Gianpaolo Cossato Books

Stories deal with social planning, evolution, immortality, computers, sea farming, invaders, time travel, a tragic stowaway, androids, experiments, and war

2035, o giù di lì. Un mondo popolato da avventurieri e lottatrici, prostitute e mercenari, schiavi della società di massa e delle droghe; soprattutto, un mondo dominato dalla tecnocrazia e dalla corruzione. È l'universo narrativo immaginato da William Gibson nella sua Trilogia dello Sprawl. In questo futuro non così lontano dal nostro presente, gli unici a opporsi allo strapotere delle multinazionali e della Yakuza sono i "cowboy della tastiera", anarchici e solitari, geni ribelli dell'informatica che passano la loro esistenza nella realtà virtuale del cyberspazio, intenti a carpire i segreti della matrice.

Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune, one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written. Melange, or 'spice', is the most valuable - and rarest - element in the universe. And it can only be found on a single planet: the inhospitable desert world Arrakis. Whoever controls Arrakis controls the spice. And whoever controls the spice controls the universe. When stewardship of Arrakis is transferred to his house, Paul Atreides must travel to the planet's dangerous surface to ensure the future of his family and his people. But as malevolent forces explode into conflict around him, Paul is thrust into a great destiny beyond his understanding. And in this game of power, only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

This anthology contains:A Logic Named Joe by Will F. JenkinsMemorial; Mewhu's Jet by Theodore SturgeonLoophole; Rescue Party; and Technical Error by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Nightmare by Chan DavisPlacet is a Crazy Place by Fredric BrownConqueror's Isle by Nelson S. BondLorelei of the Red Mist by Ray Bradbury and Leigh BrackettThe Million Year Picnic by Ray BradburyThe Last Objective by Paul A. CarterMeihem in Ce Klasrum by Dolton EdwardsVintage Season by Lawrence O' DonnellAbsalom by Henry KuttnerEvidence by Isaac Asimov

Veterano della Guerra di secessione, John Carter si ritira in Arizona in cerca d'oro, ma la sorte gli riserva un destino davvero speciale: per sfuggire a un attacco Apache si rifugia in una grotta in cui lascia il suo corpo per trovare una sorta di accesso allo spazio, che lo trasporta sul pianeta Marte. Qui Carter sembra avere poteri straordinari, grazie ai quali diventa presto un rispettato capo della popolazione di marziani verdi, alti quattro metri e dotati di sei arti. La faccenda si complica ulteriormente quando i suoi nuovi amici catturano l'affascinante principessa Dejah Thoris, della razza umanoide rivale... Grande classico della narrativa fantascientifica e avventurosa, pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1912, John Carter ha ispirato non solo la produzione dei massimi scrittori novecenteschi del genere, da Ray Bradbury a John Norman ad Arthur C. Clarke, ma ha anche acceso la fantasia di un bambino, Carl Sagan, destinato a diventare un grande astronomo impegnato nelle ricerche sulla vita extraterrestre.

The epic that began with the HUGO and NEBULA Award-winning classic DUNE continues ... The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone. But for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms, and this in turn is disastrous for the planet's economy. Leto and Ghanima, Paul Atreides's twin children and his heirs, can see possible solutions - but fanatics begin to challenge the rule of the all-powerful Atreides empire, and more than economic disaster threatens ...

Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known--and feared--as the man christened Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne--and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover, Chani, and the unborn heir to his family's dynasty...

Frank Herbert's Final Novel in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. The remnants of the Old Empire have been consumed by the violent matriarchal cult known as the Honored Matres. Only one faction remains a viable threat to their total conquest—the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune’s power. Under the leadership of Mother Superior Darwi Odrade, the Bene Gesserit have colonized a green world on the planet Chapterhouse and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. And once they’ve mastered breeding sandworms, the Sisterhood will control the production of the greatest commodity in the known galaxy—the spice melange. But their true weapon remains a man who has lived countless lifetimes—a man who served under the God Emperor Paul Muad’Dib....