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Download or read book The Solarians written by Norman Spinrad and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth was programmed for destruction in the mad war of the computer worlds - unless the Solarians could stop the machines! Three hundred years ago the Solarians retreated to the safety of their Fortress as Earth became embroiled in the first of the computer wars with the dread Duglaari Empire. The Solarians' final word to all humanity was a promise to reappear one day and bring it to victory. Suddenly, with Earth on the verge of becoming a helpless victim of the merciless Duglaars, the Solarians made contact with Fleet Commander Jay Palmer. It was an offer of aid. But the Solarians' plan was so cunning, so fraught with danger, that Jay faced the greatest decision of his life - and that of Earth's: Accept their ingenious strategy as a stroke of genius or reject it as a trick designed to destroy human life forever.
Book Synopsis FSpace Roleplaying The Solarians an alien race and variant setting for FSpace v1.1 by : Tony Harris
Download or read book FSpace Roleplaying The Solarians an alien race and variant setting for FSpace v1.1 written by Tony Harris and published by FSpace Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FSpaceRPG is a science fiction roleplaying game in the classic mould. This module that presents a variant setting and alien race, the Solarians for use with FSpace. It provides an overview of galactic history for this darker universe, along with information pertaining to introducing the Solarians in the context of the normal FSpace time line. Also included is a 2 page scenario concept to help introduce the Solarians into campaign situation. What you get: This book is a 7 page expansion module suited to the GM wanting to explore alternatives to the mainstream FSpace setting.
Download or read book The Solarians written by Norman Spinrad and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For three hundred years the Solarians had isolated themselves from the galaxy with the promise to reappear one day to bring human victory. Now, with the very existence of the human race at stake in a war with the machine-like beings of the computer worlds, they re-emerged with a completely new social order. They possessed strange talents, such as telepathy and total recall. And they had an ingenious strategy for defeating the Duglaars. From the beginning, Jay Palmer had sensed their "otherness" but he had to accept them and their plan of surrendering earth to the merciless, computer-like Duglaars--it was the only hope left.
Book Synopsis Ananda and the Legions of Solaria by :
Download or read book Ananda and the Legions of Solaria written by and published by Diamond Layne. This book was released on with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Philosophy and Humanism by : Edward Patrick Mahoney
Download or read book Philosophy and Humanism written by Edward Patrick Mahoney and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1976 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays has been prepared as a tribute to honor a great scholar, Paul Oskar Kristeller. Its genesis dates back to a meeting of several members of the Columbia university seminar on the Renaissance in the Spring of 1969. They resolved to undertake the preparation of a Festschrift with initial intention of presenting it to Professor Kristeller on the occasion of his retirement as a full-time faculty member in the Spring of 1973. -- From Preface (p. [xxi]).
Book Synopsis Utopian Thought in the Western World by : Frank Edward MANUEL
Download or read book Utopian Thought in the Western World written by Frank Edward MANUEL and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 907 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors have structured five centuries of utopian invention by identifying successive constellations, groups of thinkers joined by common social and moral concerns. Within this framework they analyze individual writings, in the context of the author's life and of the socio-economic, religious, and political exigencies of his time.
Book Synopsis FSpace Roleplaying Complete Rulebook 2010 v2 by : Martin Rait
Download or read book FSpace Roleplaying Complete Rulebook 2010 v2 written by Martin Rait and published by FSpace Publications. This book was released on 2010-12-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FSpaceRPG is a science fiction roleplaying game in the classic mould. In the late 22nd century mankind expands into the the stars only to find them in more turmoil than it’s own internal nationalism. Pitted against the onslaught of the expansion of the Stotatl Empire, humanity must defend itself while forging alliances with others who face absorption.Whether you’re a Terran soldier or an Aronhi Warrior from the partially conquered Aronhi Empire, one goal stands supreme above all, survival. The wits and courage to stand and fight against superior odds and create victories from difficult situations.But not all the glory lies in the hands of warriors. Exploration of the vast wilderness that is space, charting dangers, finding resources and contacting potential allies is a cornerstone of survival.The conflict, intrigue, action and adventure of these times provide an exciting roleplaying environment for players, whether they like playing space marines, traders, spies, investigators or just general adventure seekers. The span of events in reality are all possible, giving a wide scope of play.If you don’t like flying around the cosmos as a British Royal Space Marine then you could always visit a primitive society and face the challenge of worlds filled with mystery, fantasy and danger. The Complete rulebook 2010 contains all you need to generate characters, select equipment and play this character level roleplaying game. Includes information on robots, starships and vehicles as well. Plenty of information on the various alien races and empires exist, including character generation profiles for 15 races. It also includes some starter scenarios to get you going. What you get: The FSpaceRPG Complete Rulebook 2010 v2 is a 400 page rulebook with all the core rules for running this role-playing game as well as plenty of information on the universe. Delivered in our color book style with plenty of colour illustrations, this edition is great entry into the world of FSpaceRPG.This book is a merger of the Concise Rulebook 4.2 with: • Derelict v2 • vehicle profiles from AGLC, Rough Rider and Tech Update • gun profiles from Tech Update and Turram Encounter • starship profiles from Tech Update and Turram Encounter • Robots v1 replaced entire robots section • Personality 1.1 • Martial Arts v1.1 • Serpenti Regional maps • Alt Skills • Library Data 2177 • the 2177 calendar from Netrules 2 • Kuetques v1.1 • Solarians 1.1 • Psionics v1.1 replacing entire psionics section • Quinkose Contact & Boarding Action scenarios from FED Times • Elements from Turram Encounter and McDougal Space v2
