Иван Ефремов - известный писатель, основатель современной российской фантастики, автор научно-фантастических и исторических романов "Туманность Андромеды", "Час быка", "Таис Афинская".

Главный герой романа Петр Пустота - комиссар, поэт-декадент и пациент психиатрической больницы живет в двух разных мирах, в две разные эпохи. Его сознание и переживания разрываются между 1919 годом, Москвой девяностых годов и виртуальным пространством.

Экипаж звездолета Теллур, находясь на расстоянии трехсот световых лет от Земли, сталкивается с космическим кораблем неизвестной инопланетной цивилизации. Внешне пришельцы очень похожи на людей, но дышат не привычным для землян кислородом, а фтором. Оба экипажа настроены очень доброжелательно, но возникает одна неразрешимая проблема: как организовать общение, ведь прямой контакт может быть смертельно опасен для обеих из сторон.

Один из самых ранних и ярких романов Виктора Пелевина Омон Ра представляет собой пародию на воспитательные и патриотические произведения советской эпохи и раскрывает множество аллюзий, как на историю космонавтики, так и на систему приоритетов и ценностей советского общества.

Иван Ефремов - выдающийся писатель, автор научно-фантастических и исторических романов, самый знаменитый из которых - "Таис Афинская" - рассказывает о юной и прекрасной гетере Таис, участнице походов и возлюбленной Александра Македонского.

Compiled by intrepid journalist Neve Pride, this archive of recordings spans the months after dragons emerged on earth, chronicling the communities that sprang up amid the destruction, the scientists, military leaders, and experts searching for a defense, and those steadfastly seeking the missing. Neve and her young daughter Bex travel among the wreckage speaking to those left behind and surviving, against all odds. Neve records everything for history, and in the hopes of locating a clue as to where the dragons came from and how one might stop them.

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

Annie has always had high hopes for her future. But the reality of her life just isn’t measuring up. She loves her fiancé, Greg–doesn’t she? She’s going to get her degree and open her own business–won’t she? Then, a strange old woman shows up outside her house, and she seems to know a lot about Annie. An awful lot. Annie could tell the old woman to get lost. Yet there’s something about her Annie just can’t shake. And what she learns could change her life forever–but is it the life she envisioned?

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.