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Orbital
Par Samantha Harvey. 2023
A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men hurtling…
through space-not towards the moon or the vast unknown, but around our planet. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, these astronauts and cosmonauts-from America, Russia, Italy, Britain, and Japan-have left their lives behind to travel at a speed of over seventeen thousand miles an hour as the earth reels below. We glimpse moments of their earthly lives through brief communications with family, their photos and talismans; we watch them whip up dehydrated meals, float in gravity-free sleep, and exercise in regimented routines to prevent atrophying muscles; we witness them form bonds that will stand between them and utter solitude. Most of all, we are with them as they behold and record their silent blue planet. Their experiences of sixteen sunrises and sunsets and the bright, blinking constellations of the galaxy are at once breathtakingly awesome and surprisingly intimate. So are the marks of civilization far below, encrusted on the planet on which we live. Profound, contemplative, and gorgeous, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and a moving elegy to our humanity, environment, and planetYours for the taking: A novel
Par Gabrielle Korn. 2023
The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other,…
it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon, it won't be safe outside at all. The only people guaranteed survival are the ones whose applications are accepted to The Inside Project, a series of weather-safe, city-sized structures around the world. Jacqueline Millender is a reclusive billionaire/women's rights advocate, and thanks to a generous donation, she's just become the director of the Inside being built on the bones of Manhattan. Her ideas are unorthodox, yet alluring—she's built a whole brand around rethinking the very concept of empowerment. Shelby, a business major from a working-class family, is drawn to Jacqueline's promises of power and impact. When she lands her dream job as Jacqueline's personal assistant, she's instantly swept up into the glamourous world of corporatized feminism. Also drawn into Jacqueline's orbit is Olympia, who is finishing up medical school when Jacqueline recruits her to run the health department Inside. The more Olympia learns about the project, though, the more she realizes there's something much larger at play. When Ava is accepted to live Inside and her girlfriend isn't, she's forced to go alone. But her heartbreak is quickly replaced with a feeling of belonging: Inside seems like it's the safe space she's been searching for... most of the time. Other times she can't shake the feeling that something is deeply off. As she, Olympia, and Shelby start to notice the cracks in Jacqueline's system, Jacqueline tightens her grip, becoming increasingly unhinged and dangerous in what she is willing to do—and who she is willing to sacrifice—to keep her dream alive. At once a mesmerizing story of queer love, betrayal, and chosen family, and an unflinching indictment of cis, corporate feminism, Gabrielle Korn's Yours for the Taking holds a mirror to our own world, in all its beauty and horrorArrow of lightning (Killer of Enemies #3)
Par Joseph Bruchac. 2023
Months after she has been healed from the Enemy Sickness that afflicted her in Trail of the Dead, Lozen and…
her family have gathered a community around them in Valley Where First Light Paints the Cliffs and have begun to rebuild. Lozen knows danger still stalks them, as the remaining Ones plot Lozen's demise and she senses an old enemy inching closer. She intends to be ready to defend her people, but can she do it without taking another human life? Lozen will need all her powers-including a new one that she wasn't expecting-to bring peace to her community at last. Masterful storyteller Joseph Bruchac delivers a satisfying conclusion of the acclaimed Killer of Enemies seriesThe secret explorers and the moon mission (Secret Explorers #9)
Par Sj King. 2022
Blast off into space with this lunar themed instalment of DK Books' new educational fiction series for children. Meet the…
Secret Explorers - a band of brainiac kids from all around the world. Everyone in this diverse group of young experts has a speciality, from outer space to dinosaurs, and each story follows a character who gets chosen for a "secret exploration". In this fun, fact-filled children's audiobook, space expert Roshni and geology expert Cheng blast off into outer space on a mission to the Moon. There, they must navigate the dangerous terrain to clear up space debris before it can interfere with a lunar mission! Along the way the Secret Explorers pilot a space buggy and collect important rock samples. With a gripping narrative that keeps kids engaged, The Secret Explorers and the Moon Mission book by SJ King is perfect for children who are into all things space. It's written for children aged 7-9 years, with lots of information about astronomy and space, to give them an exciting introduction to lunar exploration. At the end of this fictional audiobook, you'll find "Roshni' Mission Notes" which is a summary of all the scientific facts and discoveries made throughout the story. With fun quizzes, and a vocabulary list, the educational value of this audiobook is outstandingTranslation state
Par Ann Leckie. 2023
The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across…
the stars in this powerful novel from a Hugo and Nebula award-winning author: "There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can" (John Scalzi). Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before them: learn human ways, and eventually, make a match and serve as an intermediary between the dangerous alien Presger and the human worlds. The realization that they might want something else isn't "optimal behavior". I's the type of behavior that results in elimination. But Qven rebels. And in doing so, their path collides with those of two others. Enae, a reluctant diplomat whose dead grandmaman has left hir an impossible task as an inheritance: hunting down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. And Reet, an adopted mechanic who is increasingly desperate to learn about his genetic roots—or anything that might explain why he operates so differently from those around him. As a Conclave of the various species approaches—and the long-standing treaty between the humans and the Presger is on the line—the decisions of all three will have ripple effects across the stars. Masterfully merging space adventure and mystery, and a poignant exploration about relationships and belonging, Translation State is a triumphant new standalone story set in Leckie's celebrated Imperial Radch universeFar out!