Book Synopsis Aliens, Robots & Virtual Reality Idols in the Science Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov and William Gibson by : John L. Steadman
Download or read book Aliens, Robots & Virtual Reality Idols in the Science Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov and William Gibson written by John L. Steadman and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H. P. Lovecraft’s aliens are extra-terrestrial, terrestrial & trans-dimensional entities, totally unlike any other aliens in science fiction literature. In contrast, Isaac Asimov's and William Gibson’s aliens are human created positronic robots and virtual reality constructs, or 'idols'. Lovecraft’s great theme is alien indifferentism, tinged with a malevolence that escalates into an existential, apocalyptic threat against humankind, while for Asimov and Gibson, alien inclusionism is the norm. The robots and the VR idols integrate into society and their influence appears to be beneficial. But this is only on the surface. In this book, John L. Steadman demonstrates that there is ultimately little difference between alien indifferentism and alien inclusionism in the fictional works of these three great writers. For in fact, the robots and the VR idols evolve into monsters whose actions bring about outcomes which are every bit as terrifying as anything in Lovecraft’s work. Humans tend to be isolates ('alien'-ated). The reader is invited to question this, and to consider the possibility that an alien perspective, or platform, might, perhaps, be crucial if we intend on seeing ourselves clearly and understanding exactly what it means to be human.
Book Synopsis FSpace Roleplaying Alternative Universes BETA Files by : Martin Rait
Download or read book FSpace Roleplaying Alternative Universes BETA Files written by Martin Rait and published by FSpace Publications. This book was released on 2009-12-25 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is a compilation of early development versions of older development universes and proposals for variant universes. They were individual documents found on FSpace Publications' 1999, March 2000, v2 and v3/2001 CDROMs.It is compilation of the original and development versions of: • Andorian History (universe 2) • House Nexus (universe 2) • Mechs - The Enemy (universe 2) • Planets (universe 2) • Starlist (universe 2) • Stotatl (universe 2 and 3) • Timeline (universe 2) • Aliens (universe 2 and 3) • The Aronhi The 50 Year War (universe 3) • Chloran Conflict (universe 3 and possibly 2) • Empires (universe 3) • History of Conflict with Mech Civilisation (universe 3) • Mech Programming (universe 3) • Mechs - The Enemy (universe 4) • Mech Combat Units (universe 3) • Mobile Gun Platform (universe 3) • Military Forces (universe 3) • Organisations (universe 3) • Planetary Notes (universe 3) • Timeline (universe 3) • Interstellar Empires (universe 4.1) • The Silteran Mystery (universe 4.1) • Sta*Vir’a Notes - Insectoids (universe 4.1) • Stotatl Cultists (universe 4.1) • Vampyres (universe 4.2) • Universe 4.12 • Crossbow construction notes • Fendarena • Uplift Terran Weapons It is also a helpful look into the evolution of product development by a team of indie game developers. It also provides details on slightly different settings a GM may wish to use, or have as a place to visit in the FSpaceLynks framework.
Book Synopsis Walter M. Miller, Jr. by : William H. Roberson
Download or read book Walter M. Miller, Jr. written by William H. Roberson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter M. Miller, Jr., was one of the twentieth century's leading science fiction writers, a two-time Hugo Award winner and author of the classic novels A Canticle for Leibowitz and Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman. This comprehensive literary guide provides more than 1,500 alphabetically arranged entries on Miller's life and body of work. It includes summaries of his two novels and all of his shorter works, character descriptions, explanations of the literary, cultural, historical, and religious allusions found in the works, as well as translations of all foreign words and phrases. This guide is meant to inform both scholarly and popular readings of Miller's work.
Book Synopsis E.D.F Chronicles - Eye of the Dracos by : Ian J. Smethurst
Download or read book E.D.F Chronicles - Eye of the Dracos written by Ian J. Smethurst and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-04-19 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five years have passed since the great Krenaran war, and humanity have began to rebuild from the devastation wrought upon them. A lone survey ship drops out of plasma drive on the fringes of the far flung Auriga system, searching for potential new colony worlds. As it ventures further in-system, the crew are excited to discover what appears to be an immense alien installation built upon the surface of one of the planets. An installation abandoned for some three hundred years. Abandoned, by whom? And why? The answers to this cosmic mystery will unleash a foe unlike any other, and for Michael Alexander, Nikolai Vargev, and Kathryn Jacobs, something from only their worst nightmares. Are you afraid of the dark'........you will be.
