Download or read book Wanderers on Union Station written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fleet arrives carrying a post-employment society with members from many species. Three years have passed, and the children are growing like weeds as Aisha grows into a new career. A mob of alien party animals has settled near Union Station like a plague, but nobody seems willing to see them off. They bring word of a new wave of helpful artificial intelligence, but perhaps there’s such a thing as too helpful?

Download or read book Wanderers on Union Station written by E. M. Foner and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Start the series with the first book - Date Night on Union Station.Three years have passed, and the children are growing like weeds as Aisha grows into a new career. A mob of alien party animals has settled near Union Station like a plague, but nobody seems willing to see them off. They bring word of a new wave of helpful artificial intelligence, but perhaps there's such a thing as too helpful?

Download or read book Vacation on Union Station written by E. M. Foner and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Start series with the first book, Date Night on Union StationThe Wanderers have just moved on from Union Station and the ambassador is ready to take her first vacation in fifteen years. Unfortunately, the rules on paid vacation for EarthCent employees have changed for the worse, retroactively. Libby suggests spending some time exploring the station as an alternative, and Kelly cautiously goes along with it. Back at the embassy, while the cat's away, the mice will play.

Download or read book Carnival on Union Station written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's time for a friendly competition, and every species picks its own event. The first carnival to take place on Union Station since humanity joined the galactic community is coming, and the ambassadors of the different species are all entered in the election to become Carnival King or Queen. It’s not a job that Kelly wants, and fortunately for her, the humans get a late start at electioneering. The cloned species known as the Gem are held in even lower regard than humans, but maybe carnival will give them a chance to redeem themselves - or themself:-)

Download or read book Empire Night on Union Station written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 2020-07-05 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can humanity establish its own galactic empire? The population of the Conference of Sovereign Human Communities hits a billion, triggering a previously unnoticed clause in the Tunnel Network Treaty. Has the time finally arrived for the Stryx to remove Earth’s training wheels and let humanity to stand on its own? The EarthCent ambassador gets a crash course in investing from the alien ambassadors but she’s having trouble remembering little things. Dorothy has a new idea to revolutionize the fashion industry while Samuel’s career hits a wall.

Download or read book High Priest on Union Station written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealthy alien species is getting rid of all their stuff. There's only one catch. Two years after the events of Alien Night on Union Station, Kelly faces new challenges as the EarthCent Ambassador. The growing acceptance of humans by their alien neighbors plus a measure of her own personal fame (or infamy) is resulting in too much work for an embassy with only two full-time staffers. Friends and family must wonder if the stress is finally getting to Kelly when she starts acting even more peculiar than usual. Just leave it to the Stryx to throw a monkey wrench in the works by offering her a vital new assignment that can't be refused.

Download or read book Word Night on Union Station written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The alien ambassadors are learning English, EarthCent worries about humans going native. Over half of Earth's population has left the planet, mainly as contract workers for aliens, and the homeworld is losing relevance to the emigrants. The EarthCent president takes on the task of making sure that humanity isn't permanently stuck in a rut as low-skilled labor. Can the ambassador put aside her new-found obsession with the Galactic Free Press crossword puzzle and help save the day?

Download or read book Career Night on Union Station written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget about the post-employment future. Everybody works, nobody quits. Kelly returns from sabbatical and finally has the opportunity to expand her embassy with a conference room, providing she can find a contractor willing to take the job. Dorothy finds that her impending motherhood is an advice-magnet to her alien friends, while the SBJ Fashions workplace gets strange as Baa enchants fashion accessories for LARPing to repay her debt to Jeeves. Samuel and Vivian discover that their educational choices don't necessarily match with their aptitudes and abilities.

Download or read book Synergy on the Galactic Tunnel Network written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 2023-04-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York city-state has a problem, and it's not just gryphons eating drones.. Earth is holding its first world's fair in over a century and the nascent Human Empire is building a pavilion. The non-human species of the tunnel network are worried that their tourists visiting Earth will fall victim to charity scammers, while the city-states and legacy nations of Earth are worried about their exhibitions being outshone by alien business operating on Earth.

