New Releases by Robert J Sawyer

Genre-busting fiction with Robert J Sawyer, CC Humphreys, Graham J Darling, Mel Anastasiou, Jordan Bray, Cat Girczyc, and JM Landels plus a graphic short from Jordan Bray and the winners of the Magpie Award for Poetry.

L'ALTERNATIVA OPPENHEIMER Dopo la distruzione di Hiroshima e Nagasaki, lo scienziato responsabile del progetto Manhattan, J. Robert Oppenheimer, si mette a capo di un nuovo team di scienziati per scongiurare, questa volta, una catastrofe. Intorno al 2030, infatti, è prevista un'esplosione del sole che diffonderà con furia devastante il suo strato più esterno, distruggendo l'intero sistema solare. A oltre settantacinque anni dallo sgancio delle bombe atomiche sul Giappone, l'autore vincitore dei premi Nebula e Hugo ci riporta indietro nel tempo per ripercorrere la Storia... con una svolta imprevista.

LA VENDETTA DEI QUINTAGLIO In Occhi nello spazio e Progetto Quintaglio abbiamo incontrato la razza di dinosauri intelligenti provenienti dalla Terra, i Quintaglio, che rischiano l'estinzione. A un livello di cultura equivalente al nostro Rinascimento, devono quindi evolvere velocemente per riuscire a sfuggire alla minaccia e lasciare il loro pianeta. Però, mentre i Quintaglio sperimentano il viaggio spaziale, scoprono una seconda specie di dinosauri intelligenti, e la scoperta mette in dubbio le loro convinzioni più profonde. Nel frattempo, la psicanalisi getta nuova luce su tutto ciò che il sapiente cieco Afsan pensava di sapere sul suo popolo attraverso

Writing fiction isn't easy. The 26 writers and editors-and one writing group-who contributed to this book know exactly how difficult it can be. They've seen the challenges and found the solutions, and they are here to share their hard-won lessons with you. From getting started to choosing a point of view, to adding resonance, crafting an unforgettable villain, advanced editing techniques, and more, Writing Better Fiction has something for writers at every level. Topics include: Dealing with the blank page Surface problems and story-worthy problems Understanding point of view Villains and conflict Writer's block Writing stronger scenes Effective dialogue Give your writing resonance with elemental tales Three steps to move from telling to showing And much more.

Progetto Quintaglio Toroca, direttore dei rilevamenti geologici, sta cercando di difendere la sua controversa teoria dell'evoluzione. Ma le origini della sua gente, i Quintaglio, si rivelano più complesse di quanto lui immaginasse, quando viene alla luce il relitto di un'antica astronave degli alieni che avevano portato i dinosauri terrestri nel loro sistema solare. Mentre Toroca deve convincere l'imperatore Dybo che l'evoluzione c'è stata, altrimenti non ci sarà alcun futuro per gli ultimi sopravvissuti del passato preistorico della Terra, a Capital City il sapiente cieco Alfan è sulle tracce di un misterioso assassino, il primo che ci sia mai stato nella storia dei Quintaglio E l'imperatore Dybo deve far fronte alle rivendicazioni al trono avanzate da suo fratello Rodlox.

Ogni tanto torna di moda l'enigma dei dinosauri, esseri giganteschi dei quali fino a due secoli fa non si conosceva nemmeno l'esistenza (e dove la parte enigmatica riguarda la loro estinzione, avvenuta nel Cretaceo). Ma se non fossero scomparsi e si fossero semplicemente trasferiti su un altro pianeta? Non grazie alla loro limitata intelligenza, certo, ma aiutati e trasportati da una razza più sensibile ed evoluta... Ridotta la massa corporea e potenziata la mente, i tirannosauri avrebbero finito per sviluppare la paziente e sofisticata civiltà descritta in questo stupefacente romanzo. Nel quale un brillante scienziato - quello che potremmo considerare l'equivalente sauro di Galileo - deve convincere i suoi concittadini delle verità contenute negli ultimi sviluppi dell'astronomia. Anche perché ignorarle metterebbe in serio pericolo il mondo dei Quintaglio, rettili pensanti ma non senza pregiudizi.

