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A spaceship's nothing without her crew.
In the vastness of space, there's room for all types of adventures. Scientists seek to solve the mysteries of the universe. Explorers look for lost alien civilizations or new worlds to support life. Planet builders and planet smugglers create life and steal worlds. And some human spacefarers navigate with the help (or hindrance) of feline or feathered companions. The universe contains infinite possibilities-but...
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2091-The Year the Earth Changed
As Yellowstone erupts, sending humankind into an extinction-level event, countries, cities, and enclaves of the elites create desperate, innovative ways to survive the coming ice age.
Some scientists uplift entire cities into the sky above the disaster, others build undersea colonies, while some look to space. A few delve into the darkness of genetic modification and try to evolve a new species of humanity.
Now,...
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En la vastedad del universo, donde la oscuridad cósmica se mezcla con la danza de las estrellas, existe un rincón misterioso que desafía la lógica y estira los límites de nuestra comprensión: el agujero negro. Este fenómeno gravitacional, donde la gravedad se vuelve implacable y la luz se desvanece en la insondable negrura, ha sido el tema de especulación, asombro y fascinación a lo largo de la historia de la astronomía.En este viaje intergaláctico,...
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An anthology of action-packed, science fiction adventure tales featuring pirates, strong women, soldiers, horrors, vagabonds, and deadly battles in space. The Full-Throttle Space Tales series collected action-packed, high octane, science fiction stories across the full potential of the genre. Here, the original editors have teamed up to pick the very best of Full-Throttle Space Tales, eighteen stories collected here for the first time. Stories by...
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Argosy is considered the very first pulp fiction magazine. It was launched in 1882 as a children's magazine, but quickly changed its target audience as it realized children were not in charge of their reading money and could not be counted on to renew subscriptions.
Argosy started publishing science fiction and fantasy almost immediately upon making this change. One cannot overstate Argosy's place in the history of science fiction. Without this reliable...
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AMAZING STORIES Volume 2. Twelve Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction. Featured here: "A Great Day for the Irish" byAlice L. Hopf, "The Little Red Bag" by Jerry Sohl", "The Honored Prophet" by William E. Bentley, "The Masked World" byJack Williamson, "Extracts from the Galactic Almanack" by Larry M. Harris, "A Choice of Miracles" by James A. Cox, "Exile from Space" and "The Lonely" by Judith Merril, "Lease to Doomsday" by Lee...
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Bullet Points captures the complexity, tragedy, and hope of warfare and violence in human and nonhuman society, with reprints and original stories every three months. The January 2024 issue (Volume 4) presents stories on a combat theme:
• Original Stories
• Joe Prosit, "Instant War"
• Lucas Enne, "Revival"
• Lesley L. Smith, "Wartime Telework"
• Henry McFarland, "Every Soldier's Right"
• Andrew Knighton, "The Sound of War"
• Daniel...
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ARE YOU WANING? WAXING? CRESCENT? FEELING GIBBOUS?
The Planet Scumm Institute for "Skeletaxonomy" is recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial of scummicillin, a probacterial designed to treat symptoms associated with body solidity, three-dimensionality, and organ, uh... having.
If you've experienced one of the following, you may be eligible to participate in our study:
• Complications from one or more fullbody skeletal replacements
•...
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Kids are sure to say "Wow! That's awesome!" while reading these fun, informative fact books about some of the world's most intriguing and mysterious places. Kids will learn about gravity, stars, and the planets above. Parents and educators will love how engaged students are in these books, while kids will be too involved in the amazing facts and photographs to realize they are learning! With a cover designed to grab a child's attention (including...
13) Space
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SPACE is full of incredible images and mind-blowing facts about the solar system, galaaxies, satellites, and much more! Readers will be fascinated to elarn about everything from shooting stars to space travel. Is it possible for humans to live in space? How many starts are there in the universe? How did the planets get their names? SPACE has the answers to all of these questions and many more!
14) Pandorum
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Pandorum es una colección de libros de bolsillo (o paperbacks) que intenta traer hasta nuestros tiempos el espíritu de las antologías de relatos de ciencia ficción que poblaron las estanterías de kioscos y librerías durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX.Cada antología de la Colección Pandorum contiene entre diez y quince relatos de ciencia ficción (de lectura independiente), escritos por otros tantos autores y autoras actuales del género,...
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Did you know that one day people will go to Mars? That trips to space will be possible for everybody? That aliens might really exist? Discover for yourself amazing facts about space exploration, from the earliest attempts to today's regular trips in this awesome book all about space! With a cover designed to grab a child's attention (including foil, spot UV, and embossing), and an immediately engaging interior filled with varying text lengths and...
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You'll feel like you're in a 92nd Bomb Group B-17 as they bomb the shipyards at Kiel! You'll feel the danger as you strike at the factories at Schweinfurt! Learn what it felt like to fight in World War II and in Korea! Featured in 92nd Bomb Group (H): Fame's Favored Few are the group's history, war stories, biographies of veterans, and photographs.
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Riveting, first-person accounts that put the reader in the cockpit. Dozens of photographs of the planes and the pilots that flew and fought in the skies from Tokyo to Berlin. Find out what it was like to fly some of the all-time classic aircraft of World War II, including the P-51 Mustang, B-17 Flying Fortress, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-38 Lightning, P-40 Kittyhawk, and many more! Robin Higham served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and was a...
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Written by British intelligence officers in 1948, RISE AND FALL OF THE GERMAN AIR FORCE offers a unique insider's view of Germany's extraordinary military machine.
Drawing upon records and documents captured from the Luftwaffe archives and elsewhere, it describes the Air Force's principal campaigns, achievements and operational problems - as well as the political tensions that ultimately became its undoing.
It also explores the powerful personalities...
19) Avatar Dreams
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The development of "Avatar" technology-the fusion of human awareness consciousness with remote robotic bodies-offers breathtaking advances in medicine, culture, work, transportation, education and imagination. The Avatar project is designed to drive the exponential innovations needed to make General Purpose Avatars an everyday reality.
The transformational potential of avatars is endless-and who better to illustrate the possibilities than some of...
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Fantastic Universe started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazines publishing. It published many important stories' by some of the field's best known writers. Collected in this over sized edition are more than 175,000 words of science fiction and fantasy. Escape back to the golden age of science fiction!
'Exile from Space' by Judith Merril
'Cogito,...
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