Frederik Pohl Livres

Premier tome de la célèbre saga sur la race Heechee. L'humanité découvre dans le système solaire des dispositifs et des constructions d'une mystérieuse race extraterrestre nommée Heechee. Leur technologie est extrêmement avancée et certains artefacts se révèlent très bénéfiques et bien exploités par les humains. Cependant, personne ne sait à quoi ressemblaient les Heechee ni où ils sont partis. La plus grande découverte est l'astéroïde Gateway, une sorte de station spatiale avec environ mille vaisseaux interstellaires opérationnels. Chacun est programmé pour un vol supraluminique vers un endroit éloigné dans l'univers inexploré. Il est impossible de les piloter, mais des volontaires, des prospecteurs, se portent néanmoins candidats pour s'aventurer dans l'inconnu à bord de ces vaisseaux. Parfois, ils trouvent un trésor, d'autres fois, la mort.

Professional .NET Framework has been designed as a practical guide to the .NET Framework. It covers the Common Language Runtime environment in which .NET applications are deployed and managed along with the fundamental structure of the base class libraries upon which Microsoft's .NET platform relies. It has been written using beta 2, a feature complete version of the .NET Framework. This book provides the essential aerial view of the framework, placing .NET in a meaningful context with current programming frameworks, before delving into detail with a thorough, practical, example-led approach to exploring and working with the constituent parts of the framework. It systematically covers namespaces and their extended classes, which professionals will need to work with to build distributed, scaleable, applications. It also covers the techniques required to expose or consume code over the Internet as Web Services. Professional .NET Framework also examines best practice for designing and constructing applications, engineering .NET components, and utilizing COM interoperability. The final section of the book provides a chapter and case study dedicated to approaching migration to .NET. The book drills down to a level which scopes specific classes in detail yet retains a focus on imparting information in the most practical, relevant and useful way, to make the transition to .NET as smooth and clear as possible. This book

For over four decades, the demand for Star Trek stories has led to five television series, over seven hundred episodes, ten feature films, and an animated series. From the early short-story adaptations by James Blish in the 1960s to the original novels of the 1970s and beyond, fiction has significantly expanded the Star Trek universe. This exploration delves into why these books serve as a powerful creative outlet for some and a fresh way to engage with the Star Trek mythos for others. The work reflects on the first forty years of professionally published Star Trek fiction, showcasing the personalities and creative sensibilities of its contributors. It provides an insightful look into the creative processes, challenges, innovations, and progress within this literary landscape. Author Jeff Ayers has engaged with nearly six hundred books and interviewed over three hundred authors and editors to create a comprehensive guide to this unique publishing phenomenon. Fully illustrated with book covers, the work includes an index by title and author, as well as a detailed timeline, making it an essential resource for every fan.

Contents Report From the Planet Earth • essay by Frederik Pohl The Last Word • essay by Elizabeth Anne Hull Sitting Around the Pool, Soaking Up the Rays • (1984) • short story by Frederik Pohl The Thursday Events • short story by Ye Yonglie User Friendly • short story by Spider Robinson Life as an Ant • short story by André Carneiro Fiddling for Waterbuffaloes • (1986) • novella by S.P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul ] S Is for Snake • short story by Lino Aldani The Divided Carla • (1985) • novelette by Josef Nesvadba The View From the Top of the Tower • (1986) • short story by Harry Harrison Don't Knock the Rock • short story by A. Bertram Chandler The Owl of Bear Island • short story by Jon Bing Contacts of a Fourth Kind • short story by Ljuben Dilov Infestation • short story by Brian W. Aldiss In the Blink of an Eye • short story by Carlos Maria Federici Particularly Difficult Territory • short story by Janusz A. Zajdel Time Everlasting • short story by Sam Lundwall The Middle Kingdom • short story by Tong Enzheng and Elizabeth Anne Hull On the Inside Track • novelette by Karl-Michael Armer The Legend of the Paper Spaceship • (1978) • novelette by Tetsu Yano We Servants of the Stars • short story by Frederik Pohl Notes on Contributors • essay by uncredited

A Guide to the Perplexed (1980) (essay) by Frederik Pohl; The Persistence of Vision (1978) by John Varley; Stone (1978) by Edward Bryant; A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye (1977) by Charles L. Grant; Science 1938 (1980) (essay) by Isaac Asimov; The Future of Science Fiction (1980) (essay) by Norman Spinrad; Dreamsnake (Excerpt) (1978) by Vonda N. McIntyre; Little Green Men from Afar (1976) (essay) by L. Sprague de Camp; Cassandra (1978) by C. J. Cherryh; Seven American Nights (1978) by Gene Wolfe.

