Can an experimental defense system stop North Korean missile strikes?

Nobody foresaw that millions would watch on real-time TV when people first walked on another world. And next time…?

Die nicht allzu ferne Zukunft: Martin Humphries, Erbe des milliardenschweren Humphries Trust, wähnt sich auf der Höhe seiner Macht. Er lebt in einer luxuriösen Idylle auf dem Mond, die er zu einer uneinnehmbaren Festung ausgebaut hat, und ein Asteroid nach dem anderen fällt ihm zu, so dass er seine Macht und sein Monopol in der Raumfahrt immer weiter ausbauen kann. Seinen Rivalen Lars Fuchs hat er nicht nur ausgeschaltet, sondern auch gedemütigt, indem er ihm seine Frau Amanda genommen und geheiratet hat. Sie bringt den ersehnten Sohn und Erben zur Welt. Doch noch immer genügt ihm das nicht: Er will Lars Fuchs beseitigt haben und hetzt einen bezahlten Killer auf ihn, der sich im Asteroidengürtel auf die Lauer legt. Aber Humphries ahnt nicht, dass ihm längst ein viel gefährlicherer Gegner erwachsen ist … Mit diesem Buch beendet Ben Bova die faszinierende Geschichte, die mit »Der Asteroidenkrieg« begann und in »Asteroidensturm« fortgesetzt wurde

Die nicht allzu ferne Zukunft: Während die letzten Rohstoffe dahinschwinden, steht die Erde vor einer gigantischen Klimakatastrophe. Da fasst Dan Randolph, ein privater Raumfahrtunternehmer, einen so atemberaubenden wie riskanten Plan: Er schickt eine Expedition in den Asteroidengürtel des Sonnensystems, um die ungeheueren Ressourcen zwischen Mars und Jupiter für die Erde und ihre Bewohner zu erschließen und damit die Zukunft der Menschheit zu sichern. Doch er hat einen mächtigen Gegenspieler: Martin Humphries, Erbe des milliardenschweren Humphries Trust, dessen einziges Ziel es ist, sein Vermögen zu mehren und seine Macht auszubauen. Um Randolphs Raumfahrtunternehmen seinem Trust einzuverleiben, setzt er alles daran, dessen Expedition scheitern zu lassen … Mit diesem Buch setzt Ben Bova die faszinierende Geschichte fort, die mit »Der Asteroidenkrieg« begann

En l’an 2008… Loin de la Terre, Ile Un — riche et heureuse colonie spatiale, d’une technologie si avancée qu’un homme y a été « créé » en laboratoire : David Adams. Beauté d’archange, intelligence souveraine. Pourtant cet être « invulnérable » s’est épris d’une journaliste de passage, la belle Evelyn Hall... et veut la retrouver. Tout comme il veut, parce qu’il se sent solidaire des hommes, sauver la Terre qu’une guerre bactériologique menace et dont le Gouvernement mondial vacille… Bravant l’interdiction de quitter Ile Un, David se lance dans le plus fantastique des voyages, passager clandestin d’astronefs en fusées, traqué de satellites en planètes… N’arrivera-t-il pas trop tard sur une Terre où déjà règnent la violence et l’anarchie ? Londres brûle, on se bat dans New York…

«Né » en laboratoire sur Ile Un, David est parti vers la Terre, prêt à tout pour sauver la planète menacée, pour sauver ses frères humains. Déjà la Terre est à feu et à sang, le Front Révolutionnaire des Peuples frappe partout, la navette spatiale de David est détournée… et il se retrouve dans une région perdue de l'Argentine. Vers lui le hasard a conduit Bahjat, une jeune Irakienne, membre du F.R.P. Durant leur marche héroïque, une tendresse naît, qui n'empêche pas Bahjat de livrer David au chef de Front, à New York. Maître de la Terre, le F.R.P. veut plus : conquérir Ile Un — source de toutes les énergies. Dans le vaisseau qui fonce vers sa patrie, David, gardé en otage, imagine une riposte. D'une perfection technologique sans pitié. Bahjat périrait... Il y va de la suivie d'Ile Un — espoir et avenir de l'homme !

