Download or read book Nightmare Planet written by Murray Leinster and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-09-18 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nightmare 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 Hack the Planet written by Eli Kintisch and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inside tour of the incredible—and probably dangerous—plans to counteract the effects of climate change through experiments that range from the plausible to the fantastic David Battisti had arrived in Cambridge expecting a bloodbath. So had many of the other scientists who had joined him for an invitation-only workshop on climate science in 2007, with geoengineering at the top of the agenda. We can't take deliberately altering the atmosphere seriously, he thought, because there’s no way we'll ever know enough to control it. But by the second day, with bad climate news piling on bad climate news, he was having second thoughts. When the scientists voted in a straw poll on whether to support geoengineering research, Battisti, filled with fear about the future, voted in favor. While the pernicious effects of global warming are clear, efforts to reduce the carbon emissions that cause it have fallen far short of what’s needed. Some scientists have started exploring more direct and radical ways to cool the planet, such as: Pouring reflective pollution into the upper atmosphere Making clouds brighter Growing enormous blooms of algae in the ocean Schemes that were science fiction just a few years ago have become earnest plans being studied by alarmed scientists, determined to avoid a climate catastrophe. In Hack the Planet, Science magazine reporter Eli Kintisch looks more closely at this array of ideas and characters, asking if these risky schemes will work, and just how geoengineering is changing the world. Scientists are developing geoengineering techniques for worst-case scenarios. But what would those desperate times look like? Kintisch outlines four circumstances: collapsing ice sheets, megadroughts, a catastrophic methane release, and slowing of the global ocean conveyor belt. As incredible and outlandish as many of these plans may seem, could they soon become our only hope for avoiding calamity? Or will the plans of brilliant and well-intentioned scientists cause unforeseeable disasters as they play out in the real world? And does the advent of geoengineering mean that humanity has failed in its role as steward of the planet—or taken on a new responsibility? Kintisch lays out the possibilities and dangers of geoengineering in a time of planetary tipping points. His investigation is required reading as the debate over global warming shifts to whether humanity should Hack the Planet.
Download or read book Nightmare on Planet X written by A. G. Cascone and published by Troll Communications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While flying to his grandmother's house, Nicky and his parents are captured by hostile aliens and transported three thousand light years to the planet X.
Download or read book Book of Nightmares written by John Peel and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2005 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the evil wizard Destiny kidnaps Pixel, Score and Helaine must rescue him from the planet Zarathan, where nightmares come true and those who fall asleep die.
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 The Forgotten Planet written by Murray Leinster and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A planet had been seeded for life by humans, first with microbes and later with plants and insects. A third expedition, intended to complete the seeding with animals, never occurred. Over the millennia the insects and plants grew to gigantic sizes. The action of the novel describes the fight for survival by descendants of a crashed spaceship as they battle wolf-sized ants, flies the size of chickens, and gigantic flying wasps. Interestingly, this novel is a combination of three different science-fiction tales "The Mad Planet", "The Red Dust" and "Nightmare Planet" which were heavily revised by Murray Leinster to form a coherent story. This edition thus brings to you both the versions of this famous sci-fi story in one convenient edition for your ultimate pleasure! Contents: Novel Version The Forgotten Planet Magazine Version The Mad Planet The Red Dust Nightmare Planet
Download or read book Planet Omar Accidental Trouble Magnet written by Zanib Mian and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the exciting middle-grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination—now in paperback! Welcome to the imaginative brain of Omar! Omar and his family have just moved, and he is NOT excited about starting at a new school. What if the work is too hard or the kids are mean or the teacher is a zombie alien?! But when Omar makes a new best friend, things start looking up. That is, until a Big Mean Bully named Daniel makes every day a nightmare! Daniel even tells Omar that all Muslims are going to be kicked out of the country . . . Could that possibly be true? Luckily, Omar's enormous imagination and goofy family help him get through life's ups and downs. Omar's funny, relatable narrative is the perfect answer to the call for both mirrors and windows to fill bookshelves with diverse stories. An NPR Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A USBBY Outstanding International Book Selection A Top 10 NYPL Best Book of the year A Middle East Book Award Nominee A Fuse #8 Great Middle Grade Novels of 2020 list A Bluestem Book Award Nominee (Illinois) A Maine Student Book Award Nominee A Sasquatch Award Nominee (Washington)
Download or read book Nuclear Nightmares written by Joseph Cirincione and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a high risk that someone will use, by accident or design, one or more of the 17,000 nuclear weapons in the world today. Many thought such threats ended with the Cold War or that current policies can prevent or contain nuclear disaster. They are dead wrong—these weapons, possessed by states large and small, stable and unstable, remain an ongoing nightmare. Joe Cirincione surveys the best thinking and worst fears of experts specializing in nuclear warfare and assesses the efforts to reduce or eliminate these nuclear dangers. His book offers hope: in the 1960s, twenty-three states had nuclear weapons and research programs; today, only ten states have weapons or are seeking them. More countries have abandoned nuclear weapon programs than have developed them, and global arsenals are just one-quarter of what they were during the Cold War. Yet can these trends continue, or are we on the brink of a new arms race—or worse, nuclear war? A former member of President Obama’s nuclear policy team, Cirincione helped shape the policies unveiled in Prague in 2009, and, as president of an organization intent on reducing nuclear threats, he operates at the center of debates on nuclear terrorism, new nuclear nations, and the risks of existing arsenals.
