Ciencia Ficción

YLA-BÁ (NAGALA YUNCIEL)

La vida de Yla cambia con el rapto de sumadre y otras mujeres Shoalis, con ellas se llevan parte de la energía con laque su Dios bendice a su pueblo. Yla se unirá a los tres hombres que han salidoen su busca hasta el territorio de los Shahiattis. En el viaje aumentarán susdones de premonición y sus visiones serán más nítidas y reales, ve lugares yseres que no parecen de este mundo, echa de menos el buen criterio de su abuelaEllora, la Maga, como la llaman todos, e intenta seguir su consejo “haz caso detus sueños”, pero no sabe interpretarlos, como tampoco entiende por qué sesiente unida al forastero que les acompaña.Desde que entran en el territorio másbeligerante que conocen, dominado por la Gran Soberana Negure, se enfrentarán ahechos que escapan de la comprensión humana, como “el mal oscuro”, que atacasobre todo a niños y jóvenes; el encuentro con desconocidos que parecenconocerles y ayudarles, o el extraño animal que acompaña al joven que ya le harobado el corazón en sus sueños. Yla siente muy cerca la presencia de aliadoscon habilidades similares a las suyas, y con un mismo destino, acabar con lostres seres abominables que han dominado las vidas humanas desde siempre.

CRECHELING (BUTLER, D. J.)

Buza System is Dyan's world. She has been a Crecheling, one of the System's children, trained in a broad range of skills and knowledge and prepared to take her place as an Urbane, a full-fledged adult member of the desert community with a Calling given her by the System and its Cogitant Council. Between receiving her Calling and admission into the System, though, stand the Hanging and the Selection. The System has a lesson it wants to teach Dyan about death. Against that brutal experience, and entwined within it, destiny has a different lesson for her, about the family she has never known... and about love. Crecheling is book one of The Buza System, a dark science fiction tale for young adults and other readers set in the crumbling ruins and blasted deserts of a future in which all people are not created equal and control is exerted by savage rituals of blood.

2082 (BREEZE, ROBERT)

Frank Noon divides opinion. Whilst some say he's a philosophical genius, some say he's a fanciful dreamer who deliberately courts controversy with his anti-establishment views about the failings of modern society. Seemingly nearing the end of his life in politics, he reluctantly fronts an experimental inter-galactic government project late in the 21st century aimed at making life on an overpopulated Earth more sustainable. As he battles to gain control of a relative asylum, consisting of a cross section of the populous as much at odds with themselves as the situation, he unwittingly embarks on a life-changing journey of self discovery. As they learn more about the project and its intentions how far-reaching might the consequences be for the future of humanity?

ACRONOS. ANTOLOGÍA STEAMPUNK, VOL. 4 (AA. VV.)

Cuarta entrega de la antología de relatos steampunk Ácronos coordinado por Josué Ramos y Paulo César Ramírez, con diez relatos de la mano de Araceli Rodríguez, Marian Womack, Alejandro Morales, Gloria T. Dauden, Aramando Valdemar, Giny Valrís, Laura Ponce, Héctro Gómez, Paulo César Ramírez y Josué Ramos. Tras cuatro volúmenes explorando el steampunk literario desde su vertiente más clásica y arquetípica, pasando por la exploración de planteamientos más innovadores, por el steampunk multicultural, hasta llegar a la vertiente más onírica y relacionada con la exploración de "otros mundos", la antología Ácronos que abrió un camino de exploración literaria en cuanto a estilos y voces, contando también con autores consagrados y piezas clave del género, llega a su última aventura. Ácronos 4 es un compendio de 10 relatos steampunk que exploran el dieselpunk, el clockpunk, el greenpunk junto al retrofuturismo más maduro que siempre ha caracterizado las antologías Ácronos, en algunos casos con un estilo que híbrida diversas tendencias del género. Un nuevo volumen para todos los fans del steampunk y para los lectores más aventureros ávidos de nuevos planteamientos relacionados con la ciencia ficción. Esto es Ácronos! Es steampunk!

ÍNSULA AVATARIA (BESA RECASENS, LUIS)

Insula Avataria es una persecución. La muerte de un banquero mexicano desencadena una trepidante investigación que nos desplaza de mediados del siglo XXI a la batalla del Somme. De las sangrientas trincheras de 1916 a la navegación de altura en el siglo XV. De los últimos coletazos de la peste negra a la desaparición de los asentamientos escandinavos en la Groenlandia de la Baja Edad Media. A modo de links, Luis Besa se vale de los escenarios virtuales, ya explorados en su novela Metaversos, para servir una fusión de géneros: narrativa bélica, thriller económico, ciencia ficción, novela histórica, epopeya naval… Una personalísima propuesta literaria con un trasfondo especulativo: ¿existe la Inteligencia Artificial?