What will it mean to be human in the future? How will we evolve in order to reach the stars? Fifteen short stories collected in this book examine how interstellar flight might change humanity itself. Will we choose to upload our minds into a singularity? Enhance ourselves with alien DNA? Will our bodies remain the same, but our culture and societal norms adapt to accommodate for effects of time dilation, or become subsumed by advanced alien cultures? Hugo and Nebula award winning authors, bestsellers, and some of the hottest new writers in the field of hard science fiction imagine an array of possible futures-from bright to dystopian-and different permutations of what's in store for us as a species. Includes stories by Robert J. Sawyer, John Varley, Robert Silverberg, Brenda Cooper, Ken Liu, Mike Resnick, Jody Lynn Nye and many more.

LONGLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2017 2017 AURORA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Robert J. Sawyer has proven himself to be "a writer of boundless confidence and bold scientific extrapolation" (The New York Times). Now, the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author explores the thin line between good and evil that every human being is capable of crossing... Experimental psychologist Jim Marchuk has developed a flawless technique for identifying the previously undetected psychopaths lurking everywhere in society. But while being cross-examined about his breakthrough in court, Jim is shocked to discover that he has lost his memories of six months of his life from twenty years previously--a dark time during which he himself committed heinous acts. Jim is reunited with Kayla Huron, his forgotten girlfriend from his lost period and now a quantum physicist who has made a stunning discovery about the nature of human consciousness. As a rising tide of violence and hate sweeps across the globe, the psychologist and the physicist combine forces in a race against time to see if they can do the impossible--change human nature--before the entire world descends into darkness.

Fantascienza - racconto (13 pagine) - Perché gli alieni non comunicano con noi? In questo breve ma geniale racconto Sawyer dà una soluzione, e ne trae una terribile conseguenza Secondo alcune stime solo nella nostra galassia dovrebbero esserci circa otto miliardi di pianeti abitabili. Molti di essi dovrebbero aver sviluppato la vita, l'intelligenza, civiltà tecnologiche. Il paradosso di Fermi dice: se ci sono tutti questi alieni là fuori, perché non si fanno sentire? Perché non abbiamo mai captato un sagnale, o ricevuto una visita? In questo breve racconto, tra i suoi più famosi, Robert J. Sawyer dà una risposta e soprattutto ne trae una conseguenza. E da questa conoscenza il protagonista di questa storia dovrà trovare la chiave per venire a patti con la sua coscienza. Canadese, nato a Ottawa nel 1960, Robert J. Sawyer è uno dei migliori scrittori di fantascienza dell’ultima generazione. Ha vinto un premio Nebula già nel 1995 con uno dei suoi primi romanzi, Killer online, e nel 2003 ha ottenuto anche il Premio Hugo con La genesi della specie. Recentemente è stato insignito col Premio Aurora alla Carriera. Scrittore di fantascienza di stampo classico, con una particolare attenzione agli aspetti scientifici, Sawyer affronta spesso temi legati all’evoluzione, all’antrolopologia, all’impatto dell’uomo con le grandi rivelazioni e rivoluzioni portate dalla scienza o dal contatto con intelligenze diverse. È una persona molto alla mano, entusiasta di scrivere fantascienza e di corrispondere con i suoi lettori, anche tramite il suo sito personale il suo profilo Facebook. È socio onorario dell'Associazione Delos Books ed è stato ospite dei Delos Days a Milano nel 2011. I suoi romanzi sono stati pubblicati in Italia dall’Editrice Nord, da Fanucci e soprattutto da Urania. Delos Digital ha pubblicato diversi delle sue migliori opere brevi.

"The Second Time Travel Megapack" collects 23 more tales of travel through time, by great modern and classic authors. Included are: SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES, by Robert J. Sawyer THE BUSINESS, AS USUAL, by Mack Reynolds THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: 18, by Grendel Briarton TIME WELL SPENT, by George Zebrowski THE DAY TIME STOPPED MOVING, by Bradner Buckner SAVING JANE AUSTEN, by Robert Reginald IN THE CARDS, by Alan Cogan A WITCH IN TIME, by Janet Fox YESTERDAY'S PAPER, by Boyd Ellanby A MATTER OF TIME, by Robert Reginald THE MAN WHO SAW THROUGH TIME, by Leonard Raphael CAVERNS OF TIME, by Carlos McCune THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: 110, by Grendel Briarton LOST IN TIME, by Arthur Leo Zagat THE LAND WHERE TIME STOOD STILL, by Arthur Leo Zagat OUTSIDE OF TIME, by Carroll John Daly BULL MOOSE OF BABYLON, by Don Wilcox COMPOUNDED INTEREST, by Mack Reynolds THE MAN WHO CHANGED HISTORY, by John York Cabot TIME ON YOUR HANDS, by John York Cabot INSIDE TIME, by Tim Sullivan THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: 116, by Grendel Briarton THE GALLERY OF HIS DREAMS, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the more than 100 other entries in the series, covering science fiction, modern authors, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

