Contient :Solution non satisfaisante (1941)La création a pris huit jours (1942)Une année faste (1952)Sous le poids des responsabilités (1953)

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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

Heinlein's monumental "Future History" series continues. Two scientists develop cheap solar power-and threaten the industrial status quo. The nation's cities are linked by a system of moving roads-and a strike can bring the entire country to a halt. Workers in an experimental atomic plant crack under the mental strain. And the space frontier is opened by an unlikely hero-D. D. Harriman, a billionaire with a dream: the dream of Space for All Mankind. The method? Anything that works. Maybe, in fact, Harriman goes too far. But he will give us the stars. . .Contents: Preface (The Man Who Sold the Moon) • (1950)"Let There Be Light" • [Future History] • (1950) The Roads Must Roll • [Future History] • (1940)The Man Who Sold the Moon • [D. D. Harriman] • (1950)Requiem • [D. D. Harriman] • (1940)

L'Homme qui vendit la Lune

John Bonforte dirige le Parti Expansionniste et est en passe de devenir l'homme fort du système solaire. Malheureusement, on le kidnappe à quelques jours d'une importante cérémonie sur Mars. Il faut impérativement trouver une solution pour qu'il y assiste ou les Martiens prendront son absence comme prétexte pour déclencher un conflit majeur avec les humains. La solution se nomme Lorenzo Smythe, un acteur au talent hors du commun. Il doublera Bonforte pendant quelques jours, le temps qu'on le retrouve. Mais, bien malgré lui, le Grand Lorenzo va devoir tenir le rôle plus longtemps que prévu et prendre des décisions dont dépendra le sort de l'humanité.Avec le talent qui le caractérise, Heinlein rend dans Double étoile, roman de science-fiction haletant, un vibrant hommage au travail des acteurs et y dévoile les coulisses de la scène politique.Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) est une des figures essentielles de la science-fiction américaine, aux côtés d'Asimov et de Bradbury. Son Histoire du futur, ensemble de romans et de nouvelles décrivant l'évolution de l'humanité dans les siècles à venir, figure parmi les plus grandes fresques du genre, avec Fondation ou Les Seigneurs de l'Instrumentalité de Cordwainer Smith.

Double étoile

The Number of the Beast, by the legendary author of the classic bestseller Starship Troopers, is one of the most audacious experiments ever done in science fiction.  Robert A. Heinlein's The Number of the Beast, originally published in 1980, follows the adventures of Zeb, Deety, Hilda, and Jake when they are ambushed by the alien "Black Hats" and barely escape with their lives on a specially configured vehicle (the Gay Deceiver) that can travel along various planes of existence, allowing them to visit parallel universes. However, unknown to most fans, Heinlein had already written a "parallel" novel about the four characters and parallel universes in 1977. He effectively wrote two parallel novels about parallel universes. The novels share the same start, but as soon as the Gay Deceiver is used to transport them to a parallel universe, each book takes the readers to a totally different parallel world. From that point on, the plot lines diverge completely. Although some later passages may be found in both books, most of them are, fascinatingly, given a totally different context or perspective. The companion parallel book was never published, and there have been many competing theories as to why (including significant copyright issues in 1977 due to some of the material used in the book). Over time the manuscript was largely forgotten, although it survived in fragments. A recent re-examination of these fragments made it clear that, put together in the right order, they constituted the complete novel that is finally being published as The Pursuit of the Pankera. As both books are "parallel" books, they carry the subtitle A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes. So here it finally is, the other half of Heinlein's audacious experiment: a parallel novel about parallel universes.

The Number of the Beast: A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes

Avec la surpopulation qui épuise les ressources de la Terre, la nécessité de trouver de nouveaux mondes habitables est devenue plus urgente encore en ce début de quatrième millénaire. Cependant, si le voyage interplanétaire est devenu techniquement possible, les vaisseaux spatiaux voyageront moins vite que la lumière et communiquer avec la Terre prendra chaque fois des années. Mais l'Institut de Recherches Prospectives a découvert une solution inattendue à ce dilemme : la télépathie. C'est ainsi que Pat, un adolescent extraverti, et son jumeau Tom vont pouvoir mettre leurs dons exceptionnels au service du grand projet de colonisation interstellaire. Tandis que Pat vieillira sur la Terre, Tom et tout l'équipage de l'Elsie échapperont à l'emprise du temps. Mais ces explorateurs d'un genre nouveau auront-ils jamais la chance de revoir le monde qu'ils ont quitté au terme des aventures extraordinaires qui les attendent dans les profondeurs de l'espace ?

L'Âge des étoiles

Nouvelle traductionPour impressionner une fille et contrarier son père, le jeune Juan Rico s’engage dans l’Infanterie mobile, le corps d’armée réputé le plus dangereux. Après tout, il n’en a que pour deux ans, et la guerre est loin, aux confins de la galaxie. Mais tandis qu’il effectue ses classes et découvre la discipline sévère d’un bataillon d’élite, le conflit prend une nouvelle dimension, et le voilà embarqué dans une série de batailles mortelles qui le transformeront à jamais.

Starship Troopers

"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.

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