Die nicht allzu ferne Zukunft: Während die letzten Rohstoffe dahinschwinden, steht die Erde vor einer gigantischen Klimakatastrophe. Da fasst Dan Randolph, ein privater Raumfahrtunternehmer, einen so atemberaubenden wie riskanten Plan: Er will eine Expedition in den Asteroidengürtel des Sonnensystems schicken, um die ungeheuren Ressourcen zwischen Mars und Jupiter für die Erde und ihre Bewohner zu erschließen und damit die Zukunft der Menschheit zu sichern. Seinem Gegenspieler Martin Humphries, Erbe des milliardenschweren Humphries Trust, ist das Schicksal der Erde allerdings völlig gleichgültig. Er lebt in einer luxuriösen Idylle auf dem Mond und sein einziges Ziel ist es, sein Vermögen zu mehren und seine Macht auszubauen. So beabsichtigt er, Randolphs Raumfahrtunternehmen seinem Trust einzuverleiben, um das Know-how zu übernehmen und zu gegebener Zeit selbst Ansprüche im Asteroidengürtel zu erheben. Und aus diesem Grund setzt er alles daran, Randolphs Expedition scheitern zu lassen — und er geht dabei buchstäblich über Leichen…

Im Sternenreich der Menschheit hat man eine friedliche Lösung für alle Konflikte gefunden: die Duell-Maschine. Die Menschen lassen ihre Gehirne mit der Maschine verbinden und werden in eine Scheinwelt versetzt, in der sie ihren Gegnern im offenen Zweikampf entgegentreten. Gekämpft wird bis zum Tod eines der Duellanten, aber dieser Tod findet nur in der Illusion der Kämpfenden statt. Sie können die Maschine anschließend unversehrt und von ihren Aggressionen befreit verlassen. Bis ein unheimlicher Fremder auftaucht, dessen Gegner wirklich sterben — für immer… Ben Bova machte sich als Herausgeber des amerikanischen SF-Magazins ANALOG einen Namen. Für diese Tätigkeit wurde er mehrere Jahre hintereinander als bester Herausgeber mit dem HUGO AWARD ausgezeichnet. Seine Romane beweisen, daß er auch als Autor zu den Meistern seines Genres gehört

Una preziosa invenzione terapeutica un congegno psico-elettronico mediante il quale ci si può combattere fino alla morte, ma senza morire; uno strumento di civiltà, di progresso, di pace, che permette lo sfogo regolato degli istinti aggressivi dell’uomo. Questo è la duellomacchina, nelle intenzioni del suo ideatore. Ogni interferenza, manomissione o sabotaggio è impossibile. Tutto è stato previsto perche i duellanti non possano in alcun modo danneggiarsi, quali che siano le armi che hanno scelto, l’odio che li anima. Eppure, a un certo punto, dalle cabine della duellomacchina cominciano a uscire dei veri cadaveri…

Born and brought up on a space ship that is slowly deteriorating, Linc discovers its secrets and the way to get the remaining occupants to their ultimate destination

Computer engineer Lou Christopher’s life falls apart when the World Government decrees that the project he is working on is too dangerous to continue. Thus, he and thousands of other scientists and their families are sentenced to permanent exile from Earth on a space station. But Lou and several others decide to escape—by converting the space station into a starship setting off for the interstellar journey

A group of scientists and other space travellers face life and death decisions after their spacecraft is damaged by fire

Da osservazioni raccolte sulla Terra risulta che in orbita attorno a Giove c’è qualcosa da cui cominciano a pervenire dei segnali. Un ufo? La deduzione sembrerebbe inevitabile, dal momento che nessuna astronave terrestre è mai ancora arrivata laggiù. Ma... Ma queste non sono praticamente le stesse parole con cui abbiamo presentato nello scorso numero Segnali da Giove di Zach Hughes? Il fatto è che Ben Bova e Zach Hughes per una straordinaria coincidenza hanno scritto e pubblicato contemporaneamente due romanzi che partono dalle stesse premesse pur arrivando a conclusioni diversissime. Veda dunque il lettore quali delle due preferisce e tenga conto d’altra parte che il complesso, ricchissimo romanzo di Bova è quasi tre volte più lungo di quello di Hughes e negli USA costa più del doppio, mentre in URANIA costa naturalmente lo stesso. Un’occasione da non perdere

