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2020. La Revelación
by Raquel Pagno Sandy LuftLa científica Jéssica Salles no paraba de quitarle dolor, aún más después de que su descubrimiento fue anunciado como mérito de su ex profesor. No era fácil admitir que la academia de ciencias la ignoraba. Sólo el padre Victor, escurrido por Cornelio de los laboratorios de la USP, demostró interés en sus investigaciones. Se convirtieron en amigos, hasta que Victor fue atacado, casi perdiendo la vida. La policía relacionó el golpe a otros asesinatos. Pero, ¿por qué sobrevivió? De repente la vida de Jessica estaba de cabeza hacia abajo. Victor le confería una misión: viajar a El Salvador, conocer el centro de investigaciones LAP, y encontrar al científico Eduardo Miller, que le revelaría toda la verdad sobre las profecías. Pero antes de que Miller pudiera darle explicaciones, la naturaleza mostrara su furia ... Ahora ella necesitaba llegar al legendario templo maya y ayudar al escogido en su misión. El futuro de toda la humanidad estaba en sus manos. ¡Si falla, todos van a morrir!
2020: A Novel
by Kenneth StevenIn the tradition of 1984 and It Can't Happen Here, 2020 is a timely dystopian novel about a country divided, a terrorist attack, and an populist leader who promises he alone is the solution. In 2020, Britain is at a breaking point. Years of economic turmoil, bitter debates over immigration, anger at the political elites, and fears about the future have created a maelstrom, a dis-United Kingdom, with citizens tempted to find easy answers in demagoguery and isolationism. The country is a bomb waiting to explode. Then it does. A major terrorist attack targets a sleeper train traveling between Edinburgh and London, leaving a staggering number of dead and wounded. Investigators soon identify the culprits as a radicalized group of young British Muslims. Horrific images from the attack and speculation by the media fan worries about further terrorist acts and the danger of an enemy within. In the aftermath, two far right organizations join to create a new radical group called White Rose, promising to stand up for English values. An unproven leader vows thathe can fix the nation. As the nightmare unfolds, a myriad of voices-from across the social and political spectrum-offer wildly differing perspectives on the chaotic events . . . and unexpectedly reveal modern Britain’s soul with 20/20 acuity. Thoughtful, compassionate, and provocative, Kenneth Steven’s 2020 is a parable for our times.
2030
by Dani Gove2030 es un cóctel apocalíptico que repasa, desde el humor y la sátira, nuestra evolución como especie en un futuro próximo. En 2030... ¿Podremos clonarnos para echar las horas extras del curro? ¿Mantendremos relaciones sexuales con robots aspiradores? ¿Lograremos detener el avance del cambio climático? ¿Habrán dejado por fin de hacer pelis de superhéroes? ¿Dónde están esos malditos coches voladores?
2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America
by Albert BrooksJune 12, 2030 started out like any other day in memory -- and by then, memories were long. Since cancer had been cured fifteen years before, America's population was aging rapidly. That sounds like good news, but consider this: millions of baby boomers, with a big natural predator picked off, were sucking dry benefits and resources that were never meant to hold them into their eighties and beyond. Young people around the country simmered with resentment toward "the olds" and anger at the treadmill they could never get off of just to maintain their parents' entitlement programs. But on that June 12th, everything changed: a massive earthquake devastated Los Angeles, and the government, always teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, was unable to respond. The fallout from the earthquake sets in motion a sweeping novel of ideas that pits national hope for the future against assurances from the past and is peopled by a memorable cast of refugees and billionaires, presidents and revolutionaries, all struggling to find their way. In 2030, the author's all-too-believable imagining of where today's challenges could lead us tomorrow makes gripping and thought-provoking reading.
2043
by Edward M WolfeUn nuovo governo nasce in America sulle ceneri di un devastante dopoguerra civile, fatto di attacchi biologici e nucleari. Con la popolazione fortemente ridotta, ma la tecnologia e le infrastrutture ancora intatte, l'amministratore rimodella la struttura economica e sociale della nuova America che nasce dalle ceneri della vecchia. Concetti obsoleti e pieni di errori come libertà e privacy vengono sostituiti con ideali progressisti di uguaglianza e sicurezza. Coppie di ufficiali dell'Equality Enforcement Corps pattugliano le strade e i droni della EEC volano non troppo in alto sopra di loro. I criminali violenti sono considerati irredimibili e vengono esiliati. Entro l'anno 2043, il prossimo obiettivo è identificare i giovani cittadini attualmente rispettosi della legge che hanno il potenziale per diventare i criminali e i sociopatici di domani. Il Dr. Fielding del dipartimento per le pari opportunità ritiene che se possono essere identificati, possono essere riparati. Inizia con quattro adolescenti...
