Author: Gary L Beer
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387553011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Rumors of a planet that is covered in gold, diamonds and precious metals has been talked about for centuries. Many believe that the planet does exist somewhere in the galaxy and astronomers even refer to it as planet R4591, but most people call it the Glistening Planet. A group of engineers contracted to fit life-support systems to the domes on the planet find that the Glistening Planet is no myth as it glitters and shines as the surface is indeed covered in a fortune of precious metals and gemstones. The engineers find out that there is more to the Glistening Planet than vast wealth and they soon find themselves fighting for their lives. More are on the way to raid the planets' riches as well as an army from a military regime and the engineers know they must get off the Glistening Planet as they know of its location and to remain means certain death.
A Glistening Planet
Author: Gary L Beer
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387553011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Rumors of a planet that is covered in gold, diamonds and precious metals has been talked about for centuries. Many believe that the planet does exist somewhere in the galaxy and astronomers even refer to it as planet R4591, but most people call it the Glistening Planet. A group of engineers contracted to fit life-support systems to the domes on the planet find that the Glistening Planet is no myth as it glitters and shines as the surface is indeed covered in a fortune of precious metals and gemstones. The engineers find out that there is more to the Glistening Planet than vast wealth and they soon find themselves fighting for their lives. More are on the way to raid the planets' riches as well as an army from a military regime and the engineers know they must get off the Glistening Planet as they know of its location and to remain means certain death.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387553011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Rumors of a planet that is covered in gold, diamonds and precious metals has been talked about for centuries. Many believe that the planet does exist somewhere in the galaxy and astronomers even refer to it as planet R4591, but most people call it the Glistening Planet. A group of engineers contracted to fit life-support systems to the domes on the planet find that the Glistening Planet is no myth as it glitters and shines as the surface is indeed covered in a fortune of precious metals and gemstones. The engineers find out that there is more to the Glistening Planet than vast wealth and they soon find themselves fighting for their lives. More are on the way to raid the planets' riches as well as an army from a military regime and the engineers know they must get off the Glistening Planet as they know of its location and to remain means certain death.
Author: H. W. Lewis
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449065031
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Two minds, one body, a single purpose. In this, the second book in The Essence of Daedalus Rimes saga, the white knuckle journey continues. Dade has no intention of letting his death get in the way of saving Earth. Teela will do whatever is necessary to preserve the lives of those aboard the spacecraft carrier, and the only home she has ever known. Together they face the greatest obstacle in their mission of mutual survival; mankind. Those controlling the governments of Earth have no intention of relinquishing power. Marked for death and facing a plot to destroy all hope for an alliance, Teela must accept the assistance of an ancient priest with incredible telepathic abilities. The Biblical prophecies of two species, light years removed, predict a war of good against evil. Sides are chosen, lines are drawn, the journey continues.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449065031
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Two minds, one body, a single purpose. In this, the second book in The Essence of Daedalus Rimes saga, the white knuckle journey continues. Dade has no intention of letting his death get in the way of saving Earth. Teela will do whatever is necessary to preserve the lives of those aboard the spacecraft carrier, and the only home she has ever known. Together they face the greatest obstacle in their mission of mutual survival; mankind. Those controlling the governments of Earth have no intention of relinquishing power. Marked for death and facing a plot to destroy all hope for an alliance, Teela must accept the assistance of an ancient priest with incredible telepathic abilities. The Biblical prophecies of two species, light years removed, predict a war of good against evil. Sides are chosen, lines are drawn, the journey continues.
Forever Pleasure
Author: Theodore R. Eastman
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595499090
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
In this futuristic novel, John Seeger accidentally travels from 1986 to 2076 and lands in a revolutionary society where he soon manages to blend in with the utopian lifestyle. Seeger eventually discovers that past influences have left all the intelligent life forms of the local universe converted into euphoric machines. Jeso, a euphoric robot housing a human mind, has a grand plan to spread his Hedonistic Expansion crusade over the vast Local Group of galaxies via his vintage spacecraft, La ielo, built three millenniums ago. Seeger realizes that robots have the capability to devour and reconstruct cities and microbots can take over anyone's emotions in this strange new world where money and property are of no value. After he falls in love with a beautiful woman, Mahea, Seeger inadvertently changes the course of his future in a perfect world as he uncovers a deep secret. Meanwhile, Seeger's beloved sister, Kayla, is still living in 1986, trapped in a bad marriage and in failing health, and Seeger must choose between returning to his former world or moving on with his new life. Jeso and Seeger's paths eventually converge and take them on a collision course that, in the end, will decide the future of their universe.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595499090
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
In this futuristic novel, John Seeger accidentally travels from 1986 to 2076 and lands in a revolutionary society where he soon manages to blend in with the utopian lifestyle. Seeger eventually discovers that past influences have left all the intelligent life forms of the local universe converted into euphoric machines. Jeso, a euphoric robot housing a human mind, has a grand plan to spread his Hedonistic Expansion crusade over the vast Local Group of galaxies via his vintage spacecraft, La ielo, built three millenniums ago. Seeger realizes that robots have the capability to devour and reconstruct cities and microbots can take over anyone's emotions in this strange new world where money and property are of no value. After he falls in love with a beautiful woman, Mahea, Seeger inadvertently changes the course of his future in a perfect world as he uncovers a deep secret. Meanwhile, Seeger's beloved sister, Kayla, is still living in 1986, trapped in a bad marriage and in failing health, and Seeger must choose between returning to his former world or moving on with his new life. Jeso and Seeger's paths eventually converge and take them on a collision course that, in the end, will decide the future of their universe.
