Download or read book The Last Seedship A Sci Fi Novella written by Rick Anthony and published by Rick Anthony. This book was released on with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time when the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, the story of The Last Seedship takes us on an epic journey across the cosmos, fueled by hope, courage, and the indomitable spirit of life. As Earth lies on the brink of collapse, ravaged by pollution, war, and dwindling resources, a desperate mission is undertaken by a select few aboard The Gaia, a seedship carrying the DNA samples of every living thing and the brightest minds of a dying world. Their mission: to find a habitable exoplanet and establish a new colony, ensuring the survival of the human race and the countless other species that call Earth home. Through the vast, uncharted reaches of space, The Gaia and her intrepid crew face countless challenges and unforeseen dangers, encountering alien civilizations both benevolent and malevolent, unlocking ancient secrets that forever alter their understanding of the universe, and uncovering the truth about their own origins. As they journey further into the unknown, they discover that they are not alone in their quest for survival, and that the actions they take will have far-reaching consequences for the fate of not just humanity, but the entire galaxy. The Last Seedship is more than just an extraordinary tale of adventure, sacrifice, and discovery. It is a story that speaks to the very heart of what it means to be human – our capacity for hope, our innate drive to overcome adversity, and our unwavering commitment to the preservation of life in all its myriad forms. Through the trials and tribulations faced by the crew of The Gaia, we are reminded of the importance of unity, collaboration, and the interconnectedness of all beings, and of the power we hold when we come together in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Join the crew of The Gaia as they embark on a journey unlike any other, navigating the boundless frontier of space in search of a new home and a brighter future for all. The Last Seedship is a testament to the resilience of life and the indomitable spirit that lies within us all, a story that will leave you breathless, inspired, and forever changed.

Download or read book Tuf Voyaging written by George R. R. Martin and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before A Game of Thrones became an international phenomenon, #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin had taken his loyal readers across the cosmos. Now back in print after almost ten years, Tuf Voyaging is the story of quirky and endearing Haviland Tuf, an unlikely hero just trying to do right by the galaxy, one planet at a time. Haviland Tuf is an honest space-trader who likes cats. So how is it that, in competition with the worst villains the universe has to offer, he’s become the proud owner of a seedship, the last remnant of Earth’s legendary Ecological Engineering Corps? Never mind; just be thankful that the most powerful weapon in human space is in good hands—hands which now have the godlike ability to control the genetic material of thousands of outlandish creatures. Armed with this unique equipment, Tuf is set to tackle the problems that human settlers have created in colonizing far-flung worlds: hosts of hostile monsters, a population hooked on procreation, a dictator who unleashes plagues to get his own way . . . and in every case, the only thing that stands between the colonists and disaster is Tuf’s ingenuity—and his reputation as a man of integrity in a universe of rogues. “A rich blend of adventure, humor, compassion and all the other things that make being human worthwhile.”—Analog “A new facet of Martin’s manysided talent.”—Asimov’s

Download or read book Seed Ship written by S.l. Jennings and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ---------- We are In The Future Now ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Paperback & Kindle download...NOW includes Seed Ship vol.2 preview, Edibles samples, and a new short story!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Seed Shipvol. 1 - A Science Fiction Fairytale - -------------------Seed Ship Vol.1 is a Science Fiction short story / novella that can be continually enjoyed by readers of any age!As Sidd waits for his true love Mirani to wake from Long-Hibernation, this story takes place in a single day during a Major Journey in his self-constructed Seed Ship -A monstrously huge Spaceship with the ultimate function of building Planets & protecting / managing his various populations in/out of hibernation. This is somewhat of a love-story but focus is on the main character Sidd -whom, in his pre-40s has grown in maturity & Status into this particular Ultra-Society as an Owner (*one example of the titles in the hierarchal structure of the society)Volume 1 is an introduction to the main characters and gives a glimpse into life in the Universal Society, setting the stage for what is to come in future volumes.--------------------------"If I had a copy of this book years ago when I was younger, it would have been one of my favorite possessions! It's reminiscent (to me) of a brand of Book/Comic that I recall having as a kid ('Star' is the name of the brand that comes to mind...but it was so long ago) and I remember those books sold in the 80s at the grocery store, on the spinning rack along with the comic books."Enjoy!-------------------------Extras:Vol.2 preview...Shows the immature state of the main character at the beginning of it all...before the story takes off and starts to get really sci-fi in the rest of the novel-length vol.2(*rated 'Triple PG-13' due to mentions of Beer, Weed, and Relationship negativity)'Edibles' sample...Mentioned in the vol.1 story...includes some food pictures as well as illustrates how eating utensils are used in the Universal World.*includes the Owner's famous 'MayoGurt' recipe!Newer material includes an excerpt from the Book of Priorities mentioned in the vol.1 story along with a short-story that recounts the Owner's 1st assignment.========================================================psssssst.....Get a $10 discount code for use HERE @ http://www.asimovs.com/2013_01/index.shtmlPlease visit and like Seed Ship's Facebook page and view Product pictures and scansfacebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Science-Fiction-Seed-Ship/460155870671870

Download or read book Seed Ship Volumes 1 And 2 written by S. Jennings and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-01-29 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Citizens of the Universal Society live in a world Jumbled by the effects of Long-Hibernation. Sons and Daughters easily become older than their parents as they travel throughout the Galaxy ...Building new Planets as they go! Seed Ship can be considered a Science Fiction Fairytale telling the story of immature and Heartbroken Sidd...of the time when he became a member of this Ultra-Society and received the tangible benefits of citizenship in that World after attending a Major cultural Event which included the many built Earths and Ships spanning the vast distances. Sidd's journey leads him into acquiring the High Status of Owner and he discovers his True Love Mirani as he travels to the far reaches of this Galaxy and Beyond.