Henry Steegman is hardly "Mr. Personality" aboard the Mars-bound Algonquin 9. Yet it is he who bungles upon the spectacular Macy's-like city beneath the Red Planet's crust. For better or worse, the name Steegman will be immortalized by a discovery that will transform millions of lives. For a struggling screenwriter, the Martian beings could mean a big story, big bucks, headlines...and more women than any many his size has ever known... For an exhiled Russian rocket man, the are a possible route to America's space program, and the land of opportunity... For a flying-saucer faker of flickering fame, the possibilities are out of this world. In a brilliant near-future look at the human condition, Frederick Pohl has honed his satire-sharp science fiction to a steely new edge.

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Ballantine paperback, 4th printing (1975) with Karl Swanson. The novel was first serialized in Galaxy Magazine in 1956, and published in book form the following year. Pohl has a reputation of one of SF's master satirists; this novel is about a world in the throes of a low-intensity global war, which appears to be an amplified representation of the Vietnam War (in which the U.S. was just becoming involved).

In Book Two of the Heechee Saga, Robinette Broadhead is on his way to making a fortune by bankrolling an expedition to the Food Factory--a Heechee spaceship that can graze the cometary cloud and transfor the basic elements of the universe into untold quantities of food. But even as he gambles on the breakthrough technology, he is wracked with the guilt of losing his wife, poised forever at the "event horizon" of a black hole where Robin had abaondoned her. As more and more information comes back from the expedition, Robin grows ever hopeful that he can rescue his beloved Gelle-Klara Moynlin. After three and a years, the factory is discovered to work, and a human is found aboard. Robin's suffering may be just about over.... THE HEECHEE SAGA Book One: Gateway Book Two: Beyond the Blue Event Horizon Book Three: Heechee Rendezvous Book Four: The Annals of the Heechee

The pythons had entered into Mankind. No man knew at what moment he might be Possessed! On Christmas the world's freedom died. Every man, woman and child lay in the grip of fear, for no one knew at what moment his nearest friend or a casual stranger might suddenly be possessed by some brutal mind ... and begin to murder and destroy. For Chandler it was worse than for most. He was both victim and executioner. He had suffered himself, and he had committed a violent crime while under the strange domination. Accusing of hoaxing he was driven from his home. He wandered the world and found it smashed like a spoiled child's plaything―now Chandler was in the very presence of the destroyers! But what could one person do against such power?--the power of gods!

CAUTION! You are about to enter a world... where all engineering ingenuity has been employed for public spectacles of torture and death where the stock market operates with pari-mutuel machines where a court clerk transcribes testimony on punch cards, then feeds it to a jury machine where the dream real-estate development of today has become a cracked-concrete savage jungle In this world, young lawyer Charles Mundin battles a great combine of corporate interests—battles them in board meetings and in dark alleys—in a struggle that lays bare some brutal promises of the future...promises we are beginning to make right now. “...wholly admirable, in both thinking and execution.”—Galaxy “Reminiscent in vigor, bite and acumen to THE SPACE MERCHANTS”—Anthony Boucher. “...possessed of a bite and savage vigor which makes it one of the outstanding science fiction novels of the year.”—The New York Times “...a powerfully convincing story.”—New York Herald Tribune

In a vastly overpopulated near-future world, businesses have taken the place of governments and now hold all political power. States exist merely to ensure the survival of huge transnational corporations. Advertising has become hugely aggressive and boasts some of the world’s most powerful executives. Through advertising, the public is constantly deluded into thinking that all the products on the market improve the quality of life. However, the most basic elements are incredibly scarce, including water and fuel. The planet Venus has just been visited and judged fit for human settlement, despite its inhospitable surface and climate; colonists would have to endure a harsh climate for many generations until the planet could be terraformed. Mitch Courtenay is a star-class copywriter in the Fowler Schocken advertising agency and has been assigned the ad campaign that would attract colonists to Venus, but a lot more is happening than he knows about. Mitch is soon thrown into a world of danger, mystery, and intrigue, where the people in his life are never quite what they seem, and his loyalties and core beliefs will be put to the test.

