New Releases by Robert Charles Wilson

Scott Warden szoftvertervező nem a munka hőse, amíg várja, hogy a következő megbízás rátaláljon, családjával Thaiföldön élvezi az életet. Aztán egy nap barátjával megfigyelik, ahogy a szomszédos dzsungelben hatalmas kőoszlop jelenik meg a semmiből, letarolva maga körül a növényzetet. És ez az oszlop nem természetes eredetű: oldalán felirat hirdeti egy bizonyos Kuin diadalát ellenségei fölött. De még ez sem minden, mert a felirat szerint a csatára csak több mint húsz év múlva fog sor kerülni! Ahogy világszerte egyre több, különös sugárzást kibocsátó emlékmű jelenik meg a jövőből, Scott egyre jobban belebonyolódik az eseményekbe, a kutatásba a kőoszlopok eredete után. A Föld társadalma pedig két részre szakad: egyesek Kuin eljövetelét várják, mások épp ellene, a békéért protestálnak.

From the Hugo Award–winning author of Spin, an early classic of time-travel and human transformation. Originally published in 1991, we are bringing this back as a reprint.

Vortex tells the story of Turk Findley, the protagonist introduced in Axis, who is transported ten thousand years into the future by the mysterious entities called "the Hypotheticals." In this future humanity exists on a chain of planets connected by Hypothetical gateways; but Earth itself is a dying world, effectively quarantined. Turk and his young friend Isaac Dvali are taken up by a community of fanatics who use them to enable a passage to the dying Earth, where they believe a prophecy of human/Hypothetical contact will be fulfilled. The prophecy is only partly true, however, and Turk must unravel the truth about the nature and purpose of the Hypotheticals before they carry him on a journey through warped time to the end of the universe itself. Vortex is thrilling and complex science fiction novel from Hugo Award-winning author Robert Charles Wilson. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A la mort de sa mère, Travis Fisher est recueilli par sa tante, Liza Burack, à Haute Montagne. Malgré la Grande Dépression, la vie y est simple, rythmée par le travail à la fabrique de glace, les sermons à l’église baptiste et les sorties avec Nancy Wilcox. Travis en viendrait presque à oublier son statut d’inadapté. Mais il y a la mystérieuse Anna Blaise, elle aussi hébergée par les Burack. Qui est-elle vraiment ? Quel secret cache-t-elle dans sa chambre systématiquement close ?

A collection of the “best of the best” science fiction stories published in 2009 by current and emerging masters of the genre. In “Erosion,” by Ian Creasey, a man tests the limits of his exo-suit prior to leaving a dying Earth. In “As Women Fight,” by Sara Genge, a hunter, in a society of body-switchers, has no time to train for a fight to inhabit his wife’s body. In “A Story, with Beans,” by Steven Gould, the role of religion in a dystopian future plagued with metal-eating bugs is considered. In “Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance,” by John Kessel, a monk, in the far future, steals the only copy of a set of plays from a repressive regime and uses this loot to free his people. In “On the Human Plan,” by Jay Lake, a mysterious alien visits a far-future, dying Earth in search of the death of Death. Set in the Jackaroo sequence, “Crimes and Glory,” by Paul McAuley, a detective chases a thief to recover alien technology that both aliens and humanity are desperate to recover. Set in the Lovecraftian “Boojum” universe, “Mongoose” by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear, a vermin hunter and his tentacled assistant come on board a space station to hunt toves and raths. In “Before My Last Breath,” by Robert Reed, a geologist discovers a strange fossil in a coal mine that leads to the discovery of a peculiar graveyard. In the Hugo Award winning novelette “The Island,” by Peter Watts, a woman on a spaceship must decide whether to place a stargate near an alien society that will ultimately destroy it. Finally, “This Peaceable Land; or, The Unbearable Vision of Harriet Beecher Stowe,” by Robert Charles Wilson, is an alternate American Civil War history in which the war was never fought, slavery gradually disappeared, and Uncle Tom’s Cabin was never published.

From the author of Axis and Vortex, the first Hugo Award-winning novel in the environmental apocalyptic Spin Trilogy... One night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his back yard and watched the stars go out. They all flared into brilliance at once, then disappeared, replaced by a flat, empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives. The effect is worldwide. The sun is now a featureless disk--a heat source, rather than an astronomical object. The moon is gone, but tides remain. Not only have the world''s artificial satellites fallen out of orbit, their recovered remains are pitted and aged, as though they''d been in space far longer than their known lifespans. As Tyler, Jason, and Diane grow up, space probe reveals a bizarre truth: The barrier is artificial, generated by huge alien artifacts. Time is passing faster outside the barrier than inside--more than a hundred million years per day on Earth. At this rate, the death throes of the sun are only about forty years in our future. Jason, now a promising young scientist, devotes his life to working against this slow-moving apocalypse. Diane throws herself into hedonism, marrying a sinister cult leader who''s forged a new religion out of the fears of the masses. Earth sends terraforming machines to Mars to let the onrush of time do its work, turning the planet green. Next they send humans...and immediately get back an emissary with thousands of years of stories to tell about the settling of Mars. Then Earth''s probes reveal that an identical barrier has appeared around Mars. Jason, desperate, seeds near space with self-replicating machines that will scatter copies of themselves outward from the sun--and report back on what they find. Life on Earth is about to get much, much stranger. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Août 1964 : Le voyageur temporel Ben Collier s''installe à Belltower, au nord-ouest des Etats-Unis, dans une maison de cèdre qui cache bien des secrets. Avril 1979 : Le soldat Billy Gargullo débarque d''une Amérique future à feu et à sang, dont toute la filière agricole est à l''agonie. Après avoir éliminé le gardien de l''avant-poste de Belltower, il disparaît encore plus profondément dans le passé. 1989: Récemment licencié, largué par sa compagne,Tom Winter revient dans sa ville natale, Belltower, où il acquiert une banale maison en cèdre. Un soir, sa petite télé à cent dollars s''allume toute seule et n''affiche plus que le message : "Aidez-moi." Ecrit en 1991, mais jusqu''à présent inédit en français, À travers temps est une des plus belles réussites de Robert Charles Wilson, un roman typique de sa veine mélancolique, humaniste et écologique.

