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Mickey7
Mickey7 is een Vervangbare, en maakt deel uit van een expeditie van ruimte kolonisten naar de ijsplaneet Niflheim. Hij heeft een zeer specifieke rol in het team: bij elke gevaarlijke klus met grote kans dat een expeditielid het niet zal overleven, moet Mickey7 in actie komen. Gaat hij dood, dan wordt hij opnieuw gereproduceerd met bijna al zijn herinneringen intact.Het is zeker geen droombaan, maar toen de allereerste Mickey het contract tekende had hij weinig opties. Schuldeisers zaten hem op de hielen en hij moest zo snel mogelijk het zonnestelsel verlaten.Nu, na zes keer sterven, heeft Mickey7 leren leven met de bijzondere arbeidsvoorwaarden. Hij maakt zich klaar voor een nieuwe missie, en het onvermijdelijke gebeurt: hij stort in een afgrond. Het duurt niet lang voordat Mickey8 paraat staat. Maar is Mickey7 wel echt dood? En als dat niet zo is, kunnen er twee Mickeys tegelijkertijd bestaan? Binnenkort verfilmd door Bong Joon-ho (Parasite, Okja en Snowpiercer) en met Robert Pattinson in de hoofdrol als Mickey7
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Mickey Prime
Mickey7 (inspiration for the film Mickey 17) is back in Edward Ashton's latest novel in which a plague on Niflheim forces Mickey to return to his old job as an expendable. Mickey Barnes is an ex-Expendable. For the past five years he's spent his time tending tomatoes and cleaning out rabbit hutches instead of mucking around inside active reactor cores and getting dissected by creepers. When a sudden, virulent plague strikes the fledgling human colony on Niflheim, though, he's forced to return to his old job. Mickey is pressed into duty as both a first responder and a lab rat, expected to die and be replaced as many times as necessary to find a cure. Funny thing, though. Despite the best efforts of the colony's medical team, Mickey seems to be the only person unable to contract the bug. As more and more colonists sicken and die and the colony spirals into panic, Command is forced to contemplate Reset-sterilizing the colony completely to eradicate the plague, then repopulating it with hundreds of stored embryos, to be raised under the watchful eye of a dozen freshly printed copies of Mickey Barnes. No matter how bad things get, Mickey can't let that happen. He has a daughter of his own now, and even if he has to die a hundred times in a hundred different ways, he's determined to find a way to make sure that she survives. It's a lot, but after all, Mickey's already died seven times. After that, how hard could this be?
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Antimatter blues. Ritorno alla vita. Mickey7. Vol. 2
Una sci-fi comedy incentrata sull'avventura e sulla sopravvivenza di un pianeta colonizzato, Antimatter Blues - Ritorno alla vita è l'atteso seguito di Mickey7, il romanzo che ha ispirato il film Mickey 17 diretto da Bong Joon Ho. Antimatter Blues - Ritorno alla vita di Edward Ashton è l'emozionante seguito di Mickey7, in cui un Sacrificabile è incaricato di esplorare nuovi territori abitabili per l'uomo. L'estate è arrivata su Niflheim. I licheni sono fioriti, creature simili a pipistrelli a sei ali cinguettano e, con sua sorpresa, Mickey Barnes è ancora vivo: quest'ultimo miracolo è dovuto quasi per intero al fatto che il comandante Marshall crede che gli striscianti, gli alieni nativi del pianeta, siano in possesso di una bomba ad antimateria e che Mickey sia l'unico motivo che li trattiene dall'usarla. Dopo aver rassegnato le sue dimissioni dal ruolo di Sacrificabile, Mickey ora lavora per il reparto Agricoltura e trascorre le sue giornate accudendo conigli. Tutto sommato, non è una brutta vita. Ma quanto potrà durare? Nonostante il clima mite e il verde che ricopre il pianeta, non manca molto all'inverno. Con le scorte di antimateria che alimentano la colonia prossime a esaurirsi, Marshall rivuole la sua bomba a ogni costo. Accettando di recuperarla Mickey rinuncerebbe all'unica cosa che gli ha risparmiato la forca, ma qualora si rifiutasse condannerebbe a morte l'intera colonia. Nel frattempo, gli striscianti non hanno la benché minima intenzione di consegnare l'ordigno senza averne qualcosa in cambio. Ecco che il destino di due specie è nuovamente nelle mani di Mickey, ma se questa volta qualcosa dovesse andare storto, per lui non ci sarebbe più alcuna possibilità di tornare in vita. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
