Greg Bear Boeken

bevat: Robert A. Heinlein - Aan zijn veters omhoog (by his bootstraps, 1941)Jack Vance - De wereld tussenin (The world between, 1963)Larrry Niven - Neutronster (Neutron star, 1968)Peter Cuijpers - God op aardeWim Gijsen- Hoedt u voor protocollen!Tanith Lee - De ring vaarwel (Perfidious amber, 1979)Orson Scott Card - De porseleinen salamander (The porcelain salamander, 1981)Greg Bear- Rotssteen (Petra, 1982)Peter Schaap - De markt van MendesarchBruce Sterling & William Gibson - Rode ster, winterse omloopbaan (Red star, winter orbit, 1985)

On July 26, Arthur Gordon learns that Europa, the sixth moon of Jupiter, has disappeared. Not hiding, not turned black, but gone. On September 28th, Edward Shaw, a geologist working in Death valley, finds a mysterious new cinder cone in very well-mapped area As more unexplained phenomena spring up around the globeL: a granite mountain appearing in Australia, sounds emanating from the Earth's core, flashes of light among the asteroids, it becomes clear to some that the end is approaching, and there is nothing that can be done. In The Forge of God, award-winning author Greg Bear describes the final days of the world on both a massive, scientific scale and in the everyday, emotional context of individual human lives. Facing the destruction of all they know, some people turn to God, others to their families, and a few turn to saviors promising escape from a planet tearing itself apart. Will they make it in time? And who gets left behind to experience the last moments of beauty and chaos on Earth?

Elf beroemde auteurs schreven op verzoek van Robert Silverberg een sf-verhaal, dat speelt in een eerder door hen ontworpen universum. Deze bundel is een weergaloze ervaring voor kenners van het genre en voor wie wil kennismaken met nieuwe verre werelden.

Multi-award winning author Greg Bear established himself as the most ambitious and imaginative of the potential successors to Arthur C. Clarke with his bestselling space operas Eon and Eternity. Tangents is his first collection of short stories and includes two tales that won both Hugo and Nebula Awards: `Tangents' a remarkable account of contact with beings from another dimension, and the original short version of his classic novel Blood Music.

Wanneer de cybermiljardair Terence Crest zelfmoord pleegt en de datastromen van het midden van de 21ste eeuw in de war raken, lijkt de maatschappij volledig te worden ontwricht.

Een man gaat een groep ontvluchte opstandelingen achterna door ruimte en tijd en belandt op een planeet met een geheel eigen ecologisch systeem.

Dank zij de vorderingen op het terrein van de nanotechnologie is een schoon en welvarend Amerika een feit; de schone kunsten en LitVid floreren; de robotsonde AXIS brengt verbazingwekkend nieuws van Alfa Centauri's planeet B-2. In het luxeappartement van de beroemde dichter Emanuel Goldstein worden de afschuwelijk verminkte lijken van acht jeugdige studenten aangetroffen. Politievrouw Mary Choy krijgt opdracht de voortvluchtige Goldman in te rekenen om hem een correctieprogramma te laten doorlopen, vóór hij in handen valt van de Keurmeesters, een netwerk van wraakzuchtige fanatici waarvan de leden neurale martelingen toepassen op een ieder die zij als mentaal onzuiver beschouwen. Zonder aarzeling bindt Mary Choy de strijd aan met deze exponenten van een eeuwenoude religie. Maar er gebeurt meer. Richard Fettle, bijvoorbeeld, een mislukt schrijver en bewonderaar van Goldsmith, raakt zodanig in de ban van zijn idool dat hij ten prooi valt aan dwangmatige moordlust. De in ongenade gevallen psychiater dr. Martin Burke krijgt de kans van zijn leven: een uitstapje in het brein van de psychopaat Goldsmith. Een levensgevaarlijke onderneming, zo blijkt spoedig. Tegelijk huilt ver weg, in een uithoek van de ruimte, een nieuw bewustzijn - ontstaan in de ingewanden van een machine en moederziel-alleen - om hulp, om verlossing...

The planet Hegira is the universe's melting pot. Hundreds of tribes in dozens of cities intermingle in the vast uncharted territory. The only thing holding the people together are the massive Obelisks, the chronicles of all the truths and falsehoods each tribe has brought to Hegira. Young Bar-Woten is in search of knowledge and he knows the key to the truth about his homeland is contained in the writings of the Obelisks. With his fellow companions, Bar-Woten must travel through Hegira's exotic cities to discover the lies within the words of thousands. Greg Bear, author of more than twenty-five books that have been translated into seventeen languages, has won science fiction's highest honors and is considered the natural heir to Arthur C. Clarke. The recipient of two Hugos and four Nebulas for his fiction, he has been called "the best working writer of hard science fiction" by The Science Fiction Encyclopedia. Many of his novels, such as Darwin's Radio, are considered to be this generations' classics. Bear is married to Astrid Anderson, daughter of science fiction great Poul Anderson, and they are the parents of two children, Erik and Alexandria. His recent thriller novel, Quantico, was published in 2007 and the sequel, Mariposa, followed in 2009. He has since published a new, epic science fiction novel, City at the End of Time and a generation starship novel, Hull Zero Three.

For over four decades, the demand for Star Trek stories has led to five television series, over seven hundred episodes, ten feature films, and an animated series. From the early short-story adaptations by James Blish in the 1960s to the original novels of the 1970s and beyond, fiction has significantly expanded the Star Trek universe. This exploration delves into why these books serve as a powerful creative outlet for some and a fresh way to engage with the Star Trek mythos for others. The work reflects on the first forty years of professionally published Star Trek fiction, showcasing the personalities and creative sensibilities of its contributors. It provides an insightful look into the creative processes, challenges, innovations, and progress within this literary landscape. Author Jeff Ayers has engaged with nearly six hundred books and interviewed over three hundred authors and editors to create a comprehensive guide to this unique publishing phenomenon. Fully illustrated with book covers, the work includes an index by title and author, as well as a detailed timeline, making it an essential resource for every fan.

In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood—a horrifying shape-changing parasite—has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses.Too little, too late, the legal rate of Juridicals is only now investigating possible crimes by the Master Builder and others. Evidence-gathering agents known collectively as Catalog have been dispatched to collect testimony from the Librarian and both Didacts: the Ur-Didact, treacherously abandoned in a Flood-infested system, and the Bornstellar Didact, who accompanies the Librarian as she preserves specimens against the dire possibility of Halo extermination.Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Librarian and the Ur-Didact reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished Precursors and the Flood.The Precursors created many technological species, including humanity and the Forerunners. But the roots of the Flood may be found in an act of enormous barbarity, carried out beyond our galaxy ten million years before...Because of that barbarism, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian--husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict--hold the keys to a solution.Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time—to prevent an insane evil from dominating the entire universe.