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In the future, mankind’s physiology has been improved. Utopia prevails throughout the solar system, in a communistic system of government. When six of its members are lost on an unregenerate planet, the stresses begin to show.In the future, mankind’s…
In the future, mankind’s physiology has been improved. Utopia prevails throughout the solar system, in a communistic system of government. When six of its members are lost on an unregenerate planet, the stresses begin to show.In the future, mankind’s…
The stunning first two instalments of Dean Koontz’s re-imagining of Frankenstein – including an extract from the final book, The Dead Town.Prodigal SonHis name is Deucalion – created centuries ago by a madman, who blessed and cursed him with supernat…
The stunning first two instalments of Dean Koontz’s re-imagining of Frankenstein – including an extract from the final book, The Dead Town.Prodigal SonHis name is Deucalion – created centuries ago by a madman, who blessed and cursed him with supernat…
‘The best fictional treatment of the possibilities and horrors of artificial intelligence that I’ve read’ GuardianIn 1997 Laura Bow invented Organon, a rudimentary artificial intelligence.Now she and her creation are at the forefront of the new wave …
‘The best fictional treatment of the possibilities and horrors of artificial intelligence that I’ve read’ GuardianIn 1997 Laura Bow invented Organon, a rudimentary artificial intelligence.Now she and her creation are at the forefront of the new wave …
Some secrets demand betrayal.When Noria Kaitio reaches her seventeenth birthday, she is entrusted with the secret of a freshwater spring hidden deep within the caves near her small rural village. Its preservation has been the responsibility of her fa…
Some secrets demand betrayal.When Noria Kaitio reaches her seventeenth birthday, she is entrusted with the secret of a freshwater spring hidden deep within the caves near her small rural village. Its preservation has been the responsibility of her fa…
Two dazzling novellas from the celebrated author of Fahrenheit 451.Two previously unpublished novellas comprise this astonishing new volume from one of science fiction's greatest living writers. In the first, 'Somewhere a Band is Playing', newsman Ja…
Two dazzling novellas from the celebrated author of Fahrenheit 451.Two previously unpublished novellas comprise this astonishing new volume from one of science fiction's greatest living writers. In the first, 'Somewhere a Band is Playing', newsman Ja…
'Where itaranta shines is in her understated but compelling characters' Red star review (for MEMORY OF WATER), Publishers Weekly.Emmi Itäranta’s prose combines the lyricism of Ishiguro’s NEVER LET ME GO. This is her second novel, following the award-…
'Where itaranta shines is in her understated but compelling characters' Red star review (for MEMORY OF WATER), Publishers Weekly.Emmi Itäranta’s prose combines the lyricism of Ishiguro’s NEVER LET ME GO. This is her second novel, following the award-…
For the first time ever, all four books in the Squire Quartet collected in one volume.Set during the last years of the Cold War, and spanning the duration of Thatcher’s Britain, The Squire Quartet follows the political, professional and private adven…
For the first time ever, all four books in the Squire Quartet collected in one volume.Set during the last years of the Cold War, and spanning the duration of Thatcher’s Britain, The Squire Quartet follows the political, professional and private adven…
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The era of the Moscow Tsar Ivan the Third Vasilyevich (the fifteenth century) represents a turning point in the history of Russia, namely, the deliverance of Russia from the Tatar-Mongol yoke, at this time our contemporary also falls, but he falls as…
The era of the Moscow Tsar Ivan the Third Vasilyevich (the fifteenth century) represents a turning point in the history of Russia, namely, the deliverance of Russia from the Tatar-Mongol yoke, at this time our contemporary also falls, but he falls as…
The story of the first people on the banks of the Dnieper and other rivers of Europe.
Saber-toothed tigers, cave lions and bears forced people to settle on the islands. Mammoths and woolly rhinos came to the ice age, but most of all the danger came f…
The story of the first people on the banks of the Dnieper and other rivers of Europe.
Saber-toothed tigers, cave lions and bears forced people to settle on the islands. Mammoths and woolly rhinos came to the ice age, but most of all the danger came f…
A story about a world where advertising knows no mercy. The life of the people turns into an endless series of fights for their money, time, and convictions. These fights may seem petty and sad, absurd and funny, but in the end, the fights are always…
A story about a world where advertising knows no mercy. The life of the people turns into an endless series of fights for their money, time, and convictions. These fights may seem petty and sad, absurd and funny, but in the end, the fights are always…
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Out for a walk in London one day, Gip and his father happen upon a magic shop. At Gip's urging, the two go in – and things grow more and more curious by the minute. Counters, store fixtures, and mirrors seem to move around the room, and the shopkeepe…
Out for a walk in London one day, Gip and his father happen upon a magic shop. At Gip's urging, the two go in – and things grow more and more curious by the minute. Counters, store fixtures, and mirrors seem to move around the room, and the shopkeepe…
The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialized in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher Will…
The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialized in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher Will…
One can often observe differences between True Life and True Art. And yet, Art is also a part of Life. Should it soften morals and ennoble hearts, turning a person’s thoughts and aspirations to bright ideals, enlightening and elevating us above a cir…
One can often observe differences between True Life and True Art. And yet, Art is also a part of Life. Should it soften morals and ennoble hearts, turning a person’s thoughts and aspirations to bright ideals, enlightening and elevating us above a cir…
Dear reader, I offer you three small stories. They are different in content, so finished reading one of them, it is better to make a small pause, in order to think, to philosophize.
Out of all placed here short stories I want to highlight the one: Th…
Dear reader, I offer you three small stories. They are different in content, so finished reading one of them, it is better to make a small pause, in order to think, to philosophize.
Out of all placed here short stories I want to highlight the one: Th…
Перед вами один из самых популярных романов Жюля Верна «Путешествие к центру Земли», повествующий о приключениях эксцентричного немецкого профессора и его племянника в недрах земного шара. Текст произведения адаптирован и снабжен параллельным перевод…
Перед вами один из самых популярных романов Жюля Верна «Путешествие к центру Земли», повествующий о приключениях эксцентричного немецкого профессора и его племянника в недрах земного шара. Текст произведения адаптирован и снабжен параллельным перевод…
What is inversionism? In simple terms, it is a reversal to ideals, step back from the edge of the cliff. It is not about an ordinary repetition of old ways but about returning updated. It is an attempt (perhaps a little quixotic) to turn the inverted…
What is inversionism? In simple terms, it is a reversal to ideals, step back from the edge of the cliff. It is not about an ordinary repetition of old ways but about returning updated. It is an attempt (perhaps a little quixotic) to turn the inverted…
Genetically controlled sex determination was the start for new genders — mamin and sexin. In the 23rd century, in a history lesson, they try to recall what a woman is. One of the survivors until this time is trying to help remember this.
Genetically controlled sex determination was the start for new genders — mamin and sexin. In the 23rd century, in a history lesson, they try to recall what a woman is. One of the survivors until this time is trying to help remember this.
Originally written in Russian.
In the last days of the Third Reich, Hitler’s astrologer gives rise to a secret operation to transport… the souls of Hitler and Eva Braun. They will remain in a secret shelter until young bodies are found for “relocatio…
Originally written in Russian.
In the last days of the Third Reich, Hitler’s astrologer gives rise to a secret operation to transport… the souls of Hitler and Eva Braun. They will remain in a secret shelter until young bodies are found for “relocatio…