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Mise ve vesmíru, 2. vydání
DRUHÝ DÍL OCEŇOVANÉ MILITARY MYSTERY SCI-FI TRILOGIE. Plukovník Carl Butler se po misi na Cappě setkává se smíšeným přijetím. Pro některé je válečným hrdinou. Pro druhou polovinu Galaxie je vyvrhelem. Byl nucen odejít do výslužby a přesídlil na Talcu IV, kde nyní zastává funkci v korporátní bezpečnosti a chrání hi-tech knowhow – alespoň tak to má v popisu práce. Až do hackerského útoku, po kterém jej společnost přeřadí na průmyslovou špionáž.
Zjišťuje, že za tím bude patrně něco víc než pouhý hack. Butler možná přišel na stopu něčemu mnohem hlubšímu. Teď už nezbývá než doufat, že si nepodepsal rozsudek smrti.
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Vykoupení Kryštofa Kolumba, 2. vydání
POPRVÉ S POVÍDKOU ATLANTIS. Každý ví, jak zničující účinek mělo objevení Ameriky na tamní domorodé obyvatelstvo. Vědci z budoucnosti tuto tragédii pečlivě prostudovali a rozhodli se tok dějin změnit. Nejdříve je však nutné zjistit, co vlastně pohánělo Kolumba tak silně v jeho objevitelské snaze…
Tento román sice není nejznámějším Cardovým dílem, ale mnozí ho pokládají za jeho nejvyzrálejší a možná i nejlepší počin.
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Rod nebies a povetria (Mesto Luny 2)
Bryce Quinlanová a Hunt Athalar zachránili Mesto Luny a teraz sa snažia vrátiť k bežnému životu. Po toľkom vzrušení posledných týždňov túžia iba po tom, aby mohli spomaliť. Oddychovať. Zamyslieť sa nad budúcnosťou.
Asteri zatiaľ držia slovo a nechávajú Bryce s Huntom na pokoji. Lenže rebeli sa pokúšajú podlomiť moc asterov a z vládcov sa stáva čoraz väčšia hrozba. A tak keď sa Bryce, Hunt a ich priatelia zapletú do plánov rebelov, je jasné, že stoja pred rozhodnutím: nečinne sa prizerať, hoci iní sú utláčaní, alebo bojovať za správnu vec. A nečinne sa prizerať im nikdy veľmi nešlo. Ponorte sa do akciou a vášňou prešpikovaného pokračovania bestselleru Rod zeme a krvi, v ktorom Sarah J. Maas opäť rozvíja napínavý príbeh sveta tesne pred výbuchom - a tých, ktorí urobia čokoľvek pre jeho záchranu.
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Zaklínač: Menšie zlo (poviedka 2)
Zaklínač Geralt stretáva v mestečku Blaviken čarodejníka Stregobora, po ktorého krku pasie Renfri. Prenasleduje Stregobora, pretože sa ju pokúsil zabiť a má na svedomí, že ju vyhnali z domova. Zaklínač stojí pred dilemou. Má pomôcť Stregoborovi a zabiť dievča, ktoré považujú za mutantku, alebo opustiť Blaviken a vystaviť tak čarodejníka a nevinných obyvateľov istej smrti? Geralt si až do konca nie je istý, či si naozaj vybral menšie zlo.
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Zaklínač: Posledné želanie (poviedka 3)
Blyskáča posadne mocný džin oslobodený z fľaše. Geralt sa preto vydáva do mesta Rinda, kde prosí o pomoc čarodejnicu Yennefer. Tá síce Blyskáča vylieči, ale zároveň očaruje Geralta a s jeho pomocou sa pomstí ľuďom v meste. Yennefer chce džina znova vyvolať a chytiť ho, lenže to sa jej nepodarí, pretože Geraltovi splnil iba dve priania a nemôže odísť, kým nesplní aj to tretie.
