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diff --git a/data/books.json b/data/books.json index 07b801e..53f3b93 100644 --- a/data/books.json +++ b/data/books.json @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9780441009428", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/1.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/1.jpg", + "summary": "Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself. With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him. Because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason — and if that reason is uncovered, the universe—and reality itself — could be irrecoverably altered…." }, { "id": 2, @@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9780441010646", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/2.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/2.jpg", + "summary": "\"The once-utopian Chasm City a domed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet has been overrun by a virus known as the Melding Plague, capable of infecting any body, organic or computerized. Now, with the entire city corrupted from its people to the very buildings they inhabit only the most wretched, grim sort of existence remains.\" -- Jacket." }, { "id": 3, @@ -28,7 +30,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9780441011735", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/3.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/3.jpg", + "summary": "The Inhibitors have awakened and begun systematically destroying human colonies. Nevil Clavain, a centuries-old soldier, defects from the Conjoiners with plans to save humanity using cache weapons—doomsday devices hidden throughout space. The novel follows multiple factions racing to secure these weapons while the machine exterminators close in. A desperate tale of survival against an implacable enemy." }, { "id": 4, @@ -38,7 +41,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9780441012916", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/4.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/4.jpg", + "summary": "They are ancient killing machines, designed to locate and destroy any life form reaching a certain level of intelligence. Now, stirred from eons of sleep, the Inhibitors have descended on their latest target: Humanity.\" \"The first wave of Inhibitors has sent war veteran Clavain and a ragtag group of refugees into hiding. Their leadership is faltering, and their situation is growing more desperate. But their little colony has just received an unexpected visitor: an avenging angel with the power to lead mankind to safety - or draw down its darkest enemy.\" As she leads them to an apparently insignificant moon light-years away, it begins to dawn on Clavain and his companions that to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much worse." }, { "id": 5, @@ -48,7 +52,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9780575073630", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/5.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/5.jpg", + "summary": "Two novellas set in the Revelation Space universe. 'Diamond Dogs' follows a group attempting to solve a deadly alien puzzle tower that tests and mutilates those who fail. 'Turquoise Days' explores the Pattern Jugglers, alien organisms that can store and transfer consciousness, through the eyes of scientists studying them as war approaches their ocean world." }, { "id": 6, @@ -58,7 +63,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9780575090781", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/6.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/6.jpg", + "summary": "Set after Absolution Gap, this novel returns to the Revelation Space universe. Miguel de Ruyter lives on a post-apocalyptic world where survivors hide from the Inhibitors in small settlements. When a stranger crashes near his village carrying secrets about a possible way to fight back, Miguel must journey across a dangerous galaxy where humanity teeters on the edge of extinction." }, { "id": 7, @@ -68,7 +74,8 @@ "format": "eBook", "isbn": "9780575088283", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/7.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/7.jpg", + "summary": "One-hundred-and-fifty years from now, the moon and Mars are settled, and colonies stretch all the way out to the edge of the solar system. But something has come to light on the Moon--secrets that could change everything--or tear this near utopia apar" }, { "id": 8, @@ -78,7 +85,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9780553287899", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/8.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/8.jpg", + "summary": "Written in 1973, a massive 50 kilometre long alien cylinder begins to pass through the solar system provoking a hurried effort to intercept it. The closest available ship rushes to rendezvous so as to have a quick study before it gets too close to the sun. Able to enter via an airlock on one end of the ship, the crew explores the huge world found inside, a world full of wonder and mystery. As usual, the science is spot on. This is the best novel of Clarke's since 2001 and Childhood's End and is a truly grand adventure full of puzzles and ideas that lead you asking more questions than are answered. Enough questions in fact to lead to numerous inferior sequels, but enough answers to leave you satisfied. Don't pass up this gem of hard science fiction." }, { "id": 9, @@ -88,7 +96,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9780553286588", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/9.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/9.jpg", + "summary": "From the back cover of Bantam paperback December 1990:\r\n\r\nTHE RAMANS ARE BACK...\r\n\r\nYears ago, the enormous, enigmatic alien spacecraft called *Rama* sailed trough our solar system as mind-boggling proof that life existed -- or *had* existed -- elsewhere in the universe. Now, at the dawn of the twenty-third century, another ship is discovered hurtling toward us. A crew of Earth's best and brightest minds is assembled to rendezvous with the massive vessel. They are armed with everything we know about Raman technology and culture. But nothing can prepare them for what they are about to encounter on board Rama II: cosmic secrets that are startling, sensational -- and perhaps even deadly." }, { "id": 10, @@ -98,7 +107,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9780553298178", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/10.