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1021) New Brighton
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"A gripping thriller . . . I was on the edge of my seat! . . . my heart was pounding!" -Amazon reviewer, five stars
"The Handmaid's Tale meets Blade Runner. A powerful tale of control, love and family in a brave new world where nothing is as it seems." -M. Sean Coleman, author of The Cuckoo Wood
Her future is about to change. So is her past . . .
In the English seaside town of Brighton, Robyn Lockhart has a boyfriend named Vincent, a frail,...
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Au début du XXIIe siècle, dans une ville-monde dominée par la firme AndroCorp, le lieutenant Smog enquête sur des crimes impliquant des robots humanoïdes. Parmi ses indicateurs, S'hin, une femme-machine affectée à la prostitution, qu'il apprécie malgré lui. Tandis que le policier s'efforce de résoudre des affaires menaçant l'équilibre social, S'hin explore peu à peu les mystères de sa personnalité.
Criminodroïdes est le premier volet...
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L'auteur imagine avec un réalisme saisissant la Terre des années 2050, surpeuplée et ravagée par le réchauffement climatique.
Chacun des quatre romans permet d'observer l'humanité sous un jour différent: l'équilibre fragile entre ses bons et mauvais génies, le désir d'explorer les étoiles, la quête des origines de la vie, l'enjeu de la survie face à un cataclysme...
Passionné de sciences et de technologie, Chérif Arbouz fait le...
1024) Remords Vivants
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Quand un virus échappant à tout contrle, métamorphose les adultes en prédateurs sanguinaires, une poignée de rescapés s'organisent pour sauver leur famille d'une éventuelle extinction. Un ex-champion cycliste, un pompiste et son fils, un couple de restaurateurs, un cadre d'entreprise et sa collègue, deux institutrices ainsi qu'un autiste et un pianiste, composent avec leurs différences, leurs regrets et leur amertume pour déjouer les desseins...
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2051, des observatoires, mis en orbite haute dans l'espace, révèlent qu'un astéroïde gigantesque se dirige droit vers la terre. S'il atteint son but, en 2055, la planète sera totalement détruite. Devant ce péril, tous les dirigeants du monde mettent leurs connaissances et leurs techniques en commun pour sauver la Terre. Jamais les habitants du monde entier n'avaient connu une telle solidarité. Plus de guerre, plus de famine, les terriens vivent...
1026) Heaven's Reach
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Prepare for a harrowing ride through the universe by the New York Times–bestselling author of Startide Rising and The Postman.
Book Three in the Uplift Storm Trilogy
The peaceful existence of six outcast races on Jijo has ended. Ancient enemies, the Jophur, have discovered them, preparing to subject the refugees to their dark, perverted plans.
The Jijoans' only hope is the same ship that accidently led their foes to the planet. The Earthship...
1027) Unbroken
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The Savage North clan has traversed the Alaskan wilderness in search of sanctuary, lost loved ones, and found hope and family where they least expected it. But dark pasts have a way of lingering... Thea was six years old when the Virus changed her, and while other survivors wear their superpowers like badges of honor, Thea fears the moment she'll have to use her telekinesis again. After all, the mere flick of her wrist in the heat of the moment could...
1028) Infinity's Shore
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It's illegal to occupy the planet Jijo, but six castaway races have managed to coexist there for some time. They've successfully hidden from watchful law enforcers of the Five Galaxies, until now...
After making an amazing discovery far away-a derelict armada whose mere existence triggered interstellar war-the Terran exploration vessel Streaker and its crew of humans and dolphins arrive at Jijo in search of sanctuary from the Galactic forces out to...
1029) Dreamsnake
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On an Earth scarred by nuclear war, Snake harnesses the power of venom to cure illnesses and vaccinate against disease. The healer can even ease patients into death with the power of her dreamsnake. But she is not respected and trusted by all, and when she tries to help a sick nomad child, the frightened clan kills her dreamsnake.
Ashamed of being misjudged and grieving the loss of her dreamsnake, Snake has one choice to maintain her livelihood:...
1030) Queen of Angels
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In a world of wonders, wealth, and "perfect" mental health, a famous poet commits gruesome murder . . . Why? That crime, that question, leads a policewoman to a jungle of torture and forgotten gods; a writer to the bohemian shadows of a vast city; and a scientist directly into the mind-the nightmare soul-of the psychopath himself . . .
1031) Forever Free
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Veterans of the intergalactic Forever War must brave an alien universe to escape mind-control slavery in this thrilling far-future sci-fi adventure. On virtually every list of the greatest military science fiction adventures ever written, Joe Haldeman's Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic, The Forever War, is ranked at the very top. In Forever Free, the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master and author of the acclaimed Worlds series returns...
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Michel Piquemal refait le monde avec des « si » et imagine de quoi pourrait être fait demain.
Et si demain... les États étaient remplacés par un gouvernement de multinationales? si l'on pouvait effacer les mauvais souvenirs? s'il existait un moyen technique et imparable pour séduire? si l'on remettait à l'honneur les jeux du cirque? si l'on pouvait savoir ce que pensent les animaux?...
Onze nouvelles de science-fiction corrosives pour...
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These eighteen stories from the acclaimed author of the Gaea Trilogy, The Ophiuchi Hotline, and many other important works span thirty years of his distinguished career. In these pages are Hugo, Nebula, Prix Tour-Apollo, and James Tiptree Jr. Award winners, including "The Persistence of Vision," "PRESS ENTER [ ]," "The Pusher," and "The Barbie Murders," among other outstanding works of speculative short fiction. As a valuable bonus, each story includes...
1034) The Ends
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Join an awe-inspiring journey through a world where death has stopped in the finale of James Smythe's acclaimed Anomaly Quartet. Decades ago, a vast object called the Anomaly was discovered moving through space. Missions sent to explore it found that anyone entering the Anomaly was unable to die. It kept moving, across our solar system, until finally the Anomaly enveloped Earth. Thirty years later, on the West Coast of the US, Theo hears that his...
1035) Enlightenment
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THIS IS NOT A FAIRY TALE. THIS IS A NIGHTMARE.
A scifi fantasy dark comedy romp through the afterlife with three Clans of immortal antiheroes.
Kayn is with Clan Ankh, and Kevin is with Triad. She's lost everything. It's time to dust off the cobwebs of despair and meet with destiny.
You've survived your Correction and signed up for a fun-filled afterlife as a sacrificial lamb for the greater good. You now belong to Clan Ankh, Clan Trinity or Clan...
1036) The all-consuming world
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In Locus and British Fantasy Award nominee Cassandra Khaw's first novel, a crew of diminished former criminals get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission. But the universe's highly-evolved AI has its own opposing agenda... and will do whatever it takes to keep humans from ever controlling them again.
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