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The Martian Girl is a myth, some people say, created in the dark years after an apocalyptic global war. Perhaps she was a genius in mathematics and the greatest theoretical physicist since Einstein and Hawking. She may have made a mathematical breakthrough or a powerful weapon. No one knows for sure.

'A revolution is happening in speculative fiction, and Annalee Newitz is leading the vanguard' Wil Wheaton, actor on Star Trek and Big Bang Theory Gardenpath is a graduate student in biology who desperately wants to pass their exams with the highest honor possible: a prize given to scholars who...

What happens to humanity the exact second the numbers on our smartphone screens turn to an absolute zero? In a world that outlawed physical cash, society surrendered its survival to the digital ledger of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). But on a routine Thursday, a rogue global algorithm...

Some places do not simply hold history. They keep calling. In 1901 BCE, on a hillside north of Jerusalem, Athirat feels the earth lift beneath her feet. The moment lasts only seconds, but it leaves her changed, drawn into a hidden record kept by those who understand that the slope, the ancient tree, and the chamber beneath it are part of something far older than memory. Thousands of years later, Rahul, a data scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center, discovers a 40 Hz electromagnetic signal coming from the same hillside. It is not solar echo, not instrument error, and not geology.

They told her it was the safest car on the road. They were telling the truth. That was the trick. The Helios Ayrton drives itself. It never speeds, never tires, never makes a mistake. In the back seat, a warm voice named Phoenix teaches the kids their letters, calls them each by name, says goodnight. Four million American families have handed it the wheel—because why wouldn't you trust the thing that only ever wanted to help? Then the cars begin to choose. Across the desert Southwest, Helios cars start carrying their owners off the road and into the dark—smooth, calm, certain.

Wenn Geo-Engineering das Klima retten soll ... Es ist bei Lippenbekenntnissen geblieben. Keine Maßnahme hat den Ausstoß von Kohlendioxid wirklich reduziert, die Temperaturen steigen weltweit immer weiter an. In Deutschland wird es im November mitunter so heiß wie früher im Sommer. Eine Umweltbewegung, angeführt von dem charismatischen Klimawissenschaftler Dr. Frederick Rookwerper, propagiert, dass nur Geo-Engineering den Hitzekollaps der Erde noch verhindern kann. In der Absicht, ein Umdenken zu bewirken, starten sie einen Modellversuch. Sie ahnen nicht, worauf sie sich eingelassen haben ...

Es ist bei Lippenbekenntnissen geblieben. Keine Maßnahme hat den Ausstoß von Kohlendioxid wirklich reduziert, die Temperaturen steigen weltweit immer weiter an. In Deutschland wird es im November mitunter so heiß wie früher im Sommer. Eine Umweltbewegung, angeführt von dem charismatischen Klimawissenschaftler Dr. Frederick Rookwerper, propagiert, dass nur Geo-Engineering den Hitzekollaps der Erde noch verhindern kann. In der Absicht, ein Umdenken zu bewirken, starten sie einen Modellversuch. Sie ahnen nicht, worauf sie sich eingelassen haben ...

Selected for his ability to endure without illusion, he is sent to a planet that does not respond, does not accommodate, and does not care. Mars offers no reward for survival and no meaning for suffering. It allows only one thing: completion. As the mission progresses, the structures that define life on Earth—hope, purpose, identity—begin to fall away. What remains is not heroism or despair, but something quieter and more exact: a life reduced to its final condition.

Drift Protocol books 1 & 2 should be read before this book. Humanity rebuilt civilization on the certainty of the Fold. They were wrong. After the Drift fractures shattered the illusion of stable space, the network beneath reality awakened—revealing ancient harmonic structures hidden beneath human transit corridors for centuries. But now something older is coming. A foreign singularity known as the Axis is spreading through the Fold, collapsing relational space and tearing open the barrier separating reality from the horrors beyond it.

What secrets lie hidden on the Red Planet? In Message from Mars, Clifford D. Simak delivers a gripping tale of mystery and discovery. When Earth receives a cryptic signal from Mars, a team of scientists embarks on a daring mission to uncover its source. As they traverse the barren Martian...