Amikor ​egy idegen civilizáció küldötte érkezik a Földre, úti céljául a torontói Royal Ontario Museumot választja. A múzeum egyik munkatársával, Thomas Jerichóval lép kapcsolatba, aki meglepődve veszi tudomásul, hogy Hollus, a pókszerű lény bolygónk történelmét jött tanulmányozni, párhuzamokat keresve más civilizációk sorsával. Nem kisebb feladatra vállalkozott ugyanis, valamiféle kívülről rákényszerített rendezőelv nyomait kutatja a világegyetemben, más szóval Isten létének bizonyítékát. Az ateista Jericho saját kételyeivel küzdve segíti Hollus munkáját, de az egyre meggyőzőbb érveket mind nehezebben utasíthatja el. Vajon ha létezik Isten, mi a célja velünk, emberekkel? És érdemes-e egyáltalán kutatni szándékai után, hiszen az Ő útjai köztudottan kifürkészhetetlenek. Kanada legsikeresebb SF-szerzője a Lélekhullám után ezzel a regényével ismét a tudomány és a hit világának metszéspontjaira irányítja a reflektorfényt. Gondolatébresztő művét a megjelenését követő évben több díjra jelölték, és azóta is élénk vitákat generál olvasói körében.

On the eve of a secret military operation, an assassin’s bullet strikes President Seth Jerrison. He is rushed to the hospital, where surgeons struggle to save his life. At the same hospital, Professor Ranjip Singh is experimenting with a device that can erase traumatic memories. Then a terrorist bomb detonates. In the operating room, the president suffers cardiac arrest. He has a near-death experience, but the memories that flash through Jerrison’s mind are not his own. It quickly becomes clear that the electromagnetic pulse generated by the bomb amplified and scrambled Professor Singh’s equipment, allowed a random group of people to access one another’s minds. And now one of those people can retrieve President Jerrison’s memories – including classified information regarding the upcoming military mission, which, if revealed, could cost countless lives. But the task of determining who has switched memories with whom is a daunting one – particularly when some of the people involved have reason to lie…

En el año 2007 se detecta una señal procedente del espacio profundo. Misteriosos e ininteligibles flujos de datos son recibidos durante diez años. Entonces la señal se detiene. Heather Davis, profesora de la Universidad de Toronto, ha dedicado toda su carrera a descifrar el mensaje. Mientras, su vida personal ha sucumbido: una hija suicida, un matrimonio destrozado. Pero es ella quien finalmente descifra el mensaje. Descubre una sorprendente tecnología nueva que puede abrirse paso a través de las barreras del espacio y el tiempo, con la promesa de una nueva etapa en la evolución humana. Parecen cercanos una capacidad de exploración ilimitada... o el final de la raza humana.

When a disabled spaceship enters Earth's atmosphere, seven members of the advanced Tosok race are welcomed by the world. Then a popular scientist is murdered, and all evidence points to one of the Tosoks. Now, an alien is tried in a court of law-and there may be far more at stake than accounting for one human life.

Dr. Peter Hobson has created three electronic simulations of his own personality. But they all have escaped from Hobson's computer into the web-and one of them is a killer.

Caitlin Decter discovered Webmind, the vast artificial intelligence that spontaneously emerged from the World Wide Web and changed the world-from curing cancer to easing international tensions. But the Pentagon has declared war on it, recruiting hackers to delete Webmind out of existence...

It calls itself Webmind. An emerging consciousness within the World Wide Web, it has befriended Caitlin Decter and grown eager to learn about her world. But Webmind has also come to the attention of WATCH, the secret United States government agency that monitors the Internet for any potential threats-and wants it purged from cyberspace.

