Son nom : Valentin Michaël Smith. Ses signes particuliers : né sur Mars, elevé par les Martiens, seul survivant d'une expédition interstellaire. Son problème majeur : essayer de vivre sur la Terre. Accessoirement : essayer de comprendre la nature humaine, la mentalité des hommes, leur goût obscur pour la destruction, le chaos et le malheur. En Terre étrangère : un des chefs-d'oeuvre incontestables de la science-fiction contemporaine.

En terre étrangère

Manuel Garcia O'Kelly est le meilleur informaticien de Luna City. C'est à lui que l'on confie l'entretien de MYCROFT, dit Mike, le superordinateur chargé de gérer la quasi-totalité des systèmes de survie de la colonie pénitentiaire. La Lune est en effet peuplée de détenus ou de leurs descendants, envoyés là par la Terre sans aucun espoir de retour. D'autant que Mike prédit la disparition de la colonie lunaire à plus ou moins brève échéance. Il ne reste plus aux Lunatiques qu'à se rebeller contre l'autorité terrienne. Et, aidé par son ordinateur devenu une entité consciente, Manuel va se retrouver, bien malgré lui, à la tête de la révolte. Une révolte? Non, une révolution. Quatrième des romans de Robert Heinlein à avoir obtenu le prix Hugo, Révolte sur la Lune est un grand roman de science-fiction, mêlant habilement histoire, science, réflexion politique et aventure.

Révolte sur la lune

Un cerveau d'ordinateur, un corps surentraîné à tous les risques, et la beauté en plus : telle est Vendredi. L'agént idéal en ce monde futur, en ce monde de demain. Et, en effet, la voici qui rentre de la planète Ell-Cinq, mission accomplie une fois de plus, et quelle mission ! Félicitations du Grand Patron et droit aux vacances. Heureuse, Vendredi ? Non, tourmentée comme jamais encore, hantée d'images : le viol atroce qu'elle a subi, les meurtres qu'elle a commis. Vendredi la non-humaine aurait-elle une conscience ?

Vendredi

A fix-up consisting of the novelette "Universe" (1941) and the novella "Common Sense" (1941). First published in 1963.Hugh had been taught that, according to the ancient sacred writings, the Ship was on a voyage to faraway Centaurus. But he also understood this was actually allegory for a voyage to spiritual perfection. Indeed, how could the Ship move, since its miles and miles of metal corridors were all there was of creation? Science knew that the Ship was all the Universe, and as long as the sacred Convertor was fed, the lights would continue to glow and the air would flow, and the Creator's Plan would be fulfilled.Of course, there were the muties, grotesquely deformed parodies of humans, who lurked in the upper reaches of the Ship where gravity was weaker. Were they evil incarnate, or merely a divine check on the population, keeping humanity from expanding past the capacity of the Ship to support?Then Hugh was captured by the muties and met their leader (or leaders), Joe-Jim, with two heads on one body. And he learned the true nature of the Ship and its mission between the stars. But could he make his people believe him before it was to late? Could he make them believe that he must be allowed to fly the ship?

Les orphelins du ciel

"A delight."-New York Herald TribuneA tale beloved by many fans of Robert A. Heinlein, Podkayne of Mars tells the story of a young Marswoman and her inter-planetary adventures with her uncle and her genius brother. Told largely through Podkayne's diaries, the story details her travel to Earth with her two companions. Podkayne has very definite plans on what to do and how to do it, but not everything is as it seems. She is suddenly thrust into the middle of life and death situations when the liner they are travelling on makes a stop at Venus. The original publisher of this book asked Heinlein to change the controversial ending, which Heinlein did extremely reluctantly. He felt the original ending much better suited the story line and was never satisfied with the modified 'safer ' ending. This edition restores the book to how Heinlein originally wrote it. It also includes a letter to his agent, decrying the changes asked for by his original publisher.

Podkayne of Mars

First came the news that a flying saucer had landed in Iowa. Then came the announcement that the whole thing was a hoax. End of story. Case closed.Except that two agents of the most secret intelligence agency in the U.S. government were on the scene and disappeared without reporting back. Then four more follow up agents also disappeared. So the head of the agency and his two top agents went in and managed to get out with their discovery: an invasion is underway by slug-like aliens who can touch a human and completely control his or her mind. What the humans know, they know. What the slugs want, no matter what, the human will do. And most of Iowa is already under their control.Sam Cavanaugh was one of the agents who discovered the truth. Unfortunately, that was just before he was taken over by one of the aliens and began working for the invaders, with no will of his own. And he has just learned that a high official in the Treasury Department is now under control of the aliens. Since the Treasury Department includes the Secret Service, which safeguards the President of the United States, control of the entire nation is near at hand.

Marionnettes humaines

Dans une galaxie où le progrès est roi, un marchand de chair humaine tente de vendre le jeune Thorby sur le marché aux esclaves qui se tient sur la place de la Liberté, du côté du port spatial, en face du Capitole des Neuf mondes.

Citoyen de la galaxie

It is a tale of revolution, of the rebellion of a former penal colony on the Moon against its masters on the Earth. It is a tale of a culture whose family structures are based on the presence of two men for every woman, leading to novel forms of marriage and family. It is the story of the disparate people, a computer technician, a vigorous young female agitator, and an elderly academic who become the movement's leaders, and of Mike, the supercomputer whose sentience is known only to the revolt's inner circle, who for reasons of his own is committed to the revolution's ultimate success.

En terre étrangère

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