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(0)Brian W. Aldiss
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Language
English
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Description
One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock.
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Description
Galactic Empires is more than an anthology: it is a vast two-volume novel of the future by some of the 1970's greatest science fiction writers. The 26 stories that comprise this anthology create a saga that explores the empire's origin, laws, mores, educational systems, as well as the incredible variety of inhabitants and their experience with the natural quirks of the universe.
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Description
Galactic Empires is more than an anthology: it is a vast two-volume novel of the future by some of the 1970's greatest science fiction writers. The 26 stories that comprise this anthology create a saga that explores the empire's origin, laws, mores, educational systems, as well as the incredible variety of inhabitants and their experience with the natural quirks of the universe.
Publisher
DreamWorks
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
It is the middle of the 21st century. Extremely sophisticated robots do everything from nannying to prostitution, supplying the illusion of feeling, but true emotion has eluded the android builders. Until Professor Hobby builds David, a robot boy who can really love. In the same manner that some people substitute pets for more demanding human relationships, the Swinton's try to fill the void left by the illness (and subsequent cryogenic animation)...