Science fiction-böcker

Året 2014: Vid en middag hedrar den berömde poeten Francis Blundy sin frus födelsedag genom att läsa en dikt som han tillägnar henne. Ingen av vännerna runt bordet anar att dikten ska komma att bli ett litterärt mysterium som ska diskuteras i generationer framöver.

Året 2119: Stora delar av världen har drabbats av stigande havsnivåer efter en katastrofal kärnkraftsolycka. De som överlever hemsöks av minnet av den rika värld som nu gått förlorad. I det som en gång var England gräver litteraturforskaren Thomas Metcalfe i arkiven från denna avlägsna tid och fascineras av den frihet och de möjligheter som då rådde. Plötsligt får han upp en ledtråd till vad som hände den mytomspunna dikten skriven av Francis Blundy hundra år tidigare. Kan diktens upptäckt avslöja en berättelse som innefattar både en omvälvande kärlek och ett brutalt mord?

Ian McEwan har skrivit ännu en mästerlig roman som utforskar mänsklighetens mest grundläggande frågor om kunskap och kärlek, i vilken läsaren tvingas ifrågasätta sitt eget förhållande till tiden och minnet.

"En av världens bästa nu levande författare." Sunday Times

DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL IS SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARK AWARD

One man. One cat. One alien invasion. Infinite chaos.

Dive into the first explosive Dungeon Crawler Carl adventure - a wild mix of sci-fi, fantasy, and twisted survival comedy.

If there s a better LitRPG than Dungeon Crawler Carl, I haven t read it Shirtaloon, author of He Who Fights Monsters

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You know what s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat.

And you know what s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic, intergalactic game show.

That s what.

And now Coast Guard veteran Carl and his ex-girlfriend s cat, Princess Donut, must try to survive the end of the world or just get to the next level in a video game-like, trap-filled, fantasy dungeon.

A dungeon that s actually the set of a reality TV show with countless viewers across the galaxy. So not only do they have to stay alive, but they also need to earn ratings based on their performance.

Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain t your ordinary game show.

Keeping viewers entertained is essential. Survival, however, is not.

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Fresh. Creative. Hilarious. I m obsessed Princess Donut is my queen Actor, producer and New York Times bestselling author Felicia Day

I don t always say nice things about a book just because the writer has compromising pictures of me engaging in some very complicated international crimes, but when I do, I say them about Matt Dinniman s Dungeon Crawler Carl! Also, this series has no goddamn business burying so much depth and emotion and complexity under its bawdy, gory surface, but it does so anyway. What a wild-ass and unexpected delight New York Times bestselling author Scott Lynch

[A] comically cosmic adventure series often laugh-out-loud funny Grind your way to dungeon mastery alongside Carl and Princess Donut The Wall Street Journal

This is the book for anyone who ever wondered what it would be like to be a role player in a game with the best game master ever. Also for anyone who wants to read a good book. Or maybe anyone who has been outside at night?in their underwear?looking for their cat and wondering What s the worst thing that could happen? Once you start, you won t put it down Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series

One of the most bananapants, funny, inventive books I have read in a while Book Riot

Dungeon Crawler Carl is just one big smile all the way through. Put on your best pair of boxer shorts and sit back for a truly fun and enjoyable read New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson

'Dungeon Crawler Carl is a dangerously addicting tale of chaos and mayhem. I m thoroughly hooked! - #1 New York Times bestselling author Callie Hart

Äntligen på svenska! Carl’s Doomsday Scenario är andra delen i Matt Dinnimans fenomenserie som toppar bästsäljarlistorna världen över.”Välkomna, Crawlers! Träningsnivåerna är avklarade. Nu kan spelen börja på riktigt.”Utomjordingarna har anlänt – och de har förvandlat jorden till en dungeon i många nivåer. Det är dags för en ny säsong av galaxens mest sedda gameshow: Dungeon Crawler World. Carl och Donut har redan bevisat att en före detta kustbevakare och en tidigare kattkunglighet är ett nästintill oslagbart team. Nu, på tredje nivån, tvingas de slåss hårdare än någonsin i en storstad ödelagd av en gåtfull katastrof. Odöda stryker omkring bland ruinerna. Mördade kvinnor regnar från himlen. Och en uråldrig besvärjelse hotar dem alla. Kan Carl och Donut lösa mysteriet i tid? Och kan Carl till sist hitta ett par byxor?

