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If you could live forever, would you want to? This is the story of Anita and Kimmo's struggle against cancer, of Aender and Kiyoshi and the first interstellar war, and of An and Ki and Earth’s last days.

What Life Can Bring is three connected science fiction stories that revolve around my fascination with time. The first story, “The Journey Home”, opens with a handsome, tattooed young man who goes by the nickname “Poly” being released from jail on a beautiful August day in 1994. Poly has high hopes for a fresh start, but he’s not able to find a job. Struggling to make ends meet and keep a roof over his head, Poly can find only one option: Join up with his old crew in a bank heist. Things don’t go entirely to plan....

The United States has come to the conclusion that the Federation must be stopped! Tempers flare and war looms on the horizon while both sides jockey for position in the court of world opinion.

From the moment Sam Newman and fourteen others awaken inside metal coffins next to the burning wreckage of a spacecraft, they face a constant struggle to stay alive on a seemingly uninhabited planet light-years from home. Worse, the last any of them remember, they were back home on Earth—at a time when interstellar travel was little more than a distant pipe dream. Survival means finding out who-or what-brought them to this place. Yet what few answers they find amidst the steaming jungles and the ruins of that distant world defy all logic or sanity.

2025. Une intelligence artificielle est chargée de trouver une réponse à un risque d'épidémie d'Ébola en plein cœur de Paris. Toutes les hypothèses circulent sur l'origine de la contamination, y compris celle du terrorisme biologique. La Machine administrative, politique et médiatique est prête à s'emballer.

Little was known about the Great Southern Ocean during World War Two, or the large icebound continent located at the very bottom of the Blue Planet, known as Earth. Using nautical charts, put together by Old World explorers, and relying on the sharp eyes of the submarine's lookouts, the USS Javelin plowed through the remarkably still, icy waters, towards the Antarctic continent.

When the miners on Mars form a trade union and call a planet wide strike, the president of the Council of Economic Unions orders the federal forces on Mars to take a firm hand.

In un futuro non troppo lontano, un killer silenzioso e freddo come l’inverno, si muove tra le opprimenti pareti di metallo delle colonie orbitali in cui gli esseri umani hanno dovuto esiliarsi. Non sa nulla del suo passato, gli scienziati del Progetto Newman gli hanno tolto tutto, anche il suo nome, per trasformarlo nella macchina da morte chiamata Winter. Cresciuto lontano da ogni contatto umano, immerso in un mondo di sangue e violenza, si ritrova a vivere in una realtà fatta di deboli ipocrisie e un classismo non meritocratico.

At 19, Dylan’s brilliant mind is an asset as he struggles with severe ADHD and deteriorating living conditions. He’s one semester away from completing his college degree in ecology, but he’s out of cash, out of soap, and about to be evicted. A post-pandemic opportunity to survey a rural property sounds like a lifeline. The owner of a creepy faux-chateau is ready to pay a handsome wage for a list of species found on the property. Dylan can’t believe his good luck. He’s about to be paid to wander in the woods.

In the summer of 2069, five high school friends receive exciting news from the International Space Agency that their team, "ExtraTerra V", won first place in an international science expo with a presentation called, “How to Explore the Moon’s Anomalies.” The grand prize is a flight to the Moon, and participation in the international lunar expedition timed to coincide with the centenary of the first manned landing on the Moon.

Dream Phaze is about the inception of engineered dreams and the evolution of indulgence. Set at the crossroads of alternative realities in the near future, it plunges into a world where every human desire, no matter how heroic or evil, can be fulfilled. Dr. Saxon Zynn and his wife, Margo, have worked for years on Dream Immersion, a worldwide entertainment technology where engineered dreams can take users to lifelike worlds to experience their wildest dreams.

The year is 2074. For a decade, the technology for mind upload has existed. Anyone who wants to–and has the means to do so–can now stave off death by having their brain scanned and uploaded to the grid: a virtual, digital world. Society is divided over the new technology, but Anders Helmemyr, one of the proponents of the transhumanist movement, is hopeful. He dreams of a day when this technology will be available to everyone.

The Invisible Man was the fourth sci-fi novel written by Wells in the 1890s. The main character, Griffin, is one of the intimidating villains in all popular literature. The archetypal "mad scientist," Griffin devotes himself to an obsessive study of optics and realizes his ambition to render livings things permanently invisible. After making a cat invisible, he successfully applies the procedure to himself. After causing chaos in London, he travels to the village of Iping in Sussex and takes up residence in a local hotel.

A universe governed only by an entity called Fate. Time an unknown, unrecognised quantity. An itinerant artificial intelligence visitor from a sister universe, on an unsanctioned mission of discovery, disrupts the established flow of life, causing Fate to instigate a catastrophic sequence of resets.

Fresh out of college with his Ship Engineer 3rd-Class certificate, Dave Walker’s only thought is to try to find a berth on a corporate ship plying the trade routes between the many habs, orbitals, and moons in the Solar System. The problem for Dave, however, isn't his straight C average; it's that his stepfather, a powerful Earth senator he’s never met, now wants him dead. Forced to take the first berth he can find, Dave ends up on the Iowa Hill, an old tramp freighter running with a minimal crew and nearing the end of its useful life.

Justine und ihre Leute sind gefangen in einem unterirdischen Labyrinth. Bei ihrem Versuch, einen Ausweg zu finden, müssen sie vor mutierten Spinnen und Ratten fliehen. Und noch etwas anderes, größer und bösartiger, lauert in der Tiefe. Justine steht schließlich am Scheideweg: die eigene Haut retten, oder alles riskieren, um einen verschwundenen Kameraden aus den Klauen der Mutanten zu befreien.