Par Anne Bustard. 2023
From the author of Blue Skies comes a lively middle grade novel about a young, alien-loving girl trying to clear…
her grandmother's name in this mystery that has humor, hijinks, and heart in equal measure. It's 1964, the Space Race is well underway, and eleven-year-old Magnolia Jean Crook and the other residents of Totter, Texas, are over the moon about UFOs. The whole town is gearing up for the First Annual Come on Down Day—in just one week, they are hoping to host any and all space aliens who would like to visit Earth. But right before the kick-off party, a meteorite goes missing—and MJ's beloved grandmother Mimi, who is the vice president of the Totter Unidentified Flying Object Organization, is the prime suspect. MJ is desperate to show the town that this Crook is not a thief. The only problem is that there is a lot of evidence against her, and Mimi herself isn't helping things. She's acting suspiciously, pulling disappearing acts, and worst of all, can't seem to answer any questions about where she was or what she was doing. But much like UFOs, extraterrestrial visitations, and sending people to space, the impossible has been known to happenVeiller sur elle
Par Jean-Baptiste Andrea. 2023
Août 1986. Dans un monastère italien où il vit depuis quarante ans, veillant sur sa dernière oeuvre, Mimo se meurt.…
Au cours de ses dernières heures, entre souvenirs et divagations, il plonge dans l'histoire de sa vie : son apprentissage chez un sculpteur alcoolique et brutal, sa rencontre avec Viola, fille unique de la famille Orsini, dont il tombe amoureux, et son succès. Prix Goncourt 2023.Vorpal blade: Looking glass series, book 2 (Looking Glass #2)
Par John Ringo. 2014
One of the unquestioned masters of military science fiction, New York Times best-selling author John Ringo teams with real-life rocket…
scientist Travis S. Taylor for this action-packed sequel to Into the Looking Glass. The alien Dreen are still a terrifying menace across the galaxy, but Earth has a new weapon-the first human warp ship. Aboard the Vorpal Blade, America's tough-as-nails Force Recon Marines seek the Dreen, hoping to bring the fight directly to them. ". deals with the arcane mysteries of quantum mechanics, lending . an absurdist twist appropriately reminiscent of Lewis Carroll."-Publishers WeeklyInto the light (Out of the Dark #2)
Par David Weber. 2021
In New York Times- bestselling science fiction epic Out of the Dark , Earth beat back an alien invasion. Now…
we've got to make sure they don't come back, in Into the Light . The Shongairi conquered Earth. In mere minutes, half the human race died, and our cities lay in shattered ruins. But the Shongairi didn't expect the survivors' tenacity. And, crucially, they didn't know that Earth harbored two species of intelligent, tool-using bipeds. One of them was us. The other, long-lived and lethal, was hiding in the mountains of eastern Europe, the subject of fantasy and legend. When they emerged and made alliance with humankind, the invading aliens didn't stand a chance. Now Earth is once again ours. Aided by the advanced tech the aliens left behind, we're rebuilding as fast as we can. Meanwhile, a select few of our blood-drinking immortals are on their way to the Shongairi homeworld, having commandeered one of the alien starships...the planet-busting kindOut of the dark (Out of the Dark #1)
Par David Weber. 2010
The launch of a new science fiction adventure series—by the New York Times -best selling author of the Safehold series…
and the Honor Harrington series The Galactic Hegemony has been around a long time, and it likes stability—the kind of stability that member species like the aggressive, carnivorous Shongairi tend to disturb. So when the Hegemony Survey Force encountered a world whose so-called "sentients"—"humans," they called themselves—were almost as bad as the Shongairi themselves, it seemed reasonable to use the Shongairi to neutralize them before they could become a second threat to galactic peace. And if the Shongairi took a few knocks in the process, all the better. Now, Earth is conquered. The Shongairi have arrived in force, and humanity's cities lie in radioactive ruins. In mere minutes, more than half the human race has died. Master Sergeant Stephen Buchevsky, who thought he was being rotated home from his latest tour in Afghanistan, finds himself instead prowling the back country of the Balkans, dodging alien patrols and trying to organize scattered survivors without getting killed. And in the southeastern US, firearms instructor and former Marine Dave Dvorak finds himself at the center of a growing network of resistance—putting his extended family at lethal risk, but what else can you do? On the face of it, Buchevsky's and Dvorak's chances look bleak, as do prospects for the rest of the surviving human race. But it may well be that Shongairi and the Hegemony alike have underestimated the inhabitants of that strange planet called Earth... in David Weber's Out of the DarkInvasion: Zombie apocalypse (THEM Post-Apocalyptic Series)
