Six Scifi Stories Volume Two

Six Scifi Stories Volume Two
Author: Robert Jeschonek
Publisher: Robert Jeschonek
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2012-05-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466086297

In these pages, Robert Jeschonek will take you on a tour of the wildest places and people you've never imagined. You've never met anyone quite like Nona Stiletto, the sexy cyborg exterminator who takes on a planet of alien monsters...Thal Simoleon, baseball player of the future, condemned to death for losing the World Series...Cilla Franklin, an American teacher whose students are naked killer savages...Mike the Future Man, a high tech time traveler fighting to find a missing child...Vicky Dozen, the bioengineering genebilly whipping up rhinoporcupines in Best Virginia...or Philippa the cross-dressing Conquistadora of outer space. Don't miss these edgy, exciting, and surprising science fiction tales by a Star Trek and Doctor Who author. It’s the latest collection from award-winning storyteller Robert Jeschonek, a master of unique and unexpected science fiction that really packs a punch.

Pump Six and Other Stories

Pump Six and Other Stories
Author: Paolo Bacigalupi
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2008-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1597802379

Paolo Bacigalupi's debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science fiction short story. Social criticism, political parable, and environmental advocacy lie at the center of Paolo's work. Each of the stories herein is at once a warning, and a celebration of the tragic comedy of the human experience. The eleven stories in Pump Six represent the best Paolo's work, including the Hugo nominee "Yellow Card Man," the nebula and Hugo nominated story "The People of Sand and Slag," and the Sturgeon Award-winning story "The Calorie Man."

Robotics Through Science Fiction

Robotics Through Science Fiction
Author: Robin R. Murphy
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2018-12-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0262536269

Six classic science fiction stories and commentary that illustrate and explain key algorithms or principles of artificial intelligence. This book presents six classic science fiction stories and commentary that illustrate and explain key algorithms or principles of artificial intelligence. Even though all the stories were originally published before 1973, they help readers grapple with two questions that stir debate even today: how are intelligent robots programmed? and what are the limits of autonomous robots? The stories—by Isaac Asimov, Vernor Vinge, Brian Aldiss, and Philip K. Dick—cover telepresence, behavior-based robotics, deliberation, testing, human-robot interaction, the “uncanny valley,” natural language understanding, machine learning, and ethics. Each story is preceded by an introductory note, “As You Read the Story,” and followed by a discussion of its implications, “After You Have Read the Story.” Together with the commentary, the stories offer a nontechnical introduction to robotics. The stories can also be considered as a set of—admittedly fanciful—case studies to be read in conjunction with more serious study. Contents “Stranger in Paradise” by Isaac Asimov, 1973 “Runaround” by Isaac Asimov, 1942 “Long Shot” by Vernor Vinge, 1972 “Catch That Rabbit” by Isaac Asimov, 1944 “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss, 1969 “Second Variety” by Philip K. Dick, 1953

Six Scifi Stories Volume Three

Six Scifi Stories Volume Three
Author: Robert Jeschonek
Publisher: Robert Jeschonek
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2012-05-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466172401

In these pages, Robert T. Jeschonek will take you on a tour of the wildest places and people you've never imagined. You've never met anyone quite like Heavy, the alien wheeler-dealer with a hundred faces...Imago, the stained glass robot on the trail of the last proto-Christ...Vladimir Lenin, a shapeshifting alien who starts the Communist Revolution...Father Obregon, the genetically-modified space priest...Grist Halcyon, sleepless pilot of a deadly Battlenaut war machine...or the Freedom Shell, an assistive exoskeleton with a murderous mind of its own. This volume includes six scifi e-book stories and novelettes for one low price. Don't miss these edgy, exciting, and surprising science fiction tales by award-winning Star Trek and Doctor Who author Robert T. Jeschonek, a master of unique and unexpected science fiction that really packs a punch. Simon & Schuster, DAW Books, and DC Comics have published his work.

Six Short Science Fiction Stories by Jesse F. Bone - Book Two

Six Short Science Fiction Stories by Jesse F. Bone - Book Two
Author: Jesse F Bone
Publisher:
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2021-01-18
Genre:
ISBN:

This book includes six short science fiction stories by Jesse F. Bone. This is Book Two of a series of two books. The first book includes another six stories. The stories in Book Two are: (1) A PRIZE ... FOR EDIE, (2) A QUESTION OF COURAGE, (3) FOUNDING FATHER, (4) NOBLE REDMAN, (5) THE ISSAHAR ARTIFACTS, (6) TO CHOKE AN OCEAN. It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of these timeless stories.

