New Releases by Robert Charles Wilson

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.

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.

In an altered America where machines no longer work and magic holds sway, former lawyer-turned-visionary leader Cal Griffin guides his small band on a quest toward the Source of the Change -- following a trail he hopes will reunite him with his abducted sister, Christina, transformed into one of the powerful, enigmatic beings called "flares." Armed with little more than compassion and a determination to heal the world, Cal, the warrior Colleen Brooks, Russian physician Doc Lysenko, and bipolar street wizard Herman "Goldie" Goldman encounter old foes and new friends in a landscape of unimaginable beauties and magnificent horrors -- forced to confront the frightful secrets of an emissary from a dread region and to trust in a brilliant triumvirate of grad students who could get things running again ... at a terrible cost—as the final moves in humankind''s ultimate nightmare are played out in the depths of the Ghostlands.

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.

Bursting with ideas, replete with human insight, Bios is science fiction in the grand tradition: a novel of bravery, exploration, and discovery in a universe charged with awe. In the 22nd century, humankind has colonized the solar system. Starflight is possible but hugely expensive, so humakind''s efforts are focussed on Isis, the one nearby Earthlike world. Isis is verdant, Edenic, rich with complex DNA-based plant and animal life. And every molecule of Isian life is spectacularly toxic to human beings. The entire planet is a permanent Level Four Hot Zone. Despite that, Isis is the most interesting discovery of the millennium: a parallel biology with lessons to teach us about our own nature. It''s also the hardest of hardship posts, the loneliest place in the universe. Zoe Fisher was born to explore Isis. Literally. Cloned and genetically engineered by a faction within the hothouse politics of Earth, Zoe is optimized to face Isis''s terrors. Now at last Zoe has arrived on Isis. But there are secrets implanted within her that not even she suspects--and the planet itself has secrets that will change our understanding of life in the universe. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Science fiction roman.

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

Un SF cu probleme de natura morala si ritm de thriller Continuare a romanului Turbion – in care omenirea asista la stingerea stelelor – Axa ne duce pe o planeta construita de misteriosii Ipotetici pentru a salva specia umana conectata cu Pamantul printr-o Arcada de sute de kilometri deasupra Oceanului Indian. Oamenii colonizeaza lumea noua in special pentru resursele de petrol din continentul Ecuatoria. Lise Adams este un om de stiinta obsedat de tehnologia ilegala de prelungire a vietii si hotarata sa rezolve misterul uciderii tatalui ei. Turk Findley are o afacere de transport aerian si un trecut tulburator. Iar tanarul Isaac este rezultatul unor experimente genetice menite a crea indivizi capabili sa comunice cu Ipoteticii. O ploaie de comete va umple planeta de bucati din masinariile misterioase asa ca in curand noua lume primitoare va deveni si ea foarte stranie iar timpul va fi din nou pervertit de entitati necunoscute. „Elementele de stiinta si de thriller sunt bine strunite dar cele mai importante sunt personajele. Turk si Lise care ar putea fi interpretati de Bogart si Bacall sunt caractere puternice iar prezenta lor in poveste face ca toate intamplarile sa aiba greutate.“ Publishers Weekly