Author : John Scalzi
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,55 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Fantasy fiction, American
ISBN : 9781596062993
Devoted to the Bishopry Militant and to his crew, ship captain Ean Tephe is given a secret mission to a hidden land.
Author : Jack McDevitt
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 15,65 MB
Release : 1995-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101532742
The first Priscilla Hutchins novel from Jack McDevitt, hailed by Stephen King as “the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke.” Humans call them the Monument-Makers. An unknown race, they left stunning alien statues on distant planets in the galaxy. Each relic is different. Each inscription defies translation. Yet all are heartbreakingly beautiful. And for planet Earth, on the brink of disaster, they may hold the only key to survival for the entire human race.
Author : Livia Llewellyn
Publisher : Lethe Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 22,63 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1590213246
Death and pleasure. Freud's Todestrieb, his statement that "libido has the task of making the destroying instinct innocuous, and it fulfills the task by diverting that instinct to a great extent outwards.... The instinct is then called the destructive instinct, the instinct for mastery, or the will to power." Few authors have spun stories of Thanatos and Eros as skillfully and powerfully as Livia Llewellyn. In his introduction to this volume, Laird Barron writes, "Scant difference exists between exquisite pleasure and pain." An orphan girl with a mind for anthracite falls into the hands of a cult worshipping an entombed god. In the Pacific Northwest, evergreens lull prepubescent girls into their trunks to serve as wombs. A suburban housewife troubled by her present encounters the sixteen-year-old girl she ached to touch in her dreams. These ten stories promise to indulge a reader's sensibilities, fears, and desires. A finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award in two categories: Best Novella and Best Collection!
Author : Jason Vanhee
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 12,48 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1466848464
Merciful Truth and her brother, Gospel, have just pulled their dead mother into the kitchen and stowed her under the table. It was a long illness, and they wanted to bury her—they did—but it's far too cold outside, and they know they won't be able to dig into the frozen ground. The Minister who lives with them, who preaches through his animal form, doesn't make them feel any better about what they've done. Merciful calms her guilty feelings but only until, from the other room, she hears a voice she thought she'd never hear again. It's her mother's voice, and it's singing a lullaby. . . . Engines of the Broken World is a chilling young adult novel from Jason Vanhee.
Author : Paul Cook
Publisher : Phoenix Pick
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 16,9 MB
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781604501902
********"A lot of contemporary SF satisfies but doesn't excite. Cook's latest delivers everything you could want" -Science Fiction Chronicle.******** The great engines of the Enamorati have enabled humanity to travel the stars, but at what cost? Little is known of the jealously guarded engines while a complacent humanity slowly losses its edge and becomes increasingly dependant on mysterious alien technologies. However, when an engine failure strands a university ship, Professor Ben Bennet and a group of students challenge the status quo and start discovering hidden secrets that threaten the future of humanity itself.
Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 2010-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429905697
The thirty-two stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: John Barnes, Elizabeth Bear, Damien Broderick, Karl Bunker, Paul Cornell, Albert E. Cowdrey, Ian Creasey, Steven Gould, Dominic Green, Nicola Griffith, Alexander Irvine, John Kessel, Ted Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Rand B. Lee, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Sarah Monette, Michael Poore, Robert Reed, Adam Roberts, Chris Roberson, Mary Rosenblum, Geoff Ryman, Vandana Singh, Bruce Sterling, Lavie Tidhar, James Van Pelt, Jo Walton, Peter Watts, Robert Charles Wilson, and John C. Wright. Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart.
Author : James R. Chiles
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 36,81 MB
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0553383523
From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who contributed to the development of this amazing machine, and pays tribute to the selfless heroism of pilots and crews. A virtual flying lesson and scientific adventure tale, The God Machine is more than the history of an invention; it is a journey into the minds of imaginative thinkers and a fascinating look at the ways they changed our world.
Author : Wun Chok Bong
Publisher : Frog Books
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 11,58 MB
Release : 2008-05-27
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781583942079
Based on the author’s decipherment of prehistoric carvings and the application of mathematical measurements, The Gods’ Machines shows how “unknown” phenomena from Angkor Wat to Stonehenge to crop circles are actually powerhouses built by an advanced extraterrestrial civilization for tapping electromagnetic energy. The book traces the development of that civilization on Earth over 5,000 years, revealing how all these structures are aligned according to a universal formula: an angle of 135 degrees at which Earth’s energy has been tapped by the alien creators of these monuments. These fascinating theories not only explain our distant past, but also open the door to a future of power technology and space travel. Megalithic sites such as Newgrange and Stonehenge are constructed with quartz- and iron-rich stones with electrical conduction properties — minerals also found atop Aztec temple and inside crop circles. These stones, according to the author, served as dry cell batteries when heated and stressed, and supplied energy to the builders’ traveling vehicles. Most interestingly, the author has tested his theory on today’s crop circles. The Gods’ Machines is certain to stimulate debate among readers interested in alternative history, ancient civilization, and extraterrestrial intelligence.
Author : Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Publisher : Apex Publications
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 37,45 MB
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
For her entire life, Nuawa has made herself a weapon to assassinate the Winter Queen. She failed. Her secrets are laid bare and she has lost everything. The queen keeps Nuawa as a tool, and soon a sacrifice as she brings her ultimate goal to fruition: to harness the divine power of her makers that'll make her lover General Lussadh immortal. But Nuawa isn't done fighting yet. She has one final chance—and she will take it, trading her soul to try one last time to end winter's eternity... even if it means she must lose Lussadh forever. “Politics, relationships, and combat presented as a matryoshka...” —Jonathan L. Howard, author of Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
Author : Mark Reed
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 29,21 MB
Release : 2016-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 152465132X
Now that David has demanded the MST disband, hordes of MST affiliates have become rogue agents and are determined to reclaim their hold over the Expanse. A fleet of rogue ships have banded together and are preparing to attack the Citadel to eliminate David, his friends, and all the Bear Paw forces. But will they succeed? Will the Keeper of the Citadel bow before their might?