2043 A.D.
by Edward M WolfeUn nuevo gobierno surge en una América de posguerra asolada por la guerra civil y los ataques biológicos y nucleares. Con la población muy reducida, pero la tecnología y la infraestructura aún intactas, el Administrador reestructura la estructura económica y social de la nueva América que surge de las cenizas de la antigua. Conceptos anticuados y cargados de fallos como la libertad y la privacidad son sustituidos por los ideales progresistas de igualdad y seguridad. Parejas de agentes del Equality Enforcement Corps patrullan las calles, y los drones del EEC vuelan no muy alto sobre ellas. Los delincuentes violentos son considerados irredentos y son exiliados. Para el año 2043, el siguiente objetivo es identificar a los jóvenes ciudadanos que actualmente respetan la ley y que tienen el potencial de convertirse en los criminales y sociópatas del mañana. El Dr. Fielding, del Departamento de Igualdad de Oportunidades, cree que si se les puede identificar, se les puede curar. Comienza con cuatro adolescentes...
2043 A.D.
by Edward M WolfeUn nouveau gouvernement surgit dans une Amérique de l'après-guerre ravagée par la Guerre Civile, biologiques et nucléaires. Avec une population fortement en déclin, mais une technologie et des infrastructures intactes, l'Administrateur remodèle la structure économique et sociale de la nouvelle Amérique qui renaît des cendres de l'ancienne. Des concepts obsolètes et erronés comme la liberté et la vie privée sont remplacés par les idéaux progressistes d'égalité et de sécurité. Des officiers de l'Equality Enforcement Corps patrouillent dans les rues, et les drones de l'EEC volent pas trop haut au-dessus d'eux. Les criminels violents sont réputés irrécupérables et sont exilés. D'ici 2043, le prochain objectif est d'identifier les jeunes citoyens actuellement respectueux des lois qui ont le potentiel de devenir les criminels et les sociopathes de demain. Le Docteur Fielding du Departement of Equality Opportunity estime que s'ils peuvent être identifiés, ils peuvent être corrigés. Il commence avec quatre adolescents...
2043 n. Chr.: Die Rückkehr von Big Brother
by Edward M WolfeEine neue Regierung entsteht in einem Nachkriegsamerika, das von Bürgerkrieg, biologischen und nuklearen Angriffen heimgesucht wird. Da die Bevölkerung stark reduziert ist, aber Technologie und Infrastruktur noch intakt sind, gestaltet der Administrator die wirtschaftliche und soziale Struktur des neuen Amerikas, das aus der Asche des alten entsteht, neu. Veraltete und fehlerbehaftete Konzepte wie Freiheit und Privatsphäre werden durch die fortschrittlichen Ideale von Gleichheit und Sicherheit ersetzt. Paare von Beamten des Equality Enforcement Corps patrouillieren auf den Straßen, und EEC-Drohnen fliegen nicht zu hoch über ihnen. Gewaltverbrecher gelten als uneinlösbar und werden ins Exil geschickt. Bis zum Jahr 2043 besteht das nächste Ziel darin, derzeit gesetzestreue junge Bürger zu identifizieren, die das Potenzial haben, die Kriminellen und Soziopathen von morgen zu werden. Dr. Fielding von der Abteilung für Chancengleichheit glaubt, dass, wenn sie identifiziert werden können, sie repariert werden können. Er beginnt mit vier Teenagern...
2047
by A. A. CaddyNatasha, raised in an orphanage in Hiroshima, has always been searching for the truth about her past. But when she becomes one of two female commanders on a space lab tracking two massive asteroids, she finds herself in the middle of a mystery that threatens to end life as we know it. With the Earth on the brink of destruction, everyday objects are appearing in the strangest places – over 250,000 years old, and seemingly out of time. From digital watches in museums to modern spectacles in ancient Egyptian digs, something is not right. And as the asteroids change direction, heading straight for the planet, a third, massive, metallic sphere appears. Will Natasha and the team be able to stop the impending extinction event, or will the Earth be lost forever?