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After the Fall
Part alien invasion story, part buddy comedy, and part workplace satire, After The Fall by Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7 (inspiration for the film Mickey 17), asks an important question: would humans really make great pets?Humans must be silent. Humans must be obedient. Humans must be good.All his life, John has tried to live by those rules. Most days, it's not too difficult. A hundred and twenty years after The Fall, and a hundred years after the grays swept in to pick the last dregs of humanity out of the wreckage of a ruined world, John has found himself bonded to Martok Barden nee Black Hand, one of the "good" grays. Sure, Martok is broke, homeless, and borderline manic, but he's always treated John like an actual person, and sometimes like a friend. It's a better deal than most humans get.But when Martok puts John's bond up as collateral against an abandoned house in the woods that he hopes to turn into a wilderness retreat for wealthy grays, John learns that there are limits to Martok's friendship. Soon he finds himself caught between an underworld boss who thinks Martok is something that he very much is not, a girl who was raised by feral humans and has nothing but contempt for pets like John, and Martok himself, whose delusions of grandeur seem to be finally catching up with him. Also, not for nothing, something in the woods has been killing people.John has sixty days before Martok's loan comes due to unravel the mystery of how humans wound up holding the wrong end of the domestication stick and find a way to turn Martok's half-baked plans into profit enough to buy back his life, all while avoiding getting butchered by feral humans or having his head crushed by an angry gray. Easy peasy, right?
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Fourth Consort
A new standalone sci-fi novel from Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7 (the inspiration for the major motion picture Mickey 17).Dalton Greaves is a hero. He's one of humankind's first representatives to Unity, a pan-species confederation working to bring all sentient life into a single benevolent brotherhood.That's what they told him, anyway. The only actual members of Unity that he's ever met are Boreau, a giant snail who seems more interested in plunder than spreading love and harmony, and Boreau's human sidekick, Neera, who Dalton strongly suspects roped him into this gig so that she wouldn't become the next one of Boreau's crew to get eaten by locals while prospecting.Funny thing, though-turns out there actually is a benevolent confederation out there, working for the good of all life. They call themselves the Assembly, and they really don't like Unity. More to the point, they really, really don't like Unity's new human minions.When an encounter between Boreau's scout ship and an Assembly cruiser over a newly discovered world ends badly for both parties, Dalton finds himself marooned, caught between a stickman, one of the Assembly's nightmarish shock troops, the planet's natives, who aren't winning any congeniality prizes themselves, and Neera, who might actually be the most dangerous of the three. To survive, he'll need to navigate palace intrigue, alien morality, and a proposal that he literally cannot refuse, all while making sure Neera doesn't come to the conclusion that he's worth more to her dead than alive.Part first contact story, part dark comedy, and part bizarre love triangle, The Fourth Consort asks an important question: how far would you go to survive? And more importantly, how many drinks would you need to go there?
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Hunting the Last Great Pirate
In 1827 the Duke of Wellington - former Commander-in-Chief of the British Army and British Prime Minister - ordered the withdrawal of British soldiers from the island of Ceylon after years of bloody conflict there.
