The Difference Engine - format ePub

The book that defined the cyberpunk movement, inspiring everything from The Matrix to Cyberpunk 2077.The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.William Gibson revolutionised...

“A breath of fresh air . . . the vision is deeply imagined, very complete and controlled . . . Gibson is truly brilliant.”—Washington Times magazine From a true master of science fiction comes a collection...

They set a Slamhound on Turner's trail in New Delhi, slotted it to his pheromones and the colour of his hair.When the Maas Biolabs and Hosaka zaibatsus fight it out for world domination, computer cowboys...

Discover the cult classic behind the major new TV adaption from the creators of Westworld, starring Chloe Grace Moretz.-----'Big-screen, popcorn-chewing thrills' GuardianFlynne Fisher lives in the rural...

The ghost was her father's parting gift, presented by a black-clad secretary in a departure lounge at Narita..Mona is a young girl with a murky past and an uncertain future whose life is turned upside...

Praise for the author:'Gibson's well written and well-documented account of James and the bishops will surely become the new standard authority on these "implausible revolutionaries" for many decades.'...

NO ONE COULD REACH HER Twelve-year-old Helen Keller lived in a prison of silence and darkness. Born deaf, blind, and mute, with no way to express herself or comprehend those around her, she flew into...

Distrust That Particular Flavor - an acclaimed nonfiction collection by William Gibson, bestselling author of Neuromancer 'The future's already here: it's just not evenly distributed' William Gibson was...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL FROM WILLIAM GIBSON, THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NEUROMANCER-----San Francisco, 2017. Clinton's in the White House, Brexit never happened - and Verity...

'Among our most fascinating novelists ... unmissable' Daily Telegraph-------THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE BLUE ANT TRILIOGY - READ PATTERN RECOGNITION AND ZERO HISTORY FOR MOREIn New York, a young Cuban called...

'Gibson is having tremendous fun' Independent --------------THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE BLUE ANT TRILIOGY - READ PATTERN RECOGNITION AND SPOOK COUNTRY FOR MORE Hubertus Bigend, the Machiavellian head of global...

Best-known for his seminal sf novel NEUROMANCER, William Gibson is also a master of short fiction. Tautly-written and suspenseful, BURNING CHROME collects 10 of his best short stories with a preface...

'Part-detective story, part-cultural snapshot . . . all bound by Gibson's pin-sharp prose' Arena--------------THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE BLUE ANT TRILIOGY - READ ZERO HISTORY AND SPOOK COUNTRY FOR MORECayce...

The computer age has arrived a century ahead of time with Charles Babbage's perfection of his Analytical Engine. The Industrial Revolution, supercharged by the development of steam-driven cybernetic Engines,...

Before email,before the world wide web,before hackers,Before sexting,before always-on GPS,before titanium implants,before Alexa, Cortana, and Siri,before the computer in your pocket was more powerful...

Case est le meilleur cow-boy des interfaces, un hacker lâché sur les autoroutes du cyberespace, le seul qui ait jamais traversé la matrice avant de rencontrer les mauvaises personnes au mauvais moment…...

À travers l’histoire de Flynne Fisher, gameuse ballottée entre un futur proche, les États-Unis et le Londres post-apocalyptique, soixante-dix ans après le grand effondrement du « Jackpot », Périphériques...

Au 22e siècle, on peut communiquer avec des « fragments » d’univers parallèles du passé. En 2017, Verity Jane est engagée pour évaluer un assistant numérique basé sur une IA d’un tout nouveau genre…...

« INTERRUPTION DU COMPTE À ZÉRO – SUR ORDRE D’INTERRUPTION, ABAISSER LE COMPTEUR À ZÉRO. » Turner est le meilleur dans sa partie, les opérations d’exfiltration. Le dernier casse informatique de Bobby,...

Le futur de l’humanité se joue dans son passé2016. Suite aux mauvaises décisions de ses dirigeants, la planète entière est devenue un enfer radioactif. Le dernier espoir de l’humanité a un nom : le Splitter,...

Cyberartistes, trafiquants de technologies, barbouzes désœuvrées, espions paranoïaques : une guerre du renseignement au temps des leurres informatiques ! Roman d’espionnage et thriller poétique sur fond...

"Colin Layne habite un carton dans les couloirs du métro à Tokyo, en partie détruite par un séisme et reconstruite grâce aux nanotechnologies. Son don et son expérience du réseau lui permettent, en s’immergeant...

