Wizards, Aliens, and Starships

Wizards, Aliens, and Starships
Author: Charles L. Adler
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0691196370

Resource added for the ​Laboratory Science Technician program 105065.

Ultimate Alien Anthology

Ultimate Alien Anthology
Author: Eric Cagle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2003
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780786928880

This premier guide to alien races in the Star Wars universe, which complements the Star Wars Roleplaying Game, is a revised and updated collection of more than 125 alien species suitable for play as characters in the game.

Salvage Trouble

Salvage Trouble
Author: J.S. Morin
Publisher: Magical Scrivener Press
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2014-12-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1939233593

The escape pods are long gone. A distress beacon is still active. Chase off the pirates and the wreck is all theirs. What was a crime scene moments before just became legitimate salvage, fair game for an opportunistic starship captain. Carl Ramsey is that opportunist. His crew of misfits includes his ex-wife as pilot, a drunken mechanic, a predatory bodyguard, and an outcast wizard from the Convocation. On their best days, they’re a well-oiled machine, capable of taking on any challenge. In theory. If that ever happened, Carl would be as shocked as anyone. In the meantime, they're a crew in need of terras, and the galaxy doesn't give those out for free. Jobs come and go, but the cost of fuel is always chasing a ship like its own ion trail. A good captain just keeps his crew from killing one another, getting dusted by pirates, and earning however they can. Nobody pays for easy work, and every job comes with its own surprises—never the good kind. Welcome to life out in the Black Ocean. ...where you can’t always get what you want. But if you try, sometimes... You’ll get what you need. Salvage Trouble is the first mission of Black Ocean, a science fantasy series set in the 26th century. Do you wish there had been a second season of Firefly? Do you love the irreverent fun of Guardians of the Galaxy? Have you ever wondered how Star Wars would have turned out if Luke and Obi-wan had ditched the rebellion to become smugglers with Han and Chewie? Then Black Ocean is the series for you! Pick up your copy of Salvage Trouble, and aim to misbehave with the crew of the Mobius.

Phoenix

Phoenix
Author: SF Said
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2013-12-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1448157706

This digital edition includes the original artwork, has been specially adapted for ebook platforms and is optimised for tablet devices. A BOY WITH THE POWER OF A STAR . . . Lucky thinks he's an ordinary Human boy. But one night, he dreams that the stars are singing to him, and wakes to find an uncontrollable power rising inside him. Now he's on the run, racing through space, searching for answers. In a galaxy at war, where Humans and Aliens are deadly enemies, the only people who can help him are an Alien starship crew – and an Alien warrior girl, with neon needles in her hair . . .

My Enemy, My Ally

My Enemy, My Ally
Author: Diane Duane
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1989-11
Genre:
ISBN: 0671704214

Ael t' Rlailiiu is a noble and dangerous Romulan Commander. But when the Romulans kidnap Vulcans to genetically harness their mind power, Ael decides on treason. Captain Kirk, her old enemy, joins her in a secret pact to destroy the research laboratory and free the captive Vulcans. When the Romulans discover their plan, the Neutral Zone seethes with schemes and counter-schemes, sabotage and war.

Catch a Falling Star

Catch a Falling Star
Author: Michael Beyer
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2012-10-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781475945584

It was after midnight in 1990, and a group of NASA technicians are playing chess in the lounge. They never notice the soft clicking noises as radiation detectors kick in and a strange code begins taking over a computer monitor. As a glowing saucer zips past the Voyager, locks itself into orbit around Neptune, rolls over, and then disappears from view, the technicians loudly argue over the rules of the gameunaware that aliens are headed toward Earth. Unfortunately, the amphibian-like creatureswho reproduce in alarming numbershave made a serious mistake. They have chosen a small town in Iowa as the place to launch their invasion, mistakenly thinking they can attack under a cloak of invisibility. But this rural setting is protected by the Pirates, an elite team of adventurers and foilers of evil plots comprised of the most dangerous creatures on planet Earthyoung boys. As the alien invaders kidnap one of the pirates and begin to examine him for weaknesses, they have no idea that they have in their possession the girl-hating, chaos-creating nuisance that is the bane of all fourth-grade math teachers in town. It may be the last mistake theyll ever make.

The Dragons of Springplace

The Dragons of Springplace
Author: Robert Reed
Publisher:
Total Pages: 330
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In the title story of this first-rate science fiction collection, a renegade misfit conquers the dragons and renews the threat of nuclear chaos aboard Springplace, a man-made repository for old reactor cores, dirty plutonium, and dismantled bombs. Another story is a sprawling intergalactic epic that takes place aboard a starship. Salvaged and commandeered by humans, the massive generation starship becomes the setting for a titanic struggle between two alien entities who engage in a monumental battle for survival. The tale "Chrysalis” explores not just an alien milieu but the nature of man himself when another ancient starship lands and investigates an icy unknown planet inhabited by humans millions of years earlier.

Nemesis

Nemesis
Author: ken Lozito
Publisher:
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781945223143

They had seven years to prepare... Earth is lost. Seven years ago the New Earth colony received one final message from Earth...a warning. First, a global pandemic, then the emergence of a new species. A war for survival ravaged the Sol system. Now they are coming for the colony. Many colonists don't believe it, but Connor does. They must prepare. They must fight. But how can they survive something that killed every person back on Earth? If you loved Old Man's War and Ender's Game, you'll love First Colony - Nemesis, a new military science fiction series.

D20 Future

D20 Future
Author: Christopher Perkins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Fantasy games
ISBN: 9780786934232

This new supplement provides new rules and modules for running a futuristic d20 Modern campaign. The wealth of information covers new character traits, advanced classes, starting occupations, gear, starships, monsters, and more.

The Science of Can and Can't

The Science of Can and Can't
Author: Chiara Marletto
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2021-05-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0241310954

A young theoretical physicist's guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal the full scope of our universe There is a vast class of properties that science has so far almost entirely neglected. These properties are central to an understanding of physical reality both at an everyday level and at the level of fundamental phenomena, yet they have traditionally been thought of as impossible to incorporate into fundamental explanations. They relate not only to what is true - the actual - but to what could be true - the counterfactual. This is the science of can and can't. Chiara Marletto, a pioneer in this field, explores the promise that this fascinating, far-reaching approach holds not only for revolutionizing how fundamental physics is formulated, but also for confronting existing technological challenges, from delivering the next generation of information-processing devices to designing AI. In each chapter, Marletto sets out how counterfactuals can solve a vexed open problem in science, and demonstrates that by contemplating the possible as well as the actual, we can break down barriers to knowledge and form a more complete and fruitful picture of the universe. 'Clear, sharp and imaginative... The Science of Can and Can't will open the doors to a dazzling set of concepts and ideas that will change deeply the way you look at the world' David Deutsch, bestselling author of The Beginning of Infinity