Amor a cambio de felicidad

Cuando el astrónomo Dudley Bose observa cómo se desvanece una estrella a más de mil años luz de distancia, la Federación se muestra ansiosa por descubrir lo que ha ocurrido en realidad. Dado que los agujeros de gusano convencionales no pueden cubrir semejante distancia, se ven obligados a construir la primera nave estelar más rápida que la luz. Capitaneada por Wilson Kime, un antiguo astronauta de la nasa un tanto impaciente por revivir sus viejos días de gloria, la Segunda Oportunidad parte en su histórico viaje de descubrimiento.Pero allí fuera hay alguien o algo que debía de...

Después de 20 ediciones, Minotauro edita este conjunto de 20 ilustraciones fascinantes a todo color de El Silmarillion, encargadas a Ted Nasmith y pertenecientes a la colección de Tolkien, el autor de la historia completa de El Señor de los Anillos.

Physics professor Dr. Jane Darlington spends her 34th birthday in tears. She wants a baby,but not a husband. Where can she find an average or, preferably, stupid man? She decides that Cal Bonner, legendary quarterback for the Chicago Stars is perfect. Jane sets her plan into action and after some trail and error she succeeds. But the results are more than she bargained for when Cal discovers her duplicity. How can a football player with an interfering family and a nerdy professor who has never known family love ever fall in love? With lots of honesty, understanding and a whole lot of humor....

A thirteen-year-old girl wakes up in a future where human emotions are extinct and people rely on personal-assistant robots to navigate daily life. Imagine a future in which many human emotions are extinct, and “emotional masseuses” try to help people recover those lost sensations. Individuals rely on personal-assistant robots to navigate daily life. Students are taught not to think but to employ search programs. Companies protect their intellectual property by erasing the memory of their employees. And then imagine what it would feel like to be a sweet, smart thirteen-year-old girl from...