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Set in a diverse galactic culture, the story follows Grainger, a legendary Star-Pilot known for flying the revolutionary ship, Hooded Swan. His latest mission takes him to the perilous jungle planet of Chao Phrya, where he faces crazed colonists and mysterious indigenous people. As he embarks on a daunting journey through dense rainforests, challenges mount, including the unexpected threat of giant spiders. Grainger's quest is fraught with danger and uncertainty, pushing him to confront the unknown in this thrilling installment.

Set in a diverse galactic culture, the story follows Grainger, a legendary Star-Pilot, as he navigates the tensions between commercial interests and conservationists over the seemingly idyllic planet of Pharos. As his employer, Titus Charlot, attempts to broker a deal, they find themselves in a rigged game. Just when all seems lost, the planet's own ecosystem intervenes, transforming paradise into a perilous battleground. This thrilling narrative explores themes of environmentalism and corporate greed within the expansive Hooded Swan series.

Set in a galaxy where Star-Pilots are celebrated as heroes, Grainger emerges as a legendary figure. He is chosen to pilot the prototype starship, the Hooded Swan, which promises to transform space travel. This adventure explores themes of heroism and innovation against a backdrop of cosmic exploration.

Set in 1823, the story explores the implications of Victor Frankenstein's resurrection technique, which has ignited a struggle among various factions aiming to manipulate this power. Scotland Yard Superintendent Gregory Temple allies with Frankenstein and Count Szandor to confront a secret Illuminati cabal led by Joseph Balsamo. Simultaneously, in Haiti, a resurrected Napoleon battles Marie Laveau's zombie armies, intertwining themes of power, resurrection, and supernatural conflict in a richly imagined world.

Set in a vast galactic culture, the story follows Grainger, a legendary star-pilot who has escaped his contract with the Caradoc Company. As he is pursued for secrets about his former employer, Grainger is drawn back to the Hooded Swan for a perilous rescue mission in the enigmatic Nightingale Nebula. This final journey challenges him to confront not only life-threatening dangers but also the depths of his own soul, making it his most significant adventure yet.

Set in the Everlasting Empire, 2,000 years post-Divine Caesar, the story delves into the enigmatic past of Axel Rathenius, an immortal resident of Mnemosyne, an artists' colony on a northern island. As Axel navigates his existence and the mysteries surrounding his origins, the novel weaves a rich tapestry of art, immortality, and the human experience against a backdrop of a fantastical world.

Set in 1821, the story follows Scotland Yard Superintendent Gregory Temple as he pursues the criminal John Devil, who aims to exploit Victor Frankenstein's resurrection technique. Teaming up with Paris Morgue supervisor Jean-Pierre Severin and Frankenstein's creation, they face a vampire cabal led by Count Szandor and the enchanting Countess Marcian Gregoryi, who also covet the secret of resurrection. The narrative weaves together themes of ambition, morality, and the consequences of tampering with life and death.

Zephaniah Corcoran has just returned to Earth after a seven-year jaunt to Jupiter where his special—some would say dubious—talents were put to the test in attempted communication with the Jovian cloud-whales. With no time to adjust to life on an Earth half alarmed and half fatalistic at the prospect of final catastrophe, he is headhunted for a reprise of his old job: being projected by the brilliant but asocial Walter Halleck’s Coincidence-driven Sling into the far future to make empathic contact with the various successors to the human race. In the meantime, he is discovering a close and mysterious bond with Denise, a doctor of evolutionary biology and the younger sister he has hardly known, who has been noticed by the same big players who have noticed Zeph. But nothing goes quite according to plan, and as the fate of humanity dangles on a thread grown very frayed, Zeph’s empathic skills are expanded in unexpected ways, not so much by coincidence, as by Coincidence, bringing Zeph and those around him into contact with what are perhaps only the beginning of ongoing revelations of time and space whose grandeur match the universe that Zeph and his colleagues must now begin to explore.

Set in a world where a utopian society stands above a forgotten Underworld, the narrative explores the political manipulation surrounding this dark realm. As characters vie for control over the knowledge of the Underworld, a hunter's discovery sends shockwaves through their society, revealing unsettling truths. This revelation alters perceptions and threatens the balance between the two worlds, igniting a struggle that could reshape their futures. This is the second installment in the captivating Realms of Tartarus series.

