Автор - Ben Bova

The Precipice

Once, Dan Radolph was one of the richest men on Earth, but now that the planet is spiraling into environmental disaster, he must look to the wealth of the stars to save the economy. Martin Humphries is also aware of the potential of space-based industry, but he does not care if Earth perishes.

The Silent War

When corporations go to war, standard business practice goes out the window. Astro Corporation is led by indomitable Texan Pancho Lane, Humphries Space Systems by the rich and ruthless Martin Humphries, and their fight is over nothing less than resources of the Asteroid Belt itself. As fighting escalates, the lines between commerce and politics, boardroom and bedroom, blur—and the keys to victory will include physics, nanotechnology, and cold, hard cash. As they fight it out, the lives of thousands of innocents hang in the balance, including the rock rats, who make their living off the asteroids, and the inhabitants of Selene City on Earth’s moon. As if matters weren’t complicated enough, the shadowy Yamagata corporation sets its sights on taking advantage of other people’s quarrels, and space pirate Lars Fuchs decides it’s time to make good on his own personal vendetta… It’s a breakneck finale that can end only in earth’s salvation—or the annihilation of all that humankind has ever accomplished in space.

The Starcrossed

Pink scented smog, 3-D TV and earthquake-proof aluminium skyscrapers capable of hurtling themselves and their occupants to a safe Pacific splashdown should tremors exceed desired tolerances. This is the twenty-first century of Ben Bova’s hilarious novel, where the Vitaform Process grants nubile new bodies to the aged and a new 3-D TV series offering the illusion of almost live entertainment in the home is all that Bernard Finger, the cigar-chewing loudmouth mogul of Titanic Productions needs to save his company from the brink of financial disaster. Enter one Bill Oxnard, inventor of the 3-D holographic system, Brenda Impanema, Finger’s sexy lady assistant, Ron Gabriel, hot-tempered hot-shot script writer who hates Finger nearly as much as Finger hates him, and you’ve got the winning formula for a smashing new family series guaranteed to bring 3-D to the heart of the viewing public and make a fortune for Titanic. Or will it? Stay tuned as the whole sick crew of Titanic Productions struggles to bring you the greatest intergalactic show on earth… THE STARCROSSED.

The Trikon Deception

The Trikon Deception opens up the next frontier in technothriller excitement with a page-turning novel of intrigue and assassination in high orbit—co-written by the former commander of Skylab. 1998: Trikon is a vast steel island in the vacuum of space, the first industrial research laboratory to be built in orbit, designed as the only risk-free environment for genetic experiments too controversial—or dangerous—to be performed on Earth. Devised by a visionary scientist and industrialist, Trikon is a shared project of North America, Japan, and United Europe. In theory, the international companies that make up the Trikon consortium are supposed to be working together for the betterment of all humanity; in reality, espionage and sabotage are Trikon’s major projects. Mankind has gone to space, but he has brought all his greed and deceit, all his lust and violence, with him—and the hidden conspiracies aboard Trikon may bring the gigantic space station crashing down upon the innocent and the guilty alike. No one can write about space like someone who’s been there, and The Trikon Deception is an authentic space age thriller on the cutting edge of tomorrow.

THX 1138

A novelization of the 1971 film directed by George Lucas. The perfectly controlled society. Its citizens are conceived in test tubes, nourished in vats, educated intravenously, watched by monitors, made docile by drugs. The Adam of this 25th century Eden is THX 1138; the Eve is his beautiful roommate LUH 3417. Having yielded to the temptation not to take her state-prescribed drugs, she lures THX into committing the same crime. How could anyone know? she argues. But the electronic monitor is all-seeing; instead of archangels with flaming swords there are police robots with cattle prods—and if there are any gates to this Eden, no one knows where…

Tytan

Habitat Goddard — kosmiczna arka z dziesięciotysieczną załogą na pokładzie — wchodzi na orbitę Saturna. Naukowcy wysyłają sondę na Tytana, ale zaraz po wylądowaniu przestaje ona wysyłać sygnały. Jednocześnie doktor Wunderly robi wszystko, żeby doszło do jeszcze jednego lotu przez pierścienie planety; podejrzewa, że żyją w nich mikroorganizmy.

Urwisko

Vengeance of Orion

Orion finds himself thrust back to the ancient world of Greece and must prevent the Greek army from destroying the citadel of Troy. If he fails, he will lose the only woman he has ever loved. But if he succeeds, the history of the world will be changed forever. The stunning sequel to Orion.

Wędrowcy

Albo jesteśmy sami we wszechświecie albo nie jesteśmy;każda z tych możliwości jest zaskoczeniem dla umysłu. Lee Dubridge

Wojna o Księżyc

Sześciokrotny laureat Nagrody Hugo prezentuje wspaniały cykl powieści o eksploracji przez człowieka Układu Słonecznego, o pionierskiej walce z przeciwnościami losu, eksperymentalną technologią i grozą pustki kosmicznej. Baza Księżycowa nie może się obejśc bez nanotechnologii — dzięki niej rozrasta się, otrzymuje tlen, wodę i diament, z którego budowane są rakietowe klipry. Ale nanotechnologia zostaje zakazana przez Ziemię i ruch bigotów, zwany Nową Moralnością. Sterowana przez nich ONZ postanawia wysłać na Księżyc siły „pokojowe”, celem zamknięcia Bazy. Lunonauci odpowiadają ogłoszeniem niepodległości.

Венера

Венера. Адская планета, где ЖАРА УБИВАЕТ ВСЕ ЖИВОЕ. Планета, на которой погибли СОТНИ исследователей.Но лишь за возвращение останков ОДНОГО из них - Алекса, старшего сына и наследника главы могущественной корпорации, - обещана поистине ОГРОМНАЯ НАГРАДА.Награда, ради которой готовы рискнуть жизнью двое -младший брат погибшего Ван и циничный старатель из Пояса Астероидов Фукс. У каждого - свои причины понять, КАК и ПОЧЕМУ ОН ПОГИБ.

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