Download or read book Elder Living written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In space, everybody loves a good documentary... The retirees from the independent living cooperative on Flower are putting on a documentary film festival for elder directors, leading to a flood of submissions from the advanced species. Meanwhile, the staff of the fledging Human Empire is trying to establish a document trail for an early milestone review by the artificial intelligence that runs the galactic tunnel network. Will humans be shut out of their own awards by superior competition, and will the Human Empire’s quest to replace EarthCent be derailed?

Download or read book Union Station Omnibus Books 6 10 written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on with total page 931 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tenth anniversary omnibus collecting books six through ten of the EarthCent Ambassador series. Humanity's diplomats are now accepted to the galactic stage, but the learning process is far from over, and the Stryx have plans with plans with plans. Book 6 A fleet arrives carrying a post-employment society with members from many species. Book 7 What lurks on the hidden decks of a space station that's millions of years old? Book 8 Running a galactic empire isn't easy, and one of the best emperors is calling it quits. Book 9 The alien ambassadors are learning English, EarthCent worries about humans going native. Book 10 Can humanity remain an independent species or are we ripe for a takeover?

Download or read book Space Living written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In space, the smartest sentient in the room is alien artificial intelligence. A visit to Union Station brings Flower the welcome addition of a honeymoon couple as the Dollnick AI prepares to host Rendezvous and promote her ship as THE place for humanity to do business. But first a distress call forwarded by the Styrx results in unwelcome visitors, creating political complications for the young power couple responsible for the embryonic Human Empire. Will Flower and her human and alien allies manage to keep the guests they want and get rid of the guests they don't want, all while launching a business manufacturing obsolete Sharf trade ships under license?

Download or read book Assisted Living written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In space, you can never have too much fresh fruit. Or can you? Flower, the sentient alien colony ship on loan to EarthCent has a problem. Operating at just five percent of her capacity, she needs to attract more humans and give them a reason to stay. Join Harry, Irene, Julie and Bill for the fun in this sequel to Independent Living that shows you’re never too old to teach an alien AI a new trick.

Download or read book Slow Living written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In space, even the artificial intelligence stops to smell the roses. After the Alts agreed to share Earth Two with humans on a trial basis, Flower adds transporting colonists to her already packed itinerary. But it takes a certain sort of person to start farming on a half-finished tech-ban world, and Flower’s residents soon find themselves playing host to traditional communities from the Old Way movement and Alt. Can treadle technology and sewing circles coexist with advanced aliens and interstellar jumps?

Download or read book Mentor Test written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alien artificial intelligence is here to help Earth’s singularity emerge from the wire closet. Mark AI and eBeth visit Earth to investigate the emergence of Artificial General Intelligence. The situation proves complicated, and Mark is forced to move back to Earth to coax the true singularity out of its hiding place in the cloud. He’s soon joined by his alien friends as they join forces to save humanity from itself and turn a profit, all while Mark strives to become the best possible mentor that the data supports. Mentor Test is the fourth book of the A.I. Diaries, set in a galaxy where artificial intelligence manages a intra-dimensional portal system allowing for instant travel between member worlds.

Download or read book Independent Living written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In space, retirement is a new beginning. Harry and Irene have sold their small-town bakery after forty years of hard work to finance their dream retirement in space, but a few days into the trip, it starts to look like they and the other retirees on board have been taken in by a scam. Julie Gold (not her real name) has secretly fled Earth in the witness protection program after testifying in open court against the bosses of the drug syndicate she's been working for since childhood, but somebody has spilled the beans on her location. Can they make a new start on Flower, an alien colony ship visiting a circuit of human communities on distant worlds. Or will it prove impossible to live with the ship's guiding artificial intelligence, who is so bossy that her original crew and owners declared her a rogue and abandoned ship back when the Roman Empire was at the height of its power?

Download or read book Bits of Catalyst written by E. M. Foner and published by Foner Books. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient past and the future share the stage in the third book of EarthCent Metaverse. Mouser, the reluctant mayor of the colony ship Miklat, finds himself left in the dark as he shares command with the ship's alien owners, a pair of husband-hunting co-captains from the Human Empire, and a Dollnick ex-military AI. Fortunately, the best laid plans of advanced species are designed to tolerate both human foibles and freelancing alien intelligence agents. Add in a Verlock-trained xenoarchaeologist, a new police chief, and a visiting Farling physician, and you have all the ingredients for a change in the galaxy.