Longtusk - format ePub

« C’est à l’inauguration de la Nouvelle Grande Exposition, le 18 juillet 1870, que je fis la connaissance de Josiah Traveller en personne, même si j’avais entendu pendant mon enfance les histoires que...

Année 3685. L’humanité a essaimé à travers le Système solaire et un nouvel âge d’or s’offre à elle. Une renaissance qui doit beaucoup à un homme, Michael Poole, ingénieur brillant dont les inventions...

Les Premiers-Nés - la mystérieuse espèce extraterrestre, déjà connue par les fans de science-fiction pour avoir édifié le monolithe noir de 2001 : l'Odyssée de l'espace - ont hanté l'oeuvre de Sir Arthur...

Rejoignez-nousLes mots pleuvaient du ciel dans toute la Longue Terre, partout où il y avait des oreilles pour entendre, des yeux pour voir et des esprits pour comprendre.Cinquante-cinq ans après le Jour...

Un grand chef-d'oeuvre et sa suite, réunis dans un seul volume :LA GUERRE DES MONDES de H.G. WellsLe récit culte de l'invasion de la Terre par les Martiens, émergeant de leurs cylindres pour se lancer...

Le jeune homme se hissa dans le sas membraneux, puis il s’en extirpa et constata qu’on avait posé, à quelques mètres du véhicule, une main courante qu’il rejoignit tant bien que mal. La pente apparente...

Les entretoises en titane, d’un diamètre de crayon, n’étaient pas conçues pour supporter l’impact. Les parois de pressurisation, minces comme des feuilles de papier, avaient fléchi et éclaté, éparpillant...

Stephen Baxter's epic sequence of Xeelee novels was introduced to a new generation of readers with his highly successful quartet, Destiny's Children, published by Gollancz between 2003 and 2006. But the...

Takes the story of the mammoths back into prehistory; 16,000 B.C.It is a time when the mammoths face the vicious intrusions into their world of the Lost - mankind. And it is up to Longtusk, the only...

Stephen Baxter's superb historical thriller series tips over into alternate history as the Germans invade Britain in 1940The Weaver of Time's Tapestry has finally suceeded in twisting the threads of history...

Star humans were engineered to exist within the mantle of a star, mere tools of their Earth-evolved makers in a war against the Xeelee, owners of the universe. Stephen Baxter's third novel in his magnificent...

Wormhole technology has revealed that our sun will die in 5,000,000 years. A race of superbeings, the fabulous Xeelee, owners of the universe, are thought to be responsible. The bizarre and wealthy cult,...

Stephen Baxter breaks genre boundaries and brings his unique imagination, epic scope and elegant style to an anthropomorphic fantasy. Starting with the story of a young female mammoth and the struggle...

They have measured the slow pulse of the seasons as the Earth spins its stately annual dance. Their memories stretch back across the million-year cycles of the ice sheets.Their stories tell of the making...

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Reid Malenfant a été renvoyé de la NASA. Il est aujourd'hui un homme d'affaires très fortuné et bien décidé à convaincre le monde de l'intérêt économique et scientifique de l'exploration de notre système....

Dans les vestiges calcinés du domicile d’un scientifique discret, l’agent Monica Jansson découvre un curieux gadget : un boîtier abritant du fil de cuivre, un commutateur et... une pomme de terre. Ce...

Grâce aux recherches de Reid Malenfant, certains pays ont poursuivi leur projet d'expansion dans la galaxie, à partir d'une base lunaire. Nemoto, une scientifique japonaise, vient de découvrir une activité...

La machine à explorer le temps est le texte fondateur de la science-fiction moderne. Lorsque s'achève le récit de H. G. Wells, le Voyageur se prépare à repartir dans le futur sauver Weena, la charmante...

La Primeterre est dévastée. L’éruption du Yellowstone a noyé les États-Unis sous la cendre et rendu inhabitable une grande partie de la planète. Des flots de réfugiés se massent dans les Terres parallèles...

Dix ans après son retour des profondeurs de la Longue Terre, Josué Valienté mène avec son épouse et son fils une existence paisible dans sa jeune colonie bâtie à plus d’un million de mondes de sa planète...

Il ne fait pas bon grandir sur la Roue. Cet anneau de glace et d'acier autour d'une lune de Saturne qui héberge une colonie minière alimentant la Terre en minerais rares et précieux.Lorsque de mystérieuses...