Raymond Keller est un Ange : tout ce qu''il voit est enregistré dans une puce reliée directement à son cortex cérébral. Tenu à l''objectivité, il se veut une machine dénuée de sentiments. Sa nouvelle mission l''envoie au Brésil, au cœur de la forêt amazonienne, en compagnie de Teresa Rafael, une artiste désoeuvrée, et de Byron Ostler, un Ange qui a définitivement renoncé à son câblage. Ils doivent y récupérer un onirolithe, une mystérieuse pierre extraterrestre aux propriétés hors du commun. Mais cela ne sera pas sans danger, d''autant que cette plongée au cœur des ténèbres sera aussi l''occasion d''explorer un territoire chaotique : la mémoire, les souvenirs perdus... Dès son deuxième roman, écrit en pleine vague cyberpunk - genre auquel on peut rattacher Ange mémoire -, Robert Charles Wilson fait montre d''un talent annonciateur des grands romans à venir.

Wildly praised by readers and critics alike, Robert Charles Wilson''s Spin won science fiction''s highest honor, the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Now, in Axis, Spin''s direct sequel, Wilson takes us to the "world next door"—the planet engineered by the mysterious Hypotheticals to support human life, and connected to Earth by way of the Arch that towers hundreds of miles over the Indian Ocean. Humans are colonizing this new world—and, predictably, fiercely exploiting its resources, chiefly large deposits of oil in the western deserts of the continent of Equatoria. Lise Adams is a young woman attempting to uncover the mystery of her father''s disappearance ten years earlier. Turk Findley is an ex-sailor and sometimes-drifter. They come together when an infall of cometary dust seeds the planet with tiny remnant Hypothetical machines. Soon, this seemingly hospitable world will become very alien indeed—as the nature of time is once again twisted, by entities unknown. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Il est là, au-dessus d''eux depuis un an, ombre menaçante, sourde et muette. Tous attendent un signe, un message de ses occupants. Vont-ils envahir la Terre, sont-ils bienveillants ou hostiles ? Nul ne le sait. Le vaisseau ne part pas, et les Voyageurs se taisent... Jusqu''à cette étrange nuit. La nuit du rêve. On apprend alors pourquoi ils sont venus. Ils proposent aux hommes ce que seuls les dieux possèdent : l''éternité. L''éternité... mais à quel prix ? Il n''y en a qu''un sur dix mille pour s''interroger. Et refuser. Matt Wheeler, par exemple. Qui voit ses collègues, ses amis, et jusqu''à sa propre fille, se transformer en êtres qui ne sont plus tout à fait humains. Résister ? Mais comment ? Comment sauver l''humanité ?

A gripping horror tale that deftly weaves Indian lore with suspense amid a northern Michigan setting

In the hard years of the Depression, young Travis lives with his uncle and aunt. Upstairs lives the mysterious Anna. Anna says she''s going to be "changing," and she needs Travis''s help...for purposes she won''t explain. Robert Charles Wilson''s A Hidden Place is a science fiction tale of passion, terror, and hope, opening out to a great, dark, and unsuspected universe. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Robert Charles Wilson''s time has come. His first novel from Tor, Darwinia, was a finalist for science fiction''s Hugo award, and a #1 Locus bestseller in paperback. His next novel, Bios, is a critical and commercial success. Now Wilson''s brilliant short science fiction is available in book form for the first time. Beginning with "The Perseids," winner of Canada''s national SF award, this collection showcases Wilson''s suppleness and strength: bravura ideas, scientific rigor, and living, breathing human beings facing choices that matter. Also included among the several stories herein are the acclaimed Hugo Award finalist "Divided by Infinity" and three new stories written specifically for this collection. "Beautifully observed, skillfully worked out: stories that flow subtly, almost imperceptably, from the prosaic to the preternatural."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Raymond Keller became an Eye--a human video recorder--to forget his past. Teresa became addicted to extraterrestrial dreaming jewels because they made her remember. Together this unlikely pair become involved in an international smuggling plot that threatens to destroy them and their budding love for one another.

Karen must reawaken dormant memories and feelings because the Grey Man has returned for her son and she must try to save her family.

A Wiley-Interscience publication.

Premiul Hugo O combinatie electrizanta intre spectacolul cosmic al stingerii stelelor si spectacolul oamenilor in pragul apocalipsei Intr-o noapte de octombrie Tyler Dupree impreuna cu cei mai buni prieteni ai sai Jason si Diane Lawton asista la disparitia subita a stelelor. Curand oamenii isi dau seama ca Pamantul este inconjurat de o bariera artificiala de origine extraterestra dincolo de care timpul se scurge de milioane de ori mai repede. Luna a disparut Soarele a devenit un simulacru iar intreaga industrie a satelitilor artificiali a fost distrusa. Sofisticata tehnologie militara si tot fluxul informatic au fost suspendate. Stirile calatoresc ca niste soapte starnind confuzie si paranoia. In Turbion treizeci de ani de viata bulversata sunt priviti prin ochii unei generatii care se stie condamnata constienta ca va trai absorbirea planetei de bezna infinita. „Wilson construieste un convingator amestec de thriller si SF saga unei generatii poveste de dragoste conflict tata-fiu parabola ecologica si fabula apocaliptica intr-o proza care canta muzica sferelor.“ Publishers Weekly