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It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill.Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignmet--find them and then..."retire" them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like humans, and they didn't want to be found!

En un mundo llamado Delmak-O catorce colonos esperan instrucciones para iniciar un proyecto que desconocen. Cerca de la colonia se levanta un edificio que cada uno percibe de manera diferente y del que salen unos insectos mecanicos que los vigilan. Todo tiene aire de irrealidad, y un dia empiezan a ocurrir extraños accidentes: a partir de entonces los colonos se sentiran como ratas en un laberinto de muerte.

LOTERÍA SOLAR (1955) es la primera novela de Philip K. Dick. En un mundo supuestamente dominado por la lógica y los números, el presidente, el Presentador, es elegido mediante un sofisticado sistema de lotería. Ted Benteley, un joven ingeniero, entra a trabajar en las prestigiosas oficinas del ex-Presentador Reese Verrick, y pronto descubre que le han asignado una peligrosa tarea, asesinar al nuevo Presidente Leon Cartwright; el equipo de Verrick inventa un androide, Keith Pellig, controlado por la mente de Benteley y otros 'operadores'. En un último climax, los hombres y mujeres que pretendían escapar al Minimax perdiéndose en el espacio exterior, encuentran en los límites del sistema solar a John Preston, el mítico pionero. El libro se cierra en una atmósfera de engaño, intriga y decepción, que prolonga el mundo del Minimax. Encuadernación: Tapa dura con sobrecubierta.

Explosive and provocative battles fought across the boundaries of time and space--and on the frontiers of the human mind. Science fiction''s finest have yielded this definitive collection featuring stories of warfare, victory, conquest, heroism, and overwhelming odds. These are scenarios few have ever dared to contemplate, and they include: "Superiority": Arthur C. Clarke presents an intergalactic war in which one side''s own advanced weaponry may actually lead to its ultimate defeat. "Dragonrider": A tale of Anne McCaffrey''s Dragonriders of Pern, in which magic tips the scales of survival. "Second Variety": Philip K. Dick, author of the short story that became the movie Blade Runner, reaches new heights of terror with his post apocalyptic vision of the future. "The Night of the Vampyres": A chilling ultimatum of atomic proportions begins a countdown to disaster in George R. R. Martin''s gripping drama. "Hero": Joe Haldeman''s short story that led to his classic of interstellar combat, The Forever War. "Ender''s Game": The short story that gave birth to Orson Scott Card''s masterpiece of military science fiction. . . . as well as stories from Poul Anderson o Gregory Benford o C. J. Cherryh o David Drake o Cordwainer Smith o Harry Turtledove o and Walter John Williams Guaranteed to spark the imagination and thrill the soul, these thirteen science fiction gems cast a stark light on our dreams and our darkest fears--truly among the finest tales of the 20th century.

VALIS es el primer libro de un incomparable trío de novelas (las otras dos son La divina invasión y La transmigración de Timothy Archer) que tienen como tema común la presencia de la divinidad en el mundo en un rayo láser de color rosa, las comunicaciones extraterrestres, y las conspiraciones que amenazan a los hombres. Basada en auténticas experiencias de Dick en 1974, VALIS se extiende en referencias al misticismo de los primeros cristianos y al gnosticismo griego. Dick y su alter ego (amacaballo Fat) intentan responder al por qué de la existencia humana, la benevolencia de Dios y el futuro del universo. La poderosa narración nos lleva a aceptar la cosmología inventada de alguien que admite francamente su propia locura. VALIS es una historia de detectives teológicos en la que Dios es a la vez una persona desaparecida y el perpetrador del crimen definitivo. Encuadernación: Tapa dura con sobrecubierta.

Original version of what later became known as "Blade Runner".

Berkeley, 1981. La popolazione attende la partenza del primo uomo che colonizzera Marte, Walt Dangerfield, e si riunisce davanti alle vetrine della Modern TV, dove lavora il focomelico Hoppy Harrington, per assistere al lancio. Nell''edificio di fronte il dottor Stockstill, psichiatra, incontra un nuovo paziente, l''uomo piu odiato del pianeta: Bruno Bluthgeld, il fisico che nel 1972 sbaglio i calcoli di un esperimento nucleare causando la Catastrofe. Una giornata quasi ordinaria, ma mentre Dangerfield esce dall''atmosfera, sulla Bay Area iniziano a cadere le bombe. Sette anni dopo nella Marin County si e formata una piccola comunita di superstiti: la gente qui e ancora abbastanza normale, se si eccettua la ragazzina con il fratello gemello che le cresce dentro e le parla; un''economia di sussistenza permette a tutti di sopravvivere; e Hoppy riesce ad aggiustare quasi tutto. In piu, dal suo satellite in orbita Dangerfield trasmette musica e legge libri via radio. Una nuova stirpe agli albori si sta innestando sulle ceneri di una civilta decadente ormai estinta, tra animali mutanti, geni folli e nuovi dei. Sapra ridare speranza all''umanita?

WHAT HAD ANSWERED MANKIND'S CALL FOR HELP Thors Provoni had gone to the stars to seek help for his fellow men. So far there was no evidence that any other intelligent race existed out there at all, let alone one willing to aid ordinary homo sapiens on in Earth where he had become a second-class citizen. For in the 22nd Century dominance in human affairs had passed to a cabal of genetic freaks - telepaths, precogs, 'New Men' with IQs which went off the scale - and ordinary men didn't have much of a chance. Suddenly a message came from Provoni. He was coming back, miraculously, with friends from Frolix 8 to champion the 'Old Men'. But who, or what, and just how friendly, were these friends?