"L'impresa di cercare di scrivere romanzi 'apocrifi', cioè che immagino siano scritti da un autore che non sono io e che non esiste, l'ho portata fino in fondo nel mio libro 'Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore'. È un romanzo sul piacere di leggere romanzi; protagonista è il Lettore, che per dieci volte comincia a leggere un libro che per vicissitudini estranee alla sua volontà non riesce a finire. Ho dovuto dunque scrivere l'inizio di dieci romanzi d'autori immaginari, tutti in qualche modo diversi da me e diversi tra loro ... Più che d'identificarmi con l'autore di ognuno dei dieci romanzi, ho cercato d'identificarmi col lettore: rappresentare il piacere della lettura d'un dato genere, più che il testo vero e proprio. Ma soprattutto ho cercato di dare evidenza al fatto che ogni libro nasce in presenza d'altri libri, in rapporto e confronto ad altri libri." (Italo Calvino)

"L'impresa di cercare di scrivere romanzi 'apocrifi', cioè che immagino siano scritti da un autore che non sono io e che non esiste, l'ho portata fino in fondo nel mio libro 'Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore'. È un romanzo sul piacere di leggere romanzi; protagonista è il Lettore, che per dieci volte comincia a leggere un libro che per vicissitudini estranee alla sua volontà non riesce a finire. Ho dovuto dunque scrivere l'inizio di dieci romanzi d'autori immaginari, tutti in qualche modo diversi da me e diversi tra loro ... Più che d'identificarmi con l'autore di ognuno dei dieci romanzi, ho cercato d'identificarmi col lettore: rappresentare il piacere della lettura d'un dato genere, più che il testo vero e proprio. Ma soprattutto ho cercato di dare evidenza al fatto che ogni libro nasce in presenza d'altri libri, in rapporto e confronto ad altri libri." (Italo Calvino)

Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe-in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star. Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain. Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.

Bill Bryson can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 is the result of his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization – how we got from being nothing at all to what we are today. Now fully updated to reflect the many scientific discoveries in the last twenty years since this book was first published, it explains among much else: - why Pluto is no longer a planet - how the number of moons in the solar system has more than doubled in 20 years - how scientists used advances in genetics to discover previously unknown species of early humans - why we still don't know what most of the universe is made of - how the little Higgs boson transformed physics This journey through time and space will inform a new generation of readers, young and old, as well as those who read this book on first publication with a new perspective based on what we know now. Written in his inimitable style, Bryson makes complex subjects fascinating and accessible to everyone with an interest in the world around them.

สองสามีภรรยาหนุ่มสาวถูกฆาตกรรมอย่างโหดร้ายในบ้านพัก โดยมีตัวอักษรคำว่า “โกรธ” เขียนด้วยเลือดอยู่ในที่เกิดเหตุ ตำรวจสืบทราบว่าคนร้ายเป็นชายอายุ 27 ปี ชื่อ ยามากิมิ คาสึยะ แต่ไม่มีใครรู้ว่าชายคนดังกล่าวหลบหนีไปอยู่ที่ไหน การสืบสวนจึงเป็นไปอย่างลำบาก จนกระทั่งฤดูร้อนในหนึ่งปีให้หลัง จู่ๆ ก็มีชายสามคนซึ่งไม่รู้เป็นใครมาจากไหน ไปปรากฎตัวสาวแห่งในเวลาใกล้เคียงกัน คนหนึ่งไปเจอกับมากิ โยเฮ และ ไอโกะ สองพ่อลูกซึ่งทำงานอยู่ที่เมืองท่าในจังหวัดชิบะ อีกคนได้พบกับฟุจิตะ ยูมะ หนุ่ม LGBT พนักงานบริษัทชั้นนำในกรุงโตเกียว และคนสุดท้ายไปปรากฎตัวต่อหน้า โคมิยามะ อิสุมิ เด็กสาวซึ่งใช้ชีวิตอยู่กับแม่บนเกาะแห่งหนึ่งในโอกินาวา ตำรวจประกาศว่ายามากามิ คาสึยะ อยู่ระหว่างหลบหนี หลังจากเข้ารับการผ่าตัดทำศัลยกรรมใบหน้า ขณะที่โยเฮได้รู้ความจริงว่าทาชิโรที่ทำงานอยู่ด้วยกันใช้ชื่อปลอม ยูมะบังเอิญเห็นนาโอโตะซึ่งเข้ามาอาศัยด้วยกันที่ห้องพักอยู่กับผู้หญิงส่วนอิสุมิก็ได้เห็นบางสิ่งบางอย่างบนเกาะร้างซึ่งเป็นที่พักพิงของทานากะ ชายหนุ่มที่เธอเป็นห่วง ความเคลือบแคลงที่มีต่อคนที่ใช้เวลาอยู่ด้วยกัน ในสามคนนั้นจะมียามากามิตัวจริงอยู่หรือไม่ เชิญพบกับบทสรุปชวนตะลึง!

Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor's haunted space station. She answered the Emperor's call. She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend. In victory, her world has turned to ash. After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth, a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her Emperor to fight an unwinnable war. Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath — but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her. Sealed in the gothic gloom of the Emperor's Mithraeum with three unfriendly teachers, hunted by the mad ghost of a murdered planet, Harrow must confront two unwelcome questions: is somebody trying to kill her? And if they succeeded, would the universe be better off?

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?