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Gravita zero
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Una storia che Bova scrisse per «Again Dangerous Visions», la famosa antologia di Harlan Ellison dedicata alle vicende piu «scioccanti» che fece seguito all'altrettanto celebre «Dangerous Visions». E anche la prima storia, in termini cronologici, di una serie dedicata a Chet Kinsman, astronauta americano: qui Bova descrive la sua perdita di innocenza e i suoi primi passi verso la maturita, il suo risveglio nel mondo reale, un mondo che non e affatto lontano dal nostro…...
Jupiter
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Grant Archer merely wanted to work quietly as an astronomer on the far side of the moon. But a coalition of censorious do-gooders who run 21st century America sends him to a research station in orbit around Jupiter to spy on the scientists who work there. What they don’t know is that Grant’s loyalty to science may be greater than his loyalty to the New...
Leviathans of Jupiter
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In Ben Bova’s novel JUPITER, physicist Grant Archer led an expedition into Jupiter’s hostile planet-wide ocean, attempting to study the unusual and massive creatures that call the planet their home. Unprepared for the hostile environment and crushing pressures, Grant’s team faced certain death as their ship malfunctioned and slowly sank to the planet’s depths. However one of Jupiter’s native creatures—a city-sized leviathan—saved the doomed ship. This creature’s act convinced Grant that the huge creatures were intelligent, but he lacked scientific proof. Now, several years later, Grant prepares a new expedition to prove once and for all that the huge creatures are intelligent. The new team faces dangers from both the hostile environment and from humans who will do...
Los fabricantes del tiempo
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Mars
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Jamie Waterman, a Native American geologist, is chosen at the last minute for the first manned exploration of the planet Mars. On touchdown, he is so overwhelmed with the emotion of the moment that he utters a Navajo phrase instead of the political statement he is supposed to read. This sets off a chain reaction among the leaders and politicians on Earth. Thus starts Bova’s sprawling space opera. The expedition, seen from Jamie’s point of view, is really the protagonist here. The story is filled with lots of characters of different nationalities and there’s plenty of political intrigue. Of course, there are obstacles to overcome: a meteor almost destroys the lab, the doctor neglects his duty and nearly kills them all, crew members come down with mysterious “Martian flu,” and...
Mercury
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A tale of revenge and technological endeavor set on our solar system’s most desolate stage. The closest planet to the sun, Mercury is a rocky, barren, heat-scorched world. The planet’s surface faces the sun for nearly sixty earth days at a time, and the only places that stay cool are the ice caches at Mercury’s...
Merkury
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Kosmiczna winda wywozaca na orbite towary i ludzi to projekt inzynieryjny istniejacy od XX wieku, teraz wreszcie staje sie rzeczywistoscia. Dla inzyniera Bracknella jest ona dzielem zycia, ale dla wielkich korporacji, ktore na tanim transporcie na orbite straca majatki, oraz dla Nowej Moralnosci, dla ktorej budowa wiezy w niebo jest obraza Boga, stanowia ciern w boku. Zostaje zawiazany spisek i wieza runie w dol, grzebiac w globalnej katastrofie miliony ludzi. Winnym zostanie uznany Bracknell, kara jest wygnanie Ziemi.
Inzynier traci dorobek calego zycia, ale przypadkiem dowiaduje sie o sabotazu i spisku i od tej pory cale swoje zycie podporzadkowuje jednemu — zemscie na osobach winnych zniszczenia wiezy i jego osobistej tragedii.
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Milenio
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El tema de esta novela es el aterrador mundo del futuro: la gente y la politica mundial en el ano 1999. La poblacion de la tierra ha llegado a ocho mil millones de seres humanos. La escasez creciente de recursos naturales ha conducido a.las dos grandes potencias al borde del conflicto nuclear.
A pocos cientos de kilometros sobre la superficie terrestre, en sus respectivas colonias lunares, los Estados Unidos y la Union Sovietica luchan afiebradamente por completar sus propias redes de satelites que los protegeran de un ataque atomico.
Ambas potencias saben que quien complete primero la red protectora quebrara en su favor el largo equilibrio de fuerzas. Asi se ganaria una ventaja decisiva.
Dos hombres estan vitalmente comprometidos en este posible holocausto: el jefe ruso y...
Orion Among the Stars
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More than human and less that a god, John O’Ryan is Orion, made by the Creators who rule outside of time. His purpose is to do their bidding. Now, Orion has becomee a key piece in a cosmic game between two of the Creators—Anya, the goddess he loves, and Aten, the god who toys with his...
The Aftermath
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In the wake of the Asteroid Wars that tore across the solar system, Victor Zacharius makes his living running the ore-carrier Syracuse. With his wife and two children he plies the Asteroid Belt, hauling whatever cargo can be found. When the Syracuse stumbles into the middle of a military attack on the habitat Chrysalis, Victor flees in a control pod to draw the attacker’s attention away from his family. Now, as his wife and children plunge into the far deeps of space, Victor has been rescued by the seductive Cheena Madagascar. He must do her bidding if he’s to have a prayer of ever seeing his family again.
Elverda Apacheta is the solar system’s greatest sculptor. The cyborg Dorn was formerly Dorik Harbin, the ruthless military commander responsible for the attack on Chrysalis....
The Dueling Machine
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Here are the deadliest warriors in the universe—awesome gladiators caught in the ultimate one-on-one battles of all eternity. These explosive tales of future combat are collected here for the first time—featuring today’s acclaimed masters of science...
