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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Science fiction
In these 'scientific romances' H. G. Wells sees the present
reflected in the future and the future in the present. His aim is
to provoke rather than predict. The Sleeper falls into a trance,
waking up two centuries later as the richest man in a world of new
technologies, power-greedy leaders, sensual elites, and brutalised
industrial slaves. Arriving in the year 802,701, the Time-Traveller
finds that humanity has evolved into two drastically different
species; going farther still, he witnesses the ultimate fate of the
solar system. The Chronic Argonauts, the original version of The
Time Machine, pits a scientist with daring views of time and space
against superstitious villagers. In all three works Wells laces
vivid adventure stories with the latest ideas in biology and
physics.
Find. Claim. Profit. In a post-war galaxy littered with scrap, it's
the salvager's motto. And with a fast ship and a lust for
adventure, Rion Forge has certainly made her mark on the trade.
When the discovery of a wrecked UNSC cruiser brings Rion's past
back to haunt her, stirring fresh hope into a decades-old wound,
she's hell-bent on finding answers: What really happened to her
father and his ship, the Spirit of Fire?
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Luminous
(Paperback)
Silvia Park
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R447
R411
Discovery Miles 4 110
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The lonely worlds of three very unusual siblings collide in this breathtaking tale of what it means to be human Three siblings. Two human, one robot. The spectacular new debut about what it means to be alive.
In a recently reunified Korea, robots have integrated seamlessly into society. They are our teachers, our bus drivers and policemen. They are our lovers. They are even our children.
Eleven-year-old Ruijie sifts through scrap metal in a Seoul junkyard, searching for anything that might repair her failing body. There amongst the piles of junk she happens across a robot boy: lifelike, strange and unlike anything she's seen before.
Across the city, estranged siblings Jun and Morgan Cho haven't spoken since the abrupt disappearance of their robot brother Yoyo, which shattered their childhoods and left a gaping hole in their lives. But Ruijie's discovery is about to bring the lives of brother and sister hurtling back together, forcing them to confront the reality of Yoyo's true nature, and the dark purpose their father never revealed.
At once a dazzling work of speculative fiction and a poignant family drama, Luminous is a timely, unforgettable story about what it really means to be human.
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Corrupted
(Hardcover)
Addison Cain
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R628
Discovery Miles 6 280
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