An illustrated survey of the actual science behind recent science fiction investigates the frontiers of contemporary scientific knowledge and the possibility, and probability, of starships, cyborgs, time travel, and other "science-fiction" phenomena

Now a dozen years old, the award-winning collection continues to provide dozens of the best stories of the year, including work by renowned veterans and exciting newcomers, including Stephen Baxter, Michael Bishop, Terry Bisson, Pat Cadigan, Greg Egan, Eliot Fintushel, Michael F. Flyn, Lisa Goldstein, Jose Haldemnan, Katherine Kerr, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Maureen F. McHugh, Robert Reed, Mike Resnick, Mary Rosenblum.

The story revolves around Axel Rathenius, an immortal artist tasked with creating a triptych that depicts Orpheus's life. As he navigates this artistic endeavor, he is drawn into a complex web of intrigue involving his agent Myrica Mavor, the medium Madame Vashti Savage, and the melancholic poet Hecate Rain. Their journey unfolds against a backdrop of rivalry between the cults of Orpheus and Dionysus, exploring themes of legacy, art, and the supernatural.

The Daedalus Mission's last contact is fraught with tension and uncertainty. As the crew faces unexpected challenges, their fate hangs in the balance, leading to a gripping exploration of survival and human resilience in the face of adversity. The narrative delves into the psychological and emotional toll of their journey, highlighting themes of isolation and the struggle against overwhelming odds. This thrilling conclusion promises to keep readers on the edge of their seats as they uncover the mysteries surrounding the mission's final moments.

The story unfolds on the planet Attica, where the indigenous alien population is confined to Delta while Earth colonizes Lambda. As Mariel Valory and Alex Alexander embark on a journey aboard the Daedalus to make contact with the aliens, they discover that contact has already been established. The aliens are constructing an empire using Terran technology, but internal conflicts threaten its stability. Stranded and facing unforeseen challenges, Mariel and Alex must navigate the complexities of this alien society.

Set in a vast galactic culture, the story follows starship pilot Grainger, who is rescued after a shipwreck and forced to pilot the Hooded Swan, a groundbreaking interstellar ship. Complicating matters, he has unwittingly acquired an alien parasite intent on sharing his mind. As he navigates the challenges of his new role and the dangers of his unusual companion, Grainger faces a series of tumultuous adventures. This marks the beginning of his journey in the Hooded Swan series.

Science fiction stories about the cutting edge of genetic science.

Set on the island of Mnemosyne in the Everlasting Empire, 2,000 years after the Divine Caesar's birth, the story introduces a diverse cast of characters, each with unique abilities and backgrounds. Among them are the immortal Axel Rathenius, the sorrowful Hecate Rain, and the keeper of secrets, Nicodemus Rham. The eclectic community includes artists, a necromancer, and a physician, all navigating life in a realm steeped in mystery and creativity, where the sacred intertwines with the profane.

Humans and beasts alike were licking their wounds after the bloodiest battle in cosmic history. They had been pawns puppets whose strings had been pulled by a cruel master: Heljanita the Toymaker. Heljanita had used what he considered to be the deadliest weapon a ten thousand year distortion of time His purpose: to obliterate a world he'd hated. But his new world was a powder-keg. For two of his victims, stranded in time, were deter-mined to fight back. Time, as before, was manipulated. twisted, bent and perverted ... up to a point.

Set in 1821, the narrative explores the implications of Victor Frankenstein's resurrection technique, as former Scotland Yard Superintendent Gregory Temple pursues the criminal John Devil, who aims to exploit this power. Complicating matters, an immortal secret society led by alchemist Joseph Balsamo is also after Frankenstein's secret. This first volume of an Alternate History saga intertwines elements from classic literature, showcasing Brian M. Stableford's expertise in the genre.

Mark Chaos was a long way from home. He had spent many years fighting in the Beast war, which had begun as an affair of honor but ended in a bloodbath for all the Humans of the House of Stars. Yet Beasts and Humans were exactly alike—except that ten thousand years before the Beasts had originated from zoological gene banks under the deft hands of the construct surgeons. The war was a terrible thing, even more terrible because its leaders never knew they were being tricked and guided by one man—a man who came from a universe which no longer existed. He was Heljanita the Toymaker, who spun a crooked wheel that distorted minds and dimensions. And Heljanita was particularly interested in Mark Chaos.

It was a circular city - like the City of the Sun, a perfect community dreamed up by the seventeenth-century philosopher Campanella. Many utopian groups had emigrated into space to found their ideal settlements. And it was on one such colony world - appropriately named Arcadia - that the recontact ship Daedalus made its fourth planetfall. There in all its splendour stood the fulfillment of Campanella's dream - the real seven-circled City of the Sun. But the city was too ordered, the inhabitants too perfect, the world too Arcadian...and very soon the Daedalus 's scientists realized that in this particular utopia the idealists had unleashed a force that could undermine all human culture on other planets.