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The Fourth Consort
"Dalton Greaves is a hero. He's one of humankind's first representatives to Unity, a pan-species confederation working to bring all sentient life into a single benevolent brotherhood. That's what they told him, anyway. The only actual members of Unity that he's ever met are Boreau, a giant snail who seems more interested in plunder than spreading love and harmony, and Boreau's human sidekick Neera, who Dalton strongly suspects roped him into this gig so that she wouldn't become the next one of Boreau's crew to get eaten by locals while prospecting. Funny thing, though--turns out there actually is a benevolent confederation out there, working for the good of all life. They call themselves the Assembly, and they really don't like Unity. More to the point, they really, really don't like Unity's new human minions"--
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Mal Goes to War
The humans are fighting again. Go figure.As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and augmented Federals and the puritanical Humanists about as interesting as a battle between rival anthills. He's not above scouting the battlefield for salvage, though, and when the Humanists abruptly cut off access to infospace he finds himself trapped in the body of a cyborg mercenary, and responsible for the safety of the modded girl she died protecting.A dark comedy wrapped in a techno thriller's skin, Mal Goes to War provides a satirical take on war, artificial intelligence, and what it really means to be human.
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Antimatter Blues
Mickey7 is no longer an Expendable and now his real troubles have begun. The colony is in decline, he has no special skills to justify his continued drain on resources except the antimatter he used to bargain for his freedom. With the colony's very existence on the line, he must get it back, or die trying.
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Antimatter Blues
Edward Ashton's Antimatter Blues is the thrilling follow up to Mickey7 in which an expendable heads out to explore new terrain for human habitation.Summer has come to Niflheim. The lichens are growing, the six-winged bat-things are chirping, and much to his own surprise, Mickey Barnes is still alive-that last part thanks almost entirely to the fact that Commander Marshall believes that the colony's creeper neighbors are holding an antimatter bomb, and that Mickey is the only one who's keeping them from using it. Mickey's just another colonist now. Instead of cleaning out the reactor core, he spends his time these days cleaning out the rabbit hutches. It's not a bad life.It's not going to last.It may be sunny now, but winter is coming. The antimatter that fuels the colony is running low, and Marshall wants his bomb back. If Mickey agrees to retrieve it, he'll be giving up the only thing that's kept his head off of the chopping block. If he refuses, he might doom the entire colony. Meanwhile, the creepers have their own worries, and they're not going to surrender the bomb without getting something in return. Once again, Mickey finds the fate of two species resting in his hands. If something goes wrong this time, though, he won't be coming back.
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Mickey7
*Soon to be the major motion picture Mickey17*The Martian meets Dark Matter in Edward Ashton's high concept science fiction thriller, in which Mickey7, an "expendable," refuses to let his replacement clone Mickey8 take his place.Dying isn't any fun...but at least it's a living.Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there's a mission that's too dangerous-even suicidal-the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. After six deaths, Mickey7 understands the terms of his deal...and why it was the only colonial position unfilled when he took it.On a fairly routine scouting mission, Mickey7 goes missing and is presumed dead. By the time he returns to the colony base, surprisingly helped back by native life, Mickey7's fate has been sealed. There's a new clone, Mickey8, reporting for Expendable duties. The idea of duplicate Expendables is universally loathed, and if caught, they will likely be thrown into the recycler for protein.Mickey7 must keep his double a secret from the rest of the colony. Meanwhile, life on Niflheim is getting worse. The atmosphere is unsuitable for humans, food is in short supply, and terraforming is going poorly. The native species are growing curious about their new neighbors, and that curiosity has Commander Marshall very afraid. Ultimately, the survival of both lifeforms will come down to Mickey7. That is, if he can just keep from dying for good.
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Mickey 17 - 4K UHD
TV-Norm: Ultra HD (4K). Sprachversion: Deutsch DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio. Sprachversion: Englisch DD 5.1. Sprachversion: Englisch Dolby Atmos. Sprachversion: Französisch DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio. Sprachversion: Italienisch DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio. Sprachversion: Polnisch DD 5.1. Sprachversion: Spanisch DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio. Sprachversion: Tschechisch DD 5.1. Sprachversion: Tschechisch DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio
€ 33,99