Alan Dean Foster

Midworld - 445 AA (after Alliance)... Vor Generationen landete ein menschliches Siedlungsschiff, wegen eines Navigationsfehlers, an einer falschen Zielkoordinate; einer Welt, die einer gr nen H lle glich. Eine unvorstellbar ppige Flora und gef hrlich-r uberische Fauna dezimierte die Kolonisten schnell. Die berlebenden mussten sich ihrer erzwungenen neuen Heimat anpassen. Jahrhunderte sp ter bekommt der gr ne Globus erneut Besuch von - allerdings illegalen - Vertretern aus dem Bereich des Homanx-Commonwealth (einem B ndnis von Homo sapiens und den insektoiden Thranx); diesmal beabsichtigt und mit dem Willen, den Planeten, gewinnorientiert, auf Ressourcen zur Herstellung von wertvollen Drogen, sowie hochwirksamen Medikamenten zu untersuchen und auszubeuten. Die meisten kologien w ren ihrer Zerst rung schutzlos ausgeliefert - doch diese Welt wehrt sich und schl gt erbarmungslos zur ck...

What do three widely separated and seemingly unrelated individuals-Marc Levaseur, a young poet in Paris; Emily Cosgrove, a Ph.D. student in archaeology working in Pompeii; and Demyan Yegorov, a Russian scholar-have in common? They each have a portion of an ancient inscription from the Necronomicon of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred. Can the fourth and final segment of the inscription be found? The three explorers hope to find it in an obscure region of the Arabian desert-nothing less than Irem, the City of Pillars. But will the cosmic forces opposed to them allow them to succeed in their daring mission?Alan Dean Foster, whose prodigious work in the realms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror has made him a legend in his own time, has written a compelling and action-packed short novel that draws upon some of the most intriguing ideas in the tales of H. P. Lovecraft and brought them into our own time-but he has retained the atmosphere of ancient evil that makes Lovecraft's work so distinctive.Alan Dean Foster (b. 1946) is the author of dozens of novels, including novelizations of Star Trek, Star Wars, and Alien, along with eight story collections and other works. He is also a composer of classical music.

A band of humans struggle to survive when they crash-land on an icy planet, in this science fiction adventure by the #1 New York Times bestseller. A sophisticated interstellar traveler, Ethan Frome Fortune is a businessman on board the interstellar transport ship Antares. He isn’t one for heroism or adventure. That would be his fellow passenger (and giant of a man), Skua September. Regardless, both soon get a chance to test their mettle . . . Tran-ky-ky is an icy, desolate planet sharply carved by hurricane-force winds. It’s a terrible place for an emergency landing, but a botched kidnapping on the Antares sends Ethan, Skua, and some of their fellow travelers hurtling toward the stormy planet. Now, surrounded by hungry killer plants and cat-like natives, this ragged bunch of castaways led by Ethan must keep their wits about them if they ever hope to escape . . .

A vital message. A desperate queen. A hero in the making.He is plainly too young and too inexperienced for the mission, but on the advice of her aged adviser Natoum, and with her husband off at war, the Queen reluctantly assigns the task of delivery to...Madrenga.Accompanied only by a runt of a pony and a scrap of a pup, he sets off to transport the royal message to its destination. No matter what it might take.But things are not always what they seem. Heroes are sometimes made of the strangest stuff, and love is to be found in the most unexpected places.If one doesn't die while treading the lethal path..."Rip-roaring action sequences and the mystery of Madrenga's curious powers propel the story through a series of consistently surprising twists and turns." --Publishers Weekly"Foster's brisk and eventful novel should please any reader looking for a quick and diverting adventure." --Booklist"Alan Dean Foster is the modern day Renaissance writer, as his abilities seem to have no genre boundaries." --Bookbrowser"One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science-fiction and fantasy." --The Times (London)

For nearly 50 years, Michael C. Goodwin has been entertaining science fiction fans all over the world with the satirical antics of the space monster, the asteroid, the UFO, and the rest of the Monolith gang For the first time ever, all of the Monolith comics are together in one place Who Was That Monolith I Saw You With?My Stars Tripping the Light FantasticSon of MonolithMy Stars and Galaxies Get ready to tickle your funny bone as Goodwin lampoons science fiction and its tropes, but make sure you set down your drink first.

On April 15, 1960, a plane crashed in the untamed African jungle. The Survivor - a young girl Raised by fierce cats, Luana grows up to be as savage as her jungle habitat. And now she watches the winding overgrown paths for hapless humans on safari...

Letherbound

”Kauan sitten kaukaisessa galaksissa...”The Force Awakens -elokuvan käsikirjoitukseen pohjautuva romaani laajentaa ja syventää elokuvan tarinaa valomiekan voimalla - vihdoinkin suomeksi!Tähtien sota -jatko-osatrilogian ensimmäinen ja Skywalker-saagan seitsemäs osa palaa Millennium Falconille ja prinsessa Leian, Han Solon ja Chewbaccan maailmaan vuosia Jedin paluun tapahtumien jälkeen. Eeppiseen avaruusseikkailuun liittyy mukaan uusia, kiehtovia hahmoja, kuten Rey, Finn ja kavala Kylo Ren. Lopullista rauhaa ei ole vielä saavutettu eikä pahuutta kukistettu. Riittääkö taistelijoilla kylliksi uskoa asiaansa, kun Luke Skywalker on kateissa ja Voiman pimeä puoli osoittaa mahtiaan?

