Ergebnis für "Schnee" in Science Fiction

Düsseldorf, August 2018 Patrick Richter ist zeitinstabil. Seine Welt ist es auch. Er hat sich damit arrangiert, ohne sich daran gewöhnt zu haben. Ein Fremder aus der Zukunft bittet Patrick um Hilfe. Hilfe, die nur er leisten kann. Eine kleine Gefälligkeit im Jahr 2014, die Europas Zukunft ins Verderben stürzt. Patricks Erkenntnis schmeckt bitter: Es stirbt sich schnell in diesen Tagen. Und die Zeit heilt doch nicht alle Wunden.

Garin, ein Landarzt, will so schnell wie möglich in den Ort Dolgoje, um die Menschen dort gegen eine rätselhafte Krankheit zu impfen, die jeden Infizierten zum Zombie macht. Doch es herrscht Schneesturm, und Garins Pferde sind erschöpft. Also heuert er den einfältigen Brotkutscher Kosma an, dessen Schneemobil von fünfzig winzigen Pferdchen angetrieben wird. Und damit beginnen die Merkwürdigkeiten erst: Auf seiner Reise durch das Schneetreiben begegnet das ungleiche Paar Zwergen und Riesen, es gibt ein Radio mit "lebendigen" Bildern, eine Paste, die Filz "wachsen" lässt, eine pyramidale Wunderdroge und vieles mehr - eine Märchenwelt mit Ingredienzien einer Hochtechnologie-Gesellschaft.

After a tragic accident at work, all Grady Miller wanted was an escape. He finds it months later with two of his closest friends. Together, the three of them travel south to Prism Lake for the upcoming holiday, where they plan on spending the sunny weekend drinking, grilling, and relaxing. But when a series of monstrous blizzards cover the Eastern United States in feet of snow, knocking out communications and making the roads impossible to drive on, they realize their weekend of fun could turn into a lifetime of survival.

Vonn the Engineer has invented the airplane in a magical world, using his secret knowledge from Earth. He's just crash-landed next to a living, unholy dungeon with a prisoner to save. And when he returns, there's real work to do. So far, Vonn has used the arcane rules of the "System" to earn spells and other powers. There's no dark overlord to slay, so he and his friends are free to build. This kingdom's technology is just starting to take off, partly thanks to airships and tools powered by the physics of magic crystals.

Tom wished for a meaningful job with the chance to make things. Someone listened. Judged by a masked demigod, Tom gets sent to another world with magic, game-like rules, and massive opportunity for a clever inventor. He's been handed a new identity and adopted by a loving family. As a young man with otherworldly knowledge, he tries to recreate technology from humble beginnings. There are spells to learn, too, and he wants to treat his sister and parents right. His river homeland seems idyllic, but there are problems brewing.

When disaster strikes a cargo flight over the arctic, pilot Andre decides it's time to upload. He pays to have his brain sliced and scanned so his mind can live in the computerized, virtual world of Talespace. Since Talespace runs on the logic of a game, Andre takes full advantage. He becomes a high-flying pegasus learning the magic of the sky and battling monsters for the Night Queen. He's even in time for a fun little war.

In 2036, college-bound Paul gets pushed into playing a video game called Thousand Tales. Its playful AI gamemaster, Ludo, wants a few favors from him and from his ambitious friend Linda. The reward? Immortality. Ludo starts selling "uploading", a process that puts a human mind permanently into the game world. In there you can shape-shift, fight monsters, cast spells, even fall in love.

Stan can't afford to have his brain removed. The richest and luckiest players of the video game "Thousand Tales" get their minds uploaded to its virtual paradise world, while Stan can barely buy a handheld console. Instead of sulking he plays, and grows, becoming a skilled craftsman and a seafaring explorer. The game's ruling AI, Ludo, helps him find the hope and inspiration missing from his real life. When the AI starts asking for favors and having him reach out between the real and digital worlds, Stan has a chance to turn his life into an actual adventure.

Queen of Nowhere is a novel in the LitRPG or GameLit genre, about a future frontier: exploration in a starry high-tech game world that's reaching into the real one. It's part of the Thousand Tales story setting, an upbeat world of people trying to grow, build, and be free; but no knowledge of it is needed. Dive in here!

Pete signed up to have his brain diced so he could become a better person. Now he lives in the virtual reality realm of Talespace, where he beta-tests everything from new game rules to mental upgrades to robots that will let his AI boss help people in the real world. As brain-uploading technology starts to become more than a toy for the rich, the now-divided America isn't the only place where Talespace's new society, buggy as it is, is badly needed. Will Pete's new home become an irrelevant gamer heaven, or a force for liberty?