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Герберт Джордж Уэллс считается отцом современной научной фантастики. В «Войне миров» он описал инопланетное вторжение и использование отравляющих газов и лазерного оружия, в «Машине времени» – путешествие в другие эпохи, в «Острове доктора Моро» – создание живых существ. Благодаря ему появились такие понятия как параллельные миры («Люди как боги») и антигравитация («Первые люди на Луне»). Многие идеи Уэллса оказались пророческими – он предсказал создание атомной бомбы. Но самого Уэллса прежде всего интересовали проблемы общества. Одним из его убеждений, неизменно выражаемых во всем его творчестве, было стремление к социальной справедливости и неприятие насилия.

Западное побережье Северной Америки лежит в руинах. Огромное цунами уничтожило миллионы человек, а те, кто уцелел, пострадали от землетрясения. В общем хаосе поначалу мало кто обращает внимание на странную эпидемию, поразившую растительность вдоль берега, и на неожиданно возникший среди беженцев культ Мадонны Разрушения, восставшей после катастрофы из морских глубин. А в диких цифровых джунглях, которые некогда называли Интернетом, что-то огромное и чуждое всему человеческому строит планы на нее, женщину с пустыми белыми глазами и имплантатами в груди. Женщину, которой движет только ярость; женщину, которая несет с собой конец света.

Есть мандарины, работать при утреннем свете и… ампутировать фалангу указательного пальца на правой руке. Какие рекомендации услышишь ты от машины счастья?

Смесь «Начала» и «Настоящего детектива», сплав научной фантастики и триллера. Напряженное расследование жестокого убийства приводит специального агента к ошеломляющему открытию…

Travel even further through space and time in the stunning sequel to NOUMENON – a tale of exploration, adventure, and science.In 2125, the interstellar convoy NOUMENON set out on a voyage that changed humanity’s place in the universe forever. Three millenia later, the convoy’s remaining ships and the clone descendants of its original crew are returning to the anomalous star LQ Pyxidis with new dreams and new objectives.But NOUMENON was not the only mission to leave Earth behind in the 22nd century.Physicist Vanhi Kapoor is the leader of Convoy 12. Hers is the smallest Planet United Mission and the only one working entirely within our solar system, but as Vanhi’s team pushes the boundaries of subdimensional research further than ever before, disaster strikes. Suddenly, they find themselves very far from home, with the unknown on their horizon.NOUMENON INFINITY is the story of two missions, aeons and light years apart. They are connected both by a spirit of adventure and an interstellar mystery that transcends time and space.

‘A striking adventure story that could hold a galaxy in its scope’KIRKUS REVIEWSAstrophysicist Reggie Straifer has discovered a mysterious object in deep space: a strange star, blinking in a seemingly impossible pattern. As humanity plans its first adventures beyond the solar system, Reggie and thousands of others join NOUMENON – a convoy of nine ships on a mission to reveal the origins of this anomalous star. Is its strobing a natural phenomenon or something far more alien?NOUMENON’s voyage will take centuries. To preserve their talents, the convoy is populated by clones of its original crew. Born and reborn in a sealed society with a single purpose, every individual and every generation must come to terms with inheritances that go far beyond DNA.Marina J. Lostetter’s stunning debut explores the wonders of deep space and the obsessions, fears and desires of humanity’s first interstellar travellers as they speed toward a single blinking star and a discovery beyond their wildest imaginings.

An epic collection of science fiction tales around space exploration and cosmic horror by the #1 bestselling author of A Game of Thrones – with the titular story, Nightflyers, coming to Netflix in 2018On a voyage toward the boundaries of the known universe, nine misfit academics seek out first contact with a shadowy alien race.But another enigma is the Nightflyer itself, a cybernetic wonder with an elusive captain no one has ever seen in the flesh.Soon, however, the crew discovers that their greatest mystery – and most dangerous threat – is an unexpected force aboard the ship wielding a thirst for blood and terror…Also included are five additional classic George R.R. Martin tales of science fiction that explore the breadth of technology and the dark corners of the human mind.

An ingenious dystopian novel of one young woman’s resistance against the constraints of an oppressive societyWhen a recklessly idealistic girl in a dystopian future society dares to test the perimeters of her tightly controlled world, she is punished by being sent back in time to a region of North America – ‘Wainscotia, Wisconsin’ – that existed eighty years before. Cast adrift in time in this idyllic Midwestern town, she is set upon a course of ‘rehabilitation’ – but she falls in love with a fellow exile and starts to question the constraints of her new existence, with results that are both devastating and liberating.Arresting and visionary, Hazards of Time Travel is an exquisitely wrought love story, a novel of harrowing discovery – and an oblique but powerful response to our current political climate.

Alien meets Psycho with a chilling mystery set on a haunted spaceship in this short story, soon to be an original series on Netflix, by the #1 bestselling author of A Game of Thrones.On a voyage toward the boundaries of the known universe, nine misfit academics seek out first contact with a shadowy alien race.But another enigma is the Nightflyer itself, a cybernetic wonder with an elusive captain no one has ever seen in the flesh.Soon, however, the crew discovers that their greatest mystery – and most dangerous threat – is an unexpected force aboard the ship wielding a thirst for blood and terror…Coming to Netflix in 2018 – read it before you see it!

Alien meets Psycho in a chilling mystery set on a haunted spaceship in this illustrated edition of a classic novella, soon to be an original series on Netflix, by the #1 bestselling author of A Game of Thrones. Brought to electrifying life with artwork by David Palumbo.On a voyage toward the boundaries of the known universe, nine misfit academics seek out first contact with a shadowy alien race.But the real enigma is the Nightflyer itself, a cybernetic wonder with an elusive captain no one has ever seen in the flesh.Soon, however, the crew discovers that their greatest mystery – and most dangerous threat – is an unexpected force aboard the ship wielding a thirst for blood and terror…Dark and beautiful art by David Palumbo brings the words of George R.R. Martin to life in a story of horror, murder and outer space that you do not want to miss.