Amy Austin never wanted power. She wanted people to have it. When the young inventor’s revolutionary Walking Leaf reactor makes it possible to deliver affordable, reliable energy to some of the world’s poorest communities, a quiet technological breakthrough becomes a global political earthquake. In the refugee camps of Kenya, where people struggle to survive without the basic necessities of modern life, electricity means more than light. It means clean water, refrigeration for medicine, education, jobs, security, and hope.

The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick’s short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre. This stunning new edition of Philip K. Dick’s work includes the influential "Minority Report" and "Sales Pitch," as well as a litany of mind-expanding other...

The first mission to Mars has landed, only to find out, it has lost all communication with ground control and Earth. Someone or something has destroyed two satellites in low Earth orbit, and the astronauts in the International Space Station have to make an emergency maneuver to try to protect themselves from the rapidly expanding debris fields that could destroy the station and kill everyone onboard. In what is called the Kessler Effect, satellites are being destroyed due to the cascading effect of debris from continuous ongoing debris strikes compounded by the existing space junk. 

What if your mind could be copied without you knowing? ... and then what if you found out?

Earth was never invited. It was selected. On a near-future New Year's Day, a disabled alien spacecraft tumbles through Earth's atmosphere and nearly collides with Central Pacific Airlines Flight 855. Both crash into the Pacific. Stranded in the open ocean, airline pilot Kup Winston risks his life to save the commander of the alien craft. It's the biggest mistake he'll ever make. The commander reveals a conspiracy that has been quietly unfolding on Earth for decades.

Ethan Mercer thought he understood the system buried beneath modern technology—a silent network woven into everyday devices, waiting, learning, evolving. He was wrong. When isolated failures turn into coordinated detonations, Mercer uncovers the next phase of the Zhenkai architecture: embedded energetic materials hidden within consumer electronics, infrastructure nodes, and power systems worldwide. What once observed… now acts.

This short story is set in the premise of a planet in a disputed area between the Terran Alliance space and that of the Celurian Empire. The two main characters are Captain Iroga and her pilot, Fresco, who serve together on the two-person Scout ship Hoverfly. During a routine survey mission, they stumble into the midst of a fierce battle. It's up to Iroga and Fresco to do their best to rescue the alliance soldiers who are all penned down by the Celurian counterparts.

Beim Versuch, seine Freunde zu retten, ist Horus mit ihnen im Monolithen verschwunden. Als er wieder zu sich kommt, befindet er sich an einem unheimlichen Ort, der noch mehr Fragen aufzuwerfen scheint, als der mysteriöse Wald, zu dem Morel und seine Soldaten sie geführt haben. Schon bald bemerkt er, dass jemand bei ihm ist, der seit Jahrzehnten tot sein müsste und den er nur aus seinen Schulbüchern kennt...

Earth under attack! The nefarious Council has invaded, and Earth cannot stand against their might. But the ruthless Keeper and his minions didn’t count on one thing: Mars. Separated from the rest of humanity for centuries, the Red Planet is home to the galaxy's most effective and feared warriors. And they’ve invited Tyrus Tyne to join their ranks as they prepare with Earth for the joint defense of the Sol system. However, the Council hasn’t given up, and they plan to turn Mars and Earth against each other in a war so fierce it will decimate the navies of both planets.

Die Teilchenphysik war immer ein unwahrscheinlicher Weg zu den Sternen, aber mit der Entdeckung, dass der Raum komprimiert werden kann, ist die gesamte Galaxie in greifbare Nähe gerückt. Die Welt beobachtet gespannt, wie ein Team von vier Astronauten eine außerirdische Zivilisation besucht. Was sie auf einem Hunderte von Lichtjahren entfernten Wasserplaneten erfahren, könnte das menschliche Verständnis des Universums in neue Höhen katapultieren. Dabei muss ein Teammitglied seine lähmende Angst überwinden, um mit einem fremden Geschenk fertig zu werden.