Caitlin, une jeune Américaine de seize ans aveugle de naissance, se voit proposer par un chercheur japonais une prothèse qui remédierait à la défaillance de son nerf optique. Dans un premier temps, la prothèse ne fonctionne pas bien et la jeune fille voit des figures géométriques dont elle parvient à comprendre qu’elles représentent le réseau Internet. Celui-ci, partiellement éveillé à la conscience, reçoit ce que voit l’oeil de Caitlin et découvre un nouvel univers. Une étrange amitié naît alors entre la jeune fille et cette Intelligence Artificielle nommée Webmind. Mais Watch, l’agence gouvernementale chargée de surveiller les communications mondiales, découvre Webmind et, convaincue qu’elle représente un risque pour la sécurité nationale, décide sous la houlette du colonel Hume et de son équipe de l’éradiquer par tous les moyens possibles. Après Eveil et Veille, Merveille conclut en fanfare la trilogie de Robert J Sawyer consacrée à l’émergence d’une Intelligence Artificielle aux pouvoirs largement surhumains, voire quasi divins, à partir d’Internet mais ne pouvant subsister sans l’aide de l’humanité.

A Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author joins Ace with a stunning new science fiction epic. 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.

Caitlin, seize ans, jolie, enjouée, surdouée (surtout en maths), est aveugle de naissance. Mais elle est capable de surfer sur la Toile mieux que personne grâce à quelques interfaces et logiciels adaptés. Elle peut retracer dans sa mémoire les itinéraires les plus compliqués qu'elle a empruntés. Elle a la Toile en tête. Ses yeux et ses centres optiques sont parfaits. Mais quelque chose dans son nerf optique transmet mal l'information. Lorsque le professeur Kuroda, spécialiste japonais, lui propose d'essayer une prothèse qui y remédiera, elle saute de joie. Voir enfin... Cependant, ce qu'elle découvre avec son implant est déconcertant. Elle ne voit pas le monde mais un réseau de lignes brillantes. La Toile, le Web. Le World Wide Web. Et tapi dans la Toile, quelque chose - quelqu'un - guette et tente d'entrer en contact avec elle. Une Intelligence. Non humaine.

The provocative, near-future SF thriller from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author

Science fiction-roman.

This new collection by the man Anne McCaffrey calls "an absolutely marvelous writer" includes Hugo Award nominee "Shed Skin," Nebula Award nominee "Identity Theft," and Aurora Award winner "Ineluctable." In these pages, you'll discover the dark secret of the only priest on Mars, revisit H.G. Wells's Morlocks, and learn what really happens when aliens beam us the Encyclopedia Galactica.

The Face of God is what every young saurian learns to call the immense, glowing object which fills the night sky on the far side of the world. Young Afsan is privileged, called to the distant Capital City to apprentice with Saleed the court astrologer. Buth when the time comes for Afsan to make his coming-of-age pilgrimage, to gaze upon the Face of God, his world is changed forever- for what he sees will test his faith... and may save his world from disaster! At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

A scientist in Berkeley, California discovers that a series of murders is the work of an insurance company. After collecting information on the genes of policy holders, the company analyzed them to see which ones were a bad risk and proceeded to kill them. By the author of The Terminal Experiment.

In Far-Seer and Fossil Hunter, we met the Quintaglios, a race of intelligent dinosaurs from Earth and learned of the threat to their very existence. Now they must quickly advance from a culture equivalent to our Renaissance to the point where they can leave their planet. While the Quintaglios rush to develop space travel, the discovery of a second species of intelligent dinosaur rocks their most fundamental beliefs. Meanwhile, blind Afsan -- the dinosaurian Galileo -- undergoes the newfangled treatment of psychoanalysis, throwing everything he thought he knew about his violent people into a startling new light.

Hugo Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer is back with Mindscan, a pulse-pounding, mind-expanding standalone novel, rich with his signature philosophical and ethical speculations, all grounded in cutting-edge science. 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 love, something that eluded him when he was encased in flesh: he falls for the android version of Karen, a woman rediscovering all the joys of life now that she's no longer constrained by a worn-out body either. But suddenly Karen's son sues her, claiming that by uploading into an immortal body, she has done him out of his inheritance. Even worse, the original version of Jake, consigned to die on the far side of the moon, has taken hostages there, demanding the return of his rights of personhood. In the courtroom and on the lunar surface, the future of uploaded humanity hangs in the balance. Mindscan is vintage Sawyer -- a feast for the mind and the heart. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.