Par Massey Massey. 2016
When a surprise nuclear attack forces Aidan from hiding, he finds the world to be a much different and more…
deadly place. Now he'll traverse a post-apocalyptic landscape populated by violent redneck looters, rogue military factions, and an army of hungry undead... Invasion: Zombie Apocalypse After two combat tours in the Middle East, Aidan Sullivan just wants to be left alone on his family's ranch in the Texas Hill Country. But when the bombs fall and the dead walk, Aidan risks life and limb to rescue his aging parents from the zombie horde. To save them, he'll traverse half the state of Texas while fighting rogue military units, violent redneck looters, and thousands of walking dead. The question is, can he make it there in time? Only one thing's for sure—this Ranger will complete the mission, or he'll die trying! - - - Invasion: Zombie Apocalypse is a fresh take on the end of the world as we know it, military zombie apocalypse, SHTF fiction at its gory best. Get your copy today and discover the twisted, dystopian, post-apocalyptic world of Scratch Sullivan and THEMCounteraction: Werewolf apocalypse (THEM Post-Apocalyptic Series)
Par Massey Massey. 2016
Scratch Sullivan has been through hell surviving the apocalypse—captured by his enemies, beaten and tortured within an inch of his…
life, and finally, infected by a zombie bite and left for dead. But nothing prepared him for this... Counteraction: Werewolf Apocalypse As a hunter in post-apocalyptic central Texas, Scratch Sullivan has survived zombies, vampires, and rogue military units. Heck, he's even the only human ever known to go hand-to-hand with a werewolf, and survive. But what's a man to do when the local 'thrope pack destroys your town and abducts your best girl? If you're Scratch Sullivan, you get spittin' mad... and then you get retribution. Even if thousands of undead and an entire pack of werewolves sits in your way. Now he's on a mission to wipe out the Corridor Pack and get his girlfriend Kara back, come hell or high water. The pack is going to wish they never messed with Old Scratch, cause he's gonna put those 'thropes down like the rabid dogs they are... or die trying. - - - Counteraction: Werewolf Apocalypse is a fresh take on the end of the world as we know it, military zombie apocalypse, SHTF fiction at its gory best. Get your copy today and discover the twisted, dystopian, post-apocalyptic world of Scratch Sullivan and THEMDoctor who and the krikkitmen: 4th doctor novel (Doctor Who by Douglas Adams #4)
Par Douglas Adams. 2018
Dan Starkey reads this brand new novel based on a storyline by Douglas Adams. The Doctor promised Romana the end…
of the universe, so she's less than impressed when what she gets is a cricket match. But then the award ceremony is interrupted by eleven figures in white uniforms and peaked skull helmets, wielding bat-shaped weapons that fire lethal bolts of light into the screaming crowd. The Krikkitmen are back. Millions of years ago, the people of Krikkit learned they were not alone in the universe, and promptly launched a xenophobic crusade to wipe out all other life-forms. After a long and bloody conflict, the Time Lords imprisoned Krikkit within an envelope of Slow Time, a prison that could only be opened with the Wicket Gate key, a device that resembles – to human eyes, at least – an oversized set of cricket stumps... From Earth to Gallifrey, from Bethselamin to Devalin, from Krikkit to Mareeve II to the far edge of infinity, the Doctor and Romana are tugged into a pan-galactic conga with fate as they rush to stop the Krikkitmen gaining all five pieces of the key. If they fail, the entire cosmos faces a fiery retribution that will leave nothing but ashesLa résistance: l'histoire de Peter (Naïve land)
Par Gemma Malley. 2008
« Angleterre, 2150. La mort n'existe plus. Les hommes vivent à l'ère de la Longévité : pas de morts ...…
mais, pour éviter le surpeuplement, pas de naissances non plus. Peter et Anna ont un point commun : ils n'auraient jamais dû naître. Parce qu'une vie éternelle leur semble contre nature, parce que le système de la Longévité a gâché leur enfance, parce qu'il menace leurs rêves, ils ont décidé d'entrer en lutte. Pour sa suppression. Au sein du Réseau souterrain, la résistance s'organise : Peter a pour mission d'infiltrer le plus grand des laboratoires, le centre névralgique du système, Pincent Pharma... dirigé par son grand-père, Richard Pincent. Un homme puissant et influent, bien décidé à faire plier les rebelles ; une présence troublante pour Peter : quand les liens du sang s'en mêlent, tout se complique... La Résistance est la suite de La Déclaration. » -- 4e de couvRue Saint-Denis: nouvelles