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Lacná kniha Zaklínač: Menšie zlo (poviedka 2) (-23%)
Zaklínač Geralt stretáva v mestečku Blaviken čarodejníka Stregobora, po ktorého krku pasie Renfri. Prenasleduje Stregobora, pretože sa ju pokúsil zabiť a má na svedomí, že ju vyhnali z domova. Zaklínač stojí pred dilemou. Má pomôcť Stregoborovi a zabiť dievča, ktoré považujú za mutantku, alebo opustiť Blaviken a vystaviť tak čarodejníka a nevinných obyvateľov istej smrti? Geralt si až do konca nie je istý, či si naozaj vybral menšie zlo.
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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
World War Terminus devastated the Earth. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard searches for the renegade replicants he is sent to 'retire', while he dreams of owning a live animal - the ultimate status symbol in a world all but bereft of natural life.
The opportunity of a lifetime: kill six Nexus-6 targets, for a huge reward. But in Deckard's world things aren't that simple, and his assignment turns into a nightmare kaleidoscope of subterfuge and deceit - and the hunter becomes the hunted . . .
Voted in a Locus poll as one of the 100 pre-1990 SF Novels, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep spawned two blockbuster movies. Philip K. Dick won multiple awards for his works, examining human identity, psychology, conspiracy and paranoia, challenging the idea of objective truth in a manner that remains relevant today.
Flowers For Algernon
Charlie Gordon, IQ 68, is a floor sweeper and the gentle butt of everyone's jokes - until an experiment in the enhancement of human intelligence turns him into a genius.
But then Algernon, the mouse whose triumphal experimental transformation preceded his, fades and dies, and Charlie has to face the possibility that his salvation was only temporary.
Winner of the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and subsequently expanded into a Hugo-nominated novel, Flowers for Algernon earned Daniel Keyes the honour of SFWA Author Emeritus in 2000 for his contribution to Science Fiction and Fantasy.
The Forever War
Private William Mandella is a reluctant hero in an interstellar war against an unknowable and unconquerable alien enemy.
But his greatest test will be when he returns home.
Relativity means that for every few months' tour of duty centuries have passed on Earth, isolating the combatants ever more from the world for whose future they are fighting.
The Earth he knew is dead. The one he returns to . . . unrecognisable.
Winner of the Nebula, Locus and Hugo awards, The Forever War was the first title selected for the SF Masterworks series when it launched in 1999. Inspired by Haldeman's experience in the Vietnam War, it has been seen as a critical work of anti-war SF.
Gateway
Wealth ... or death. Those were the choices Gateway offered. Humans had discovered this artificial spaceport, full of working interstellar ships left behind by the mysterious, vanished Heechee.
Their destinations are preprogrammed. They are easy to operate, but impossible to control. Some came back with discoveries which made their intrepid pilots rich; others returned with their remains barely identifiable. It was the ultimate game of Russian roulette, but in this resource-starved future there was no shortage of desperate volunteers.
Winner of the Hugo, Locus, Nebula and John W. Campbell awards, Gateway begins Pohl's space operatic Heechee saga. He was hugely influential in SF as an author but also an agent and editor, and his career spanned decades.
I Am Legend
Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth ... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are hungry for Neville's blood.
By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn.
How long can one man survive like this?
Winner of the Bram Stoker Prize for Vampire Novel of the Century, I Am Legend is a stunning blend of science fiction and horror.
The Silmarillion Illustrated edition
For the first time ever, a very special edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in colour by J.R.R. Tolkien himself and with the complete text printed in two colours. The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Feanor, most gifted of the Elves, and within them was imprisoned the last Light of the Two Trees of Valinor.
But the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the jewels and set them within his iron crown, guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroism, against the great Enemy. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part.
The book also includes several shorter works: the Ainulindale, a myth of the Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age, and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien could not publish The Silmarillion in his lifetime, as it grew with him, so he would leave it to his son, Christopher Tolkien, to edit the work from many manuscripts and bring his father's great vision to publishable form, so completing the literary achievement of a lifetime.
This special edition presents anew this seminal first step towards mapping out the posthumous publishing of Middle-earth, and the beginning of an illustrious forty years and more than twenty books celebrating his father's legacy. This definitive new edition includes, by way of an introduction, a letter written by Tolkien in 1951 which provides a brilliant exposition of the earlier Ages, and for the first time in its history is presented with J.R.R. Tolkien's own paintings and drawings, which reveal the breathtaking grandeur and beauty of his vision of the First Age of Middle-earth.
