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81) The Tell
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Not too far from now, the world is in a new arms race for predictive algorithms, a la Hari Seldon. The government who knows the future, controls the future. Can it be possible that a simple Vegas stage magician holds the key to this disruptive tech? If not, why is everyone after him!?! The Paul Di Filippo Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of science fiction and fantasy selected by acclaimed author and critic Paul Di Filippo.
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The last surviving member of a mghty race speeds through the void on a strange quest! John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms including Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross, Geoffrey Armstrong, John Cotton, Dennis Clive, Ephriam Winiki,...
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Serafina Glutt ist Pilotin und unterwegs zu einer großen Werft nahe des Saturn, als ihr Schiff in Schwierigkeiten gerät. Sie kann sich gerade noch auf dem kleinen Jupitermond Eukelade retten. Dort wird sie einigermaßen unfreundlich von Tadius Uriel empfangen, der diesen Mond bewohnt. Schnell bekommt sie heraus, dass Tadius ein Geheimnis verbirgt. Schließlich erfährt sie, dass Tadius Kybertium abbaut, den begehrtesten Stoff im Sonnensystem - und...
84) Equimedian
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Jason Velez lives a mundane existence installing EmuX virtual reality machines-scraping together just enough money to pay for his increasingly unsustainable science fiction collection-when he begins having strange dreams. He knows he has to make some personal changes if he hopes to get his life in order.
Except change is exactly what's happening to those around him. His roommate's personality suddenly shifts. Jill, his closest single friend, retroactively...
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On the harsh Martian frontier, young Peter and Susan are left in the care of their impatient guardian, Mr. Caxton, while their parents explore the desert. The curious children spot mysterious clawmarks in the red sand, but their discovery is met with scorn. As night falls, an otherworldly creature materializes at their door, igniting terror and wonder.
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During a routine drive to dinner with her parents, sixteen-year-old Annie Walker's car is struck by a pickup truck. The resulting accident kills her parents and leaves Annie unconscious. When she wakes up, she thinks she's in a hospital, but the truth is far stranger. Annie has been downloaded into a computer program called PATTIE.With the help of PATTIE's brilliant programmer, Eric, Annie struggles to come to terms with her new existence. She also...
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Susan saved the world from aliens disguised as bolts of fabric, but that was last year. Now there's an assassin from space looking to even the score. Susan, her daughter Cecily and mother Edna must once again save humanity - and themselves - from creatures from another planet who have an inordinate fondness for quilt shops and lavender.
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En el siglo XXII, la digitalización y la inteligencia artificial gobiernan todos los órdenes de la vida humana, en un contexto social y ecológico jaqueado por las consecuencias del calentamiento global. Eso incluye la producción artística, en todos sus géneros, desarrollada a demanda y para la necesidad de cada individuo, por un módulo creativo denominado la arteficialidad.
Un grupo de artistas mantiene una resistencia en un mundo no digitalizado,...
89) Ultimate Witness
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The Plato Colony is the first permanently manned moonbase, but it could be the last. Budgetary restrictions mean the base is to be abandoned in seven days, but while the colonists prepare to evacuate, chief administrator Malcolm Wade faces other, more troubling problems. A mysterious anomaly has appeared outside the base and an unknown assailant is attacking the colonists. As only seven people live on the moon, Malcolm reckons he should be able to...
90) Eden 2.1
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Eden 2.1 is a modern-day story inspired by Mary Shelly's famous book, "Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus". It raises the questions of human efforts to understand the source of life and whether humans can have the technological ability to create life apart from the natural process by human-developed means. Can human wisdom anticipate and account for unintended consequences of using such potential technology?
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After buying Mars Hal Bailey was plunged into suspended animation for a century and a half, and when he awoke he was told the planet was worthless. But why then did oligarchs wish to buy it?
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms...
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The Gentleman Killers have been decimated and the Tacagans removed from power. With the Borelians as a powerful ally, all the Cult has to do is move in for the kill and take control of the Time industry.This task is decidedly easier said than done, as several obstacles stand in their way, not the least of which is the loss of the Book of Abilities and the mobilization of the Akarin.Not content to sit around and watch everything they've worked for...
94) The Square
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"You are hereby banished from the North American continent. Should you reenter it, you will be executed upon recognition. Within this facility, you have the right to life and to defend that life, unto your death."
These are the last words spoken to the exiles banished to the Square, a massive penal colony encompassing the western triangle of what was once the state of Texas. Paxton Stephens, a disgraced and exiled scientist, gave the authoritarian...
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Stefan is a dedicated young doctor working for the private emergency services company BioSynth Health Systems. During a perilous mission, he manages to rescue his grievously wounded mother, but at the cost of losing another life. Though his mother survives, Stefan struggles with lingering trauma and survivor's guilt. He finds some solace in working with his capable teammate Cass, a former hacker with her own troubled history. But when Cass encounters...
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As a vast Holy War begins, a powerful new force emerges in the second book of this "violent, passionate, darkly poetic" fantasy series (SFSite.com).
The first battle against the heathen has been won, but while the Great Names squabble over the spoils, Kellhus draws more followers to his banner. The sorcerer Achamian and his lover, Esmenet, submit entirely-only to face an unimaginable test of faith. The warrior Cnaiur falls ever deeper into madness....
97) Stopwatch
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The Time industry has fallen, the Hands of Time have been overthrown, Walter and Micaiah have been captured, and Rifun and Cassius rule.Dark times have come to the universe and a shadow of fear and uncertainty blankets the survivors, Tommen and Micah included. They knows it's only a matter of time before Rifun and Cassius begin to mop up, and they're prime targets, especially when the hounds of war are sent out to track down those who escaped the...
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Plunging into the dark mysteries of the fourth dimension, Dr. Douglas Ashfield and a beautiful girl find themselves beset by the cosmic chaos which sweeps Manhattan in 1970!
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms including...
100) Martian Avenger
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A baby born of two worlds was this Martian, but even after thousands of years he remembered that revenge was his mission on Earth!
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms including Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross, Geoffrey Armstrong,...
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