[PDF] High Noon On Proxima B eBook

Author : David Boop
Publisher : Baen Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 2023-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625799004

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It’s always high noon on Proxima Centauri b. Original stories about the final frontier. YOU TELL ’EM THE SPACE COWPOKES A’COMIN’ AND HELL IS COMIN’ WITH ’EM! Adventure! Danger! Revenge! And a mail-order robot gunslinger in a wedding dress? Only in the wildest parts of space could this happen. It’s time again to get in your ramshackle rocket ship and journey to the universe’s western territories with this follow-up to Gunfight on Europa Station. Meet the employees of a space bordello as they’re drawn together to pull a con on a con. Or the crew filming a Western on a colony ship only to fight gravity and each other. Or a soldier on a backwater planet hiding from her past when it—and the military—finally tracks her down. Each voyage invokes the type of Western yarns you’ve loved before, but with a science fiction upgrade you’ll get to enjoy anew. Taking you on this ride are another set of astounding space opera authors such as Walter Jon Williams (Hardwired), Susan R. Matthews (Under Jurisdiction), Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore (Star Trek), Brenda Cooper (Project Earth), Milton Davis (Changa’s Safari), John E. Stith (Naught for Hire), and Peter J. Wacks (Caller of Lightning). Ten tales of the West . . . not as it was, but as it might be! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About Straight Outta Dodge City: “By tossing weird fiction concepts into western settings, these tales give rise to unusual what-ifs. . . . The result is an amusing . . . bunch of stories.” —Publishers Weekly About Straight Outta Tombstone: “The authors were having fun. Even when they are not playing the stories for laughs, they are taking an opportunity to . . . tell a story with a fresh twist, and expand out of their expected boundaries.” —The Galveston County Daily News

Author : David Boop
Publisher : Baen Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 29,43 MB
Release : 2024-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 162579990X

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NEW STORIES OF THE FINAL FRONTIER. The launch sequence has been set. The engines are bucking and ready to blast out of the stable. This is it, pardnas! The final trek into the outer limits of known space, where some might find oblivion, and others, serenity. Lift off to adventure with David Boop’s third space western anthology featuring best-selling authors Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, Mark L. Van Name, Chesya Burke, Kevin Ikenberry, David Mack, John Stith, and more! It’s been a long journey via Gunfight on Europa Station and High Noon on Proxima Centuri B, but Boop brings the series to conclusion (for now) with a collection of brilliantly crafted stories focusing a Western-theme lens onto established series like the Liaden Universe®, the Four Horseman Universe, and Jon & Lobo. Returning favorite authors such as D.J. Butler and Mel Todd are joined by new favorites David Afsharirad, Lezli Robyn, Christopher L. Smith, Kelli Fitzpatrick, and M. Tod Gallowglas (who regales readers with his epic “The Ballad of the Junk Heap Man and Mistress Bullet!”). Thirteen stellar stories from every known quadrant of the universe, as told by an amazing crew of authors. So, book your passage on The Last Train Outta Kepler-283c before it’s too late! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Author : Rik de Mora
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1035859327

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Starship-101 successfully landed on Proxima Centauri-b about twenty years ago, marking humanity’s first interstellar settlement. But with radio messages taking over four years to traverse the vast darkness of space, this fledgling colony has been isolated from Earth. Enter the Clason twins – Tarvin and Harden – the galaxy’s preeminent Superposition Navigators. These brothers can bend the quantum space-time continuum to their will, instantaneously transporting people and cargo across the stars. To revive supply lines and reintegrate Proxima Centauri b into humanity’s network of trade, the Clasons have been contracted to lead a modern resupply mission. Their quantum technology will provide the colony with the latest gadgets and gizmos from home. And the Navigators have another task – returning Starship-101 itself. That aging relic is now a valuable antique, the first testimony that humans can thrive beyond our solar cradle. Join the Clason twins as they quantum-jump across the cosmos on this historic mission of reconnection!

