Ergebnis für "The Parasite" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good health to a humble parasite - a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the tapeworm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system - even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them. But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives... and will do anything to get them.

„Ich bin nicht hier, um dich zu ersetzen. Ich bin hier, um dich zu vollenden." Marc ist am Ende seiner Kräfte. Als Grafikdesigner kämpft er täglich gegen eine Flut aus Deadlines, arroganten Kunden und einer Technik, die in seiner smarten Wohnung mehr gegen ihn als für ihn arbeitet. Sein Leben fühlt sich an wie ein fehlerhafter Code – chaotisch, laut und erschöpfend. Er sehnt sich nach nur einer Sache: einer Lösung.

An original novel set in the Halo universe—based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! 2552. As the planet Reach falls to the alien alliance known as the Covenant, a lone human ship—the UNSC Pillar of Autumn—fled into slipspace and has arrived at a place that could change...

"Planet der Parasiten ist ein Science-Fiction-Klassiker von Stanley G. Weinbaum, der erstmals 1935 erschien. In dieser neuen Übersetzung von Benjamin Werner erleben Sie die spannende Geschichte von Ham Hammond, einem Abenteurer, der auf der Venus lebt. Dort muss er sich gegen die gefährlichen Parasiten und Naturkatastophen behaupten, die alles Leben bedrohen. Als er auf eine junge Frau trifft, die ebenfalls in den Heißgebieten der Venus gestrandet ist, beginnt eine atemberaubende Flucht vor den blutrünstigen Kreaturen.

Wilson has blended H. P. Lovecraft's dark vision with his own revolutionary philosophy and unique narrative powers to produce a stunning, high-tension story of vaulting imagination. A professor makes a horrifying discovery while excavating a sinister archaeological site. For over 200 years, mind parasites have been lurking in the deepest layers of human consciousness, feeding on human life force and steadily gaining a foothold on the planet. Now they threaten humanity's extinction.

The Tickslith world is about to be violently destroyed. Lacking enough room to go with them, the honorable males load their women aboard their one ship in hopes of saving their species. The extremely powerful, 200-mile-long vessel then travels the galaxy, delivering female love, peace, and tranquility to the several thousand worlds that have allowed them to land.

From New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant comes a vision of a decade in the future, where humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good health to a humble parasite — a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When...

In the aftermath of the life-altering events that shook him to the core, Jack Bishop relocates to Sacramento, California, determined to uncover the truth behind his father's disappearance. His unique ability to perceive the lingering psychic remnants of both monsters and murder victims becomes his only guide in this relentless quest. Little does Jack know that an ancient and formidable psychic entity has been unleashed upon the city, threatening not just his new home, but the entire world.

Ein unheimlicher Killer schlägt mitten in London zu - und verwandelt Menschen mit Hilfe einer goldenen Pistole in Skelette! Bei ihren Ermittlungen stoßen John Sinclair und Suko auf eine Verbindung zum Mafia-Boss Logan Costello. Aber die Wahrheit wird sie noch viel weiter führen... bis in die Welt der Ghouls!

Sie erkunden den Anabranch – und suchen Reginald Bulls Tochter. Das Ende des 21. Jahrhunderts Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung ist angebrochen. Mehr als dreieinhalbtausend Jahre von unserer Zeit entfernt lebt die Menschheit in Frieden. Zwischen den Sternen der Milchstraße herrschen keine großen Konflikte mehr. Vielleicht kann Perry Rhodan, der als erster Mensch auf Außerirdische gestoßen ist, endlich sein großes Ziel erreichen: Freundschaft und Frieden zwischen den Völkern der Milchstraße und der umliegenden Galaxien.

The final novel of the Forerunner Saga trilogy by science fiction legend Greg Bear—set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! One hundred thousand years ago. Chaos rules the final days of the Forerunner empire. The Flood—a horrifying...

In "The Parasite," Arthur C Clarke explores the dark and unsettling world of "mental illness" through the eyes of Roy Connolly. But Roy knows he isn't crazy, he has been possessed by Omega, a creature of the very distant future where humanity exists primarily as intellect with severely emaciated bodies. And what fun is that? The solution is to travel back in time to a more physical era

"The Parasite" was first published in 1953 in The Avon SF & F Reader. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Life was good for Matt and Chloe. They were in love and looking forward to their new baby. But what Chloe gave birth to isn't a baby. It isn't even human. It's an entirely new species that uses humans only for food and as hosts for their young. As Matt soon learns, he isn't alone in his terror...

A combat veteran leads a ragtag group of survivors in an all-out war against invading aliens! The world's cities have been destroyed by a ghastly holocaust from space. The few remaining souls eke out an existence in the ruins, ransacking skyscrapers for food and living in the city's sewers like vermin.

U.S. Federal Agents along with Mexican Federales, are pulled into a search mission for a synthetic drug created in Mexico. They discover that the cartel is actually manufacturing lethal parasites, only to get caught up in a village where every living being is affected by the drug.

Jacob Westergren, an expert in his field of study, gets paid to research the most sickening parasites known to man. But, even when he looks at the most appalling of the species, he does not see the intrusive ugliness that humanity does, he sees himself. He sees a vessel by which to purge himself of an amalgam of detestable emotions. Emboldened by promising experimentation, Jacob is anxious to unburden himself by sharing his emotional parasite, in physical form, with the rest of the world.

He’s not human. For ten years he has lived among them, mimicking their emotions, copying their behaviour, and hiding in plain sight. He was sent to conquer, but something inside him has changed, and silence is no longer enough.

Discovering a purpose can be a difficult and daunting undertaking, even for a parasitic entity doomed with a ceaseless hunger for flesh, bone, and suitable hosts.