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A
Author: Robert Silverberg
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2004-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780765305343

The mysteries and marvels of the science fiction world are brought to life in this compilation of stories representing the work of major authors in this field.

Six Scifi Stories Volume Four

Six Scifi Stories Volume Four
Author: Robert Jeschonek
Publisher: Pie Press
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2014-04-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1311187642

In these pages, Robert Jeschonek will take you on a tour of the wildest places and people you've never imagined. Don't miss these edgy, exciting, and surprising scifi tales by an award-winning Star Trek and Doctor Who author. This volume includes six scifi stories for one low price: "Warning! Do Not Read This Story!": An entire town wiped out...by a rogue story? Only Carrol and Sascha LaVerge, mystic problem-solving sisters, stand in its way. "Tempus Fugitive": In a realm where time itself comes to life, the hunt is on for a fugitive minute, 12:30 P.M. Only by seizing one last hope can 12:30 P.M. prevent one of the darkest events in human history from becoming a reality. "Luminaria": On a day known forever as The Silencing, millions of human colonists went missing in space without a trace. Fifty years later, a team of explorers mounts a search, riding a space elevator into the heart of the unknown. "The Secret of the Ultimate Male Enhancement": The male enhancement of tomorrow has everything from shape-changing powers to a mind of its own. But what happens when this miraculous endowment refuses to cooperate with its owner? "The Memory of You Lingers": Ten years of haunting by the digital ghost of his victim, Frieda, have left Baird the rapist a basket case. Freedom awaits...but Frieda has no intention of leaving. "Tijuana, Massachusetts": Why does Cape Cod, Massachusetts keep changing into Tijuana, Mexico? Don't ask Patty, the foul-mouthed everything-hater with a memory full of holes. Is someone--or something--driving her crazy? Reviews "Robert Jeschonek is a towering talent." – Mike Resnick, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author "Jeschonek ́s stories are delightfully insane, a pleasure to read." – Fábio Fernandes, Fantasy Book Critic "Robert Jeschonek is the literary love child of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman." – Adrian Phoenix, critically acclaimed author of The Maker's Song and Hoodoo series

Six Days

Six Days
Author: Philip Webb
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545317673

Cass and her brother Wilbur scavenge in the ruins of a future London seeking an artifact for their Russian masters, but the search takes on a new urgency after the arrival of Erin and Peyto, strangers from afar who claim to hold the key to locating the mysterious object.

Six Scifi Stories Volume One

Six Scifi Stories Volume One
Author: Robert Jeschonek
Publisher: Robert Jeschonek
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2012-05-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1452384924

Welcome to six of the most amazing science fiction stories you'll ever read. This volume includes five full-length scifi e-book stories plus an exclusive bonus short story for one low price. In these pages, Star Trek and Doctor Who author Robert T. Jeschonek will take you on a tour of the wildest places and people you've never imagined. You've never met anyone quite like Luther Paraclete, the serial killer who brings murder to a peace-loving alien world...Dr. Hildegarde Medici, the mad scientist worshipped from afar by her assistant, Glugor...Smidgen the snack cake, a high tech pastry with murder in his ultrachocolatey heart...Nevada, the computer-generated sergeant-at-arms of the electronic House of Representatives of tomorrow...or Manny the Ration, an edible man who feeds more than empty stomachs in an alien landscape gone berserk. This volume includes the following six scifi stories: "The Greatest Serial Killer in the Universe": The alien Ectozoids can't bear to kill, and their enemies are out for blood. Who better than Earth's top serial killer to awaken their killer instincts? "The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake": Beware the snack cake from Hell! Junk food genius Smidgen meets the woman of his dreams at a twisted supermarket of the future. "Playing Doctor": Can a gnarly lab assistant find love with his smoking hot mad scientist boss? "Serial Killer vs. E-Merica": Virtual reality e-representatives form a more perfect union, until someone reaches into the computerized Congress and murders them one by one. "My Cannibal Lover": As Lupe and her men close in on their target on an alien world, the fugitive killer strikes back brutally. What will she do when her only chance for survival lies in eating the edible man she loves? "Zinzizinzizinzic": A violent alien invasion rages across the world, conquering the dominant force of life and power on Earth—the shadows.