La Terre a subi des changements climatiques sans précédent depuis que la Lune a été remplacée par une étrange petite planète rouge. Reid Malenfant part en mission afin de retrouver Emma, sa femme, qui...

Milieu du XXIe. Fuyant la Primeterre plongée dans l’hiver volcanique, l’humanité s’est réfugiée dans les mondes parallèles, où elle s’organise tant bien que mal en de nouvelles microsociétés.Josué Valiente,...

De retour sur Terre en 2037, Bisesa Dutt est hantée par les souvenirs de son séjour sur Mir, cet étrange monde-mosaïque de régions et d'époques arrachées à l'histoire de l'humanité. Dans quelle intention...

Par l'auteur de 2001 : L'Odyssée de l'espace ! En un instant, une force inconnue a morcelé la Terre en une mosaïque d'époques, de la préhistoire à l'an 2037. Un gigantesque puzzle qui résume l'évolution...

Orbite solaire, fin du quatrième millénaire. Lieserl est âgée de quelques semaines, et pourtant son corps est celui d’une vieillarde. était, en fait. Car Lieserl est une intelligence artificielle, et...

La Ceinture. Un agrégat de matériaux archaïques peuplé de mineurs. Rees est l’un d’eux, un rat de mine passant le plus clair de son temps sous cinq g à creuser le cœur de fer de l’étoile morte autour...

« Les Xeelees possédaient l’univers… Quand les hommes avaient émergé du système solaire en se traînant à vitesse subluminique sur les premiers vaisseaux GUT, ils étaient entrés dans un environnement complexe...

Voyage au cœur d’une étoile à neutrons…Imaginez une humanité microscopique, une humanité conçue pour vivre dans l’environnement le plus hostile qui soit — le manteau superfluide d’une étoile à neutrons,...

Life is unpredictable, the afterlife even worse.Thrust too early into death (only thirty-two!), Leo Cooper wrestles with the confusion of how things work on the other side. It's an impossible undertaking,...

Modern Love - Ancient Foes With vampires on the rise and the city under threat, who would have thought love – and a long lost recipe for pesto - could bring everything undead to a head? Lola Morelli enjoys...

I'll lose everything if I give in to my desire, so why am I drawn to him like a moth to a flame?MarcusMy senior year, I made a deal with the devil. Or, my father, as he's commonly known. I get to spend...

Catty Hammond isn't like other girls; she can talk to roaches. It's not a gift she ever wanted or asked for, but ever since she was a child, it's marked her as different. And in the suburb of Hilly Green,...

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In the kingdom of Dent, Amelia has always been overshadowed - first by her brother, the rightful heir, and then by her father's vision of tradition. Groomed for marriage rather than leadership, she's...

DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK.OKAY, BE AFRAID AND GRAB A DARK BREW…This short story collection has horror to chill you to the bone and humor to tickle your funny bone."Michael McCarty is given full rein,...

Under the control of a madman... with no way out. Aaron Dupree has turned his life around. After serving six years in prison for his part in an armed robbery, he's released on parole. He's gotten a job...

In the infamous Empire City, they have invented a god. This has drawn the ire of the gods, but the machine god has proven too strong for even their efforts. However, the most cunning of the gods seeks...

Niapachad Island is a place lost in time—a haunting echo of a forgotten era. Its people cling to the old ways, draped in antiquated fashion, speaking in peculiar tongues, and abiding by an outdated hierarchy...

In Devon and Lenore's world, magic is as common as turning a pot or fletching an arrow. What isn't common is a man with thread magic. When Devon starts weaving prophetic tapestries, his royal family tries...

Adler and Gordon's relationship deepens, but before long, they have to adjust to unforeseen circumstances. As if that weren't enough, everyone's favorite vampire hunter calls the couple to a murder scene. Gordon...

In a realm teetering on the brink of destruction, where ancient clans clash and unseen forces manipulate the threads of destiny, a group of ordinary young adults discovers they possess extraordinary abilities...

Hannah and McCoy lost two of their closest friends during the confrontation with the genocidal Alaskan entity and they're not sure how to move on. Kurt and Cass bolster their ranks but Kurt struggles...

Everyone knows Alice and her adventures through Wonderland. Or they thought they did. There is more than one side to a story. More than one side to Alice. There is more than one side to Wonderland. Journey...

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