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/10.jpg", + "summary": "Continues the story of three humans trapped aboard Rama II as it journeys to an unknown destination. Over the course of years, they establish a small colony within the vessel, raise families, and eventually reach the Node—a massive space station where multiple Rama craft converge. Humanity is judged by the Ramans' creators and given a chance to prove their worth as a species." }, { "id": 11, @@ -108,7 +118,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9780553569476", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/11.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/11.jpg", + "summary": "The concluding volume of the Rama saga. The human colony aboard Rama III faces internal strife, with society dividing into factions. Nicole des Jardins and her family navigate political persecution while the spacecraft approaches its final destination. The novel reveals the purpose behind the Rama vessels and the nature of their creators, exploring themes of civilization, cooperation, and humanity's place in the cosmos." }, { "id": 12, @@ -118,7 +129,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783453521193", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/12.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/12.jpg", + "summary": "The first book in the Diamond Trilogy. A German science fiction epic that begins a story spanning vast cosmic scales. Brandhorst is known for his grand-scale space opera combining hard science fiction elements with philosophical questions about consciousness and the nature of reality. The trilogy establishes his signature style of sweeping galactic narratives." }, { "id": 13, @@ -128,7 +140,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783453520097", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/13.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/13.jpg", + "summary": "The second volume of the Diamond Trilogy continues the saga with themes of transformation and evolution. The narrative expands on the universe established in the first book, exploring the consequences of first contact and humanity's adaptation to cosmic realities far beyond Earth." }, { "id": 14, @@ -138,7 +151,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783453521025", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/14.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/14.jpg", + "summary": "The concluding volume of the Diamond Trilogy introduces temporal conflict to the cosmic scale narrative. The title suggests warfare across time itself, a theme Brandhorst would return to in later works. The trilogy's conclusion brings together the threads of transformation, alien contact, and humanity's destiny." }, { "id": 15, @@ -148,7 +162,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783453522060", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/15.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/15.jpg", + "summary": "The first book of the Graken Trilogy introduces a new space opera saga. The 'firebirds' of the title suggest themes of destruction and rebirth, common in Brandhorst's work. The trilogy explores encounters with alien intelligences and the transformative effects on human civilization." }, { "id": 16, @@ -158,7 +173,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783453522367", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/16.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/16.jpg", + "summary": "The second volume of the Graken Trilogy escalates the conflict introduced in Firebirds. The narrative continues to explore themes of cosmic scale warfare and the resilience of humanity when faced with overwhelming alien forces." }, { "id": 17, @@ -168,7 +184,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783453522992", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/17.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/17.jpg", + "summary": "The concluding volume of the Graken Trilogy brings the saga to its end. The 'dreams' element suggests a turn toward more introspective territory, perhaps exploring consciousness or virtual realities alongside the space opera elements established in earlier volumes." }, { "id": 18, @@ -178,7 +195,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783453529830", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/18.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/18.jpg", + "summary": "A standalone novel exploring themes of immortality and the long-term evolution of humanity. The 'children of eternity' may refer to beings who have transcended normal human lifespans, facing the philosophical and practical challenges of endless existence." }, { "id": 19, @@ -188,7 +206,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783453528659", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/19.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/19.jpg", + "summary": "A novel centered on a mysterious alien artifact. Such objects are common in science fiction as catalysts for transformation and revelation. The discovery likely forces characters to confront truths about the universe and humanity's place within it." }, { "id": 20, @@ -198,7 +217,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783453529717", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/20.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/20.jpg", + "summary": "A science fiction novel with political themes suggested by 'regent.' The story may explore the end of an era of governance, perhaps across interstellar scales, dealing with succession, legitimacy, and the transition of power in future societies." }, { "id": 21, @@ -208,7 +228,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783453315440", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/21.