Men had built cities before, but never such a city as Diaspar; for millennia its protective dome shutout the creeping decay and danger of the world outside. Once, it held powers that rules the stars....
It has been over thirty years since the publication of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the science fiction classic that changed the way we looked at the stars -- and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at...
Nebula Best Novel winner (1974)Hugo Best Novel winner (1974)At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion...
1885, the North West Frontier. Rudyard Kipling is witness to a British army action to repress a local uprising. And to a terrifying intervention by a squadron of tanks from 2137. Before the full...
Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate...
In 2061, Heywood Floyd must once again confront Dave Bowman, a newly independent HAL, and the limitless power of an unseen alien race that has decided that Mankind is to play a role in the evolution...
This sequel to "2001: A Space Odyssey" answers the questions left by its predecessor. Captain Chandler investigates the lapse in HAL's sanity and the disappearance of Dave Bowman...
One thousand years after the Jupiter mission to explore the mysterious Monolith had been destroyed, after Dave Bowman was transformed into the Star Child, Frank Poole drifted in space, frozen and...
Imperial Earth published in time for the U.S. bicentennial in 1976 by Ballantine Books. The plot follows the protagonist, Duncan Makenzie, on a trip to Earth from his home on Titan, ostensibly for a...
The crowning achievement of any professional writer is to get paid twice for the same material: write a piece for one publisher and then tweak it just enough that you can turn around and sell it to...
70 years after the events of Rendezvous with Rama, a second Raman vessel enters our solar system. Its arrival is expected and an expedition is sent to unlock more of Rama’s mysteries, but the crew are...
Classico romanzo di «fantascienza», per usare un neologismo abbastanza efficace, «Le sabbie di Marte» descrive il viaggio inaugurale dell’astronave «Ares» — prima nave di linea regolare fra i...
Protagonista del romanzo è l'ingegnere Morgan, creatore del Ponte di Gibilterra. Grazie alla rivoluzionaria tecnologia del cavo cristallino monomolecolare (citato a più riprese anche da William...
Come sarà il nostro primo incontro con una razza, una civiltà extraterrestre? Gli scettici dicono: non ci sarà mai. I pessimisti obiettano: già non riusciamo ad andare d'accordo fra noi, figurarsi...
70 years after the events of Rendezvous with Rama, a second Raman vessel enters our solar system. Its arrival is expected and an expedition is sent to unlock more of Rama’s mysteries, but the crew...
