Robert J. Sawyer Boeken

Mike Resnick en Martin H. Greenberg hebben een twintigtal schrijvers bereid gevonden een fantastisch fantasyverhaal te schrijven over de fascinerendste wezens die de aarde ooit bevolkten. We volgen de prehistorische menagerie van hun oorspronkelijke leefwerld, de Jura, tot in, 's lezers achtertuin; van de oertijd van onze planeet tot in het heden; van de logge, magistrale tyrannosaurus tot aan de vliegende pterodactylus... Bekende sf- en fantasy auteurs, onder wie Judith Tarr, Mercedes Lackey, Katharine Kerr, David Gerrold en vele anderen, schreven een onvergetelijk dino-verhaal. Deze bundel zal talloze dino-liehebbers, van jong tot oud, tot de verbeelding spreken!

Is er leven na de dood? Een onderzoek met deze kernvraag levert de ambitieuze dr. Peter Hobson, een wetenschapper met ernstige huwelijksproblemen, het bewijs van het bestaan van de menselijke ziel, met vèrstrekkende gevolgen: de golf van mediageweld die over hem heen komt wordt gevolgd door onvoorstelbare omwentelingen op sociaal en maatschappelijk terrein. Maar Hobson is nog niet klaar. Zonder anderen erin te kennen, met de bedoeling zijn theorie over onsterfelijkheid en leven-na-de-dood te testen, schept hij drie verschillende elektronische simulaties van zijn eigen persoonlijkheid. Bij de eerste Hobson wist hij elke herinnering aan een fysiek bestaan. Dit is de Hobson-simulatie van een puur geestelijke entiteit. Bij de tweede Hobson wist hij elke kennis van ouder worden en sterven. Dit is de Hobson-simulatie van een onsterfelijke ziel. De derde Hobson laat hij ongewijzigd. Deze beschouwt de Hobson van vlees en bloed als de vergelijkingsbasis voor het gehele experiment. De ellende, voor hun initiatiefnemer, begint als de drie simulaties van zijn super-PC ontsnappen naar het Net, het wereldwijde netwerk van met elkaar verbonden netwerken, thuis-PC's en elektronische bestanden. Daar ontpopt één van de drie zich als een wrekende God in de machine, om precies te zijn als een wrekende moordenaar zonder genade. De vraag, voor Hobson én voor de lezer, is: wie van de drie?

Caitlin Decter could never have anticipated what was coming when she first sensed a strange presence on the internet Webmind is an emerging consciousness that has befriended blind mathematics genius Caitlin Decter and has grown eager to learn about her world. But Webmind has also come to the attention of WATCH - the secret government agency that monitors the Internet for any threat to the United States-and they're fully aware of Caitlin's involvement in its awakening. WATCH is convinced that Webmind represents a risk to national security and wants it purged from cyberspace. But Caitlin believes in Webmind's capacity for compassion-and she will do anything and everything necessary to protect her friend.

What happens when the internet comes alive? An SF thriller of terrifying possibilities.

Neanderthal physicist Ponder Boddit resumes his relationship with geneticist Mary Vaughn as cultural and scientific exchanges begin between the two parallel Earths--our own, and one in which Neanderthals became the dominant species.

Jake Sullivan has cheated death: he's discarded his doomed biological body and copied his consciousness into an android form. The new Jake soon finds the love that eluded him when he was encased in flesh - he falls for the android version of Karen, a woman rediscovering the joys of life now that she too is no longer constrained by a worn-out body.

In a parallel world in which Neanderthals, rather than homo sapiens, became the dominant intelligent species, a dangerous scientific experiment traps a Neanderthal physicist on Earth.