2053: Volume One of the New Life Trilogy
by William ToddThe novel 2053 is the first volume of the New Life trilogy. This book sets the scene for science fiction sequels. 2053 is a story of human frailty, endeavour and ambition with episodes of murder, sexual indiscretion and exploitation taking place in a futuristic world. The novel is quick paced with apparently unrelated events leading to the search for a mysterious girl. Parallel to the search, the story follows the preparedness of the spacecraft New Life.
2061: Odyssey Three
by Arthur C. ClarkeThe third book in Clarke's beloved Space Odyssey series, 2061: Odyssey Three returns to Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monoliths and the alien intelligences behind them. Floyd is chosen as one of a handful of celebrity guests to witness the first manned touchdown on the surface of Halley's Comet on the privately-owned spaceship Universe. <P> But the touchdown is not fated to go as planned. On Jupiter's moon Europa, which has undergone a transformation after events at the end of 2010: Odyssey Two, scientists have spotted the sudden growth of a gigantic, asymmetrical mountain determined to be one single enormous diamond-a fragment of Jupiter's core. The Universe's sister ship, Galaxy, is hijacked and forced to crash into Europa's ocean-and the Universe is diverted from its original mission to rescue the crew. <P> In this book, Heywood Floyd must once again survive an encounter with HAL, David Bowman, and the mysterious monolith-building race with its own hidden agenda-that will shape the destiny of the human race.
2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey Series #3)
by Arthur C. ClarkeThis New York Times–bestselling chapter in the Hugo Award–winning Space Odyssey series is &“intriguing and satisfying . . . the all-round best Odyssey so far&” (Kirkus Reviews). The third book in Clarke&’s beloved Space Odyssey continues the story of Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monoliths and the alien intelligences behind them. Floyd is chosen as one of a handful of celebrity guests to witness the first manned touchdown on the surface of Halley&’s Comet on the privately-owned spaceship Universe. But on Jupiter&’s moon Europa, scientists have spotted the sudden appearance of a single diamond the size of a mountain—a fragment of Jupiter&’s core. When the spaceship Galaxy is hijacked and forced to crash into Europa&’s ocean, the Universe is diverted from its original mission to rescue the crew. Now Heywood Floyd must once again survive an encounter with HAL, David Bowman, and the mysterious monolith-building race with its own inscrutable agenda to shape the destiny of the human race.
2076: The American Tricentenial
by Edward BryantA collection of 14 science fiction short stories about what the United States might be like in 2076 by Peter S. Alterman, Karl Hansen, Carol Emshwiler, Jo Ann Harper, Robert Crais, Marge Piercy, William Jon Watkins, James Stevens, Harlan Ellison, Sonya Dorman, Vonda N. McIntyre, Peter Dillingham, Robert E. Vardeman, Jeff Slaten, James Sallis, David Lunde and Patrick Henry Prentice
2084: The End of the World
by Sansal BoualemWINNER OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY GRAND PRIXA tribute to George Orwell's 1984 and a cry of protest against totalitarianism of all kinds, Sansal's 2084 tells the story of a near future in which religious extremists have established an oppressive caliphate where autonomus thought is forbidden.It is the year 2084. In the kingdom of Abistan—named after the prophet Abi, earthly messenger of the god Yolah—citizens submit to a single god, demonstrating their devotion by kneeling in prayer nine times a day. Autonomous thought has been banned, remembering is forbidden, and an omnipresent surveillance system instantly informs the authorities of every deviant act, thought, or idea. The kingdom is blessed and its citizens are happy, filled with a sense of purpose and piety. Those who are not—the heretics—are put to death by stoning or beheading in city squares. But Ati has met people who think differently; in ghettos and caves, hidden from the authorities, exist the last living heretics and free-thinkers of Abistan. Under their influence, Ati begins to doubt. He begins to think. Now, he will have to defend his thoughts with his life. "[In 2084] Sansal dared to go much further than I did," said Michel Houellebecq, the controversial novelist most recently of Submission. 2084 is a cry of freedom, a call to rebellion, a gripping satirical novel of ideas, and an indictment of the religious fundamentalism that, with its hypocrisy and closed-mindedness, threatens our modern democracies and the ideals on which they are founded.From the Trade Paperback edition.
