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Libri di Stross Charles su Unilibro.it
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1915 |
 
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The Revolution TradeAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Tor Books The Revolution Trade: an omnibus edition of the fifth and sixth novels--The Revolution Business and Trade of Queens--in Charles Stross's Merchant Princes series. Miriam Beckstein has said good-bye to her comfort zone. The transition from journalist to captive in an alternative timeline was challenging to say the least, she discovered that her long-lost family, the Clan, were world-skipping assassins. Now, while civil war rages in her adopted home, she's pregnant with the heir to their throne and a splinter group want her on their side of a desperate power struggle. But as a leader or figurehead? Meanwhile, unknown to the Clan, the US government is on to them and preparing to exploit this knowledge. But it hadn't foreseen a dissident Clan faction carrying nuclear devices between worlds—with the US president in their sights. The War on Terror is about to go transdimensional. But Mike Fleming, CIA agent, knows the most terrifying secret of all: His government's true intentions. € 16,60
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1914 |
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The Traders' WarAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Tor Books The Traders' War -- an omnibus edition of the third and fourth novels in Charles Stross's Merchant Princes series. Miriam was an ambitious business journalist in Boston. Until she was fired—then discovered, to her shock, that her lost family comes from an alternate reality. And although some of them are trying to kill her, she won’t stop digging up secrets. Now that she knows she’s inherited the family ability to walk between worlds, there’s a new culture to explore. Her alternate home seems located around the Middle Ages, making her world-hopping relatives top dogs when it comes to “importing” guns and other gadgets from modern-day America. Payment flows from their services to U.S. drug rings—after all, world-skipping drug runners make great traffickers. In a land where women are property, she struggles to remain independent. Yet her outsider ways won’t be tolerated, and a highly political arranged marriage is being brokered behind her back. If she can stay alive for long enough to protest. € 34,80
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The Bloodline FeudAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Tor Books Bloodline Feud: an omnibus edition of the first two novels in Charles Stross's The Merchant Princes series The six families of the Clan rule the kingdom of Gruinmarkt from behind the scenes. They are a mixture of nobility and criminal conspirators whose power to walk between their world and ours makes them rich in both. Miriam, a hip tech journalist from Boston, discovers her alternate-world relatives with explosive results that shake three worlds. Now, as the prodigal Countess Helge Thorold-Hjorth, she finds herself ensnared in schemes and plots centuries in the making. She is surrounded by unlikely allies, lethal contraband, and—most dangerous of all—her family. To avoid a slippery slope down to an unmarked grave, Miriam must build a power base of her own—with unexpected consequences for three different time lines, including the quasi-Victorian one exploited by the hidden family. € 33,00
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The Rhesus ChartAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Ace Books As a newly appointed junior manager within the Laundry?the clandestine organization responsible for protecting Britain against supernatural threats?Bob Howard is expected to show some initiative to help the agency battle the forces of darkness. But shining a light on things best left in the shadows is the last thing Bob wants to do?especially when those shadows hide an occult parasite spreading a deadly virus. Traders employed by a merchant bank in London are showing signs of infection?an array of unusual symptoms such as superstrength and -speed, an uncanny talent for mind control, an extreme allergic reaction to sunlight, and an unquenchable thirst for blood. While his department is tangled up in bureaucratic red tape (and Buffy reruns), debating how to stop the rash of vampirism, Bob digs deeper into the bank’s history?only to uncover a bloodcurdling conspiracy between men and monsters... € 23,80
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Neptune's BroodAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Ace Books The year is AD 7000. The human species is nearly extinct?for the fourth time?due to its fragile nature. Krina Alizond-114 is metahuman, descended from the robots that once served humanity. She’s on a journey to the water world of Shin-Tethys to find her sister Ana. But her trip is interrupted when pirates capture her ship. Their leader, the enigmatic Count Rudi, believes that there’s more to Krina’s search than meets the eye. He’s correct: Krina and Ana each possess half of the fabled Atlantis Carnet, a lost financial instrument of unbelievable value?capable of bringing down entire civilizations. Krina doesn’t know that Count Rudi suspects her motives, so she accepts his offer to get her to Shin-Tethys in exchange for an introduction to Ana. And what neither of them suspects is that a ruthless body-double assassin has stalked Krina across the galaxy, ready to take the carnet once it is whole?and leave no witnesses alive to tell the tale? € 8,00
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Tor.com Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012 (CD Audiobook)Author: MacLeod Ken, Day Sylvia, Scalzi John, Stross Charles, Sanderson Brandon Publisher: Brilliance Audio Lib Edn The best of Tor.com original fiction, with stories published through 2012.A curated list of 10 short stories that were written for, acquired by and originally published on Tor.com. Three of these stories were nominated for Nebulas. Featuring:Earth Hour by Ken MacLeodEve of Sin City by Sylvia DayThe President’s Brain is Missing by John ScalziOvertime by Charles StrossFirstborn by Brandon SandersonDown on the Farm by Charles StrossAfter the Coup by John ScalziThe Finite Canvas by Brit Mandelo Swift, Brutal Retaliation by Meghan McCarron Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia by Rachel Swirsky € 51,00
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1913 |
