Greg Bear Libros

Tras algunos tecnothrillers muy bien recibidos por crítica y público, Greg Bear vuelve a sus orígenes, a la mejor ciencia ficción llena de ideas brillantes, en este caso en torno a la pregunta acerca de lo que ocurre al final de todas las cosas. Un billón de años en el futuro, el Kalpa es la ciudad al final del tiempo, el único reducto de una realidad menguante ante el feroz empuje del caos que presenta el Tifón. Allí, el Bibliotecario y sus angelines manejan, en su intento de salvar la realidad, un tiempo dilatado pero finito. Gracias a unas misteriosas piedras «sumadoras» que actúan como talismanes y establecen extrañas conexiones, dos personajes del Kalpa, Jebrassy y Tiadba, entran en contacto con unos desarraigados habitantes de la actual Seattle. Sin siquiera imaginarlo, los incomprendidos y soñadores Ginny, Jack y Daniel tal vez estén llamados a ser los salvadores de un futuro distante y condenado. Una novela sorprendente, de alta calidad literaria y un nivel de especulación sumamente original. Un trabajo desafiante e imaginativo como sólo puede darse en la mejor ciencia ficción.

El joven Anakin Skywalker ha sido admitido en el Templo Jedi de Coruscant, donde es el padawano del Maestro Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, y continúa reparando androides averiados. El recuerdo de su madre, aún esclava en Tatooine, es lo único que ensombrece su vida. Obi-Wan es consciente de las increíbles dotes de su discípulo Anakin. Ambos acogen con entusiasmo la importante misión que les encomienda el Consejo Jedi: ir a un misterioso planeta perdido en la periferia galáctica para averiguar qué ha sido de una joven Jedi enviada allí. Este enigmático planeta, a pesar de su escaso desarrollo tecnológico, cuenta con unas naves increíblemente veloces y sofisticadas que están vivas y se encuentran unidas a su dueño por un vínculo telepático que sólo la muerte puede romper. Anakin siempre ha deseado viajar por la galaxia y por fin podrá ser el piloto legendario de sus fantasías infantiles. Pero el secreto del planeta resulta más oscuro de lo esperado. Un gran cambio está a punto de sacudir la Fuerza y los destinos de la galaxia y del joven Anakin. Esta novela se sitúa entre La Amenaza Fantasma y el Episodio II.

The planet Hegira is the universe's melting pot. Hundreds of tribes in dozens of cities intermingle in the vast uncharted territory. The only thing holding the people together are the massive Obelisks, the chronicles of all the truths and falsehoods each tribe has brought to Hegira. Young Bar-Woten is in search of knowledge and he knows the key to the truth about his homeland is contained in the writings of the Obelisks. With his fellow companions, Bar-Woten must travel through Hegira's exotic cities to discover the lies within the words of thousands. Greg Bear, author of more than twenty-five books that have been translated into seventeen languages, has won science fiction's highest honors and is considered the natural heir to Arthur C. Clarke. The recipient of two Hugos and four Nebulas for his fiction, he has been called "the best working writer of hard science fiction" by The Science Fiction Encyclopedia. Many of his novels, such as Darwin's Radio, are considered to be this generations' classics. Bear is married to Astrid Anderson, daughter of science fiction great Poul Anderson, and they are the parents of two children, Erik and Alexandria. His recent thriller novel, Quantico, was published in 2007 and the sequel, Mariposa, followed in 2009. He has since published a new, epic science fiction novel, City at the End of Time and a generation starship novel, Hull Zero Three.