The Female Man
Joanna. Jeannine. Janet. Jael. Four women, four worlds, four vastly different societies.
When these women are suddenly able to communicate with each other through the boundaries of dimensions, they are confronted with what could have been if one thing changed in history. And they find themselves looking at their own worlds with new eyes.
Acclaimed as one of the essential works of science fiction, The Female Man examines gender roles in society and remains a work of great power. It won a retrospective James Tiptree Jr. Award and a 2002 Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame award.
The Word for World is Forest
A world of peaceful aliens conquered by bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters.
Desperation causes the Athsheans to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. In defending their lives, they endanger the very foundations of their society. Every blow against the invaders is a blow to the core of Athsheans' culture.
And once the killing starts, there is no turning back.
Winner of the 1973 Hugo award for Best Novella, and nominated for many others, The Word for World is Forest is part of Le Guin's 'Hainish Cycle'. It explores a future history of Earth and pacifistic ideals in its depictions of violence, colonialism, and resistance.
World of Warcraft: Exploring Azeroth - Northrend
Ever since the 'crown of Azeroth' assumed centre stage in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, millions of players have been captivated by the dark, stormy depths of the continent that has become synonymous with the dreaded Scourge.
Now, venture into the icy, mysterious tundra of Northrend under the expert guidance of Clan Bronzebeard in this third instalment in the wildly popular World of Warcraft: Exploring Azeroth series!
The Fall of Numenor
J.R.R. Tolkien's writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one deluxe slipcased edition. J.R.R.
Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a 'dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told'. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dur and the rise of Sauron. It was not until Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion after his father's death that a fuller story could be told.
Although much of the book's content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were at its close two key works that revealed the tumultuous events concerning the rise and fall of the island of Numenor. Raised out of the Great Sea and gifted to the Men of Middle-earth as a reward for aiding the angelic Valar and the Elves in the defeat and capture of the Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of influence and wealth; but as the Numenoreans' power increased, the seed of their downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. Even greater insight into the Second Age would be revealed in subsequent publications, first in Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth, then expanded upon in Christopher Tolkien's magisterial twelve-volume The History of Middle-earth, in which he presented and discussed a wealth of further tales written by his father, many in draft form.
Now, adhering to the timeline of 'The Tale of Years' in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings, editor Brian Sibley has assembled into one comprehensive volume a new chronicle of the Second Age of Middle-earth, told substantially in the words of J.R.R. Tolkien from the various published texts, with new illustrations in watercolour and pencil by the doyen of Tolkien art, Alan Lee.
The Silmarillion Illustrated Deluxe Edition
For the first time ever, a beautiful slipcased edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in colour by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, with the complete text printed in two colours and with many bonus features unique to this edition. The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Feanor, most gifted of the Elves, and within them was imprisoned the last Light of the Two Trees of Valinor.
But the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the jewels and set them within his iron crown, guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroism, against the great Enemy. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part.
The book also includes several shorter works: the Ainulindale, a myth of the Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age, and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. This deluxe slipcased edition contains the complete text, which is printed in two colours and features, for the very first time, more than 50 colour paintings, illustrations and designs drawn by J.R.R.
Tolkien himself as he composed this epic work. Unique to this edition are two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all the detail of Beleriand as the tales grew, an illustrated booklet featuring 'A Brief Account of The Silmarillion and its Making' by Christopher Tolkien, and a printed art card reproducing 'Taniquetil'. It is additionally quarterbound in blue leather, with raised ribs on the spine, stamped in three foils on black cloth boards, and housed in a custom-built clothbound slipcase.
The pages are edged in silver and include a ribbon marker.
Diablo: Tales from the Horadric Library
While the Eternal Conflict rages forever on, horror and superstition of a purely Sanctuary variety still prey on the hearts of its people. The Horadric Order has been tasked with recording any knowledge that could prove useful, whether it’s a local legend, a cautionary tale, or a story of the darkest horror. Now, the vaults are open. Direct from the Diablo development team and horror’s preeminent minds comes Tales from the Horadric Library, a short story collection exploring the deepest, darkest corners of Sanctuary.