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The Rapture of the NerdsAuthor: Doctorow Cory, Stross Charles Publisher: Tor Books A tale set at the end of the twenty-first century finds the planet's divided hominid population subjected to the forces of a splintery metaconsciousness that inundates networks with plans for cataclysmic technologies, prompting an unwitting jury member to participate in a grueling decision. € 15,90
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Jennifer MorgueAuthor: Charles Stross Publisher: ORBIT € 11,70
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Atrocity ArchivesAuthor: Charles Stross Publisher: ORBIT € 10,70
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The Apocalypse CodexAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Ace Books For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to management within the Laundry, the supersecret British government agency tasked with defending the realm from occult threats. Assigned to External Assets, Bob discovers the company (unofficially) employs freelance agents to deal with sensitive situations that may embarrass Queen and Country. So when Ray Schiller?an American televangelist with the uncanny ability to miraculously heal the ill?becomes uncomfortably close to the Prime Minister, External Assets dispatches the brilliant, beautiful, and entirely unpredictable Persephone Hazard to infiltrate the Golden Promise Ministries and discover why the preacher is so interested in British politics. And it’s Bob’s job to make sure Persephone doesn’t cause an international incident. But it’s a supernatural incident that Bob needs to worry about?a global threat even the Laundry may be unable to clean up? € 10,10
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1912 |
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Rule 34Author: Stross Charles Publisher: Ace Books Meet Edinburgh Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh, head of the Innovative Crimes Investigation Unit, otherwise known as the Rule 34 Squad. They monitor the Internet for potential criminal activity, analyzing trends in the extreme fringes of explicit content. And occasionally, even more disturbing patterns arise… Three ex-cons have been murdered in Germany, Italy, and Scotland. The only things they had in common were arrests for spamming—and a taste for unorthodox entertainment. As the first officer on the scene of the most recent death, Liz finds herself sucked into an international investigation that isn't so much asking who the killer is, but what—and if she doesn't find the answer soon, the homicides could go viral. € 7,40
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1911 |
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PalimpsestAuthor: Stross Charles, Potter J. K. (ILT) Publisher: Subterranean € 28,30
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Rule 34Author: Stross Charles Publisher: Penguin Group USA 'The most spectacular science fiction writer of recent years' (Vernor Vinge, author of Rainbows End) presents a near-future thriller. Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh is head of the Rule 34 Squad, monitoring the Internet to determine whether people are engaging in harmless fantasies or illegal activities. Three ex-con spammers have been murdered, and Liz must uncover the link between them before these homicides go viral. € 21,00
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The Fuller MemorandumAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Ace Books Computational demonologist Bob Howard is catching up on his filing in the Laundry archives when a top secret dossier known as the Fuller Memorandum vanishes-along with his boss, who is suspected of stealing the file. And while dealing with Russian agents, ancient demons, and a maniacal death cult, Bob must find the missing memorandum before the world ends up disappearing next. € 7,10
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The Trade of QueensAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Tor Science Fiction A dissident faction of the Clan, the alternate universe group of families that has traded covertly with our world for a century or more, have carried nuclear devices between the worlds and exploded them in Washington, DC, killing the President of the United States. Now they will exterminate the rest of the Clan and keep Miriam Beckstein alive only long enough to bear her child, the heir to the throne of their land in the Gruinmarkt world. € 7,40
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1910 |
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The Fuller MemorandumAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Penguin Group USA View our feature on Charles Stross' The Fuller Memorandum. National bestselling author Charles Stross brings back Bob Howard-'a British super spy with a long-term girlfriend, no fashion sense, and an aversion to martinis' (San Francisco Chronicle) Bob Howard is taking a much needed break from the field to catch up on his filing in The Laundry's archives when a top secret dossier known as The Fuller Memorandum vanishes-along with his boss, who the agency's executives believe stole the file. Determined to discover exactly what the memorandum contained, Bob runs afoul of Russian agents, ancient demons, and the apostles of a hideous faith, who have plans to raise a very unpleasant undead entity known as the Eater of Souls... € 21,00
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Fuller MemorandumAuthor: Charles Stross Publisher: ORBIT € 11,40
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WirelessAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Ace Books The Hugo Award-winning author of such groundbreaking and innovative novels as Accelerando, Halting State, and Saturn's Children delivers a selection of speculative fiction brought together in one collection, showdcasing the limitless imagination of one of the twenty-first century's most daring visionaries. € 7,10
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The Trade of QueensAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: St Martins Pr A dissident faction of the Clan, the alternate universe group of families that has traded covertly with our world for a century or more, have carried nuclear devices between the worlds and exploded them in Washington, DC, killing the President of the United States. Now they will exterminate the rest of the Clan and keep Miriam alive only long enough to bear her child, the heir to the throne of their land in the Gruinmarkt world. € 21,30
