Ergebnis für "MAiA" in Science Fiction

In a future where androids are being hunted, a former cop with a deep-seated prejudice must confront his own biases in a desperate race against time. His mission: protect Maia, a groundbreaking android singer on the verge of a historic Grammy win, from a relentless stalker determined to stop her–and all of her kind.

They’ve been to the moon and they’ve been to Mars. Now they’re going to the most dangerous planet of all: Earth. When the spaceship Intrepid returned from its rescue mission to Mars, Captain Thorn and his crew downloaded and preserved the ship’s artificial intelligence and onboard computer, known as Maia, and returned it to the scientists and engineers who created it. These scientists have been building a synthetic human-like android body, but lack the software to operate it. They upload Maia’s programming, knowledge and memories into their new creation.

Rien n'est plus comme avant : le monde tel qu'on le connaît semble avoir vacillé, plus d'électricité ni d'essence, les trains et les avions ne circulent plus. Des rumeurs courent, les gens fuient. Nell et Eva, dix-sept et dix-huit ans, vivent depuis toujours dans leur maison familiale, au cœur de la forêt. Quand la civilisation s'effondre et que leurs parents disparaissent, elles demeurent seules, bien décidées à survivre.

Rejetée par celui qu'elle aime passionnément, Bella ne s'en relève pas. Fascinée par un vampire, comment pourrait-elle se contenter d'une pâle existence humaine ? Bella n'a de goût pour rien, sinon le danger : alors elle entend la voix d'Edward, et éprouve l'illusion de sa présence. Comme s'il ne l'avait pas abandonnée. Bella échappera-t-elle à cette obsession amoureuse qui la hante ? A quel prix ?

Neste novo thriller científico de Andy Weir, autor best-seller de Perdido em Marte, um astronauta precisa encontrar sozinho um jeito de salvar a Terra da destruição. Ryland Grace é o único sobrevivente de uma desesperada missão de emergência — se ele falhar, toda a humanidade e o...

Chris Hooper sonhava com monstros quando criança, mas encontrou apenas escuridão e isolamento no espaço. Até o dia em que ele e seus colegas mineradores descobriram trimonita (o material mais resistente do universo) em um inferno arenoso e devastado conhecido como planetoide LV178. Após um módulo colidir com a nave mineradora Marion, os mineradores descobrem que havia mais do que trimonita nas cavernas profundas. Havia algo maligno hibernando e aguardado a sua presa.

What do you get when you mix mystery and speculative fiction, then toss in the holidays for good measure? A mobster Santa, genetic hanky-panky, Victorian villages, time-travelling detectives, Krampus, eerie bell spirits, and more-this collection of short cross-genre fiction is the perfect counterpoint to traditional holiday stories!