Bøger af Greg Bear

';Three stories with a common theme: the female psyche, multiplied and divided,' says Greg Bear in his introduction to Women in Deep Time. ';There's probably something Jungian in common with all three. At any rate, throughout my writing career (and for whatever reason) I've been fascinated by the feminine voice.' Featured in this special collection are ';Sisters,' Nebula Award finalist ';Scattershot,' in which the inhabitants of many universes meet in limbo, and the Nebula Awardwinning ';Hardfought,' in which engineered warriors redefine humanity.

';Certain to become a new classic of adventure beyond time ... An unofficial sequel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle'sThe Lost World' (Prehistoric Pulp). Fifty years after Professor Challenger's discovery of the Lost World, America's last dinosaur circus has gone bankrupt, leaving a dozen avisaurs, centrosaurs, ankylosaurs, and one large raptor abandoned. Now a daring expedition plans to do the impossible: return the Jurassic giants to the wild. Two filmmakers, a circus trainer, a journalist, and a young Peter Belzoni must find a way to take the dinosaurs across oceans, continents, rivers, jungles, up a mountain that has been isolated for seventy thousand years . . . Then, if they make it, all they will do is face the prehistoric wonders, dangers, and terrors of the Lost World.

A Japanese WWII soldier finds himself on an alien world in this novel from the bestselling ';master of the grand-scale SF novel' (Booklist). Yoshio Kawashita is a great warrior until aliens whisk him away during World War II. They put him on a desolate planet far from his home, where he is destined to remain forever, leaving him alone in his new hell. Then Anna Nestor appears. This empress does not see planets as homes for their inhabitants; she sees exploitable real estate. Anna Nestor views Kawashita as a sideshow attraction until they fall in love. But the two lovebirds cannot be free until they find out who kidnapped Kawashita and why.

The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem has been blown to bits by extremists, and, in retaliation, thousands have died in another major attack on the United States. Now the FBI has been dispatched to deal with a new menace. A plague targeted to ethnic groups--Jews or Muslims or both--has the potential to wipe out entire populations. But the FBI itself is under political assault. Theres a good chance agents William Griffin, Fouad Al-Husam, and Jane Rowland will be part of the last class at Quantico. As the young agents hunt a brilliant homegrown terrorist, they join forces with veteran bio-terror expert Rebecca Rose. But the plot they uncover--and the man they chase--prove to be far more complex than anyone expects.

7 remarkable stories, newly revised for this collection, showcase the award-winning talents of one of the 21st century's finest writers of speculative fiction Whether penning science fiction (Moving Mars,Queen of Angels,War Dogs), alternate history (the Mongoliad series with Neal Stephenson), or fantasy (Sleepside,The Infinity Concerto), Greg Bear tells stories that engage the reader's intellect while gripping the imagination. His short fiction is no exception.Beyond the Farthest Sunstakes readers to the far end of the universe and the borders of scientific understanding. The volume includes: ';The Way of All Ghosts,' set in the bestselling universe ofEonandEternity; ';The Venging,' which takes a group of desperate fugitives fleeing alien dominance down into the awesome gateway of a black hole; ';The Fall of the House of Escher,' in which a world-famous illusionist is brought back from the dead for a terrifying command performance; ';Hardfought,' the critically acclaimed Nebula Awardwinning story showcasing a far future in which a legendary female pilot and her alien captor are forced into a tapestry of echoing lives where they struggle to communicate and find the deepest secrets of their history. These works, along with 3 additional entries, stunningly illustrate how Bear interweaves the rationality of science with remarkable characters whose thoughts and emotions reflect our own.

The New York Times Book Review hails this collection of thirteen dazzling stories and a rare screenplay by Hugo and Nebula Awardwinning author Greg Bear as a ';solid introduction to the oeuvre of a classic writer.' Greg Bearauthor of Queen of Angels, Eon, and Hull Zero Three, among many other hugely popular novelshas an ability to transform challenging scientific concepts into gripping fiction that has won him numerous awards and an avid following. He has written novels about interstellar war, human evolution, intelligent bacteria, international terrorism, and the exploration of deep spacebut he doesn't stop there. This brilliant collection of Bear's stories, each newly revised by the author, proves he is a master of the short form as well. Just Over the Horizon offers thirteen mind-bending explorations of the near future... or just beyond the border of conventional reality. The volume includes: ';Blood Music,' a Hugo and Nebula awardwinning classic and the basis for the novel of the same nameand the first science-fictional exploration of nanotechnology; ';Sisters,' in which high school students find maturity and family by confronting a tragic genetic destiny; ';Tangents,' winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, about a persecuted scientist who seeks refuge in a better world; ';Dead Run,' a tale of union truck drivers ferrying souls through Death Valley into Hell, adapted for an episode of the television seriesThe Twilight Zone; ';Sleepside Story,' which Bear calls one of his favorite pieces, an urban fantasy tale that takes a music student by Night Metro to the Sleepside mansion of a magical woman of the night, inverting ';Beauty and the Beast' in a very modern mirror; ';Genius,' the screenplay written for the television seriesOuter Limits, but never produced. Just Over the Horizoncombines Bear's intense concern with the human condition with a deep understanding of science, resulting in a collection long to be remembered.

Same war. Different enemy.

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Greg Bear returns with a new pulse-pounding, adrenaline-fueled military space adventure set on Mars.

Trapped on a mysterious spaceship, the only way to escape is to survive. A thrilling novel from the Hugo and Nebula award-winning Greg Bear.

A stunning novel of alien invasion from a master of the genre.

Sequel to the classic space opera EON - a groundbreaking SF classic.

A terrifying disease, or the next step in human evolution? Three scientists must battle to find the truth in this heart-stopping technothriller.Mitch Rafelson makes a major discovery high in the Alps - the preserved bodies of a Neanderthal family with a human child.Kaye Lang investigates a mass grave in the Caucasus - the bodies are mutated.Christopher Dicken tracks a mysterious flu-like disease that causes pregnant women to miscarry.Together, these three scientists discover that so-called junk genes, dormant in our DNA for millions of years, are waking up. A signal from Darwin's radio has triggered the next step in human evolution.The women who miscarry become inexplicably pregnant again. However, this time they are carriers of Homo sapiens novus. But there is mass panic, official denial, draconian measures against the terrible 'disease'. Only Mitch, Kaye and Dicken can solve the evolutionary puzzle that will determine the future of the human race, if a future exists at all.

The award winning tale of the inevitable take-over of our society by a benign, intelligent scientific experiment gone awry.

Greg Bear returns triumphantly to the universe of his bestsellers, EON and ETERNITY, with his greatest novel yet.

A major science fiction author continues one of the most famous SF stories of all time.