Etherea Magazine #3

Etherea Magazine #3

Author: Tara Calaby

Publisher: Sunburnt Fox Press

Published: 2021-10-15

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13:

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Etherea Magazine #3 Eight fantastic pieces of speculative fiction! Etherea sat down with accomplished author, Matthew Reilly, to talk about his latest book, killing characters, and much more Learn why NASA is firing rockets at asteroids (hint: Planetary Defence) Hear from Independent Author, Tabatha Woods, on self-publishing, how to select a great short story, and her new release SEEDS We speak with talented writer Emma Gill on her journey with her novel On Solar Winds Ochre Dragon by V. E. Patton is reviewed THE STORIES: “I hope you don’t read this letter. I hope you just throw it away without opening it. I hope you know it’s me—you—that’s written it. And what it says.” – Karl I Hope You Don’t Read This Letter, by Robert Bagnall “By the time Freedom detected her, she was only six hours out. A kilometer wide, the rock heralded an extinction level event.” – Natural Selection, by Michael Simon “Rule 1 – failure to protect your child-bot will result in instant death.” – Tending to Echo, by Jane Brown “Violet felt dizzy. Hair, skin and face, she was looking at herself.” – Brushstrokes, by Tara Calaby “Who’s the prey and who’s the predator when all the lights are gone? ” – Run, Witch, Run, by Russell Hemmel “Agony flared down Thrupnott’s arm, but even as he sucked in a breath and fought to get the living skeleton off the pain began to fade, along with everything else.” – Thrupnott Clears a ‘Berg, by Rob Francis “Raw convective heat surges through the bladed nozzle of my new mouth.” – Kay’s Blow-Dryer, by Eric Farrell “On the way, he spotted the rock pinnacle that must have brought them down. Why hadn’t the ship’s sensors avoided it?” – Energy of the Vacuum, by Gordon Cash


City of Lies

City of Lies

Author: Sam Hawke

Publisher: Tor Books

Published: 2018-07-03

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 0765396890

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A master poisoner works beside his sister to defend their city-state when the chancellor he worked undercover to protect is assassinated with an unknown poison at the same time an army lay siege to the city.


Mastering Ethereum

Mastering Ethereum

Author: Andreas M. Antonopoulos

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Published: 2018-11-13

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1491971916

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Ethereum represents the gateway to a worldwide, decentralized computing paradigm. This platform enables you to run decentralized applications (DApps) and smart contracts that have no central points of failure or control, integrate with a payment network, and operate on an open blockchain. With this practical guide, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Gavin Wood provide everything you need to know about building smart contracts and DApps on Ethereum and other virtual-machine blockchains. Discover why IBM, Microsoft, NASDAQ, and hundreds of other organizations are experimenting with Ethereum. This essential guide shows you how to develop the skills necessary to be an innovator in this growing and exciting new industry. Run an Ethereum client, create and transmit basic transactions, and program smart contracts Learn the essentials of public key cryptography, hashes, and digital signatures Understand how "wallets" hold digital keys that control funds and smart contracts Interact with Ethereum clients programmatically using JavaScript libraries and Remote Procedure Call interfaces Learn security best practices, design patterns, and anti-patterns with real-world examples Create tokens that represent assets, shares, votes, or access control rights Build decentralized applications using multiple peer-to-peer (P2P) components


Myrren's Gift

Myrren's Gift

Author: Fiona McIntosh

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2011-02-17

Total Pages: 485

ISBN-13: 0748128298

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When Wyl Thirsk, General of the Morgravian Legion, is forced to watch the torture of Myrren, a young woman accused of witchcraft, it seems little enough comfort to speed her passing. But Myrren is grateful for even this small mercy and promises Wyl a gift. He thanks her but dismisses the notion - what could this poor, doomed girl have to give him? It is only years later that Wyl, shorn of his friends and allies, betrayed by his king, and forced to make an impossible choice, remembers the dying words of the young woman about to burn for the crime of witchcraft. As his enemy's sword draws closer, Wyl finally understands the meaning of Myrren's dying words, and he wonders: had he known what that one act of kindness would bring, would he have behaved otherwise? Gripping the reader from the very first page, Myrren's Gift marks Fiona McIntosh as one of fantasy fiction's most gifted storytellers.


