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The nine musicians of the band Phoenix on the Fault Line head to practice like any other Thursday, but this time, their mad scientist lead singer, Tony has a surprise for them. After a severe Rubix cube accident, Tony believes he has discovered the secret to time travel, but after a premature attempt to impress the rest of the guys, Tony transports them all to a barren wasteland, where they discover a mysterious bunker under a layer of ice. What's...
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Chester S. Geier (1921-1990) was a U.S. author and editor whose first work, "A Length of Rope" appeared in Unknown in April 1941. Editor Ray Palmer recruited him to write for the Ziff-Davis group of pulp magazines, where he became a frequent contributor to Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures, and less frequently to mystery and western pulps. He published under his own name and several pseudonyms, including Guy Archette, Alexander Blade, P F Costello,...
1044) Swords of Mars
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Swords of Mars begins as a cloak and dagger thriller and ends as an interplanetary odyssey. In this novel John Carter, transplanted Earthman, returns to his status of protagonist and first-person narrator for the first time since the third Martian novel, The Warlord of Mars.
1045) Clouds and Earth
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The long war changed everything. For Lt. First Class Sandy Attiyeh, the peace she helped create seems to be working for everyone but her. This new world is so . . . well, so dull.
With her commanding officer keeping her at arm's length, citing her rather unpredictable temperament, Sandy is willing prey for Lyndon Hamilton, CEO of Hamilton InfoSec, who needs someone to engage in a little corporate espionage. He offers good pay, interesting work, and...
1046) Hydrogen Runner
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Earth has become civilized! The only fuel these days is hydrogen. Out near the sun where we collect the hydrogen with pirates, it is a little less civilized. My name is Martin Mercer. I'm a Hydrogen Runner. To be a runner, you have to think on your feet. Act without thinking. Use your instincts. Because on a run, you are reduced to one basic instinct, to survive!
1047) The Great Tree
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Zeta colony seems like the perfect place to settle and raise a family. The air is clean, and magnificent forests cover the planet. Its only city has a friendly, small-town atmosphere and a strong economy, thanks to the export of super tree lumber to Earth and other lumber-starved planets. But when houses mysteriously start collapsing, killing the unsuspecting families inside, scientist Ed Ralston begins to suspect that the genetically engineered super...
1048) Future Humans
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Jace is happily married with two beautiful children, yet he is plagued by recurring awakenings at 3:33 each night. Mysterious dreamlike images of other beings enter his mind. Family tensions follow. Unbeknownst to Jace, he is being transported through time from his life in the 21st century to the 31st century as part of a heroic effort by Future Humans to save the planet from total devastation. Using time travel, Future Humans are cleaning up the...
1049) Project Egg
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A fast-paced story describing the reaction of world citizens to the realization that Earth is dying from the constant abuse it has endured from humans. The storys primary focus centers on the United States and its plan to cope with a sick and dying population and a way to protect future humans from extinction. Project EGG begins with Phase One of its plan, allowing only healthy women to donate their newborn infants to the Project. These infants are...
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In the year 2019, Michael Lear, a curator at the Imperial War Museum, travels back in time in with the aim of killing Adolf Hitler before his rise to power. Lear's background in German history and ability to speak the language perfectly give him great advantages; however, along the way, he will find himself increasingly out of his depth and plagued by panic attacks, self-doubt, difficult moral decisions and, at times, plain bad luck. This historical...
1051) The Economy of Light
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This is the story of a Nazi hunter's journey to find the man who tortured him and murdered his family, as he penetrates the depths of the Amazon jungle to experience an extraordinary "dream time. It is a magnificent depiction of a modern descent into hell...and the frightening-and profoundly surprising-consequences of redemption.
1052) Alas de Memoria
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Cuando Kiernan abandona Inglaterra, espera descubrir los secretos que podrían salvar a su gente de la extinción. Pero el camino hacia las respuestas está lleno de peligros. No se imagina lo que se esconde en la selva de Costa Rica. Poco después de llegar, Kiernan encuentra a la chica humana que ha pasado meses añorando. Kiernan debe decidir entre su amor por Meghan y su lealtad por su hermano, Avery. Trata de poner a su hermano primero, hasta...
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Get the Summary of Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man ventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other.
This allegory about humanity's exploration of the universe-and the universe's reaction to humanity-is a hallmark...
1054) Borderline
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Chris Rockford is a modder, spending his days working on research and applying it to human blood samples in order to boost the physical attributes of an individual through the creation of hyper advanced drugs called "mods". Under the watchful protection and direction of the M.A.G.I., he stays within the limits of a social code meant to separate himself from the world not yet ready for his findings or influence. As he ventures out into the world to...
1055) The Labyrinth of Souls
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The helicopters move in, the vibrations send George scurrying for the labyrinth beneath the city where he'll try to find refuge. But will he? He meets people who seem helpful; hacktivists and other rebels looking to help the underground movements of the disgruntled in the city. George soon realizes that the labyrinth is no safe haven and that those who want him dead can follow him anywhere and buy anyone.Soon, he's running faster than ever, just trying...
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After the mind-boggling and eye-opening insights of his fi rst four books, the author who prefers to be known as Youth the Writer stirs the publishing and literary world once again with the release of the fi nal volume of a series, The Story Behind Life Unveiled. Every story has a beginning and an end except life. It is a story in progress, the author begins. This fi fth volume concludes the discussion about the truth of life that people live in;...
1057) Oneness
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A must read sci-fi short. With the evil that is descending on us this story shows just what it would take to get us together again. Many religions have some variation of Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You but that's never the part that makes the news, that's never what you hear chanted...
1058) Kaleidoscope Century
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Joshua Ali Quare wakes in 2019 at the age of 140 in a strong youthful body with no memory of his past, to find he is at the center of a vast and deadly conspiracy. The only clues to his identity are the records he has left-messages from the man he once was...
As Quare journeys through his past, he discovers he has been a key figure in the history of a turbulent, violent century-soldier, criminal, assassin, spy. A century filled with killing plagues...
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Welcome to The 12th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®! We have another great lineup of stories (and the conclusion of our first serial, Tony Rothman's fine near-future novel, Firebird). No matter whether you like classic, golden age authors (Ray Bradbury, George O. Smith, Poul Anderson), fun pulp fiction (Talmage Powell, Murray Leinster, Keith Laumer), modern authors (Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Smith, John Gregory Betancourt), or authors whose work spans...
1060) The Haunted Universe
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In the town of Tundra, they had always had a strong connection with the stars and the universe. They guided their lives by mapping the stars and had a deep sense of magical spiritualism. It was not until a galactic force got greedy and started to claim power over the galaxy, Porco, that the town's people of Tundra, gave up their lives to fight the forces of evil. Because, without the stars to guide them, how could they find their way?
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