Space Exploration Fiction

Die Menschheit hat sich in den unendlichen Weiten des Weltalls ausgebreitet. Überall sind neue Siedlungen entstanden...

It's the dawn of a new era - and we're ready to colonize Mars. But the company that's been contracted to construct a new Mars base has made promises they can't fulfill and is desperate enough to cut corners. The first thing to go is the automation...the next thing they'll have to deal with is the eight astronauts they'll send to Mars, when there aren't supposed to be any at all. Frank - father, architect, murderer - is recruited for the mission to Mars with the promise of a better life, along with seven of his most notorious fellow inmates.

Un himno maravilloso a lo ordinario y lo espectacular narrado a cuatrocientos quilómetros de la tierra. Premio Booker 2024. Un grupo de seis astronautas lleva a cabo una misión rutinaria en la Estación Espacial Internacional, en la órbita terrestre baja. La de Pietro, italiano, es monitorizar los microbios presentes en la nave. Chie, la tripulante japonesa, cultiva cristales de proteínas y, al igual que sus compañeros, es objeto de estudio del impacto de la microgravedad en el funcionamiento neuronal.

The Dwellers of the Rock. They could create matter with the power of their minds. Any element, any molecule, any form; they could call it into being with a thought. Even living flesh. They could travel to the edge of their universe, without ships to carry them, and send their minds to visit other worlds without moving a step. All knowledge and learning was theirs for the taking. They never tired, never hungered. They had peace and purpose and, eventually, fulfilment. And they knew where they would go when, at last, they died.

The Space Race of the Sixties, at the height of the Cold War, had been nail-biting—until the Soviet Union forfeited. In the thirties—amid a second Cold War—China is not about to lose the race to Mars. Nor is the United States. Nor, quite the wildcard, is a secretive cabal drawn from among the world's multi-billionaires. All of them are scrambling to launch deep-space missions on a schedule that makes the Sixties contest appear lackadaisical. This competition could only continue on the Red Planet.

The TARDIS arrives in Gaul in AD 451, on the eve of battle between the forces of Attila the Hun and those of the crumbling Roman Empire. But the Doctor soon finds that both sides are being helped by sinister supernatural creatures. While Graham makes allies in the Roman camp and Ryan is pursued by the enigmatic Legion of Smoke, the Doctor and Yasmin are pressed into service as Attila’s personal sorcerers. But the Doctor knows there is science behind the combat magicks - and that the true war will pit all humanity against a ruthless alien threat.

In The Secret Explorers and the Comet Collision, space expert Roshni leads a mission that's out of this world - literally! With rainforest expert Ollie, she is set the task of fixing the space probe orbiting Jupiter before a comet hits the planet. With the clock ticking, it's a race against time for the Secret Explorers as they dodge asteroids, complete daring spacewalks, and use all their skills to complete their mission. Packed with fun facts about real-life missions to Jupiter, this thrilling adventure is perfect for young listeners.

Captain Felix Duval and the crew of the Temerarious quietly patrol a remote Mentak Coalition colony system where nothing ever happens. But when they answer a distress call from a moon under attack, that peaceful existence is torn apart. They rescue a scientist, Thales, who's developing revolutionary technology to create new wormholes. He just needs a few things to make it fully operational...and now, ordered to aid the scientist, the Temerarious is targeted by two rival black-ops teams intent on reacquiring Thales.

Life in the wasteland is a constant struggle. No one knows it better than Taimin. Crippled, and with only his indomitable aunt to protect him, Taimin must learn to survive in a world scorched by two suns and frequented by raiders. But when Taimin discovers his homestead ransacked and his aunt killed, he sets off with one mission: to seek revenge against those who stole everything. With nowhere to call home, his hunt soon takes a turn when he meets a mystic, Selena, who convinces him to join her search for the fabled white city.

Este é o primeiro título da famosa série escrita por Douglas Adams, que conta as aventuras espaciais do inglês Arthur Dent e de seu amigo Ford Prefect. A dupla escapa da destruição da Terra pegando carona numa nave alienígena, graças aos conhecimentos de Prefect, um E.T. que vivia disfarçado de ator desempregado enquanto fazia pesquisa de campo para a nova edição do Guia do Mochileiro das Galáxias, o melhor guia de viagens interplanetário.

