Kip from midwest Centerville USA works the summer before college as a pharmacy soda jerk, and wins an authentic stripped-down spacesuit in a soap contest. He answers a distress radio call from Peewee, scrawny rag doll-clutching genius aged 11. With the comforting cop Mother Thing, three-eyed tripod Wormfaces kidnap them to the Moon and Pluto.

Le Vagabond de l'espace

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

" Par conséquent... je propose que nous construisions une fusée interplanétaire et que nous l'envoyions sur la Lune ! "Dixon rompit le silence. " Delos, vous déraillez ! Vous venez de dire que ce n'était plus possible. Maintenant, vous parlez de construire une fusée. Je n'ai pas dit que c'était impossible, mais que nous avions laissé filer notre meilleure chance. L'heure est aux voyages interplanétaires. Chaque jour, ce globe devient un peu plus surpeuplé. Notre race va se frayer un chemin vers les planètes ; et si on possède ne serait-ce que le sens de l'initiative que Dieu a alloué à l'huître, on va l'y aider ! " " Immense classique de la littérature de science-fiction, le cycle Histoire dit futur, dont les romans et les nouvelles dressent un panorama complet de l'avenir de l'humanité, figure parmi les plus grandes fresques du genre avec Fondation ou Les Seigneurs de l'Instrumentalité de Cordwainer Smith.

L'homme qui vendit la lune (histoire du futur 1)

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

Je n'étais pas très chaud pour partir en colonie de vacances dans le Sud-Est asiatique, mais on ne m'avait pas donné le choix. Enfin, à mon retour, j'avais une belle cicatrice toute neuve sur la figure et un billet de Sweepstake gagnant dans la poche grâce auquel j'ai rencontré la plus belle sorcière des Vingt Univers. C'est là que mes ennuis ont commencé : je me suis retrouvé dans un monde parallèle, à pourchasser des rats gros comme des loups, des dragons cracheurs de feu (évidemment), et même un Ogre, tout en essayant d'échapper aux Fantômes à Longues Cornes et autres Ecumeurs des Eaux Glacées. Sans compter Celui-Qui-N'a-Jamais-Vu-Le-Jour et Celui-Qui-Dévore-Les-Ames. Et tout ça pour récupérer un Œuf de Phénix... Vous allez dire que je ne suis jamais content, mais vous ne croyez pas qu'il y a de quoi vous faire regretter notre bonne vieille Terre, Sud-Est asiatique ou pas ? Et encore, je ne vous raconte pas tout !

Route De La Gloire

L'invasion a commencé en 2007 - sans que personne ne le sache. Les extraterrestres ont atterri en divers points stratégiques de l'Amérique du Nord, puis ils ont pris la tête des services de communications, du Gouvernement, de l'industrie. Personne n'a été capable d'endiguer cette invasion. Car les extraterrestres ont le pouvoir de contrôler les esprits.Seul Sam Cavanaugh, agent surentraîné oeuvrant pour un des services secrets les plus puissants des Etats-Unis, peut encore stopper les envahisseurs. A condition d'accepter d'en payer le prix... (source: 4eme de couverture)

Marionettes humaines

Lummox est un A(c)trange animal de compagnie pour le jeune John Thomas Stuart mAame sa (TM)il est gA(c)nA(c)ralement trA]s docile. Da (TM)abord, il a huit pattes, ensuite, il pA]se des tonnes et il a la (TM)habitude irrA(c)pressible de dA(c)vorer les voitures et de grossir encore. Cela fait dA(c)sordre. Surtout quand ceux de son espA]ce viennent le chercher et font de John Thomas la (TM)ambassadeur de la (TM)humanitA(c) auprA]s de la FA(c)dA(c)ration Galactique. Au moment prA(c)cis oA celle-ci sa (TM)interroge sur la (TM)opportunitA(c) de la (TM)A(c)radication de la (TM)espA]ce humaine. Un classique de la science-fi ction, souvent dA(c)sopilant, qui a conquis tous les publics, par la (TM)un des plus fameux auteurs du domaine, Robert Heinlein.

L'Enfant tombé des étoiles

"Rarely has Heinlein pushed his imagination further.a vivid, stirring experience."-Chicago Tribune"One of the superb Heinlein stories that has excitement, urbanity, humanity, rationality, pace, understanding, and is a joy to read."-The New York TimesWith over-population stretching the resources of Earth, the need to find and colonize other Terra-type planets is becoming crucial to the survival of the human race. But finding these planets is time-consuming and very costly. With a seemingly inexhaustible budget, the scientists at the Long Range Foundation create the remarkable Torchships, which are able to traverse to different Star Systems within the matter of months. However, communication between Earth and these ships would still take countless years-even decades. How would they alert Earth of the planets they find?Tom and Pat are recruited by LRF to become the human transmitters and receivers for the mission. Growing up together they had felt like they were so similar, so in sync, that it was almost as if they read each other's minds.. Only to discover, that was indeed what they could do. Along with other telepathic pairings, their abilities are tested, and it is discovered that time nor distance impedes their connection; communication between Earth and the Torchships would be instantaneous. But there is a catch: during the course of the mission, while one of them stays behind and grows old, on Earth, the other will be traversing the stars, and-if he survives-will return a young man."The word that comes to mind for him is essential. As a writer-eloquent, impassioned, technically innovative-he reshaped science fiction in the way that defined it for every writer who followed him.. He was the most significant science fiction writer since H. G. Wells."-Robert Silverberg

Time for the Stars

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.

Le Vagabond de l'espace

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