The Avengers and the X-Men scour the Earth searching for the host of the Phoenix! Hope takes matters into her own hands! And Captain America and Wolverine come to bitter blows!
A VS X 3
lunes, 14 de mayo de 2012
domingo, 29 de abril de 2012
sábado, 14 de abril de 2012
jueves, 5 de abril de 2012
martes, 28 de febrero de 2012
viernes, 17 de febrero de 2012
sábado, 28 de enero de 2012
The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire Canopus in Argos Archives
(Documents Relating
to) The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire is a 1983 science fiction novel
by Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing. It is the fifth book in her
five-book Canopus in Argos series and comprises a set of documents that describe
the final days of the Volyen Empire, located at the edge of our galaxy and
under the influence of three other galactic empires, the benevolent Canopus,
the tyrannical Sirius, and the malicious Shammat of Puttiora.
The Sentimental Agents
in the Volyen Empire is a social satire written in the tradition of Jonathan
Swift and George Orwell, and focuses on the debasement of language in political
rhetoric. In Lessing's fictional universe it is propaganda that keeps the fragile
empires afloat, and when language becomes too distorted, some of her characters
succumb to a condition called "undulant rhetoric" and are placed in a
Hospital for Rhetorical Diseases.
Because of its focus
on characterization and social/cultural issues, and the de-emphasis of
technological details, this book is not strictly science fiction but soft
science fiction, or "space fiction" as Lessing calls her Canopus in
Argos series. While The Sentimental Agents can be read as a stand-alone book,
Lessing does continue with the history of the Sirian Empire, picking up from
where she left off in The Sirian Experiments (1980), the third book in the
Canopus series
viernes, 27 de enero de 2012
The Sirian Experiments Canopus in Argos Archives
The Sirian Experiments is a 1980 science fiction novel by Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing. It is the third book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series and continues the story of Earth's evolution, which has been manipulated from the beginning by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1981.
This book relates directly to the first book in this series, Shikasta which is the history of the planet Shikasta (an allegorical Earth) under the influence of three galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius and their mutual enemy, Puttiora. Shikasta is told from the Canopean viewpoint. The Sirian Experiments (subtitled The Report by Ambien II, of the Five) tells the story of Shikasta from Sirius's point of view and describes their activities on the planet and their strained relations with Canopus.
Lessing stated in an afterword in the next book in this series that The Sirian Experiments and The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 were inspired by her 50-year fascination with the ill-fated 1910-13 Antarctic expedition of Robert Falcon Scott
This book relates directly to the first book in this series, Shikasta which is the history of the planet Shikasta (an allegorical Earth) under the influence of three galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius and their mutual enemy, Puttiora. Shikasta is told from the Canopean viewpoint. The Sirian Experiments (subtitled The Report by Ambien II, of the Five) tells the story of Shikasta from Sirius's point of view and describes their activities on the planet and their strained relations with Canopus.
Lessing stated in an afterword in the next book in this series that The Sirian Experiments and The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 were inspired by her 50-year fascination with the ill-fated 1910-13 Antarctic expedition of Robert Falcon Scott
miércoles, 11 de enero de 2012
El Juego de Ender de Orson Scott Card.
El juego de Ender (título original Ender's Game, 1985) es la novela más conocida de Orson Scott Card. Obtuvo los dos premios más prestigiosos de la ciencia ficción: el Premio Nébula a la mejor novela en 1985 y el Premio Hugo a la mejor novela en 1986.
La novela se originó
como un cuento de ciencia ficción en la revista Analog (1977), cuento que
recibió el Premio Ignotus de 1994, así como sendas nominaciones al Hugo y Locus
de 1978. Está ambientada en un futuro donde la humanidad se enfrenta al
exterminio a manos de una agresiva sociedad extraterrestre conocida como los
"insectores" (buggers en el original).
Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin es
reclutado a la edad de seis años para ser adiestrado en la Escuela de Batalla,
una estación espacial donde niños superdotados son preparados desde su infancia
para dirigir la próxima guerra. El juego de Ender es el primero de un grupo de
cuatro libros conocidos como la Saga de Ender.
En 1999 Card comenzó una serie
de novelas paralela a la acción descrita en la Saga de Ender, la Saga de las
Sombras, que se compone de otros cuatro libros. La primera de estas novelas fue
La Sombra de Ender.
miércoles, 4 de enero de 2012
Future Foundation 13
ALL HOPE LIES IN DOOM,
PART 2: PANIC ROOM The Battle between the Council of Reeds and the Future
Foundation extends through the BRIDGE and into the world now controlled by the
Mad Celestials.
domingo, 1 de enero de 2012
Annihilators Earthfall 4
Earth is the setting
for the final battle as the combined might of the Annihilators and the Avengers
go up against the world-corrupting Magus. What kind of sacrifices must be made
to defeat a foe THIS dangerous? And - when the entire Universe is at stake -
what is 'too great a cost'? 32 PGS./Rated T+
martes, 27 de diciembre de 2011
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