Showing results for "Problems" in Science Fiction

On the world of Marconen, your first Break determines the trajectory of your life. Calvin chose magic. Without proper schooling or a mentor, the boy is dragged by the cruel whims of fate across the face of the planet, blending together different schools of magic and powerful abilities to create something new. But there's a deeper secret behind his success. Why was he born an exile from his country? Why is his System so strange, and why does it keep talking to him? As the march of time continues, something evil grows in power across the ocean.

River is gone and Athens abandoned … With nowhere else to go, the Tartans evacuate both their citizens and the Hawaiian refugees to Galveston, the capital city of New Texas. Surrounded by pre-wave technology, Felicity has never been more uncomfortable while Winter thrives in her position as Assistant Director of the New Anaphedarin project. The shift in Tartan dynamics has caused some friction between the years-long group of friends, but as uncomfortable as the Athenians are, the Hawaiians are having an even harder time adjusting; particularly Zac.

My name is Zane Zimmer. To most folks, I live a seemingly charmed life as a Regal lord and the heir apparent to the powerful, wealthy House Zimmer, and the gossipcasts breathlessly follow my every swaggering move across the Archipelago Galaxy. I’m also a powerful psion capable of telekinesis, telepathy, and telempathy, and my deadly skills and prowess with my stormsword have made me the golden boy of the Arrows, the Imperium’s elite fighting force.

Nequa or The Problem of the Ages stands as one of the pioneering feminist science fiction novels in the United States. First serialized in the newspaper Equity, it saw two editions published in Topeka, Kansas in 1900. The story takes readers on a thrilling voyage to the Arctic, where the ships captain is astonished to discover that when they reach a certain point‚Aîexpected to be near the North Pole‚Aîthe compass inexplicably indicates a southward journey. They have, in fact, sailed into the Earths interior, where they encounter the Altrurians, a society that has evolved into a more ...

Several months have passed since Nita’s last adventure in the fug, and though she has spent them back in her native Caldera, she has never been busier. After countless debates and discussion, she has finally convinced her people to give the Wind Breaker and its crew safe harbor on the shores of her idyllic homeland. Now she is looking forward to introducing Captain Mack, Lil, Coop, and the rest of the crew to the land of her birth.

Die Drachenmenschen haben einen neuen Verbündeten. Es ist ein Wasserweltbewohner mit ungewöhnlichen Fähigkeiten. Da sie seinen richtigen Namen nicht aussprechen können, nennen sie ihn Neptun. Sein Volk hat noch eine alte Rechnung mit den frommen Menschen von Vatikan II zu begleichen. Deshalb ist Neptun auch allzu gerne bereit, seine Befreier gegen die Jesuiten-Krieger zu unterstützen. Doch um die Elite-Soldaten zu überrumpeln, benötigen sie noch Waffen.

A secret backdoor meeting between Ambassador Ode Abumwe and the Conclave’s Hafte Sorvalh turns out to be less than secret, as both of their ships are attacked. It’s a surprise to both teams - but it’s the identity of the attacker that is the real surprise, and suggests a threat to both humanity and The Conclave. "A Problem of Proportion" is a tale from John Scalzi's The Human Division, a series of self-contained but interrelated short stories set in the Old Man's War universe.

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Atlanta-Prime war eine Welt, auf der jeder Freund deregulierter Märkte zwangsläufig eine Dauererektion bekommen musste. Es gab keine Regeln und Gesetze, die einen Unternehmer in seinem Treiben beschränkten. Gewerkschaften kannte man überhaupt nicht. Auf diesem Planeten, auf dem die dumpfe Unwissenheit des gemeinen Volkes Triumphe feierte, gelang den Drachenmenschen mit Hilfe ihres neuen Verbündeten Neptun, die handstreichartige Übernahme eines ganzen Stadtteils von Hellgard.

Hosted by one cool sibling and one learned scholar, this podcast travels across fictional worlds and through the library of history, mythology and more to discuss world building. Across television, literature, film and franchises, join our hosts as they nerd out and bring you to whole new worlds.

The ‘Trolley, Problem, Inc.’ Podcast is a six-part audio series featuring leading figures from the gaming and entertainment industries who are asked four awful philosophical questions and asked to pick the “best” answer from two dreadful choices. Find out who would kill one person to save five others, who would stop an old man from receiving a heart transplant and whether or not the little girl playing in the sandpit survives in this entertaining, challenging series of discussions. Hosted by Simon Byron and game developer Samuel Read-Graves. Inspiration taken from the PC game ‘...

Der Weltbestseller aus China, ausgezeichnet mit dem Hugo Award und ein Meilenstein der Science-Fiction. China, Ende der 1960er-Jahre: Während im ganzen Land die Kulturrevolution tobt, beginnt eine kleine Gruppe von Astrophysikern, Politkommissaren und Ingenieuren ein streng geheimes Forschungsprojekt. Ihre Aufgabe: Signale ins All zu senden und noch vor allen anderen Nationen Kontakt mit Außerirdischen aufzunehmen. Fünfzig Jahre später wird diese Vision Wirklichkeit – auf eine so erschreckende, umwälzende und globale Weise, dass dieser Kontakt das Schicksal der Menschheit für immer verändern wird.

X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.

Everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing when one of the great and the good is assassinated. You can kill a politician, but their ideas usually live on. They have a life of their own. How much more dangerous, then, the ideas of mathematicians? The announcement of the solution to the traveling salesman problem heralds the imminent destruction of humanity.