Greg Bear Boeken

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.

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...

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)

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.

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.

The final novel of the Forerunner Saga trilogy by science fiction legend Greg Bear—set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! One hundred thousand years ago. Chaos rules the final days of the Forerunner empire. The Flood—a horrifying, shape-changing, and unstoppable parasite—has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies, and internal strife has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses. Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Forerunners known as the Ur-Didact and the Librarian reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished race of the Precursors and the Flood. While the Precursors created many technological species, including those of the Forerunners and humanity itself, 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 savagery, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian—husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict—hold the keys to a solution. As they face the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time—a shocking act designed to prevent an insane abomination from dominating the entire galaxy…

"The Song of Power" opened the gateway to the Realm of the Sidhe, allowing young Michael Perrin to slip through. Now Michael faces years of captivity and deadly struggles for the future of the Realm and of Earth--leading finally to a terrible confrontation on the streets of Los Angeles, with the soul of humanity at stake. Weaving the power of music, poetry, and myth into a headlong narrative of nearly overwhelming intensity, "Song of Earth and Power" is one of the most original fantasy epics of our time, a vast tapestry of relentless suspense, terrible beauty, and brilliant imagination. Originally published years ago in two parts, it now returns in a new edition rewritten by the author and published in a single volume as he originally intended. Wrote" Analog" on its original appearance: "A delight....A vision of Faery that may owe a bit to a wish to do it right. Read it."

A collection of short stories by the bestselling author of "Eon", "Eternity", "Blood Music", "The Forge of God", "Hegira", "Strength of Stones", "Beyond Heaven's River" and "Psychlone", including two stories which have won both Hugo and Nebula Awards.