New Releases by John Scalzi

Intrigas políticas, sarcasmo, suspense y acción se combinan en El fin del imperio, la primera de una nueva trilogía de John Scalzi. La física rige nuestro universo. Es imposible viajar a una velocidad mayor que la de la luz... Hasta que se produce el descubrimiento del Flujo, un campo extradimensional que se encuentra en ciertos puntos del espacio-tiempo y que puede transportarnos a planetas de otros sistemas solares. A través del Flujo, la humanidad se expande a nuevos planetas. La Tierra cae en el olvido y se erige un nuevo imperio, la Interdependencia, fundamentado en el principio de que ningún asentamiento humano puede sobrevivir sin los demás. Es una manera de evitar las guerras interestelares... y, para los gobernantes del imperio, un sistema de control. El Flujo es eterno, pero no es estático. Cambia de la misma manera que lo hace el curso de un río. En casos excepcionales, planetas enteros han quedado aislados del resto de la humanidad. Cuando se descubre que el Flujo se mueve y que es posible que planetas humanos queden aislados para siempre, tres individuos, un científico, el capitán de una nave espacial y la emperox de la Interdependencia, emprenden una carrera contrarreloj para tratar de salvar lo que se pueda de un imperio estelar que está a punto de desmoronarse.

Discover the history of Haden''s Syndrome, the virus that created the world of John Scalzi''s inventive near-future thrillers Lock In and Head On, in the prequel novella Unlocked. Not long from now, a virus will sweep the globe. Most will suffer no worse than flu-like symptoms, but an unlucky one percent will be changed forever. Hundreds of millions become "locked in", awake, aware, but completely unable to control their bodies. This is the story of the doctors, scientists, engineers, politicians, and heroes who remade the world. It is the story of the chaotic outbreak, the fight for a cure, the changes that followed. It is an oral history, straight from the mouths of those who survived the most dynamic period in human history.

Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. All the players are "threeps," robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden''s Syndrome. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field. FBI agents and Haden-related crime investigators, Chris Shane and Leslie Vann, are called in to uncover the truth - and in doing so travel to the darker side of the fast-growing sport of Hilketa, where fortunes are made or lost, and where players and owners do whatever it takes to win, on and off the field.

"Delves through the final term of Obama and the ushering in of the Trump years, surveys the increasingly-hostile online landscape, goes to the movies, and talks on subjects ranging from #MeToo to the teachers who shaped him growing up. Through it all , Scalzi''s distinct voice- funny, sarcastic, passionate, sometimes angry, and honed by two decades of daily writing...- is on full display"--from jacket flaps.

A stunning novel of the long war for human survival--in a universe replete with hostility

Der Auftakt von John Scalzis neuer, bisher größter Science-Fiction-Serie. Die Menschheit hat sich in der ganzen Galaxis ausgebreitet und ein gewaltiges Sternenreich errichtet – ein ebenso mächtiges wie fragiles Gefüge aus Planeten und Raumstationen, die alle aufeinander angewiesen sind, um zu überleben. Extra-dimensionale Sternenstraßen halten dieses Imperium zusammen, sogenannte »Ströme«, auf denen Raumschiffe in kürzester Zeit Lichtjahre zurücklegen können. Doch dieses feingesponnene Netz scheint gefährdet. Und nur drei Menschen können den endgültigen Zusammenbruch verhindern: Lady Kiva Lagos, die junge Erbin eines mächtigen Handelshauses; Cardenia Wu-Patrick, die als Imperiatox Grayland II. das schwere Erbe ihres Vaters antritt; und der Wissenschaftler Marce Claremont, der die gefährliche Reise ins Zentrum der Galaxis unternimmt, um die Imperiatox zu warnen. Die Zukunft der Galaxis liegt ihren Händen. »John Scalzi ist der unterhaltsamste und zugänglichste SF-Autor unserer Zeit.« Joe Hill