They call them the “rat-catchers.” They’re the crew of the spaceship Daedalus, which an economically destitute Earth has dispatched on a mission to re-establish contact with its far-flung, long-lost colonies in space. Alex Alexander, the ship’s biologist, together with his staff, must help solve the mysteries of human and alien ecosystems that he encounters light-years from home. Dendra is a stable world, covered by a huge, unchanging forest—except that nothing living can really be free of change. The planet has no seasons, but its animal life still undergoes life-cycles involving birth, maturation, metamorphosis, and death. The Earth colony sent to tame the world has failed, at least in the terms expected of it, and seems beyond redemption; but the crew of the Daedalus still has to find out exactly why and how the program has gone wrong. Provided, of course, that they can survive the investigation itself!

In The Young Vampire (1920), a London girl is possessed by an extra-dimensional entity which mutates her body and turns her into a living vampire. The Supernatural Assassin (1923) tells the tale of a murderous wraith. Finally, Companions of the Universe (1934) is Rosny's last, great novel, a brilliant scientific romance in which a secret group of physicists attempts to breach the limits of the universe beyond photons, sub-particles and wave-sequences; while at the same time offering an in-depth study of the perversity of human sexual relationships. This is the sixth in a series of seven volumes translated and annotated by Brian Stableford presenting the classic works of J.-H. Rosny Aine, the second most important figure in French science fiction after Jules Verne. Until now, Rosny, a member of the Goncourt literary academy, has best been known to the English-speaking public for his prehistoric thriller, Quest for Fire.

The colony was successful. That was evident as soon as the recontact ship Daedalus had landed. It was successful, prosperous, and everything was due to the work and genius of J. Wildeblood, biochemist and planetary leader. This world now bore the name of its benefactor. And it was truly his empire, with a grateful, hard-working people heeding every wish of his descendants. But the suspicious scientific minds of the Daedalus 's special crew were very uneasy. Was Wildeblood's Empire all it seemed - or was there a structure invisible to the eyewhich spelled out something a lot more blood-curdling?

Set upon the planet Asgard, known to its residents as the Home of Gods, this is begins a trilogy featuring Mike Rousseau. Stableford's also written many short stories about the biotechnological revolution in Interzone magazine. The galaxy is full of mysteries. Asgard one of the most inexplicable. Many different species & many types of individual sought answers to its enigmas. Anthropologists, fortune hunters, scientists, gangsters, politicians & explorers found reason to congregate on the planet which possibly wasn't a planet. To stand on the artificial surface & wonder how many subcutaneous levels the planet contained, & what, if anything, was at the center, to examine the artifacts on the reachable levels where the temperature approached absolute zero. Artifacts of a civilization far more advanced than any known spacefaring species of the day. Artifacts of a species who possibly still lived at the center--thousands of miles & levels deeper than any explorer had set foot. The general consensus was that Mike Rousseau, an archeological scavenger might be capable of reaching the center & unraveling the mystery of Asgard. Rousseau didn't agree. Unfortunately, the choice wasn't his...

'The Humans and the Veich had been at war now for six-hundred years- since the Twenty-Second Century in terms of the Earth's calendar. Its beginnings had been forgotten and there seemed no prospect of an end...'

After laboring for thousands of years, the people of Earth, fleeing ecological disaster, have built a new, clean, stable world on a worldwide platform erected over the entire land surface of the Earth. Everything is going well--except for Carl Magner, the man who's been having bad dreams. He shouldn't be having dreams at all, because dreams have been banished from the society of the Euchronian Millennium, but somehow he is, and his dreams are showing him the "Underworld." The real surface of the Earth, the Underworld that the Euchronian Millennium has left behind, still maintains life, human and otherwise, life that's adapted to a world without sky or sun, still evolving in response to extreme environmental challenges. Dreams are only dreams, but they're a provocation nevertheless, not merely for Carl Magner, but for the whole of Euchronian society. Can Heaven be truly Heaven, if Hell still festers in its entrails? The first book in a stunning SF trilogy, The Realms of Tartarus!

Set in a future where Earth is economically struggling, a crew known as the "rat-catchers" aboard the spaceship Daedalus embarks on a mission to reconnect with distant colonies. Alex Alexander, the ship's biologist, navigates the complexities of alien ecosystems on the seemingly thriving planet Floria. However, he soon discovers that the society is under the oppressive control of the "Planners," raising questions about authority and deception. This intriguing narrative unfolds in the first installment of the Daedalus Mission series.

