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Author: Kathleen A. Goonan
Publisher: Eos
Published: 2001-07-01
Total Pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780380803507
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen an electromagnetic pulse from space triggers a total communications blackout on Earth, astronomer Zeb Aberly tracks the signal to an intelligent alien race, but the government will stop at nothing ensure his silence. Reprint.
Author: Mike Resnick
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 1587154811
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book contains outlines for science fiction and fantasy novels which real authors (new and old) used to sell their books to major publishing companies. Includes work by Robert Silverberg, David Brin, Joe Haldeman, Mike Resnick, Robert J. Sawyer, Barry N. Malzberg, and many more.
Author: David Rife
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780810859074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBroad in scope, meticulously researched, and including titles that have long been inaccessible, this resource is an overview of the history of the genre from its beginning to the present."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: William Sims Bainbridge
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2007-06-27
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 0132797283
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Nanoconvergence , William Sims Bainbridge tours the future of science and technology in plain, nontechnical English. Bainbridge draws on an extraordinary breadth and depth of knowledge, based on his unique role at the epicenter of the nanoconvergence revolution. He successfully integrates insights from far-reaching scientific fields into a compelling human story—offering powerful insights you can use to plan your career, seek new investment opportunities, or simply understand what's coming next. Discover new breakthroughs in measuring, manipulating, and organizing matter at the nanoscale and the implications of those advances See why science fiction's view of nanotechnology is wrong and why the truth is even more exciting Preview new technologies built on the principles of cognitive science and enabled by nanotechnology Learn how nanotechnology may save Moore's Law, allowing computers to double in power every year for the next two decades Discover why nanoconvergence may spark a renaissance in the social sciences Examine the potential impact of scientific and technological convergence on human society and diversity
Author: Kathleen Ann Goonan
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2011-07-19
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1429955678
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKathleen Ann Goonan introduced Sam Dance and his wife, Bette, and their quest to alter our present reality for the better in her novel In War Times (winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel and ALA's Best Science Fiction Novel of 2008). Now, in This Shared Dream, she tells the story of the next generation. The three Dance kids, seemingly abandoned by both parents when they were younger, are now adults and are all disturbed by memories of a reality that existed in place of their world. The older girl, Jill, even remembers the disappearance of their mother while preventing the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Goonan has created a new kind of utopian Science Fiction novel, in which the changes in history have created a present world that is in many ways superior to our own, while in other worlds people strive to prevent their own erasure by restoring the ills to ours. This Shared Dream is certainly the most provocative Science Fiction speculation of the year, and perhaps the decade. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Bonnie Kunzel
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780810840287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis beginning reader's advisory book helps librarians guide young readers to science fiction and fantasy titles. Entries describe titles and list sequels and related books by the same author. Entries are in topical sections such as alien contact, dragons, biotechnology, and postapocalypse. Classics as well as current titles popular with both younger and older teens are included in each category. Kunzel is a teen specialist at Princeton Public Library and is vice president of the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association. Manczuk teaches in the School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies at Rutgers University. c. Book News Inc.
Author: Jonathan Strahan
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Published: 2007-10-01
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 1597802735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn eclipse is a rare and unusual event, when the world is transformed and the sky becomes a dark eldritch thing. It's a time when anything could happen, when any kind of story just might be true. That sense of the strange and wonderful guides Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology series edited by acclaimed anthologist Jonathan Strahan. Set to become a major event on the science fiction and fantasy calendar,Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy gathers together new science fiction and fantasy stories by the best writers working today. You can see that in Eclipse 1, which features extraordinary tales by Peter S. Beagle, Jack Dann & Paul Brandon, Terry Dowling, Andy Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Eileen Gunn, Gwyneth Jones, Ellen Klages, Maureen F. McHugh, Garth Nix, Lucius Shepard, Bruce Sterling and Ysabeau S. Wilce.
Author: Russell Blackford
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2014-05-29
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 1118736451
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntelligence Unbound explores the prospects, promises, and potential dangers of machine intelligence and uploaded minds in a collection of state-of-the-art essays from internationally recognized philosophers, AI researchers, science fiction authors, and theorists. Compelling and intellectually sophisticated exploration of the latest thinking on Artificial Intelligence and machine minds Features contributions from an international cast of philosophers, Artificial Intelligence researchers, science fiction authors, and more Offers current, diverse perspectives on machine intelligence and uploaded minds, emerging topics of tremendous interest Illuminates the nature and ethics of tomorrow’s machine minds—and of the convergence of humans and machines—to consider the pros and cons of a variety of intriguing possibilities Considers classic philosophical puzzles as well as the latest topics debated by scholars Covers a wide range of viewpoints and arguments regarding the prospects of uploading and machine intelligence, including proponents and skeptics, pros and cons
Author: Jay L. MacDonald
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Published: 2023-03-31
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 1638292892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat makes Dave Barry funny? Stephen King scary? Tami Hoag heartbreaking? All readily admit that where they live greatly influences what they write. Indeed, for both writers and readers, geography may well be destiny when it comes to fiction. Novelists often borrow from their surroundings, consciously or subconsciously, to create their imaginative worlds, just as we readers are drawn to those works that transport us to more exciting and inspiring locales, be it Hemingway’s Havana, Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County or McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove.
Author: Karen Haber
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2004-03-18
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780312313593
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of essays written by today's top science fiction authors on the Matrix, cyberpunk and the future.
