Download or read book Ancient Shores written by Jack McDevitt and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It turned up in a North Dakota wheat field: a triangle, like a shark's fin, sticking up from the black loam. Tom Lasker did what any farmer would have done. He dug it up. And discovered a boat, made of a fiberglass-like material with an utterly impossible atomic number. What it was doing buried under a dozen feet of prairie soil two thousand miles from any ocean, no one knew. True, Tom Lasker's wheat field had once been on the shoreline of a great inland sea, but that was a long time ago -- ten thousand years ago. A return to science fiction on a grand scale, reminiscent of the best of Heinlein, Simak, and Clarke, Ancient Shores is the most ambitious and exciting SF triumph of the decade, a bold speculative adventure that does not shrink from the big questions -- and the big answers.
Download or read book Alien Seas written by Michael Carroll and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oceans were long thought to exist in all corners of the Solar System, from carbonated seas percolating beneath the clouds of Venus to features on the Moon's surface given names such as "the Bay of Rainbows” and the "Ocean of Storms." With the advent of modern telescopes and spacecraft exploration these ancient concepts of planetary seas have, for the most part, evaporated. But they have been replaced by the reality of something even more exotic. For example, although it is still uncertain whether Mars ever had actual oceans, it now seems that a web of waterways did indeed at one time spread across its surface. The "water" in many places in our Solar System is a poisoned brew mixed with ammonia or methane. Even that found on Jupiter's watery satellite Europa is believed similar to battery acid. Beyond the Galilean satellites may lie even more "alien oceans." Saturn's planet-sized moon Titan seems to be subject to methane or ethane rainfall. This creates methane pools that, in turn, become vast lakes and, perhaps, seasonal oceans. Titan has other seas in a sense, as large shifting areas of sand covering vast plains have been discovered. Mars also has these sand seas, and Venus may as well, along with oceans of frozen lava. Do super-chilled concoctions of ammonia, liquid nitrogen, and water percolate beneath the surfaces of Enceladus and Triton? For now we can only guess at the possibilities. 'Alien Seas' serves up part history, part current research, and part theory as it offers a rich buffet of "seas" on other worlds. It is organized by location and by the material of which various oceans consist, with guest authors penning specific chapters. Each chapter features new original art depicting alien seas, as well as the latest ground-based and spacecraft images. Original diagrams presents details of planetary oceans and related processes.
Download or read book Forever Shores written by Peter McNamara and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A variety of themes is explored in this anthology of the best contemporary Australian fantasy writing. From Isobelle Carmody's tragic romantic style and Terry Dowling's complex and technical world to Damien Broderick's vision of multiple worlds and Carmel Bird's "genetic unconscious deciding factor," the writers included tell enthralling stories strengthened by imagination that extends beyond the boundaries of the concrete world.
Download or read book The Savage Shore written by Graham Seal and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originial edition has subtitle: extraordinary stories of survival and tragedy from the early voyages of discovery to Australia.
Download or read book Alien Shores written by Vaughn Heppner and published by 47north. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary.
Download or read book Infinity s Shore written by David Brin and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2010-01-13 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nebula and Hugo award-winning author David Brin continues his bestselling Uplift series in this second novel of a bold new trilogy. Imaginative, inventive, and filled with Brin's trademark mix of adventure, passion, and wit, Infinity's Shore carries us further than ever before into the heart of the most beloved and extraordinary science fiction sagas ever written. For the fugitive settlers of Jijo, it is truly the beginning of the end. As starships fill the skies, the threat of genocide hangs over the planet that once peacefully sheltered six bands of sapient beings. Now the human settlers of Jijo and their alien neighbors must make heroic--and terrifying--choices. A scientist must rally believers for a cause he never shared. And four youngsters find that what started as a simple adventure--imitating exploits in Earthling books by Verne and Twain--leads them to the dark abyss of mystery. Meanwhile, the Streaker, with her fugitive dolphin crew, arrives at last on Jijo in a desperate search for refuge. Yet what the crew finds instead is a secret hidden since the galaxies first spawned intelligence--a secret that could mean salvation for the planet and its inhabitants...or their ultimate annihilation.
