Gollancz The Gods Themselves Азимов Айзек

Серия "Роботы" Айзека Азимова - от культового сборника "Я, робот" до четырех классических романов - содержит одни из самых влиятельных произведений в истории научной фантастики. Устанавливая и тестируя три закона робототехники, они продолжают формировать понимание и дизайн искусственного интеллекта по сей день • Сможет ли робот когда-нибудь проявить истинную креативность? Разумно ли доверять самоуправляемым автомобилям? Превратят ли роботизированные части тела людей в машины? Позволят ли органические технологии роботам стать людьми? • Сбоник рассказов объединяет истории из "Я, Робот" и "Остальные роботы" со многими другими, которые можно найти только в этом сборнике, включая один из шедевров Азимова, повесть "Двухсотлетний человек", удостоенную премий "Хьюго" и "Небьюла"

War Makes Monsters of Everyone • Foolish Cur, once named Wen Alder, finds that his allies in the rebellion might cross any line if it means freedom from the Empire. But he can't overcome a foe as strong as Emperor Tenet alone • Rebellion Has Unintended Consequences • Koro Ha, Foolish Cur's former tutor, discovers the Empire is not so forgiving of those who raise a traitor. And their suspicion may cost him and his people more than he can imagine • The Gods are Lurking in the Shadows • As war against the Empire rages, Foolish Cur knows there is a greater threat. The emperor plans his own coup against the gods, and they will wreak destruction if he tries. To stop him, Foolish Cur might have to risk everything - and resort to ancient magics that could tear the world apart

Айзек Азимов приглашает вас в мир творчества великого драматурга. Анализируя содержание пьес, Азимов скрупулезно разбирает каждую цитату, каждый отрывок, имеющий привязку к реальным историческим событиям, фольклорную или мифологическую основу. Автор истолковывает значение многих реплик, острот и колкостей персонажей и поясняет, с кем их устами Шекспир ведет словесные дуэли

The Last Namsara is an extraordinary story about courage, loyalty and star-crossed love, set in a kingdom that trembles on the edge of war • Destroyer. Death bringer. Dragon-slayer. I am more weapon than girl • Asha is a dragon-slayer. Reviled by the very people she's sworn to protect, she kills to atone for the wicked deed she committed as a child - one that almost destroyed her city, and left her with a terrible scar • But protecting her father's kingdom is a lonely destiny: no matter how many dragons she kills, her people still think she's wicked • So to unite the fractured kingdom, she must marry Jarek, her father's cruel commandant. As the wedding day approaches, Asha longs for freedom • Just when it seems her fate is sealed, the king offers her a way out: her freedom in exchange for the head of the most powerful dragon in Firgaard

The Mistborn trilogy has become a firm favourite with fantasy fans the world over. The imagination that Sanderson brought to the series and his skill at marshalling epic storylines and dramatic action, his ability to create vivid characters made him a natural choice to complete Robert Jordan's epic wheel of time sequence. But with Mistborn, his stand-alone fantasies and his new series, The Stormlight Archive, Sanderson has shown his bountiful talents in his own fiction. Now he returns to the series that made his name with a new story set years after the events of Hero of Ages • In a world recovering only slowly from evil, a world where allomancers wield immense power through their ability to unleash the magic bound up in common metals someone who can burn metals that no-one has burned before can tip the balance

Strange radio signals are coming from Jupiter's largest moons • A natural phenomenon, or something else? • Commander Mariucci and his hand-picked research team know they will have to muster all of their expertise, creativity and teamwork to survive the very harshest of conditions in orbit around the king of planets. But when they intercept a peculiar radio transmission, they have to investigate. Nothing should work in these impossible conditions, so what is sending the signal . . . and why? • With a degrading ship and crew at breaking point, there's every chance they will tear themselves apart before they ever find the answer to the ultimate question - are we alone in the universe? • And more importantly - what do we do if we aren't?

Книга Азимова - настоящий путеводитель по древней земле, на которой более двух тысяч лет назад произошло событие, изменившее ход всемирной истории. Вы узнаете о Палестине времен Маккавеев и границах владений Ирода Великого. Пройдете путем Христа и апостолов в их земном служении. Азимов касается исторической географии и этнографии, не оставляя без внимания основные библейские сюжеты, идеи, образы и эпизоды, которые так органично вплелись в существование как отдельной личности, так и всего рода человеческого

В этой книге Азимов рассказывает об удивительных явлениях, грандиозных мистификациях и ошибках ученых, которые вводили в заблуждение многие поколения. Он опровергает россказни о летающих тарелках, но предполагает, какими будут колонии на Луне и когда станут осваивать Марс

В творчестве Айзека Азимова, классика мировой фантастики, автора более 400 книг, обладателя 5 премий «Хьюго», 2 премий «Небьюла» и бесчисленного количества других премий и призов, цикл о роботе «Норби» занимает особое место. Впервые все десять романов цикла под одной обложкой! Когда юный Джефферсон Уэллс, кадет Космической академии, купил подержанного робота Норби, то даже и не подозревал, какие удивительные приключения его ожидают в дальнейшем. Вместе с новым другом им предстоит совершить множество прыжков во времени и гиперпространстве, вступить в ожесточенную схватку с бандитами, посетить Землю ледникового периода, спасти пропавшую принцессу и даже побывать на планете дракониц!

Michael Kingman thought he was going to die by the executioner's axe, forever labelled as a traitor • Still alive, and under the protection of the Orbis Mercenary company, Michael and his family and friends are deeply involved in the seemingly rival conspiracies that are tearing The Hollows apart • With the death of the King, both the Corrupt Prince and his sister Serena are vying for the throne, while the Rebel Emperor is spreading lies amongst the people, and all of them want Michael dead. This is a story of betrayal, murder, and rebellion, and in this direct sequel to the debut novel The Kingdom of Liars, also some hope for justice • For readers who love the intrigue and widening scope of epic fantasy like Sanderson's Mistborn and Week's The Black Prism, this is your next must-read fantasy series

A Man Marked by Magic. A Woman Marked by Her Past • On the other side of the Shadowpass, rebellion is brewing and refugees have begun to trickle into the city at the edge of the world. Looming high on the cliff is The Nest, a fortress full of mages who offer protection, but also embody everything the rebellion is fighting against: a strict hierarchy based on magic abilities • When Isha arrives as a refugee, she attempts to fit in amongst the other mages, but her Kher tattoo brands her as an outcast. She can't remember her past or why she has the tattoo. All she knows is that she survived. She doesn't intend to give up now • Tatters, who wears the golden collar of a slave, knows that this rebellion is different from past skirmishes. He was once one of the rebels, and technically, they still own him

Reinmar of Bielau, called Reynevan, flees after being caught in an affair with a knight's wife • With strange, mystical forces gathering in the shadows and pursued not only by the Stercza brothers bent on vengeance, but also by the Holy Inquisition, Reynevan finds himself in the Narrenturm, the Tower of Fools, a medieval asylum for the mad, or for those who dare to think differently and challenge the prevailing order • The "patients" of this institution form an incomparable gallery of colourful types: including, among others, the young Copernicus, proclaiming the truth of the heliocentric solar system