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The final novel in the worldwide bestselling Mars trilogy. Mars has grown up It is fully terraformed -- genetically engineered plants and animals live by newly built canals and young but stormy seas. It is politically independent. A brave and buzzing new world. Most of the First Hundred have died. Those that remain are like walking myths to Martian youth. Earth has grown too much Chronic overpopulation, bitter nationalism, scarce resourses. For too many Terrans, Mars is a mocking utopia. A dream to live for, fight for...perhaps even die for.

The first novel in Kim Stanley Robinson's massively successful and lavishly praised Mars trilogy. Mars -- the barren, forbidding planet that epitomises mankind's dreams of space conquest. From the first pioneers who looked back at Earth and saw a small blue star, to the first colonists -- hand-picked scientists with the skills necessary to create life from cold desert -- Red Mars is the story of a new genesis. It is also the story of how Man must struggle against his own self-destructive mechanisms to achieve his dreams: before he even sets foot on the red planet, factions are forming, tensions are rising and violence is brewing...for civilization can be very uncivilized.

At the north pole of the planet Pluto there stands an icehenge created out of slabs towering 200 feet above the crater-pocked surface. The first mission to Pluto must ask themselves, is it an alien message? Or could it mark a human mystery left by a crew who might have passed decades ago?

Año 1349. La peste negra ha invadido Europa y los cadáveres se amontonan en las calles de pueblos, aldeas y ciudades, porque nadie ha sobrevivido para enterrarlos. En poco más de un año, Europa quedara despoblada y el Cristianismo empezara a convertirse en una anecdota de la historia universal. Frente al ocaso europeo, el Islam y China se yerguen como las unicas grandes civilizaciones que se disputan por el dominio del mundo, mientras la India lucha por mantener su independencia, encontrando un aliado inesperado: La organizacion politica de los indigenas americanos. A traves de los ojos de B. y K., que van reencarnandose sucesivamente en soldados, mujeres, reyes, esclavos, eunucos o alquimistas, presenciamos siete siglos de una historia alternativa, en la que se forja de forma paulatina un nuevo orden politico, social y religioso.

Una obra de investigación literaria sobre los cuentos y leyendas que inspiraron a J.R.R. Tolkien. David Day muestra que El Señor de los Anillos continua una larga tradición que nació junto con las civilizaciones y que J.R.R. Tolkien creó una nueva mitología para los lectores del siglo veinte inspirandose en leyendas y mitos de la antigüedad.Con doce ilustraciones en color de Alan Lee, artista y ilustrador de El Señor de los Anillos.

Siglo XXI, las tormentas de arena han barrido el estéril y desolado paisaje del planeta rojo. Ahora, en el año 2026, cien colonos, cincuenta mujeres y cincuenta hombres, viajan a Marte para dominar ese clima hostil. Tienen como mision la terraformacion de Marte, y como lema: Si el hombre no se puede adaptar a Marte, hay que adaptar Marte al hombre.Espejos en orbita reflejaran la luz sobre la superficie del planeta. En las copas polares se esparcira un polvo negro que fundira el hielo. Y grandes tuneles, de kilometros de profundidad, atravesaran el manto marciano para dar salida a gases calientes. En este escenario epico, habra amores y amistades y rivalidades, pues algunos lucharan hasta la muerte para evitar que el planeta rojo cambie. Encuadernacion: Rustica.

Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life-more than a hundred trips-and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them.The High Sierra is his lavish celebration of this exceptional place and an exploration of what makes this span of mountains one of the most compelling places on Earth. Over the course of a vivid and dramatic narrative, Robinson describes the geological forces that shaped the Sierras and the history of its exploration, going back to the indigenous peoples who made it home and whose traces can still be found today. He celebrates the people whose ideas and actions protected the High Sierra for future generations.He describes uniquely beautiful hikes and the trails to be avoided. Robinson's own life-altering events, defining relationships, and unforgettable adventures form the narrative's spine. And he illuminates the human communion with the wild and with the sublime, including the personal growth that only seems to come from time spent outdoors.The High Sierra is a gorgeous, absorbing immersion in a place, born out of a desire to understand and share one of the greatest rapture-inducing experiences our planet offers. Packed with maps, gear advice, more than 100 breathtaking photos, and much more, it will inspire veteran hikers, casual walkers, and travel readers to prepare for a magnificent adventure.

Kim Stanley RobinsonIt's hot in Washington. No sign of rain. The world's climates are changing, catastrophe beckons, but no one in power is noticing. Yet. Tom Wolfe meets Michael Crichton in this topical and entertaining science thriller.

An award-winning and bestselling SF writer, Kim Stanley Robinson is widely acknowledged as one of the most exciting and visionary writers in the field. His latest novel, 2312, imagined how we would be living 300 years from now. Now, with his new novel, he turns from our future to our past - to the Palaeolithic era, and an extraordinary moment in humanity's development. An emotionally powerful and richly detailed portrayal of life 30,000 years ago, it is a novel that will appeal both to his existing fans and a whole new mainstream readership.

Aurora is the critically acclaimed new novel from one of SF's most powerful voices, telling the incredible story of mankind's first voyage beyond the solar system in search of a new home.Our voyage from Earth began generations ago.Now, we approach our destination.A new home.Aurora.Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, AURORA is the work of a writer at the height of his powers.

The first novel in Kim Stanley Robinson's massively successful and lavishly praised Mars trilogy. 'The ultimate in future history' Daily Mail Mars -- the barren, forbidding planet that epitomises mankind's dreams of space conquest. From the first pioneers who looked back at Earth and saw a small blue star, to the first colonists -- hand-picked scientists with the skills necessary to create life from cold desert -- Red Mars is the story of a new genesis. It is also the story of how Man must struggle against his own self-destructive mechanisms to achieve his dreams: before he even sets foot on the red planet, factions are forming, tensions are rising and violence is brewing! for civilization can be very uncivilized.