Le leggi della fisica che governano il mondo sono destinate a essere riscritte. Una scoperta sensazionale – il Flusso – ha cambiato per sempre la concezione spazio-temporale dell’universo, aprendo al progresso scenari inimmaginabili. Assecondando il Flusso, gli esseri umani sono ora in grado di raggiungere pianeti e stelle lontani anni luce, creare reti tra mondi remoti ma interdipendenti, costruire un impero interstellare in cui il pianeta Terra rappresenta ormai solo un insignificante avamposto. Il Flusso è come un fiume: scorre placido, eterno, ma non è statico, cambia il suo corso e abbandona il suo letto originario. A ogni sua mutazione intere fette di universo vengono però isolate, abbandonate a loro stesse in una deriva cosmica catastrofica per interi sistemi stellari. Quella che doveva essere la via verso la nuova èra intergalattica si rivela dunque la più pericolosa delle minacce per la sopravvivenza stessa del genere umano. Una rivoluzionaria space-opera ambientata in un universo sfuggente, fino ad oggi inconcepibile, dal genio di uno dei più grandi talenti della fantascienza contemporanea.

*2018 LOCUS AWARD WINNER OF BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL* *2018 HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL* “John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today.” —Joe Hill, author of The Fireman The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Redshirts and Old Man''s War Our universe is ruled by physics. Faster than light travel is impossible—until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points in space-time, which can take us to other planets around other stars. Riding The Flow, humanity spreads to innumerable other worlds. Earth is forgotten. A new empire arises, the Interdependency, based on the doctrine that no one human outpost can survive without the others. It’s a hedge against interstellar war—and, for the empire’s rulers, a system of control. The Flow is eternal—but it’s not static. Just as a river changes course, The Flow changes as well. In rare cases, entire worlds have been cut off from the rest of humanity. When it’s discovered that the entire Flow is moving, possibly separating all human worlds from one another forever, three individuals—a scientist, a starship captain, and the emperox of the Interdependency—must race against time to discover what, if anything, can be salvaged from an interstellar empire on the brink of collapse. "Fans of Game of Thrones and Dune will enjoy this bawdy, brutal, and brilliant political adventure" —Booklist on The Collapsing Empire "Political plotting, plenty of snark, puzzle-solving, and a healthy dose of action...Scalzi continues to be almost insufferably good at his brand of fun but think-y sci-fi adventure." —Kirkus Reviews on The Collapsing Empire “Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced.” —The Wall Street Journal on The Human Division The Interdependency Series 1. The Collapsing Empire 2. The Consuming Fire At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

One day, not long from now, it becomes almost impossible to murder anyone - 999 times out of a thousand, anyone who is intentionally killed comes back. How? We don''t know. But it changes everything: war, crime, daily life. Tony Valdez is a Dispatcher - a licensed, bonded professional whose job is to humanely dispatch those whose circumstances put them in death''s crosshairs, so they can have a second chance to avoid the reaper. But when a fellow Dispatcher and former friend is apparently kidnapped, Tony learns that there are some things that are worse than death, and that some people are ready to do almost anything to avenge what they see as a wrong. It''s a race against time for Valdez to find his friend before it''s too late...before not even a Dispatcher can save him.

"This special signed edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies"--Preliminary page.

Mit dem Rücken zur Wand Die Menschen haben ferne Planeten und fremde Welten besiedelt – unter den misstrauischen Augen der Aliens und unter dem Schutz der Kolonialen Union. Wenn diese nun wie geplant aufgelöst wird, wären die menschlichen Kolonien den feindlich gesinnten Aliens hilflos ausgeliefert. Ausgerechnet in dieser prekären Lage taucht ein neuer Feind auf, der Menschen und Aliens gegeneinander ausspielt. Für Lieutenant Harry Wilson beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, denn sollte er nicht herausfinden, wer hinter dem intergalaktischen Intrigenspiel steckt, sind Menschen und Aliens gleichermaßen dem Untergang geweiht ...

