Fantascienza - romanzo (228 pagine) - Nell’arco di tre anni di sanguinosi scontri, i barbari abitanti dell’infernale pianeta Ragnarok hanno distrutto l’Impero Gern e liberato la Terra dal dominio alieno, ma proprio quando la civiltà comincia a sperare in un’esistenza di pace, dal profondo cosmo appare un pericolo che minaccia di distruggere l’intera razza umana.Dopo tre anni di guerra, la nuova razza di umani, uomini e donne modificati, nati sull'infernale pianeta ...

Fantascienza - romanzo (176 pagine) - Abbandonati su un pianeta infernale, dovranno resistere ed evolversi per potersi vendicare. Un grande classico della fantascienza, un intramontabile bestsellerProprio nel momento in cui l'Impero Gern dichiara guerra alla Terra, l'astronave Constellation con a bordo ottomila coloni terrestri diretti sul pianeta Athena viene attaccata dagli incrociatori nemici e costretta a bloccarsi nello spazio con i motori danneggiati e i gene...

We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation ? The spaceship Constellation , taking colonists to the world of Athena, is suddenly attacked and boarded by the Gerns—an alien race which has just declared war against humanity. The Gerns take the colonists to Ragnarok, a planet in a double-star system, which was previously surveyed as uninhabitable owing to its high g...

The sound came swiftly nearer, rising in pitch and swelling in volume. Then it broke through the clouds, tall and black and beautifully deadly - the Gern battle cruiser, come to seek them out and destroy them. Humbolt dropped inside the stockade, exulting. For two hundred years his people had been waiting for the chance to fight the mighty Gern Empire ... with bows and arrows against blasters and bombs!

Fantascienza - racconto lungo (44 pagine) - Con gli alieni puoi trattare in due modi: far vedere loro come sei forte, oppure cercare di capire il loro modo di pensare. Dall’autore di "Gli esiliati di Ragnarok" una nuova emozionante avventura planetariaIn questo lungo racconto di Tom Godwin, uno dei più brillanti autori dell'età classica della fantascienza, ritornano gli Altairiani, i simpatici alieni simili a cani già incontrati in Le tortuose vie del dovere

Fantascienza - racconto lungo (49 pagine) - La guerra si stava preparando, e per la Federazione Terrestre sarebbe stata la fine. Hunter poteva sventare il disastro, ma solo sacrificando se stessoJardeen era grande e potente, dotato di una flotta spaziale insuperata da quella di qualunque altro singolo pianeta. Un nutrito gruppo di mondi ora neutrali avrebbe seguito l’esempio di Jardeen, e l’alleanza di Jardeen con i Mondi Popolari Verdam avrebbe significato la rapi...

In "Space Prison," the story follows a group of human colonists who crash-land on a distant and hostile planet. Stranded in a harsh environment where survival seems impossible, they must contend with dangerous alien creatures and a society of hostile, technologically advanced humanoids known as the "Gerns." The colonists face numerous challenges as they strive to adapt to their new world and ultimately confront the Gerns in a desperate bid for freedom.Tom Godwin's "Space Prison" is renowne...

Fantascienza - racconto lungo (34 pagine) - Dall'autore del bestseller "Gli esiliati di Ragnarok" un grande classico della fantascienza spazialeQuando Marylin aveva aggirato quel cartello “vietato l’accesso ai non autorizzati” pensava di rischiare un rimprovero, magari una multa. Ma non aveva fatto i conti con le dure leggi della frontiera e dello spazio. Con le fredde equazioni che stabiliscono quanto peso può essere trasportato da una navetta con la quantità di c...

The sound came swiftly nearer, rising in pitch and swelling in volume. Then it broke through the clouds, tall and black and beautifully deadly - the Gern battle cruiser, come to seek them out and destroy them. Humbolt dropped inside the stockade, exulting. For two hundred years his people had been waiting for the chance to fight the mighty Gern Empire... with bows and arrows against blasters and bombs!

THE UNIVERSE DOESN'T CAREA pilot is on an emergency mission to a planet whose colony is doomed if he doesn't get there fast. He has just enough fuel to reach the planet—then he finds that he has a stowaway, a young girl wanting to be with her brother on the colony. If the pilot spaces the girl, the ship will barely make it to the planet. If he does not, the ship will crash and both of them as well as the colony will die. What will he do This story rocked science fiction when it fir...

The story is set in a future where space travel and exploration are common. It follows the crew of a spaceship called the Star Queen as they embark on a mission to explore a distant planet. However, when they arrive, they discover that the planet is inhabited by a highly intelligent and hostile alien species."And Devious the Line of Duty" explores themes such as duty, sacrifice, and the challenges of exploration in the unknown reaches of space. It is known for its gripping narrative and th...

Cry from a Far Planet by Tom Godwin delivers a deeply emotional and gripping science fiction narrative that echoes across the vast silence of space. Godwin masterfully crafts a story where a distant signal—or cry—carries not just sound, but urgency, desperation, and a powerful call for connection. As the story unfolds, readers are drawn into a tense and thought-provoking journey that explores isolation, survival, and the human response to distant suffering...