Essays by space scientists and engineers teamed with a collection of tales by an all-star assortment of award winning authors all taking on new methods of star travel.Some humans may be content staying in one place, but many of us are curious about what's beyond the next village, the next ocean, the next horizon. Are there others like us out there? How will we reach them? Others are concerned with the survival of the species. It may be that we have to get out of Dodge before the lights go out on Earth. How can we accomplish this?Wonderful questions. Now get ready for some answers. Here is the science behind interstellar propulsion: reports from top tier scientists and engineers on starflight propulsion techniques that use only means and methods that we currently know are scientifically possible. Here are in-depth essays on antimatter containment, solar sails, and fusion propulsion. And the human consequences? Here is speculation by a magnificent array of award-winning SF writers on what an interstellar voyage might look like, might feel like - might be like. It's an all-star cast abounding with Hugo and Nebula award winners: Ben Bova, Mike Resnick, Jack McDevitt, Michael Bishop, Sarah Hoyt and more

Una storia che Bova scris­se per «Again Dangerous Visions», la famosa antologia di Harlan Ellison dedicata alle vicende più «scioccanti» che fece seguito all'altrettanto celebre «Dangerous Visions». È anche la prima storia, in termini cronologici, di una serie dedicata a Chet Kinsman, astronauta americano: qui Bova descrive la sua perdita di innocenza e i suoi primi passi verso la maturità, il suo risveglio nel mondo reale, un mondo che non è affatto lontano dal no­stro… anzi…

Suppose that elves, gremlins, and leprechauns are really tiny aliens marooned on Earth for hundreds of years. They want to go home, and human technology finally can make it possible—if they can get aboard NASA’s Mars rocket and hijack it! Pity the poor human who has to help them with the big heist…

Farà piacere ai nostri lettori siciliani sapere che in un futuro più o meno lontano Messina è destinata a diventare sede del supergoverno mondiale. La città, certo, non sarà più la stessa. Torri e palazzi fantascientifici domineranno, lo stretto; uomini dotati d’immenso potere e carichi d’immense responsabilità guarderanno pensosi verso la Calabria; e celebri scienziati di tutto il mondo si ritroveranno, sbigottiti, a Messina, trasportati qui con le buone e con le cattive insieme alle loro famiglie. Una gravissima decisione è stata presa al più alto livello: ancora una volta la scienza sta per mettere in pericolo mortale non solo la società ma l’umanità stessa. E la scienza deve essere messa in condizioni di non nuocere. L’ordine spietato (o pietoso?), necessario (o criminale?) partirà da Messina

Grant Archer merely wanted to work quietly as an astronomer on the far side of the moon. But a coalition of censorious do-gooders who run 21st century America sends him to a research station in orbit around Jupiter to spy on the scientists who work there. What they don’t know is that Grant’s loyalty to science may be greater than his loyalty to the New Morality

Al tempo dei Condannati di Messina (Urania n. 601) vedemmo partire dalla Terra una singolare astronave-prigione con a bordo migliaia di indesiderabili. Ora sono passati cinquant’anni. Il gigantesco veicolo spaziale, la cui popolazione è più che raddoppiata, è in vista di Prossima Centauro. Ma dopo circa mille miliardi di chilometri nello spazio, come un’auto dopo centomila chilometri su strada, anche la più grossa e robusta delle astronavi comincia a dare dei fastidi. Ce la faranno i nostri esiliati ad arrivare su un pianeta abitabile? Il segnale d’allarme, l’incendio, i cinquanta morti con cui si apre il romanzo, permettono di dubitarne

Era notte nell'emisfero occidentale quando il Sole emise la sua grande fiammata, e questo salvò il continente americano dalla combustione totale. Ma non lo salvò dalle atomiche sovietiche che cominciarono subito a piovere. Perché, chi avrebbe potuto dar torto ai pochi russi superstiti sottoterra, nella stanza dei bottoni, se pensarono che l'attacco fosse venuto dall'America?