Modern science fiction emerged in the 1950s, particularly in America, where it broke free from traditional conventions. Writers began to explore their imaginations in novel-length works, marking an era of stylistic experimentation and speculative storytelling that addressed the uncertainties of a rapidly changing world. Often overlooked by the literary elite, these “outsider” novels are now celebrated as American classics. This volume presents four distinct visions of uncertain futures and evolving identities. Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth’s The Space Merchants (1953) offers a satirical take on a future dominated by multinational advertising. Theodore Sturgeon’s More Than Human (1953) explores the journey of damaged individuals toward a potential new stage of evolution. Leigh Brackett, one of the first prominent female science fiction writers, presents a post-nuclear world in The Long Tomorrow (1955), where anti-urban technophobes clash with the remnants of a destroyed civilization. Richard Matheson’s The Shrinking Man (1956) tells the tale of a man shrinking due to a mysterious cloud, facing humiliations and dangers that lead him to a surprising and transformative realization. Each novel opens new territory, reflecting the dynamic energies of an age grappling with the unknown.

MONSTERS OF THE DEEP.... Everyone at the academy knew that sea serpents were, without doubt, silly superstitions. Everyone but David Craken, that is. This young cadet from Marinia had been born and raised four miles beneath the waves, and he knew that more than rich new fuel sources and precious stones lay in wait for the men who dared invade this last frontier. But when David dived into the depths at thirteen hundred feet and disappeared -- only to reappear, drifting offshore months later -- his friend Jim Eden learned there was more truth to certain superstitions than he cared to believe. On a strange and hazardous journey, Jim and the men of the sub-Sea Academy suddenly found themselves up against the dangerous creatures of the deep -- and embroiled in a life-against-life adventure they would never forget!

If There Were No Benny Cemoli • (1963) • novelette by Philip K. DickHot Planet • (1963) • short story by Hal ClementA Day on Death Highway • (1963) • novelette by H. Chandler ElliottComic Inferno • (1963) • novelette by Brian W. AldissFinal Encounter • (1964) • novelette by Harry HarrisonThe End of the Race • (1964) • short story by Albert BermelAnd All the Earth a Grave • (1963) • short story by C. C. MacAppThe Lonely Man • (1963) • novelette by Theodore L. ThomasDawningsburgh • (1962) • short story by Wallace WestCritical Mass • (1962) • novelette by Frederik Pohl and C. M. KornbluthThe Big Engine • (1962) • short story by Fritz LeiberA Bad Day for Vermin • (1964) • short story by Keith LaumerThe Varieties of the Science-Fiction Experience • essay by Frederik Pohl

An alternative cover edition with the same ISBN exists here. Something Was Very Wrong, Out There Among The Stars...The interstellar transport had touched down on six other colony worlds - and all six had been devoid of human life. Where was everybody? It was almost as if humankind, when separated by cosmic distances from Mother Earth, could not survive.

At last - the ultimate book in the renowned Heechee Saga!Advanced Heechee technology had enabled Robinette Broadhead to live after death as a machine-stored personality, enjoying his life by flitting along the wires from party to party with a host of other machine-people. But suddenly his decadent existence ends when an all powerful alien race intent on the utter destruction of all intelligent life reappears after eons of silence, and threatens the lives of all heechee and humans. Even Robin, virtually immortal and with unlimited access to millennia of accumulated data, cannot discover how to stop these aliens. It began to seem that only a face to face meeting could determine the future of the entire universe....THE HEECHEE SAGEBook One: GATEWAYBook Two: BEYOND THE BLUE EVENT HORIZONBook Three: HEECHEE RENDEZVOUSBook Four: THE ANNALS OF THE HEECHEEThe Gateway Trip: TALES AND VIGNETTES OF THE HEECHEE

Although skeptics claim that the Necronomicon is a fantastic tome created by H. P. Lovecraft, true seekers into the esoteric mysteries of the world know the truth: The Necronomicon is the blasphemous tome of forbidden knowledge written by the mad Arab, Abdul Alhazred. Even today, after attempts over the centuries to destroy any and all copies in any language, some few copies still exist, secreted away. Within this book you will find stories about the Necronomicon, different versions of the Necronomicon, and two essays on this blasphemous tome. Now you too may learn the true lore of Abdul Alhazred.

SEAQUAKE It was the most dreaded of all undersea phenomena. If strong enough, it would set up chain-reaction pressures that could shatter any dome and cost inestimable lives. But the Krakatoan Dome has been specifically designed to cope with the tremors of its seaquake-prone area. The trouble was, all of a sudden, there were more quakes than any of the experts had counted on...quakes that no one could possibly have forecast because they hadn't come from natural causes. The Sub-Sea Academy had assigned Cadet Jim Eden to the Krakatoan Dome to find out what was going on, and for very special reasons. First, he was more at home in the underwater world than most anyone else. But, even more important, they sent Jim because his uncle was suspected of being the heinous saboteur!

