Научная фантастика
Различные книги в жанре Научная фантастикаYondering
This is one of a series of anthologies of science fiction and mystery stories by Borgo Press writers that are being distributed at cost as both ebooks and paperback volumes. The first volume in the sequence, Yondering, includes a baker's dozen of original and reprint tales by fourteen writers. <P> In «The Quills of Henry Thomas,» W. C. and Aja Bamberger give us a glimpse of a future in which music is composed through DNA computing. «The Gizzard Wizard» is Rory Barnes's delightful sequel to his young adult SF novel, Space Junk. John Gregory Betancourt's engaging «The Darkfishers» envisions a shanghaied Earth colony stranded on the back of a huge crustacean on an ocean planet. Sydney J. Bounds, in «Guinea Pigs,» portrays a future dominated by cutthroat corporations. <P> "Outside Looking In," by Mark E. Burgess, takes the «world in a bottle» theme–and turns it upside down. Victor Cilinca's «Siegfried» demonstrates the folly of taking those «primitive» aliens too lightly. Michael R. Collings's «The Calling of Iam'Kendron» is a stirring prequel to his epic science-fantasy novel, Wordsmith. In Arthur Jean Cox's «Evergreen,» we find that long life is not always what it's cracked up to be. <P> Award-winning author Jack Dann depicts, in «Mohammed’s Angel,» an all-too-plausible future in which cultures, sensibilities, and terrorist acts are inextricably mixed. «Ultra Evolution,» by John Russell Fearn, is a cautionary tale about the advancement of man—not always a good thing! Sheila Finch's «Miles to Go» is the moving story of a wheelchair marathoner faced with a crucial decision. Mel Gilden relates mankind's first encounter with aliens in «The Little Finger of the Left Hand.» Last, and certainly not least, Ardath Mayhar's poignant «The Next Generation» shows the human race forced to make a crucial decision about its survival.
The Ming Vase and Other Science Fiction Stories
Cartwright House is a secret government military project. The men and women living there have been given the best food, comfort, and recreational facilities. But they're prisoners, forbidden to leave and closely guarded. For these people have very special powers. And then one man does escape, and Special Agent Don Gregson of the CIA is delegated to find him–and quickly. This is just one of four great stories of the aliens living among us, including «Trojan Horse,» «Agent,» and «The Inevitable Conflict.» First-rate SF tales by a master storyteller.
The Time Free Zone
This is a fast story about something that may or may not exist outside our galaxy.
South Africa Odyssey
It is early December 1898. New South Wales is about to send its first contingent of soldiers to South Africa to join British forces in the empire's fight against the Boers. It will be accompanied by the New South Wales Field Ambulance. Young Sydney doctor Mark Dunkley, a new and relatively junior officer in the Ambulance receives notice to join his unit for service abroad. We follow him during the excitement prior to embarking for the sea voyage, the development of his first romance, the activities of his unit, and the humour and tragedy that play out in wartime. The story unfolds against the backdrop of a brutal conflict and the reaction of men and women to this new type of warfare.
The Barkuu
A mysterious cloud appears in space and then envelopes the planet for a day; to avoid cataclysm, humanity digs in. When they emerge, they find the air scrubbed clean, and massive metallic objects strategically placed throughout the world. <br /><br />A new society forms from the ashes, will humankind survive?
LaCost
What is the potential of the human mind? <br />Jason Patrick LaCost is gifted with a genius level IQ, the ability to feel what other people are thinking and a passion for solving problems. As research head of a large biotech company, Jason makes discoveries that revolutionize agriculture, but pose a threat to corporations that control the planet's food chain. When a corporate shark wants to steal Jason's discoveries things get ugly. Jason's boss has his back, and calls on an old friend and security specialist for help and extra muscle. <br />Jason falls for art teacher Alison Russo, and together they take seven-year-old Sarah into their care. It becomes clear that Sarah is an evolved human whose intellect is off the charts. Jason and Sarah develop a mental and intellectual bond that normal minds have never achieved. <br />Jason's continuing research leads to bigger and more important discoveries, which bring bigger and more dangerous corporate bad guys who threaten his work, his family and his life. Jason and his extraordinary friends band together to fight off the threats, becoming like family in the process.
A Not So Distant Dream.
A space trader discovers a planet filled with rich resources for a intergalactic space mining company. He crash lands and discovers more than he bargained for.
Everything Fails
Life moves fast in the Thirty-Second Century. Attention is the only currency; memory, a luxury most cannot afford.<br />When an aging anonymous secretist turns author and writes a controversial memoir, they incur the enmity of their former employer, the dread Ministry of Secrets, a shadowy cult that’s become a social institution and cornerstone of Thirty-Second society. The Ministry dispatches its agents, the so-called Brims & Trenches, psychopathic frenemies and past allies of the writer, to capture and recondition them for service.<br />Aided by their best friend, Horace, and former lover, Cobie, the narrator must flee or face the fallout of a past brought to life again on the mean streets of the 32C, alleyways filled with knife fights, mind-bending hallucinations, and inveigled plots. Also lurking is Dwizaal, an ill-doing consciousness of no certain origin, borne by life on the Jungle Planet, intent upon wrecking the narrator’s life right as they start a family in a world where everything fails in each rising moment.
Ailleianne
What is life like to someone who isn't from here? London needs a housemate after dumping her boyfriend. She gets a little more than she bargains for with her agender tenant Ailleianne, who is literally out of this world.
Tina Marie Maes is a cataloging librarian by day. At night, she can be writing or making things, or by the lake reading.
Por el espejo
La Dra. Kate Magnus está preparada para sufrir otra noche de trabajo agotador cuando, por un giro del destino, se encuentra en un mundo donde nada es lo que parece.