Download or read book Diet for a Large Planet written by Chris Otter and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2023-06-05 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the unsustainable modern diet—heavy in meat, wheat, and sugar—that requires more land and resources than the planet is able to support. We are facing a world food crisis of unparalleled proportions. Our reliance on unsustainable dietary choices and agricultural systems is causing problems both for human health and the health of our planet. Solutions from lab-grown food to vegan diets to strictly local food consumption are often discussed, but a central question remains: how did we get to this point? In Diet for a Large Planet, Chris Otter goes back to the late eighteenth century in Britain, where the diet heavy in meat, wheat, and sugar was developing. As Britain underwent steady growth, urbanization, industrialization, and economic expansion, the nation altered its food choices, shifting away from locally produced plant-based nutrition. This new diet, rich in animal proteins and refined carbohydrates, made people taller and stronger, but it led to new types of health problems. Its production also relied on far greater acreage than Britain itself, forcing the nation to become more dependent on global resources. Otter shows how this issue expands beyond Britain, looking at the global effects of large agro-food systems that require more resources than our planet can sustain. This comprehensive history helps us understand how the British played a significant role in making red meat, white bread, and sugar the diet of choice—linked to wealth, luxury, and power—and shows how dietary choices connect to the pressing issues of climate change and food supply.
Download or read book Theme Planet written by Andy Remic and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's better than sex! It's better than drugs! If you haven't been sick yet, you soon will be... Welcome to Theme Planet, an entire alien world of insane rides, excessive hedonism and dangerous adventure. Theme Planet is the No. 1 destination for fun-seeking holidaymakers Galaxy-Wide! Dexter Colls is a policeman from earth, enjoying the holiday planet with his beautiful wife and young daughters. But when his family goes missing, he stumbles onto a deadly conspiracy. Amba Miskalov is an Anarchy Android, an assassin fitted with a v4.7 KillChip - beautiful, merciless and deadly. Sent to the planet on a dangerous assassination mission, she will discover the truth at the core of Theme Planet. This is the first volume of an exciting new series from innovative SF author Andy Remic, writer of the action-packed Combat K adventures.
Download or read book Nightmare Asylum written by Steve Perry and published by Spectra. This book was released on 1993 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2.
Download or read book THE FORGOTTEN PLANET Unabridged written by Murray Leinster and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook edition of "The Forgotten Planet" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. A planet had been seeded for life by humans, first with microbes and later with plants and insects. A third expedition, intended to complete the seeding with animals, never occurred. Over the millennia the insects and plants grew to gigantic sizes. The action of the novel describes the fight for survival by descendants of a crashed spaceship as they battle wolf-sized ants, flies the size of chickens, and gigantic flying wasps. Interestingly, this novel is a combination of three different science-fiction tales "The Mad Planet", "The Red Dust" and "Nightmare Planet" which were heavily revised by Murray Leinster to form a coherent story. This edition thus brings to you both the versions of this famous sci-fi story in one convenient edition for your ultimate pleasure! Contents: Novel Version The Forgotten Planet Magazine Version The Mad Planet The Red Dust Nightmare Planet
Download or read book Expedition written by Wayne Douglas Barlowe and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2358 Wayne Douglas Barlowe joined the first manned flight to Darwin IV, a newly discovered world beyond our solar system. Here he provides naturalistic paintings that vividly capture the alien creatures he encountered. Illustrations, full-color paintings, and maps.
Download or read book Planet of the Apes Archive Vol 4 written by Pierre Boulle and published by BOOM! Studios. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longtime fans can now experience the previously uncollected classic tales of Planet of the Apes! Experience the legendary 1970s Planet of the Apes originally published by Marvel Comics, collected for the first time ever, and remastered in prestigious hardcover. Rediscover the Battle for the Planet of the Apes with the adaptation of the original screenplay for the film by acclaimed Hollywood screenwriter Paul Dehn (Murder on the Orient Express) from legendary writer Doug Moench (Batman) who was the visionary co-creator of DC Comics’ villain Bane, and Marvel’s Moon Knight. Illustrated by fan-favorite Alfredo P. Alcala (Swamp Thing; Savage Sword of Conan) and more. Also included in this volume is Doug Moench’s wildly inventive and all new Planet of the Apes story Future History Chronicles and Evolution’s Nightmare. A must-have for any Planet of the Apes fan!
Download or read book Planets of Adventure written by Murray Leinster and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book The Second Murray Leinster MEGAPACK written by Murray Leinster and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 1157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murray Leinster (1896-1975) enjoyed a reputation as a top pulp fiction writer from the 1920s through the 1960s, publishing dozens of novels and more than a thousand short stories -- and not just in the science fiction field, as this collection shows. However, his greatest fame came from SF, and the Sidewise Award (for best alternate history work) is named after his story, "Sidewise in Time." Included in this volume are: PLANET OF DREAD THE WAILING ASTEROID THE FORGOTTEN PLANET ATTENTION SAINT PATRICK NIGHTMARE PLANET CREATURES OF THE ABYSS A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE THE PIRATES OF ERSATZ MORALE MURDER MADNESS THE RUNAWAY SKYSCRAPER THE GALLERY GODS THE STREET OF MAGNIFICENT DREAMS NERVE STORIES OF THE HUNGRY COUNTRY GROOVES FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW EVIDENCE And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 260+ entries in the MEGAPACK® series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, author collections...and much, much more!
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