Science Fiction/Essays. A very nice vintage collector's item. Number # 397 K. Originally 35 cents.

Ballantine Books, 1959. Paperback, 1st printing with cover code #325K. Collection of stories from a science fiction Grand Master! “The Haunted Corpse” (1957); “The Middle of Nowhere” (1955); “The Gentle Venusian” (1958); “The Day of the Boomer Dukes” (1956); “Survival Kit” (1957); “The Knights of Arthur” (1958); “To See Another Mountain” (1959).

Advanced Heechee technology had enabled Robinette Broadhead to live after death as a machine-stored personality, enjoying his life by flitting along the wires from party to party with a host of other machine-people. But suddenly his decadent existence ends when an all powerful alien race intent on the utter destruction of all intelligent life reappears after eons of silence, and threatens the lives of all heechee and humans. Even Robin, virtually immortal and with unlimited access to millennia of accumulated data, cannot discover how to stop these aliens. It began to seem that only a face to face meeting could determine the future of the entire universe....

Take a man. Replace his eyes with faceted red globes, his nose with flaring leathery nostrils, his skin with poreless, hairless plastic. Add bat ears, which are photo receptors, & huge black wings, which are solar energizers...Man Plus A novel of unbearable suspense...a desperate political gamble to save earth from destroying itself...the struggle of a man to become the first Martian...

A small artificial sun, once the moon, casts a pale glow over a drifting Earth in the icy blackness of space. The Pyramids, indifferent aliens from beyond, have yanked the planet from its orbit around the sun and taken it into the cold darkness between the stars. The Earth is rapidly cooling, and the flame of life is beginning to flicker out. The weak warmth of the burning moon barely prevents humanity from extinction. Most survivors adapt to a life of extreme frugality, creating a cult around the Pyramids to appease the aliens. Any irregular behavior is deemed wasteful and immoral, punishable by the Donation of spinal fluid. These people have become the Sheep. Yet, others refuse to forget the old world and will not bow their heads in despair. Their actions may seem pointless and wasteful; they are the Wolves. Glenn Tropile discovers he is a Wolf in Sheep's clothing. His tormented companions may resort to the Donation to win favor with the Pyramids...

WITNESS a most remarkable rejuvenation...COME ALONG on a poetic journey thru the underworld of a distant planet...DISAPPEAR into the mysterious center of a Black Hole...WATCH a race of vast, godlike creatures who find Earth a very entertaining plaything!SCIENCE FICTION DISCOVERIES, Edited by Carol & Frederik Pohl,Eight journeys into the fantastic published for the 1st time.Contents:Introduction (A Dialogue)• essay by Carol & Frederik PohlStarlady• novelette by George R.R. MartinThe Never-Ending Western Movie• story by Robert SheckleyThe Age of Libra• story by Scott EdelsteinTo Mark the Year on Azlaroc• story by Fred SaberhagenAn Occurrence at the Owl Creek Rest Home• novelette by Arthur J. CoxThe Force That Through the Circuit Drives the Current• story by Roger ZelaznyDeathrights Deferred• story by Doris PiserchiaError Hurled• novel by Babette Rosmond

Eager for a home of their own, the crew of Nordvik, an antiquated trading ship, decides to set up camp on Slowyear, a rarely visited planet whose population must live underground during bitter winters lasting five Earth years

Contents:- The Children of Night- The Ghost Maker- Let the Ants Try- Pythias- The Mapmakers- Rafferty's Reasons- Target One- Grandy Devil- The Tunnel Under the World- What to Do Till the Analyst Comes

A world of dirt-cheap energy. A world of robots — working, walking, talking all-capable robots. These were the starting points, ushering in the new age of ultimate consumption: a society where getting, spending and using were legally enforced duties, where the product flood must be ceaselessly mopped up and absorbed. But privilege is ever with us. A simple, uncluttered life, a smaller, gadget-free house, a minimum of robot servants: these had become the marks of power and distinction. These were the new rich. Midas World... truly a world turned upside down.

Basing their projections on technological, scientific, environmental, and biomedical forecasts, four leading science fiction authors--Ben Bova, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, and Charles Sheffield--offer unique, vastly different views of the future. Reprint.