Ničiteľ ríše 2: Lámač čepelí
V pokračovaní bestselleru Ničiteľ ríše s názvom Lámač čepelí od Victorie Aveyard musí rozpoltený svet spojiť svoje sily, aby porazil nezastaviteľného nepriateľa, pretože osud sveta spočíva na ostrí čepele. Corayne, pirátkina dcéra so starodávnou mágiou v krvi, je o krok bližšie k tomu, aby sa stala hrdinkou, ktorou je predurčená byť. Musí sa však naučiť ovládať mocný meč svojho otca a zostaviť vlastnú armádu, ak chce zachrániť ríšu.
Jej armádu tvoria:
Andry, bývalý panoš, ktorý pokračuje v boji o nádej uprostred krvi a chaosu.
Smútiaci nesmrteľný Dom, ktorý sa snaží splniť porušenú prísahu.
Sorasa, vyhnaná nájomná vrahyňa, čeliaca svojej minulosti, ktorá ju neustále prenasleduje.
Valtik, stará čarodejnica, ktorá privoláva mocnú silu.
Spoločne musia čeliť zlým silám kráľovnej Eridy a jej manžela Taristana. No v tieni na nich číha niečo nebezpečné, niečo, čo môže pohltiť svet, skôr ako vôbec bude existovať nádej na víťazstvo.
Lámač čepelí ponúka napätie vyrážajúce dych, smrtiace zvraty a napínavú mágiu, vďaka čomu je ideálny pre fanúšikov fantasy žánru.
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Sci-fi žáner poznáme aj pod pojmom vedecko-fantastická literatúra, poprípade science fiction. V týchto dielach sa dostaneme do budúcnosti, pričom dej sa opiera o súčasnú vedu, techniku a o predpoklady jej ďalšieho vývoja. Medzi hlavné témy sci-fi patrí pokročilá veda a technológia, prieskum vesmíru, cestovanie v čase, paralelné vesmíry a mimozemský život. Sci-fi má pravdepodobne svoje korene v antickej mytológii. Súvisí s fantasy, hororom a fikciou o superhrdinoch. Sci-fi v literatúre, filme, televízii a iných médiách sa stala populárnou a vplyvnou vo veľkej časti sveta. Nazýva sa tiež „literatúra myšlienok“ a často skúma potenciálne dôsledky vedeckých, sociálnych a technologických inovácií.
Medzi najznámejších autorov sci-fi žánru patrí Isaac Asimov, Octavia E. Butler, Arthur C. Clarke, William Gibson, Herbert Frank, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Margaret Atwoodová a Karel Čapek.
Fantasy literatúra sa zaoberá fiktívnymi svetmi, bytosťami a udalosťami Tento žáner obsahuje prvky nadprirodzena, mágie, mýtov, legend a imaginárnych bytostí, ako sú napríklad draci, víly, čarodejníci, orkovia a ďalší.
Fantasy literatúra vytvára bohaté a detailné fiktívne svety, ktoré sa líšia od realistického prostredia. Príbehy z tohto žánru sa často zameriavajú na hrdinské cesty, dobrodružstvá, boje medzi dobrom a zlom, epické konflikty a príbehy o nadprirodzených schopnostiach a magických predmetoch. Fantasy literatúra má dlhú a bohatú históriu, pričom mnohé jej klasické diela vznikli už v 19. a 20. storočí.
K najznámejším autorom fantasy pattrí J. R. R. Tolkien, autor kultového fantasy Pán prsteňov. Určite poznáte tiež J.K. Rowlingovú, ktorá vytvorila zázračný svet Harryho Pottera.ďalšími známymi autormi sú napríklad George R.R. Martin a jeho Pieseň ľadu a ohňa známejšia pod názvom sfilmovaného seriálu Hry o tróny, C.S. Lewis, ktorá napísal Kroniky Narnie, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K. Le Guin, či Robert Jordan.