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/21.jpg", + "summary": "A novel whose title suggests a cosmic-scale habitat or ecosystem. The 'cosmotope' may be an artificial environment of enormous scale, exploring themes of ecology, self-contained worlds, and the engineering required to sustain life across vast distances." }, { "id": 22, @@ -218,7 +239,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783492703994", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/22.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/22.jpg", + "summary": "Named after the mythological figure who flew too close to the sun, this novel likely explores themes of ambition, hubris, and the dangers of reaching beyond human limitations. A cautionary tale updated for the era of space exploration and advanced technology." }, { "id": 23, @@ -228,7 +250,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783492703581", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/23.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/23.jpg", + "summary": "A novel focused on a spacecraft and its journey. Generation ships, alien vessels, and mysterious derelicts are staples of space fiction. The ship itself becomes a character, and its voyage likely spans years or centuries, exploring isolation and discovery." }, { "id": 24, @@ -238,7 +261,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783492703598", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/24.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/24.jpg", + "summary": "The first book in the Omniversum series. The title suggests exploration of concepts beyond our universe—perhaps multiverse theory or higher-dimensional spaces. Brandhorst's characteristic blend of hard SF concepts with accessible storytelling creates an entry point to a new cosmic narrative." }, { "id": 25, @@ -248,7 +272,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783492705066", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/25.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/25.jpg", + "summary": "The second Omniversum novel presents a mystery spanning cosmic scales. The enigmatic 'Arkonadia' suggests an alien civilization or artifact whose secrets drive the plot. The novel continues Brandhorst's exploration of humanity's place in a vast, mysterious universe." }, { "id": 26, @@ -258,7 +283,8 @@ "format": "eBook", "isbn": "9783492705219", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/26.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/26.jpg", + "summary": "The first book in the Machine Intelligence Trilogy explores the emergence of artificial consciousness. As AI systems begin to awaken to self-awareness, humanity must grapple with questions of rights, personhood, and the potential dangers of machine superintelligence. A timely exploration of humanity's relationship with its technological creations." }, { "id": 27, @@ -268,7 +294,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783492705486", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/27.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/27.jpg", + "summary": "An exploration of immortality and its consequences. The novel likely examines what it means to live forever—the psychological burden, societal changes, and perhaps the technology or biology that makes eternal life possible." }, { "id": 28, @@ -278,7 +305,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9783492705912", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/28.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/28.jpg", + "summary": "A novel suggesting interstellar networks, perhaps communication or travel systems spanning multiple star systems. The 'net' could be technological infrastructure or something more mysterious connecting distant civilizations." }, { "id": 29, @@ -288,7 +316,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9783492706209", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/29.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/29.jpg", + "summary": "A novel with a title suggesting consciousness transfer or capture. The 'soul catcher' may be a technology or entity that can extract, store, or manipulate human consciousness—raising questions about identity and what makes us who we are." }, { "id": 30, @@ -298,7 +327,8 @@ "format": "eBook", "isbn": "9783492706513", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/30.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/30.jpg", + "summary": "The second volume of the Machine Intelligence Trilogy sees tensions between human and artificial intelligence escalate. The title suggests a progression toward conflict, exploring what happens when two forms of intelligence compete for dominance or resources." }, { "id": 31, @@ -308,7 +338,8 @@ "format": "eBook", "isbn": "9783492707046", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/31.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/31.jpg", + "summary": "The concluding volume of the Machine Intelligence Trilogy shifts focus to Mars, where a discovery may change the dynamic between humans and AIs. The Red Planet setting suggests themes of colonization and the potential for a new chapter in the relationship between organic and artificial minds." }, { "id": 32, @@ -318,7 +349,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783492706766", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/32.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/32.jpg", + "summary": "A novel dealing with deep time—the vast scales of cosmic history. The narrative likely spans millions or billions of years, exploring the evolution of civilizations, the fate of the universe, and humanity's tiny but significant place in the grand temporal scheme." }, { "id": 33, @@ -328,7 +360,8 @@ "format": "eBook", "isbn": "9783492707176", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/33.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/33.jpg", + "summary": "An eclipse represents the blocking of light, suggesting themes of darkness, transition, or revelation. The novel may explore a cosmic event, a societal collapse, or a moment of dramatic change when something vital is obscured or endangered." }, { "id": 34, @@ -338,7 +371,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9783492707350", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/34.