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The Unreal and the Real is a major event not to be missed. In this two-volume selection of Ursula K. Le Guin's best short stories--as selected by the National Book Award winning author herself--the reader will be delighted, provoked, amused, and faced with the sharp, satirical voice of one of the best short story writers of the present day. Where on Earth explores Le Guin's earthbound stories which range around the world, from small town Oregon to middle Europe in the middle of revolution to summer camp.

Ijon Tichy is the only human who knows for sure whether the self-programming robots on the moon are plotting a terrestrial invasion. But a highly focused ray severs his corpus collosum. Now his left brain can’t remember the secret and his uncooperative right brain won’t tell. Tichy struggles for control of the lost memory and of his own two warring sides.

Since long before the spaceships' fleeting presence, Blaine has been content to go along with the whims of his supermom wife and half-feral, television-addicted children. But when the kids blithely ponder skinning people to see if they're aliens, and his wife drags them all on a surprise road trip to Disney World, even steady Blaine begins to crack. Half a continent away, Heather floats in a Malibu pool and watches the massive ships hover overhead. Maybe her life is finally going to start.

In a world dominated by ruthless Jovian overlords for four long decades, Earthlings live in servitude, simmering with rage but powerless against the devastating disintegration rays wielded by their alien masters. Is humanity doomed to languish under this oppressive regime forever? Enter Damis, the half-breed son of a Jovian father and an earthling mother, who is determined to break the chains of oppression. Join us on an exhilarating adventure as he fights against the odds to reclaim freedom for his people. This space opera is packed with thrilling villains, courageous heroes, epic space ...

Timo, a lazy and widely disliked thirty-something, wakes up one day to discover he is… literally the last person on Earth. After a unanimous vote, humanity decided to ditch him and escape aboard a spaceship to flee an incoming asteroid. Left alone with Constance, a sarcastic drone, he becomes the caretaker of the “Attic of Humanity,” a massive warehouse filled with the most useless objects ever invented. Between laziness, absurdity, and crushing solitude, Timo tries to make sense of this new life… where even being alone turns out to be anything but restful. Hosted on Acast. See ...

A member of the underground is caught and forced to relate the details of a conspiracy to overthrow the Leader who has all Earth in subjugation in the year 2240.

Jane is the only person left on the planet, minding the only business left: a gift shop. She wasn’t born on Earth, but her ancestors were; they lived there before the AI in charge of geoengineering failed and the oceans got too hot to sustain the terrestrial food web and before humans took off to colonize other planets. She’s heading to college on Jupiter in the fall of 3020, so her days on the home planet—selling “American Epoch” postcards, “History: The Poster!” and “War: The Soundtrack” to tourists from the suburbs of Europa—are numbered.

An original Lovecraftian Comedy by Ivy Magaña. A whimsical dive into the existential musings of an immortal, astral servant in a post-apocalyptic world. Darkness served with a smile!

MATURE CONTENT The celestial bodies are consciousness—and it intends to experience. The Sun chooses a vessel: a young Black man returning home from prison. As powers awaken, he discovers a world transformed—and he’s not alone. Other "Celestial Representatives" walk the Earth, touched by colder, stranger cosmic phenomena. Some seek connection. Others seek control. As he rises, so does the tension. The community watches. The government tightens its grip. [Side effects may include flight, fire, fractured realities, and the collapse of everything you thought was true.] Support: Coso.me/...

When Rod Carver climbed the glacier seeking for rare lichen, he hardly expected to find himself leading a human rebellion against mechanical overlords.

A podcast that reveals the truth about video games that those other video game podcasts don't want you to know. Co-hosts: Alton, Kay and Reese Intro music: Video Games by Envyneslies Envyneslies – Video-games Thank you to Angelvila for the logo! Patreon: https://patreon.com/vgatwtoe Linktree: https://linktr.ee/vgatwtoe ALTON: https://linktr.ee/rudefoxalton Reese: https://linktr.ee/reeseryder Kay: https://linktr.ee/kayandskittles Find out more on the Video Games Are The Worst Thing On Earth website: https://videogamesaretheworst.pinecast.co

SF 소설가 곽재식의 소설은 당연히 SF적인 내용을 담고 있습니다. 이 단편집만 해도 초공간 도약 항법도 나오고, 인공지능도 몇 가지 나오고, 외계인과의 퍼스트 컨택트도 나옵니다.

Liz Paffel presents Book 2 in the Luxx Aliens On Earth series.

Kimber McLeedy's actual assignment: Go to a remote village in Ireland to interview the son of a famous explorer about an environmental program he's spearheading. What Kimber really wants to do: Find out what the heck is going on in Ireland as reports of strange sightings and atmospheric anomalies roll in.

곽재식은 누구보다도 재미난 이야기 소재들을 사랑하는 작가입니다. 비단 SF뿐만 아니라 동서양의 판타지와 전설 등, 현실 밖의 꿈과 상상과 환상 속에 담긴 이야기들을 찾고 수집하죠. 다루는 소재를 고려하면, 곽재식은 확실히 '장르 소설가'에 속합니다. 전형적이라고 할 수도 있겠죠.

As the events of our day unfold, all around the world, questions plague the minds of observers in all walks of life. The biggest question of all is, how will it all end? Are we headed for a Bible-styled Apocalypse and Armageddon? With these and similar concerns in mind, the purpose of this book is to provide a glimpse of what the future of our world looks like, from a biblical point of view. While fictitious on the one hand, it is no less Bible-based, and keyed to (more or less), or, rooted in 3 commentaries written by Mr. Alvin Mitchell

소행성 충돌에 대한 짧은 특집 소설을 써 달라는 잡지 《과학동아》의 의뢰를 받아 쓴 소설이다. 갑작스레 뭘 써야 할지 쓸 것이 생각나지 않아 의 속편으로 썼는데, 전편의 주인공이었던 김 박사가 직장을 옮겨 공공기관 쪽 연구소에서 일하는 모습으로 다시 등장한다.

Five classic novelisations of exciting TV adventures set on the planet Earth! In Fury from the Deep, the Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria discover sentient seaweed threatening a gas refinery on the South Coast of England. In Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1920s England, where plans are being laid to free Sutekh the Destroyer from his prison on Mars. In The Stones of Blood, the Fourth Doctor, Romana and K9 confront an ancient villainess on Bodcombe Moor.

Adam Jeffson is the first man to ever reach the North Pole but, south of him, a deadly purple vapor spreads, passing over the world and wiping out all living creatures. The sole survivor on Earth, Adam embarks on an epic journey across the silent and devastated planet, piecing together a life from the flotsam and jetsam of his former existence. The Purple Cloud serves as one of Adam’s journals, and in it he documents his lonely adventures, his descent into madness, and his suspicion that this fatal event was no random act of nature: His survival was no accident.

Best-selling author Matthew Mather presents the first two books in the Nomad series, now available in a single audiobook collection. Nomad: When exoplanet researcher Dr. Ben Rollins is told by NASA that a massive object in space could end the world, his first instinct is to call his daughter and wife: something is coming, he tells them. We can’t see it, we don’t know what it is, but it’s there. They’re calling it Nomad, and it’s coming fast. Sanctuary: Jessica Rollins survived, but at what cost?