The Hittite
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Lukka, a Hittite warrior, returns to the Hittite capital city to find it engulfed in civil war, his father murdered, and his wife and two young sons taken away by slavers. Along with a small cadre of soldiers under his command, Lukka launches an epic search for his family, which leads him to the gates of Troy as it is beseiged by the army of Agamemnon. Bova then proceeds to an original retelling of the final stages of the legendary Trojan War. In this account, Lukka serves as a literary mirror, revealing the personalities of some well-known characters, with a few surprising results. Odysseus, predictably, is practical, crafty, and a natural survivor in treacherous waters. Achilles is a born killer, but he is shown as short and ugly, and his death is decidedly unheroic. Helen is, of...
The Multiple Man
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The dynamic new President of the United States, James J. Halliday, seems determined to singlehandedly turn an embittered nation around from economic, political, and social ruin. No one could be prouder than his devoted press secretary Meric Albano. But is the President accomplishing this monumental task alone? After one of the President’s rare public appearances, a derelict is found dead nearby. A derelict who not only looks like the President, but whose blood, retinas, even fingerprints match those of the man in charge. Is the real President, the man Albano swore loyalty to, still in office? Is this part of a plot to topple American democracy? That’s what Albano has to find out—if he doesn’t, his life, as well as his country, will be...
The Rock Rats
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Brimming with memorable characters and human conflict, rugged high-tech prospectors and boardroom betrayals, The Rock Rats continues the tale of our near-future struggle over the incalculable wealth of the Asteroid Belt. Before it ends, many will die—and many will achieve more than they ever dreamed was...
The Silent War
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When corporations go to war, standard business practice goes out the window. Astro Corporation is led by indomitable Texan Pancho Lane, Humphries Space Systems by the rich and ruthless Martin Humphries, and their fight is over nothing less than resources of the Asteroid Belt itself. As fighting escalates, the lines between commerce and politics, boardroom and bedroom, blur—and the keys to victory will include physics, nanotechnology, and cold, hard cash.
As they fight it out, the lives of thousands of innocents hang in the balance, including the rock rats, who make their living off the asteroids, and the inhabitants of Selene City on Earth’s moon. As if matters weren’t complicated enough, the shadowy Yamagata corporation sets its sights on taking advantage of other people’s...
The Starcrossed
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Pink scented smog, 3-D TV and earthquake-proof aluminium skyscrapers capable of hurtling themselves and their occupants to a safe Pacific splashdown should tremors exceed desired tolerances. This is the twenty-first century of Ben Bova’s hilarious novel, where the Vitaform Process grants nubile new bodies to the aged and a new 3-D TV series offering the illusion of almost live entertainment in the home is all that Bernard Finger, the cigar-chewing loudmouth mogul of Titanic Productions needs to save his company from the brink of financial disaster.
Enter one Bill Oxnard, inventor of the 3-D holographic system, Brenda Impanema, Finger’s sexy lady assistant, Ron Gabriel, hot-tempered hot-shot script writer who hates Finger nearly as much as Finger hates him, and you’ve got the...
THX 1138
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Dalla sceneggiatura originale di George Lucas e Walter Murch. Ecco il nuovo film del regista di Guerre Stellari, nel magistrale romanzo scritto da Ben Bova. Siamo nel XXV Secolo e la Societa, per il suo bene, naturalmente, e totalmente controllata. I cittadini vengono concepiti in provetta, sviluppati in recipienti, battezzati con una sigla, educati per via intravenosa e mantenuti in stato di innocenza mediante l’uso obbligatorio di droghe. Tutti poi, le precauzioni non sono mai troppe, sono sottoposti a costante controllo elettronico. Non si vede dunque come una certa scandalosa e antichissima storia potrebbe ripetersi. E invece, puntualmente, si ripete. Solo che l’Adamo di questo Eden sociale si chiama THX 1138, mentre la sua bella compagna di stanza che lo induce in...
Tytan
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Habitat Goddard — kosmiczna arka z dziesieciotysieczna zaloga na pokladzie — wchodzi na orbite Saturna. Naukowcy wysylaja sonde na Tytana, ale zaraz po wyladowaniu przestaje ona wysylac sygnaly. Jednoczesnie doktor Wunderly robi wszystko, zeby doszlo do jeszcze jednego lotu przez pierscienie planety; podejrzewa, ze zyja w nich...
Urwisko
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Na Ziemi nastepuje przelom efektu cieplarnianego: zatapianie kontynentow, wybuchy wulkanow i ruchy sejsmiczne. Przeludnienie, glod, brak surowcow powoduja, ze dla Ziemi nie ma juz chyba nadziei. Sa jednak obrotni ludzie, ktorzy uwazaja, ze ratunek tkwi w kosmosie, w Pasie Asteroid, z jego bogactwem we wszystkie surowce.
Naukowcy dokonuja odkrycia napedu fuzyjnego, ktory pozwoli te idee zrealizowac. Potrzebne sa jednak olbrzymie inwestycje, rozpoczyna sie przepychanie korporacji, ktore doprowadzi do pierwszej wojny w kosmosie, Wojny o Asteroidy.
W Urwisku czytelnik ponownie spotka sie z bohaterami innych ksiazek Bovy — Martinem Humphriesem (Wenus) czy Dougiem Stavengerem (Wojna o Ksiezyc).
Wysmienita, trzymajaca w napieciu od pierwszej do ostatniej strony fantastyka....
