Download or read book The Galactics written by Everett Peacock and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-22 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Galactics should never, ever, display their powers in public. This is the first rule, the one all Galactics follow, and the one that Mano's uncle breaks after having one too many drinks. When his uncle is arrested for violating Galactic law in a bar, Mano Orion, a senior in high school, finally finds out that he is also part of that powerful group: he is also a Galactic. As he learns about his heritage and what being part of the Galactics means, Mano begins hearing about other arrests, too many to be normal. With his friend, Eme, Mano launches an investigation, one that none of the adults want to allow. As they struggle to convince other Galactics to help them launch a rescue mission, Mano and Eme have to learn to harness their own powers as best they can while also coming to terms with how they feel about each other. But nothing can prepare them for the secrets and lies that await them when they find the imprisoned Galactics. With their lives and the entire history of their people unraveling, Mano and Eme will have to trust each other and their powers to be the leaders the Galactics need. Questions & Answers with Everett Peacock Q: "The Galactics," just where did you come up with this title? Everett: A good friend of mine, Shiloh Orion, introduced me to the idea of humans having come to Earth from somewhere in the galaxy, and not just from evolution. The idea slowly grew into a fascination with the religious implications of such a possibility. That along with the holes in our human record, especially the cultural aspects (who built the Pyramids, etc) finally demanded a story be told. Q: Your dedication at the beginning of the book, and I quote: "celebrate the courage of youth, it has saved humanity from the sins of its elders." What does that mean? Everett: I read somewhere that if not for the risk taking aspect of young people, that desire to test the limits, to reject conservative ideas, has contributed more to human evolution, even human survival more than anything else. Older people move into a less risk taking mode as they finally discover their true lack of immortality. Young people don't think like that. They are ready to take it all by the horns and make the world a better place. As for the "sins of its elders" all one has to do is look around at the problems with the Earth, with civilization. Was any of that created by young people? Of course not. We waste this most valuable of all resources, our young people. Who starts the wars, crashes the economy in greed, spies on us, etc, etc? It's the older people, the "elders." Given a chance, young people are our real only hope to fix the things that have been corrupted. Q: Is this a book for pre-teens? Everett: Probably not. There are some serious concepts floated between the characters. There is death, and there is some violence that contributes directly to the story. I'd recommend it for high school on up to "elders" (insert smiley face here). Q: I have to admit that when I got to the end of the book, I was hooked and ready for the next installment. When will that happen? Everett: As you remember then, one of the main characters has evolved into an entirely new persona, intent on correcting the mistakes of some particular people. He'll need a book or two to get that done. 2014 is a very promising year indeed!

Download or read book Galactic Games written by Bryan Thomas Schmidt and published by Baen Books. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TOP AUTHORS, including 8 New York Times best-selling authors, imagine sports in intergalactic, Olympic-like competitions of the future. George R.R. Martin, Larry Correia, Mercedes Lackey, Gene Wolfe, Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, Seanan McGuire, David Farland and many more. Eighteen stories, eighteen different sports, many never written about in science fiction before. FUTURE SPORTS! The Olympic Games—pushing skills, minds, brains and bodies to their limits in the ultimate competition on Earth. But once mankind has reached the stars, playing sports will travel with us. Yet galactic sports come with new challenges and possibilities. And new dangers. From downhill figure skating to horse racing with alien life forms; from baseball played with speedboats to basketball on Mars and golf on the Moon; from alien opponents to literally death defying stakes,Galactic Games takes the competition to a whole new level. Includes stories by top selling authors George R.R. Martin, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Correia, Todd McCaffrey, David Farland, and Seanan McGuire as well as legends Robert Silverberg, Randall Garrett, Gene Wolfe, Mike Resnick, Jack C. Haldeman, and more. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About Mission: Tomorrow, edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt: “This themed anthology . . . will appeal to a wide range of readers, who will appreciate the diversity of stories . . . a solid introduction to a classic genre.”—Kirkus “Editor Schmidt adds grandmasters to a mix of newer established names and balances the tragic with the humorous.”—Publishers Weekly About Shattered Shields, edited by Jennifer Brozek and Bryan Thomas Schmidt: “In this well-built anthology, seventeen original stories cut to the heart of military fantasy, diving directly into the most exciting moments of dramatic bravery, grand battles, and life-changing heroism. . . . Readers who prefer to cut straight to the action, but want more depth than pure hack-and-slash, will find these offerings appealing.”—Publishers Weekly “An inventive and thought-provoking set of tales that capture the bravery and terrors of battle. Carries the banner of military fantasy proudly.”—John Marco, author of The Bronze Knight Series About The Raygun Chronicles, edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt: “Fans of sf should enjoy this stylistically varied homage to a genre as old as the fiction . . . ”—Library Journal About Beyond the Sun, edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt: “Beyond the Sun mixes courage, redemption, and stark terror in tales of distant worlds. Buckle in.”—Jack McDevitt, author of Firebird