Routledge's Every Boy's Annual
Author: Edmund Routledge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Every Boy's Annual
Planetary Dance at Dawn
Author: Dennis Mammana
Publisher: Creators Publishing
ISBN: 1945630159
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
By explaining the mysteries of the cosmos in a friendly and fresh manner, astronomer Dennis Mammana pulls the reader up into a celestial world beyond our world. This is a collection of his columns from 2014, as the summer sky dipped into winter wonders.
Publisher: Creators Publishing
ISBN: 1945630159
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
By explaining the mysteries of the cosmos in a friendly and fresh manner, astronomer Dennis Mammana pulls the reader up into a celestial world beyond our world. This is a collection of his columns from 2014, as the summer sky dipped into winter wonders.
Journeys Into the Moon, Several Planets and the Sun
Green Planets
Author: Gerry Canavan
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819574287
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Contemporary visions of the future have been shaped by hopes and fears about the effects of human technology and global capitalism on the natural world. In an era of climate change, mass extinction, and oil shortage, such visions have become increasingly catastrophic, even apocalyptic. Exploring the close relationship between science fiction, ecology, and environmentalism, the essays in Green Planets consider how science fiction writers have been working through this crisis. Beginning with H. G. Wells and passing through major twentieth-century writers like Ursula K. Le Guin, Stanislaw Lem, and Thomas Disch to contemporary authors like Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and Paolo Bacigalupi—as well as recent blockbuster films like Avatar and District 9—the essays in Green Planets consider the important place for science fiction in a culture that now seems to have a very uncertain future. The book includes an extended interview with Kim Stanley Robinson and an annotated list for further exploration of "ecological SF" and related works of fiction, nonfiction, films, television, comics, children's cartoons, anime, video games, music, and more. Contributors include Christina Alt, Brent Bellamy, Sabine Höhler, Adeline Johns-Putra, Melody Jue, Rob Latham, Andrew Milner, Timothy Morton, Eric C. Otto, Michael Page, Christopher Palmer, Gib Prettyman, Elzette Steenkamp, Imre Szeman.
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819574287
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Contemporary visions of the future have been shaped by hopes and fears about the effects of human technology and global capitalism on the natural world. In an era of climate change, mass extinction, and oil shortage, such visions have become increasingly catastrophic, even apocalyptic. Exploring the close relationship between science fiction, ecology, and environmentalism, the essays in Green Planets consider how science fiction writers have been working through this crisis. Beginning with H. G. Wells and passing through major twentieth-century writers like Ursula K. Le Guin, Stanislaw Lem, and Thomas Disch to contemporary authors like Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and Paolo Bacigalupi—as well as recent blockbuster films like Avatar and District 9—the essays in Green Planets consider the important place for science fiction in a culture that now seems to have a very uncertain future. The book includes an extended interview with Kim Stanley Robinson and an annotated list for further exploration of "ecological SF" and related works of fiction, nonfiction, films, television, comics, children's cartoons, anime, video games, music, and more. Contributors include Christina Alt, Brent Bellamy, Sabine Höhler, Adeline Johns-Putra, Melody Jue, Rob Latham, Andrew Milner, Timothy Morton, Eric C. Otto, Michael Page, Christopher Palmer, Gib Prettyman, Elzette Steenkamp, Imre Szeman.
Planets of Adventure
Author: Murray Leinster
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN: 1618244027
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Breathtaking Space Adventure by a Master of Interplanetary Science Fiction, Including a Hugo Award-Winner At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). "Murray Leinster was not only a very good writer, he was a pioneer. . . . The wondrous thing about his work is that those great, trend-setting stories read as fresh and timely today as they did all those years ago." ¾Frederik Pohl "The Dean of modern science fiction." ¾Time ". . . robust and adventurous." ¾The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN: 1618244027
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Breathtaking Space Adventure by a Master of Interplanetary Science Fiction, Including a Hugo Award-Winner At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). "Murray Leinster was not only a very good writer, he was a pioneer. . . . The wondrous thing about his work is that those great, trend-setting stories read as fresh and timely today as they did all those years ago." ¾Frederik Pohl "The Dean of modern science fiction." ¾Time ". . . robust and adventurous." ¾The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in
Author: Sir John Lubbock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description