Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up.
That is, until his and Jane’s past reaches out to bring them back into the game—as leaders of a new human colony, to be peopled by settlers from all the major human worlds, for a deep political purpose that will put Perry and Sagan back in the thick of interstellar politics, betrayal, and war
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John Scalzi - Old Man's War
With his wife dead and buried, and life nearly over at 75, John Perry takes the only logical course of action left: he joins the army. Now better known as the Colonial Defense Force (CDF), Perry's service-of-choice has extended its reach into interstellar space to pave the way for human colonization of other planets while fending off marauding aliens. The CDF has a trick up its sleeve that makes enlistment especially enticing for seniors: the promise of restoring their youth. After bonding with a group of fellow recruits who dub their clique the Old Farts, Perry finds himself in a new body crafted from his original DNA and upgraded for battle, including a brain-implanted computer. But all too quickly the Old Farts are separated, and Perry must fight for his life on various alien-infested battlegrounds.
John Scalzi - Zoe's Tale
Zoe's Tale is a retelling of Scalzi's third Old Man's War novel, The Last Colony, written as a first-person narrative from the viewpoint of Zoë Boutin Perry. Zoë is the 17-year old adopted daughter of John Perry and Jane Sagan, two former-soldiers-turned-colonists who were the subjects of Scalzi's first book, Old Man's War. Her biological father, Charles Boutin, created a device capable of giving a race of creatures, called the Obin, consciousness. The Obin worshipped him, but he was killed for being a traitor to mankind and wanting to overthrow the Colonial Union, and so his daughter, Zoë, became a demigod to them.
John Scalzi - The Sagan Diary
Fans of John Scalzi's "Old Man" universe, prepare yourselves: there's a long new story in that universe, told from the point of view of one of the series' most intriguing characters. Subterranean Press is proud to publish The Sagan Diary, a long novelette that for the first time looks at the worlds of the Hugo-nominated Old Man's War and its sequel The Ghost Brigades from the point of view of Lieutenant Jane Sagan, who in a series of diary entries gives her views on some of the events included in the series... and sheds new light into some previously unexplored corners. If you thought you knew Jane Sagan before, prepare to be surprised.
John Scalzi - The Human Division
Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the unity of the human race.
The people of Earth now know that the human Colonial Union has kept them ignorant of the dangerous universe around them. For generations the CU had defended humanity against hostile aliens, deliberately keeping Earth an ignorant backwater and a source of military recruits. Now the CU’s secrets are known to all. Other alien races have come on the scene and formed a new alliance—an alliance against the Colonial Union. And they’ve invited the people of Earth to join them. For a shaken and betrayed Earth, the choice isn't obvious or easy.
Against such possibilities, managing the survival of the Colonial Union won’t be easy, either. It will take diplomatic finesse, political cunning…and a brilliant “B Team,” centered on the resourceful Lieutenant Harry Wilson, that can be deployed to deal with the unpredictable and unexpected things the universe throws at you when you’re struggling to preserve the unity of the human race.
Being published online from January to April 2013 as a three-month digital serial, The Human Division will appear as a full-length novel of the Old Man’s War universe, plus—for the first time in print—the first tale of Lieutenant Harry Wilson, and a coda that wasn’t part of the digital serialization.
John Scalzi - The Back Channel
The Conclave is a confederation of four hundred alien racesmany of whom would like to see the Colonial Union, and the humans inside of it, blasted to extinction. To avoid a conflict that neither side can afford, Conclave leader General Tarsem Gau appoints Hafte Sorvalh to resolve an emerging diplomatic crisis with the humans, before the only acceptable solution is war.
John Scalzi - This Must Be the Place
Colonial Union diplomat Hart Schmidt is back home for Harvest Day celebrations to a family whose members wonder whether its youngest son isn't wasting his life clinging to the lowest rung of the CUs diplomatic ladder. When his father, a legendarily powerful politician, presents him with a compelling offer, Schmidt has to take stock of his life and career.
