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      • Robert Lecker Agency

        Robert Lecker Agency is a dynamic literary management and consulting firm devoted to securing and advancing the careers of its client authors. The Agency draws on 30 years of publishing experience to obtain profitable and fair contracts with North America’s fastest growing publishers. Robert Lecker has worked extensively in trade publishing and has an established track record as an editor, coordinator, and subsidiary rights manager. RLA specializes in books about entertainment, music, popular culture, popular science, intellectual and cultural history, food, and travel. However, we are open to any idea that is original and well presented. We are also receptive to books written by academics that can attract a broad range of readers.

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      • Editions Robert Laffont S.A.

        Founded in 1941, Éditions Robert Laffont publish works of all genres, from fiction to non-fiction.   Several collections are known by bookshops and readers alike and feature in Laffont's repertoire: "Bouquins", the library of the honest man; "Pavillons", which - since its creation - has been bringing the best of nternational literature to French shores; "Réponses" (health, psychologie, family life); "R", our collection for young adults; and "La Bête Noire" (thriller, detective and crime fiction). Countless novels, political, topical and historical documents, as well as biographies, memoires and essays make up the rest of our work. Robert Laffont publishes well-reputed French and foreign writers. Robert Laffont's objective has not changed: to remain open-minded, to surprise, to inform, to move, to entertain, and to provoke!

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        Iron Head

        by Maxym Udynsky

        A story from the Ukrainian insane asylum of the near future. A man named Surma with an iron plate on his forehead comes to his senses among the weirdos and robot sanitation workers and tries to figure out who he is and what a mysterious VOICE wants from him. And around him there are inexplicable whimsical things that pull flashes of memories from the recesses of Surma's mind...

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        May 2007

        Der Golem

        Jüdische magische und mystische Traditionen des künstlichen Anthropoiden

        by Moshe Idel, Christian Wiese

        Die Vorstellung von einem künstlich erschaffenen menschenähnlichen Wesen – vom Golem – ist tief in der magischen und mystischen Tradition des Judentums verankert. Moshe Idel geht dem jüdischen Diskurs über den Golem nach – im Talmud, in der Kabbala, im Chassidismus. Seine Studie ist die erste umfassende historische und philologische Interpretation des religionsgeschichtlichen und literarischen Materials zum Golem von der Spätantike bis in die Moderne. Idels ausführliche Analyse bisher zumeist unzugänglicher Quellen beschreibt die Vielfalt der Techniken der Erschaffung eines künstlichen Menschen im Wandel der Zeit und ihre Bedeutung im Kontext der jüdischen Überlieferung. In kritischer Auseinandersetzung mit Gershom Scholem, der die wissenschaftliche Erforschung der Kabbala im 20. Jahrhundert neubegründete, unternimmt Moshe Idel eine faszinierende Neuinterpretation nicht nur der Geschichte des Golem-Stoffes, sondern der jüdischen Mystik überhaupt.

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        March 2020

        Der Golem

        Eine Legende

        by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Gertrud Baruch

        »Majestät, es gibt Geheimnisse, die nicht einmal einem Kaiser enthüllt werden dürfen.« Der Literaturnobelpreisträger Isaac Bashevis Singer hat die Legende vom Golem neu erzählt: Ein Mitglied der jüdischen Gemeinde im alten Prag wird des Ritualmordes bezichtigt, die Richter sind auf Seiten der Denunzianten, ein Pogrom droht. Der weise Rabbi Löw, nicht nur ein Talmudgelehrter, sondern auch ein Freund von Magie und Mystik, hat bei der Mitternachtsfürbitte eine Vision: Er wird einen riesigen Golem aus Lehm formen, der die Juden aus der tödlichen Gefahr retten kann. Gewidmet ist die Meistererzählung »den Verfolgten und Unterdrückten in der Welt, in der Hoffnung wider alle Hoffnung, dass die Zeit der falschen Beschuldigungen eines Tages enden wird«.

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        May 1999

        Der Golem in Bayreuth

        Ein Musiktheaterspiel

        by Ulla Berkéwicz, Lesch Schmidt

        Bürgerliches Recht und Ordnung treffen während der Bayreuther Festspiele auf den Straßenkrieg von Skins, die sich „Haßkappen“ nennen, und auf die neue Welt der Berechenbarkeiten durch Cyberspace und Wirklichkeits-Engineering. Die Welten geraten durcheinander, die Wirklichkeit kippt vor und zurück auf der Zeitachse. Der Anführer der Haßkappen wird zum Golem von Prag, der im 17. Jahrhundert durch magische Kraft von jenem Rabbi Löw erschaffen worden sein soll, in dem Scholem den Urheber der angewandten Mathematik sieht, die den Golem unserer Tage, den Computer, hervorgebracht hat. Beide, der alte wie der neue Golem, haben die Möglichkeit, der Kontrolle ihres Schöpfers zu entkommen und zerstörerische Fähigkeiten zu entfalten. Das Festspielhaus wird von den Haßkappen in Brand gesetzt. Götterdämmerung der alten Welt oder »World War Threeeeeeee«? Keine überlebenden und keine Toten. Nur zwei Menschen sind übrig, finden eine gemeinsame Sprache, die sonst keiner versteht und die zu nichts oder weiß Gott wohin führt. Der Golem in Bayreuth (Text :Ulla Berkéwicz, Musik: Lesch Schmidt) ist ein Musiktheaterspiel, das die Tradition des Schiffbauerdammtheaters mit neuen Mitteln weiterzuführen sucht. Crossing over, Pop into Classic.

