Beneath An Alien Sky

Author : Sid Kotian
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1952126266
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beneath an Alien Sky written by Sid Kotian and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the mind of Sid Kotian (Gambit, The Adventures of Apocalypse Al, Dream Police, Dents) comes Beneath an Alien Sky. On an alien planet a mad man releases a deadly monster onto an unsuspecting populace. The creature is the last of its kind. And it comes from the third planet orbiting a yellow sun. The Krimikitan are an alien race who brought themselves to the brink of complete ecological destruction. After a devastating war they refer to as the Realignment their society reformed themselves under the leadership of a god like AI called Control. Having done away with the political class, peace reigned. The new societies were self-contained inside giant domes. The natural world outside was left to heal itself unencumbered by their meddling. However not everyone was happy with this Realignment. Appi, a remnant of the old world, plots to ruin the world by introducing the universe’s most violent and invasive species into the fragile, recovering ecosystem. Standing in his way is Kopa, a cop. Appi and the creature’s destructive ambition and Kopa’s naïve ambition collide with the fate of the domed city and the struggling natural world outside hanging in the balance.

Author : Sue Rupe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781719841467
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Under an Alien Sky written by Sue Rupe and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disoriented and confused, Kyla Anderson awakens on an unfamiliar beach instead of her Denver bound plane. Forced to accept the fact they are no longer on Earth, the humans must learn to exist on a wild, primitive world and realize they are at the mercy of alien created creatures hunting them. Stranded, with no hope of returning home, Kyla and the others learn of a vast plot responsible for hundreds of humans being abducted and forced into new communities on this alien world. William Sanders, a powerful contractor on Earth, was used to being in control. Playing on the tiny community's fears, he molds them into a fearful population forced to serve him. His power schemes soon unravel when Kyla and a few brave people stand up for the others. As she fights for existence amidst the cold realities of her new world, Kyla begins a long journey toward self-discovery and personal growth.

Author : James M. Bourke
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 145350348X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Under the Alien Sky written by James M. Bourke and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-08-23 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the Alien Sky is a very different kind of novel from the mainstream fictional genre. It is written as an oriental fable, which means it has a subtext in addition to its surface story. It sets out to paint a picture of a remote and secretive state in the middle of Sulu Sea the Sultanate of Michaeli, which is a small island seldom shown on maps and many people in the southeast are unaware of its existence. By good chance, the writer manages to establish that the Sultanate of Michaeli really exists and he gets the rare opportunity to visit it. The story describes his voyage to the island, and the odd people and weird events he encounters during his week there. Unfortunately, this little paradise on earth became a living hell when the Gang of Four sidelined the Sultan and ushered in a reign of stygian gloom. The story is essentially about the Southeast Asian way of life as seen by the western visitor. The intention is to paint a picture of what it is like living under the alien sky as the writer has done for the past 30 years. Under the Alien Sky is a work of fiction based on fact. A feature of the book is the comical and satirical subtext which should lift the spirits of the armchair reader especially in the current economic gloom. Another feature of the book is the copious end-notes which are for those English teachers who have never been beyond Portsmouth, or Irish reader who have never been further south than the city of Cork. People in the Americas and other parts of the globe travel more widely and may have some knowledge of Southeast Asia even though a former US president could not tell Iraq from Iran. Under the Alien Sky is light reading, perfect for the long train journey, or holiday reading. It has all the ingredients of a good read a stimulating story, larger-than-life characters, exotic location, and candid observations on the oriental way of life. Being based on fact, it reads almost like an authentic journal. The settings are authentic but the characters are fictional. As far as the subtext is concerned, the story is an oblique indictment of political intrigue, corruption and religious bigotry. It attacks shame and hypocrisy as well as stony-faced religious zealots. In putting the focus on the Sultanate of Michaeli, the writer is synthesising the current political situation in any one of a dozen Southeast Asian democracies. He exposes the frailty of the ruling class, their crass avarice, corrupt practices, cronyism, and their not-so-subtle methods of silencing all opposition. However, the characters and events described in the novel are purely fictional.