Author : Stephen Baxter
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 17,75 MB
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0698142950

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“Stephen Baxter has been heralded, with some merit, as Arthur C. Clarke’s literary heir, and Proxima certainly reinforces this accolade in spades.”—Concatenation Mankind’s future in this galaxy could be all but infinite. There are hundreds of billions of red dwarf stars, lasting trillions of years—and their planets can be habitable for humans. Such is the world of Proxima Centauri. And its promise could mean the never-ending existence of humanity. But first it must be colonized, and no one wants to be a settler. There is no glamor that accompanies it, nor is there the ease of becoming a citizen of an already-tamed world. There is only hardship...loneliness...emptiness, even as war brews in the solar system. But that’s where Yuri comes in. Because sometimes exploration isn’t voluntary. It must be coerced.

Author : Peter Schattschneider
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 15,24 MB
Release : 2021-05-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030700194

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In the near future, Earth is suffering from climate change, famines, and fundamentalism. A global nuclear war is imminent. Interstellar probes from the Breakthrough Starshot project initiated by J. Milner and S. Hawking have discovered a habitable planet in the stellar system Proxima Centauri, just in time for the exodus of the elites. On board the EXODUS starship, the crew starts to experience strange things. The voyage to Atlantis, the new home for mankind, enters a mysterious and disquieting territory, where conspiracy theories about what is real and what is virtual emerge. THE EXODUS INCIDENT is a novel about an interstellar journey, which connects science to virtual realities and epistemology. In the guise of a final investigative report, a scientific treatise discusses the physics and mathematics behind the story: the starship, the fusion thruster, the target planet, and the journey, addressing anomalous effects which involve relativistic speed and deep space environments.

Author : Arihant Experts
Publisher : Arihant Publications India limited
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 16,31 MB
Release : 2021-12-07
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ISBN : 932579876X

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1. The book provides Chapterwise Solved Question of previous 27 Years' 2. Provides questions that are asked in UPSC examination 3. The whole syllabus of the book is divided into 2 main parts; Paper 1 & 2 4. It contains Solved Papers [1995-2021] for IAS (PRE) 5. This book uses simple language for better understanding Antonic De Saint Exupery once said, "A goal without a plan is just a wish". If you are aspiring to become a Civil Servant, make sure to prepare from IAS (PRE) - 27 Years' Chapterwise Topicwise Solved Papers (1995 - 2021). The current edition is designed on an exam oriented structure that facilitates deep coverage on all the topics which have been structured according to the UPSC Syllabus. This book has been divided into chapters that have been categorized under 2 Sections; Paper 1: General Studies and Paper 2: CSAT. As the title suggests, ample numbers of Questions are provided in a Chapterwise form and Solved Papers, which help in rising up level of preparation. Well detailed solutions are given for each question easing aspirants to understand the concepts. This book acts as a great help in achieving success for the upcoming exam. Table of Concept PAPER 1: History of India and Indian National Movement, Indian & World Geography, Indian Polity and Governance, Indian Economy, General Science and Science & Technology, General Knowledge, PAPER 2: Comprehension, Decision Making and Problem Solving, Logic Reasoning and Analytical Ability, General Mental Ability, Basic Numeracy, Data Interpretation.

Author : Guy Haley
Publisher : Games Workshop
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 39,14 MB
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781800260177

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Book 4 in the fantastic Warhammer 40,000 mega-series, Dawn of Fire, from Black Library. The Indomitus Crusade continues its war across the stars. The primarch Roboute Guilliman has finally broken through the orkish threat bedevilling the sectors near Fenris and makes ready to push on in his bid to stabilise Imperium Sanctus, but old foes have returned. Kor Phaeron, the Dark Cardinal, threatens the previously stable core of the Segmentum Solar. Waves of rebellion instigated by his evil priests suggest imminent, large-scale invasion by the Word Bearers Legion. Worse yet, the Dark Cardinal’s warriors are targeting the Black Ships, threatening to starve Terra of the psykers the Emperor needs to survive. Through this turbulent warzone Inquisitor Rostov continues his search for the Hand of Abaddon. Yet when strange, miraculous visions are traced back to the astropathic relay on Srinagar, his quest is diverted, for the visions are a foretelling of hope for the Imperium, a hope the fanatical worshippers of Chaos will do anything to snuff out…