It wasn’t fair—a smart but luckless man like Mooney had to scrounge, while Harse always made out just because he had a....Survival Kit

A senator is picked up for questioning by the FBI for a crime committed by an alter ego from another time line

The Company was a powerful, efficient, and monstrous insurance organization that controlled the entire world, scientifically regulating everything in life: war, epidemics, one-a-day food pills and test-tube sex...all through the use of its patented, terrifying human deep-freeze vault. Claims Adjuster Wills, a great believer in the Company, begins to have second thoughts when he meets beautiful and sorrowful Rena, whose radical father lies in a frozen subterranean vault.

"Something of value was buried beneath the underwater dome city of Marinia...something that had already cost one man's life, caused another man's kidnapping and gravely affected still another man's future.Expelled from the Sub-Sea Academy on trumped-up charges, Jim Eden wasn't about to wait around to prove his innocence. As soon as he learned that his uncle mysteriously disappeared while mining uranium at the bottom of hazardous Eden Deep, Jim knew what he had to do...and that he had to do it fast.So he headed for the vast dome city -- location of the great mining colony at the bottom of the sea -- to pick up any clues to his uncle's disappearance. But once he had entered the undersea metropolis, the wrong people had his number...and they were determined that Jim would sink forever without a trace."--Back cover.

A cynical and compelling tale of politics, exploitation and colonisation on another planet. Introduction by Lisa Tuttle.

Dan Dannerman has been through hell. Caught in the middle of an interstellar war that will end only with the death of the universe, he's been captured by aliens who call themselves the Beloved Leaders, cloned repeatedly, torn from his wife, and brutally tortured.Sitting in a prison cell on an alien world, slowly going mad, Dan is finally freed by the Horch, the sword enemies of the Beloved Leaders. The time has finally come for Dannerman to strike back--but at whom?Trusting neither side, Dannerman must somehow convince the Horch to send him back to Earth so he can warn humanity of the approaching alien menace. But when he finally returns he finds an Earth far stranger than he can possibly imagine, an Earth that already has two Dan Dannermans--an Earth already under seige by the Beloved Leaders...

The aliens aren't coming. They're here.We've captured some of them. Are they our saviors, or are they out to destroy us? We've seen no spaceships, received no ultimatums--but the aliens may have a more insidious plot....Government agent Dan Dannerman and astronomer Patrice Adcock were kidnapped by the aliens and have been returned in altered states, cloned and implanted with strange devices. To what end?Before the reasons behind their abduction can be made clear, a wave of extremist threats and terrorist attacks sweeps the globe. Are the attacks a reaction to the aliens' arrival--or a part of their plan? A race around the earth and into space begins, as humankind desperately tries to prevent the aliens from establishing a beachhead no Earth.The siege has begun.

A distinguished veteran of science fiction, Frederik Pohl was one of the Futurians, a New York City club of the 1930s and '40s that included Isaac Asimov. Author of The World at the End of Time, his latest novel features Dan Dannerman, a poorly paid government agent in the not-too-distant future. Dannerman discovers aliens on an abandoned space station and is drawn into a conflict that encompasses the universe. According to one of its protagonists, the war Dannerman blunders into centers on what "ordinary people have been used to calling 'Heaven.'" A sequel is promised.

In the year 2020, the Reverend Hornswell Hake is drafted into the Team--the successor to the CIA--and thrust into the front line of the cool war of intrigue and sabotage which has replaced armed conflict

The last theorem charts the story of Ranjit Subramanian, a man fascinated by Fermat's Last Theorem - so simple that anyone can understand it, yet not proved for more than three centuries. Ranjit learns about the Indian mathematical genius Ramanujan (1887-1920) and discovers a three-page proof of the Last Theorem: this might even be Fermat's own proof. The discovery of the Theorem wins Ranjit the Fields Medal - and the attention of the NSA cryptography branch. However, Ranjit soon finds himself drawn by physics rather than cryptography, as there have been some spectacular advances in fusion technology. And these in turn lead to a plasma drive that can open up the solar system.

Originally published over a century ago, this classical work addresses themes of human resilience in the face of adversity. Its significance has endured through history, prompting Alpha Editions to republish it in a modern format to ensure it remains accessible to current and future readers. The book has been carefully reformatted, retyped, and designed for clarity, avoiding the pitfalls of scanned copies, thus preserving its readability and impact.

The book is a classical work that has played a significant role in human history, and its modern republication aims to preserve its legacy for future generations. Alpha Editions has reformatted and retyped the text, ensuring clarity and readability, rather than relying on scanned copies of the original. This effort highlights the importance of keeping such literary works accessible and appreciated in contemporary times.

