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Youth is a science fiction novelette by Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the May 1952 issue of Space Science Fiction and was reprinted in the 1955 collection The Martian Way and Other Stories. Youth is one of the rare Asimov stories with alien characters. Slim is a boy whose astronomer father is visiting the country estate of an important industrialist. The industrialist's son, Red, has found two strange animals, and he enlists Slim in a plan to turn the animals into a circus act. The astronomer, meanwhile, tells the industrialist that he has been in contact with space aliens who want to open up their world to interstellar trade.

"The Hanging Stranger" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, originally published in December 1953 in the magazine Science Fiction Adventures. The protagonist, Ed Loyce, is a store owner who is disturbed when he sees a stranger hanging from a lamppost, but finds that other people consider the apparent lynching unremarkable.

2025 год. Наглый разбойничий набег, в ходе которого погибло около трёх миллионов землян и ещё четверть миллиона человек были увезены в неизвестном направлении. Война миров обязательно будет, но позже.

Josy überlebt eine unheimliche Begegnung mit einem Alien – doch niemand glaubt ihr. Ein paar Wochen danach bekommt sie Besuch von einem Vertreter der Interstellar Cooperation. Denn längst haben die führenden Völker der Galaxie die Erde im Visier und diese Vereinigung soll die Menschheit behutsam auf außerirdisches Leben vorbereiten. Merkwürdig nur, dass selbst dort niemand weiß, welcher Spezies Josy damals begegnet ist. Und sie ahnen auch nicht, dass Josy diesem Alien etwas Wertvolles gestohlen hat.

Man schreibt das Jahr 1815. Schon vor ein paar Jahren ist eine kleine Gruppe Aliens nach der Havarie ihres Raumschiffes auf der Erde gestrandet. Die Gestaltwandler leben versteckt unter den Menschen dieser Zeit, als über der Erde ein Raumschiff auftaucht und die Hoffnung auf eine mögliche Heimkehr schürt. Eine Kette von Ereignissen nimmt ihren dramatischen Verlauf, der in einer Katastrophe mündet.

By the time Grey had come back with an army of new allies, the Legion had been defeated. Many an Incarnator had fallen as heroes, leaving the City on the brink of destruction. Thousands of souls still trapped inside the Cube are trying to break free from their extradimensional prison while the Star watches impassively from its celestial heights.

The twentieth century's so-called golden age of science fiction produced many great writers, yet none is greater than Clifford D. Simak, named Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. His bold visions of and ingenious speculations about humankind's future, always enriched with empathy and a deep understanding of human strengths, foibles, and failings, have stood the test of time, remaining powerful, affecting, and relevant.

Через пятьдесят лет после первого контакта с древней теократической цивилизацией ссеан земляне безуспешно пытаются смириться с их менталитетом, ради невероятных мицелиальных технологий закрывая глаза на кровавые жертвоприношения, грибные споры, проникающие в вены, и ритуальные снадобья, способные полностью сломить человеческую волю. "ссенский религиозный фанатизм, их обычаи, язык, культура постепенно изменяют земное общество. Лукас Хильдебрандт, долгое время бывший послом на "ссе, понимает, что вскоре процесс станет необратимым и Земля полностью утеряет свою независимость.

Ezra Barker is a traitor. When the Merg invaded Earth, he didn’t fight or even hide. He cooperated, helping them as they seized control of the planet and began their pillaging of its resources. While others toil away in mines and quarries, Ezra works an office job, helping his boss, The Senator, rule over the swath of territory given to her by the Merg. Sergeant Hayes is a brutal enforcer of the Merg’s rules. As an officer in the Health and Safety Department, he follows Merg orders, arresting, interrogating, and executing at their command.

Topper and the crew of the Gene take a long trip to find the one that got away. Ever wonder what the other captains in BSR get up to? Follow along as Joshua of the BS Rocket J goes looking for love and new trading partners. Watch Dingus of the BS Armstrong make friends by doing a good deed....

Beginning with the unforgettable title story—a wry and chilling horror tale about cloning and alien invasion that inspired the classic teleplay "The Duplicate Man" from the television series The Outer Limits—Simak propels the listener on a breathtaking journey across the galaxies and into the future. He then enthralls us with the strange chronicle of twin siblings, one tied to the Earth, the other drawn to the stars; imaginings of a volatile reunion of two former enemies who must join forces on Jupiter's moon or face extinction; and the story of a house in the middle of nowhere.

Die Majestätische Dracht erreicht einen Planeten, der ein jüngeres Geschwister der Sonne sein könnte. Die Grosnopfe suchen hier nach einer zweiten Heimat, während die kleine menschliche Besatzung ein Experiment plant: Wie schnell passt sich irdisches Leben einer fremdartigen Umgebung an? Der Versuch scheint zu scheitern – doch dann wird ein Besatzungsmitglied von Unbekannten entführt, und der interessante Ausflug verwandelt sich in eine dramatische Rettungsaktion.

Fourteen months after first contact, as the Sovereign Star Systems prepare for another alien attack, Captain Richard Morian and the Avenger are ordered to Beta Arietis in the constellation of Aries where they hope to find new resources and perhaps even new allies to help with the war effort.

I'm a glass half-full girl, but this last week has really tested my outlook on life. First of all, aliens exist. Yeah, there's a doozy. Second of all, they steal humans from Earth, and they're not nice about it. Like at all. Anger issues abound in other galaxies apparently. My situation worsens when I learn I'm the prize in some really effed-up alien gladiator games. I'm just going to admit it now—my glass is empty, and this doesn't look good for me.

On the run across federation space, Cherry has stuffed far too many dangerous secrets into her scout ship. Now, the Delphic Dame is the most hunted spaceship in the universe. It may also be the only force in the universe capable of saving humanity. Cherry just has to stay one step ahead of her enemies—and, maybe, of her allies.

The secret is out, alien attacks haven't slowed, and the SPED has pushed the governments of the world against superheroes. Unity goes into hiding to strike at the source of the conspiracy. Meanwhile, we're still on the hunt for Psyche.

Desol… Most Berserkers have never heard of the tiny planetoid, a barren and inhospitable wasteland on the edge of the outer rim. The platoon of tankers stationed there wished they'd never seen the place. Hostile miners resent the Berserkers' presence, and the bored troopers have nothing to do but drink and fight. Corporal Jake Murray is one of the best gravtank commanders in the Berserkers, but he's also an undisciplined, unrepentant troublemaker. Banished to Desol for insubordination, Murray finds himself surrounded by a host of similar malcontents and burnouts.

Bonnie Langford reads this novelisation of the brand new adventure for Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary, featuring the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna Noble, as played by David Tennant and Catherine Tate. A ship at the edge of space. A robot with a secret. A sinister presence. The Doctor and Donna...

An Armada destroyed. Renewed Enemy attacks. Piracy on major interstellar shipping lanes. Talk of a new sector security alliance. A wedding under threat. The Ascendancy Saga continues. With the Confederation unable to project military power into the sector, neighboring allies press the Earth...

No science fiction author was more highly regarded than Grand Master Clifford D. Simak, winner of numerous honors. One of the genre's premier literary artists, Simak explores time travel and time engines; examines the rituals and superstitions of galactic travelers who have long forgotten their ultimate purpose; and even takes fascinating detours through World War II and the wild American West in a wondrous anthology that no science fiction fan should be without.