A humanidade finalmente chegou à era das viagens interestelares. A má notícia é que há poucos planetas habitáveis disponíveis – e muitos alienígenas lutando por eles. Para proteger a Terra e também conquistar novos territórios, a raça humana conta com tecnologias inovadoras e com a habilidade e a disposição das FCD - Forças Coloniais de Defesa. Mas, para se alistar, é necessário ter mais de 75 anos. John Perry vai aceitar esse desafio, e ele tem apenas uma vaga ideia do que pode esperar.

Un nouveau virus extrêmement contagieux s''est abattu sur la Terre. Quatre cents millions de morts. Si la plupart des malades, cependant, n''y ont réagi que par des symptômes grippaux dont ils se sont vite remis, un pour cent des victimes ont subi ce qu''il est convenu d''appeler le « syndrome d''Haden » : parfaitement conscients, ils ont perdu tout contrôle de leur organisme ; sans contact avec le monde, prisonniers de leur chair, ils sont devenus des « enfermés ». Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, dans une société reformatée par cette crise décisive, ces enfermés, les « hadens », disposent désormais d''implants cérébraux qui leur permettent de communiquer. Ils peuvent aussi emprunter des androïdes qui accueillent leur conscience, les « cispés », voire se faire temporairement héberger par certains rescapés de la maladie qu''on nomme « intégrateurs »... Haden de son état, Chris Shane est aussi depuis peu agent du FBI. À sa première enquête, sous la houlette de sa coéquipière Leslie Vann, c''est justement sur un intégrateur que se portent les soupçons. S''il était piloté par un haden, retrouver le coupable ne sera pas coton. Et c''est peu dire : derrière une banale affaire de meurtre se profilent des enjeux colossaux, tant financiers que politiques.

"The ex-planet Pluto has a few choice words about being thrown out of the solar system. A listing of alternate histories tells you all the various ways Hitler has died. A lawyer sues an interplanetary union for dangerous working conditions. And four artificial intelligences explain, in increasingly worrying detail, how they plan not to destroy humanity. Spanning the years from 1991 to 2016, this collection is a quarter century of Scalzi at his briefest and best, and features four never-before-printed stories, exclusive to this collection."--

"A new tale of the ... Old man''s war universe"--Jacket.

Back on Earth, the beginning and end of all things. The nations of humanity''s home planet have parted ways with the starfaring Colonial Union, the human interstellar empire originally established to keep the home planet free. The Union needs to regain Earth''s trust. The alien races of the Conclave have their own hard choices to face. All of these threads culminate in this, Part Four of the four parts of The End of All Things, John Scalzi''s conclusion to the Old Man''s War tale that began with The Human Division. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

To Stand or Fall is the final of four thrilling instalments of John Scalzi''s The End of All Things. The full novel is also available to buy. Our fate is in their hands . . . The Colonial Union''s Defence Force was formed to save humanity when aggressive alien species targeted our worlds. Now Lieutenant Harry Wilson has an urgent new mission, as a hostile universe becomes ever more dangerous. He must investigate a sinister group, which lurks in the darkness of space playing different factions against one another. They''ll target both humans and aliens, and their motives are unfathomable. The Defence Force itself is weakening as its soldiers fall – without recruits to replace them. Relations with Earth have broken down and it will send no more troops, even as human colonies become increasingly vulnerable to alien attack. Lieutenant Wilson and Colonial Union diplomats must race to keep the peace, seek reconciliation with an enraged Earth, and maintain humanity''s unity at all costs. If they don''t, it will mean oblivion, extinction and the end of all things.

Part Three of the four parts of The End of All Things, John Scalzi''s conclusion to the bestselling Old Man''s War tale that began with The Human Division. They signed up to defend humans from hostile aliens, but this group of Colonial Union soldiers finds themselves, instead, repeatedly sent to squelch rebellious human colonies that want to leave the CU. It''s not a sustainable situation. Something has to give. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Part Two of the four parts of The End of All Things, John Scalzi''s conclusion to the bestselling Old Man''s War tale that began with The Human Division. Desperate times call for desperate measures. And for the multi-species Conclave, desperate times have arrived. Faced with the prospect of major planets and species leaving the alliance, the Conclave''s leadership has just a few cards left to play...to unpredictable effect. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A down-on-his-luck Colonial Union starship pilot finds himself pressed into serving a harsh master-in a mission against the CU. But his kidnappers may have underestimated his knowledge of the ship that they have, quite literally, bound him to piloting. Part One of the four parts of The End of All Things, John Scalzi''s conclusion to the Old Man''s War tale that began with The Human Division. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