Featuring a selection of twenty-two exceptional novellas, this collection showcases the finest works of science fiction from 1895 to 1962. It celebrates influential authors and groundbreaking narratives that have shaped the genre, making it an essential anthology for enthusiasts. Readers can explore diverse themes and innovative ideas that reflect the evolution of science fiction over nearly seven decades.

Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp is a seminal work in science fiction that established the alternate-history subgenre. It follows Martin Padway's time travel to 6th-century Rome, where he attempts to alter history. This influential book has inspired numerous authors and includes new stories in its 2021 edition.

Zdobywca nagrody Hugo, Nebula i nagrody imienia Johna W. Campbella za najlepszą powieść SF roku Gateway odblokowała całe bogactwo wszechświata za cenę niewyobrażalnych koszmarów. Gdy poszukiwacz Bob Broadhead udał się na Gateway, by szukać szczęścia na statkach Heechee zdecydował, że będzie wiedział, które loty będą dla niego źródłem fortuny. Trzy wyprawy później sławny i bogaty Robinette Broadhead musi zmierzyć się z tym, co go spotkało i kim jest w podróży w głąb siebie równie groźnej i jeszcze straszniejszej, niż wcześniejsze koszmarne wyprawy przez międzygwiezdną pustkę.

Eigentlich ist er der Prototyp des jungen, erfolgreichen Wissenschaftlers, ein beliebter Universitätsprofessor und begeisterter Forscher. Und dennoch hat er einen verzweifelten Kampf zu führen, einen Kampf gegen den verwirrenden, unverständlichen Trieb zur Selbstvernichtung. Aber als er beginnt, über den "Irrsinn" nachzudenken, nach den Ursachen zu forschen, muss er entdecken, dass sein Problem nur ein winziges Detail in einem zunächst fast unübersehbaren Netz von Manipulation und Unterdrückung ist, das die Menschheit gefangen hält. Im Jahre 2166 geschehen an einer Universität auf dem amerikanischen Kontinent eine Reihe von unverständlichen Selbstmorden. Auch Cornut fühlt sich immer wieder gedrängt, seinem Leben ein Ende zu bereiten. Eigentlich gegen seinen Willen, wie er nüchtern feststellt. Immer geschieht es in der kurzen Zeitspanne zwischen Schlaf und Erwachen. Aber nicht nur sein Todestrieb beunruhigt ihn und seine Umgebung, auch bei seinen mathematischen Forschungen kommt er immer wieder zu Ergebnissen, die aller Logik widersprechen.

V roce 1965 se organizace sdružující americké spisovatele science fiction rozhodla každoročně odměňovat nejlepší díla udělením ceny Nebula, která má podobu těžké kostky z čirého skla s barevnými polodrahokamy, tvořícími spirální galaxii. Cena se původně udělovala ve čtyřech kategoriích, ale postupně se rozšířila. V roce 1973 Jerry Pournelle, tehdejší prezident organizace, navrhl cenu pro vyzdvihnutí celoživotního díla autorů, kteří přispěli k rozvoji SF. Nová cena, nazvaná Velmistr, je větší a těžší než Nebula a může být udělena pouze šesti žijícím autorům za deset let. Do roku 1999 ji obdrželo pouhých patnáct spisovatelů, včetně Frederik Pohl, jednoho z nejúspěšnějších autorů SF. Pohl v této knize sestavil výběr povídek od významných autorů jako Andre Nortonová, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester a Ray Bradbury. Pohl měl možnost se s těmito autory seznámit jako vydavatel, agent či přítel, což mu usnadnilo výběr. Kniha obsahuje povídky, které dokumentují styl a umění jednotlivých autorů, a každému autorovi je připojen stručný životopis a komentář. Pohl také přidal informace o Asociaci amerických spisovatelů science fiction a fantasy a své zážitky z jejího vedení. Tato sbírka zahrnuje díla pouze nejlepších autorů SF.