Turner est le meilleur dans sa partie : les opérations d’exfiltration.En Europe, Marly, une galeriste d'art ruinée, reçoit une étrange proposition du multimilliardaire Josef Virek : découvrir l'origine...

Case est un ancien pirate de la matrice, cet univers qu'il définit comme « une hallucination consensuelle ». Après la destruction de son système nerveux par un de ses employeurs, il survit désormais grâce...

« Un secrétaire vêtu de noir était venu lui apporter le fantôme, cadeau d’adieu de son père, dans une salle d’embarquement de Narita ».Trois femmes que tout sépare, Sally, ancienne mercenaire, Mona, prostituée...

« UN SECRÉTAIRE VÊTU DE NOIR ÉTAIT VENU LUI APPORTER LE FANTÔME, CADEAU D'ADIEU DE SON PÈRE, DANS UNE SALLE D'EMBARQUEMENT DE NARITA. » Trois femmes que tout sépare, Sally, ancienne mercenaire, Mona,...

Un blouson hors mode conçu par le designer inconnu d’une ligne de vêtements connue pour ne pas être célèbre… Dans un temps où tout change à chaque nouvelle collection, cette permanence en fait un objet...

Consultante en design de réputation internationale, fille d’un ponte de la sécurité américaine présumé mort le 11 septembre 2001, Cayce Pollard se voit confier une mission très spéciale : trouver le créateur...

« La matrice tire son origine des jeux d’arcade, dit la voix off, des premiers programmes graphiques et des expériences militaires sur les prises crâniennes. » Sur le Sony, une guerre cosmique en deux...

Le collectif Angle Mort est composé d’éditeurs, d’écrivains, de traducteurs et de scientifiques partageant une même conception de la science-fiction ; celle d’une méthode d’exploration de soi et de notre...

"'There will be three tasks, spaced throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways … their magical prowess - their daring - their powers of deduction - and, of course,...

"'You are sharing the Dark Lord's thoughts and emotions. The Headmaster thinks it inadvisable for this to continue. He wishes me to teach you how to close your mind to the Dark Lord.'" Dark times have...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Dune Messiah, the sequel to one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...

She's Expecting the UnexpectedAbby Stafford, Alpha of the Hat Island pack, is pregnant. It's not anything anyone thought would happen, least of all her, but she's going to have twins. A lot of people...

IN 1947 NEW YORK, EVEN THE MONSTERS HAVE MONSTERS TO FEARFaolan O'Connor runs New York City the old-fashioned way - with charm, violence, and an army of vampyr gangsters. But when a mysterious Chinese...

Jack Tucker, time traveller, owns The Traveller's Inn. It has a bar, employees, customers, and drink specials, just like other places. With one difference, this inn can be anywhere it wants to be. It's...

Glamour Dust Season 1 is the collected volume of short stories shared on H. A. Titus's Tea and Tales site in 2024. It contains:-A-10 (steampunk flash fiction): an automaton muses on hope as it works to...

Neirin longs to become a Dream Traveler—but all his dreams are dead.Trapped in a miserable job and soon turning 30, he clings desperately to his youthful hope that he can make something of himself. But...

When Alice Hasse finds an acclaimed author at her library's help desk, she doesn't expect him to be a dashing lizardman who quotes Shakespeare and wears tweed. Drowning in family drama while caring for...

When teens from a school for troubled youth outside Chicago, Illinois start going missing Samual Becker is hired by one of the teens families to bring their daughter home. Unlike the other parents, they...

Declan Mahoney is retained by the Grand Egyptian Museum to negotiate the return of the Worker's Contract, a valuable and historically important archeological artifact, to Egypt from the Smithsonian. But...

A midlife crisis is hardly unique—unless it involves time travel and multiple reincarnations.Ephraim stresses over his teaching job, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and his less-than-stellar role as a...

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."Harry Potter has never even heard...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! THE IRON FLAME PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES A BRAND NEW CHAPTER FROM XADEN'S POINT OF VIEW!'Yarros...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: 'Pure escapism - think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades' The Sun'We weren't expecting to become obsessed . . . but we very...

"'There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year.'" Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy...

A heart-wrenching grim cozy pirate's tale with a little bit of romance. This is not 'Cozy' in the traditional sense, unless you find misery and betrayal to be as comforting as a cup of hot cocoa."This...

The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the Number One New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive. Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

"'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'"When the Knight Bus crashes...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire,...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...

"There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building… wherever they had murdered…"...

"'Give me Harry Potter,' said Voldemort's voice, 'and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded.'"As he climbs...