Ormai non ci sono dubbi: sotto le spoglie umane di John O’Ryan si nasconde una figura mitica, il leggendario cacciatore Orion. A crearlo è stato l’essere di un lontanissimo futuro che ha scelto di farsi chiamare Ormazd, e che con il suo aiuto intende condurre nel tempo e nello spazio una guerra spietata contro il più acerrimo nemico dell’umanità, Ahriman. Il primo scontro (in Orion, Urania 1038) sembra essersi concluso vittoriosamente, ma in realtà l’intervento di Orion ha causato una frattura nel continuum spazio-temporale, concedendo ad Ahriman e ai suoi neandertaliani un cosmo tutto per loro. Ormazd non ha affatto gradito la cosa e ha deciso di punire Orion strappandogli ciò che ha di più caro, per costringere il cacciatore a riprendere la sua battuta. Questa volta lo scenario-sarà il passato e la posta in gioco il salvataggio di Troia… perché Ormazd è deciso a cambiare addirittura la trama del tempo pur di distruggere definitivamente il suo nemico

In Ben Bova’s novel JUPITER, physicist Grant Archer led an expedition into Jupiter’s hostile planet-wide ocean, attempting to study the unusual and massive creatures that call the planet their home. Unprepared for the hostile environment and crushing pressures, Grant’s team faced certain death as their ship malfunctioned and slowly sank to the planet’s depths. However one of Jupiter’s native creatures—a city-sized leviathan—saved the doomed ship. This creature’s act convinced Grant that the huge creatures were intelligent, but he lacked scientific proof. Now, several years later, Grant prepares a new expedition to prove once and for all that the huge creatures are intelligent. The new team faces dangers from both the hostile environment and from humans who will do anything to make sure the mission is a failure, even if it means murdering the entire crew

Das größte Abenteuer der Menschheit steht unmittelbar bevor: die erste bemannte Mars-Mission. Dies ist ihre Geschichte, eine Geschichte von menschlicher Größe und Tragik - und von der unglaublichsten Entdeckung aller Zeiten. «Ein atemberaubendes Buch!» Ray Bradbury Über den Autor Ben Bova, 1932 in Philadelphia geboren, ist einer der bekanntesten Science-Fiction-Autoren unserer Zeit. Insbesondere mit seinen Romanen aus der sogenannten Sonnensytem-Reihe „Mars“, „Venus“, „Jupiter“ und zuletzt „Saturn“ ist er außerordentlich erfolgreich. Bova lebt mit seiner Familie in Florida

Jamie Waterman discovered the cliff dwelling on Mars, and the fact that an intelligent race lived on the red planet sixty-five million years ago, only to be driven into extinction by the crash of a giant meteor. Now the exploration of Mars is itself under threat of extinction, as the ultraconservative New Morality movement gains control of the U.S. government and cuts off all funding for the Mars program.Meanwhile, Carter Carleton, an anthropologist who was driven from his university post by unproven charges of rape, has started to dig up the remains of a Martian village. Science and politics clash on two worlds as Jamie desperately tries to save the Mars program and uncover who the vanished Martians were

A tale of revenge and technological endeavor set on our solar system’s most desolate stage. The closest planet to the sun, Mercury is a rocky, barren, heat-scorched world. The planet’s surface faces the sun for nearly sixty earth days at a time, and the only places that stay cool are the ice caches at Mercury’s poles

Kosmiczna winda wywożąca na orbitę towary i ludzi to projekt inżynieryjny istniejący od XX wieku, teraz wreszcie staje się rzeczywistością. Dla inżyniera Bracknella jest ona dziełem życia, ale dla wielkich korporacji, które na tanim transporcie na orbitę stracą majątki, oraz dla Nowej Moralności, dla której budowa wieży w niebo jest obrazą Boga, stanowią cierń w boku. Zostaje zawiązany spisek i wieża runie w dół, grzebiąc w globalnej katastrofie miliony ludzi. Winnym zostanie uznany Bracknell, karą jest wygnanie Ziemi. Inżynier traci dorobek całego życia, ale przypadkiem dowiaduje się o sabotażu i spisku i od tej pory całe swoje życie podporządkowuje jednemu — zemście na osobach winnych zniszczenia wieży i jego osobistej tragedii

