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The Most High Federation of Planets did not spring into being overnight. It grew one civilization at a time. Here are a few of their stories.

Voyage to Regulus: A Tale of AI Evolution takes you on an exhilarating journey of discovery, charting the course of AI's evolution in a universe teeming with technological wonder. The narrative investigates our pursuit of AI while speculating on a potential artificial intelligence-shaped future.

Twelve classic tales of the unknown from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Way Station.

The complete Phase Titan series in one collection. Ethan didn’t choose to sleep through the apocalypse. He didn’t ask to be bioengineered into a Psy-wielding warrior or for the unexpected allies destined to bond their lives to his. He faces an alien infestation run amok and an extermination order that would kill all life on Earth just to stop him from growing stronger. In a changing world rife with threats, Ethan needs his strength and the wits of his beautiful companions if he hopes to save humanity.

Orion’s the name, and moon-killing’s my game. It’s dangerous work, but the Goldilock Raiders have finished every contract we’ve taken on. We secure our credits by obliterating problematic space junk so the suits and ties at the Corporate Alliance can terraform new worlds.

Leonid Fomin, ilk defa Sovyetler Birliği’nde basılan bu derleme ve uyarlama çalışmasıyla bambaşka bir anlayış ve ruhta yazılmış, eğitici, öğretici ve yapıcı nitelikteki bilim kurgu hikayelerinden bir demet sunmaktadır. Gerek batılı gerek Sovyet yazarları tarafından yazılmış uzay öykülerinden oluşan Dördüncü Güneş, öğretici, yarınlara bakış açısını genişletici, insan sevgisini ve hatta bunun ötesinde diğer gezegenlerin canlılarına da yönelecek bir doğa sevgisini derinleştirici bir nitelik taşımaktadır.

Contained in this sci-fi short story collection are six different short stories that cover a wide array of different themes. All of these stories are within the science fiction genre, and are sure to please!

Written in the classic science-fiction era of the 1950s and '60s, these stories have out-of-this-world endings reminiscent of The Twilight Zone episodes from the same time. Listeners encounter diverse characters, from a teen surfer and a 1940s boxer to space travelers and strange Arctic villagers. Thought-provoking themes create a unique blend of escapism and intellectual stimulation.

Extensive training molded Bruce into a finely tuned mercenary. A man capable of scouring the galaxy to protect the innocent and vanquish the corrupt. An assignment to a distant outer system brings mystery, death, and mayhem. During his mission, a chance encounter with a stunning royal in a dimly lit bar results in all hell breaking loose. Save the damsel, figure out the mystery, and kill all the bad guys. If only saving humanity was that simple.

Justin C. Key has long been obsessed with monsters. Reading R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps as a kid, he imagined himself battling monsters and mayhem to a triumphant end. But when watching Scream 2, in which the movie’s only Black couple is promptly killed off, he realized that the Black and Brown characters in his favorite genre were almost always the victim or villain—if they were portrayed at all.

A weak Cthonian boy forges a bloody destiny among the stars. Tribal warriors hunt a beast in the Fenrisian snows. Prosperine sorcerers seek hidden secrets. The Emperor's Praetorian shows his ruthless side. Alpharius submits to questioning over a brutal campaign, and Mortarion returns to Terra for the first time since his ascension to daemonhood. Each of these six tales provides you with a new look at one of the primarchs, the demigod sons of the Emperor. Once brothers-in-arms, these legendary heroes fell into war and strife, loyalist and traitor.

Gus is a Henchman separated from his friends at his new job, a henchman on an orbiting space base. He's happy with the gig, and has no real delusions of grandeur. Well...small delusions, but he’s seen all too often what happens to minions who get too uppity around their supervillain bosses.

On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of the fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the Jedi through the eyes of a supporting character, from heroes and villains, to droids and creatures. From a Certain Point of View features contributions by bestselling authors and trendsetting artists.

During the coldest winter on record, an EMP attack wipes out the nation's power and cripples the country. As the city spirals into lawless chaos, an investigative journalist, twenty-six-year-old Cassandra Drews, is forced onto the dangerous streets of Portland to begin the long walk to her parents' home in Oregon. But hypothermia and starvation aren't the only dangers Cass and her rescue dog, Daisy, face on their perilous trek.

In the late 2020s and early '30s, corporations managed to render the major governments of the world obsolete. The big corporations owned most of the territories as well as the majority of the world's wealth. While many of the old traditions were still observed in various parts of the world, the true power was with the corporations. In the late '30s, what would be known as the Corporate Wars began as larger companies initiated hostile takeovers in a whole new fashion. Employees, armed with corporate weapons, warred for dominance. On May 1st, 2067, it all ended in a nuclear fire.

Vida de universitário não é fácil. E vida de universitário superpoderoso? Acredite se quiser, mas também pode ser bem complicada. A Fenda celeste da Ilha de Marajó mudou a realidade de todo o país, e a Unifenda foi criada às pressas para cumprir os deveres de toda universidade pública: ensinar, pesquisar e fazer o possível com o que tem à disposição. Os dons sobrenaturais que os alunos receberam do céu não tiram deles a necessidade de viver um dia de cada vez em histórias com emoção e brasilidade de sobra.

This volume contains ten stellar short stories by Clifford D. Simak. In "Grotto of the Dancing Deer," a man carrying an ancient secret finally speaks up, unable to bear any longer the loneliness he has experienced for millennia. In "Over the River," which Simak wrote in memory of his beloved grandmother Ellen, children from an embattled future are sent back for safekeeping to their ancestors in the peaceful past. And in "Day of Truce," the inhabitants of a suburban subdivision must barricade themselves against bands of roving attackers.

Mesmo com superpoderes, vida de universitário não é nada fácil, e Mara e os outros membros do diretório acadêmico da Unifenda precisam enfrentar seu maior desafio até então: organizar uma festa junina.

Laura sente que há algo errado, mas não sabe em quem pode confiar para contar o que aconteceu.

Quando descobre que o que aconteceu com ela também aconteceu com outras alunas, começa a planejar sua vingança.

Duda sempre sonhou em ser uma grande heroína, mas fica difícil quando seu dom é contar mentiras. Nat, por sua vez, sempre consegue descobrir a verdade. Nenhuma das duas poderia estar mais infeliz, mas um encontro acidental num elevador quebrado pode mudar muita coisa.