55 Ergebnisse - Zeige 41 von 55.

After being thrown out the window of his luxury apartment, science fiction writer Allen Carpentier wakes to find himself at the gates of hell. As he struggles to escape, he's taken through new, puzzling, and outlandish versions of sin--recast for the present day.

Robert Heinlein called it "possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read." The San Francisco Chronicle declared that "as science fiction, The Mote in God's Eye is one of the most important novels ever published." Now Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, award winning authors of such bestsellers as Footfall and The Legacy of Heorot, return us to the Mote, and to the universe of Kevin Renner and Horace Bury, of Rod Blaine and Sally Fowl...

Rare Storytelling...demands to be read at one sitting." - Chicago Sun-Times "Nobody does it better than Niven and Pournelle." -Tom Clancy "Exciting, swift and suspenseful." - Theodore Sturgeon In a dystopian future, where pollution and violence overrun Los Angeles streets, a Utopia flourishes. Todos Santos is thousand-foot-high arcology, a single-structured city that rises above the festering skyscrapers to offer its privileged reside...

After being thrown out the window of his luxury apartment, science fiction writer Allen Carpentier wakes to find himself at the gates of hell. As he struggles to escape, he's taken through new, puzzling, and outlandish versions of sin--recast for the present day.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Science-fiction writerAllen Carpentier has died and landed at the gates of hell. Seeing a greatopportunityfor a book, he follows Dantes roadmap through thenine circles of Hell, determined to meet Satan himself.

Science-fiction writerAllen Carpentier has died and landed at the gates of hell. Seeing a greatopportunityfor a book, he follows Dantes roadmap through thenine circles of Hell, determined to meet Satan himself.

Each an acclaimed author in his own right, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle have collaborated on some of the biggest bestsellers in science fiction history, including the No. 1 New York Times bestseller Footfall, as well as Lucifer's Hammer, Inferno, Oath of Fealty, and The Mote in God's Eye. Now Niven and Pournelle have combined their award-winning talents and imaginations to produce a masterpiece of epic fantasy that rivals the works of Rober...

Allan Carpentier escaped from hell once but remained haunted by what he saw and endured. Partnering with the once-famous poet Sylvia Plath, he is on a mission to return and liberate those souls unfairly tortured and confined.

Allan Carpentier escaped from hell once but remained haunted by what he saw and endured. Partnering with the once-famous poet Sylvia Plath, he is on a mission to return and liberate those souls unfairly tortured and confined.

A new generation is growing up on the island paradise of Camelot, ignorant of the Great Grendel Wars fought when their parents first arrived from Earth. Setting out for the mainland, this group of rebels feels ready to fight any Grendels that get in their way. On Avalon, however, there are monsters which dwarf the ones their parents fought.

As the world reels under the sudden onslaught of the new ice age, the lunatic fringe of the environmental movement controls the U.S. government. Abandoned by Earth, the space colonies must replenish their air supply by scoopships diving into the atmosphere.

As the world reels under a new ice age, the lunatic fringe of the environmental movement controls the United States government. Now space colonies must replenish their air supply by scoopships diving into the atmosphere.

They first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. Since the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the mysterious ship to be a visitor from another star.The world's frantic efforts to signal the aliens go unanswered. The first contact is hostile: the invaders blast a Soviet space station, seize the survivors, and then destroy every dam and installation on Earth with a hail of ast...