V roce 1965 se organizace sdružující americké spisovatele science fiction rozhodla každoročně odměňovat nejlepší díla SF cenou Nebula. Tato cena, vyrobená z čirého nerozbitného skla s barevnými polodrahokamy, se původně udělovala ve čtyřech kategoriích. V roce 1973 Jerry Pournelle navrhl nové ocenění pro autory, jejichž celoživotní dílo mělo zásadní vliv na SF, a tak vznikla cena Velmistr. Ta byla určena pouze pro žijící autory a mohla být udělena maximálně šestkrát za deset let. Do roku 1999 ji obdrželo pouhých patnáct spisovatelů, mezi nimiž byl i Frederik Pohl, jeden z nejúspěšnějších autorů SF. Kniha, kterou sestavil, obsahuje výběr povídek od pěti dalších Velmistrů: Roberta A. Heinleina, Jacka Williamsona, Clifforda D. Simaka, L. Sprague de Campa a Frize Leibera. Pohl měl možnost se s těmito autory seznámit jako vydavatel, literární agent a přítel. Výběr byl náročný, protože tito autoři byli nejen kvalitní, ale i plodní. Kniha zahrnuje jak uznávaná, tak opomíjená díla, přičemž Pohl připojil stručné životopisy a komentáře k jednotlivým autorům. Dále obsahuje informace o Asociaci amerických spisovatelů science fiction a fantasy a Pohlovy osobní zážitky z jejího vedení. Na stránkách této knihy se objevují pouze ta nejlepší díla nejvýznamnějších autorů SF.

Wan-To byl nejstarší a nejmocnější inteligencí ve vesmíru, bytostí, která si hrála s hvězdnými systémy jako si hraje dítě s kuličkami. Hmota zaměstnávala jeho nesmírné vědomí tak málo, že lidé byli naprosto mimo jeho pozornost. Kolonisté Newmanhome pocítili prvně účinky Wan-Toových her, když se hvězdy v blízkosti jejich planety začaly přesouvat, klima se začalo ochlazovat a kolonie byla přinucena k zoufalému boji o přežití. Viktor Sorricaine byl předurčen objevit, jaká síla náhle vrhla jeho svět k okraji vesmíru. Ale odpověď byla mimo jeho představivost – i když žil 4000 let…

FREDERIK POHL : Supercity Der Held dieses Romans ist kein einzelner Mensch, sondern eine Stadt - New York City, Symbol der Freiheit, Zeichen der Tragödie und der Hoffnung unserer Zivilisation. Aus dem Hexenkessel der Armut und des Verfalls von morgen erhebt sich die gigantische, überkuppelte Megalopolis des einundzwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, in einer Generationen umspannenden Geschichte von gewöhnlichen Menschen, die außergewöhnliche Probleme zu bewältigen haben. Frederik Pohl, einer der Großen der Science Fiction, Zeitgenosse von Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein und Arthur C. Ciarke, hat mit diesem Roman seiner Heimatstadt New York ein bleibendes Denkmal gesetzt. Deutsche Erstveröffentlichung

In der Gateway-Trilogie von Frederik Pohl wird eine komplexe Science-Fiction-Welt erschaffen, die sich um das mysteriöse Gateway dreht, ein uraltes, außerirdisches Raumfahrzeug, das zu unbekannten Zielen im Universum führt. Die Geschichte folgt dem Protagonisten Robinette Broadhead, einem ehemaligen Gateway-Reisenden, der mit den psychologischen und physischen Folgen seiner Reisen konfrontiert wird. Die Trilogie thematisiert die menschliche Natur, den Drang nach Entdeckung und die moralischen Dilemmata, die mit dem Streben nach Wissen und Macht einhergehen. Die Erzählung ist geprägt von einer Vielzahl von Charakteren, darunter Wissenschaftler, Abenteurer und Menschen, die von den Möglichkeiten und Gefahren des Gateways angezogen werden. Pohl untersucht die sozialen und politischen Strukturen der Zukunft, die durch den Einfluss der Technologie und der interstellaren Reisen geprägt sind. Die Trilogie bietet eine tiefgehende Reflexion über Identität, Verlust und die Suche nach Sinn in einer komplexen und oft feindlichen Welt. Die Werke sind miteinander verknüpft und entfalten sich über verschiedene Zeitperioden, wobei sie den Leser auf eine Reise durch Raum und Zeit mitnehmen, während sie die Herausforderungen und Errungenschaften der Menschheit im Angesicht des Unbekannten beleuchten.

