Author: Stephen Baxter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907069406
Category : Fantasy fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
a collection of recent short stories combined with a few brand new tales
Last and First Contacts
Author: Stephen Baxter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907069406
Category : Fantasy fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
a collection of recent short stories combined with a few brand new tales
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907069406
Category : Fantasy fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
a collection of recent short stories combined with a few brand new tales
Contact
Author: Carl Sagan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150117231X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and astronomer Carl Sagan imagines the greatest adventure of all—the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space. In December of 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who—or what—is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future—and our own.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150117231X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and astronomer Carl Sagan imagines the greatest adventure of all—the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space. In December of 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who—or what—is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future—and our own.
First Contact (In Her Name, Book 1)
Author: Michael R. Hicks
Publisher: Michael R. Hicks
ISBN: 0984492720
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
Led by Commander Owen McClaren, the TNS Aurora is embarked on an extended survey mission, searching for new worlds that could support human life. Drawn to an uncharted star system by the discovery of potentially habitable planets, the crew of the Aurora discovers something entirely unexpected: the planets are already inhabited, but not by humans. Approached by gigantic alien starships, Aurora's crew makes ready for humanity's very first contact with another sentient race. But nothing could prepare them for what fate has in store. For they have entered the domain of the Kreelan Empire, which has waited thousands of years to find another spacefaring race against which to wage war to honor their Empress. With all but one of the crew killed in bloody close combat, the aliens send Aurora home bearing the sole survivor: the Messenger, a young crewman who carries with him an alien artifact that is humanity's only sign of how much time remains until they are plunged into an interstellar war...
Publisher: Michael R. Hicks
ISBN: 0984492720
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
Led by Commander Owen McClaren, the TNS Aurora is embarked on an extended survey mission, searching for new worlds that could support human life. Drawn to an uncharted star system by the discovery of potentially habitable planets, the crew of the Aurora discovers something entirely unexpected: the planets are already inhabited, but not by humans. Approached by gigantic alien starships, Aurora's crew makes ready for humanity's very first contact with another sentient race. But nothing could prepare them for what fate has in store. For they have entered the domain of the Kreelan Empire, which has waited thousands of years to find another spacefaring race against which to wage war to honor their Empress. With all but one of the crew killed in bloody close combat, the aliens send Aurora home bearing the sole survivor: the Messenger, a young crewman who carries with him an alien artifact that is humanity's only sign of how much time remains until they are plunged into an interstellar war...
Last and First Men
Author: Olaf Stapledon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In Search of First Contact
Author: Annette Kolodny
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822352869
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
A radically new interpretation of two medieval Icelandic tales, known as the Vinland sagas, considering what the they reveal about native peoples, and how they contribute to the debate about whether Leif Eiriksson or Christopher Columbus should be credited as the first "discoverer" of America.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822352869
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
A radically new interpretation of two medieval Icelandic tales, known as the Vinland sagas, considering what the they reveal about native peoples, and how they contribute to the debate about whether Leif Eiriksson or Christopher Columbus should be credited as the first "discoverer" of America.
The Astronomical Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year ...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ephemerides
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ephemerides
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris
Author: Great Britain. Nautical Almanac Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Freefall
Author: Felix R. Savage
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937396244
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
First contact ... Second chances... Nothing comes without a price. Despite NASA budget cuts threating to put a sharp end to his career as an astronaut, British-born space shuttle pilot Jack Kildare knows without a doubt that his life will never be the same. Photographs snapped from the International Space Station reveal an alien spaceship in orbit around Europa, opening a terrifying new chapter opening in human history, and Jack finds himself in the center of a gigantic international effort to respond to the alien threat. But when he is dismissed from NASA over a trumped-up security gaffe, Jack and his close friend Oliver Meeks combine their skills in an attempt to generate an innovative new development: a spaceship drive based on their observations of the alien craft's technology. With the unknown threat driving international competition and the entire planet's spaceflight resources thrown into the fray, the focus of attention turns toward one single goal... a ship capable of traveling to Jupiter to confront the alien menace... the Spirit of Destiny. Amid unknown entities pushing to destroy the project from the inside out, and enemies baying for blood, Jack finds himself submerged in a world of secrets, sabotage attempts and cold-blooded murder. Can Jack decode the secrets surrounding the arrival of the alien spaceship in our solar system? Or will his dreams of the ultimate space adventure be taken into the ashes with the Spirit of Destiny? ABOUT FREEFALL Freefall is the first book of a fast-paced trilogy of technothrillers. It contains hard science fiction elements in the mold of The Martian and other science-based thrillers. You won't need a calculator to follow the story, but if you'd like to build a spaceship to the Spirit of Destiny's specifications, it really will take you to Jupiter! ($3 billion budget not included.) Book Two in the Earth's Last Gambit trilogy will be published soon.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937396244
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
First contact ... Second chances... Nothing comes without a price. Despite NASA budget cuts threating to put a sharp end to his career as an astronaut, British-born space shuttle pilot Jack Kildare knows without a doubt that his life will never be the same. Photographs snapped from the International Space Station reveal an alien spaceship in orbit around Europa, opening a terrifying new chapter opening in human history, and Jack finds himself in the center of a gigantic international effort to respond to the alien threat. But when he is dismissed from NASA over a trumped-up security gaffe, Jack and his close friend Oliver Meeks combine their skills in an attempt to generate an innovative new development: a spaceship drive based on their observations of the alien craft's technology. With the unknown threat driving international competition and the entire planet's spaceflight resources thrown into the fray, the focus of attention turns toward one single goal... a ship capable of traveling to Jupiter to confront the alien menace... the Spirit of Destiny. Amid unknown entities pushing to destroy the project from the inside out, and enemies baying for blood, Jack finds himself submerged in a world of secrets, sabotage attempts and cold-blooded murder. Can Jack decode the secrets surrounding the arrival of the alien spaceship in our solar system? Or will his dreams of the ultimate space adventure be taken into the ashes with the Spirit of Destiny? ABOUT FREEFALL Freefall is the first book of a fast-paced trilogy of technothrillers. It contains hard science fiction elements in the mold of The Martian and other science-based thrillers. You won't need a calculator to follow the story, but if you'd like to build a spaceship to the Spirit of Destiny's specifications, it really will take you to Jupiter! ($3 billion budget not included.) Book Two in the Earth's Last Gambit trilogy will be published soon.
The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ephemerides
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ephemerides
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description