Science Fiction Exploration

Die künstlich geschaffene Hohlwelt im Leerraum zwischen der Milchstraße und der Andromeda-Galaxis ist die vollkommenste Falle, der Menschen jemals begegnet sind. Nie zuvor hat sich Perry Rhodan in einer auswegloseren Lage befunden, als im Inneren von Horror, wie er und seine Gefährten den Planeten genannt haben.

Als der Fremde aus den Tiefen des Alls auf einem Planeten des Solaren Imperiums landet, ahnen Perry Rhodan und seine Vertrauten noch nicht, dass mit dem Erscheinen von Icho Tolot, dem Haluter, das bisher größte Abenteuer der Menschheit beginnt - der Sprung in die Nachbargalaxis Andromeda.

Die ferne Zukunft: Der Kampf um Arrakis, den Wüstenplaneten, ist beendet, und Paul Atreides, genannt Muad’dib, ist von den Fremen zu ihrem Propheten ernannt worden. Sie folgen ihm bedingungslos in einen Djihad, der wie ein Sturmwind durch die Galaxis fegt. Pauls neues Imperium und seine Machtfülle ruft Neider auf den Plan, die seine Herrschaft brechen wollen. Und so mischen sich unter die Pilger, die nach Arrakis kommen, um den Erlöser zu sehen, Attentäter, menschliche Zeitbomben.

Lord Commander Grayson St. Clair has guided the Tellus Ad Astra to a part of the universe no human - and possibly no race known to man - has ever seen. Far from the worlds they know, the colony ship is on its own facing...something that seems to have no weakness. Something whose sole purpose seems to be devouring civilizations. With both time and space as enemies, St. Clair must figure out a way to explore this new corner of space, maintain military order on a mission that was supposed to be civilian, and - somehow - bring the Tellus Ad Astra back to the Milky Way.

Athshe, planète lointaine de 27 années-lumière de la Terre, a été colonisée, il y a un million d'années, par le peuple de Hain. Alors qu'elle est toute entière couverte d'eau et de forêts d'essences d'arbres terriens et peuplée par des humanoïdes à la fourrure verte, un vaisseau intervient pour installer un système de communication avec la Terre.

Two humans and a robot roam the universe in search of castaways. The Majestic Draght, a spaceship built by aliens and controlled by an AI, transports them from system to system at one-fifth the speed of light. But then the ship suddenly - and seemingly unstoppably - accelerates. Has the AI lost control of the propulsion system? Or is the AI pursuing its own plans? The Draght’s new course targets a planet that would not have been the destination of the human-alien crew for a long time: Earth.

A year-long period of civilian unrest, which started when Zax revealed his discovery of an unknown spacecraft from Earth, finally erupts into a full-blown revolution. He is thrust into the middle of the rebellion, alongside longtime friends and enemies, where his special talents make the difference between life and death. Zax eventually puts himself into a position where he can rocket back to the top of the leaderboard and restore his career - at a price.

2124 was an interesting year...I was court-martialed, demoted and sentenced to perform hard labor for the rest of my natural life...Then things got rough.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, the endlessly-mysterious moon is explored in this reprint short science fiction anthology from award-winning editor and anthologist Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld, The Best Science Fiction of the Year).

Mum and Dad have left—gone to Mars, and they’re never coming back. Freedom at last! But this isn’t one of Dad’s weird jokes; it’s REAL. It’s up to 10-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie, to find out what’s going on, and launch a rescue. Can they handle vampire squids, a suspicious villain, a secret island full of traps and a trip into space? And—more importantly—will they ever get their parents back?

Jamie Waterman has been selected to participate in the first manned expedition to Mars. Joining an international team of astronauts and scientists, the half-Navajo geologist endures the rigors of training, the perils of space travel, the challenges of an alien landscape, and the conflicts that arise when the team faces a shocking discovery. In this compelling human drama, Ben Bova explores the political, scientific, and social repercussions of our greatest quest yet: the search for life beyond Earth.

In a meticulously controlled world where technology and privilege dominate, Rylan Primeling’s life was planned out—until he intercepted a signal from an alien civilization. The message, sent from the distant Proxima Centauri system, is filled with cryptic numbers, atomic symbols, and a mysterious geometric code that only Rylan seems able to understand. Driven by a need for answers, Rylan sends a response, unwittingly setting off a dangerous chain of events.

Claim an inheritance. It's a simple goal, right? Nothing is simple when Cole returns to Centauri, the seat of Coleson Interstellar Engineering. Challenges at every turn, with no idea who he can trust. And then...the Solar Republic gets involved. Will Cole find the people working against him in time? Will they succeed in ending the Coleson line once and for all?

When the terraforming crews introduced the alien Quill to worlds where they did not belong, they saw them only as a mindless form of fungal life. But the Quill multiplied and mutated until they were no longer harmless. In the ensuing chaos, many stations failed. For the survivors, their only hope rests in finding a way to wipe out the Quill....

Nella rete di migliaia di nuovi mondi possibili dopo l'espansione dell'umanità, le colonie stanno lottando con determinazione per cercare la propria strada. Nell'ampio spazio tra la Terra e Giove, i pianeti interni hanno costituito un'alleanza provvisoria e molto instabile, perseguitati da una storia di lunghe guerre e forti pregiudizi duri a morire. All'equipaggio della navicella spaziale Rocinante spetta ora un compito davvero delicato: mantenere il più a lungo possibile la sempre più fragile pace.

The Novara: Our last hope. Built to deliver two million souls from a solar system in disarray, the colossal ark ship set off into the endless night with the hopes and dreams of the human remnant. They would find a new home. A new Earth. The Novara’s descendants—those promised a green Eden—live a ship-bound life. But it is not the isolated existence their ancestors had envisioned. One hundred and twenty-nine years ago, there was a collision, a devastating encounter that answered one of humanity’s oldest questions . . . We are not alone.

Titan is practically a planet in its own right, with a diameter similar to that of Mercury, methane rainstorms, organic soot, and ethane seas. The views from Titan’s Mayda outpost are spectacular, but all is not well at the moon’s remote science base. On the shore of a methane sea beneath glowering skies, atmospherics researcher Abigail Marco finds herself in the middle of murder, piracy, and colleagues who seem to be seeing sea monsters and dead people from the past.

Carl Zale, a solitary deep-space miner, lives on the edge of civilization, combing distant systems for metals that others dare not seek. But his routine is shattered when he intercepts a pulse from a long-dead star, encoded in primal sequences and geometric patterns. Driven by curiosity, Carl sets out on a 14-year journey to investigate. What he discovers is far more than he could have imagined: an ancient ring encircling the star, built by beings who fused their essence into the very fabric of the cosmos.

A hundred years in the future, a war wages between the Five Dragons - five families that control the moon's leading industrial companies. Each clan does everything in their power to claw their way to the top of the food chain - marriages of convenience, corporate espionage, kidnapping, and mass assassinations. Through ingenious political manipulation and sheer force of will, Lucas Corta rises from the ashes of corporate defeat and seizes control of the moon. The only person who can stop him is a brilliant lunar lawyer: his sister, Ariel.

When Hail confronts the Farian gods, the last thing she expected was to discover that they were part of a race of aliens who'd attacked the galaxy long before humanity's ancestors had crawled out of the sludge of Earth's oceans. The discovery carries with it dire news: the Hiervet, who'd once subjugated the mighty Svatir, are coming - a consequence of Hail's decision not to kill the Farian gods. Now the fate of the galaxy is on the line, and Hail will have to make one final gamble to leverage chaos into peace.