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Babel-17, winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year, is a fascinating tale of a famous poet bent on deciphering a secret language that is the key to the enemy's deadly force, a task that requires she travel with a splendidly improbable crew to the site of the next attack.

Mild-mannered headmaster, Thomas Senlin prefers his adventures to be safely contained within the pages of a book. So when he loses his new bride shortly after embarking on the honeymoon of their dreams, he is ill-prepared for the trouble that follows. To find her, Senlin must enter the Tower of Babel - a world of geniuses and tyrants, of menace and wonder, of unusual animals and mysterious machines. And if he hopes to ever see his wife again, he will have to do more than just survive...this quiet man of letters must become a man of action.

The third novel in the highly acclaimed Books of Babel series, set in a labyrinthine world of menace and wonder. On the orders of the mysterious Sphinx, Thomas Senlin and his crew are dragged ever further into the Tower's conspiracies. Meanwhile, the hods climb the Black Trail in darkness and whisper of their king.

Forced by necessity into a life of piracy, Senlin and his eclectic crew struggle to survive aboard their stolen airship as the hunt for his lost wife continues. But the Tower of Babel is proving to be as difficult to re-enter as it was to escape.

Hopeless and desolate, they turn to a legend of the tower, the mysterious Sphinx. But help from the sphinx doesn't come cheaply and, as Senlin knows, debts aren't always what they seem in the Tower of Babel.

Launch day. That was what they called it. The day when over four million people vanished in an instant from the island of Manhattan. The day earthquakes ravaged the east coast. The day a 101-kilometer tall tower rose from the wreckage of the now empty city. The day every screen, newspaper, and smart phone displayed a single message from an unknown source: The Great Emperor has issued his challenge.

Jouant avec les codes du suspense, de la manipulation et du roman d'anticipation, Michel Bussi ne vous aura jamais autant fait voyager. La méthode, calme et systématique, du tueur terrifia les trois enquêteurs. Qui était cet assassin progressant à visage découvert ? Déjà, leurs tabletas se connectaient aux bases de données planétaires de reconnaissance faciale. Plus personne ne pouvait rester anonyme dans le monde actuel. Dans quelques secondes, ils connaîtraient l'identité de ce monstre. La suite du film fut plus sidérante encore.

From the very first hour Cayden had set foot inside the massive, real-life game that was the Tower of Babel, nothing had gone according to plan. A unique skill, a handful of new friends, and the wrath of an ultra-wealthy, patricidal lunatic were just some of the complications to his best laid plans.
So why was he even surprised when a special event trapped him, his companions, and dozens of other players inside the tower, squaring them off against a murderous army of stone-faced warriors?

Language is no longer learned, but streamed to neural implants regulated by lang-laws. Those who can't afford language streaming services are feral, living on the fringes of society. Big tech corporations control language, the world’s most valuable commodity. But when a massive cyberattack causes a global language outage, catastrophe looms.

The Earth is no more. Escaping the premature nova of Sol, humanity's last survivors flee their doomed home using an experimental drive that takes them to the far side of the galaxy. With 10,000 survivors, dwindling resources, and rapidly diminishing hope, the fleet is on the verge of breaking point. Gaia, their new home, offers one last chance of survival for the human race. But when Major Tom Merrick and Captain Juliana Curran lead the expedition to explore this new frontier, they learn that Gaia is a world fraught with peril and deadly secrets.

In the third millennium's twenties, Annette and her husband David find themselves exploring Berlin, specifically the historic film location of Potsdam-Babelsberg. This is where legends like Marlene Dietrich, Ernst Lubitsch, and Billy Wilder began their illustrious careers a century ago. The couple visits the newly inaugurated Babel's Park.Seemingly an ostalgic amusement park, Babel's Park is revealed to be a cutting-edge hub for cybernetic organisms. Annette's brother Jake, alongside his assistant Baby_Lon, crafts these organisms in a Frankenstein-esque manner.Unbeknownst to David, Annette has...