In the sixth decade of the 21st century, the world has been transformed. Nanotechnology has been perfected, giving humans the ability to change their environment and themselves on the cellular level. And the study of the mind has brought about a revolution in both human psychotherapy and artificial intelligence. It's a sane and perfect world. Almost. A man called Jack Giffey is planning to break into the Omphalos, the most secure building in all of separatist Green Idaho. Rumor says that the Omphalos houses the not-quite-dead, the very wealthy deceased who are still alive, their brains connected directly into Thinkers, Artificial Intelligences that provide a virtual reality. Data is the great treasure of the new millennium, and Giffey plans to tap into the Omphalos datastream, to steal the knowledge gathered by the inhabitants of the Omphalos. In the offices of Mind Design, Inc., the most advanced Artificial Intelligence in the world has had a unique experience. She has received a request for contact from a new AI, one she does not know and did not help to design. Jill has never met a stranger of her own kind before; is it an alien Thinker, or the offspring of some vast conspiracy? Slant is set in Bear's Queen of Angels universe, and is one of the great science fiction novels of the 1990s.

In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood—a horrifying shape-changing parasite—has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses.Too little, too late, the legal rate of Juridicals is only now investigating possible crimes by the Master Builder and others. Evidence-gathering agents known collectively as Catalog have been dispatched to collect testimony from the Librarian and both Didacts: the Ur-Didact, treacherously abandoned in a Flood-infested system, and the Bornstellar Didact, who accompanies the Librarian as she preserves specimens against the dire possibility of Halo extermination.Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Librarian and the Ur-Didact reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished Precursors and the Flood.The Precursors created many technological species, including humanity and the Forerunners. But the roots of the Flood may be found in an act of enormous barbarity, carried out beyond our galaxy ten million years before...Because of that barbarism, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian--husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict--hold the keys to a solution.Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time—to prevent an insane evil from dominating the entire universe.

The final novel of the Forerunner Saga trilogy by science fiction legend Greg Bear—set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! One hundred thousand years ago. Chaos rules the final days of the Forerunner empire. The Flood—a horrifying, shape-changing, and unstoppable parasite—has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies, and internal strife has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses. Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Forerunners known as the Ur-Didact and the Librarian reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished race of the Precursors and the Flood. While the Precursors created many technological species, including those of the Forerunners and humanity itself, the roots of the Flood may be found in an act of enormous barbarity, carried out beyond our galaxy ten million years before. Because of that savagery, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian—husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict—hold the keys to a solution. As they face the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time—a shocking act designed to prevent an insane abomination from dominating the entire galaxy…

"The Song of Power" opened the gateway to the Realm of the Sidhe, allowing young Michael Perrin to slip through. Now Michael faces years of captivity and deadly struggles for the future of the Realm and of Earth--leading finally to a terrible confrontation on the streets of Los Angeles, with the soul of humanity at stake. Weaving the power of music, poetry, and myth into a headlong narrative of nearly overwhelming intensity, "Song of Earth and Power" is one of the most original fantasy epics of our time, a vast tapestry of relentless suspense, terrible beauty, and brilliant imagination. Originally published years ago in two parts, it now returns in a new edition rewritten by the author and published in a single volume as he originally intended. Wrote" Analog" on its original appearance: "A delight....A vision of Faery that may owe a bit to a wish to do it right. Read it."

In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood--a horrifying shape-changing parasite--has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses. Too little, too late, the legal rate of Juridicals is only now investigating possible crimes by the Master Builder and others. Evidence-gathering agents known collectively as Catalog have been dispatched to collect testimony from the Librarian and both Didacts: the Ur-Didact, treacherously abandoned in a Flood-infested system, and the Bornstellar Didact, who accompanies the Librarian as she preserves specimens against the dire possibility of Halo extermination. Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Librarian and the Ur-Didact reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished Precursors and the Flood. The Precursors created many technological species, including humanity and the Forerunners. But the roots of the Flood may be found in an act of enormous barbarity, carried out beyond our galaxy ten million years before ... Because of that barbarism, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian--husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict--hold the keys to a solution. Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time--to prevent an insane evil from dominating the entire universe

A collection of short stories by the bestselling author of "Eon", "Eternity", "Blood Music", "The Forge of God", "Hegira", "Strength of Stones", "Beyond Heaven's River" and "Psychlone", including two stories which have won both Hugo and Nebula Awards.