Space Adventure Books Sampler

Author : Stuart Gibbs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481434977
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space Adventure Books Sampler written by Stuart Gibbs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calling all future astronauts: get ready for your next space adventure with this free downloadable sampler of great books! Download this FREE sampler for excerpts from William Alexander, Stuart Gibbs, Ken Jennings, and Wesley King. Learn more about the books at SpaceAdventureBooks.com!

Author : Patrick Edwards
Publisher : Inkshares
ISBN 13 : 1942645228
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space Tripping written by Patrick Edwards and published by Inkshares. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chuck never thought too deeply about whether aliens existed — not until Jopp, an intergalactic transport pilot, drunkenly crashed on Earth and tried to steal his truck. Now, Chuck finds himself unwittingly roped into helping Jopp work off a debt to the universe’s most powerful corporation, the Prime Partners Intergalactic Consortium. Through a series of mishaps and misfortune, the duo finds themselves in possession of a mysterious black case. In order to survive, they must fend off murderous marauders, an interplanetary police force, a peculiar crime boss, and escape a backwater planet inhabited by alien hillbillies. It’s a big and scary universe out there, and Chuck and Jopp will be damned if they’re going to face it sober.

Author : John W Young
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 081304281X
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forever Young written by John W Young and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2012-09-16 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He walked on the Moon. He flew six space missions in three different programs--more than any other human. He served with NASA for more than four decades. His peers called him the "astronaut's astronaut." Enthusiasts of space exploration have long waited for John Young to tell the story of his two Gemini flights, his two Apollo missions, the first-ever Space Shuttle flight, and the first Spacelab mission. Forever Young delivers all that and more: Young's personal journey from engineering graduate to fighter pilot, to test pilot, to astronaut, to high NASA official, to clear-headed predictor of the fate of Planet Earth. Young, with the assistance of internationally distinguished aerospace historian James Hansen, recounts the great episodes of his amazing flying career in fascinating detail and with wry humor. He portrays astronauts as ordinary human beings and NASA as an institution with the same ups and downs as other major bureaucracies. He frankly discusses the risks of space travel, including what went wrong with the Challenger and Columbia shuttles. Forever Young is one of the last memoirs produced by an early American astronaut. It is the first memoir written by a chief of the NASA astronaut corps. Young's experiences and candor make this book indispensable to everyone interested in the U.S. space program.

Author : Eric Braun
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1404855343
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If I Were an Astronaut written by Eric Braun and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses activities astronauts do while they're in space.

Author : Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416505490
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Have Space Suit, Will Travel written by Robert A. Heinlein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-02-08 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high school senior wins a space suit in a soap jingle contest, takes a last walk wearing "Oscar" before cashing him in for college tuition, and suddenly finds himself on a space odyssey.

Author : David Kyle Johnson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476681929
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring The Orville written by David Kyle Johnson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to take a deep dive into the philosophical, social, moral, political, and religious issues tackled by Seth MacFarlane's marvelous space adventure, The Orville. These new essays explore what The Orville has to say on everything from climate change, artificial intelligence, and sexual assault, to gender, feminism, love, and care. Divided into six "acts" (just like every episode ofThe Orville), with the show as its backdrop, the book asks questions about the dangers of democracy and social media, the show's relationship to Star Trek and the puzzle of time travel.

Author : Samuel Best
Publisher : Sky City
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mission One written by Samuel Best and published by Sky City. This book was released on with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five months to Titan. Four brave crew members. One incredible mystery. Jeff Dolan always wanted to be an astronaut. After helping a private space company build a ship that can travel to Saturn's largest moon in five months, he gets his chance. Shortly after launch, a devastating malfunction forces Jeff and the crew to make a choice: continue to Titan, or go back home. As the truth about their mission unravels, one thing is clear: someone on Earth knew about the system flaw and covered it up. Yet surviving the journey isn't the crew's only concern. Even if they make it to Titan, they will face another problem: Something is already there. Fans of thoughtful space exploration science fiction will enjoy this near Earth first contact adventure. This is the first book in the Titan Chronicles, a thrilling addition to space travel fiction. Series Praise from Readers: ★★★★★ “Absolutely fantastic.” ★★★★★ “Everything I love in Science Fiction.” ★★★★★ “Full of plot twists and a surprise ending.” ★★★★★ “A great book that keeps you guessing all the way!” ★★★★★ “Well written and gripping all the way through. Characters were well developed and the storyline became more intriguing as the action progressed.”