Download or read book Galactic Rapture written by Tom Flynn and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Thomas Pynchon wrote science fiction, Galactic Rapture might be the result. Earth in the year 2344 is a small player in a galaxy of some highly advanced planets - and some incredibly backward ones. A breathtakingly wealthy and sophisticated people, the Galactics keep 40,000 of their 42,000 planets in permanent quarantine, or 'Enclave', so their primitive inhabitants can serve as sources of entertainment. Now, called 'Terra', Earth has two lucrative exports: a perversely engaging mass entertainment medium known as 'senso' and Earth religions, of which the jaded Galactics can't get enough. Terra's greatest success story, the Universal (Roman) Catholic Church, has left its birth planet to thrive on one of its own, fittingly called Vatican, where priestly sex abuse and imperial corruption take on astonishing new forms. A theology called 'serial incarnation' teaches that God incarnates his son over and over, sending him to planet after planet. The Church has grown rich from this doctrine by charging huge fees to reveal to individual planets who their Messiah is and whether or not their historic religious leaders are genuine. overheard telling the pope that his new formula can predict where God will send his son next - an Enclave planet where most Galactics, even those in power, are forbidden. Attention centres on the rumoured new Christ, named Arn Parek, a con-man who becomes hotly sought by the Galactics. This novel is an iconoclastic, darkly hilarious epic, packed with hypocritical cardinals, scheming Mormons, religious bunco artists, and cynical media manipulators. Called a landmark in the new alternative science fiction, Galactic Rapture is an engaging satire on the power of religion, worship, and 'infotainment' in the future.

Download or read book The Galactic Federation of Light written by Susanne Edelmann and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It seems to us that some people are getting to know the Galactic Federation of Light. Therefore, we decided writing some books about it. This one is the first. May it serve you. You personally!

Download or read book Alexander of Terra written by Christopher L. Anderson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-08-06 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Thorsson is a frustrated ex-football player and a cashiered Air Force officer, now living life out of a suitcase as an airline pilot. He always thought hed amount to something morethe people of the galaxy think so too. The Galactics have watched Humans for thousands of years; Humans are the most physically powerful, most adaptable and most brutally brilliant sentients in the galaxy. However, when Alexander the Great boasted that his conquests would continue, Even to the everlasting and innumerable stars. the Galactics took him at his word. They live in constant fear that someday Alexander will rise again and lead his legions to conquer the stars. Everyone knows this except Humansand Alexander. Still, the exotic and masterful Nazeera of Chem kidnaps Alexander from Terra and sentences him to death on the fantastic prison planet of Pantrixnia. That should have been the end of Alexander but somehow he refuses to die quietly; given one final chance at destiny Alexander forges ahead and becomes the legend everyone was afraid of. Galactic conspiracy revolves around him, splintering the Galactics into factions vying to ally with Alexander, negotiate with him or to destroy the threat of Alexander and Earth for all time. Earth is caught between its own brutal history and the reality of its insignificance; only Alexander can save his planet from destruction and save the Galactics from destroying themselves.

Download or read book Galactic Pot healer written by Philip K. Dick and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1994 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What could an omnipresent and seemingly omnipotent entity want with a humble pot-healer? Or with the dozens of other odd creatures it has lured to Plowman's Planet? And if the Glimmung is a god, are its ends positive or malign? Combining quixotic adventure, spine-chilling horror, and deliriously paranoid theology, Galactic Pot-Healer is a uniquely Dickian voyage to alternate worlds of the imagination.

Download or read book Galactic Aliens written by Alan Frank and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book REAL MADRID GALACTICS written by Derick Mondalle and published by MedTechBiz. This book was released on with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating delve into the history of football, “The Galácticos: The Golden Era of Real Madrid” explores the rise and influence of the two Galactic Eras that shaped Real Madrid as one of the greatest powers in world sport. The narrative begins in the early 2000s, when president Florentino Pérez implemented a bold transfer strategy, bringing stars such as Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo Fenômeno to the Santiago Bernabéu. Through this revolutionary approach, Real Madrid not only won titles, but also redefined what it means to be a football club in the context of globalization. With a detailed analysis of the most impactful transfers, memorable goals and historic records, the book also examines the legacy left by players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká, who continued to write the club’s history in the Second Galactic Era. Between the glamour of the stars and the challenges faced on the field, the work reveals how each signing was not just a strategic move, but a careful construction of the Real Madrid brand.