What is a life well-lived? How should life be lived? What kind of hopeful stories will you leave behind?Travel with twenty-three speculative fiction authors through the seasons of life to capture the memories, identities, and moments of stepping through the portal of change, as they cope with their own journeys of growing older.From the moment of birth, through each threshold of our lives, to the moment we take our last breath, we age.Some of us leap into a hopeful future, some cling to the knowns of our former selves, some wander obliviously through the minefields and poppies of change. Something is lost, something is gained in each season. Things forgotten, things remembered.A child redefines identity and belonging in post-Soviet Hungary. A girl blossoming to adult awareness exchanges life for death in rural Canada. A college student chooses between the magic of ancient spirits and the magic of daily happiness in modern Japan. In futuristic India, a mother finds joy in the balance between family and career. Under the Andulasian sun, a mathematician consults his older self in affairs of love. In alternate Tanzania, a husband and wife discover wisdom in memory loss. A robot eases an old man's grief, and a grandmother opens her heart when she listens to her child. And many more hopeful stories.Featuring Original Stories by Maurice Broaddus, Vanessa Cardui, C.J. Cheung, Joyce Chng, Eric Choi, S.B. Divya, Alan Dean Foster, Bev Geddes, Maria Haskins, Tyler Keevil, Rich Larson, Karin Lowachee, Brent Nichols, Heather Osborne, Y.M. Pang, Karina Sumner-Smith, Amanda Sun, Patrick Swenson, Bogi Tak cs, Hayden Trenholm, Liz Westbrook-Trenholm, Jane Yolen, and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro.With an Introduction by Candas Jane DorseyEdited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. LawThe anthologies in this award-winning series (Strangers Among Us, The Sum of Us, Where the Stars Rise, Shades Within Us) have been recommended by Publishers Weekly, Booklist (American Library Association), Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Locus, Foreword Reviews, and Quill & Quire.

An original novel based on the thrilling Star Trek movies directed by J.J. Abrams!Taking place in an alternate timeline created when the Starship Kelvin was destroyed by a Romulan invader from the future, this bold new novel follows Captain James T. Kirk and an inexperienced crew commandeering a repaired U.S.S. Enterprise out of spacedock for a simple shakedown cruise. When a distress call comes in, the Enterprise must aid a large colony ship of alien refugees known as the Perenorean, who are under siege by an unknown enemy. But Kirk and his crew will find that the situation with the peaceful Perenorean is far more complicated than they bargained for, and the answers as to why they were attacked in the first place unfold in the most insidious of ways…

Strange characters cast long shadows over the Old West. There was Paul Bunyan. There was Pecos Bill. Strangest of all was the giant mountain man they called Mad Amos Malone. Atop his massive, swift, and permanently irascible steed Worthless, Mad Amos crops up everywhere from the construction of the transcontinental railroad to a poor woman's kitchen, confronting everything from Yellowstone spirits to yellow-bellied snake-oil salesmen. Maybe a little crazed, maybe a little other-dimensional, and always impossible to tell if he's just a left a room at the asylum or the Sorbonne. With his saddlebags overflowing with mysteries you'd better not try to peruse, to his mount that you'd best not try to rustle, Mad Amos roams the Old West settling scores, righting wrongs, and just occasionally coming up against trolls, sprites, dragons, spirits of the Earth, evil magicians--and most dangerous of all, dogs and cats. Thar's gold, guns, liquor, wimmen, good spells and evil spells. Mad Amos deals with 'em all. Just keep clear of his Sharp's rifle and the fact that he hasn't had a bath in weeks.

Strange characters cast long shadows over the Old West. There was Paul Bunyan. There was Pecos Bill. Strangest of all was the giant mountain man they called Mad Amos Malone. Atop his massive, swift, and permanently irascible steed Worthless, Mad Amos crops up everywhere from the construction of the transcontinental railroad to a poor woman's kitchen, confronting everything from Yellowstone spirits to yellow-bellied snake-oil salesmen. Maybe a little crazed, maybe a little other-dimensional, and always impossible to tell if he's just a left a room at the asylum or the Sorbonne. With his saddlebags overflowing with mysteries you'd better not try to peruse, to his mount that you'd best not try to rustle, Mad Amos roams the Old West settling scores, righting wrongs, and just occasionally coming up against trolls, sprites, dragons, spirits of the Earth, evil magicians--and most dangerous of all, dogs and cats. Thar's gold, guns, liquor, wimmen, good spells and evil spells. Mad Amos deals with 'em all. Just keep clear of his Sharp's rifle and the fact that he hasn't had a bath in weeks.