Author : Mary Taylor (ed)
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471107442
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adventures In Time And Space written by Mary Taylor (ed) and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From The Entropy Effect to The Q Continuum, Pocket Books has published hundreds of pulse-pounding, thought-provoking Star Trek novels in the twenty years since Pocket Books US became the official Star Trek publisher. To date there have been 87 Original Series novels featuring Captain Kirk, Mr Spock and their crew; 50 Next Generation novels featuring the Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D and -E; 26 set on Captain Sisko's space station Deep Space Nine and 18 following the adventures of Star Trek's newest crew on the USS Voyager. Plus there've been numerous unnumbered series novels, five multi-volume crossover series and several movie tie-ins. From this abundance of riches editor Mary Taylor has compiled the ultimate anthology of gripping writing and memorable moments, guaranteed to delight all Star Trek fans.

Author : James Haddock
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781793309600
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Derelict Duty written by James Haddock and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prologue: The Blaring klaxon jolted me out of a sound sleep. I threw my covers off and was halfway to my Vac-suit locker before I was fully awake. It felt like I had just fallen to sleep having just finished a long EVA shift. It would be just like Dad to have an emergency drill after an EVA shift to see if I had recharged my suit. I had, I always did, both Mom and Dad were hard taskmasters when it came to ship, and personal safety. Vac-suit recharging was top of the personal safety list. If you can't breathe, you die, easy to remember. Donning a Vac-suit was second nature for me, after 16 years of drills and practice exercises. Having literally been doing this all my life, but I loved life on our Rock-Tug. I was reaching for the comms when I felt the ship shutter. "That can't be good," I said to myself. Mom's voice came over ship-wide, "This is not a drill, this is not a drill, meteor strike, hull breach in Engineering". Mom's voice was just as calm as if she was asking, what's for lunch. This was a way of life for us, we trained and practiced so that when the reality of working in "The Belt" happened you didn't panic, you just did your job. You didn't have to think, you knew what you needed to do, and you did it.I keyed my comms, "Roger, hull breach in Engineering, where do you need me Mom?" "Get to Engineering and help your Father, I'm on the Bridge trying to get us in the shadow of a bigger rock for some protection." Mom answered. My adrenalin was spiking but Mom's calm voice, helped to keep me calm. I sealed my helmet and left my cabin heading for Engineering. The klaxon had faded into the background, my breathing was louder than it was. I kept telling myself "Stay calm, just do your job, stay calm." I had just reached Engineering, when the Tug was rocked by a succession of impacts each one harder that the last. The hatch to Engineering was closed and the indicator light was flashing red, telling me there was hard vacuum on the other side. I switched my comms to voice activated, "Dad? I'm at the hatch to Engineering it's in lockdown, I can't override it from here." "Dad? Dad?, Dad respond! "Mom, Dad is not answering, and Engineering is sealed, you are going to have to evac the air from the rest of the ship, so I can open the hatch." Mom's steady voice replied, "Understood, emergency air evac in 10 seconds." Those were the longest 10 seconds of my short life. The hatch indicator light finally turned green and the hatch door opened. The Engineering compartment was clear. No smoke, no fire, some sparks and lots of blinking red lights. I looked over to the Engineering station console, there sat Dad. He had not had his Vac-suit on when the hull was breached. Hard Vacuum does terrible things to the human body. I suddenly realized that I had not heard Dad on comms the whole time, just Mom. She probably knew what had happened but was sending help in the hope that Dad was all right and that maybe the comms were down. I heard Mom in the background declaring an emergency and calling on the radio for help. Her voice still calm somehow, "Mayday, mayday, this is the Rock Tug Taurus, Mayday, we have taken multiple meteor strikes, have multiple hull breaches, please respond." "Come on Nic, think! What do I need to do?" I asked myself. I closed the hatch to Engineering, to seal the vacuum from the rest of the ship. I turned and started back toward the bridge. There was an impact, a light flared, and sparks; time seemed to slow, there was no sound, we were still in a vacuum, just shuttering vibrations and sparks. Holes seemed to appear in the overhead and then the deck, it was so surreal. The meteors were punching holes through our ship like a machine punching holes on an assembly line. "Meteor storm"

Author : Milo James Fowler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Space-Time Conundrum written by Milo James Fowler and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Quasar is out of time.Pursued by vengeful Goobalob toll collectors, savage Arachnoid bounty hunters, and formidable Amazonians, Captain Bartholomew Quasar must do whatever he can to keep the crew of the Effervescent Magnitude out of harm's way. All in a day's work-except time is not on his side. Torn from the present to relive his past, he vows to keep mistakes from occurring the second time around. But is he doomed to repeat history? Or can he erase his regrets? Villains will be vanquished. Lives will be lost. Bonds will be betrayed. Heroes will be heroic. Join the crew of the Effervescent Magnitude for a hilarious time-travel space adventure the likes of which you've never seen!The Hitchhiker's Guide meets Star Trek in this series for fans of Galaxy Quest, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Star Wars Legends.