Download or read book The Galactic Earth Council written by Celestine Star and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 4 year journey of Celestine Star, founder of the "Galactic Earth Council" (GEC) and the GEC members. It reveals a major unfoldment for humanity in meeting in the high mountains of northern California where they experienced contact with our Ultraterrestrial ancestors, called the Star Kin. In this epic story, Celestine tells her life story of how she became a Extraterrestrial contactee at an early age, which prepared her to found and lead the GEC "Skywatch" ceremonial circles as a guide and ambassador to the High Spiritual Council and the Galactic Star Federation. The Galactic Earth Council book opens the doorway for all of humanity to know and understand there is a reintegration taking place on earth. The "Reintegration", as the Star Kin call it the process wherein humanity will once again become part of the greater galactic family of beings that exist throughout this solar system, our galaxy, and the cosmos. Come discover how a few staunch citizens of earth became some of the first to make contact with the Ultraterrestrials on a regular basis for 4 years and continue to have positive and enlightening relationships with their galactic Star Kin.

Download or read book Galactic Soul History of the Universe written by Rising Phoenix Aurora and published by Galactic Soul History of the Universe. This book was released on 2023-11-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timeless book, Galactic Soul History of the Universe presents 34 first-hand accounts of clients and their inspiring Soul Journeys throughout Creation. These remarkable past-life regression sessions were facilitated using the groundbreaking Angelic Universal Regression Alchemy (A.U.R.A.) Hypnosis Healing technique. Through A.U.R.A., we explore in-depth the experiences of our past, future and current lives meant for our highest healing under the guidance of our Higher Selves. Through these Higher Self aspects, we learn the enlightening truth of our Earth's History and our Universe. Activating memories within us that lay dormant to be awakened once more for our highest path of individual and collective Ascension. In these Soul Journeys, we will journey through soul remembrance of the Inverted A.I. Matrix, learning to weave through it so that we may graduate and begin operating instead in our organic timelines. Bridging forth the possibility of a fruitful Ascension into the Fifth Dimension or higher. Through these extraordinary Soul Journeys shared from first-hand A.U.R.A. Hypnosis Healing sessions in this book, we learn fascinating and in-depth details about: [ ] Our infinite capacity for self-healing, our soul sovereignty and our rebirth [ ] The human soul's evolution throughout Earth's History and beyond [ ] Who are the Reptilians and what is their purpose? What are Archons? [ ] Deep State Agenda: Human Trafficking, MK-Ultra, Military Abductions [ ] What is the Inverted A.I. Matrix and how do we graduate from it? [ ] The true construct of the Organic Matrix and sacred knowledge of the Universe [ ] Guidance for the Earth and the Universe's Ascension: "The Event" and New Earth [ ] The sacredness of Twin Flame Bonds [ ] Galactic Races of the Universe, the Angelics, and the RA Collective [ ] Exclusive channeled sacred knowledge from the Galactics [ ] I AM Aurora and this is what I strive to do for all, to remind you of these divine gifts awaiting to be reawakened once more. It is time to remember who you truly are, as you are divinely guided to be here. Thank you for following your heart to mine!

Download or read book New Suns 2 Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color written by Tananarive Due and published by Rebellion Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Octavia E. Butler said, “There’s nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” New Suns 2 brings you fresh visions of the strange, the unexpected, the shocking—breakthrough stories, stories shining with emerging truths, stories that pierce stale preconceptions with their beauty and bravery. Like the first New Suns anthology (winner of the World Fantasy, Locus, IGNYTE, and British Fantasy awards), this book liberates writers of many races to tell us tales no one has ever told. Many things come in twos: dualities, binaries, halves, and alternates. Twos are found throughout New Suns 2, in eighteen science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories revealing daring futures, hidden pasts, and present-day worlds filled with unmapped wonders. Including stories by Daniel H. Wilson, K. Tempest Bradford, Darcie Little Badger, Geetanjali Vandemark, John Chu, Nghi Vo, Tananarive Due, Alex Jennings, Karin Lowachee, Saad Hossain, Hiromi Goto, Minsoo Kang, Tlotlo Tsamaase, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, Malka Older, Kathleen Alcalá, Christopher Caldwell and Jaymee Goh with a foreword by Walter Mosley and an afterword by Dr. Grace Dillon.

