Science fiction

  • Sandworms of Dune : Dune series, book 8

    Creator

    Herbert, Brian

    Anderson Kevin J.

    Abstract

    Book Two in the stunning conclusion to Frank Herbert's worldwide bestselling Dune Chronicles At the end of Frank Herbert's final novel, Chapterhouse: Dune, a ship carrying a crew of refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. The fugitives used genetic technology to revive key figures from Dune's past—including Paul Muad'Dib and Lady Jessica—to use their special talents to meet the challenges thrown at them.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Not specified
  • Hunters of Dune : Dune, book 7

    Creator

    Herbert, Brian

    Anderson, Kevin J.

    Abstract

    Book One in the classic conclusion to Frank Herbert's worldwide bestselling Dune Chronicles Hunters of Dune and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert's classic Dune universe, ranging from the time of the Butlerian Jihad to the original Dune series and beyond. Based directly on Frank Herbert's final outline, which lay hidden in a safe-deposit box for a decade, these two volumes will finally answer the urgent questions Dune fans have been debating for two decades.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Not specified
  • Heretics of Dune : Dune, book 5

    Creator

    Herbert, Frank

    Abstract

    Heretics of Dune, the fifth installment in Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi series. On Arrakis, now called Rakis, known to legend as Dune, ten times ten centuries have passed. The planet is becoming desert again. The Lost Ones are returning home from the far reaches of space. The great sandworms are dying, and the Bene Gesserit and the Bene Tleilax struggle to direct the future of Dune. The children of Dune's children awaken as from a dream, wielding the new power of a heresy called love.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Not specified
  • God Emperor of Dune : Dune, book 4

    Creator

    Herbert, Frank

    Abstract

    More than three thousand years have passed since the first events recorded in Frank Herbert's DUNE. Only one link survives with those tumultuous times: the grotesque figure of Leto Atreides, son of the prophet Paul Muad'Dib, and now the virtually immortal God Emperor of Dune. He alone understands the future, and he knows with a terrible certainty that the evolution of his race is at an end unless he can breed new qualities into his species. But to achieve his final victory, Leto Atreides must also bring about his own downfall . . .

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Not specified
  • Dune messiah : Dune, book 2

    Creator

    Herbert, Frank

    Abstract

    The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! This second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. Dune Messiah picks up the story of the man known as Maud'dib, heir to a power unimaginable, bringing to fruition an ambition of unparalleled scale: the centuries-old scheme to create a superbeing who reigns not in the heavens but among men. But the question is: Do all paths of glory lead to the grave?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Not specified
  • Dune : Dune, book 1

    Creator

    Herbert, Frank

    Abstract

    Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family—and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Not specified
  • Children of Dune : Dune, book 3

    Creator

    Herbert, Frank

    Abstract

    Frank Herbert's bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! In this third installment, the sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone. But for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms, and this in turn is disastrous for the planet's economy.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Not specified
  • Chapterhouse dune : Dune, book 6

    Creator

    Herbert, Frank

    Abstract

    The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world—and are tuning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. Chapterhouse Dune is the last book Frank Herbert wrote before his death: A stunning climax to the epic Dune legend that will live on forever.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Not specified
  • Il faut de tout pour faire un monstre

    Creator

    Mercier, Johanne

    Abstract

    Trop tard pour reculer. Peter Paterson a signé un contrat avec le redoutable Bryan Cooper. Dans son petit laboratoire, perdu au fond du bois de Broxingham, le jeune scientifique doit maintenant fabriquer un monstre. Un vrai! Pas du simili méchant. Pas du toc. Un vilain capable du pire… On a parlé de nous : « Avec humour et originalité, il met en scène d'atypiques et sympathiques monstres pleins d'empathies. Ce très chouette roman constitue un excellent départ pour la collection "Cactus". Il se lit du début à la fin le sourire aux lèvres.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Les éditions FouLire inc

    Not specified
  • The ballad of songbirds and snakes : the hunger games series, book 0

    Creator

    Collins, Suzanne

    Abstract

    It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York City

    Scholastic Audio

    Not specified