Interstellar Terra

Interstellar Terra
Author: J. E. Kirk
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 740
Release: 2020-01-23
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0244555737

An illustrated 731 page fantasy gamebook with 777 sections. YOU are a scientist; an expert in astronomy and teleportation. Originating from a planet similar to Earth, you have explored many worlds within your solar system. However, your home-planet, Terra, and its neighbouring worlds exist in a parallel universe to that of Earth's. Observing the skies with your unique telescopic equipment, you discover a dark and frigid interstellar planet, which you plan to explore; but on attempting to teleport to this world, things don't go to plan, and you arrive at a place which throws your mind into debate as to your true location. Here you discover a unique atmosphere and environment. There are many paths you may take on your epic travels through this interactive novel, and you will encounter horrors in the form of madness, monstrous creatures, and criminality from both Terran and alien peoples; but there are also plenty of helpful beings. See the PREVIEW beneath the cover image.

The Future of Humanity

The Future of Humanity
Author: Michio Kaku
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2018-02-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0385542771

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The national bestselling author of The God Equation traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies. “Amazing … Kaku is in smooth perfect control of it the entire time.” —The Christian Science Monitor We are entering a new Golden Age of space exploration. With irrepressible enthusiasm and a deep understanding of the cutting-edge research in space travel, world-renowned physicist and futurist Dr. Michio Kaku presents a compelling vision of how humanity may develop a sustainable civilization in outer space. He reveals the developments in robotics, nanotechnology, and biotechnology that may allow us to terraform and build habitable cities on Mars and beyond. He then journeys out of our solar system and discusses how new technologies such as nanoships, laser sails, and fusion rockets may actually make interstellar travel a possibility. We travel beyond our galaxy, and even beyond our universe, as Kaku investigates some of the hottest topics in science today, including warp drive, wormholes, hyperspace, parallel universes, and the multiverse. Ultimately, he shows us how humans may someday achieve a form of immortality and be able to leave our bodies entirely, laser porting to new havens in space.

Cosmology and the Scientific Self in the Nineteenth Century

Cosmology and the Scientific Self in the Nineteenth Century
Author: Howard Carlton
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2022-08-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 3031052803

This book argues that while the historiography of the development of scientific ideas has for some time acknowledged the important influences of socio-cultural and material contexts, the significant impact of traumatic events, life threatening illnesses and other psychotropic stimuli on the development of scientific thought may not have been fully recognised. Howard Carlton examines the available primary sources which provide insight into the lives of a number of nineteenth-century astronomers, theologians and physicists to study the complex interactions within their ‘biocultural’ brain-body systems which drove parallel changes of perspective in theology, metaphysics, and cosmology. In doing so, he also explores three topics of great scientific interest during this period: the question of the possible existence of life on other planets; the deployment of the nebular hypothesis as a theory of cosmogony; and the religiously charged debates about the ages of the earth and sun. From this body of evidence we gain a greater understanding of the underlying phenomena which actuated intellectual developments in the past and which are still relevant to today’s knowledge-making processes.

Gibraltar Earth

Gibraltar Earth
Author: Michael McCollum
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2019-11-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1625674651

It is the 24th Century. Humanity is only just beginning to gain a toehold out among the stars. While exploring the New Eden system, the crew aboard Stellar Survey Starship Magellan encounters a pair of alien spacecraft. A skirmish ensues and both sides exit the battle with heavy losses. In picking through the wreckage of one of the alien ships, the human crew stumbles upon a survivor with a fantastic story. The alien hails from a million-star Galactic Empire ruled over by a mysterious race known as the Broa. As masters of this region of the galaxy, they permit no challenge to their empire. But as yet the Broa are ignorant of humanity’s existence. Armed with this vital information, the human race must decide how best to proceed. Do they cease all astral voyages and retreat to their corner of the universe, quaking in fear at the thought of the Broa’s discovery of Earth? Or...do they take a more aggressive approach?

The Trans-Galactic Twins

The Trans-Galactic Twins
Author: George O. Smith
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2023-07-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"The Trans-Galactic Twins" by George O. Smith. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

New Terra and Beyond

New Terra and Beyond
Author: Richard Michael
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2009-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1441562729

"Richard Michael spins ten out-of-this-world short stories with his latest novel, New Terra and Beyond. [The] collection includes superbly written tales to fascinate the imaginative mind. The first tale, Odysseus, Inc., is the flagship tale and the nine that follow are sequels. Michael's rich characters tell their own stories, and if they really existed, they would be folks that readers could learn from. The interesting characters are loyal to each other and they even have an old-fashioned family with religious and patriotic values -- all this, in a world where technology exists for people to instantly reach multitudes of Earthlike planets, build civilizations, and increase and multiply exponentially."--Web site

Colonization of Near-Earth Space

Colonization of Near-Earth Space
Author: Peter Skalfist
Publisher: Cambridge Stanford Books
Total Pages: 160
Release:
Genre: History
ISBN:

Several project teams from NASA, ESA and other organizations have investigated the possibility of establishing a colony in orbit. They found that the Moon and near-Earth asteroids have enough materials available, that solar energy is readily available in large quantities. The advantages of this system are its proximity to the Earth and its lower escape velocity, which facilitates the exchange of goods and services.

