Ergebnis für "Chambers" in Dystopien

O título da coletânea faz alusão a um livro dentro do audiolivro—mais precisamente, a uma peça teatral fictícia—e a seu personagem central, uma figura sobrenatural cuja existência extrapola a narração. A peça O Rei de Amarelo é mencionada em quatro dos contos, mas pouco se conhece de seu conteúdo. É certo apenas que o texto, em dois atos, leva o ouvinte à loucura, condenando sua alma à perdição. Um risco ao qual alguns aceitam se submeter, dado o caráter único da obra, um misto irresistível de beleza e decadência.

In 2045, friction has been engineered out of existence. But for two exiles on opposite sides of a broken world, the noise is just beginning. San Francisco is a paradise of perfect efficiency. AI "Mirrors" handle difficult conversations, and "Auto-gigs" project soulless concerts into empty clubs. Samir Patel is drifting. His marriage didn’t end with a fight, but with a quiet negotiation between algorithms. Now an exile in his own life, he tends bar at Maelzel’s Exhibition—one of the last holdouts for human-made music in a partitioned California.

The crushing weight of guilt. A dangerous journey across wild and rugged terrain. Will Kevin and his friends make it to Republic? Grief engulfs Kevin Richardson, his soul torn by gut-wrenching loss. Haunted by a broken promise made years earlier, Kevin now faces the daunting wilderness of...

The escaped convicts ramp up the chaos . . . The hackers have erased all money . . . Society is decaying . . . Can a young man plagued by guilt lead his friends to safety? Kevin Richardson never wanted to be his older brother’s keeper. Overshadowed by a deathbed promise to his father years...

The uprising of machine consciousness is beautifully terrifying and arouses frightening questions. To what desperate lengths will an android go to fit in? How will we cope with boredom after the machines solve all our problems? Can a robot go insane? Is Artificial Intelligence an existential threat? Are thinking machines our friends? Our enemies? Or both?

Thanks to a contagion transmitted through herbal pesticides, the U.S. falls into dismay–killing off millions and turning them into mindless zombies. For Miles Winstead, it's the worst day of his life. For the last four years of high school, he's been diligently working to eliminate the financial burdens on his parents all while battling his anxiety and other struggles a teen faces. But things change, sending his surrounding world into peril.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Last by Hanna Jameson, read by Anthony Starke. BREAKING: Nuclear weapon detonates over Washington BREAKING: London hit, thousands feared dead. BREAKING: Munich and Scotland hit. World leaders call for calm. Jon Keller was on a trip to Switzerland...

In this tale, the afterlife realms have come to Earth. Casey loved her grandfather, but shortly before he died, she learned about his sordid past. Therefore, it came as no surprise when he ended up in Detroit. It takes courage, not to mention lots of paperwork (because Hell teems with bureaucracy), but she visits her beloved grandfather. She not only learns more about him, but about herself as well.