Download or read book This Virtual Night written by C.S. Friedman and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, returning to the universe of New York Times Notable book This Alien Shore comes a new space opera from an acknowledged master of science fiction. When deep-space travel altered the genes of the first interstellar colonists, Earth abandoned them. But some of the colonies survived, and a new civilization of mental and physical “Variants” has been established, centered around clusters of space stations known as the outworlds. Now the unthinkable has happened: a suicide assault has destroyed the life support system of a major waystation. All that is known about the young men responsible is that in their last living moments they were receiving messages from an uninhabited sector of space, and were playing a virtual reality game. Two unlikely allies have joined forces to investigate the incident: Ru Gaya, a mercenary explorer with a taste for high risk ventures, and game designer Micah Bello, who must find the parties responsible for the attack in order to clear his name. From the corridors of a derelict station lost to madness to an outlaw stronghold in the depths of uncharted space, the two now follow the trail of an enemy who can twist human minds to his purpose, and whose plans could bring about the collapse of outworld civilization.
Download or read book Lays of the Old Clyde Shores written by Andrew Boyd Scott and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poems written by Frank Earl Herrick and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sea and Shore written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Biology of Rocky Shores written by Colin Little and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an introduction to the study of marine rocky shores in the temperate zone. It is designed to encourage students and others to couple enormous intellectual rewards with the pleasure of working in some of the last easily accessible but relatively unspoilt places, and can be used as abasis for field courses, project work, or for lectures. Centred in North-West Europe, but using examples from all over the world, the book begins by considering the physical factors that characterize the habitat - primarily tides and waves - and goes on to assess how they influence the organisms that live within it. It describes how the behaviour andphysiology of individuals belonging to the major groups - algae, grazers, suspension feeders, and predators - are affected by their habitat, how their communities are structured, and discusses theories of community organization. For field courses, it suggests experiments and observations that can becarried out on the shore or in nearby laboratories. Finally, problems of pollution and conservation are considered in the context of their effects upon biodiversity.
Download or read book Alien Warlord s Miracle written by Nancey Cummings and published by Nancey Cummings. This book was released on 2018-12-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alien warrior falls back in time. Under attack, Reven crashes through a collapsing wormhole. While he’s technically in the correct location, he’s lost — arriving centuries too early. Surrounded by primitive technology and even more primitive humans, he must fight to stay alive and find a way home before the wormhole closes. His missions grows more complicated when a widow living on the edge of the moor discovers him in her barn. She doesn’t faint at the sight of his fearsome horns and he wants more from her than just shelter. She is his true mate. A woman alone. Elizabeth rejects the notion that there is a beast prowling the moors at night, stalking its next victim. Until she sees it with her own eyes. His massive, powerful frame and alien horns should frighten her, not excite her. Determined to prove he’s not the monster that the villagers claim, she steals a kiss from the alien warrior, binding their hearts together. As the villagers close in on the demon, Reven races to find a way home and save the human female his heart desires. This is a standalone story in the Warlord Brides universe with a HEA, time travel, aliens, haunting gothic moors, and no cheating.
Download or read book The Coast of Eden written by Robert Luther Duffus and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sea and Shore written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Download or read book Educational Radio Program written by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mission to Mightadore written by Stephen Hunt and published by Green Nebula. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seline Templar hasn't experienced an easy life. First, her father died for reasons that have been shockingly concealed from her. Then Seline's mother, Molly, went missing in suspicious circumstances. So she's been raised as a ward of King Steam in the Steamman Free State, far away from the potential perils of her home in the Jackelian Kingdom. Raised in relative solitude among the machine race . . . until an old friend of the family, the steamman scientist Coppertracks, turns up in the capital with news of the most amazing discovery. It will set Seline and her companions off on a dangerous adventure to the mysterious and distant Mightadore. There's only one problem with Seline's destination. Many are those brave souls who have set out to reach the legendary city. But, nobody has ever come back alive from the trip to describe what they found! JACKELIAN SERIES 7th novel of the Jackelian fantasy series. Each book is a standalone adventure set in the same world with some of the same characters, so you don't need to read it in sequential order (although purists often do).
Download or read book Ransoms to Time written by Antōnēs Dekavalles and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume includes sixty-two poems from four of Andonis Decavalles's collections of Greek verse: Nimule-Gondokoro (1949), Akis (1950), Oceanids (1970), and Joints, Ships, Ransoms (1976). The poems presented here in English illustrate the growth of Decavalles's poetry from its elusive, elliptical, and densely enigmatic early forms, to its present lucidly simple and balanced lyricism.