Book Synopsis Planning Urban Places by : Mary Ganis
Download or read book Planning Urban Places written by Mary Ganis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-19 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban change is often difficult because we are dealing with people’s elusive notions of place and perception, time and change. Urban design and planning in a changing urban context so that it remains relevant for people is elusive because the idea of place is embedded in memory and identity – but whose memory and whose identity? This book seeks to understand the urban change dynamic so that the planning of urban places aligns with the dynamic of people’s perception of place. Planning Urban Places examines the premise that building cities is a concrete business surrounded by a shifting context. It discusses the notion of urban design and placemaking from the perspective of place perception and cognitive psychology, place philosophy and human geography. It also considers network theory to help illustrate the self-organising paradigm of small word network theory for planning urban places.
Book Synopsis The Renaissance Utopia by : Chloë Houston
Download or read book The Renaissance Utopia written by Chloë Houston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of European utopias in context from the early years of Henry VIII’s reign to the Restoration, this book is the first comprehensive attempt since J. C. Davis’ Utopia and the Ideal Society (1981) to understand the societies projected by utopian literature from Thomas More’s Utopia (1516) to the political idealism and millenarianism of the mid-seventeenth century. Where Davis concentrated on understanding utopias historically, Renaissance Utopia also seeks to make sense of utopia as a literary form, offering both a new typology of utopia and a new history of European humanist utopianism. This book examines how the utopia was transformed from an intellectual exercise in philosophical interrogation to a serious means of imagining practical social reform. In doing so it argues that the relationship between Renaissance utopia and Renaissance dialogue is crucial; the utopian mode of discourse continued to make use of aspects of dialogue even when the dialogue form itself was in decline. Exploring the ways in which utopian texts assimilated dialogue, Renaissance Utopia complements recent work by historians and literary scholars on early modern communities by providing a thorough investigation of the issues informing a way of modelling a very particular community and literary mode - the utopia.
Book Synopsis The Black Star Passes by : John W. Campbell
Download or read book The Black Star Passes written by John W. Campbell and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sky pirate armed with superior weapons of his own invention, first contact with an alien race dangerous enough to threaten the safety of two planets and the arrival of an unseen dark sun whose attendant marauders aimed at the very end of civilization in this Solar System. These were the first three challenges of many that tested the skill and minds of the brilliant team of scientist-astronauts Arcot, Wade, and Morey.
Download or read book Brave new words written by Jeff Prucher and published by . This book was released on with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Caszandra written by Andrea K Höst and published by Andrea K Hösth. This book was released on with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part 3 of the Touchstone Trilogy. Cassandra Devlin doesn’t know what she's for. But she knows she's running out of time. Since Cass was rescued from the abandoned world of Muina, the Aussie teen has proven more than useful to the people of Tare. Expeditions to their home world no longer end in slaughter. The teaching city of Kalasa has been unlocked. After years of searching for answers, they are starting to make progress. But space is tearing itself apart. Ionoth attack in ever-greater numbers. And "the useful stray" has been injured so many times that the Tarens hesitate to use her for fear of losing her. With one particular Taren now her most important person, Cass is determined to contribute everything she can, and hopes to find some answers of her own. What is the link between Muina and Earth? Why are the reclusive Nurans so interested in 'rescuing' her? And what role in the crisis do the inhuman Cruzatch play? Can Cass keep herself together long enough to find out? Keywords: science fiction, ya, young adult, young adult science fiction, science fiction romance, teen, psychics, space adventure, portal fantasy, australian author
Book Synopsis The Perfection of Nature by : Mackenzie Cooley
Download or read book The Perfection of Nature written by Mackenzie Cooley and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deep history of how Renaissance Italy and the Spanish empire were shaped by a lingering fascination with breeding. The Renaissance is celebrated for the belief that individuals could fashion themselves to greatness, but there is a dark undercurrent to this fêted era of history. The same men and women who offered profound advancements in European understanding of the human condition—and laid the foundations of the Scientific Revolution—were also obsessed with controlling that condition and the wider natural world. Tracing early modern artisanal practice, Mackenzie Cooley shows how the idea of race and theories of inheritance developed through animal breeding in the shadow of the Spanish Empire. While one strand of the Renaissance celebrated a liberal view of human potential, another limited it by biology, reducing man to beast and prince to stud. “Race,” Cooley explains, first referred to animal stock honed through breeding. To those who invented the concept, race was not inflexible, but the fragile result of reproductive work. As the Spanish empire expanded, the concept of race moved from nonhuman to human animals. Cooley reveals how, as the dangerous idea of controlled reproduction was brought to life again and again, a rich, complex, and ever-shifting language of race and breeding was born. Adding nuance and historical context to discussions of race and human and animal relations, The Perfection of Nature provides a close reading of undertheorized notions of generation and its discontents in the more-than-human world.
