Ergebnis für "The Joy of Science" in Science Fiction

Bold, queer and utterly thrilling, Hell's Heart is a speculative, spicy, slow-burn adventure from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material, Alexis Hall. Earth is dead. Which leaves humanity stuck living under domes on planets that will kill them if they run out of fuel – fuel harvested at...

In this book, Eva (Allie Dans) invites Witt to join her band EOD (Eve of Destruction) on a trial basis. When she’s attacked by an overenthusiastic fan one night, she protects herself using her ability to form small ports. Witt quickly recognizes the presence and power of her psychic talent. Then, when Ruchia invades Ucryn, Roni, and Hax decide that assassinating Pootin might stop the war. They recruit Witt to join them because their combined abilities should make such a task much easier. When Eva finds out about their plan, she wants to come along.

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Johnny Newman shepherds an alien around the Earth, selling its assets to truly foreign business interests. Where’s the joy in that? Where's the joy in life? It takes a skating crash with an Elvis impersonator in Vegas (of course) to change his life.

The battle-weary Companions count their blessings when they find refuge at a tranquil ville, founded on the principles of harmony and enlightenment. However, they soon discover this supposed utopia is anything but. Violence waits in the silence, hidden beneath the pagodas and prayer halls. As sinister machinations unfurl like lotus petals, the Companions reckon with the true price of inner peace in a world gone mad.

Red Moon is a magnificent novel of space exploration and political revolution from New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson. It is thirty years from now, and we have colonized the moon. American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip, his purpose to install a communications...

The universe is darkening. Joy and happiness are being sucked out of everyone, everywhere, and nobody seems to know how or why it’s happening. Except a young woman who goes by the very name of Joy. Stealing a spacecraft and crash-landing on a frozen planet, Joy begins to use her mysterious sense to track down and experience the memories of a man named Lothar. Through Lothar’s various memories of an ancient tradition called Christmas, Joy witnesses the destruction of happiness and watches as a dreadful war claims the lives of many.

London. Post apocalypse. A group of survivors struggle to make a meagre life in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by mutated humans and creatures. For Jaxx and Rhema Bastion—born and raised on the top floor of the Access News tower—it’s all they’ve ever known. The discovery of a young child, Luna, almost feral and living alone in an abandoned building, changes their lives forever. When fate splits them up, the Access News tower comes under attack and the remaining survivors are forced to move on.

A girl from Kansas wins a ride to orbit in a lottery. A physicist sets up a mysterious experiment on the same ship. When the experiment is turned on, the girl from Kansas takes the ship through the mysterious Beyond to a new star. Thus begins an intriguing future history in which humans have a rare talent for exploration that is the envy of all the Galaxy.

It wasn’t until Tallis tried REM for the first time that he realized he wasn’t happy. The average person might stop sometimes to smell the flowers, but Tallis was the kind of person who would even admire the weeds. To him, life itself was beautiful. While anyone else would see the city of Neuvale as dirty and chaotic, Tallis adored the buzz of life and the stunning sights around every corner. He was content, even though his love life was complicated, his professional life had plateaued, and his personal life would put just about anyone to sleep.

Turk Cantrell, a handyman working in New Space, continues his quest for wisdom and understanding. He is fed up with Earthly politics, narcissism, and self-defeatism. Turk turns to far-off worlds, where he encounters a myriad of extraterrestrial societies as he visits planets and moons from around the galaxy.

Indrajit Twang is the 427th epic poet of his people, the only person alive to carry their entire epic history and mythology in his head. His people are dwindling in number, and if he can't find a successor in the great city of Kish, their story will disappear with them. Fix grew up a foundling on the ancient streets of Kish and is making his living as a mercenary. The woman he loves married someone else, and Fix has turned to buying and selling risk on the black market - but is he trying to impress her, or prove something to himself?

I shouldn’t even be here. Somehow, I've gone from living an ordinary life back on Earth to being offered up as a reward to the victor of an alien death match on a planet called Teneca. And when the massive warrior with two-toned eyes strides out into the arena, cold fear fills me. Sure, he might be more gorgeous than any man I’ve ever seen, but he’s also a brutal fighter, and there’s a coldness to his expression that makes me think he stopped feeling emotions a long time ago. I’m terrified of what he’ll do to me if he wins me...until the strangest thing happens.

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The rebellious Premderian Joran Rideran is out to prove himself. Born with an impairing disease, he will not let that, or anything else, slow him, despite the best efforts of those around him. Ignoring others, his legendary father, Kalsor, does his best to train Joran for him to prove everyone wrong. Soon, a mysterious girl appears in his life and a surprising connection forms between the two. In turn, Joran is pushed to a decision on what path he will take. He must choose quickly as others have just as much interest in her.

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Kill or be killed... that's Zalphia world. Armed with unique mental abilities and superior kills, this Glad slave never loses. But she is no match for the tall, dark, and handsome warrior that literally invades her thoughts and frequents her dreams. The captivating stranger promises a life of unconditional love and no more fighting. But can she trust him?

As a child growing up on her grandparents' ranch, Brinlee never imagined running it by herself, much less converting it into a refuge for innocent children fleeing a brutal war. And she never would have believed how much one toddler's sunny little presence could brighten her lonely road. With all the suffering and pain surrounding them, will Joy's influence reach farther than she knows?

The Mechanics were built to help people. They looked and behaved just like humans. But when the Mechanics malfunctioned and started to kill those who had given them life, they were hunted down and destroyed, until only one remained. When 22-year-old Hope Last has a chance encounter with a mysterious man named Aidan Croix, an immediate and intense attraction forms between them.

The long-awaited sequel to Rejar. He was full-blooded and untamable. Sensual and sinuous. Erotically magnetic. A uniquely beautiful creature who could make himself irresistible to women. And he was feral at heart. With his glittering green and gold eyes, silken hair, and purring voice, the stunning captive chained to the wall was exactly what Jenise needed. And he was hers to take...Or so she believed. But she had never heard how dangerous it was to lie down with the cat.