Brian M. Stableford Knihy

Píše se rok 1623 a většina evropských národů je ovládána upíry, patří k nim veškerá aristokracie i sám papež. V Londýně, na dvoře knížete Richarda Lví Srdce, se zkušený mechanik Edmund Cordery pokusí s pomocí vynálezu mikroskopu odkrýt přirozenou podstatu proměny člověka v upíra. Hrozivé tajemství, žárlivě střežené všemi upírskými vládci, předává synu Noellovi, jenž se tak stává jedním z nejhledanějších uprchlíků. Říše strachu v sobě mísí prvky fantasy, hororu i science fiction v podmanivé směsi dobrodružství, historických a vědeckých spekulací a především nevídané originality, s níž autor oživil upírskou legendu. Dnes je právem považována za jeden z nejvýraznějších románů fantastického žánru. Navštivte s námi Říši strachu a poznejte pečlivě skrytá tajemství vládců lidstva...

Set in a diverse galactic culture, the story follows Grainger, a legendary Star-Pilot known for flying the revolutionary ship, Hooded Swan. His latest mission takes him to the perilous jungle planet of Chao Phrya, where he faces crazed colonists and mysterious indigenous people. As he embarks on a daunting journey through dense rainforests, challenges mount, including the unexpected threat of giant spiders. Grainger's quest is fraught with danger and uncertainty, pushing him to confront the unknown in this thrilling installment.

Set in a diverse galactic culture, the story follows Grainger, a legendary Star-Pilot, as he navigates the tensions between commercial interests and conservationists over the seemingly idyllic planet of Pharos. As his employer, Titus Charlot, attempts to broker a deal, they find themselves in a rigged game. Just when all seems lost, the planet's own ecosystem intervenes, transforming paradise into a perilous battleground. This thrilling narrative explores themes of environmentalism and corporate greed within the expansive Hooded Swan series.

Set in a galaxy where Star-Pilots are celebrated as heroes, Grainger emerges as a legendary figure. He is chosen to pilot the prototype starship, the Hooded Swan, which promises to transform space travel. This adventure explores themes of heroism and innovation against a backdrop of cosmic exploration.

Set in 1823, the story explores the implications of Victor Frankenstein's resurrection technique, which has ignited a struggle among various factions aiming to manipulate this power. Scotland Yard Superintendent Gregory Temple allies with Frankenstein and Count Szandor to confront a secret Illuminati cabal led by Joseph Balsamo. Simultaneously, in Haiti, a resurrected Napoleon battles Marie Laveau's zombie armies, intertwining themes of power, resurrection, and supernatural conflict in a richly imagined world.

Set in a vast galactic culture, the story follows Grainger, a legendary star-pilot who has escaped his contract with the Caradoc Company. As he is pursued for secrets about his former employer, Grainger is drawn back to the Hooded Swan for a perilous rescue mission in the enigmatic Nightingale Nebula. This final journey challenges him to confront not only life-threatening dangers but also the depths of his own soul, making it his most significant adventure yet.

Set in the Everlasting Empire, 2,000 years post-Divine Caesar, the story delves into the enigmatic past of Axel Rathenius, an immortal resident of Mnemosyne, an artists' colony on a northern island. As Axel navigates his existence and the mysteries surrounding his origins, the novel weaves a rich tapestry of art, immortality, and the human experience against a backdrop of a fantastical world.

Set in 1821, the story follows Scotland Yard Superintendent Gregory Temple as he pursues the criminal John Devil, who aims to exploit Victor Frankenstein's resurrection technique. Teaming up with Paris Morgue supervisor Jean-Pierre Severin and Frankenstein's creation, they face a vampire cabal led by Count Szandor and the enchanting Countess Marcian Gregoryi, who also covet the secret of resurrection. The narrative weaves together themes of ambition, morality, and the consequences of tampering with life and death.

Zephaniah Corcoran has just returned to Earth after a seven-year jaunt to Jupiter where his special—some would say dubious—talents were put to the test in attempted communication with the Jovian cloud-whales. With no time to adjust to life on an Earth half alarmed and half fatalistic at the prospect of final catastrophe, he is headhunted for a reprise of his old job: being projected by the brilliant but asocial Walter Halleck’s Coincidence-driven Sling into the far future to make empathic contact with the various successors to the human race. In the meantime, he is discovering a close and mysterious bond with Denise, a doctor of evolutionary biology and the younger sister he has hardly known, who has been noticed by the same big players who have noticed Zeph. But nothing goes quite according to plan, and as the fate of humanity dangles on a thread grown very frayed, Zeph’s empathic skills are expanded in unexpected ways, not so much by coincidence, as by Coincidence, bringing Zeph and those around him into contact with what are perhaps only the beginning of ongoing revelations of time and space whose grandeur match the universe that Zeph and his colleagues must now begin to explore.

An illustrated survey of the actual science behind recent science fiction investigates the frontiers of contemporary scientific knowledge and the possibility, and probability, of starships, cyborgs, time travel, and other "science-fiction" phenomena