John Scalzi - Az utolsó gyarmat
Katonai szolgálata végeztével John Perry leszerelt, és eseménytelen veteránéveit Huckleberry távoli bolygóján tengeti, ahol a Gyarmati Szövetség falusi békebírójaként a telepesek tyúk- és kecskepereiben szolgáltat igazságot. A korábban a Különleges Erőknél szolgáló feleségével, Jane Sagannel él együtt, több hektáros tanyájukon földet művelnek, és büszkeségtől dagadó kebellel figyelik, hogyan cseperedik örökbefogadott lányuk, Zoë.
A falusi idill nyolc évét azonban egy csapásra fenekestül felforgatja, amikor a Gyarmati Szövetség fejese kopogtat a portájukon. Az emberek gyarmatbirodalma ugyanis politikai válság szélére sodródott: a maroknyi telepes segítségével létesített egykori kolóniák az évek során annyira megerősödtek, hogy egy ideje maguk is gyarmatosítási jogot követelnek saját bolygóiknak. Ki más lehetne rátermettebb kormányzója a baljós nevű Roanoke-ra készülő, tíz külön világról érkezett, önfejű telepesnek, mint Perry, a békebíró és az ellentmondást nem tűrő Sagan? Az új kolóniához a Gyarmati Szövetség nagy reményeket fűz, de nem csak azért, mert ezzel megzabolázhatja az elégedetlenkedő gyarmatokat, hanem egy ennél grandiózusabb, magasztosabb cél hajtja, mely egyben Johnt és Jane-t is a galaktikus politika, ármány és cselszövés legmélyebb vízébe dobja, a fejük felett lebegő háború árnyáról már nem is beszélve.
John Scalzi - Vének háborúja
John Scalzi a Vének háborújában egy olyan világot ír le, ahol az ember már űrbéli gyarmatokon él, és folytat kegyetlen harcokat újabbakért a Gyarmati Véderő vezetésével. Erre mindenképp szükség van, ugyanis az erőforrások szűkösek, lakható bolygókból pedig kevés van, és emiatt a kivándorlást erősen korlátozzák a Földről. Sokaknak csak az a lehetőség marad, hogy a hetvenöt éves kort elérve jelentkezzenek katonának, majd két év frontszolgálat után letelepedjenek valamelyik kolónián, busásan megjutalmazva. Nem csak emiatt hangzik csábítónak ez a lehetőség: a közvélekedés szerint a Gyarmati Véderő valamilyen módszerrel meg is fiatalítja az embereket, hiszen öregekkel nem lehet harcba indulni.
Úgyhogy John Perry két dolgot tett a hetvenötödik születésnapján. Meglátogatta a felesége sírját, majd belépett a hadseregbe. Csak két évet kell túlélnie. Azt viszont még ő sem sejti, hogy milyen megpróbáltatások várnak rá - a brutális háborúk és az otthon fényévekre nyúló távolsága örökké megváltoztatja az embert. Valami sokkal különösebbé és veszélyesebbé.
John Scalzi - Szellemhadtest
Az emberiséget soha nem látott veszély fenyegeti, űrbéli gyarmatai ellen három intelligens faj szövetkezik. Három faj és egyetlen ember. Az emberiség egyetlen reménye az, hogy az áruló tudós a dezertálása során hátrahagyta az elméjéről készült biztonsági másolatot. De senki nem tudja, hogyan lehetne azt felhasználni. A Gyarmati Véderő Szellemhadteste soha nem az erkölcsi aggályairól volt híres, így megpróbálja egy klónkatonájába ültetni a lemásolt lelket... elvégre a háborút nekik kell megakadályozni, és ezért a célért mindenre hajlandóak.
Scalzi ott folytatja a sodró lendületű katonai sci-fit, ahol a "Vének háborúja" véget ért, még lebilincselőbb történettel és emelve a téteket. Megfiatalított vének és gyorsan öregedő fiatalok vívják a különleges háborút, ami pontosan olyan, mint az összes háború a történelemben: végtelenül mocskos. Az egyetlen menedék, ha valaki megtalálja magában az erkölcsi iránytűt, ahogyan az Scalzi kalandos sorsú főhősének is sikerült. De elég lesz-e most is ennyi, ebben a mindent elsöprő háborúban?
Stephenie Meyer - The Host
Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading 'soul' who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.