Download or read book The Man in the Tree written by Sage Walker and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Humanity's last hope of survival lies in space... but will a random death doom the venture? Our planet is dying and the world's remaining nations have pooled their resources to build a seed ship that will carry colonists on a multi-generational journey to a distant planet. Everything is set for a bright adventure... and then someone is found hanging dead just weeks before the launch. Fear and paranoia spread as the death begins to look more and more like a murder. The authorities want the case settled quickly and quietly so as not to cause panic... and to prevent a murderer from sabotaging the entire mission."--Amazon.com.

Download or read book To Each This World written by Julie E. Czerneda and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an Aurora Award-winning author, a new sci-fi novel follows three intrepid humans caught up in a conflict that stretches across time and space. Biologist Julie E. Czerneda's new standalone science fiction novel, To Each This World follows a desperate mission to reconnect with long lost sleeper ships, sent centuries earlier from Earth to settle distant worlds. A trio of Humans must work with their mysterious alien allies to rescue any descendants they can find on those worlds. Something is out there, determined to claim the cosmos for itself, and only on Earth will Humans be safe. Or will they? The challenge isn’t just to communicate with your own kind after generations have passed. It’s to understand what isn’t your kind at all. And how far will trust take you, when the truth depends on what you are?

Download or read book Belt Three written by John Ayliff and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worldbreakers do not think, do not feel and cannot be stopped.

Download or read book The Forgotten Planet written by Murray Leinster and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-09-18 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Forgotten Planet" by Murray Leinster. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Download or read book He s Not Lazy written by Adam Price and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Clinical psychologist Price offers one of the most significant books of the year in this new look at an old problem—the underperforming teenage boy… Price’s book brings an important voice to a much needed conversation.” —Library Journal (Starred review) On the surface, capable teenage boys may look lazy. But dig a little deeper, writes child psychologist Adam Price in He’s Not Lazy, and you’ll often find conflicted boys who want to do well in middle and high school but are afraid to fail, and so do not try. This book can help you become an ally with your son, as he discovers greater self-confidence and accepts responsibility for his future. Why are some teenage boys unmotivated? Why do they spend endless hours playing video games or glued to their phones and social media sites instead of studying? Is this a sign of laziness or something more troubling? As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Adam Price has found that teenage boys are extremely sensitive to the stress of our competitive achievement-oriented culture—one that has created a pressure cooker for today’s adolescent. In He’s Not Lazy, Dr. Price, a renowned expert on ADHD and learning disabilities, explains how to help a boy who is not lazy, but rather, is conflicted about trying his best. Dr. Price will guide you to discover hidden obstacles to your son’s success, set expectations, and empower him to accept responsibility for his own future. He’s Not Lazy will help you become your son’s ally, as he discovers greater self-confidence and becomes more self-reliant. Rather than reacting to pressure by shunning academic responsibilities altogether or propping up fear-based rebellion with justifications like “I am not going to be one of those nerds who have no life,” or “Tests don’t measure intelligence or help you learn, so what’s the point of studying for them?” your teenage son can work with you using the guidance in this book.

Download or read book Inside Straight written by Daniel Abraham and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestseller, the launch of a new generation of Wild Cards tales

Download or read book Winter Song written by Colin Harvey and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PLANET HAD FALLEN OFF THE MAP. Rock-hard sci-fi adventure. No-one here gets out alive. When his spaceship crashes on an unknown and forgotten planet, scientist Karl Allman discovers himself hunted by an ancient race. The descendants of earlier colonists have reverted to a savage tribal culture of sacrifice, pillage and violence. When Karl falls in love with an outcast girl, he has only one goal: escape. But escape is a distant dream on this nightmare planet. File Under: Science Fiction [ Starship Crash | Abandoned Colony | Alien Genocide | Comet Death ]

