This Dutch author and translator focused primarily on fantasy and science fiction. His works often stem from his unique perspective on the world. Under his own name, Vincent van der Linden, he sometimes published as Thomas Wintner.
Sharp defense attorney Paul Madriani was on the rise with the firm of Potter, Skarpellos -- until a short-lived affair with Potter's wife cost him his job. Now, Potter's wife is accused of his murder -- and Paul is thrust back into the big time, as he uncovers secrets that may end his career -- and his life.
Alle soglie del 200 l'improvvisa comparsa del Sasso, un gigantesco asteroide in orbita attorno alla Terra, getta lo scompiglio tra gli scienziati. Ma la vera sorpresa è al suo interno, perché lo scenario che si presenta ai primi esploratori è davvero al di là di ogni immaginazione. Forse un'astronave interstellare, comunque il prodotto di una stupefacente tecnologia, il Sasso è costituito da sette "camere" collegate da una rete di gallerie, e all'interno di ciascuna sorgono vaste città, habitat artificali, fiumi, laghi, immense biblioteche che raccolgono il sapere di un'intera civiltà. Ma se il Sasso non è di natura aliena, chi può avere ideato e realizzato una simile meraviglia? E quando? Per quale ragione, inoltre, i suoi abitanti l'hanno abbandonato ormai da secoli? Dopo anni di ricerche, gli scienziati hanno appena sfiorato i segreti del Sasso, e tocca quindi a Patricia Vasquez, esperta in matematica teorica, raccogliere la grande sfida.
In Costa Rica worden mensen aangevallen door een onbekende, agressieve reptielensoort. Een specimen van het dier wordt in de Verenigde Staten door paleontoloog Alan Grant als een soort kleine dinosaurus geïdentificeerd. Uiteraard leidt dit tot grote hilariteit, want dat dier is toch al miljoenen jaren uitgestorven? Grant wordt gefinancierd door de excentrieke John Hammond, eigenaar van de multinational InGen, gespecialiseerd in biogenetica. Deze Hammond heeft op zijn eiland voor de kust van Costa Rica een bijzonder themapark ingericht: Jurassic Park. Samen met deskundigen uit andere wetenschappelijke disciplines wordt Grant door Hammond uitgenodigd het park voor de officiële opening te bezichtigen. Ook de kleinkinderen van Hammond gaan mee op deze rondleiding, maar wat een uitstapje had moeten worden, mondt uit in een verbijsterend gevecht op leven en dood...
The survivors are sent on a quest by the Benefactors to find and destroy the race that destroyed the Earth.
Mickey awaits imminent chaos when his brother-in-law uses the moon's facilities in his quest for Absolute Zero and his sister Rho tries to read the memories of 410 cryogenically frozen heads.
In Eternity, multiple Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Greg Bear returns to the Earth of his acclaimed novel Eon--a world devastated by nuclear war. The crew of the asteroid-starship Thistledown has thwarted an attack by the Jarts by severing their link to the Way, an endless corridor that spans universes. The asteroid settled into orbit around Earth and the tunnel snaked away, forming a contained universe of its own. Forty years later, on Gaia, Rhita Vaskayza recklessly pursues her legacy, seeking an Earth once again threatened by forces from within and without. For physicist Konrad Korzenowski, murdered for creating The Way, and resurrected, is compelled by a faction determined to see it opened once more. And humankind will discover just how entirely they have underestimated their ancient adversaries.
Framed for murder, married to the exquisite Gwen Novak, fleeing for his life in the Wild West free enterprise zones of the moon, Colonel Colin Campbell (23rd century writer, traveller and bon viveur) is pursued by mysterious forces. Heinlein is also the author of "Stranger in a Strange Land".
Long after his humiliating defeat at the hands of Earthman Elijah Baley, Keldon Amadiro embarked on a plan to destroy planet Earth. But even after his death, Baley's vision continued to guide his robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, who had the wisdom of a great man behind him and an indestructable will to win....
Detective Elijah Bailey and his robot partner R. Daneel Olivaw are sent to the Spacer world of Aurora to solve a bizarre case of roboticide.
For over a century, the human colonists on the planet Gaia have prospered under the guidance of the M'threnni. But when David arrives in the capital Helixport and makes contact with the aliens, he begins to learn the terrifying truth about them. From that moment on he is in mortal danger, for the M'threnni far from being silent benefactors, may turn out to be the deadliest of cruel dictators
Andrew Harlan, one of the operatives who help control human history, breaks the rules to help Noys Lambent, the woman he loves, escape a reality change
Ontstaan en ontwikkeling van de Westerse muziek.
In een zonnige stad aan de kust van de Middellandse Zee arriveert, op een mooie zomerochtend, Ivan Zjilin. Hij vindt er een pension en bezoekt, net als iedere rechtgeaarde toerist, de gelegenheden waar de bevolking haar - overvloedige - vrije tijd doorbrengt. De mensen zijn in de greep van het amusement en hun zucht naar ontspanning en verrukking overschrijdt alle grenzen. Zo zijn er de dagelijkse orgieën met drank en drugs, en de psychedelische 'rillers' waarbij mannen en vrouwen zich massaal overgeven aan verbijsterende hallucinaties. Maar welke is de hoogste verrukking? Om dat te ontdekken neemt geheim agent Zjilin grote risico's, maar het grootste gevaar is; de verrukking zelf...
