Ergebnis Anbieter "Audible Studios" in Cyberpunk

Esiste una guerra silenziosa. Le armi sono invisibili, gli schieramenti fluidi e di difficile identificazione. Potrebbe sembrare una spy story da romanzo, eppure vicende come quella degli attacchi informatici avvenuti nel corso delle ultime elezioni americane sono soltanto alcuni tra i più eclatanti episodi di cyber war, una realtà a metà strada tra spionaggio e atto di guerra. Cina, Corea del Nord, Stati Uniti, Russia, cani sciolti, mercenari del web.

James Patrick Kelly rappresenta il lato umano del cyberpunk e "Festa a sorpresa" è la sua prima raccolta di racconti mai pubblicata in doppia lingua, inglese e italiano. Include i seguenti racconti: La casa di Bernardo, Festa a sorpresa, La promessa dello spazio, Dichiarazione, Yukui!, La scimpanzé dei papi, Una sorella, due sorelle, tre. L'autore: James Patrick Kelly ha avuto una carriera eclettica: ha scritto romanzi, racconti, saggi, recensioni, poesie e sceneggiature.

Questa storia si sviluppa come una parodia del genere post-cyberpunk, aggiornato ai nostri tempi tra social network e gamification e in uno stile che ricorda la serie distopica "Black Mirror".

Mulan Rouge è un'ex mercenaria e adesso guardia del corpo del Boss Gui, capo dei Rospi di Kunming. Quando lui deve partire in treno, Mulan è incaricata di controllare che nessun passeggero costituisca un pericolo per lui: un compito molto pericoloso anche per un'esperta come lei.

L'amicizia tra Janet e la sua vecchia amica androide Lyria viene messa a rischio dall'offerta di Mohammed di comprarla. Le due amiche si perderanno per sempre oppure si tratta dell'opportunità di allungare la sua vita? L'autore brasiliano Renan Bernardo confeziona un gioiellino solarpunk ambientato a Rio de Janeiro.

La visione di Philip K. Dick di una possibile forma di vita extraterrestre intelligente, capace di influenzare l'esistenza degli umani. "Un giorno, i ricordi del piccolo sarebbero tornati. Qualcosa, uno stimolo disinibitore attivato dai preparativi del bambino stesso, avrebbe rimosso quel buio, avrebbe cancellato l'amnesia, e tutti i ricordi sarebbero rifluiti: il suo concepimento su cY30-cY3OB, il periodo nel grembo di Rybys mentre lei lottava con l'orribile malattia, in viaggio verso la Terra, forse persino l'interrogatorio.

Il romanzo conclusivo della straordinaria trilogia di Valis. "Sono l'ultima persona vivente ad aver conosciuto il vescovo Timothy Archer della diocesi della California, la sua amante, e SUO figlio, mio marito, il proprietario di casa e salariato pro forma. Qualcuno dovrebbe... Be', sarebbe bello se nessuno ripetesse ciò che hanno fatto loro a livello collettivo: si sono offerti volontari per la morte. Ognuno di loro come Parsifal, un perfetto idiota."

L'entreprise de Sancia Grado, une jeune femme capable de faire revivre le passé des objets et d'entendre leur enluminure, est au bord de la faillite face à la nombreuse concurrence. Pour échapper au Hiérophante, une ancienne puissance qui s'intéresse de près à ses pouvoirs, Sancia doit percer le secret des origines de l'enluminure.

Dirk's epic run of success in King's League has drawn new gamers to Dawnshire, but not all of them are there to play nice. Rumors about mysterious Graydon's Armor pieces are quietly spreading across the Realms. It isn't long before someone attempts to take away everything Dirk possess as powerful forces conspire against King's League's newest player sensation.

Skiptracer Blake Hartley has formed a tenuous alliance with the alien Sekkha on what should be an easy job: escort a young boy named Jorn Freyul to their client. That's it. But they soon find out that Jorn is more than he seems. He's known as the Exegent, a divine-like figure among members of a fanatical order called the Fold. Unfortunately for Blake and Sekkha, Jorn also possesses classified information that will not only put their lives in jeopardy, but also ties in to a devastating secret from Blake's last job - Hypertek.