El tema de esta novela es el aterrador mundo del futuro: la gente y la política mundial en el año 1999. La población de la tierra ha llegado a ocho mil millones de seres humanos. La escasez creciente de recursos naturales ha conducido a.las dos grandes potencias al borde del conflicto nuclear. A pocos cientos de kilómetros sobre la superficie terrestre, en sus respectivas colonias lunares, los Estados Unidos y la Unión Soviética luchan afiebradamente por completar sus propias redes de satélites que los protegerán de un ataque atómico. Ambas potencias saben que quien complete primero la red protectora quebrará en su favor el largo equilibrio de fuerzas. Así se ganaría una ventaja decisiva. Dos hombres están vitalmente comprometidos en este posible holocausto: el jefe ruso y el jefe norteamericano de las bases lunares. Afortunadamente para la humanidad, ambos hombres son idealistas de buena voluntad, decididos a luchar juntos por conquistar un mundo donde sea posible la coexistencia. ¿Triunfarán los idealistas? ¿Qué fuerzas luchan contra ellos? ¿Podrán sobrevivir? Este es el dramático nudo de esta magistral novela de suspenso

Former astronaut Paul Stavenger is driven by his vision of colonizing space. His dream becomes a reality with the creation of a viable, flourishing, nearly self-sufficient community at Moonbase. But Paul has made an implacable enemy; one who will carry his vendetta to the frontiers of space

The sequel to “Moonrise”. Douglas Stavenger and his dedicated team of scientists are determined to defend their life’s work, but technology-hating factions on Earth want to close the flourishing space colony, Moonbase. Can a combination of military defence and political wisdom save the colony?

It’s not easy running a hotel, and some of the most challenging problems are little ones!

Starsene seduti tranquilli alle tre del pomeriggio in un ristorante di Manhattan può essere l’inizio di una buona digestione, ma può anche costitiuire il primo capitolo di una strana e pericolosa odissea. E’ quello che succede a John O’Ryan quando, dopo aver notato una splendida ragazza dagli occhi grigi e un paio di bizzarri individui molto interessati a lei, si vede arrivare come insolito dessert dalla porta della cucina una bomba a mano pronta a esplodere. Una premessa inquietante, specie se innesca il sospetto di essere una specie di semidio coinvolto in una lotta senza quartiere fra due entità millenarie che si disputano il futuro del genere umano. Ma è solo un punto di partenza per John O’Ryan, che deve ancora scoprire il segreto della sua reale identità e poi tuffarsi in varie epoche del passato prima di poter dare un senso al conflitto che vorrebbe vederlo come una pedina dotata di scarso arbitrio

More than human and less that a god, John O’Ryan is Orion, made by the Creators who rule outside of time. His purpose is to do their bidding. Now, Orion has becomee a key piece in a cosmic game between two of the Creators—Anya, the goddess he loves, and Aten, the god who toys with his destiny

Ben Bova’s timeless hero returns . . . at the nexus of myth and history! More than human, less than god, Orion has fought across time and space at the whims of his Creators, god-like beings from the future who toy with human history like spoiled children playing with dolls. From the frozen wastes of the Ice Age to far-flung interstellar empires, Orion has been both assassin and hero, all the while striving to be reunited with Anya, the ageless goddess who is his one true love. Now Orion finds himself in Britain in the dark years after the Romans abandoned the island kingdom. Minor kings and warlords feud amongst themselves even as invading hordes of Saxons and Angles threaten to sweep over the land. There Orion befriends a young warrior named Arthur, who dreams of uniting his quarreling countrymen and driving the invaders from their lands. Along with a few brave comrades, Arthur hopes to the stem the tide of barbarism and create a new era of peace and prosperity. But Orion’s vainglorious Creator, Aten the Golden One, has other plans for the timeline. Arthur’s noble ambitions interfere with Aten’s far-reaching schemes to reshape history to his own ends. He wants Arthur dead and forgotten---but Orion does not. Defying his own creator, and risking his own immortal existence, Orion will battle the gods themselves to see that Arthur fulfills his destiny. But can even he save Arthur from the tragedy that awaits him? Orion and King Arthuris a thrilling new chapter in Ben Bova’s unforgettable cosmic saga

John O’Ryan is Orion—more than human, less than a god, cast away on the seas of time to do battle among the Creators for the future of mankind. Now the eternal warrior finds himself separated from his great love, Anya, and marooned in Macedonia under the reign of Philip—fighting alongside the young Alexander, and at the mercy of a Queen Olympias who is far more than she seems