"Nella grande ammiraglia dell''Unione Universale, l''Intrepid, le uniformi hanno il colore della gloria." Non credeteci. Hanno il colore dell''opportunismo, e chi comanda non porterà mai una casacca rossa. Chi comanda è al sicuro sui ponti più alti, mentre chi va incontro al nemico - quando è il momento di affrontare l''ignoto, di rischiare la vita - sono sempre i sacrificabili. Quelli col petto rosso di coraggio, come dicono i bandi d''arruolamento, quelli col petto rosso di sangue. Andrew Dahl scoprirà tutto questo a bordo dell''Intrepid, dove lo hanno assegnato al prestigioso laboratorio di Xenobiologia. Perché nella missione c''è qualcosa di profondamente sbagliato, qualcosa che sa di inumano... più ancora dell''anatomia dei corpi alieni.

Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent – and nearly five million souls in the United States alone – the disease causes "Lock In": Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge.

« L’heure était venue de fouetter le dieu.Le capitaine Ean Tephe entra dans la chambre divine, un coffret en filigrane laqué dans les mains. Il découvrit un acolyte qui perdait son sang et le dieu à plat ventre sur son disque de fer, les chaînes tendues à bloc. La bouche écrasée contre le métal, le dieu ricanait en se passant la langue sur ses lèvres rougies. Un prêtre se tenait au-dessus de lui, à l’extérieur du cercle de confinement. Deux autres acolytes étaient adossés à la paroi, terrifiés. »Voici le dieu dans la machine. Vous pouvez dire vos prières... Par l’auteur du Vieil Homme et la Guerre, un étonnant roman de science-fantasy noire.

Années 2460. Lenseigne Andrew Dahl vient dêtre affecté à bord de lIntrépide, le prestigieux vaisseau amiral de lUnion universelle. Génial ! Pas tout à fait. Les jeunes recrues de léquipage ne tardent pas à sen apercevoir, les sans-grade comme eux ont une fâcheuse propension à trouver une mort spectaculaire au cours des missions dexploration alors que leurs supérieurs – le commandant, le premier officier scientifique et lhéroïque lieutenant Kerensky – sen tirent toujours à bon compte. Il faut bien ladmettre : les « redshirts » sont éminemment périssables. Compris. Sils tiennent à survivre en dépit de la couleur de leur tenue, Andrew et ses compagnons sont condamnés à résoudre le mystère et à trouver une parade. "Une farce éblouissante à se tordre de rire. Croyez-men, jai réglé leur compte moi aussi à un certain nombre de Redshirts." Melinda Snodgrass, scénariste en chef de Star Trek : The Next Generation.