Ellie was an extraordinary girl with an insatiable curiosity for the universe. While most children in her small, picturesque town spent their time playing outside or gazing at their smartphones, Ellie preferred to sit on the hill behind her family’s cottage, staring at the vast expanse of stars. She often wondered what it would be like to visit them. Was there life out there? Could she walk on an ice-covered planet or touch a glowing star? Questions like these filled Ellie’s mind and fueled her boundless imagination.

The first mission to Europa – Jupiter's enigmatic moon – has landed, and humanity’s darkest fears are about to awaken. For years, mankind has speculated that this frozen world harbours a hidden ocean twice the size of all Earth’s oceans combined – an ocean potentially teeming with life. Driven by this tantalising mystery, they venture forth to unlock its secrets. But what they discover in the abyssal depths is far beyond anything they could have imagined.

Lointain futur. Espace profond. Plus qu'une prouesse technologique, la station est une expérience. Politique, sociale, économique, philosophique. Ainsi, au sein de ce gigantesque assemblage minier peuplé d'espèces venues de tous horizons, les stationniens se définissent moins en fonction de leurs origines que de leurs pourcentages génétiques. Melting-pot utopique, la station offre de fait un refuge de tolérance unique au cœur de la Galaxie — une vie en symbiose gérée par les Paramètres qui adaptent l'environnement aux différentes morphologies, aux contraintes physiques, à toutes les essences du vivant.

Henry Meadows wird zwölf, als die Erde stirbt. Mit seinem Vater und seinen Geschwistern reist er nach Perm, einem urzeitlichen Mond in einem fernen Sonnensystem. Henrys Mutter ist mit einem anderen Raumschiff geflogen. Sie wird von der Familie sehnsüchtig erwartet. Doch plötzlich mehren sich die Zeichen: Sie ist schon hier gewesen, vor langer Zeit. Und sie hat eine Warnung hinterlassen. Mit Hightech trotzt die erste und einzige Kolonie der Menschheit der Natur des Mondes Perm, die faszinierend und bedrohlich zugleich ist.

Tief im Herzen der Milchstraße entdeckt die hochentwickelte Zivilisation der Myaner ein rätselhaftes, gigantisches Bauwerk – die Sternenschmiede. Diese überwältigende Struktur, die Sterne erschaffen kann, birgt nicht nur technologische Wunder, sondern auch die Geheimnisse einer längst ausgestorbenen Zivilisation: der Erbauer. Doch die Myaner stehen vor einer Herausforderung, die weit über ihre Vorstellungskraft hinausgeht. Commander Mike und Commander Nic führen ihre Schiffe, die Lunar Spear und die Solar Guardian, in eine Mission voller unbekannter Gefahren und unglaublicher Entdeckungen.

Eight generations of pioneers embark on a 300-year voyage to escape Earth's demise. Their mission: ensure humanity's survival on a distant exoplanet. Armed with a DNA database of over a million Earth species, they establish a new world. Yet, what they discover will shatter every preconception. Brace for a jaw-dropping revelation connecting them to beings defying the very essence of the universe.

Lightyear is a sci-fi action-adventure and the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear—the hero who inspired the toy. The film reveals how a young test pilot became the Space Ranger that we all know him to be today.

Suzie Wen LOVES gadgets and inventing things – but her inventions don’t always turn out how she expects... And after a massive invention mishap, Suzie is now living on board the space ship from her favourite TV show – exploring new planets and saving the universe!

Bob kann es nicht fassen. Eben hat er noch seine Software-Firma verkauft und einen Vertrag über das Einfrieren seines Körpers nach seinem Tod unterschrieben, da ist es auch schon vorbei mit ihm. Er wird beim Überqueren der Straße überfahren. Hundert Jahre später wacht Bob wieder auf, allerdings nicht als Mensch, sondern als Künstliche Intelligenz, die noch dazu Staatseigentum ist. Prompt bekommt er auch gleich seinen ersten Auftrag: Er soll neue bewohnbare Planeten finden. Versagt er, wird er abgeschaltet. Für Bob beginnt ein grandioses Abenteuer zwischen den Sternen - und ein gnadenloser Wettlauf gegen die Zeit.

Two novel-length sci-fi stories in one? Check. A mix of hot human and alien women? Check. Capable MCs who know how to get things done? Double check.