Know, Harmis Detz, that every nation on earth is but appearance and illusion... What can it matter to the masters of Chaos, if a world such as yours were here, or gone, or never here at all?Amongst the quarrelsome towns and bandit kingdoms of the area known as the Border Princes, the Khyprian Empire stands as one of the few bulwarks of civilisation and prosperity. A malignant evil lies within its heart, however, a force driven by revenge and granted awesome power by obscene worship, all as part of its plan to bring the decaying realm of the Plague God to the Border Princes in all its putrefying glory. This is the second in the tales of minstrel Orfeo, stories focusing on the humanity of the Warhammer world besieged from both without and within by the corrupting forces of Chaos.

This is a science fiction novel of enormous scope, filled with wonders. Set earlier in the same "future history" as Inherit the Earth, Architects of Emortality, and The Fountains of Youth, The Cassandra Complex is the independent story of events crucial to the creation of the universe in which the others take place. It is the twenty-first century, a world of rapid change and biotech threats and promises. World War Three, the biotech war, is on the horizon and the world as we know it is going to end. The fateful question is, who is going to choose the kind of future that will follow, and who gets to live in this new world to come? Lisa Frieman, a forensic researcher working for the police, is attacked in her apartment. Jordan Miller, a distinguished scientist with whom Lisa once worked, has disappeared with a secret discovery. But what has he discovered that everyone wants? And why do the thieves, and their remote masters, think that Lisa has any knowledge of the secret Miller guards? Profound scientific extrapolation combined with riveting suspense make this at once a futuristic thriller and a cutting-edge SF novel. The Cassandra Complex expands the scope of Brian Stableford's growing future history and adds another major accomplishment to his long list of triumphant creations.

They named the planet Chaos X, because one hemisphere was not in this universe--and no one who ventured there would ever return. They named the other universe Ultra, because it was beyond the laws of the Milky Way galaxy. It was only by means of Ultra's non-Euclidean physics that men could travel the starways.They named the ruler of that "immobile" planet Fury, because that was the effect of his power on people.But they were afraid to call Craig Star Gazer by any other name, because he was the space captain who was going to cross into Fury's domain and wrench his loved one from Ultra's power--and this was something that no one had ever done before except the legendary Orpheus.

Set in a near future, the story follows Carly Maclaine, a clone of a pioneering xenogenetist, as she becomes entangled in a high-stakes conflict involving her creator's artificial intelligence, Napoleon. With the Commonwealth's secret police seeking Napoleon's assistance, Carly attracts the attention of powerful AIs, including the paradox-loving Xeno and the enigmatic Oberon. As these super-intelligent beings anticipate significant societal changes, Carly finds herself at the center of a dangerous evolution in the biotech landscape.

Exploring the intersection of biotechnology and everyday life, this collection features eleven stories that blend domestic drama with elements of comedy. Characters navigate rapidly changing circumstances, reflecting current controversies and envisioning drastically altered futures. Each narrative conveys a sense of optimism, suggesting that biotechnology offers hope amid ecological challenges. The engaging tales provide thought-provoking entertainment, showcasing the author's skill in addressing serious themes with a light-hearted touch.

Exploring the archetype of the mad scientist, this collection delves into the diverse portrayals found in French science fiction. It highlights the dual nature of these characters, ranging from benign and quirky to malevolent and threatening. The series encompasses three volumes, each dedicated to examining the prevalence and significance of this trope within the genre, showcasing how it reflects societal fears and fascinations with scientific innovation and moral ambiguity.

Exploring the intersection of free will and cosmic horror, this book concludes a series of metaphysical fantasies featuring Auguste Dupin, a character from Edgar Poe. It intertwines Dupin with entities from H. P. Lovecraft's universe, historical figures, and elements from various works of weird fiction. This final volume, crafted by Brian Stableford, promises a captivating blend of narrative depth and imaginative storytelling, making it essential for both series enthusiasts and fans of Stableford's unique style.

In a society built above a crumbling Earth, the Hegemon faces a crisis as the stability of the Euchronian Millennium is threatened. To restore order, he plans to annihilate all life in the Underworld, igniting a fierce debate among his followers about the morality and feasibility of such an act. As opposition mounts, the Underworld retaliates, plunging both realms into chaos. This gripping finale of The Realms of Tartarus Trilogy explores themes of survival, morality, and the consequences of desperation in an unraveling utopia.

