Neuromancer

Книга для чтения на английском языке. Джером Дэвид Сэлинджер - известный американский писатель. Написанный в послевоенное время роман "Над пропастью во ржи" завоевал признание критиков и обрел огромное количество поклонников. В нем герой рассказывает в свободном молодежном стиле о своих попытках избежать фальшивости мира взрослых. В книге представлен неадаптированный текст на языке оригинала.

В разные годы на Марс отправляются экспедиции, космические корабли садятся в разных частях планеты и экипажи встречаются с совершенно разными жителями этой планеты. Кого-то из прибывших землян сразу убивают - на всякий случай, кто-то оказывается в иллюзии прошлой жизни на Земле, кто-то пытается подружиться с аборигенами. В книге Брэдбери земляне стремятся на Марс по разным причинам: некоторые ищут одиночества, другие - богатства, но все стараются покинуть Землю не потому, что на Марсе хорошо, а потому, что на Земле плохо. Предлагаем вниманию читателей неадаптированный текст повести, снабженный комментариями и словарем. Комментарии и словарь: Е.Г. Тигонен.

Field notes and other data from the Resources Developmant Administration's xenobiological research and scientific labs have been compiled as a guide to the many unique aspects of the moon Pandora. This report details Pandora's alien ecosystem,- its mining mother lode and topography,- its flora and fauna; and the culture, language, and physiology of the native population, the aggressive hunter-gatherer race called the Na'vi. Exceedingly profitable, Pandora provides challenges to successful exploration and extraction. From its gravity-defying Hallelujah Mountains to its gargantuan natural Stone Arches, and from the' small but venomous hellfire wasp to the gigantic carnivorous thanator, Pandora poses o continual dangers to RDA aerial- and ground-forces daily. Also included in this resource are highly confidential and detailed descriptions of RDA technology and weapons systems .deployed to suppress the indigenous hostiles 4:"ind .defend employees against the dangerous Pandoran environment.

It's been centuries since Isabeau St. Croix barely survived the French Revolution. Now she's made her way back to the living and she must face the ultimate test by confronting the evil British lord who left her for dead the day she turned into a vampire. That's if she can control her affection for Logan Drake, a vampire whose bite is as sweet as the revenge she seeks.

Moscow, 1936, and Stalin's Great Terror is beginning. In a deconsecrated church, a young woman is found dead, her mutilated body displayed on the altar for all to see. Captain Alexei Dmitriyevich Korolev, finally beginning to enjoy the benefits of his success with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Militia, is asked to investigate. But when he discovers that the victim is an American citizen, the NKVD - the most feared organization in Russia - becomes involved. Soon, Korolev's every move is under close scrutiny and one false move will mean exile to The Zone, where the enemies of the Soviet State, both real and imagined, meet their fate in the frozen camps of the far north. Committed to uncovering the truth behind this gruesome murder, Korolev enters the realm of the Thieves, who run Moscow's underworld. And as more bodies are discovered and the pressure from above builds, Korolev begins to question who he can trust and who, in this Russia where fear, uncertainty and hunger prevail, are the real criminals. Soon, Korolev will find not only his moral and political ideals threatened, but also his life . . .