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        April 1986

        Also sprach GOLEM

        Vom großen Vordenker und Kritiker der Künstlichen Intelligenz

        by Stanisław Lem, Friedrich Griese, Franz Rottensteiner, Richard Popp, Irving T. Greve

        Die Hauptfigur in Stanisław Lems »Also sprach Golem« ist Golem XIV, ein von Menschen gebauter Spurencomputer, der unsere grundlegenden Denk- und Wahrnehmungsweisen in Zweifel zieht. Er weist auf die Grenzen unseres Verstandes hin, des Versuchs, die Ziele der Natur zu erkennen. Als eine Art Übermensch kennt er weder ein Gefühlsleben, noch besitzt er einen menschlichen Charakter. Seine Ethik ist gewiß keine humanitäre. »Er selbst nannte sie ›Kalkül‹. Liebe, Altruismus und Mitleid waren bei ihm durch Zahlen ersetzt.« Kurz vor seinem Eintritt in eine »Zone der Ruhe« hält er Vorlesungen über die Stellung des Menschen im Kosmos. Der Leser sieht sich mit der unbequemen Vorstellung konfrontiert, die Menschheit sei ein Fehlprodukt der Natur und keineswegs die Krone der Schöpfung.

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        November 2009

        Also sprach GOLEM

        by Stanisław Lem, Friedrich Griese, Richard Popp

        GOLEM XIV weilt nicht mehr unter uns. Der luminale Denkriese, ein Angehöriger der Maschinenintelligenz, volkstümlich Elektronengehirne genannt, ist verstummt. Ursprünglich für militärische Zwecke gebaut, weigert er sich, sich mit solch trivialen Aufgaben zu befassen, darum wurde er schließlich dem MIT überlassen.

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        August 2022

        Andro, streng geheim! - Kurzschluss auf Klassenfahrt (Band 3)

        by Kai Pannen

        Andro, Top Secret! - Short Circuit on Class Trip (Vol. 3) Update: Class Trip - The Big Unmasking   At first glance, Andro Newman seems like a normal boy - but Andro is a robot who is secretly smuggled into a school class as a human boy. Mission: to explore the humans and not to be exposed under any circumstances. An innovative hook meets a scribble-like layout that transports the joke from the text to the picture. The topic of "artificial intelligence" is taken up in a playful way and embedded in a setting at school.   What happens in Volume 3:Andro's first challenge for the upcoming class trip is to pack his suitcase. Meanwhile, his "parents" want to take him apart and build a better robot from the parts, since Andro's friendship score is so bad. Andro wants to give up the silly point collecting and enjoy the trip, but technical disturbances and lack of energy supply create new problems. Fellow student Marko is annoying and Julius constantly wants to prove that he is better at everything. Mr. Lembke is still convinced that Andro is a robot and wants to prove his suspicions on the class trip.• Dynamic layout with lots of fonts, vignettes and illustrations• Situational comedy meets a great narrative voice• Special hook: a robot goes undercover at school• The narrative perspective from the point of view of an artificial intelligence offers a lot of humor potential

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        January 2020

        Space Age Planetary Astronomy

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        Space Age Planetary Astronomy offers a look at some of the most fascinating early American space robot programs like the Pioneer, Viking, and Voyager. With a focus on early robot spacecraft that came out of the Space Age, readers will be taken through the period of exploration from the past six decades, during which time the United States became the first country to reach every major planet from Mercury to Neptune. This eBook provides a historic snapshot of how space robots emerged from simple, often unreliable exploring devices into sophisticated scientific platforms that now extend human consciousness and intelligent inquiry to the edges of the solar system and beyond.

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        March 2019

        Smart Boy 1: The Human Brain Online

        by Mu Ling

        After being admitted to the police school, the middle school student Mada, during the internship, participated in the series of reconnaissance missions. In the process of crime investigation, he did not believe in the authority of artificial intelligence detectives, but was obsessed with traditional investigative methods. By chance, the motor got acquainted with a giant rat, Jiji, who escaped from a lab. Jiji's wisdom was artificially stimulated with distortion in the lab. With the help of the young partner Jiji, the detective of the young boy gradually surfaced. However, in the reconnaissance of another case, the new situation emerged has repeatedly overturned their reasoning. Who is manipulating this? Where is the real murderer? Robots, artificial intelligence, man-machine wars ... Is it a human-made robot or a "semi-robot" that wants to control humans?