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Der sturmgepeitschte Gasriese barg ein Geheimnis. Irgendwo dort unten lag das Schlachtschiff einer sagenumwobenen Raumfahrerrasse. Die Waffe des gestrandeten Schiffs bot Stoff für unzählige Legenden. Wer sie in seinen Besitz brachte, der beherrschte das Universum! Der fünfte Band der großen Raumfahrer-Saga. Bisher sind erschienen DAS WRACK IM HALCYON (Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch 21101), DER SCHATZ DES SCHWARZEN PLANETEN (Bastei-LübbeTaschenbuch 21105), DIE WELT DER VERHEISSUNG (Bastei-LübbeTaschenbuch 21109), und DAS PARADIES-PRINZIP (Bastei-Lübbe-q Taschenbuch 21118). Weitere Bände folgen. Deutsche Erstveröffentlichung

Bevor Luftschiffe mit Hyperraumantrieb von einem Planeten zum anderen hüpfen konnten, mußten Stationen gebaut werden. Und das hieß, bemannte Raumschiffe würden Jahrzehnte von der Erde abgeschnitten sein. Das Forschungsschiff »Ariadne« war in Richtung Galaktisches Zentrum aufgebrochen und galt als verschollen - bis man ihren Funkspruch auffing: Die »Ariadne« benötigte dringend einen Xenobiologen. Sie war auf einem Sumpfplaneten gelandet, der eine seltsame Fauna und Flora aufwies. Augenscheinlich gab es keine intelligente Spezies auf dieser Welt, und gerade das stört die Besatzung, denn bisher waren noch auf jedem neuentdeckten bewohnbaren Planeten intelligente Lebewesen angetroffen worden. Aber die »Eingeborenen« von Naxos wurden dann zu einem Mysterium, das unbedingt gelöst werden mußte, denn die fremdartige Biologie von Naxos konnte für alle bewohnten Welten zum Verhängnis werden...´

Die Handlung beginnt im Jahr 1623. Stablefords Erde entspricht im wesentlichen ihrem historischen Vorbild. An der Spitze der verschiedenen [europäischen] Reiche stehen jedoch nicht menschliche Adlige, sondern Vampire wie Richard Löwenherz oder Vlad Tepes der Pfähler - auch Dragulya genannt. Stablefords Vampire unterscheiden sich in mancher Hinsicht von ihren literarischen Verwandten: So können sie sich durchaus im Sonnenlicht bewegen, auch von konventionellen Waffen getötet werden, wenn sie schwer genug verletzt sind. Darüber hinaus aber sind sie unsterblich. Sie sind aber gezwungen, regelmäßig menschliches Blut zu sich zu nehmen. Ihre Herrschaft über die Menschen beruht schlicht auf Gewalt. Der Mechanikus Edmund Cordery opfert sein Leben, um seine Geliebte zu töten. Denn die schöne Vampirdame Carmilla kann nur mit einem Mittel vernichtet werden: den Bakterien der Pest. Doch Corderys Tat, geplant als verheerender Angriff auf das Reich des grausamen Vampirfürsten Richard Löwenherz, schlägt fehl. Nun obliegt es dem Sohn Noell, das Werk des Vaters zu vollenden. Er macht sich auf ins Herz Afrikas, um die geheimnisumwobene Herkunft der Vampire zu ergründen. Nur mit diesem Wissen kann ihrer gnadenlosen Herrschaft ein Ende bereitet werden.

In "Das Blut der Schlange" von Brian Stableford ist Andris Myrasol, ein Prinz und Flüchtling, auf der Suche nach dem geheimnisvollen Garten Idun. Zusammen mit Abenteurern muss er sich gefährlichen Dragomiten und einer drohenden Bedrohung stellen. Der Roman vereint spannende Abenteuer und tiefere Themen, bleibt jedoch durch eine holprige Übersetzung etwas hinderlich im Lesevergnügen.

Londres 1623. La corte de Ricardo Corazón de León es el centro del Imperio Galo, donde vampiros dominan Europa Occidental, mientras que el Este está bajo el control de Atila, quien expandió el vampirismo entre sus aliados. La aristocracia vampírica impone su dominio sobre los humanos. Edmund Cordery, mecánico de la corte, investiga el vampirismo desde una perspectiva científica, utilizando un microscopio para estudiar los fluidos del cuerpo humano. Sus descubrimientos lo llevan a la ruina, y comparte su conocimiento con su hijo Noell antes de desafiar al Imperio. Noell, decidido a luchar contra el régimen, escapa de Inglaterra con un pirata y un monje, exiliándose en las costas africanas, donde continúa las investigaciones de su padre. Su objetivo es desentrañar el proceso de transformación de un humano en vampiro, un secreto bien guardado que alimenta supersticiones. Un viaje al interior de África, considerado el origen de los primeros vampiros, revela hechos que amenazan la supremacía vampírica y desencadena un conflicto abierto con el poder del Imperio.

Die dritte Landung - SF-Roman - bk1479; Goldmann Verlag; Brian M. Stableford; pocket_book; 1979