Robots Fantasy

Timo und Korgy fliegen ins All. Naja, nicht in Wirklichkeit, sondern in einem Simulator. Die beiden Freunde wundern sich nur, wie unfassbar realistisch sich ihr Trip in die Weiten des Universums anfühlt. Ein kleines bisschen zu echt... Könnte es sein, dass sie die Erde vielleicht doch verlassen haben? Steig mit ein und finde es heraus.

Korgy kann nicht einschlafen. Der kleine Roboter bastelt deshalb mitten in der Nacht an einem neuen Motor für seinen Räderrucksack - und freut sich schon auf den nächsten Morgen, um die Konstruktion zu testen. Doch kurz nach Sonnenaufgang wartet auf Korgy und Timo plötzlich eine ganz andere Mission: Sie sollen auf Waldi aufpassen, den alten Dackel vom Nachbarhof. Kein Problem! Aber nebenbei machen die beiden Freunde eine unglaubliche Entdeckung.

Was tun, wenn kleine Roboter Schluckauf haben? Timo muss feststellen, dass die klassischen Hausmittelchen bei Korgy versagen. Die beiden Freunde machen sich also auf den Weg, um andere Methoden auszuprobieren. Das führt sie unter anderem in eine Tropfsteinhöhle... Ob Korgys Hicks-Problem dort gelöst werden kann? Finde es heraus! (Aber pass auf die Fledermäuse auf...).

Doctor Ravi, alien qualified trauma surgeon, or space vet, is humanity’s last hope - only he’s a train wreck. His unpeopled rebel leader grandma has just informed him of a government cover-up involving an extinction-level attack by Earth’s archenemy, the Munchers. Earth’s wartime victory was a lie. To make matters worse, the planetary government has disbanded the military.

It's the first day of school. Howie is worried. Will he find a friend? With high hopes, Howie goes to robotics club. But no one chooses him as a partner. Then Lincoln bounds into the room. The strange new bird is too big and fluffy. Howie hides! The teacher, however, puts the unlikely pair together. Will they be able to accept each other's wonky ideas and become friends?

Korgys Erfindungen werden immer verrückter... was, bitte schön, soll man denn bloß mit einer Staubsauger-Drohne anstellen? Noch kann Timo nicht ahnen, dass ihnen das neueste Projekt des kleinen Roboters sogar bei einem Riesenproblem auf dem Rummelplatz helfen wird. Begleite die beiden Freunde bei ihrem aufregenden Ausflug zu Achterbahn, Karussel & Co. - Zuckerwatte mit Kettenfett inklusive! Illustration und Design von Billy Bock.

Sally vil gerne være en robot til fastelavn, og selvom hun egentlig helst vil købe kostumet, går far straks i gang med at bygge det selv. Og det bliver faktisk ret flot. Der er bare det, at Sally ikke kan bevæge armene, når hun har det på, og hvordan skal hun så slå katten af tønden? Da Sallys far dukker op til festen, bliver det endnu værre. For far har nemlig sin helt egen og knap så heldige løsning på Sallys problem.

Korgy hat ein neues Hobby! Der kleine Roboter versucht sich immer öfter als genialer Erfinder. Sein neuestes Projekt - eine elektronische Kuckucksuhr - will aber nicht so recht funktionieren. Timo bietet seinem Freund natürlich Hilfe an - bis Oma den beiden beim Frühstück von einem sagenumwobenen Schatz erzählt, der angeblich vor hundert Jahren im Badesee versenkt wurde. Und was machen Timo und Korgy? Na klar, sie gehen auf zur Schatzsuche!? Illustration und Design von Billy Bock.

Is the world ready for the perfect man - and what if that man is not a man at all but a machine instead?...Imagine you're at a cocktail party and the most gorgeous man in the world walks up to you and says, "Hi, I'm Andy. What's your name?" You're looking at him, thinking he's so good-looking he almost can't be real...And you find yourself thinking how much fun he is to be around and how you'd love to have him for a friend - or maybe something more than a friend. That's Andy's job - to get you to like him...and he's really good at his job.