2095 (Time Warp Trio #5)
by Jon ScieszkaEveryone's favorite time-travelers are changing their styles! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka's wacky brand of humor.
2099 Firestorm (Medieval Mysteries #6)
by John PeelTristan and Genia fight to stop Tristan's evil clone, Devon, from destroying Earth and the colonized moon, and try to thwart Quietus' takeover of Mars.
20th Century Ghosts: Featuring The Black Phone and other stories
by Joe HillImogene is young, beautiful, kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead, the legendary ghost of the Rosebud Theater.Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with a head full of big ideas and a gift for getting his ass kicked. It's hard to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. Francis is unhappy, picked on; he doesn't have a life, a hope, a chance. Francis was human once, but that's behind him now. John Finney is in trouble. The kidnapper locked him in a basement, a place stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. With him, in his subterranean cell, is an antique phone, long since disconnected...but it rings at night, anyway, with calls from the dead...Meet these and a dozen more, in 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS, irresistible, addictive fun showcasing a dazzling new talent.
20th Century Ghosts: Featuring The Black Phone and other stories
by Joe HillCOMPLETE and UNABRIDGEDImogene is young, beautiful, kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead, the legendary ghost of the Rosebud Theater.Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with a head full of big ideas and a gift for getting his ass kicked. It's hard to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. Francis is unhappy, picked on; he doesn't have a life, a hope, a chance. Francis was human once, but that's behind him now. John Finney is in trouble. The kidnapper locked him in a basement, a place stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. With him, in his subterranean cell, is an antique phone, long since disconnected...but it rings at night, anyway, with calls from the dead...Meet these and a dozen more, in 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS, irresistible, addictive fun showcasing a dazzling new talent.Read by David Ledoux(P) 2007 HarperCollins Publishers
2156: Proyecto de Vida (The\relife Project Ser.)
by C. M. DanchaEs el siglo 22, y la clonación humana se ha convertido en una realidad. En tres días, el primer replicante se realizará en la compañía farmacéutica Phoenvartis. Como jefe del equipo de desarrollo, Rollie Sweats debe decidir qué muestras genéticas usar para producir el replicante. Su jefe le ha ordenado que use las muestras proporcionadas por el Consejo Mundial, que gobierna la Tierra y los planetas de las colonias. Pero su instinto le dice que use las muestras proporcionadas por su bisabuela LeeLee, quien afirma ser un pariente lejano de un padre fundador estadounidense. Rollie se está quedando sin tiempo: tiene menos de 24 horas para rendirse a las demandas del gobierno, huir por su vida o pensar en una forma de mantener a todos bajo control y mantenerse con vida. Rollie tiene la oportunidad de cambiar el mundo. ¿Pero debería él?
21st Century Dead
by Christopher GoldenThe Stoker-award-winning editor of the acclaimed, eclectic anthology Zombie, returns with 21st Century Dead, and an all new line-up of authors from all corners of the fiction world, shining a dark light on our fascination with tales of death and resurrection . . . with zombies!The stellar stories in this volume includes a tale set in the world of Daniel H. Wilson's Robopocalypse, the first published fiction by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, and a tale of love, family and resurrection from the legendary Orson Scott Card.With stories also from other award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors, this new volume includes: Simon R. Green, Chelsea Cain, Jonathan Maberry, Duane Swiercyznski, Caitlin Kittredge, Brian Keene, Amber Benson, John Skipp, S.G. Browne, Thomas E. Sniegoski, Hollywood screenwriter Stephen Susco, National Book Award nominee Dan Chaon and more!
21st Century Robot: The Dr. Simon Egerton Stories
by Brian David Johnson Sandy WinkelmanWhen companies develop a new technology, do they ask how it might affect the people who will actually use it? That, more or less, sums up Brian David Johnson’s duties as Intel’s futurist-in-residence. In this fascinating book, Johnson provides a collection of science fiction prototyping stories that attempt to answer the question.These stories focus on the same theme: scientists and thinkers exploring personal robotics as a new form of artificial intelligence. This isn’t fanciful speculation. Johnson’s stories are based on Intel’s futurecasting research, which uses ethnographic field studies, technology research, trend data, and science fiction to develop a pragmatic vision of consumers and computing. 21st Century Robot presents science fiction designed to bring about science fact.Get real insight into technology and the future with this book. It will open your eyes.