Par André Carpentier. 1988
Présence magique dans la réalité, les nouvelles de Carpentier mélangent les voix et les procédés du mode fantastique. Le pouvoir…
de l’argent s’oppose au pouvoir du savoir dans neuf textes qui explorent la nature profonde des choses, leur caractère quasi sacré, secret : Les sept rêves et la réalité de Perrine Blanc – Le mage Pichu – Maître de magie – La mappemonde venue du ciel – La cloche du Bi – Le coffret de la Corriveau – Le Fatala de Casius Sahbid – Aux fleurs de Victorine – Le double d’Udie – La bouquinerie d’outre-tempsQui est Terra Wilder?: 1
Par Anne Robillard. 2006
" Souhaitant oublier l'accident de voiture où il a perdu sa femme et où il a lui-même failli laisser sa…
vie, Terra s'installe dans une petite ville de la Colombie-Britannique afin d'y enseigner la philosophie. Coïncidence ? Fatalité ? Dès son arrivée, d'étranges phénomènes et d'extraordinaires changements s'opèrent en lui. Pourquoi ses étudiants le vénèrent-ils soudain ? Pourquoi les arbres tentent-ils de l'agripper sur son passage ? Pourquoi le fantôme de sa défunte épouse se manifeste-t-il régulièrement ? Pourquoi ses mains semblent-elles posséder des pouvoirs particuliers ? Au moment où Terra parvient enfin à s'adapter à sa nouvelle vie, son passé ressurgit comme un cauchemar, l'obligeant à replonger dans le projet secret sur lequel il travaillait aux États-Unis avant l'accident. Saura-t-il faire face aux Chevaliers Noirs et à leurs sombres desseins ? " -- 4e de couvLes mémoires d'Elizabeth Frankenstein (NéO)
Par Theodore Roszak. 2007
"Recueillie par la baronne Frankenstein, la jeune Elizabeth est introduite dans le monde secret des sorcières et initiée à l'alchimie,…
aux lois de la nature et à celles du corps humain. De son côté, Victor, fils légitime de la baronne, tournant le dos à cet univers féminin respectueux de la "loi naturelle", est pris du vertige de la science. Il prétend pouvoir créer une vie meilleure, une vie qui ne serait pas née du ventre de la femme mais de la science, nouveau maître du monde. Alors que Victor s'égare dans sa quête et crée un monstre, Elizabeth essaie de trouver sa place en pleine révolution scientifique... voire scientiste. Peu à peu, leur univers se délite jusqu'à leur tragique nuit de noces. [...]" -- 4e de couvLes meilleurs contes fantastiques québécois du XIXe siècle
Par Aurélien Boivin. 1997
Les meilleurs conteurs du XIXe siècle, les Louis Fréchette, Aubert de Gaspé, père et fils, Joseph-Charles Taché, Honoré Beaugrand et…
bien d'autres ont fait vivre et revivre loups-garous, feux follets, diablotins et fantômes, puisant en cela dans la tradition orale du QuébecLe château des Carpathes
Par Jules Verne. 1996
L'un des plus curieux romans de l'auteur, à la fois anticipateur (la télévision) et très romantique (la femme fatale). Publié…
en 1892, il révèle un aspect caché du tempérament de l'écrivain. [SDMStranger things: Flight of icarus
Par Caitlin Schneiderhan. 2023
Two years before the events of Stranger Things: Season 4, Eddie Munson—Hellfire Club leader, metalhead, and Hawkins outcast—has one shot…
to make it big. Hawkins, Indiana: For most, it’s simply another idyllic, manicured all-American town. But for Eddie Munson, it’s like living in a perpetual Tomb of Horrors. Luckily, he has only a few more months to survive at Hawkins High. And what is senior year, really, but killing time between Dungeons & Dragons sessions with the Hellfire Club and gigs with his band, Corroded Coffin? At the worst dive bar in town, Eddie meets Paige, someone who has pulled off a freaking miracle . She escaped Hawkins and built a wickedly cool life for herself working for a record producer in Los Angeles . Not only is she the definition of a badass—with killer taste in music—but she might also be the only person who actually appreciates Eddie as the bard he is instead of as the devil incarnate. But the best thing? She’s offering him a chance to make something of himself, and all he needs to do is get her a demo tape of Corroded Coffin’s best songs. Just one problem: Recording costs money. Money Eddie doesn’t have. But he’s willing to do whatever it takes, even if that means relying on his dad. Al Munson has just stumbled back into Eddie’s life with another dubious scheme up his sleeve, and yet Eddie knows this is his only option to make enough dough in enough time. It’s a risk, but if it pays off he will finally have a one-way ticket out of Hawkins. Eddie can feel it: 1984 is going to be his year