Résultats pour "Be" dans Science fiction et fantaisie

Amid the dizzying rides, tantalizing games of chance, and fanciful attractions of a state fair, two teenage sweethearts on the cusp of life and love's pleasures find their way to a shadowy carnival tent brimming with curiosities. There, from the bizarre and enthralling Gypsy Mummy, a mechanized merchant of dreams and prognosticator of tomorrows, the young couple learns what fate promises for them. But fate, for Odd Thomas and Stormy Llewellyn, is something altogether different: full of dark corners, sharp edges, and things no seer or soothsayer could ever anticipate.

Colonial Union diplomat Hart Schmidt is back home for Harvest Day celebrations - to a family whose members wonder whether its youngest son isn’t wasting his life clinging to the lowest rung of the CU’s diplomatic ladder. When his father, a legendarily powerful politician, presents him with a compelling offer, Schmidt has to take stock of his life and career. "This Must Be the Place" is a tale from John Scalzi's The Human Division, a series of self-contained but interrelated short stories set in the Old Man's War universe.

Надежно защищенная со всех сторон охранными постами и казачьими войсками, стоит тысячелетняя Москва. Внутри трех колец московской обороны — и за Кремлевской стеной — дворец. Во дворце — Государь Император награждает лучших из лучших, храбрейших из храбрых, цвет офицерского корпуса, опору и надежду престола.

Надежно защищенная со всех сторон охранными постами и казачьими войсками, стоит тысячелетняя Москва. Внутри трех колец московской обороны — и за Кремлевской стеной — дворец. Во дворце — Государь Император награждает лучших из лучших, храбрейших из храбрых, цвет офицерского корпуса, опору и надежду престола.

In a neon-lit city, courier Noel is on the run with a mysterious package that hums with unimaginable power. As hunters close in, she faces an impossible choice: save the world or seize the power for herself. Her decision will shape humanity’s fate—or destroy it.

There are no holidays in the Abyss. Despite her friends' less-than-enthusiastic reception, Olivia is determined to have a wonderful Christmas - and if she has anything to say about it, Holden will, too. A brilliant idea for the perfect present to remind him of what is important at this time of year opens up more than she bargained for.

Monica misses Valentine's Day. It's not that they don't celebrate it in England, it's just not quite the same as back in America. So she tries to bring some Valentine's Day obsession home to England, for her shape-shifting husband, Hugo, and their two children to enjoy. But as heads clash over plans, the children interfere, and Hugo's inner beast tries to take complete control of him, Monica begins to wish she hadn't started this whole romantic mess to begin with...

Let There Be Light was first published in the Sept. 5, 1957 issue of the Dundee Sunday Telegraphy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Waiting in a doctor's office sure can suck the life out of you. Unless...."Could Be Worse" is a never-before-published story, written and narrated by Hugo and Nebula Award-winner James Patrick Kelly.

Come away with us now to the far-off, future days of A.D. 1985, when men have landed on the moon! Where Space Marshal, Rory Rammer, and his sidekick, "Skip" Sagan, guard the rule of law and the rights of the innocent! From the skies of Earth to the orbit of the Moon!

Experience 13 common urban legends like never before. Expanded and retold in a way to really connect you to the story - are you brave enough to read them?

Every man dreams of falling in love. But sometimes when he has that dream too often and still has yet to find his love, that dream can become a nightmare, always haunting him. The only solution sometimes is to go off in pursuit of your dream, no matter how unlikely it seems that you will actually fulfill your dream. If you'd like to hear a clean romance story with a little adventure and mystery thrown in, this is it!

Three short stories of weird strange fiction. An hour of other-worldly escapism.

The last thing Susie expected on the morning after the apocalypse was watermelons. The last thing that Na'ima expected was that one day she would be flying to Mars. But will there be watermelons on Mars?

All high school student Chris wants is to ace his final science experiment exam. To do that he has basically ignored his friendship with Jodi as well as any type of fun. That is until his experiment goes wrong and douses him with a chemical that has given him a strange yet wonderful new mermaid lease on life. It's a short tale of romance, fantasy, and fins.

What happens when a man and a computer is put on Saturn's Titan for a year to mine methane? The relationship doesn't always work out the way everyone plans. The relationship should be based on trust, but what if one member of the team isn't doing what the other expects?

Lo último que Susie esperaba en la mañana después del apocalipsis eran sandías. Lo último que Na'ima esperaba era viajar a Marte. Pero, ¿Habrá Sandías en Marte?

Explorers from Earth have wiped out the Martian race with chicken pox. But only one man is willing to stand up for the civilization they left behind. Based on a story from Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, this episode of Dimension X originally aired on September 29, 1950.

Kurt Vonnegut creates a near-perfect world. There are no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, and no wars. All diseases were conquered. So is old age. Death, barring accidents, was an adventure for volunteers. The population of the United States is stabilized at forty-million souls. Have a problem? Not really, just call the Federal Bureau of Termination. Nothing to it. Just pick up the phone and call 2BR02B. Thus the title, "To be or not to be".

X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.