The cybernetic veteran Colonel Shona Morven launches rapid attacks against civilian colonies and cities from world to world, causing destruction wherever he travels. No matter how hard the Dragoons fights, the Colonel is always one step ahead and escapes before the Dragoons can reach him. They plan to capture him by luring him to a Union shipyard on the jungle planet of Olax II. The hunt for Colonel Shona Morven begins, but he is no fool, and he put his own plan into action to draw in the dragoons to a trap he’s planned from the very beginning.

Meet Easie Damasco: thief, liar...and lately, reluctant hero. But whatever good intentions Damasco may have are about to be tested to their limits, as the most valuable - and dangerous - object in the land comes within his light-fingered grasp. Add in some suicidally stubborn giants, an old enemy with dreams of empire, and the deadliest killer in two kingdoms on his heels, and Easie’s chances of staying honest - or even just surviving - are getting slimmer by the hour.

He knows the three laws, but they're really more what you'd call "guidelines." Two and a half million terras worth of contraband won't do Carl Ramsey any good unless he can find a buyer. But when dealing with that kind of money, any deal is liable to turn sour when it's time to make the exchange. So when things go smoothly, Carl knows his luck can't be that good. When the double-cross is revealed, the Mobius crew sets out on a chase to track down their stolen merchandise.

Far into the future, many of humankind’s everyday problems have been solved. We no longer suffer from overpopulation or a lack of natural resources. Our colonization of the solar system and our utilization of robotic workers has solved all that. And yet, embedded in the human psyche is a disorderly constant fact: emotion. The everyday rational decisions we make are so often askew with emotion and, as this tale unfolds, we come up against a heart-breaking decision, one which we had thought to hand over to a robot like Chen. But does that make handling emotion any easier?

This is a collection of seven contemporary robot tales written by some of today's most acclaimed science fiction authors. A sentient war machine combs a beach for trinkets to create memorials for its fallen comrades in the Hugo Award-winning story, "Tideline", by Elizabeth Bear. In "Balancing Accounts", by James Cambias, a small-time independent robotic space tug is hired by a mysterious client for a voyage between two of Saturn's moons.

Dan Dare and his crew finally return to Earth. Landing in central London, they find the city deserted - or that's how it seems at first. But soon Dare faces an army of ruthless machines, robots who have conquered the planet and placed the surviving humans in slave camps. The robots are too powerful and too numerous to be resisted, and their invasion is complete. With limited resources, Dare, Digby and Peabody face their greatest challenge yet - to liberate planet Earth.

When two science-savvy girls create an entire robot world, they don’t expect the robots to come alive. But when a choice must be made, the robots might have to pay the price.

"Look, Brigadier! It's growing!" screamed Sarah. The Brigadier stared in amazement as the Robot began to grow...and grow...swelling to the size of a giant! Slowly the metal colossus, casting its enormous shadow upon the surrounding trees and buildings, began to stride towards the Brigadier. A giant metal hand reached down to grasp him.

It is 2068 and humans are attempting to colonize Mars. Patricia Vicarro, director of a Mars colonization project, has selected HWR-001-046-QF Andrea to send to Mars in the first of a three-stage project to build a colony. Everything must be perfect. Andrea spent nearly three years in isolation, preparing for astronaut Adam Copelane's arrival. He will be the first human on Mars and will join Andrea in building the colony pods for the third phase. Now, with everything ready for Adam, she watches the Martian sky eagerly.

In a future where every inch of Moscow is under surveillance and people date only online, a girl chooses to go on a real date.... This is how one of the 11 sci-fi stories begins.... There are neither cabbages nor kings in this book, just a president, oranges, and robots.

If his inventions go wrong, Wendel just throws them away and starts again. So when Clunk, his robot assistant, fills the sock drawer with cups and saucers and makes tea in a Wellington boot, Wendel throws him on the scrap heap and makes himself a new assistant: the Wendelbot. But he gets more than he bargained for, and soon Wendel finds himself on the scrap heap. Can he win back his workshop from the mighty Wendelbot? Let the robot battle commence!