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Meet George: He's an ordinary guy who suffers some memory loss and finds himself suddenly stranded 142 years in the future. But it's not magic, it's science. Step into the dazzling world of 2163 with him and hold on tight. In the near future, he finds ageing has slowed to a crawl, dramatically extending prime of life and reshaping the fabric of society in the process. George is an experiment gone partially right; at an underground cryonic reanimation program. But can this team of rogue doctors handle the repercussions?

By the year 2032, the US federal debt has surpassed $50 trillion. The American empire is on the verge of collapse. An entrepreneur named Kade Kapur has an idea for rescuing the debt-ridden United States: The government will issue stock in a company with exclusive mining rights to an asteroid whose orbit will soon bring it near Earth. The asteroid, which contains $10 trillion in valuable minerals, is officially called 2015 RK 16 Maimonides, but it soon comes to be known by another name: Mammon.

This is the ultimate traffic nightmare - city-wide gridlock! In this savagely satirical view of the near future, vehicular traffic in Los Angeles finally loses its liquidity, transforming into slow-moving slush, then finally hardening into sun-baked mud. With cars and trucks and buses paralyzed across 100 miles of freeway parking lot, the city grinds to a painful stop - or does it? Plus, a bonus story: "Afternoon with a Dead Bus" - a bizarre urban fantasy that only Hugo and Nebula Award winner David Gerrold could write.

Following a horrific accident, NASA's lead astronaut, Jane “Summit” Lipton, awakens from a coma to an alien world: life in a wheelchair here on Earth. A year later, China is winning the new space race, due to launch the first manned mission to Mars ahead of the United States. Tracked down by a passionate group of misfits, Jane is offered an astonishing proposition. Facing unprecedented challenges, she must train harder than ever before and prove to herself that she still possesses the right stuff. Will she reach the red planet first?

Danae is not only herself. She is concealing a connection to a grieving collective inside of her body. But while she labors as a tech servant in the dangerous underwater enclave of Bloom City, her fractured self cannot mend. In a desperate escape, Danae and her lover, Naoto, hire the enigmatic ex-mercenary Alexei to guide them out of the imploding city. But for Danae to reunify, the three new fugitives will have to flee across the otherworldly beauty of the post-apocalyptic Southwest.

Fifteen years ago, Guard Four stood by and watched her friend, Atalant, be jettisoned into space for questioning their planet's religion. Atalant should have died. Instead, she disappeared. Consumed by guilt, Guard Four trawls space, hopping from spaceport to spaceport, hoping to find and bring Atalant home with exonerating evidence that Ardulum, the traveling planet her people worship, is no mystic deity. At the edges of the known galaxy, Guard Four finds the shattered remains of a murdered world...

Tras sobrevivir a mil y un peligros en el espacio exterior, nuestra tripulación de exploradores ha regresado por fin a casa. Sin embargo, su alivio durará poco. Un magnate ruso les ofrece la posibilidad de regresar a Encélado con una oferta demasiado tentadora para poder rechazarla. Por desgracia, pronto descubrirán que el magnate tiene otros motivos ocultos para financiar su nueva misión... unos motivos que podrían costarles la vida.

La misión de Encélado regresa a la tierra tras su aventura. Sin embargo, un mensaje llega desde la vecina luna Titán; un mensaje que podría pertenecer a una sonda perdida hace más de cuarenta años. Tras ese mensaje se esconde un secreto que podría poner en peligro a toda la Tierra, y solo nuestros exploradores lo tienen a su alcance... Continúa la saga de aventuras espaciales que ha revolucionado el panorama de la ciencia ficción contemporánea.

Als der Schriftsteller Frank Dekker nach einem One-Night-Stand in einem Hotel aufwacht, ahnt er zunächst nicht, dass sein Leben sich in Kürze radikal verändern wird. Die Realität holt ihn unerbittlich ein und macht ihn zum Hauptverdächtigen in einem Mordfall. Um nicht zum Spielball in einem Strudel aus Gewalt, Politik und Leidenschaft zu werden, muss er die Initiative ergreifen und selbst ermitteln. Schon bald stellen sich Fragen, die weit über die ursprüngliche Aufgabe hinausgehen. Agieren verängstigte Bürger zunehmend aggressiver gegen Roboter und künstliche Intelligenzen?

