: A partir de 12 anosTemas: ficção científica, ciência, ética, ficção científica vitoriana, literatura de língua inglesa, romance.Griffin, um cientista, descobre uma fórmula de invisibili