Blake Harley is a Skiptracer - a kind of bounty hunter - on the faraway construct world of Concourse Prime. Hired by a corporate client to secure an overdue product, he'll make some quick cryp and be on to the next job. Easy. Except, this job is anything but simple. The product is tied to the immensely powerful and ultra-secret Hypertek, leaving Blake with a choice: be a good soldier, or refuse to help MagnaCorp become the most powerful entity in the system. Another problem: everyone else in Concourse Prime is gunning for the product as well.

Sopravvissuto alle insidie disseminate lungo il Sentiero, Michael ha finalmente davanti agli occhi la vera faccia della realtà, una presa di coscienza che ha sconvolto quello che credeva di sapere della sua stessa vita e del mondo. È vivo per miracolo, dopo aver collaborato con il governo per sventare Kaine, il pericoloso hacker che agiva all'interno del VirtNet, la complessa realtà alternativa in cui è possibile immergersi e vivere un'esistenza parallela.

A zero tolerance policy results in the death penalty for all crimes, no matter how minor. When a judge is kidnapped, and a ransom note demands the release of all prisoners awaiting execution, kleptomaniac Detective Inspector Kate Swanson is put on the case. But soon her boss also disappears. Under increasing pressure from her superiors, and the growing social unrest, Swanson must race to find a man whose murdered wife and daughter link the missing men. Can she find him before it's too late?

A UFO appears on Earth's orbit. Ignoring all contact attempts, it showers the planet with priceless artifacts. Choose: perfect health, $10 million, or seven years in prison, per the new amendment. The night of the meteor shower, Paul and his friends run around the city, engaging in quick fights with citizens gone crazy, trying to obtain one of the artifacts.

It's 2084. Four years have passed since Bobbi January learned about the existence of the Yathi race and its plans for humanity. Since then she's become more than a career data thief or an anticorporate provacateur - she's the leader of a force of humans and reformed Yathi hosts dedicated to fighting the aliens wherever they can be found. Hers is a war fought in the dark, and like all wars, it has been costly. Friends have died, others have soured, and the rebellion that started out so strongly has broken into two embittered camps.

Leila Fenech is dead. And so is her brother Dieter. But what's really pissing her off is how he sold his afterlife as part of an insurance scam and left her to pick up the pieces. She wants him back so she can kick his backside from here to the Kuiper Belt. Station is humanity's last outpost. But this battle-scarred asteroid isn't just for the living. It's also where the dead live on as fetches: digital memories and scraps of personality gathered together and given life. Of a sort.

After recovering from near-fatal injuries sustained on a mission, Luke Porterfield is offered a second opportunity to fight terrorism by a private venture. He is stored in bleeding-edge technology before agreeing to the deal and wakes to an uncertain fate. In the vastly changed and advanced city of London, Luke is tasked to defeat a deadly and elusive terrorist group. When his mission unearths a five-decades-long conspiracy, the explosive consequences force him into a fight against the power of a demented dictator.

Welcome to the City made from a dream. But this isn't any dream; it is the dark and haunting nightmare of a killer. It is the near future, and old-fashioned movies, or flatties, have been replaced by Dreams, virtual reality scenarios written by professional Dreamers. When infamous criminal Truro Daine escapes imprisonment, he flees into the City, an artificial world of his own creation, where he rules as the all-powerful Night Mayor.

Synth is a drug able to induce hallucinations indistinguishable from reality. But it's brand new, highly addictive, and more than likely dangerous. Even the dealers peddling the pills don't know what long term effects the drug will have on its users.

Before his stroke and the onset of old age, Frank Lazorg was the king of the fantasy illustrators - with an ego to match. But he can paint no more. That is, until he starts taking a bizarre new drug that promises to restore his creative powers. Unfortunately, artistic reinvigoration comes with a steep price tag: addiction and madness. With his rage and jealousy unleashed and his grasp of reality severely compromised, Lazorg is led to commit an unspeakable act, and, in turn, is led... somewhere else.