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/34.jpg", + "summary": "A novel about the lure of the infinite—perhaps a signal from deep space, an irresistible drive to explore beyond all boundaries, or contact with something truly cosmic in scale. The 'call' suggests both communication and compulsion." }, { "id": 35, @@ -348,7 +382,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9783596707430", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/35.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/35.jpg", + "summary": "A survival thriller premise: a world where breathable air becomes scarce or disappears. The novel explores environmental catastrophe, resource scarcity, and human adaptation when the most basic necessity of life is threatened." }, { "id": 36, @@ -358,7 +393,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9783492707695", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/36.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/36.jpg", + "summary": "The Greek letter Zeta suggests either a designation (perhaps a planet, station, or AI) or the concept of the 'last' (being the 6th letter, but often used to denote something final or extreme). A recent work in Brandhorst's continuing exploration of cosmic themes." }, { "id": 37, @@ -368,7 +404,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9783492706797", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/37.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/37.jpg", + "summary": "A novel whose title invokes infinity itself. Likely an exploration of boundless space, endless time, or consciousness without limits. Brandhorst returns to his favored themes of cosmic scale and humanity's relationship with the infinite." }, { "id": 38, @@ -378,7 +415,8 @@ "format": "eBook", "isbn": "9783492708029", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/38.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/38.jpg", + "summary": "A rift suggests a tear in reality—perhaps a gateway to another dimension, a fracture in spacetime, or a schism in civilization. The novel likely explores what emerges when boundaries break down and the unknown intrudes." }, { "id": 39, @@ -388,7 +426,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9783740749798", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/39.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/39.jpg", + "summary": "The first book in the Guardians of Knowledge tetralogy. An anomaly detected in the darkness of space sets off a chain of events. The 'guardians of knowledge' suggests a secret organization or ancient tradition dedicated to preserving crucial information about cosmic truths." }, { "id": 40, @@ -398,7 +437,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9783740711245", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/40.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/40.jpg", + "summary": "The second volume introduces a mysterious figure—the 'dark traveler' who may be a threat or an ally in the cosmic mysteries being uncovered. The narrative deepens the mythology established in the first book." }, { "id": 41, @@ -408,7 +448,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9783740707576", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/41.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/41.jpg", + "summary": "The third volume reveals contact with the 'creators'—perhaps ancient beings who shaped the galaxy or seeded life throughout the cosmos. Their signal represents a turning point in the series, bringing long-hidden truths to light." }, { "id": 42, @@ -418,7 +459,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9783740725136", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/42.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/42.jpg", + "summary": "The final volume of the tetralogy tackles the ultimate stakes—the potential end of everything. The Guardians of Knowledge must use all they've learned to prevent cosmic annihilation, bringing the series to an appropriately grand conclusion." }, { "id": 43, @@ -428,7 +470,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9780316005388", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/43.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/43.jpg", + "summary": "Consider Phlebas is perhaps one of the lesser-known, but nevertheless the first, of the revelationary late Iain M. Banks' science fiction books. Consider Phlebas introduces us to the complex world of the mind-controlling, ubiquitous utopia of the Culture, which contrasts to their mortal sentient enemies. Iain Banks creates an imaginative and encapsulating premise to keep the reader hooked for more, with hints of science fiction and alien humour to liven a deadly race against an omnipotent foe." }, { "id": 44, @@ -438,7 +481,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9780316005401", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/44.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/44.jpg", + "summary": "The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer, and strategy.\r\nBored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game ... a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts the game, and with it the challenge of his life - a very possibly his death." }, { "id": 45, @@ -448,7 +492,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9780553283686", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/45.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/45.jpg", + "summary": "In the 29th century, the Hegemony of Man comprises hundreds of planets connected by farcaster portals. The Hegemony maintains an uneasy alliance with the TechnoCore, a civilisation of AIs. Modified humans known as Ousters live in space stations between stars and are engaged in conflict with the Hegemony.\r\n\r\nNumerous \"Outback\" planets have no farcasters and cannot be accessed without incurring significant time dilation. One of these planets is Hyperion, home to structures known as the Time Tombs, which are moving backwards in time and guarded by a legendary creature known as the Shrike. On the eve of an Ouster invasion of Hyperion, a final pilgrimage to the Time Tombs has been organized. The pilgrims decide that they will each tell their tale of how they were chosen for the pilgrimage." }, { "id": 46, @@ -458,7 +503,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9780553288209", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/46.