21st Century Science Fiction
by David G. Hartwell Patrick Nielsen HaydenA fantastic collection of recent stories from some of science fiction's greatest up-and-coming authors, including many award-winners.David Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden have long been recognised as some of the most skilled and trusted arbiters in science fiction, but Twenty-First Century Science Fiction presents fans with a first opportunity to see their considerable talents combined, and also to get a unique perspective on what's coming next in the genre. The anthology includes authors ranging from bestselling and established favourites to incandescent new talents, including Cory Doctorow, Catherynne M. Valente, John Scalzi, Jo Walton, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Bear and Peter Watts. The stories selected include winners and nominees of all of the science fiction genre's major awards.Stories include Bacigalupi's 'The Gambler' (Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon and BSFA nominee), Bear's 'Tideline' (Hugo and Sturgeon winner), Cooper's 'Savant Songs' (Sturgeon nominee), Cornell's 'One of Our Bastards Is Missing' (Hugo nominee), Gregory's 'Second Person Present Tense' (Sturgeon nominee), Mary Robinette Kowal's 'Evil Robot Monkey' (Hugo nominee), David Levine's 'Tk'tk'tk' (Hugo winner), David Moles's 'Finisterra' (Hugo nominee, Sturgeon winner), Hannu Rajaniemi's 'His Master's Voice' (BSFA and Sturgeon winner), Rachel Swirsky's 'Eros', Philia, Agape (Hugo and Sturgeon nominee), Peter Watts's 'The Island' (Hugo winner, Sturgeon nominee).
22/11/63: A Novel
by Stephen KingEl 22 de noviembre de 1963, tres disparos resonaron en Dallas. Murió el presidente Kennedy, y el mundo cambió. ¿Qué harías tú si pudieras impedirlo? Jake Epping es un profesor de ingles en una preparatoria en Lisbon Falls, Maine, quien además complementa su salario dando clases nocturnas para adultos. Un día, Jake recibe un ensayo escrito por uno de sus estudiantes—una aterradora historia sobre una noche de hace cincuenta años, en la que el padre de Harry Dunning asesino a su esposa y a dos de sus hijos con un martillo. Harry, quien escribe el ensayo, logro escapar con solo una herida en la pierna, que hasta ese dia le causa problemas al caminar. Poco después, Al, el propietario de un restaurante local y amigo de Jake, le cuenta un secreto: el almacén del restaurante es un portal a 1958. Así es como Jake se encuentra en medio de la aventura mas arriesgada de su vida: impedir el asesinato del presidente John F. Kennedy. En esta nueva vida, Jake—ahora George Amberson—emprende la búsqueda del solitario Lee Harvey Oswald entre canciones de Elvis, autos de moda y humo de cigarrillos, ayudado por una bella bibliotecaria llamada Sadie Dunhill, quien se convertirá en el amor de su vida.
23 Minutes
by Vivian VeldeBy both society's measure and her own, fifteen-year-old Zoe Mahar is pretty much a loser. Then one day she ducks into Spencerport Savings and Loan simply to get out of the rain--and witnesses a bank robbery gone horrifyingly wrong. The good news is that Zoe has a unique ability: she can play back time and repeat events. But it's not an unlimited deal--she can only jump 23 minutes, and her first playback creates an even more disastrous outcome. Zoe has only 10 tries to get it right before this particular 23 minutes becomes irreversible. In the process of trying to become the heroine she doesn't believe she can be, Zoe learns about herself and realizes that there is more to who she is than she thought.
23 Years on Fire: A Cassandra Kresnov Novel (Cassandra Kresnov Ser.)
by Joel ShepherdCassandra Kresnov--a highly advanced hunter-killer android--returns to face down a rogue government's plot to eliminate free will. Commander Cassandra Kresnov has her hands full. She must lead an assault against the Federation world of Pyeongwha, where a terrible sociological phenomenon has unleashed hell against the civilian population. Then she faces the threat from a portion of League space known as New Torah, in which a ruthless regime of surviving corporations are building new synthetic soldiers but taking the technology in alarming directions. On the Torahn world of Pantala, Sandy encounters betrayal, crisis, and conspiracy on a scale previously unimaginable. Most challenging of all, she also meets three young street kids who stir emotions in her she didn't think she was capable of. Can the Federation's most lethal killer afford unexpected sentiment? What will be the cost if she is forced to choose between them and her mission, not only to her cause, but to her soul?