Results for "Úrsula" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Un jeune garçon nommé Arren apporte une inquiétante nouvelle : dans son pays, les sorciers ont oublié leur langage et perdu leur pouvoir. Le vieux Ged, l'archimage, doit remettre à l'endroit ce qui est à l'envers. Tous deux font voile vers des îles dévastées. Chez les Enfants de la Mer Ouverte, qui vivent sur des radeaux, Ged et Arren assistent au long bal, où les chanteurs oublient les paroles et se taisent.

A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters. Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement.

Sutty, une Terrienne, est envoyée par la confédération galactique sur une planète récemment contactée, Aka. Aka connaît un équilibre fragile. La découverte de l'existence d'une civilisation galactique, l'Ekumen, a tiré Aka de sa culture demeurée statique depuis des millénaires. Une société furieusement scientiste a entrepris de rattraper ce qu'elle tient pour son retard, et est allée jusqu'à éradiquer les anciens contes et livres, vecteurs de superstition selon ses dirigeants.

Three remarkable journeys into the stars Worlds of Exile and Illusion includes Rocannon's World, Planet of Exile, and City of Illusions. These three spacefaring adventures mark the beginning of grand master Ursula K. Le Guin’s remarkable career. Set in the same universe as Le Guin’s...

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Earth-scientist Rocannon has been leading an ethnological survey on a remote world populated by three native races: the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, the elvish Fiia, and the warrior clan, Liuar. But when the technologically primitive planet is suddenly invaded by a fleet of ships from the stars, rebels against the League of All Worlds, Rocannon is the only survey member left alive. Marooned among alien peoples, he leads the battle to free this newly discovered world - and finds that legends grow around him as he fights.

In Victoria on a former prison colony, two exiled groups - the farmers of Shantih and the city dwellers - live in apparent harmony. All is not as it seems, however. While the peace-loving farmers labor endlessly to provide food for the city, the city bosses rule the Shantih with an iron fist. When a group of farmers decide to form a new settlement further away, the bosses retaliate by threatening to crush the "rebellion". 

Primera entrega del emblemático ciclo de Terramar. En el mundo de Terramar la magia es un elemento indispensable. Un principio fundamental rige ese mundo: el equilibrio entre la vida y la muerte, que pocos pueden alterar. Pasados diez años, Ged capaz ya de actuar en beneficio de otros, decide...

'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER 'Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be' EMPIRE 'Told with shimmering lyricism, this coming-of-age saga will leave readers transformed' BOOKLIST 'A tour de...

So hatte sich Ursula ihren großen Tag nicht vorgestellt! Da wird man jahrelang ausgebildet, um am achtzehnten Geburtstag Köln gegen die Dämonen der Hunnen zu verteidigen, und dann läuft alles anders als erwartet! Nicht genug damit, dass zwei der elf Mitglieder ihres Teams spurlos verschwinden und Ursula notgedrungen Adam, seines Zeichens Exil-Amerikaner und Gelegenheitsstadtführer, in einer Bar auflesen muss; zusätzlich verschwinden plötzlich auch noch mitten im Kampf alle Hunnen - und mit ihnen auch Ursulas Ausbilderin Una.

Return to Earthsea with Ged, the brash young wizard who survived the enchanted labyrinth of The Tombs of Atuan. In the third episode of this brilliant fantasy saga, a much older Ged sets off on a harrowing quest for the source of a terrible darkness that is taking the magic out of Earthsea.

Earth, like the rest of the Known Worlds, has fallen to the Shing. Scattered here and there, small groups of humans live in a state of semi-barbarism. They have lost the skills, science and knowledge that had been Earth's in the golden age of the League of Worlds, and whenever a colony of humans tries to rekindle the embers of a half-forgotten technology, the Shing, with their strange, mindlying power, crush them out. There is one man who can stand against the malign Shing, but he is an alien with amber eyes and must first prove to paranoid humanity that he is not a creature of the Shing.

George Orr möchte nur eines – auf einer Erde, wo Überbevölkerung und Hungersnot herrschen, einen Ort finden, an dem er in Frieden leben kann. Aber Orr verfügt über eine erstaunliche Fähigkeit: Seine Träume verändern die Wirklichkeit. Der Psychiater William Haber bietet ihm seine Hilfe an. Erst will er Orr nicht glauben, doch bald begreift er, welche Macht er ausüben kann, wenn er sich der Träume seines Schützlings bedient.

Darkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk - Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord - embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad's young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this...

¡Déjate llevar por la magia de Terramar! El mal medra, y la magia se ha pervertido. En todas partes hay miedo e incertidumbre; magos y reyes quieren que una mujer de Gont les muestre el camino. Tenar, sacerdotisa de Atuan, cuida de Therru, una muchacha que ha conocido el horror, y dedica toda...

With Kingsley safe and Momar subdued for the moment, it's time for healing. Jessie and the gang take a much needed break. Or, at least, the gang does. The holidays are upon them and the ex has invited Jessie to meet his new fiancée. It's off to L.A. where Jessie will face her past and the...

'She's showing no signs of losing her brilliance. She is unparalleled in creating fantasy peopled by finely drawn and complex characters... GIFTS has the simplicity of fairy tale and the power of myth' GUARDIAN 'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER Orrec, the son of the Brantor of...

A fascinating journey into other realms by the Hugo and Nebula-award winning author of The Left Hand of Darkness. Sita Dulip has missed her flight out of Chicago. But instead of listening to garbled announcements in the airport, Sita finds a method of bypassing the crowds at the desks—a way to...

Ursula by Honoré de Balzac. “Ursula,” first published in French in 1841 as “Ursule Mirouët,” is part of Balzac’s great suite of novels, collectively titled “The Human Comedy.” A wealthy, elderly doctor has raised as his goddaughter a child who is the daughter of his deceased brother-in-law — a man who was himself illegitimate by birth. The doctor retires to a provincial town that is filled with his relatives by birth and inter-marriage. By French inheritance laws of the time, these relatives have a right to expect at least a share of the doctor’s wealth upon his death. ...

Amane stellt mit Entsetzen fest, dass ihre Eltern "kopuliert" haben, um sie zu zeugen, anstatt wie alle anderen die Vorteile künstlicher Befruchtung zu nutzen. Auch wenn ihre Mutter an der alten Welt festhält und das Konzept Liebe verzweifelt verteidigt, will Amane dazugehören in einer Gesellschaft, in der Sex und Romantik fast ganz verschwunden sind. Mit ihrem Mann Saku zieht Amane in die experimentelle Stadt in Chiba, wo auch Männer Kinder in künstlichen Gebärmüttern austragen und sich alle Menschen gleichermaßen um alle Kinder kümmern.