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        March 2019

        Smart Boy 2: The Mind Thief

        by Mu Ling

        After being admitted to the police school, the middle school student Mada, during the internship, participated in the series of reconnaissance missions. In the process of crime investigation, he did not believe in the authority of artificial intelligence detectives, but was obsessed with traditional investigative methods. By chance, the motor got acquainted with a giant rat, Jiji, who escaped from a lab. Jiji's wisdom was artificially stimulated with distortion in the lab. With the help of the young partner Jiji, the detective of the young boy gradually surfaced. However, in the reconnaissance of another case, the new situation emerged has repeatedly overturned their reasoning. Who is manipulating this? Where is the real murderer? Robots, artificial intelligence, man-machine wars ... Is it a human-made robot or a "semi-robot" that wants to control humans?

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        Children's & YA
        July 2021

        Andro, streng geheim! - Fehlermeldung: Schule (Band 1)

        by Kai Pannen

        Andro, Top Secret! - Error: School (Vol. 1)   0% human and 100% android   At first glance, Andro Newman seems like a normal boy - but Andro is a robot who is secretly smuggled into a school class as a human boy. Mission: to explore the humans and not to be exposed under any circumstances. Easier said than done, because these terribly illogical beings called humans and their strange habits have to be understood first. But the AI android 3.0-m, correction, Andro Neumann, has to get through it now: his builders have given him a clear goal!   • Situational comedy meets a great narrative voice • Varied layout with different fonts, vignettes and illustrations • Special hook: a robot goes undercover at school

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        January 2020

        The Hunt for Life on Mars

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        This eBook summarizes the major space exploration efforts to find life on Mars. Emphasis is placed on current and near-future NASA robot spacecraft missions, which respond to the central scientific theme of "Follow the water." Students will learn about the importance of water as an indicator of extraterrestrial life, giving rise to the compelling scientific argument that microscopic life could have emerged on the Red Planet.

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        Children's & YA
        March 2022

        Andro, streng geheim! - Emotionen und andere Störfaktoren (Band 2)

        by Kai Pannen

        Andro, Top Secret! - Emotions and other Disruptive Factors (Vol. 2)   Battery full and go!   At first glance, Andro Newman seems like a normal boy - but Andro is a robot who is secretly smuggled into a school class as a human boy. Mission: to explore the humans and not to be exposed under any circumstances.   Andro's undercover spy mission continues: visit the fifth grade of the Konrad Zuse School, gather information about the complicated species called "humans" and find true friends. However, one peculiarity of these humans remains a mystery to Andro: their illogical feelings. This costs the android a lot of friendship points. He installs an emotion module to connect with humans better - but secretly, of course. The ‘emotion’ module works and Andro earns a lot of friendship points! It even works too well and Andro is no longer master of his senses - sorry - of his cables and screws: Andro has to let Lilli in on it, and together they absolutely have to turn off the module.   • Situational comedy meets a great narrative voice • Varied layout with different fonts, vignettes and illustrations • Special hook: a robot goes undercover at school

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        January 2020

        Designing Interstellar Probes and Starships

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        This eBook encourages readers to take a giant intellectual leap and consider future technologies that might be developed by humans and made available to perform future space exploration. This mental exercise includes some over-the-horizon technologies that involve interstellar robot probes, self-replicating systems that could wander through the entire galaxy, and even starships capable of carrying intelligent machines and their human companions. The eBook places emphasis on technologies that could allow humans to spread life deep into outer space.

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        Children's & YA
        August 2021

        Das Dorf - Gestrandet auf der Smaragdinsel (Band 1)

        by Karl Olsberg / Philipp Ach

        The Villagers - Stranded on Monster Island (Vol.1)   Loewe Wow! meets Minecraft   In the village on the edge of the canyon, there is never a dull moment. Nightwalkers (zombies), bangers (creepers) and other dangers threaten the peace, but the villagers know how to defend themselves, however, they are not armed against the pranks of Nano, the son of the village protector Primo. Nano loves to play tricks on the villagers, which leads to many exciting adventures. But this time he takes it too far and causes chaos in the village: The snow golem he built devastates the entire village! To remain undiscovered and escape punishment, Nano and and his best friend Maffi hide in a boat that suddenly drifts out to sea without a rudder! The two are stranded on an island, which is not as deserted as it seems at first. Because when it gets dark, the familiar Minecraft monsters crawl out of the caves. Maffi and Nano must now find a way to escape the monsters and, of course, find their way back home. In the end, they succeed with the help of a stranger, but when they arrive in the village, no one believes what they have experienced. Everyone thinks the adventure they have had is just a fictional story.   Exciting stories, independent from the Minecraft game: not only for fans! Illustrated in b/w with an eye-catching spot color, in the familiar Minecraft look Biannual publication of new adventures

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        February 1996

        Mein Golem

        Gedichte

        by Kunert, Günter

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        1996

        Lems Golem

        Parerga und Paralipomena

        by Bernd Gräfrath

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