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The Revolution BusinessAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Things are going badly for the Clan in this SF novel of the Merchant Princes, the immensely popular series by Charles Stross. Locked in a vicious civil war for control over the kingdom of Niejwein, their army is bottled up inside a fortress under siege in two parallel universes at once. Duke Angbard, the Clan's leader, has been laid low by a stroke: plotters are already conspiring in readiness for the deadly dance to come. € 7,10
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2010 |
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PalinsestoAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Delos Books In un futuro non determinato, la fantomatica Stasis, un'agenzia segreta che opera attraverso il tempo, si è assunta il compito preservare la specie umana fra gli infiniti spazio-tempo che si susseguono. Il processo di ripopolamento della Terra, che viene definito Nuova Semina, consiste nel clonare ogni volta gli umani, invece di consentire un'evoluzione esterna al sistema solare, verso nuovi mondi e uomini evoluti. Però, quando c'è di mezzo lo spazio-tempo, una simile operazione presenta molti rischi. Così, Pierce, il protagonista della vicenda, durante una missione, scopre che esiste un intero esercito di suoi cloni pronti a difenderlo se si dissocia dalla Stasis e aderisce all'Opposizione che vuole ricostituire un ordine naturale delle cose. L'Opposizione ha infatti trovato il modo di colonizzare il resto dello spazio, centinaia di mondi, invece di limitarsi a usare la Terra come un'astronave, la cui storia viene continuamente riscritta dalla Stasis, al cui comando sta da sempre la stessa casta che ricicla la storia e impedisce sviluppi esterni che diventerebbero incontrollabili. € 12,00
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2009 |
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The Jennifer MorgueAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Ace Books The name is Howard. Bob Howard. Please don't hurt me... Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker for The Laundry, must stop a ruthless billionaire from unleashing an eldritch horror, codenamed 'Jennifer Morgue' from the ocean's depths for the purpose of ruling the world... € 7,10
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Saturn's ChildrenAuthor: Charles Stross Publisher: ORBIT € 11,30
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Saturn's ChildrenAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Ace Books Freya Nakamichi-47 is a femmebot, one of the last of her kind still functioning. With no humans left to pay for the pleasures she provides, she agrees to transport a mysterious package from Mercury to Mars-only to become hunted by some very powerful humanoids who will stop at nothing to possess the contents of the package. € 8,19
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The Jennifer MorgueAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Ace Books A geekish demonology hacker for 'The Laundry,' Bob Howard finds himself forced into the unlikely role of savior of the world, when ruthless billionaire Ellis Billington embarks on plans to release an eldritch horror that communicates with the dead, the Jennifer Morgue, from the depths of the sea in order to rule the world. Reprint. € 19,60
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2008 |
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The Atrocity ArchivesAuthor: Stross Charles, MacLeod Hen (INT) Publisher: Ace Books The father of modern computer science, Alan Turing paves the way for esoteric mathematical computations that, when used by Nazi Germany's Ahnenerbe-SS to perform a summoning, results in an unexpected evil brought to Earth through a portal to an alternate universe. Reprint. € 8,00
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The Merchants' WarAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Tor Fantasy Miriam Beckstein is a young, hip business journalist in Boston. But her very well-connected family comes from an alternate reality, where they are a little too much like the mafia for comfort. Having escaped to yet anther world, Miriam remains in hiding from both her Clan and their opponents. With a nasty shooting war going on in Gruinmarkt, the world of the Clan, Miriam is shielded from danger, but also from information. And there's a secret yet for Miriam to discover; something that she's really going to hate--if she lives long enough to find out. € 7,40
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Halting StateAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Ace Books Now in paperback?from the author of Saturn?s Children. In the year 2018, a daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates. The suspects are a band of marauding orcs, with a dragon in tow for fire support, and the bank is located within the virtual reality land of Avalon Four. But Sergeant Sue Smith discovers that this virtual world robbery may be linked to some real world devastation. € 7,10
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Universo distortoAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Delos Books Charles Stross prende le tradizionali tensioni della Guerra Fredda e le stiracchia e distorce per adattarle a una Terra Piatta dove l'emergere di nuovi continenti spinge a un colonialismo competitivo. Quando i coloni si imbattono in rovine radioattive vecchie di mille anni e creature velenose simili alle termiti che dimostrano straordinari livelli di intelligenza, la vera natura di questo mondo modificato lentamente emerge alla luce. € 10,00
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2007 |
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The Clan CorporateAuthor: Stross Charles Publisher: Tor Fantasy Miriam Beckstein has gotten in touch with her roots and they have nearly strangled her. A young, hip, business journalist in Boston, she discovered (in The Family Trade ) that her family comes from an alternate reality, that she is very well-connected, and that her family is too much like the mafia for comfort. In addition, starting with the fact that women are family property and required to breed more family members with the unique talent to walk between worlds, Miriam has tried to remain an outsider and her own woman. She started a profitable business in a third world she has discovered, outside the family reach (recounted in The Hidden Family). She fell in love with a distant relative, but he died saving her life. Now, however, in The Clan Corporate, Miriam may be overreaching. And if she gets caught, death or a fate worse is around the bend. There is, for instance, the brain-damaged son of the local king who needs a wife. But they'd never make her do that, would they? € 6,00
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