Showing results for "The Lighthouse" in Science Fiction

From the Author of the National Book Award Finalist News of the World Paulette Jiles, the bestselling author of the highly praised novels The Color of Lightning, Stormy Weather, and Enemy Women, pushes into new territory with Lighthouse Island—a captivating and atmospheric story set in the...

Welcome to Hive Gloriana.This is a sanctioned broadcast under the authority of the Departmento Vox-Communicatus, Subsector Delta-9.Tune in for official civic updates, devotional hymns, and verified weather reports from across the hive.Unauthorized listeners will be reported to the proper authorities.Faithful citizens will be comforted.The Emperor hears all.Ave Imperator.Vox Sanctum Gloriana is a dark comedy horror series told entirely through sanctioned Vox broadcasts from a decaying Imperial hive city, where bureaucracy, faith, and malfunctioning authority speak louder than truth. Civic ...

For centuries, men and women have manned lighthouses to ensure the safe passage of ships. It is a lonely job and a thankless one for the most part. Until something goes wrong. Until a ship is in distress. In the twenty-third century, this job has moved into outer space. A network of beacons allows ships to travel across the Milky Way at many times the speed of light. These beacons are built to be robust. They never break down. They never fail. At least, they aren’t supposed to.

Pangborn arrives unexpectedly on a lighthouse in space, startling the caretaker and his wife. Then Ripley shows up, looking for Pangborn. Then Ripley's father, space pirate Captain Squid, arrives looking for his daughter, and he doesn't like finding Pangborn there, too. Soon they all discover that the lighthouse is about to be smacked by an approaching passenger space cruiser unless they can do something. A hot bath is suggested. Will they all escape destruction? Will they find out who the father of Ripley's baby is?

As a CIA agent on a top-secret mission, Duff Dixon traveled through time using a device given to mankind by inter-dimensional aliens. After ten billion long years of trying to save the world, he's ready to enjoy his retirement. On Play it by Year, Duff explores the history of popular music with a twist: each episode focuses on a single year and the songs that defined it. So tune in as Duff talks pop, rock, hip-hop, jazz, country, life, Texas 5A division 2 high school football, and (at the insistance of his pushy callers) the future, aliens, and the CIA's deepest, darkest secrets.

In the age of misinformation and conformity, RICHARD is a one man army for truth. Join him as he re-caps the important events of each season of Play it by Year with Duff Dixon, and chucks out the other boring, unimportant stuff.