Download or read book Galactic Dynamics written by James Binney and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-30 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since it was first published in 1987, Galactic Dynamics has become the most widely used advanced textbook on the structure and dynamics of galaxies and one of the most cited references in astrophysics. Now, in this extensively revised and updated edition, James Binney and Scott Tremaine describe the dramatic recent advances in this subject, making Galactic Dynamics the most authoritative introduction to galactic astrophysics available to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers. Every part of the book has been thoroughly overhauled, and many sections have been completely rewritten. Many new topics are covered, including N-body simulation methods, black holes in stellar systems, linear stability and response theory, and galaxy formation in the cosmological context. Binney and Tremaine, two of the world's leading astrophysicists, use the tools of theoretical physics to describe how galaxies and other stellar systems work, succinctly and lucidly explaining theoretical principles and their applications to observational phenomena. They provide readers with an understanding of stellar dynamics at the level needed to reach the frontiers of the subject. This new edition of the classic text is the definitive introduction to the field. ? A complete revision and update of one of the most cited references in astrophysics Provides a comprehensive description of the dynamical structure and evolution of galaxies and other stellar systems Serves as both a graduate textbook and a resource for researchers Includes 20 color illustrations, 205 figures, and more than 200 problems Covers the gravitational N-body problem, hierarchical galaxy formation, galaxy mergers, dark matter, spiral structure, numerical simulations, orbits and chaos, equilibrium and stability of stellar systems, evolution of binary stars and star clusters, and much more Companion volume to Galactic Astronomy, the definitive book on the phenomenology of galaxies and star clusters

Download or read book THE DAWNING LIGHT 45 Sci Fi Novels Stories in One Volume written by Randall Garrett and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 1923 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited SF Collection, jam-packed with thrilling intergalactic adventures, supernatural mysteries and lost world tales: Psi-Power Series: Brain Twister The Impossibles Supermind Novels: Pagan Passions Anything You Can Do... Quest of the Golden Ape Unwise Child Short Stories: The Highest Treason Despoilers of the Golden Empire But, I Don't Think A Spaceship Named McGuire The Eyes Have It Nor Iron Bars a Cage Damned If You Don't By Proxy The Foreign Hand-Tie The Penal Cluster Hail to the Chief His Master's Voice The Judas Valley Cum Grano Salis ...Or Your Money Back Anchorite The Bramble Bush The Unnecessary Man The Asses of Balaam With No Strings Attached A World by the Tale Dead Giveaway Psichopath Suite Mentale The Man Who Hated Mars Thin Edge Instant of Decision Heist Job on Thizar Fifty Per Cent Prophet The Destroyers Hanging by a Thread What the Left Hand Was Doing Belly Laugh In Case of Fire The Measure of a Man Time Fuze Viewpoint ...After a Few Words

Download or read book First Strike written by Chris Nuttall and published by Henchman Press. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best defense… Starting a war with an enemy a hundred times stronger is insane. It’s desperate. And it’s Earth’s only hope. A massive alien power looms over humanity, claiming Earth as its territory and humanity as its slaves. The Hegemony has already taken over one colony, yoking hundreds of thousands under their brutal rule. Every tactical exercise, every wargame and every simulation gives humanity zero chance in a defensive campaign. Earth’s only chance to win the coming war - is by striking first. “It’s honestly brilliant - a space opera tour de force I want to see the next book of.” -Glynn Stewart, author of Starship’s Mage “A story of alien threats and human resourcefulness that isn't simply a contest of gadgets and ray guns. Nuttall knows the real ingredients of war are from within, greed, treachery, arrogant disdain, devious double crossing and misdirection. Both human and alien.” -Mackey Chandler, author of the Family Law and April series

Download or read book Instant of Decision and Other Stories written by Randall Garrett and published by VM eBooks. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents Hail to the Chief A World by the Tale Instant of Decision The Foreign Hand Tie Heist Job on Thizar

