Hugo Timmerman Livres

Powerful and haunting, The Positronic Man is an unforgettable novel that redefines Isaac Asimov's and Robert Silverberg's place among the greatest science fiction authors of all time. In the twenty-first century the creation of the positronic brain leads to the development of robot laborers and revolutionizes life on Earth. But to the Martin family, their household robot NDR-113 is more than a trusted friend, a confidant, a member of the family. For through some unknown manufacturing glitch, Andrew has been blessed with a capacity for love and a drive toward self-awareness and devlopment that are almost...human. But almost is not enough. Andrew's dream is to become fully human. Facing human prejudice, the laws of robotics, and his own mechanical limitations, Andrew will use science and law in his quest for the impossible, arriving at last at a terrifying choice: to make his dream a reality, he must pay the ultimate price.

Immortality is just a dream, but with the Scheffing process, the extremely wealthy can purchase the next best thing. For an exorbitant fee, the Scheffing Institute will make a copy of your mind's persona, hold it in storage until death, then transplant it into sublayers of the brain of a willing--& paying--host. The result for the host is immediate access to the persona's memories, knowledge, experiences & judgment. For the persona, it means full consciousness & thought-communication with the host, but without physical control of the host's body. When this futuristic tale unfolds, the brilliant, powerful multi-billionaire Paul Kaufmann has been dead for months. Institute administrator Francesco Santoliquido must make the decision of assigning Kaufmann's persona to a compatible host. With a personality as strong as Kaufmann, Santoliquido must be wary of the chance that the persona could take over the host's body--known as "going dybbuk." The only two men strong enough to control Kaufmann's persona are the ones who could benefit from it the most: Paul's nephew & current executor of the Kaufmann empire, Mark Kaufmann--& Mark's primary business rival, John Roditis of Roditis Securities. A secret struggle for possession of Kaufmann's persona takes an unexpected turn when Mark's 16-year-old daughter Risa gets involved.

De Stones - het meeslepende verhaal van de sjofele rebellen die hun Lelijkste Groep in Engeland lieten uitgroeien tot THE GREATEST GROUP ON EARTH.

The Earth was in shambles after the final quake had leveled the cities. For Mal Irish the last hold on reality was the embossed gold coin he had taken from the pocket of the dead man -- the man who with his last breath had told him of mastodons buried in ice and men who weren't human. Once in possession of the coin, Mal found himself on a mysterious quest which led him to discover even stranger things -- the girl who spoke the language of another world, the city under the ocean floor, and the deadly little men who followed him. He was in the power of something beyond his understanding, and he meant to find out its source before it put him to its own unfathomable uses.

Quatorze ans que Norman terrorise Rosie et fait de sa vie un cauchemar. Quatorze longues années de sévices permanents, de coups et d'abnégation. Jusqu'à ce qu'une ridicule petite tache de sang sur le drap du lit conjugal sorte la jeune femme de sa torpeur et qu'une force insoupçonnable l'arrache à cette maudite maison. S'enfuir, c'est déjà un premier pas hors de cet enfer. Un premier pas vers « Rosie la vraie », tandis que Norman, fou de rage, se lance à ses trousses pour l'éliminer. A l'aube d'une nouvelle vie, elle fait l'acquisition d'un tableau envoûtant qui représente une femme, Rose Madder, debout sur une colline surplombant les vestiges d'un temple antique. Et petit à petit, la toile révèle d'étranges pouvoirs, et Rosie entre en contact avec Rose...

Als de vrouw en de zoon van een dominee vermoord zijn, wil deze wraak nemen, maar zijn geloof gebiedt hem echter zijn vijanden lief te hebben.