AC 438 - Sieben Jahre leben Anna und Elias wieder auf der Erde. Sieben sehr schöne Jahre, in denen es ihnen an nichts mangelt. Als die KI Vater eines Tages ein unbekanntes Wetterphänomen untersucht, realisiert Elias genau zwei Dinge: Anna und er hätten nie zurückkommen dürfen und er würde den Tag nicht überleben. Noch 0,153 Sekunden: Erkenntnis ist gnadenlos. Die KI Vater steht vor einer unlösbaren Aufgabe. Ein Dilemma, das ihn über seine Grenzen treibt.

Humanity has existed in peace for over two millennia under the rule of Emperor Ovlour—until now. Wars have been erupting across the galactic colonies, and the Imperial Forces have been called upon to obliterate the aggressors. After his hometown is destroyed, Kass discovers the emperor himself is responsible for covertly inciting the wars. With the help of his new mentor, he vows vengeance against the man who destroyed everything he cared about.

Die Destiny-Mission geht weiter und erreicht einen neuen Höhepunkt. Was verbirgt sich auf der anderen Seite der Anomalie? Die Crew der Destiny steht vor der größten Entscheidung der Menschheit. Hinter der Umlaufbahn des Plutos versperrt ihnen eine unerforschte Anomalie den Weg. Werden sie den Schritt wagen, das Tor zu einer vielleicht weit entfernten Galaxie zu durchschreiten? Wer oder was sind die Wächter des Wissens? Derweil spitzt sich die Lage auf der Erde weiter zu.

When the CEOs of the world's top two software organizations quit their jobs to create AI to govern the mankind, they thought they were paving the path to Utopia. It delighted many but created deep unease in the hearts of some. Shadowy figures, who saw power slipping through their fingers. We've always asked: Will AI take over humans? Maybe it is time now to ask: Will we let it?

Dr. Keira Stetson is at the forefront of a technological revolution, driven by her dual passions: ethical artificial intelligence—AI with a conscience—and creating technology that enhances children’s lives. Trapped in an earthquake-flattened building with a half-dozen panicked five-year-olds, she fears the worst. When billionaire Roy Brandt leverages his mysterious nanite technology to rescue them, she’s both grateful and intrigued.

Danger is never very far from our team. As Cooper deals with the inconceivable direction of his future, the rest of the team struggles to find their footing on two continents with miles of dangerous obstacles between them. Will they find their way home to safety or will they be forever doomed to look over their shoulders with the shadow of GenMed always seeming to fall across their paths?

Das Rennen um die Entwicklung einer superintelligenten Künstlichen Intelligenz hat begonnen. Und das Land, das gewinnt, wird den Globus beherrschen. Als Amerikas Programm zur Erschaffung einer mächtigen KI sabotiert wird, beginnt für den US-Agenten Cameron Carr eine verzweifelte Suche nach dem Schuldigen, wobei das Schicksal der Menschheit auf dem Spiel steht. In den richtigen Händen könnte eine solche KI die Zivilisation in ungeahnte Höhen führen. Aber in den falschen Händen könnte diese Technologie die größte Bedrohung darstellen, die die Menschheit je gesehen hat.

In The Time Meddler, the turbulent English coastline in 1066 is the scene of a troubled encounter between the Meddling Monk and the First Doctor, Steven and Vicki. In The Deadly Assassin, the Fourth Doctor returns to Gallifrey and is framed for presidential murder. In Shada, the Fourth Doctor and Romana visit their old friend, the retired Time Lord Professor Chronotis, at Cambridge University. In The Mark of the Rani, the TARDIS lands the Sixth Doctor and Peri in the Industrial Revolution.

Returning to Earth in the 21st Century, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe immediately find themselves caught in the midst of a crisis. T-Mat, a form of instantaneous transportation essential to the smooth running of life on Earth - is going disastrously wrong. The Doctor discovers that the T-Mat base on the Moon has been taken over by a group of Ice Warriors, led by the villainous Slaar. With their home a desolate and dying planet, the Martian invaders see Earth as a world ripe for conquest.

On July 2057, all life on Earth was wiped out by thousands of meteor strikes. Two men survived because they happened to be in the seed vault on Svalbard Island. An alien from a civilization far more advanced than our own sends them back in time to AD 70 with all the supplies that could be found in the seed vault. Will they be able to change the timeline enough that humanity can survive the extinction event of 2057?

Devastated early in the war, the United Systems Alliance has retaken several key systems lost to the Galactic Union. But getting even isn’t good enough for General Hella. Determined to end the costly war and destroy the Union, Hella launches a daring offensive against the planet Kuut, a key military base deep in Union space. At the tip of the spear, Lieutenant Mark Rizer and the Marines of Orcus Company find themselves in the mud and blood of a planetary ground invasion.

"Hunky-Dory" spazia dalle nanotecnologie agli studi dello scienziato russo Vernadskij sulla noosfera, anche se alla base del racconto resta pur sempre il sacrificio e l'illuminazione.

When rogue drones threaten citizens and the ship’s crew falls ill, the Recorder answers their call for help, once again drawing scrutiny from the Consortium. With no other option and under an Elder’s overbearing watch, she returns to Pallas Station where she nearly lost her life in the hope of finding something—anything—to save her friends and countless others. Her friends are determined to keep her safe, but for the Recorder, saving others comes first, no matter the cost.

A year after destroying the wormhole generator in France and thus blocking the way to Earth for an allied AI, she lives with AcesAzrael in Switzerland. She fights alongside the last free humans against the approaching Forum and its unstoppable troops. There is still no trace of Janika, but when the Swiss make a dangerous plan shortly before their final defeat, there is only one hope for June and Ace: to find Janika and uncover the secret of a new, mysterious place in the metaworld.