Orion non è un uomo come tutti gli altri: tanto per cominciare, è immortale. Scelto dai Creatori per essere il loro campione nei frangenti più pericolosi e contro nemici insidiosissimi, è costretto ad andare alla deriva nel tempo per battersi contro i pericoli che si annidano in epoche e secoli nascosti. Insieme ad Anya, una ragazza che condivide la sua sorte, è costretto questa volta a lottare non solo contro le forze ostili ai Creatori, gli enigmatici esseri che reggono le fila del suo destino, ma contro i Creatori stessi per riconquistare la libertà. E la partita si decide in un’era lontanissima, dove la morte del tempo non è più metafora ma realtà

Orion the Hunter, an eternal being made by the Creators to battle their greatest enemy, and Anya, a Creator who has abandoned her power to accompany him, come closer than ever to understanding and defeating their foe

ORION — il semidio la cui sorte è crudelmente manipolatadai Signori del cosmo — viene scagliato in un futuro lontanissimo denso di insidie: in quel particolare segmento dello spazio-tempo è infatti in corso una ferocissima guerra spaziale fra le razze di discendenza terrestre e le più feroci creature dei mondi alieni. Al comando di una guarnigione di terrestri pronti a tutto, John O’Ryan alias ORION comincia la sua ltta disperata. Resta un solo interrogativo: a chi gioverà questa ennesima guerra?

Powieść będąca prequelem do całego cyklu „Droga przez Układ Słoneczny”. Ambicją młodego inżyniera, Dana Randolpha, jest zapewnienie uzależnionej odbliskowschodniej ropy Ameryce alternatywnego źródła energii. Eksploatacjazbudowanego przez Dana satelity energetycznego będzie jednak opłacalnatylko pod warunkiem wykorzystywania taniego środka transportu na orbitę, aprototyp wahadłowca ulega katastrofie podczas lotu próbnego. Wiele poszlakwskazuje, że ktoś dokonał sabotażu. Kto stoi za tą zbrodnią? Międzynarodowekoncerny naftowe czy arabscy fundamentaliści? Firma Dana, AstroCorporation, stoi na skraju przepaści. Skąd może nadejść ratunek? Czy od Saito Yamagaty, którego koncern również inwestuje w energię ze Słońca? Amerykańskich koncernów naftowych, które zastawiają się nad inwestowaniem winne źródła energii?

Akcja powieści rozgrywa się w sześć lat po „Marsie”. Politycy, zobligowani swoimi obietnicami i odkryciem przez pierwszą ekspedycję marsjańską prymitywnych form życia, wyrażają zgodę na kolejną misję. Tym razem koszt wyprawy ma się nie tylko zwrócić, ale i przynieść zyski. To determinuje harmonogram — wśród załogi szerzy się niezdrowe współzawodnictwo, chęć zarobku przesłania rzeczywisty cel — badanie czerwonej planety. Jamie Waterman, półkrwi Nawaho, zostaje dowódcą grupy badawczej i musi stawić czoła partykularnym interesom naukowców oraz spełnić wymagania mecanasów projektu i polityków. Ale najważniejsze dla Jamiego jest dotarcie do niesamowitych obioektów, które odkrył na ścianie marsjańskiego kanionu. Przez sześć lat męczy go pytanie: czy to był miraż, czy budowle skonstruowane przez inteligentnych budowniczych

La possibilità di creare in via sperimentale, ma in grande serie, razze di superuomini e sottouomini, ci porrebbe già oggi problemi gravissimi. Ma su una Terra sovrappopolata, dove l’equilibrio sociale, economico, psicologico è appeso a un filo, gli scienziati responsabili di un così esplosivo progetto debbono essere fermati a qualsiasi costo. Come? Quando la persuasione non basta, e lo sterminio è impraticabile, si ricorre al vecchio sistema dell’esilio. Solo che qui si tratta di un esilio extraterrestre, di una Siberia cosmica. E una colonia penale formata dai migliori cervelli del mondo deve combattere duramente non solo per sopravvivere nello spazio, ma anche per trovare un sistema di convivenza accettabile, uno scopo, una meta

DAS GRÖSSTE ABENTEUER DER MENSCHHEIT GEHT WEITER. In ›Mars‹ schilderte Ben Bova die abenteuerliche Geschichte der ersten bemannten Mars-Mission. Nun, einige Jahre später, kehrt ein Team aus Astronauten, Ingenieuren und Wissenschaftlern zum sagenumwobenen Roten Planeten zurück. Geleitet wird diese Expedition von Jamie Waterman, der bereits auf der ersten Reise dabei war und auf dem Mars Spuren intelligenten Lebens entdeckt hatte. Er hat es sich zu seiner Aufgabe gemacht, das Geheimnis unseres Nachbarplaneten zu lüften, und er würde alles dafür hergeben – selbst sein eigenes Leben