Download or read book 100 Classic Science Fiction Stories Volume Two written by Henry Beam Piper and published by Golgotha Press. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 3282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 science fiction stories make up this massive collection. Works and authors include: The Dictator by Milton Lesser Diplomatic Immunity by Robert Sheckley Direct Wire by Clee Garson Disaster Revisited by Darius John Granger Disqualified by Charles Louis Fontenay Dogfight--1973 by Dallas McCord Reynolds The Doorway by Evelyn E. Smith The Dope on Mars by John Michael Sharkey The Double Spy by Dan T. Moore Double Take by Richard Wilson Dr Heidenhoff's Process Droozle by Frank Banta Duel on Syrtis by Poul William Anderson The Dueling Machine by Benjamin William Bova and Myron R. Lewis Earthsmith by Milton Lesser The Eel by Miriam Allen DeFord The Ego Machine by Henry Kuttner Egocentric Orbit by John Cory The Einstein See-Saw by Miles John Breuer Elegy by Charles Beaumont The Envoy, Her by Horace Brown Fyfe Equation of Doom by Gerald Vance The Eternal Wall by Raymond Zinke Gallun The Ethical Way by Joseph Farrell The Executioner by Frank Riley Exile from Space by Judith Merril Expediter by Dallas McCord Reynolds The Eyes Have It by Philip Kindred Dick Fair and Warmer by E. G. von Wald Faithfully Yours by Lou Tabakow Far from Home by J.A. Taylor A Feast of Demons by William Morrison Fee of the Frontier by Horace Brown Fyfe Feet Of Clay by Phillip Hoskins Feline Red by Robert Sampson Felony by James Causey Field Trip by Gene Hunter Per Cent Prophet by Gordon Randall Garrett A Filbert Is a Nut by Rick Raphael A Fine Fix by R. C. Noll The First Day of Spring by Mari Wolf Flamedown by Horace Brown Fyfe Flight From Tomorrow by Henry Beam Piper Through Tomorrow by Stanton Arthur Coblentz Fly By Night by Arthur Dekker Savage The Flying Cuspidors by V. R. Francis Foreign Hand Tie by Gordon Randall Garrett Forever by Robert Sheckley Forget Me Nearly by Floyd L. Wallace Forsyte's Retreat by Winston Marks Foundling on Venus by John de Courcy and Dorothy de Courcy The Fourth Invasion by Henry Josephs Freudian Slip by Franklin Abel The Frightened Planet by Sidney Austen Frigid Fracas by Dallas McCord Reynolds G-r-r-r...! by Roger Arcot The Gallery by Roger Phillips Graham Gambler's World by John Keith Laumer Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith Generals Help Themselves by M. C. Pease Genesis by H. Beam Piper George Loves Gistla by James McKimmey Get Out of Our Skies! by E. K. Jarvis The Gift Bearer by Charles Louis Fontenay A Gift For Terra by Fox B. Holden The Glory of Ippling by Helen M. Urban The Good Neighbors by Edgar Pangborn Goodbye, Dead Man! by Tom W. Harris Graveyard of Dreams by Henry Beam Piper The Graveyard of Space by Milton Lesser The Great Potlatch Riots by Allen Kim Lang Hall of Mirrors by Fredric Brown Ham Sandwich by James H. Schmitz The Hammer of Thor by Charles Willard Diffin Hanging by a Thread by Gordon Randall Garrett Ending by Fredric Brown and Dallas McCord Reynolds The Happy Man by Gerald Wilburn Page The Happy Unfortunate by Robert Silverberg Hard Guy by H. B. Carleton Hate Disease by William Fitzgerald Jenkins The Heads of Apex by Francis Flagg Heist Job on Thizar by Gordon Randall Garrett The Hell Ship by Raymond Alfred Palmer The Cosmos by Clifford Donald Simak The Helpful Hand of God by Tom Godwin Helpfully Yours by Evelyn E. Smith Horn's X-Ray Eye Glasses by Dwight V. Swain High Dragon Bump by Don Thompson High Man by Jay Clarke The Hills of Home by Alfred Coppel The Hitch Hikers by Vernon L. McCain The Hohokam Dig by Theodore Pratt The Holes and John Smith by Edward W. Ludwig Holes, Incorporated by L. Major Reynolds Home is Where You Left It by Adam Chase Homesick by Lyn Venable Homo Inferior by Mari Wolf The Honored Prophet by William E. Bentley The Hoofer by Walter M. Miller

Download or read book Invaders written by Gardner Dozois and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2013-03-25 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction tales of aliens who are not so nice to us humans¾and sometimes downright murderous. Includes stories by: Octavia E. Butler Damon Knight R. A. Lafferty Neal Barrett, Jr. James Tiptree, Jr. Howard Waldrop Pat Cadigan William Tenn Philip K. Dick Frederik Pohl Robert Silverberg Brian W. Aldiss Tom Purdom Harvey Jacobs Raccoona Sheldon At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).