Dave Thompson - Smoke on the water (The Deep Purple Story)

Dave Thompson - Smoke on the water (The Deep Purple Story)

(2004, 432pg, en)

From their grandiose inception in 1968 to the release of their latest album in 2003, this comprehensive look at Deep Purple's career paints a vivid portrait of the music scene that influenced the band and their effect on a generation of new musicians. Candid interviews with band members, friends, and fans trace the turbulent history of the band, including the acrimonious departures of legendary members Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore and the death of guitarist Tommy Bolin. For die-hard fans and rock aficionados, this musical biography discloses insights into the staying power of this classic band.

Frank Herbert - Pandora, Incidentul Iisus

Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom - Pandora, Incidentul Iisus

(725pg, ro, 1979)

Pandora. Incidentul Iisus este prima parte din Trilogia Pandora.

Raja Flattery, un preot-psihiatru a contribuit decisiv la dezvoltarea unei vaste constiinte artificiale – nava – menite sa conduca omenirea catre stele. Dar nava isi faureste propriul ei destin demiurgic. Astfel, Raja va fi trezit din somnul criogenic pentru a-si asuma rolul mantuitorului si pentru a participa la ultimul si etern repetatul act al evolutiei umane: adorarea navei, adorarea unui creator...

(Nemira, nemira.ro, 20 ron)

Frankie Boyle - My Shit Life So Far

Frankie Boyle - My Shit Life So Far

(2009, 442pg, en)

Ever since being brought up by The Beatles, Frankie Boyle has been a tremendous liar. Join him on his adventures with his chum Clangy The Brass Boy and laugh as he doesn't accidentally kill a student nurse when a party gets out of hand. I don't think anyone can have written an autobiography without at some point thinking "Why would anyone want to know this shit?" I've always read them thinking "I don't want to know where Steve Tyler grew up, just tell me how many groupies he f**ked!"' So begins Frankie's outrageous, laugh-out loud, cynical rant on life as he knows it. From growing up in Pollockshaws, Glasgow ('it was an aching cement void, a slap in the face to Childhood, and for the family it was a step up'), to his rampant teenage sex drive ('in those days if you glimpsed a nipple on T.V. it was like porn Christmas'), and first job working in a mental hospital ('where most evenings were spent persuading an old man in his pants not to eat a family sized block of cheese'), nothing is out of bounds.

(15.99 £ play.com)

Philip K Dick - Vânătorul de recompense

Philip K Dick - Vânătorul de recompense

(visează androizii oi electrice?)

(377pg, ro, 1968)

Pentru Philip K. Dick viitorul nu suna bine! Ne aflam la ani buni dupa sfarsitul unui Razboi Mondial a carui efecte ulterioare, au silit majoritatea locuitorilor sa emigreze pe alte planete.

Pe un Pamant cu o populatie de animale aflata in pragul extinctiei, cu o atmosfera poluata de un praf radioactiv nociv, foarte putini sunt cei care nu au vrut sa-l parasesca. Pentru a se usura munca, marile corporatii au recurs la producerea de androizi, ce au devenit din ce in ce mai performanti, ajungandu-se ca ultimul model produs, Nexus-6, sa constituie o replica fidela a omului, destul de greu de depistat, insa nu imposibil.

Umanizarea acestor entitatii organice de sine statatoare este si subiectul, pe care ni-l propune autorul si care-l “macina” (poate nu prea mult timp, daca luam in considerare sfarsitul cartii) si pe Rick Deckard, vanator de recompense in cadrul politiei San Francisco. De cand i-a murit oaia adevarata, spera ca va reusi sa stranga suficienti bani din recompense pentru a-si cumpara alta sau orice alt animal adevarat, renuntand la inlocuitorul electronic.

Nancy Kress - Spaţiul probabilistic

Nancy Kress - Spaţiul probabilistic

(2002, ro, 389 pg)

Avand Artefactul Protector drept scut pentru intregul sistem solar, omenirea pare in siguranta - cel putin in ceea ce priveste un eventual atac din partea fallerilor. Dar razboiul este departe de a se fi incheiat; dimpotriva, s-a ajuns la un impas. Exista voci tot mai numeroase care afirma ca generalul Stefanak nu initiaza actiuni militare suficient de dure impotriva dusmanilor extraterestri. In urma unei lovituri de stat, puterea ajunge in mainile amiralului Pierce, pe care multi il considera nebun. Lipsit de intelepciune si de realism, Pierce urmareste victoria cu orice pret in razboiul cu fallerii, ignorand complet posibilitatea de a distruge spatiul-timpul si, prin aceasta, toate formele de viata existente in Univers. Intoarcerea pe planeta Lumea a doi fosti membri ai expeditiei care a adus omenirii Artefactul se transforma intr-o misiune de-a dreptul nebuneasca de salvare a Universului.