The ninth floor. Nine armies, each led by rich and powerful aliens from across the galaxy. Each team has one objective: to capture and hold the castle at the very centre of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles, and, of course, betrayal...

It all makes for great fun and even greater television. After all, none of these powerful aliens really die when they're playing war. Except this time. This time, winner takes all. Those who fall, stay in the ground. As the AI continues its rapid decline, Carl and company take advantage of the chaos. For the first time ever, the crawlers are fighting back. They are now one of the nine teams.

And this season, there's a tenth army on the playing field. The NPCs, who are normally used as nothing but cannon fodder, have become fully self-aware and formed a team of their own. For Donut and Katia, the stakes are even higher. Only one of them will be allowed to leave this level. If they all want to survive, they're going to need a little help from a veteran or two.

This is it. This is what they've been fighting toward. This is war.

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission-and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it's up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery-and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he's got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian-while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.

THE TRAINING LEVELS HAVE CONCLUDED. THE GAMES MAY TRULY BEGIN.

The second explosive adventure in Matt Dinniman s hit LitRPG series - funnier, darker, and more dangerously addictive than ever.

[A] comically cosmic adventure series often laugh-out-loud funny Grind your way to dungeon mastery alongside Carl and Princess Donut The Wall Street Journal

If there s a better LitRPG than Dungeon Crawler Carl, I haven t read it Shirtaloon, author of He Who Fights Monsters

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Now on the third floor of the dungeon, Carl and Princess Donut must fight harder than ever.

They ve already proven that a Coast Guard vet and once-and-forever feline royalty are an almost unstoppable team. Their ratings are off the chart and the watchers can t get enough.

But the dungeon gets more dangerous each day, and now there s a whole new problem to deal with . . . Side quests.

They call this level the Over City. A sprawling, once-thriving metropolis devastated by a mysterious calamity.

But these streets are far from abandoned.

An undead circus trawls the ruins. Murdered women rain from the sky. And an ancient spell is finally ready to reveal its dark purpose.

Can Carl and Donut survive this level in time? And can Carl finally find some pants?

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Praise for Dungeon Crawler Carl

Fresh. Creative. Hilarious. I m obsessed Princess Donut is my queen Actor, producer and New York Times bestselling author Felicia Day

This series has no goddamn business burying so much depth and emotion and complexity under its bawdy, gory surface, but it does so anyway. What a wild-ass and unexpected delight New York Times bestselling author Scott Lynch

This is the book for anyone who ever wondered what it would be like to be a role player in a game with the best game master ever or maybe anyone who has been outside at night in their underwear looking for their cat and wondering, What s the worst thing that could happen? Once you start, you won t put it down' Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series

One of the most bananapants, funny, inventive books I have read in a while Book Riot

Dungeon Crawler Carl is just one big smile all the way through. Put on your best pair of boxer shorts and sit back for a truly fun and enjoyable read New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson

Dungeon Crawler Carl is the best start to a series I ve read this year. I wish I d tried it sooner Will Wight, author of the Cradle series

To describe the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, and the first book in particular, one must blend the darkest, grittiest science fiction with the humour of Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy. It mixes fun, whimsical absurdity, and serious, dark themes with dire consequences it is so spectacularly good that I cannot recommend it high enough Grimdark Magazine

Dinniman s Douglas-Adams-but-playing-D&D romp was so much fun that I immediately went out and got the next two books genuinely joyful LitHub.com