THE BLACK REGIMENT (ODELL, JAMES ALEXANDER)

In 1851, the United States and the British Empire have stumbled into a war. The veterans of the US Army brushed aside the untried Canadians and advanced towards the St. Lawrence. Their advance was stopped only by the grim earthworks defending Montreal. Casualties have been high on both sides. A peace conference offered hope but it was wrecked by mutual suspicion. The harsh winter has kept the US Army from delivering a knockout blow. But everyone fears they will attack as soon as spring returns. This is a vicious war of raid and counter-raid. The frontier is a long one and the enemy could attack anywhere. The British are desperate enough to recruit Blacks, refugees who escaped north along the Underground Railroad. But these men are untrained and uncertain of themselves. They ask themselves whether they can stand against the seasoned professionals of the US Army. The men and women of Montreal can hear the enemy cannons but can only guess how the battle is going. This is a new sort of war where telegraph operators, men and women, know more about the battle than the generals. Grace is an Abenaki Indian, sent to

OASIS – THE LAST HUMANS (ZALES, DIMA;ZAIRES , ANNA)

Die neue Zukunfts-/post-apokalyptische Romanserie des New York Times Bestsellerautoren Dima Zales: ? Mein Name ist Theo und ich bin ein Einwohner Oasis?, dem letzten bewohnbaren Fleckchen Erde. Es sollte ein Paradies sein, ein Ort, an dem wir alle gl?cklich sind. Schlechtes Benehmen, Gewalt, Geisteskrankheiten und andere Gesundheitsprobleme sind nur noch eine entfernte Erinnerung ? auch der Tod ist keine Bedrohung mehr. Einst war ich auch gl?cklich, aber jetzt habe ich mich ver?ndert. Jetzt habe ich eine Stimme in meinem Kopf, die mir Dinge erz?hlt, die kein imagin?rer Freund wissen sollte. Sie sagt, ihr Name sei Phoe ? und sie ist meine Wahnvorstellung. Oder etwa nicht? ? Anmerkung: Dieses Buch enth?lt Kraftausdr?cke. Wir finden, dass diese f?r die im Roman thematisierte Zensur wichtig sind. Sollten Sie ein Problem mit derartigen W?rtern haben, k?nnte es sein, dass Ihnen dieses Buch nicht zusagen wird.

WATCHMOJO’S 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL SCI-FI SHOWS ON TV (MARCEAU, CAITLIN)

It used to be assumed you were a geek, uncool, or weird for enjoying science fiction. The term was synonymous with rubber Vulcan ears, sonic screwdrivers, and cheesy spaceships. While that?s part of it (and a part people have come to know, love, and celebrate at pop culture conventions around the world), it?s only a part of it. Sci-fi has grown to include a slew of sub-genres like dystopia, cyberpunk, superhuman stories (yeah, all those Marvel movies you like are technically sci-fi), space operas, alternate histories, post-apocalyptic, and kaiju just to name a few.??Although the genre is closely linked to horror and fantasy, often sharing elements with both of them, it?s important to understand that there?s a difference between the three. According to Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone, ?Science fiction is the improbable made possible, and fantasy is the impossible made probable.???This formerly nerdy territory is not only massively popular, it?s actually in style. Networks like AMC, HBO, and streaming services like Netflix have made a name for themselves by developing titles that helped popularize it

THE RACE FOR GOD (HERBERT, BRIAN)

Who needs Heaven? God, it turns out, lives on the planet Tananius-Ofo in the distant galaxy 722C12009. And now, after countless millennia, He's invited us to come visit Him. Not everybody, mind you. Just an odd assortment of heathens, heretics, pantheists, perverts, and true believers of every sect and creed-all crammed into a single white spaceship piloted by a slightly crazed biocomputer. Each pilgrim is determined to be the first to reach God and learn His secrets . . . If they don't all kill each other on the way there.

ANOD’S SEDUCTION (PARLIER, CAP)

A new science fiction title by cap Parlier, the author of Sacrifice and TWA 800:Accident or Incident? Anod is a female Kartog warrior who, in a distant future fights to save her evolution and finds out just how human she is. Exciting action, imaginative story and incisive commentary on the human condition.