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The Cold Calculations
Fictionwise.com, 2003
With the immensity of Saturn looming nearby, Jason Sawyer's emergency cargo ship slowly descends toward Titan Base to deliver vital supplies and survival equipment to the fledgling research colony. In a panicked maneuver to avoid a meteoroid, Jason overrides the controlling AI system and needlessly exhausts precious fuel, rendering the ship too ...
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Cosmic Corkscrew
Fictionwise Classic, 2003
Not Free SF Reader
Asimov short story rejection changes time.
3.5 out of 5
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Visual Journeys: A Tribute to Space Artists
Tobias S. Buckell, Michael A. Burstein, ...
Hadley Rille Books, 2007
A Home Run!
I attended a science fiction convention in early June. At the convention Nebula-winner Richard Chwedyk read his short story "Where We Go," which is in the new anthology Visual Journeys, edited by Eric Reynolds of Hadley Rille Books.
Based on the impressive reading, ...
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Reality Check [Book 3 of the Broken Symmetry Series]
Fictionwise Classic, 2003
Third in a series that began with Broken Symmetry . MIT physicist David Strock recieves an invitation from the head of the Superconducting Supercollider project in Texas ... the Gate is becoming unstable and his Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics may be the last chance to save it. Sturgeon Award Nominee, Nebula Award Nominee
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Boarding the Enterprise: Transporters, Tribbles and the Vulcan Death Grip in Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek ...
Benbella Books, 2006
Boarding the Enterprise
I enjoy this book because its like a bible of the 'inside information' on the specs and technical info about the Enterprise and the Federation. I enjoy writing fan-fiction, so this is a treasure chest of info.
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Absent Friends [Book 2 of the Broken Symmetry Series]
Fictionwise Classic, 2003
The second story in a series that began with "Broken Symmetry." Jack is distraught over the death of his best friend Daniel, who was killed in the explosion that created the Gate to the other universe ... and Jack can't stop thinking that Daniel is dead *here,* but not *there*.
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Hunger
Fictionwise Classic, 2003
A short-short vampire story: as Rodolfo pushes open his coffin and awakes from his thousand year sleep, he expects to find a flourishing kingdom of vampires, with humanity enslaved.
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I Remember the Future: The Award-Nominated Stories of Michael A. Burstein
Michael A. Burstein
Apex Publications, 2008
An outstanding collection of science fiction stories
This collection of entertaining, thought-provoking, and accessible science fiction stories should captivate any fan of the genre. "I Remember the Future" gathers some of Michael Burstein's best stories (most of which were nominated for the Nebula and/or Hugo awards) ...
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Broken Symmetry [Book 1 of the Broken Symmetry Series]
Fictionwise Classic, 2003
Mysterious explosions have been reported near the Superconducting Supercollider main ring ... but the failed project was shut down more than ten years ago. Hugo Award Nominee
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The Cure
Fictionwise Classic, 2003
A short-short werewolf story. Adam was plagued with guilt about his condition, but it wasn't like he could control himself. He just wanted to end the monthly cycle of death, and the procedure had been successful on all the other patients at the Lycanthropy Institute-
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Manufacturing Strategy: The Research Agenda for the Next Decade
Springer, 1990
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Escape Horizon
Fictionwise.com, 2004
Ilona Carrus and Damon Adlus are the final competitors in the Championship Dive, a contest to get as close to the event horizon of a black hole as possible. But when Ilona comes up with a way to get closer than anyone ever has before, Damon chooses to take the most dangerous risk of them all...
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In Her Image
Fictionwise.com, 2004
Many years ago, Jacqueline LaRue licensed her image to be one of the first avatars, or virtual actors. But what happens on the day when a much older Jacqueline wants the rights to her image back?
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Whose Millennium?
Fictionwise.com, 2004
Did the Millennium arrive on January 1, 2000? Of course not! It won't arrive until September 29, 2239...
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TeleAbsence
Fictionwise Classic, 2003
Not Free SF Reader
A Science Fiction Story
Distance impostor school nicer.
4 out of 5
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