RENOVO Cascade

RENOVO Cascade
Author: G. Wakeling
Publisher: G. Wakeling
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2018-04-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

When the crew of the RENOVO crash landed, they couldn't have imagined the inhospitable planet of 'Howler' had always been their intended destination. Having cobbled together what scant resources they had to hand, their minds were solely occupied with escape. Then Dr. Rachel Galliance's curiosity led her to follow a strange beacon and discover the Hendrickson. Now, the power on the Hendrickson is failing, and it's crew are dangerously close to awakening. There aren't enough rations for everyone, and the RENOVO crew wanted to salvage the empty pods and head back to Earth. With Rachel elevated to the position of 2nd in command, she's solely responsible for the Hendrickson wreckage. And when the crew start to wake, she discovers that life on their new home will never be the same again.

Alien Superpowers Of the Multiverses

Alien Superpowers Of the Multiverses
Author: Jamuel O Perez
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1365587401

From Illustrator, Writer, author, and artist Jamuel O Perez comes A Science Fiction 15 years in the making.The first installment: "Version One" Of Alien Superpowers Of the Multiverses, features a Portfolio of stunning science fiction detailed backgrounds from gargantuan space stations/spacedocks, Future Hypercities, Alien cities, Alien Galactic coalition Dysonspheres, covering a red Giant Star, and to Earth's Neo-Zero Order's Moon sized Mech War Carrier Fighting Superfortress. Where the author creates a universe in fully painted background illustrations then story written revolving around humanity's transcendence as Keepers and the Noble guardians/defenders of peace of the galaxy. A Glorified proud race that lives in Utopia where advancement, growth driven, empowerment, betterment, and appreciative of infinite diversities becomes humanity's prime directive.Only to discover overwhelming odds fighting advanced alien savages leading to an Opera of Spacewars to come.

Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
Author: Temi Oh
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2020-02-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1471171272

'A major new voice. Read Temi Oh today. Everybody will be reading her tomorrow' Stephen Baxter. author of World Engines 'A brilliant, beautiful debut. Reading it will change your heart' Christian Kiefer, author of Phantoms The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet meets The 100 in this unforgettable debut by a brilliant new voice. A century ago, scientists theorised that a habitable planet existed in a nearby solar system. Today, ten astronauts will leave a dying Earth to find it. Four are decorated veterans of the 20th century’s space-race. And six are teenagers, graduates of the exclusive Dalton Academy, who’ve been in training for this mission for most of their lives. It will take the team twenty-three years to reach Terra-Two. Twenty-three years spent in close quarters. Twenty-three years with no one to rely on but each other. Twenty-three years with no rescue possible, should something go wrong. And something always goes wrong. Don't miss one of Cosmopolitans books by people of colour to get excited about in 2019, called 'a tightly wound epic' that 'will change your heart' by Christian Kiefer, author of Phantoms. WHY READERS DREAM OF TERRA-TWO . . . 'An ambitious 500-page coming-of-age blockbuster . . .Oh is excellent at portraying the aching sense of loss on a one-way trip to the stars' Guardian 'A tightly wound, emotional epic that asks important questions about humanity, goodness, belief, technology, love, friendship, and duty. At what point is grabbing hold of one’s destiny ultimately an attempt to escape some other? Like all great writers, Temi Oh refuses the easy answer, instead ruminating upon the question itself. This novel is a brilliant, beautiful debut. Reading it will change your heart.' Christian Kiefer, author of Phantoms 'One of the most absorbing books I have ever read' 'This book seemed to take over my life whilst I was reading it - if I wasn't actually reading, I was thinking about it' 'I'm in love with this book . . . It is a beautiful, sprawling, literary delight with an unforgettable cast undertaking an unforgettable journey.' 'For fans of the character-driven The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet series, Terra-Two is perfect . . . A strong, haunting, character-driven story . . . This book and its characters will stay with you for a long time.' 'Do You Dream of Terra-Two succeeds both as a great sci-fi story and a brilliant drama . . . Even though you expect things to go wrong in this story, they still wrong foot you when they do. 5*. 'Beautifully written . . . It's inspirational to read' 'I would love to be able to write like Temi Oh. I should start taking notes . . . Highly recommended!'