Redaktion: Wolfgang Jeschke Copyright © 1970 by Science Fiction Writers of America Einzelrechte: A Martian Odyssey, von Stanley G. Weinbaum, Copyright © 1934 by Continental Publications, Inc. mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Forrest J. Ackerman im Einverständnis mit den Erben des Autors. Twilight, von John W. Campbell, Copyright © 1934 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Agentur des Autors, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc. Helen O’Loy, von Lester del Rey, Copyright © 1938 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Agentur des Autors, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc. The Roads Must Roll, von Robert A. Heinlein, Copyright © 1940 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. erneuert © 1967by Robert A. Heinlein, mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Autors und seiner Agentur, Lurton Blassingame. Copyright © der deutschen Übersetzung 1977

Die Medizin hat das Wunder geschafft. Alle Krankheiten sind besiegt. Eine kleine pränatale Operation schützt vor dem Altern und garantiert ein ewiges Leben. Was aber, wenn durch einen dummen Zufall diese kleine Operation schiefgeht? Wie in einer Welt der Unsterblichen zurechtkommen, wenn man als einziger gnadenlos altert und dem Tod entgegensieht?' ILLUSTRIERTE AUSGABE!

4 langere verhalen van beroemde SF-schrijvers:James Blish: Aardbewoner, kom thuis (Earthman, come home, 1953)Theodore Cogswell: Een zaak van techniek (The spectre general, 1952)Jack Williamson: Met de handen over elkaar (With folded hands, 1954)Frederik Pohl: De Midasplaag (The Midas plague, 1954)

Frederik Pohl : Ehrbare Kaufleute und ein kleiner Krieg auf der Venus : Als 1953 Pohls Roman EINE HANDVOLL VENUS UND EHRBARE KAUFLEUTE erschien, wurde dies als eine kleine Sensation betrachtet. Noch nie hatte sich bisher ein Roman so pointiert und witzig mit der aktuellen politischen Situation auseinandergesetzt und den Kapitalismus aufs Korn genommen. EHRBARE KAUFLEUTE UND EIN KLEINER KRIEG AUF DER VENUS ist die Fortsetzung dieses satirischen Meisterwerks, ein Buch, auf das die SF-Leser lange gewartet haben und das schon jetzt, kurz nach seinem Erscheinen, in den USA ein Bestseller zu werden verspricht.

Pátý díl slavné ságy o rase Heecheeů. Záhadní Heecheeové byli možná největší a nejmučivější tajemství, se kterým se lidská rasa kdy setkala. První heecheeské artefakty byly nalezeny na Venuši, a zpočátku nebyly považovány za nic víc než cenné suvenýry a kuriozity pro turisty ze Země nebo Marsu. Ale když byl objeven asteroid plný vesmírných lodí s automatickým navigačním systémem, vesmír Heecheeů se doširoka otevřel, přivedl na svět Korporaci Gateway. A přinesl nepředstavitelné bohatství dobrodruhům, kteří riskovali cesty do neznáma, aby poznali, kam je heecheeské lodě zanesou. Mnozí z těchto statečných se nikdy nevrátili. Z těch, kdo přivezli technologické zázraky, které změnily život na Zemi ale žádný nenalezl po bájné rase ani stopu... Cesta na Gateway líčí příběhy prvních, velmi nebezpečných cest, úžasných objevů a neohrožených průkopníků, kteří sledovali činnost nezachytitelných Heecheeů a navždy změnili průběh historie lidské rasy!

Inhalt: - Ein Tunnel unter der Welt ( The Tunnel Under The World ) - Der millionste Tag ( Day Million ) - Der Vater der Sterne ( Father Of The Stars ) - Der Tag, als die Marsmenschen kamen ( The Day The Martians Came ) - Die Midas-Seuche ( The Midas Plague ) - Der teuflische Großvater ( Grandy Devil ) - Die Geschwindigkeitsfalle ( Speed Trap ) - Der reichste Mann von Levittown ( The Richest Man In Levittown ) - Die Verhaßten ( The Hated ) - Der Marsmensch auf dem Dachboden ( The Martian In The Attic ) - Die Kinder der Nacht ( The Children Of Night )

De Ruimteriffen zijn een gebied voorbij Pluto waar kleine in de ruimte levende organismen waterstof fuseren tot zwaardere elementen. In de loop van miljoenen jaren ontstaan zo ware ruimteriffen analoog aan de aardse koraalriffen. Hierin leven talloze grote en kleine ruimte organismen. Deze ruimteriffen bieden een ideale schuilplaats aan vluchtelingen van de overbevolkte en autoritair geregeerde Aarde die wachten op betere tijden. Steven Ryeland is een belangrijke nieuwkomer, met kennis van een effectieve ruimteaandrijving die de mensheid toegang kan geven tot de sterren. Er is echter een dynamietring om zijn hals aangebracht toen hij in een aards gevangenenkamp vastzat. Zullen de bannelingen zijn ring op tijd kunnen verwijderen voordat deze ontploft?