Nueva edición de esta emblemática novela, ganadora del Premio Hugo 2013. El alférez Andrew Dahl acaba de ser destinado al Intrepid, buque insignia de la Unión Universal desde 2456. Es un destino de prestigio, y Andrew está más emocionado si cabe por el hecho de que lo hayan asignado al laboratorio de xenobiología de a bordo, lo que le dará la oportunidad de servir en misiones de desembarco junto a los famosos oficiales de la nave. Sus perspectivas no podrían ser mejores... hasta que Andrew empieza a comprender que cada misión de desembarco implica algún tipo de enfrentamiento letal con fuerzas alienígenas, el capitán de la nave, su oficial científico jefe y el atractivo teniente Kerensky siempre sobreviven a estos enfrentamientos, y lamentablemente, al menos uno de los tripulantes de bajo rango siempre, siempre, muere. Por tanto no sorprende que los tripulantes de las cubiertas inferiores eviten como la peste las misiones de desembarco. Y cuando Andrew tropieza con una información que transforma completamente tanto su propia visión como la de sus compañeros de lo que realmente es el Intrepid, surgirá la arriesgada oportunidad de salvar sus propias vidas. Gracias a su característico sentido del humor, John Scalzi es un referente de la ciencia ficción a nivel mundial, uno de los estandartes contemporáneos del catálogo de Minotauro. «Redshirts es tan divertida que puedes mearte encima, tan original que te sentirás como si leyeras a Philip K. Dick, y absurdamente rica en ideas y emociones. John Scalzi se propone impresionar y da en el blanco. Buena lectura y próspera vida.» — JOE HILL, autor de El traje del muerto «Puedo decir con honestidad que no recuerdo otro libro que me haya hecho reír tanto.» —PATRICK ROTHFUSS, autor de El nombre del viento «Divertida a más no poder, una maravillosa comedia. Puedes creerme: he matado a un montón de redshirts.» —MELINDA SNODGRASS, guionista de Star Trek: La nueva generación «Scalzi desmonta el universo de Star Trek y lo monta de nuevo para que resulte más plausible... Y también más hilarante.» LEV GROSSMAN, autor de Los magos"

J’ai fait deux choses le jour de mes soixante-quinze ans : je suis allé sur la tombe de ma femme. Puis je me suis engagé. À soixante-quinze ans, l’âge requis, John Perry n’est pas le seul à intégrer les Forces de défense coloniale, billet pour les étoiles, mais sans retour. Rien ne le retient plus sur Terre. Combien d’années peut-il espérer vivre ? S’engager, c’est protéger l’expansion de l’humanité dans la Galaxie, retrouver une seconde jeunesse et, à l’issue du service, obtenir le statut de colon sur une planète nouvelle. Mais qu’advient-il réellement de ces recrues ? Dans la lignée de Starship Troopers de Robert Heinlein et de La guerre éternelle de Joe Haldeman, John Scalzi, pour son premier roman, a été finaliste du prix Hugo et a obtenu le prix Campbell du meilleur nouvel auteur de s.-f.

John Scalzi ismét visszatér a Vének háborúja-univerzumba, ahol ezúttal az emberi faj egységének fenntartása a cél. A Föld lakói már tudják, hogy a Gyarmati Szövetség szándékosan eltitkolta elõlük az univerzum veszélyeit. Generációk óta védelmezik az anyabolygót különféle idegen fajokkal szemben, ám nem puszta hazafiasságból: mindennél jobban szükségük van a katonai utánpótlásra, amivel egyedül a Föld láthatja el õket. A u0093Perry-incidensu0094 után azonban nincsenek többé titkok, ráadásul új fajok jelentek meg és alkottak egységet - kifejezetten a Gyarmati Szövetség ellen. Tagjaik közt szeretnék látni a Földet is, amelynek vezetõi elárulva érzik magukat, és már nem tudják, hogy kiben bízhatnak. De választaniuk kell. Eközben a Gyarmati Szövetség mûködése is veszélybe kerül. Haderejük bevetése helyett ezúttal diplomáciai cselekkel és politikai fondorlatokkal akarják a javukra fordítani ezt az ördögi játszmát, amelynek a tétje most már az egész emberiség jövõje. Bevetik tehát a B csapatot Harry Wilson hadnaggyal az élen. Azt a csapatot, amelyik talán a harctéren nem a legjobb választás, de a váratlan és kiszámíthatatlan helyzetekre mindig váratlan és kiszámíthatatlan megoldásokat találnak. Az õ küldetéseikrõl szól A lázadás hangjai. John Scalzi elõször digitálisan, epizódok formájában publikálta a kötetben szereplõ történeteket 2013. januárja és áprilisa között, majd a kirobbanó sikernek köszönhetõen nem kellett sokáig várni a könyv formájú megjelenésre sem. Elképesztõ epizódjaival, felejthetetlen szereplõivel és emlékezetes párbeszédeivel A lázadás hangjai a Vének háborúja-sorozat legszínesebb, legváltozatosabb darabja.