Ursula has lived twice the normal human lifespan, courtesy of the latest technology. But now she’s struggling to find excitement and purpose, so signs up to the Polity’s military. She excels in weapons development, and progresses rapidly up the ranks. But after botching a powerful new ammunition test, she’s dismissed from service. Hunting for a simpler, more meaningful existence, the ex-soldier heads for the stars. And after founding a colony on the hostile planet of Threpsis, Ursula finally feels alive.

When the United Nation’s attempt to put a peace platform in orbit is sabotaged by the enemy, the United States goes ahead on its own. Almost immediately the enemy starts launching missiles at the platform trying to bring it down. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Joe Kenmore pilots a resupply mission. With missiles flying and rockets in short supply something that can survive the combat environment and haul supplies up to the platform is needed. They need a Space Tug!

In the not-too-distant future, UNIT JHEU198, a Safety and Street ROBO, has malfunctioned. It has attacked an innocent man. This shouldn’t be possible. No one was truly harmed, and no real blood was spilled, but still, Amir has the board breathing down his neck for answers.

So far, Officer Candidate School is living up to its cutthroat reputation. Still, the merciless mental, physical, and psychological torture may be worth it for Lance Warder to have a chance to fight in space. The space that awaits isn't for the faint of heart. He'll have to shed his mental chains to prove his mettle. Because no one cares who your father is when you're faced with unknown threats in a dark, infinite void.

In the distant future, somewhere in the galaxy, a world has evolved where each person has multiple bodies, cybernetics has abolished privacy, and individual and family success are reliant upon instantaneous evaluations of how well each member conforms to the rigid social system.

Dans un futur relativement proche, l'immortalité est devenue un service, un monopole détenu par la multinationale Backup. Les clients procèdent régulièrement à des sauvegardes de leur psyché - souvenirs, personnalité, tout ce qui nous définit en tant qu'individu. Le jour où ils meurent, il suffit de télécharger leur sauvegarde la plus récente dans l'un de leurs clones, prêt à être activé. L'immortalité à la portée de tous. Du moins des plus nantis.

El día en que cumple catorce años, Chen presencia cómo una esfera luminosa entra en su casa y calcina a sus padres. Con el propósito de encontrar algún sentido a esta extraña desgracia, decide dedicarse a descifrar el secreto del misterioso fenómeno a causa del cual quedó huérfano. La búsqueda de la esfera luminosa lo llevará lejos de casa, a perseguir tormentas en las cimas de montañas y a adentrarse en laboratorios subterráneos secretos para, poco a poco, ir descubriendo nuevos límites en la física de partículas.

Facing the threat of their dark enemies, Gillian must also cope with his inner turmoil, as the madness of his nature threatens to consume his life. He discovers that he is a genetically modified creature whose purpose is to serve the needs of others, and that the course of his destiny is not in his own hands.

United States of America, 2051 AD It has been 20 years since Eustace Fargo's justice bill was passed. There are new weapons on the streets, and vast city blocks rising to the sky, as the first human being sets out to visit another star system. New York, California and Texas cry out for autonomy, chafing against a federal government they feel has lost control. Reeling from news of Chief Justice Fargo's death in service, the nation asks: has it all been worth it?

Four scientists, born in four different countries, come together in an attempt to develop a technology for the transfer of a human mind, including its consciousness and memories, onto an ultrafast neuromorphic network. They believe that their success can save mankind from a dystopian future while avoiding a Frankenstein-type AI disaster. The team's work is not made simpler by its three male members falling in love, one by one, with their female colleague. When one of them falls terminally ill, their project is moved underground and intensified....

Officer Paul Lee has been on the Waverly police force his entire working life. Now, nearing retirement, he finds he’s lived a lonely life filled with regrets. Having seen the worst that humanity has to offer, he lives in fear and distrust, not liking the man he’s become. In the course of a murder investigation, he learns of an experimental drug that reverses aging. The possibility of living a new life, the life he wants, looms in front of him.