Robots aux angoisses existentielles, mission polaire schizophrène, ruches humaines, plantes envoûtantes et laboratoires de viande de synthèse, plongez dans l'univers futuriste de Wild Whispers, où la Nature a décidé de reprendre le contrôle. Quand les arbres ne seront plus que des monceaux de poussière, et quand l'air aura l'odeur et le goût de la suie : qu'allons-nous devenir ? Nous n'avons pas la réponse à cette question. Peut-être simplement parce qu'elle ne peut pas venir de nous...

Nos anos vinte do terceiro milênio, Annette e seu marido David encontram-se explorando Berlim, especificamente a histórica locação de filmes de Potsdam-Babelsberg. Foi aqui que lendas como Marlene Dietrich, Ernst Lubitsch e Billy Wilder iniciaram suas ilustres carreiras um século atrás. O casal visita o recém-inaugurado Parque Babel.Aparentemente um parque de diversões ostálgico, o Parque Babel revela-se um centro de ponta para organismos cibernéticos. O irmão de Annette, Jake, ao lado de seu assistente Baby_Lon, cria esses organismos de maneira semelhante à de ...

Admiral Jonathan Archer hofft, die verschiedenen Bewohner des wohlhabenden Rigel-Systems zum Beitritt in die Föderation bewegen zu können. Das soll der jungen Nation als Starthilfe zum Wachstum dienen und einem wichtigen Sektor Stabilität bringen. Zusammen mit den besten Diplomaten der Föderation reist Archer zum Planetoiden Babel, um über Rigels Aufnahme zu verhandeln... aber ein bevorstehendes Rennen um die Präsidentschaft heizt die ideologischen Spannungen innerhalb der jungen Nation an.

A self-marooned recluse, Dr. Noah McAdams thought he had escaped a world gone wrong only to be caught up in the very system he was fleeing. A man of deep regrets, he thought he had buried his past only to see it resurrected before his very eyes. The Babel Resurgence looms. The unique moment in history when humanity reaches its God-given potential. A dream come true for some, a nightmare for those who know the truth. This time, can the world avoid the disaster that comes from the power of human potential being wielded without regard to human purpose?

Després de la desaparició d'Atlas City, on els Speaker Cabinets ens van explicar el seu final (en el seu primer àlbum: Requiem For Atlas City), sorgeix de les penombres un nou projecte de ciutat, de civilització, anomenada NEW BABEL.El control per part d'unes forces que volen mantenir l'ordre i el poders'enfronta amb aquells que busquen la supervivència i la llibertat.Metafòricament estem parlant del naixement de 'una nova vovilització, on la polarització de la societat a arribat a situacions extremes i on la lluita per sobreviure pren sentit.Veurem la història dels germans Suzan i ...

Desde tiempos inmemoriales, la humanidad ha estado fascinada por el futuro e imagina el mundo del mañana como una tierra que a veces es distópica y a veces utópica. "Futuro Salvaje" muestra cinco escenarios futuros completamente diferentes que son tan atractivos como impactantes. Cada relato presenta un género específico y, por lo tanto, una perspectiva diferente de lo que nos espera. Y entonces, todo lo que queda es hacerse una sola pregunta: ¿algún día la Tierra se vengará de todo lo que le hemos hecho?

Robots aux angoisses existentielles, mission polaire schizophrène, ruches humaines, plantes envoûtantes et laboratoires de viande de synthèse, plongez dans l'univers futuriste de Wild Whispers, où la Nature a décidé de reprendre le contrôle. Quand les arbres ne seront plus que des monceaux de poussière, et quand l'air aura l'odeur et le goût de la suie : qu'allons-nous devenir ? Nous n'avons pas la réponse à cette question. Peut-être simplement parce qu'elle ne peut pas venir de nous...

Saubere Luft als Mangelware, Roboter mit Existenzängsten, sprechende Pflanzen - "Wenn wir morgen sagen" nimmt uns mit auf eine rasante Zeitreise in die Zukunft eines Planeten, dessen Ressourcen wir gnadenlos ausgenutzt haben. Zwischen Utopie und Dystopie, Horror und Comedy werden in dieser Hörspielserie fünf Zukunftsszenarien entworfen, die unterschiedlicher kaum sein könnten, und sich doch alle mit den zentralen Fragen unserer Zeit beschäftigen: Was wird aus uns werden? Wie werden wir leben?