Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We're out of oil. We've wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a …
Humans beware. As the robotic revolution continues to creep into our lives, it brings with it an impending sense of doom. What horrifying scenarios might unfold if our technology were to go awry? From self-aware robotic toys to intelligent machines violently malfunctioning, this anthology brings to life the half-formed questions and fears we all have about the increasing presence of robots in our lives. With contributions from a mix of bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming writers, and including a rare story by “the father of artificial intelligence,” Dr. John McCarthy, Robot Uprisings meticulously describes the exhilarating and terrifying near-future in which humans can only survive by being cleverer than the rebellious machines they have created.
THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF READY PLAYER ONE Itâe(tm)s just another day of high school for Zack Lightman. He's daydreaming through another boring math class, with just one more month to go until graduation and freedomâe"if he can make it that long without getting suspended again. Then he glances out his classroom window and spots the flying saucer. At first, Zack thinks heâe(tm)s going crazy. A minute later, heâe(tm)s sure of it. Because the UFO heâe(tm)s staring at is straight out of the videogame he plays every night, a hugely popular online flight simulator called Armadaâe"in which gamers just happen to be protecting the earth from alien invaders. But what Zackâe(tm)s seeing is all too real. And his skillsâe"as well as those of millions of gamers across the worldâe"are going to be needed to save the earth from whatâe(tm)s about to befall it. Yet even as he and his new comrades scramble to prepare for the alien onslaught, Zack canâe(tm)t help thinking of all the science-fiction books, TV shows, and movies he grew up reading and watching, and wonder: Doesnâe(tm)t something about this scenario seem a little tooâe¦ familiar? Armada is at once a rollicking, surprising thriller, a classic coming of age adventure, and an alien-invasion tale like nothing youâe(tm)ve ever read beforeâe"one whose every page is infused with author Ernest Clineâe(tm)s trademark pop-culture savvy.
Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vaults, waiting for his heir to find it, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous - and addictive - than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest: a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who'll kill millions to get what he wants. Wade's life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ernest Cline comes a mostly true tall tale about an unexpected friendship between a young girl and a music-loving colony of bats! Described as a "mostly true tall tale," Bridge to Bat City tells the story of a recently orphaned young girl named Opal B Flats, who forms an unexpected friendship with a music-loving colony of bats and embarks on an mission to find them a new home despite powerful forces determined to stop her. After losing her mother, thirteen-year-old outsider Opal moves in with her uncle Roscoe on the family farm. There, Opal befriends a group of orphaned bats. But just as the farm is starting to feel like home, the bats' cave is destroyed by a big mining company with its sights set on bulldozing the farmland next. If Opal and the bats can fit in anywhere, it's the nearby city of Austin, with its wonderfully eccentric characters and rich music scene. But with people afraid of the bats and determined to get rid of them, it'll take a whole lot of courage to prove that this is where the bats--and Opal--belong.
Film w reżyserii Stevena Spielberga wkr�tce w kinach!Bestsellerowa powieść, kt�ra stała się już klasykiem swojego gatunku.Jest rok 2045. Ziemia jest okropnym miejscem. Zasoby ropy się wyczerpały. Klimat się rozregulował. Na planecie panują gł�d, bieda i choroby. Większość ludzi ucieka od przytłaczającej rzeczywistości, prowadząc wirtualne życie w OASIS, pełnej rozmachu utopii online, gdzie można być, kim się chce i spokojnie funkcjonować, grać i zakochiwać się na jednej z tysiąca planet. Wade Watts żyje w OASIS od wczesnego dzieciństwa i podobnie jak wielu innych, ma obsesję na punkcie Miedzianego Klucza, cyfrowego ?wielkanocnego jajka?, ukrytego gdzieś głęboko w cyfrowej rzeczywistości. Schował go przed śmiercią tam założyciel OASIS, James Halliday, multimiliarder. Ten, kto go znajdzie, odziedziczy jego majątek i przejmie kontrolę nad grą. Przez całe lata miliony ludzi pr�bowały odnaleźć ten skarb; jedyną wskaz�wką była wiedza,że prowadzące do celu zagadki są oparte na kulturze masowej końca XX wieku. Ale to właśnie Wade natrafia na klucz do pierwszego zadania i nagle odkrywa, że w desperackim wyścigu po największą nagrodę przeciwko sobie ma tysiące konkurent�w. Ta coraz bardziej zaciekła rywalizacja wkr�tce przenosi się z OASIS do świata rzeczywistego?