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/46.jpg", + "summary": "On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all. On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope--and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands." }, { "id": 47, @@ -468,7 +514,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9780241453513", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/47.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/47.jpg", + "summary": "Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated.\r\n\r\n----------\t\t\r\nAlso contained in:\t\t\r\n[Novels (Animal Farm / Burmese Days / Clergyman's Daughter / Coming Up for Air / Keep the Aspidistra Flying / Nineteen Eighty-Four)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1168045W)\t\t\r\n[Novels (Animal Farm / Nineteen Eighty-Four)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1167981W)\r\n[Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: Text, Sources, Criticism](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1168095W)" }, { "id": 48, @@ -478,7 +525,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9780345391803", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/48.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/48.jpg", + "summary": "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction \"hexalogy\" by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's radio series of the same name. The novel was first published in London on 12 October 1979. It sold 250,000 copies in the first three months.\r\n\r\nThe namesake of the novel is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a fictional guide book for hitchhikers (inspired by the Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe) written in the form of an encyclopaedia.\r\n\r\n\r\n----------\r\nAlso contained in:\r\n\r\n - [The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts][1]\r\n - [The More than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide][2]\r\n - [Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163706W)\r\n\r\n [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163692W\r\n [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163713W" }, { "id": 49, @@ -488,7 +536,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9783404209804", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/49.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/49.jpg", + "summary": "German SF author Andreas Eschbach crafts a tale of searching and discovery. Eschbach is known for thoughtful science fiction that combines adventure with deeper themes about humanity and purpose. The 'quest' drives characters through challenges that test their understanding of themselves and their universe." }, { "id": 50, @@ -498,7 +547,8 @@ "format": "Paperback", "isbn": "9780553573916", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/50.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/50.jpg", + "summary": "Jordan McKell is a freighter pilot who takes on the job of flying an unusual spaceship to Earth while trying to avoid detection by the Patth, keeping his mob boss happy, and solving a murder mystery. This book is a good mix of mystery, sci-fi, action, adventure and humor. Each chapter pulls you to the next." }, { "id": 51, @@ -508,7 +558,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9783453321281", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/51.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/51.jpg", + "summary": "Ryland Grace wakes up alone on a spaceship with no memory of who he is or why he's there. As memories return, he realizes he's humanity's last hope, sent to a distant star to solve a crisis threatening all life on Earth. With only his scientific knowledge and unexpected help, he must save two worlds. A triumphant tale of problem-solving, friendship, and the indomitable human spirit from the author of The Martian." }, { "id": 52, @@ -518,7 +569,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9780765382030", "language": "en", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/52.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/52.jpg", + "summary": "Cixin Liu's trilogy-opening novel about first contact with aliens and the clandestine struggle with them over Earth's future, and its scientific progress in particular.\r\n\r\nSet against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military prject sends signals into space in an attempt to make contact with aliens—and they succeed. An alien civilization on the brink of descruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Now, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision." }, { "id": 53, @@ -528,7 +580,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9783404209484", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/53.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/53.jpg", + "summary": "A German science fiction novel exploring a near-future where technology promises perfection but delivers something more complex. Hannig examines the costs of optimization, the value of human flaws, and what we lose when we try to engineer away imperfection. A thoughtful critique of techno-utopianism." }, { "id": 54, @@ -538,7 +591,8 @@ "format": "Audiobook", "isbn": "9783453321724", "language": "de", - "coverLocal": "images/covers/54.jpg" + "coverLocal": "images/covers/54.jpg", + "summary": "Mickey7 is an 'expendable'—a disposable clone sent on suicide missions for a human colony. When he dies, his memories upload to a new body. But when Mickey7 survives a mission he wasn't supposed to, he returns to find Mickey8 already created. Now two Mickeys must hide their existence while the colony faces an alien threat. A darkly comic exploration of identity, mortality, and what makes us unique. Adapted as the film 'Mickey 17' by Bong Joon-ho." } ] }
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