Saturn — fascynująca i tajemnicza planeta z wielkimi pierścieniami i księżycami, z których Tytan jest najprawdopodobniej obdarzony życiem. Wreszcie możliwe jest zbadanie Saturna i nie będzie to zwykły lot załogowy, a wyprawa jakiej dotąd nie było. Wielki habitat „Goddard” to olbrzymi statek, samowystarczalna arka z dziesięcioma tysiącami ludzi na pokładzie. Naukowcami, dysydentami i ludźmi niepokornymi, którym nie podobają się rządy religijnych fanatyków na Ziemi. Płonne są jednak ich nadzieje, że Nowa Moralność czy inni fanatycy nie zechcą mieć kontroli nad habitatem. A wśród uczestników wyprawy jest siostra Pancho Lane, szefowej Astro Corp, i laureatka Nobla za osiągnięcia w dziedzinie nanotechnologii — Kris Cardenas

Cities became ovens. Grasslands became seas of flame. As the touch of dawn swept westward across the spinning planet Earth, its fiery finger killed everything in its path. Glaciers in Switzerland began to melt, floodwaters poured down on the burning, smoking villages dotting the Alpine meadows. Paris became a torch, then London. North of the Arctic Circle, Lapplanders in their summer furs burst into flame as their reindeer collapsed and roasted on the smoking tundra. The line of dawn raced westward across the Atlantic Ocean, but as it did the brightness diminished. The sun dimmed as quickly as it had brightened. The Americas escaped the Sun’s wrath. Almost. A hard, dark book, the story of mankind after the fall… compulsive reading… the battle to rebuild Earth after its almost total destruction by a gigantic solar flare. Part of this novel was published separately, in substantially different form, as ‘When The Sky Burned’, copyright © 1973 by Ben Bova

In the wake of the Asteroid Wars that tore across the solar system, Victor Zacharius makes his living running the ore-carrier Syracuse. With his wife and two children he plies the Asteroid Belt, hauling whatever cargo can be found. When the Syracuse stumbles into the middle of a military attack on the habitat Chrysalis, Victor flees in a control pod to draw the attacker’s attention away from his family. Now, as his wife and children plunge into the far deeps of space, Victor has been rescued by the seductive Cheena Madagascar. He must do her bidding if he’s to have a prayer of ever seeing his family again. Elverda Apacheta is the solar system’s greatest sculptor. The cyborg Dorn was formerly Dorik Harbin, the ruthless military commander responsible for the attack on Chrysalis. Their lives and destinies have been linked by their joint discovery of the alien artifact that had, earlier, profoundly affected industrialist Martin Humphries. Similarly transformed by the artifact’s mysterious powers, Apacheta and Dorn now prowl the Belt, determined to find the bodies of the many victims of Harbin’s atrocities so that they can be given proper burials. Kao Yuan is the captain of Viking, owned by Martin Humphries, who’s determined to kill Dorn and Elverda because they know too much about the artifact and its power over him. But Viking’s second-in-command, Tamara Vishinsky, appears to have the real power on board ship. When Viking catches up to Apacheta and Dorn, their confrontation begins a series of events involving them, the Zacharius family, and Martin Humphries and his son in the transformation of the human solar system…

Just in time for spring training, two power hitters return to our pages. Ben Bova not only writes about the future, he has helped create it. The author of more than eighty-five futuristic novels and nonfiction books, he has been involved in science and high technology since the very beginnings of the space program. President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of SFWA, Dr. Bova is a frequent commentator on radio and television, and a widely popular lecturer. He has also been an award-winning editor and an executive in the aerospace industry. Rick Wilber has sold about a hundred short stories and poems, and over one thousand nonfiction articles. He is the SF reviewer for the St. Petersburg Times, and he edits the Fiction Quarterly for the Tampa Tribune. Mr. Wilber is a faculty member of the School of Mass Communications at the University of South Florida. He is also administrator of the Isaac Asimov Award for excellence in undergraduate writing that is co-sponsored by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts and by this magazine

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