Sono passati vent'anni dalla scoperta dei wormhole, misteriose anomalie del cosmo che permettono di viaggiare nello spazio e nel tempo, e l'esplorazione dell'universo ha raggiunto vette imprevedibili. Durante una missione il comandante Keith Lansing e la sua nave si imbattono in una stella più vecchia dell'universo stesso e in una razza sconosciuta che minaccia una guerra intergalattica. L'unico modo per salvare la Starplex e il suo mondo è entrare nel wormhole per tornare indietro di miliardi di anni e scoprire il segreto della misteriosa stella...

An experiment into an elusive nuclear particle veers off course and for a few moments, the consciousness of the entire human race is thrown forward about twenty years, giving everyone a glimpse of their own future.

Webmind--the vast consciousness that spontaneously emerged from the infrastructure of the World Wide Web--has proven its worth to humanity by aiding in everything from curing cancer to easing international tensions. But the brass at the Pentagon see Webmind as a threat that needs to be eliminated.Caitlin Decter--the once-blind sixteen-year-old math genius who discovered, and bonded with, Webmind--wants desperately to protect her friend. And if she doesn't act, everything--Webmind included--may come crashing down.

Hybrids is the climactic book of Robert J. Sawyer's Neanderthal Parallax trilogy. Torn between two worlds, geneticist Mary Vaughan and Neanderthal physicist Ponter Boddit struggle to find a way to make their relationship work. Aided by banned Neanderthal technology, they plan to conceive the first hybrid child, a symbol of hope for the peaceful coexistence of two versions of reality. But after an experiment shows that Mary's religious faith--something completely absent among Neanderthals--is a quirk of Homo sapiens neurology, Ponter and Mary must decide whether their child should be predisposed to atheism or belief. Meanwhile, as Mary's Earth faces the impending collapse of its planetary magnetic field, Mary's boss, the enigmatic Jock Krieger, has turned envious eyes on the unspoiled Eden of the Neanderthal world. In Hybrids, Sawyer concludes his signature speculations about alternative ways to be human, exploding our preconceptions of morality and gender, faith and love.

In the Hugo-Award winning series, readers meet Ponter Boddit, a Neanderthal physicist from a parallel Earth, who is transported to our reality due to a quantum-computing mishap. This unique premise sets the stage for an exploration of alternate history and world-building. In the latest installment, Ponter and his Homo sapiens lover, geneticist Mary Vaughan, navigate the complexities of their relationship across two worlds. They aim to conceive the first hybrid child, representing hope for unity between their realities. However, a pivotal experiment reveals that Mary's religious faith, absent in Neanderthals, stems from the neurological differences between their species. This discovery forces them to confront whether their child should lean towards atheism or belief. Concurrently, Mary's Earth faces a crisis with its collapsing magnetic field, while her ambitious boss, Jock Krieger, covets the untouched Neanderthal world. Filled with Sawyer's thought-provoking speculations on what it means to be human, the narrative challenges conventional views on morality, gender, faith, and love. This concluding volume of the Neanderthal Parallax trilogy promises to be one of the most controversial and impactful books of the year.

Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math, and blind. When she receives an implant to restore her sight, instead of seeing reality she perceives the landscape of the World Wide Web-where she makes contact with a mysterious consciousness existing only in cyberspace.

Každý člověk balancuje na tenké hranici dobra a zla. Každý je schopen ji překročit… Dá se však tento krok předpokládat? Odvrátit? Nebo obrátit? A může v tom klíčovou roli sehrát kvantová fyzika? Odpovědi nabízí mistrovský filozofický psychothriller Kvantová noc. Experimentální psycholog Jim Marchuk pracuje na vývoji metody, která má spolehlivě odhalit psychopaty skrývající se ve společnosti. Pak však zcela náhodou zjistí, že mu z paměti zmizel půl rok života před dvaceti lety – a že to byl půl rok temný a klíčový. Kontaktuje proto Kaylu Huronovou, svou tehdejší přítelkyni, která se věnuje výzkumu lidského vědomí. A která učinila zásadní objev, jenž může lidstvo navždy zbavit chuti dopouštět se násilí… nebo ho naopak definitivně uvrhnout do temnoty.