Download or read book Spin written by Robert Charles Wilson and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Axis and Vortex, the first Hugo Award-winning novel in the environmental apocalyptic Spin Trilogy... One night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his back yard and watched the stars go out. They all flared into brilliance at once, then disappeared, replaced by a flat, empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives. The effect is worldwide. The sun is now a featureless disk--a heat source, rather than an astronomical object. The moon is gone, but tides remain. Not only have the world's artificial satellites fallen out of orbit, their recovered remains are pitted and aged, as though they'd been in space far longer than their known lifespans. As Tyler, Jason, and Diane grow up, space probe reveals a bizarre truth: The barrier is artificial, generated by huge alien artifacts. Time is passing faster outside the barrier than inside--more than a hundred million years per day on Earth. At this rate, the death throes of the sun are only about forty years in our future. Jason, now a promising young scientist, devotes his life to working against this slow-moving apocalypse. Diane throws herself into hedonism, marrying a sinister cult leader who's forged a new religion out of the fears of the masses. Earth sends terraforming machines to Mars to let the onrush of time do its work, turning the planet green. Next they send humans...and immediately get back an emissary with thousands of years of stories to tell about the settling of Mars. Then Earth's probes reveal that an identical barrier has appeared around Mars. Jason, desperate, seeds near space with self-replicating machines that will scatter copies of themselves outward from the sun--and report back on what they find. Life on Earth is about to get much, much stranger. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Exultant written by Stephen Baxter and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2004-10-26 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Baxter has an uncanny gift for mixing a punchy, cyberpunk cynicism with his resolutely hard SF story base. . . . [Exultant] rivals Asimov in its boundless vision for the future evolution of humanity.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) For more than twenty thousand years, humans have been at war with the alien race of Xeelee. Faced with certain death, a young pilot, Pirius, disobeys orders and travels into the future. Upon his return, Pirius is court-martialed and sentenced to penal servitude. But it is not only Pirius who pays the price. In flying into the future and back again, Pirius returned to a time before he’d left, a time inhabited by his younger self, who also receives punishment. Commissary Nilis believes that the elder Pirius, whom he dubs Pirius Blue, may know how to defeat the Xeelee. But Nilis can do nothing for Pirius Blue. Instead, he takes the younger Pirius—Pirius Red—back to Earth. There Pirius Red will discover truths that shatter his preconceived notions of all that he is fighting for, while Pirius Blue will learn even harsher truths. But the most shocking revelation of all is still to come. “Absurdly ambitious, technically brilliant, and downright exciting.”—SFX Magazine “Striking . . . chilling . . . [with] a triumphant conclusion.”—Starburst

Download or read book Chains of Command written by Marko Kloos and published by 47North. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The assault on Earth was thwarted by the destruction of the aliens' seed ship, but with Mars still under Lanky control, survivors work frantically to rebuild fighting capacity and shore up planetary defenses. Platoon sergeant Andrew Grayson must crash-course train new volunteers--all while dulling his searing memories of battle with alcohol and meds. Knowing Earth's uneasy respite won't last, the North American Commonwealth and its Sino-Russian allies hurtle toward two dangerous options: hit the Lanky forces on Mars or go after deserters who stole a fleet of invaluable warships critical to winning the war. Assigned to a small special ops recon mission to scout out the renegades' stronghold on a distant moon, Grayson and his wife, dropship pilot Halley, again find themselves headed for the crucible of combat--and a shattering new campaign in the war for humanity's future.

Download or read book The Steerswoman written by Rosemary Kirstein and published by Rosemary Kirstein. This book was released on 2019-04-12 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION If you ask, she must answer. A steerswoman's knowledge is shared with any who request it; no steerswoman may refuse a question, and no steerswoman may answer with anything but the truth.And if she asks, you must answer. It is the other side of tradition's contract -- and if you refuse the question, or lie, no steerswoman will ever again answer even your most casual question.And so, the steerswomen - always seeking, always investigating - have gathered more and more knowledge about the world they travel, and they share that knowledge freelyUntil the day that the steerswoman Rowan begins asking innocent questions about one small, lovely, inexplicable object...Her discoveries grow stranger and deeper, and more dangerous, until suddenly she finds she must flee or fight for her life. Or worse -- lie.Because one kind of knowledge has always been denied the the steerswomen: Magic."If you haven't read Kirstein's Steerswoman books I envy you the chance to read them now for the first time.... I think they have a very good claim to be my favorite thing still being written. [...] If you like science, and if you like watching someone work out mysteries, and if you like detailed weird alien worlds and human cultures, if really good prose appeals... you're really in luck." - Jo Walton, Hugo and Nebula Awards winner, author of Among Others and Farthing."[Kirstein] walks the tightrope between fantasy and science fiction with precision and grace... [her] compassion for even minor characters is evident on every page, and her prose is measured and alluring without being overworked." -- Damien Broderick & Paul Di Filippo, in Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010

Download or read book Space Eldritch written by D. J. Butler and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-12-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction goes occult in SPACE ELDRITCH, a volume of seven original novelettes and novellas of Lovecraftian pulp space opera. Featuring work by Brad R. Torgersen (Hugo/ Nebula/Campbell nominee), Howard Tayler (multiple Hugo nominee), and Michael R. Collings (author of over 100 books), plus a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Larry Correia, SPACE ELDRITCH inhabits the intersection between the eternal adventure of the final frontier and the inhuman darkness between the stars.

Download or read book The Softwire Virus on Orbis 1 written by PJ Haarsma and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When twelve-year-old Johnny and his sister arrive on Orbis in a space ship of orphans, he finds he has a unique ability to communicate with computers.