Hugh Howey

"In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same...

"Long after civilization is destroyed, a group of siblings follow in the shadow of their father, combing the barren sands for treasure, searching for a better life, in the long-awaited second novel in the series following Sand"-- Provided by publisher.

"A collection of new and previously published stories by New York Times best-selling author Hugh Howey, including three set in his Wool universe"-- Provided by publisher.

Twenty-six brilliant speculative fiction stories about love, and the pain that so often accompanies it. Enjoy a cornucopia of imaginative tales, wondrous settings, and unforgettable characters-such as the disillusioned time traveler who visits ancient Japan to experience a "Moment of Zen" the young woman from planet Kiruna who can only communicate in song when the moonlet Saarakka is up, and the sorcerer who loses their happiness in a bet with a demon. Rich...

"Five hundred of us were sent to colonize this planet. Only fifty of us survived. We woke up fifteen years too early. We had only half our training. And they expected us not only to survive-- They expected us to conquer this place. The problem is: It isn't safe here. We aren't even safe from each other."--P. [4] of cover.

S chego vse nachinalos'. God 2049-y, Vashington, okrug Kolumbiya. Pol Turman, senator, priglashaet molodogo kongressmena Donal'da Kini, arhitektora po obrazovaniyu, dlya uchastiya v special'nom proekte pod uslovnym nazvaniem KLU (Kompleks po lokalizacii i utilizacii). Sut' proekta - sozdanie podzemnogo hranilishcha dlya yadernyh i toksichnyh othodov, a Donal'du poruchaetsya sproektirovat' bunker-ukrytie dlya obsluzhivayushchego personala ob"ekta....

Staryy mir pogreben pod peskami. Te, komu udalos' vyzhit', ili nashli pristanishche v besplodnoy koloradskoy pustyne, sredi postoyanno peremeshchayushchihsya dyun, ili poselilis' v nebol'shom poludikom gorode, v bukval'nom smysle postroennom na peske. Osobo otchayannye pustynnozhiteli peresekayut Nicheynuyu zemlyu, chtoby popytat' schast'ya vo vrazhdebnoy chuzhoy imperii, no, krome rabskoy raboty na rudnikah i postoyannoy ugrozy smerti, im tam nichego...

For centuries, men and women have manned lighthouses to ensure the safe passage of ships. It is a lonely job, and a thankless one for the most part. Until something goes wrong. Until a ship is in distress. In the twenty-third century, this job has moved into outer space. A network of beacons allows ships to travel across the Milky Way at many times the speed of light. These beacons are built to be robust. They never break down. They never fail. At...

A collection of the year's best science fiction and fantasy short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author of the “Silo” series Hugh Howey and series editor John Joseph Adams. “These are dangerous stories. The kind that warp reality and threaten to change the world” warns guest editor Hugh Howey in his introduction. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 promises a treasure trove of audacious characters, daring worldbuilding,...

We burn them to ashes and then burn the ashes. In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, that's the motto of the Firemen who hunted down and burned books wherever they found them. Bradbury warned of a world where our literary history is taken from us. In Burn the Ashes, some of the best science fiction authors working today continue to explore the dystopic worlds they introduced in Ignorance Is Strength. Edited by John Joseph Adams, Hugh Howey, and Christie...