John Scalzi - We Only Need the Heads
CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson has been loaned out to a CDF platoon tasked with secretly removing an unauthorized colony of humans on an alien world. Colonial Ambassador Abumwe has been ordered to participate in final negotiations with an alien race the Union hopes to make allies. Wilson and Abumwes missions are fated to crossand in doing so, place both missions at risk of failure.
John Scalzi - The Observers
In an effort to improve relations with the Earth, the Colonial Union has invited a contingent of diplomats from that planet to observe Ambassador Abumwe negotiate a trade deal with an alien species. Then something very bad happens to one of the Earthings, and with that, the relationship between humanitys two factions is on the cusp of disruption once more. Its a race to find out what really happened, and who is to blame.
John Scalzi - Tales from the Clarke
Captain Sophia Coloma of the Clarke has a simple task: Ferry around representatives from Earth in an aging spaceship that the Colonial Union hopes to sell to them. But nothing is as simple as it seems, and Coloma discovers the ship she's showing off holds suprises of its own...and it's not the only one with secrets.
John Scalzi - The Sound of Rebellion
The Colonial Defense Forces usually protect humanity from alien attack, but now the stability of the Colonial Union has been threatened, and Lieutenant Heather Lee and her squad are called to squash a rebellion on a colony world. It seems simple enoughbut theres a second act to the rebellion that finds Lee captive, alone, and armed with only her brains to survive.
John Scalzi - The Dog King
CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson has one simple task: Watch an ambassador’s dog while the diplomat is conducting sensitive negotiations with an alien race. But you know dogs - always getting into something. And when this dog gets into something that could launch an alien civil war, Wilson has to find a way to solve the conflict, fast, or be the one in the Colonial Union’s doghouse.
John Scalzi - The B-Team
The opening episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War.
Colonial Union Ambassador Ode Abumwe and her team are used to life on the lower end of the diplomatic ladder. But when a high-profile diplomat goes missing, Abumwe and her team are last minute replacements on a mission critical to the Colonial Unions future. As the team works to pull off their task, CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson discovers theres more to the story of the missing diplomats than anyone expected...a secret that could spell war for humanity.
John Scalzi - Redshirts
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, and Andrew is thrilled all the more to be assigned to the ship’s Xenobiology laboratory.
Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to pick up on the fact that (1) every Away Mission involves some kind of lethal confrontation with alien forces, (2) the ship’s captain, its chief science officer, and the handsome Lieutenant Kerensky always survive these confrontations, and (3) at least one low-ranked crew member is, sadly, always killed.
John Scalzi - A Voice in the Wilderness
Albert Birnbaum was once one of the biggest political talk show hosts around, but these days hes watching his career enter a death spiral. A stranger offers a solution to his woes, promising to put him back on top. Its everything Birnbaum wants, but is there a catch? And does Birnbaum actually care if there is?
John Scalzi - Walk the Plank
Wildcat colonies are illegal, unauthorized and secret so when an injured stranger shows up at the wildcat colony New Seattle, the colony leaders are understandably suspicious of who he is and what he represents. His story of how he came to their colony is shocking, surprising, and might have bigger consequences than anyone could have expected.
The second episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War.
F. Scott Fitzgerald - Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Benjamin Button különös élete
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) 20. század egyik legjelesebb és legnagyobb hatású amerikai modernista regény- és novellaírója, aki az első világháború utáni évek generációjához, az úgy nevezett „Elveszett nemzedékhez” tartozott.
Az 1922-ben íródott elbeszélés Benjamin Button életét mutatja be, születésétől halála napjáig, aki 1860-ban látta meg a napvilágot egy különleges rendellenességgel: aggastyánként született és előreláthatóan újszülöttként fog majd távozni a világból. F. Scott Fitzgerald megrendítő és elgondolkoztató novellája a másság elfogadásáról, illetve el nem fogadásáról szól, s érzékletesen mutatja be, hogyan változnak meg az ember kapcsolatai, amikor már kevésbé van rá szükség.
A történet 2008-ban a három Oscar-díjjal jutalmazott azonos című film alapjául szolgált, melynek főszerepét Brad Pitt és Cate Blanchett alakították.
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