Après la grande guerre atomique de la fin du XXe siècle, le monde ne fut plus que chaos et désordre. Pour éliminer les hordes barbares qui s'étaient formées, les survivants durent remettre leur sort entre les mains de l'armée. Un siècle plus tard la civilisation, arrivée à l'âge des étoiles, restait dirigée par les militaires.Dans cet univers, Juan Rico s'engage le jour de ses dix-huit ans dans l'Infanterie Spatiale. Il ne sait pas quel sort terrible attend le fantassin qui, sur les mondes lointains, affronte les armées arachnides...

Etoiles, garde à vous!

A la station orbitale de la Règle d'Or, rien ne va plus. Jugez plutôt : le Dr Ames, alias colonel Colin Campbell, reconverti dans les romans à l'eau de rose après avoir perdu une jambe au combat, dîne en compagnie de sa nouvelle épouse lorsqu'un individu lui propose un étrange marché... et est abattu sous ses yeux ! Dès lors, notre héros ira de surprise en surprise . C'est comme toujours dans son « multivers farfelu » et passionnant que nous entraîne la verve de Robert Heinlein.

Le chat passe-muraille

"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

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.

Révolte sur la lune

Edition avec couverture alternative de ISBN 9782290332238.Après la grande guerre atomique de la fin du XXe siècle, le monde ne fut plus que chaos et désordre. Pour éliminer les hordes barbares qui s'étaient formées, les survivants durent remettre leur sort entre les mains de l'armée. Un siècle plus tard la civilisation, arrivée à l'âge des étoiles, reste dirigée par les militaires. Dans cet univers, Juan Rico s'engage le jour de ses dix-huit ans dans l'infanterie spatiale. Il ne sait pas quel sort terrible attend les fantassins qui, sur les mondes lointains, vont devoir affronter les armées arachnides..

Étoiles, garde à vous ! (Starship Troopers)

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

Cover artist: Lima de FreitasRobert A. Heinlein, um dos mais célebres autores norte-americanos de Ficção-Científica, volta à Colecção Argonauta com um dos seus mais célebres romances.Revolta em 2100 revela, mais uma vez, a imaginação prodigiosa deste consagrado escritor, e o seu forte e surpreendente poder de efabulação e, ao mesmo tempo, a agilidade com que estrutura fortemente as suas narrativas, conferindo-lhes todos os pormenores indispensáveis à sua concatenação interna. É devido ao concurso destas qualidades que Robert A. Heinlein consegue impregnar os seus romances daquela atmosfera que invade o leitor e o persuade de que se encontra perante os factos como uma espécie de testemunha presencial.Em Revolta em 2100, Robert A. Heinlein conduz-nos a um mundo futuro e tumultuoso, em cujas coordenadas sopra a violência e impera a força da reinvindicação e de contestação. Narrativa impressionante, desenvolvida a um ritmo de alucinação que não exclui o comedimento, Revolta em 2100 introduz-nos no âmago de um conflito em que as paixões tumultuam e os ventos sopram com incontida energia.Altamente aclamado pela crítica e pelo público dos muitos países em que se encontra editado, Revolta em 2100 não tardou a tornar-se um best-seller, sucesso que vai certamente repetir-se em Portugal, onde o seu autor conta numeroso grupo de admiradores.

Révolte en 2100 (Histoire du futur)

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)

Etoiles, garde à vous!

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