Author : James P. Hogan
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 1618244809
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Echoes of an Alien Sky written by James P. Hogan and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen years have passed since the first manned mission to Earth arrived from Venus. With the first colonists already establishing themselves across the bright, sunny world of clear blue skies and wonderlands of towering mountains and ice deserts, Kyal Reen arrives to join the Venusian scientific and archeological teams that are working to reconstruct the story of the mysterious and enigmatic extinct Terran race that once flourished there. Studies of Terran geology, scientific works, and ancient records show that Earth's early peoples witnessed terrifying cataclysmic cosmic events in skies very different from those seen today. In his travels among the Terran ruins, Kyal meets a biologist called Lorili, who is attempting to explain certain baffling similarities between some Terran and Venusian life forms that are irreconcilable with the established fact that Venus is a far younger planet than Earth. Formerly aligned with the "Progressive" activists back on Venus, Lorili admires the qualities of tenacity and determination written through Terran history. She constructs a theory of Venusians being descended from Terran ancestors. However, even allowing for the greatly exaggerated time scales that Terran science assigned to the processes of biological and planetary evolution, further research shows that there could have been no overlap. The Terrans were extinct long before life emerged on Venus. But there is a different, unexpected answer to the riddle. Lorili and Kyal will have to fight for their theory and their lives. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Author : Debbie Viale
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665524804
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alien Sky written by Debbie Viale and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-05-09 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy out in a large pasture with several cows grazing peacefully around him. The quiet setting became dark and the wind started blowing. He saw a bright light approach from the sky.

Author : Kerry Espenschied
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781425912888
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Under an Alien Sky written by Kerry Espenschied and published by . This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebel and terrorist Daralon Stone thought her life was ended when her own people captured her and turned her over to the enemy as a 'gesture of good will'. Instead of being executed, she is taken to one of the Regalian planets devastated during the war and is forced to assist in the rebuilding efforts. Soon the people she hated so furiously in the past now begin to touch her heart in ways she didn't think possible.

Author : Philip Plait
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393867315
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe written by Philip Plait and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Financial Times Best Science Book of 2023 • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • A Scientific American 2023 Staff Recommendation "The next-best thing to traveling through space and time." —Laura Helmuth, editor in chief of Scientific American A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with the universe like never before. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel the universe? How would Saturn’s rings look from a spaceship sailing just above them? If you were falling into a black hole, what’s the last thing you’d see before getting spaghettified? While traveling in person to most of these amazing worlds may not be possible—yet—the would-be space traveler need not despair: you can still take the scenic route through the galaxy with renowned astronomer and science communicator Philip Plait. On this lively, immersive adventure through the cosmos, Plait draws ingeniously on both the latest scientific research and his prodigious imagination to transport you to ten of the most spectacular sights outer space has to offer. In vivid, inventive scenes informed by rigorous science—injected with a dose of Plait’s trademark humor—Under Alien Skies places you on the surface of alien worlds, from our own familiar Moon to the far reaches of our solar system and beyond. Try launching yourself onto a two-hundred-meter asteroid, or stargazing from the rim of an ancient volcano on a planet where, from the place you stand, it is eternally late afternoon. Experience the sudden onset of lunar nightfall, the disorientation of walking—or, rather, shuffling—when you weigh almost nothing, the irritation of jagged regolith dust. Glimpse the frigid mountains and plains of Pluto and the cake-like exterior of a comet called 67P. On a planet trillions of miles from Earth, glance down to see the strange, beautiful shadows cast by a hundred thousand stars. For the aspiring extraterrestrial citizen, casual space tourist, or curious armchair traveler, Plait is an illuminating, always-entertaining guide to the most otherworldly views in our universe.

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1467873373
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Under an Alien Sky written by and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Daniel Arenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781508536833
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alien Sky written by Daniel Arenson and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Singularity. The day the machines gained awareness. The day they turned cruel. The day they overthrew their makers. In a distant star system, a planet-sized computer unleashes its hosts: fleets of warships, armies of robots, and a swarm of killer drones. Their purpose is one: destroy all life. As the cosmos crumbles, one team steps up to the plate: The Alien Hunters. The Alien Hunters are galactic pest controllers, not an army. Their spaceship is old and clunky. They specialize in crushing the odd space bug, not a fleet of vicious machines. They're a rolled-up newspaper when the cosmos needs an A-bomb. But they're fast, they're brave, and they're just foolhardy enough to charge right into battle. As the robots spread across the galaxy, slaying all in their path, the Alien Hunters fly out to meet them. The war between life and machine begins.

Author : Robert Reed
Publisher : Diversion Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 1626814678
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beneath the Gated Sky written by Robert Reed and published by Diversion Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel featuring “aliens of real depth and conviction . . . and an absorbing narrative” from the Hugo Award–winning author of Beyond the Veil of Stars (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Porsche and Cornell fell in love as they infiltrated an alien world for the sake of humanity. But Porsche it turns out, is not human . . . Now the two return to Earth only to discover a conspiracy so deep that it casts doubt on those to whom they’ve entrusted their lives, in this follow-up to the New York Times Notable Book Beyond the Veil of Stars—about which Publishers Weekly stated, “This may be one of the best science-fiction novels of the year.” “A visionary writer.” —David Brin, New York Times–bestselling author of Insistence of Vision