Thomas Wintner Orden de los libros (cronológico)

Sharp defense attorney Paul Madriani was on the rise with the firm of Potter, Skarpellos -- until a short-lived affair with Potter's wife cost him his job. Now, Potter's wife is accused of his murder -- and Paul is thrust back into the big time, as he uncovers secrets that may end his career -- and his life.

Alle soglie del 200 l'improvvisa comparsa del Sasso, un gigantesco asteroide in orbita attorno alla Terra, getta lo scompiglio tra gli scienziati. Ma la vera sorpresa è al suo interno, perché lo scenario che si presenta ai primi esploratori è davvero al di là di ogni immaginazione. Forse un'astronave interstellare, comunque il prodotto di una stupefacente tecnologia, il Sasso è costituito da sette "camere" collegate da una rete di gallerie, e all'interno di ciascuna sorgono vaste città, habitat artificali, fiumi, laghi, immense biblioteche che raccolgono il sapere di un'intera civiltà. Ma se il Sasso non è di natura aliena, chi può avere ideato e realizzato una simile meraviglia? E quando? Per quale ragione, inoltre, i suoi abitanti l'hanno abbandonato ormai da secoli? Dopo anni di ricerche, gli scienziati hanno appena sfiorato i segreti del Sasso, e tocca quindi a Patricia Vasquez, esperta in matematica teorica, raccogliere la grande sfida.

The survivors are sent on a quest by the Benefactors to find and destroy the race that destroyed the Earth.

En esta espectacular novela, los dinosaurios vuelven a conquistar la Tierra. En una isla remota, un grupo de hombres y mujeres emprende una carrera contra el tiempo para evitar un desastre mundial provocado por la desmedida ambición de comercializar la ingeniería genética. Pero todos los esfuerzos resultarán vanos cuando el inescrupuloso proyecto quede fuera de control y el mundo a merced de unas bestias monstruosas... Parque Jurásico, la novela más célebre de Michael Crichton y una de las más leídas en los últimos años, fue adaptada al cine por Steven Spielberg en una película que se convirtió en el gran acontecimiento cinematográfico de 1993 y en el origen del fenómeno de masas llamado "dinomanía".

Mickey awaits imminent chaos when his brother-in-law uses the moon's facilities in his quest for Absolute Zero and his sister Rho tries to read the memories of 410 cryogenically frozen heads.

In Eternity, multiple Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Greg Bear returns to the Earth of his acclaimed novel Eon--a world devastated by nuclear war. The crew of the asteroid-starship Thistledown has thwarted an attack by the Jarts by severing their link to the Way, an endless corridor that spans universes. The asteroid settled into orbit around Earth and the tunnel snaked away, forming a contained universe of its own. Forty years later, on Gaia, Rhita Vaskayza recklessly pursues her legacy, seeking an Earth once again threatened by forces from within and without. For physicist Konrad Korzenowski, murdered for creating The Way, and resurrected, is compelled by a faction determined to see it opened once more. And humankind will discover just how entirely they have underestimated their ancient adversaries.

Twee menselijke groeperingen, de Mechs en de Formisten, strijden om de macht over het zonnestelsel.

Autobiografie van de Russische, naar de Verenigde Staten uitgeweken zangeres (1926- ) waarin zij haar artistieke relaties (Britten, Sjostakovitsj, Soltsjenitzin) beschrijft alsook haar gevecht met de Sovjetbureaucratie.

With a microchip pulsing inside his head, Ale Elatey was perfectly happy being a computer-linked expert for the almighty ORA:CLE. Until he stepped out on his terrace and a winged killer Dac tried to gun him down. Then Ale's life became one gigantic glitch. Computerized black doctor bags began making house calls to his home; the photo tried to burn a hole in his brain; his own union even ordered him to commit suicide. But Ale was never much good at following orders...

When a stranger attempting to deliver a cryptic message is shot dead at his table, Dr. Richard Ames is thrown headfirst into danger, intrigue, and other dimensions, where a plot to rescue a sentient computer could alter human history...

The 21st century was on the brink of nuclear confrontation when the 300 kilometer-long stone flashed out of nothingness and into Earth's orbit. NASA, NATO, and the UN sent explorers to the asteroid's surface...and discovered marvels and mysteries to drive researchers mad. For the Stone was from space--but perhaps not our space; it came from the future--but perhaps not our future; and within the hollowed asteroid was Thistledown. The remains of a vanished civilization. A human--English, Russian, and Chinese-speaking--civilization. Seven vast chambers containing forests, lakes, rivers, hanging cities... And museums describing the Death; the catastrophic war that was about to occur; the horror and the long winter that would follow. But while scientists and politicians bickered about how to use the information to stop the Death, the Stone yielded a secret that made even Earth's survival pale into insignificance.

Long after his humiliating defeat at the hands of Earthman Elijah Baley, Keldon Amadiro embarked on a plan to destroy planet Earth. But even after his death, Baley's vision continued to guide his robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, who had the wisdom of a great man behind him and an indestructable will to win....

Asimov presenta una visión futurista de la vida humana en el cosmos, explorando la armonía entre hombres y robots en el planeta Aurora. La historia se complica con el asesinato del robot más avanzado, lo que podría desatar una feroz lucha por el control del Universo.

For over a century, the human colonists on the planet Gaia have prospered under the guidance of the M'threnni. But when David arrives in the capital Helixport and makes contact with the aliens, he begins to learn the terrifying truth about them. From that moment on he is in mortal danger, for the M'threnni far from being silent benefactors, may turn out to be the deadliest of cruel dictators

En el siglo XXVII, la Tierra funda una organización llamada Eternidad, enviando sus emisarios al pasado y al futuro para abrir el comercio entre las diferentes épocas, y para alterar la larga y a veces trágica historia de la raza humana. El proyecto estaba integrado sólo por los mejores y más brillantes exponentes de cada siglo: personas que dejaron de lado sus propias vidas para dedicarse a servir a los demás.

Ontstaan en ontwikkeling van de Westerse muziek.

In een zonnige stad aan de kust van de Middellandse Zee arriveert, op een mooie zomerochtend, Ivan Zjilin. Hij vindt er een pension en bezoekt, net als iedere rechtgeaarde toerist, de gelegenheden waar de bevolking haar - overvloedige - vrije tijd doorbrengt. De mensen zijn in de greep van het amusement en hun zucht naar ontspanning en verrukking overschrijdt alle grenzen. Zo zijn er de dagelijkse orgieën met drank en drugs, en de psychedelische 'rillers' waarbij mannen en vrouwen zich massaal overgeven aan verbijsterende hallucinaties. Maar welke is de hoogste verrukking? Om dat te ontdekken neemt geheim agent Zjilin grote risico's, maar het grootste gevaar is; de verrukking zelf...