Les Pilotes De La Grande Porte

The final work from the brightest star in science fiction's galaxy. Arthur C Clarke, who predicted the advent of communication satellites and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey completes a lifetime career in science fiction with a masterwork.

 30 light years away, a race known simply as the One Point Fives are plotting a dangerous invasion plan, one that will wipe humankind off the face of the Earth.

 Meanwhile, in Sri Lanka, a young astronomy student, Ranjit Subramanian, becomes obsessed with a three-hundred-year-old theorem that promises to unlock the secrets of the universe. While Ranjit studies the problem, tensions grow between the nations of the world and a UN taskforce headed up by China, America and Russia code-named Silent Thunder begins bombing volatile regimes into submission.

 On the eve of the invasion of Earth a space elevator is completed, helped in part by Ranjit, which will herald a new type of Olympics to be held on the Moon. But when alien forces arrive Ranjit is forced to question his own actions, in a bid to save the lives of not just his own family but of all of humankind.

 Co-written with fellow grand master Frederik Pohl, The Last Theorem not only provides a fitting end to the career one of the most famous names in science fiction but also sets a new benchmark in contemporary prescient science fiction. It tackles with ease epic themes as diverse as third world poverty, the atrocities of modern warfare in a post-nuclear age, space elevators, pure mathematics and mankind's first contact with extra-terrestrials.

The Last Theorem

In the not-too-distant future, a desperate war for natural resources threatens to bring civilization to a halt. Nuclear warships from around the globe begin positioning themselves as the American government works feverishly to complete a massive project to colonize Mars. Former astronaut Roger Torraway has agreed to be transformed by the latest advances in biological & cybernetic science into something new, a being that can survive the rigors of Mars before it's terraformed. Becoming Man Plus will allow him to be the linchpin in opening the new Martian frontier, but not without challenging his humanity as no man has ever been challenged before. A bestselling, Nebula Award-winning novel when first published more than thirty years ago, this book is now more relevant than ever, as the battle between corporate interests & those who seek to save Earth's natural resources steadily escalates. The question of where man will go once the world's food, water & oil have run out has yet to be answered. Man Plus by Frederick Pohl is a brilliantly imagined, compelling possible scenario that has enthralled countless readers.

Homme-plus

On a fragile new world, the only innocents are the indigenous intelligent creatures who volunteer to work for human colonists struggling to survive. Shanghaied from the moon, unlikely hero Barry di Hoa makes an unstable situation explosive. Pohl's surprising SF thriller is sure to please his legions of fans.Cover artist: A. Pedro

Dialogue avec l'extraterrestre

Far beyond the orbit of Pluto, half-mythical bodies circle the Solar System--the Reefs of Space, unknown, shrouded in mystery, the goal of human conquest, the obsession of the Plan of Man, tyrannical ruler of Earth.The Reefs of Space brings humanity to the brink of the tars. Steve Ryeland, enslaved by Earth's tyrannical Plan of Man computer, is given the world's most important job—to develop a "jetless drive," an extraordinary new space propulsion mechanism. Yet the most important thing on Steve's mind was not his work, but the iron collar locked securely around his neck. Filled with a lethal charge of explosives, it could be detonated any time the Plan of Man considered him too much of a risk. That's why he had to obey every order, and succeed at his experiments. Only then, perhaps, could he use the jetless drive himself…and escape to the safety of the half-mythical Reefs of Space, strange formations rumored to exist somewhere beyond the orbit of Pluto. But if he failed, the next step would be the Living Body Bank—a scientific horror chamber from which no one ever returned. (1st published in World of IF Science Fiction magazine, 1963)

Les Récifs de l'espace

Cliff Hawk était un homme bien singulier. Il aimait Molly Zaldivar, sans savoir que cet amour était mortel pour la jeune fille. Il avait mis en branle des forces cosmiques. Et du fait de son amour pour Molly, le pouvoir qu'il avait libéré était intimement lié à la personne de cette femelle humaine, si parfaitement imparfaite.Une étoile, ça ne comprend rien à l'amour ni à la haine. Tout ce que ça peut « comprendre », c'est la vie. Et pas forcément la vie au sens où les hommes l'entendent.Mais Molly n'en savait rien. Depuis la création de l'étoile, ni lui ni elle n'avaient le plus petit moyen de savoir ce qu'elle était capable de faire, ce qu'elle déciderait — et où leur vie prendrait fin.

L'étoile sauvage (La Paix des étoiles, #3)

Robin Broadhead, ex-pilote de La Grande Porte, l'homme le plus riche de la galaxie, président de l'Observation Collective des Assassins, découvreur des Heechees, une race qui a fui les Assassins au coeur d'un trou noir, Robin Broadhead a un problème : il est mort. Et immortel... Car Robin Broadhead n'est plus qu'une personne "stockée", un programme dans l'espace des ordinateurs, qui agit par l'intermédiaire de simulacres dans le monde des vivants, les barbaques. En fait Robin a un autre problème : les Assassins sont de retour et semblent vouloir rien de moins que la destruction de notre univers... Comment, avec l'aide de son ami Albert Einstein, les découvrira-t-il ? Et comment entrer en communication avec des êtres de pure pensée ?

Les Annales des Heechees

Technical writer and volunteer fireman Charles Forrester died at age 37. But his insurance covered freezing in liquid nitrogen against the possibility of someday being thawed, repaired, and returned to life. Which is how he woke up in 2527, with a quarter of a million dollars coming to him from the same insurance policy. Not that he was rich—he was quickly informed that two million was a bare subsistence income. He needed a job, and quick. While looking, he somehow unintentionally insulted a man who took out a license to injure or kill him, attracted the attention of a woman who wanted to begin a relationship, said relationship being very unlike anything Forrester had heard of in his time—and he found a job. However, his employer was an alien, one of a group being held captive on Earth to keep them from getting home and giving the location of Earth to a civilization which might be hostile. And that was when things really became interesting.

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