The Miocene Arrow

The Miocene Arrow PDF Author: Sean Mcmullen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765344557
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 612

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Science fiction-roman.

The Miocene Arrow

The Miocene Arrow PDF Author: Sean Mcmullen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765344557
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 612

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Science fiction-roman.

Eyes of the Calculor

Eyes of the Calculor PDF Author: Sean McMullen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429977833
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 691

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In Sean McMullen's glittering, dynamic, and exotic world two thousand years in the future, librarians fight duels to settle disputes, there is no electricity, fueled engines are banned by every major religion in Australica, humanity has split into two species, and intelligent cetezoids rule the oceans. In space, the enigmatic Mirrorsun has begun to spin. Immense solar sails are pushing vast amounts of energy into its ancient orbital band, energy that could tear it apart--or be directed down at Earth. Already the hypnotic Call has ceased, and all electrical machines have been reduced to molten metal. A religious prophet has risen and is attempting to bring together the entire continent of Australica under her rule. Meanwhile, her diesel-powered sailwing shot down by religious fanatics, the American princess Samondel is forced to set aside her trade-seeking mission and disguise herself as a student. Her only friends are a disgraced monk who is a member of the secret police and a beautiful young librarian who is a dangerous and unstable psychopath. From these unlikely friendships she must form an alliance between two continents and two species, and prevent ultimate war. Fundamentally, unexpectedly, things are changing everywhere. As catastrophe looms and civilization begins to crumble, the Dragon Librarians of Australica have just one means left to hold their world together: to kidnap every numerate person on the continent and rebuild their out-of-date human-powered computer--the Calculor. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Souls in the Great Machine

Souls in the Great Machine PDF Author: Sean Mcmullen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765344571
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 612

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The great Calculor of Libris was forced to watch as Overmayor Zarvora had four of its components lined up against a wall and shot for negligence. Thereafter, its calculations were free from errors, and that was just as well-for only this strangest of calculating machines and its two thousand enslaved components could save the world from a new ice age. And all the while a faint mirrorsun hangs in the night sky, warning of the cold to come. In Sean McMullen's glittering, dynamic, and exotic world two millennia from now, there is no more electricity, wind engines are leading-edge technology, librarians fight duels to settle disputes, steam power is banned by every major religion, and a mysterious siren "Call" lures people to their death. Nevertheless, the brilliant and ruthless Zarvora intends to start a war in space against inconceivably ancient nuclear battle stations. Unbeknownst to Zarvora, however, the greatest threat to humanity is neither a machine nor a force but her demented and implacable enemy Lemorel, who has resurrected an obscene and evil concept from the distant past: Total War. Souls in the Great Machine is the first volume of Sean McMullen's brilliant future history of the world of Greatwinter

Eyes of the Calculor

Eyes of the Calculor PDF Author: Sean Mcmullen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765345127
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 596

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Two thousand years in the future, the Dragon Librarians of Australica have just one means to hold their world together: kidnap every numerate person on their continent and rebuild their out-of-date, human-powered computer, the Calculor.

Geological Survey Professional Paper

Geological Survey Professional Paper PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 502

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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper

U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper PDF Author:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Geological Survey Professional Paper

Geological Survey Professional Paper PDF Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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Ardipithecus Kadabba

Ardipithecus Kadabba PDF Author: Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520254406
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 664

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The second volume in a series dedicated to fossil discoveries made in the Afar region of Ethiopia, this work contains the definitive description of the geological context and paleoenvironment of the early hominid Ardipithecus kadabba. This research by an international team describes Middle Awash late Miocene faunal assemblages recovered from sediments firmly dated to between 5.2 and 5.8 million years ago. Compared to other assemblages of similar age, the Middle Awash record is unparalleled in taxonomic diversity, composed of 2,760 specimens representing at least sixty five mammalian genera. This comprehensive evaluation of the vertebrates from the end of the Miocene in Africa provides detailed morphological and taxonomic descriptions of dozens of taxa, including species new to science. It also incorporates results from analyses of paleoenvironment, paleobiogeography, biochronology, and faunal turnover around the Pliocene-Miocene boundary, opening a new window on the evolution of mammals, African fauna, and its environments.

Fossil Mammals of Asia

Fossil Mammals of Asia PDF Author: Xiaoming Wang
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231150121
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 760

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"This book is on the emergence of mammals in Asia, based largely on new fossil finds throughout Asia and cutting-edge biostratigraphic and geochemical methods of dating the fossils and their geological substrate"--Provided by publisher.

Souls in the Great Machine

Souls in the Great Machine PDF Author: Sean McMullen
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466821582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 709

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Souls in the Great Machine is the first volume of Sean McMullen's brilliant future history of the world of Greatwinter. The great Calculor of Libris was forced to watch as Overmayor Zarvora had four of its components lined up against a wall and shot for negligence. Thereafter, its calculations were free from errors, and that was just as well-for only this strangest of calculating machines and its two thousand enslaved components could save the world from a new ice age. And all the while a faint mirrorsun hangs in the night sky, warning of the cold to come. In Sean McMullen's glittering, dynamic, and exotic world two millennia from now, there is no more electricity, wind engines are leading-edge technology, librarians fight duels to settle disputes, steam power is banned by every major religion, and a mysterious siren "Call" lures people to their death. Nevertheless, the brilliant and ruthless Zarvora intends to start a war in space against inconceivably ancient nuclear battle stations. Unbeknownst to Zarvora, however, the greatest threat to humanity is neither a machine nor a force but her demented and implacable enemy Lemorel, who has resurrected an obscene and evil concept from the distant past: Total War. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.