¡Calen las bayonetas de los fusiles atómicos!¡Preparen los trabucos de rayos! ¡Muerte a los chíngers!Cuitas y tribulaciones de un mostrenco interplanetarioBill, un chicarrón de campo tan imponente como inofensivo, contemplaba embobado un desfile militar... sin saber que se habia puesto en el punto de mira del Sargento Reclutador Escalofrio, que sentia ya el peso de la prima de reclutamiento en el bolsillo. No fue un principio muy halagueño, pero Bill se hizo a la vida castrense, medro en el ejercito y llego a ser un heroe. Esta es su historia.Bill, heroe galactico es una novela mitica en la historia de la ciencia ficcion. Publicada originalmente por entregas en las revistas New Worlds y Galaxy en 1965 como parodia de las novelas de legiones y tropas espaciales, del Trantor asimoviano y de todos los topicos del genero que se le pusieron por delante, marco un punto de inflexion en la carrera de Harry Harrison y acabo convertida en referente de la ciencia ficcion humoristica. Medio siglo despues sigue siendo pura dinamita.
The 25th centurys most outrageous outlaw is back - and this time it means war! "Slippery Jim" diGriz, better known as the Stainless Steel Rat, is seeking revenge for the murder of his mentor-in-crime. But to do so, he must join an army and oppose its iron-fisted dictator - and keep a planet from being enslaved.
Bill would give his right arm to defend his Emperor against the alien Chingers - which is lucky seeing as he has two of them...War demands sacrifices, and if youve lot one left arm, have an artificial foot and a set of nifty surgically-implanted tusks, its a small price to pay for the privilege of being a hero. And Bill knows all about heroism - as part of a motley crew his new task is to track down the source of Chinger-controlled metal dragons that are making mincemeat out of humans...
The luxurious liner is found floating off the Peruvian coast missing its 2600 passengers, including a man transporting $250,000,000 in diamonds, an American lawyer, and the "lifetime president" of Pa
The largest spaceship ever made is hurtling overhead, falling. Six people are trapped inside with no escape. If it strikes the Earth it will explode with the force of an atomic bomb; what can be done?The mighty 2,000-tonne Prometheus is the largest piece of space hardware ever launched - a joint Soviet-American project to harness solar energy before the power resources of the world run out. But politically and technically the project is doomed, and the nerve-racking predicament of the crew of six shrinks to nothing beside the horrifying destruction which threatens hundreds of thousands of people if no way can be found to move the satellite from its ever-decreasing orbit towards Earth . . .Skyfall is a tale of incredible terror, giving a foresight of the global disaster which could one day become reality.
Earthly medicine - helpless in the face of a plague from space.Unexpectedly, long thought lost, the first manned Jupiter probe has returned - but only a madman would have tried to land it at Kennedy International! The result is the biggest air disaster in history. And thats only the beginning: now comes The Jupiter Plague.
The Daleth Effect: It started in a small way when a test bench disintegrated.Within weeks it produced a power that could lift man to the stars.And within months it was the centre of a desperate power
Shef, the One King, is a visionary and warrior. His accomplishments have changed the history of the Dark Ages as we know it - he has defeated the English, the Popes army and the Norse in turn. Now, he must face the reborn power of the Holy Roman Empire. While the Gods of Asgard continue to use him as a plaything Shef must defeat Bruno, the German emperor, who wields the Holy Lance which pierced Christs side. The terrible invention of Greek Fire threatens Shefs fearsome Viking navy, and he must turn to the East to seek new wisdom. Finally, his quest may lead him to the Holy Grail itself. As Harry Harrisons highly-acclaimed series reaches its climax, not even the gods can predict victor and vanquished.
A priceless da Vinci painting, supposedly destroyed during World War II, miraculously appeared in Mexico. The Agency sent art expert Tony Hawkin to find out what the hell was going on down there.But what started as a holiday jaunt, soon became a deadly mad escapade that was as hilarious as it was deadly. In a nightmare comedy of errors, professional agents from Israel, Italy, and Germany, closed in on poor, bumbling Hawkin.it was a death trap for the timid art investigator and only an illogical amateur could home to survive the murderously inept MEXICAN CONNECTION.
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