The Worst of All Possible Worlds

The Worst of All Possible Worlds

Author: Alex White

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2020-07-28

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 0316412139

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The rag-tag crew of the Capricious hunts down rogue AI, ancient colony ships, and the biggest treasure in the universe in this pulse-pounding space adventure for fans of Firefly and The Expanse. The crew of the Capricious seems to leave a trail of devastation wherever they go. But with powerful enemies in pursuit and family and friends under attack planetside, there's no time to worry about all that. Ensnared by the legend of Origin, humanity's birthplace, and a long-dead form of magic, the Capricious takes off on a journey to find the first colony ship . . . and power that could bring down gods. Read the incredible space-fantasy series that V. E. Schwab calls "A total blast!" The SalvagersA Big Ship at the Edge of the UniverseA Bad Deal for the Whole GalaxyThe Worst of All Possible Worlds


Taste and Odour in Source and Drinking Water

Taste and Odour in Source and Drinking Water

Author: Tsair-Fuh Lin

Publisher: IWA Publishing

Published: 2018-03-15

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1780406657

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This book provides an updated evaluation of the characterization and management of taste and odour (T&O) in source and drinking waters. Authored by international experts from the IWA Specialist Group on Off-flavours in the Aquatic Environment, the book represents an important resource that synthesizes current knowledge on the origins, mitigation, and management of aquatic T&O problems. The material provides new knowledge for an increasing widespread degradation of source waters and global demand for high quality potable water. Key topics include early warning, detection and source-tracking, chemical, sensory and molecular diagnosis, treatment options for common odorants and minerals, source management, modelling and risk assessment, and future research directions. Taste and Odour in Source and Drinking Water is directed towards a wide readership of scientists, engineers, technical operators and managers, and presents both practical and theoretical material, including an updated version of the benchmark Drinking Water Taste and Odour Wheel and a new biological wheel to provide a practical and informative tool for the initial diagnosis of the chemical and biological sources of aquatic T&O.


Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

Author: Kim Fu

Publisher: Tin House Books

Published: 2022-02-01

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1953534066

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"The strange and wonderful define Kim Fu’s story collection, where the line between fantasy and reality fades in and out, elusive and beckoning." —The New York Times Book Review A LitHub, ALTA, and PureWow Best Book of the Month A BuzzFeed and WIRED Pick for a Book You Need to Read This Winter In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible, Kafkaesque nightmare. Each story builds a new world all its own: a group of children steal a haunted doll; a runaway bride encounters a sea monster; a vendor sells toy boxes that seemingly control the passage of time; an insomniac is seduced by the Sandman. These visions of modern life wrestle with themes of death and technological consequence, guilt and sexuality, and unmask the contradictions that exist within all of us. Mesmerizing, electric, and wholly original, Kim Fu’s Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century blurs the boundaries of the real and fantastic, offering intricate and surprising insights into human nature.


Kings of the Wyld

Kings of the Wyld

Author: Nicholas Eames

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 2017-02-21

Total Pages: 527

ISBN-13: 0316362468

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A retired group of legendary mercenaries get the band back together for one last impossible mission in this award-winning debut epic fantasy. "Fantastic, funny, ferocious." -- Sam Sykes Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best, the most feared and renowned crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk, or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help -- the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for. It's time to get the band back together.


Artistic Exchange and Cultural Translation in the Italian Renaissance City

Artistic Exchange and Cultural Translation in the Italian Renaissance City

Author: Stephen J. Campbell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-09-06

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780521826884

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Considering the reception of the early modern culture of Florence, Rome, and Venice in other centers of the Italic peninsula, this book reexamines the Renaissance as a form of translation of a past culture. It assumes that the Renaissance attempted to assimilate the lost, or fragmentary, worlds of the Roman emperors, the Greek Platonists, and the ancient Egyptians. These essays, accordingly, explore how the processes of cultural self-definition varied between the Italian urban centers in the early modern period, well before the formation of a distinct Italian national identity.


Heirloom Knitting

Heirloom Knitting

Author: Sharon Miller

Publisher:

Published: 2001-08-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781898852759

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Heirlooms are a family's link from its past to the present and a legacy for the future. They are special things that have personal meaning. Knitting at its best can produce lovely articles that are used today and will readily become heirlooms.