Résultats de "Paolo di Paolo" dans Science fiction et fantaisie

In Navola, a city-state dominated by a handful of influential families, business is power, and power is everything. For generations, the di Regulai family—merchant bankers with a vast empire—has nurtured tendrils that stretch to the farthest reaches of the known world. And though they claim not to be political, their wealth has bought cities and toppled kingdoms. Soon, Davico di Regulai will be expected to take the reins of power from his father and demonstrate his mastery of the games of Navolese diplomacy. But in Navola, strange and ancient undercurrents lurk behind the gilt and grandeur.

Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history's lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko...Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People, Emiko is not human; instead, she is an engineered being, creche-grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman.

In the American Southwest, Nevada, Arizona, and California skirmish for dwindling shares of the Colorado River. Into the fray steps Angel Velasquez, detective, leg breaker, assassin, and spy. A Las Vegas water knife, Angel "cuts" water for his boss, Catherine Case, ensuring that her lush, luxurious arcology developments can bloom in the desert, so the rich can stay wet while the poor get nothing but dust.

Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse is a new anthology of postapocalyptic literature from some of the most renowned authors in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres today, including George R. R. Martin, Hugh Howey, Junot Díaz, David Brin, and many more. This eclectic mix of tales explores famine, death, war, pestilence, and harbingers of the biblical apocalypse.

Paolo Bacigalupi's debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science-fiction short story. Social criticism, political parable, and environmental advocacy lie at the center of Paolo's work. Each of the stories herein is at once a warning and a celebration of the tragic comedy of the human experience.

The Alis Domini, a long-forgotten beast of dread, returns to K'Tara to terrorize and destroy. The enemy's lieutenant operates from the shadows, directing all its creatures to ruin and unravel the planet's peoples and societies. Sensing and non-sensing humanoids struggle to understand what is happening and fear the end of their race is near.

Khaim, The Blue City, is the last remaining city in a crumbled empire that overly relied upon magic until it became toxic. It is run by a tyrant known as The Jolly Mayor and his devious right hand, the last archmage in the world. Together they try to collect all the magic for themselves so they can control the citizens of the city. But when their decadence reaches new heights and begins to destroy the environment, the people stage an uprising to stop them.

Khaim, The Blue City, is the last remaining city in a crumbled empire that overly relied upon magic until it became toxic. It is run by a tyrant known as The Jolly Mayor and his devious right hand, the last archmage in the world. Together they try to collect all the magic for themselves so they can control the citizens of the city. But when their decadence reaches new heights and begins to destroy the environment, the people stage an uprising to stop them.

Compilation of parts one, two, and three of the Ronin short stories. These short stories provide a glimpse, part humorous and part troubling, into the homeworld of a character who will become one of the key protagonists of Conquerors of K'Tara.

Thrumming Heart is a spellbinding collection of fantasy, sci-fi detective, and paranormal short stories that will have you on the edge of your seat. Enjoy these tantalizing tales on breaks during your day or before you go to sleep.

Alvinoria - K’Tara’s most powerful kingdom - begins to unravel. The enemy continues to hide behind its K’Taran agents, striking across the land and infiltrating religious, political, and military institutions to weaken the kingdom from within. The Black Guard’s early victory against the gnarlers provides some encouragement but this is tempered by the discovery that the creatures may not be what they seemed to be. Meanwhile, Prince Toras must find new ways to train his men against the Serpent, which is sure to strike again soon.

Follow the unbelievable rise of Mickey Rooster, Republican barn developer and upper-class travesty of the year, the hilarious chicanery of the candidate, the one and only Democratic man-turned-female candidate on a path to finally breaking the glass ceiling, and the eye-opening ordeal of Theodore Freeman, a common American like you and me, caught in the crossfire of tragicomedy and reality.

Henry Monkosky is an ingenious monkey who lives in New York City. He is adorably short, fat and clumsy. Innocence is his middle name. For Henry, life is beautiful and savory. That's all he knows and cares about! What he doesn't know is that the survival and the very existence of New York City depend on him. Something ominous and dark is brewing in its underground. Will he be able to save the doomed city?

Bangkok in naher Zukunft: Klimawandel und die Profitgier der internationalen Großunternehmen haben die Welt, wie wir sie kennen, für immer zerstört. Künstlich generierte Krankheiten, Bioterrorismus und Hungersnöte gehören zum Alltag, die Lebensmittelkonzerne beherrschen die globale Marktwirtschaft. Anderson Lake, Mitarbeiter der Firma AgriGen, versucht, Zugang zu thailändischen Genlaboratorien zu bekommen - weltweit die einzigen, die noch Stammkulturen unverseuchten Getreidesamens besitzen.

Anno 1724. Il pirata Morgan Sherwood sta solcando l'Atlantico diretto in Italia alla ricerca del famoso tesoro di Arenzano. Nei suoi incubi è tormentato da un demoniaco levriero grigio, rappresentazione della "Greyhound", la minacciosa nave della Marina Britannica che gli sta dando la caccia. Preoccupato per la sua vita a causa di un presagio di morte, deciderà di scrivere una lettera alla figlia in cui svelerà chi è davvero.

Questo racconto lungo, pubblicato nel 1897 dal medico e scienziato Paolo Mantegazza, e da lui definito sogno, invece che romanzo, è stato da molti considerato l'antesignano di molti libri di fantascienza. Vi viene descritta la società umana dell'anno 3000, che si è consociata negli stati uniti mondiali, e che ha da tempo dimenticato le guerre.

Mentre l’élite della società umana continua a deviare dalle sue origini biologiche, un uomo cerca una strada alternativa. Il percorso che la fortuna gli mette davanti lo trasformerà un giorno in traditore per alcuni e in salvatore per altri. Nella prima parte incontriamo Ronin, un membro dell’élite che odia la vita ad Upside, sul Disco che circonda la Terra, dove gli umani sono sempre più meccanizzati e meno connessi personalmente, e brama un mondo diverso.

Darkness Gains will see the Serpent, working with Noctiferus’s other creatures, deal crippling blows to the Alvinorians: in the air, on the ground, and in the Bind. Toras puts new methods to the test; High Prince Aithen begins to feel the crushing weight of the war on his shoulders; Elyana Lux Baiula forces the hand of a traitor; The Umbra crosses the sea to seek allies in support of Zebula’s invasion of Alvinoria; The Locari convene the Mind to discuss their involvement in the affairs of the Humans.

Trentatré racconti, pubblicati tra il 1947 e il 1953, di un Philip K. Dick che muove i primi passi nella letteratura fantascientifica: storie che possono essere raggruppate in tre categorie principali, quella basata sul grimmick, la trovata che risolve un complesso quadro di indizi volti a porre l'enigma di una civiltà aliena, quella dei racconti di fantasia, in cui l'immaginazione dickiana può uscire dagli schemi ed esprimersi al meglio, e quella fondata sul tema della guerra, una delle sue ossessioni, che risente ancora delle visioni apocalittiche con cui l'umanità ha visto schiudersi il secondo conflitto mondiale.

19 febbraio 2080. Martedì grasso. C’è nebbia, sulla laguna deserta, i turisti non sono ancora arrivati. Affluiranno appena farà giorno, pagando il biglietto e passando dai tornelli: già, perché da quando Venezia è stata dichiarata non più agibile, evacuata e trasformata in Venice Park – la più pittoresca delle attrazioni italiane – non esistono più residenti. Solo il circo quotidiano dei visitatori e degli accompagnatori, oltre a un pugno di Resistenti che vorrebbe vederla tornare viva e abitata. In questo giorno d’inverno ci sono Michele e Sandro, guardiani che pattugliano la laguna.