John Brunner

Stand on Zanzibar

"In this nightmare society, air pollution is so bad that gas masks are commonplace. Infant mortality is up, and everyone seems to suffer from some form of ailment. The water is polluted, and only the poor drink from the tap. The government is ineffectual, and corporate interests scramble to make a profit from water purifiers, gas masks, and organic foods. Environmentalist Austin Train is on the run. The Trainites, environmental activists and sometime terrorists, want him to lead their movement. The government wants him in jail, or preferably, executed. The media wants a circus. Everyone has a plan for Train, but Train has a plan of his own"--Publisher.

The Sheep Look Up

Nickie Halflinger, the only person to escape from Tarnover -- where they raise hyper-intelligent children to maintain the political dominance of the USA in the 21st century -- is on the run, dodging from loophole to crevice to crack in the computerised data-net that binds the continent like chains. After years of flight and constant changes of identity, at the strange small town called Precipice he discovers he is not alone in his quest. But can his new allies save him when he falls again into the sinister grasp of Tarnover?

The Shockwave Riders

Traces the development over milennia of a civilization of an unusual alien species, whose sense of humor, resourceful adaptibility, and metalworking skills are the strengths and the hope of their society

The Crucible of Time

Todos sobre Zanzíbar

A “very enjoyable” novel of first alien contact from the Hugo Award–winning author of Stand on Zanzibar (Frederick Pohl). While two very different men—Counce, who has strange powers and a formidable intellect, and Bassett, a master of money, finance, and business—are locked in a battle for supremacy over the inhabited worlds of the galaxy, an unknown threat to their power lurks in the shadows: secretive aliens who have a takeover plan of their own. John Brunner delivers fast action as a galaxy-size drama and cosmic surprises unfold one after another, leading to a heart-pounding climax. For each generation, there is a writer meant to bend the rules of what we know. Hugo Award winner (Best Novel, Stand on Zanzibar) and British science fiction master John Brunner remains one of the most influential and respected authors of all time, and now many of his classic works are being reintroduced. For readers familiar with his vision, it is a chance to reexamine his thoughtful worlds and words, while for new readers, Brunner’s work proves itself the very definition of timeless.

The World Swappers

Te dirán que la totalidad de la raza humana cabría en la isla de Wight, que tiene 381 kilómetros cuadrados de superficie. Naturalmente, no se podrían mover, sólo estar firmes. ¿Cierto? Quizá en 1918. Ahora necesitaríamos la isla de Man, de 572 km2. Para 2010 algo más grande, algo como Zanzíbar, de 1658 km2. En 2010 hay más de 7 mil millones de personas atestando el mundo. Un mundo de la Base Lunar Cero, de ordenadores inteligentes y de alucinógenos comercializados en masa. Un mundo en el que un hombre tranquilo puede ser convertido en una máquina humana programada para matar.

Todos sobre Zanzibar

Şok Dalgası Süvarisi

The Webs of Everywhere

Ospiti dal passato

Sabbie mobili

Non è mai piacevole, per un operativo della CIA, atterrare in territorio sovietico. Un rapimento da quelle parti sarebbe cosa di un attimo. Per fortuna il volo di Malko Linge, dopo lo scalo tecnico in Uzbekistan, è diretto a Bangkok. Quelli di Langley l'hanno spedito laggiù sulle tracce di Jim Stanford, un ex agente scomparso nel nulla. La sua macchina è stata ritrovata vicino al famigerato ponte sul fiume Kwai, un luogo costellato di tombe occidentali. Al vecchio amico Jim, che finita la guerra aveva pensato bene di sposare una bella thailandese invece di tornare negli USA, Malko deve il suo primo contatto con l'intelligence. Più che un professionista dell'intrigo, è stato uno degli ultimi grandi avventurieri. E chi meglio di un altro grande avventuriero saprà destreggiarsi fra sicari e trafficanti d'armi, uscendone con la pelle intatta a missione compiuta? Ma forse il Principe delle Spie rimpiangerà presto i cari vecchi nemici russi... All'interno, il racconto "Gli squali di Aden" di Massimiliano Giri, vincitore del premio GialloLatino 2015.

La scacchiera (Urania)

Polymath

Stone That Never Came Down

The barrenland lay on the face of the world like a sore, nearly round, more than three hundred miles in circumference. It had been there so long that it was endured, as were the twisted monsters that wandered out of the barrenland and killed. Conrad, living on the edge, had visions of a time when the barrenland was a rich region full of powerful, magical people-people who travelled to other worlds. He was ruled by a burning need to know what none could tell him: the explanation of the mysterious visions which had plagued him all his life. Then he met Jervis Yanderman, a soldier who knew of these visions. Yanderman was convinced there was an island in the barrenland where people still clung to life. And Yanderman knew that a man had come out of it . . . within living memory! First published in 1964.

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