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Blue Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson
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Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553898293

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Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel • One of the most enthralling science fiction sagas ever written, Kim Stanley Robinson’s epic trilogy concludes with Blue Mars—a triumph of prodigious research and visionary storytelling. “A breakthrough even from [Kim Stanley Robinson’s] own consistently high levels of achievement.”—The New York Times Book Review The red planet is no more. Now green and verdant, Mars has been dramatically altered from a desolate world into one where humans can flourish. The First Hundred settlers are being pulled into a fierce new struggle between the Reds, a group devoted to preserving Mars in its desert state, and the Green “terraformers.” Meanwhile, Earth is in peril. A great flood threatens an already overcrowded and polluted planet. With Mars the last hope for the human race, the inhabitants of the red planet are heading toward a population explosion—or interplanetary war.

The Martians

Kim Stanley Robinson
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Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553898309

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Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy is one of science fiction’s most honored stories, with Red Mars winning the distinguished Nebula Award, and both Green Mars and Blue Mars honored with the Hugo. Now Robinson returns to the realm he has made his own—the planet Mars—in a brilliantly imagined drama with a searing poetic vision. From a training mission in Antarctica to blistering sandstorms sweeping through labyrinths of barren canyons, the interwoven stories of The Martians set in motion a sprawling cast of characters upon the surface of Mars. As the planet is transformed from an unexplored and forbidding terrain to a troubled image of a re-created Earth, we meet the First Hundred explorers—men and women who are bound together by Earth’s tenuous toehold on Mars. Presenting unforgettable stories of hope and disappointment, of fierce physical and psychological struggles, The Martians is an epic chronicle of a planet that represents one of humanity’s most glorious possibilities. Praise for The Martians “A uniquely rewarding experience of state-of-the-art science fiction.”—The New York Times Book Review “No one familiar with Robinson’s trilogy can read through these final, valedictory stories without feeling moved.”—The Washington Post “The stories are beautifully written, the characters are well developed and the author’s passion for ecology manifests itself on every page.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Icehenge

Kim Stanley Robinson
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Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Orb Books
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466862203

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An early novel from Science Fiction legend Kim Stanley Robinson, now available for the first time in decades: Icehenge. On the North Pole of Pluto there stands an enigma: a huge circle of standing blocks of ice, built on the pattern of Earth's Stonehenge--but ten times the size, standing alone at the farthest reaches of the Solar System. What is it? Who came there to build it? The secret lies, perhaps, in the chaotic decades of the Martian Revolution, in the lost memories of those who have lived for centuries. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Fifty Degrees Below

Kim Stanley Robinson
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Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553902075

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Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson Pdf

Set in our nation’s capital, here is a chillingly realistic tale of people caught in the collision of science, technology, and the consequences of global warming. When the storm got bad, Frank Vanderwal was in his office at the National Science Foundation. When it was over, large chunks of San Diego had eroded into the sea, and D.C. was underwater. Everything Frank and his colleagues feared had culminated in this disaster. And now the world was looking to them to fix it. But even as D.C. bails itself out, a more extreme climate change looms. The melting polar ice caps are shutting down the warm Gulf Stream waters—meaning Ice Age conditions could return. And the last time that happened, eleven thousand years ago, it took just three years to start.…

Sixty Days and Counting

Kim Stanley Robinson
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Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553903508

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Sixty Days and Counting by Kim Stanley Robinson Pdf

By the time Phil Chase is elected president, the world’s climate is far on its way to irreversible change. Food scarcity, housing shortages, diminishing medical care, and vanishing species are just some of the consequences. The erratic winter the Washington, D.C., area is experiencing is another grim reminder of a global weather pattern gone haywire: bone-chilling cold one day, balmy weather the next. But the president-elect remains optimistic and doesn’t intend to give up without a fight. A maverick in every sense of the word, Chase starts organizing the most ambitious plan to save the world from disaster since FDR–and assembling a team of top scientists and advisers to implement it. For Charlie Quibler, this means reentering the political fray full-time and giving up full-time care of his young son, Joe. For Frank Vanderwal, hampered by a brain injury, it means trying to protect the woman he loves from a vengeful ex and a rogue “black ops” agency not even the president can control–a task for which neither Frank’s work at the National Science Foundation nor his study of Tibetan Buddhism can prepare him. In a world where time is running out as quickly as its natural resources, where surveillance is almost total and freedom nearly nonexistent, the forecast for the Chase administration looks darker each passing day. For as the last–and most terrible–of natural disasters looms on the horizon, it will take a miracle to stop the clock . . . the kind of miracle that only dedicated men and women can bring about.

Blue Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson
Blue Mars Book PDF

Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553573350

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Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson Pdf

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel • One of the most enthralling science fiction sagas ever written, Kim Stanley Robinson’s epic trilogy concludes with Blue Mars—a triumph of prodigious research and visionary storytelling. “A breakthrough even from [Kim Stanley Robinson’s] own consistently high levels of achievement.”—The New York Times Book Review The red planet is no more. Now green and verdant, Mars has been dramatically altered from a desolate world into one where humans can flourish. The First Hundred settlers are being pulled into a fierce new struggle between the Reds, a group devoted to preserving Mars in its desert state, and the Green “terraformers.” Meanwhile, Earth is in peril. A great flood threatens an already overcrowded and polluted planet. With Mars the last hope for the human race, the inhabitants of the red planet are heading toward a population explosion—or interplanetary war.

Antarctica

Kim Stanley Robinson
Antarctica Book PDF

Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 9780007304882

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Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson Pdf

In this novel of the near future, the icy continent will become a battleground between those who seek its natural treasures, and those who would keep this wild land untouched--no matter what the cost. "Robinson's most perfect big novel yet."--"The Washington Post."

The Road to Mars

Eric Idle
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Author : Eric Idle
Publisher : Pan Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Comedians
ISBN : 1447275020

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Carlton is an android working for Alex and Lewis, two comedians from the twenty-second century who travel the outer vaudeville circuit of the solar system known ironically as the Road to Mars. Being a computer he can't understand irony, but is nevertheless attempting to write a thesis about comedy, its place in evolution, and whether it can ever be cured. He is studying the comedians of the late twentieth century (including obscure and esoteric comedy acts such as Monty Python's Flying Circus) in his search for the comedy gene. Meanwhile, during an audition for a gig on the Princess Di (a solar cruise ship), his two employers inadvertently become involved in a terriorist plot against Mars, the planet of showbiz. Can Carlton prevent Alex and Lewis from losing their gigs, overcome the love thing and finally understand the meaning of comedy in the universe? From one of the original members of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

The Complete Mars Trilogy: Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson
The Complete Mars Trilogy Red Mars Green Mars Blue Mars Book PDF

Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 2560 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008121778

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The Complete Mars Trilogy: Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson Pdf

All three volumes of the worldwide bestselling Mars trilogy.

Molecular Red

McKenzie Wark
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Author : McKenzie Wark
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781688281

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In Molecular Red, McKenzie Wark creates philosophical tools for the Anthropocene, our new planetary epoch, in which human and natural forces are so entwined that the future of one determines that of the other. Wark explores the implications of Anthropocene through the story of two empires, the Soviet and then the American. The fall of the former prefigures that of the latter. From the ruins of these mighty histories, Wark salvages ideas to help us picture what kind of worlds collective labor might yet build. From the scientific pioneers who were trying to transform science during the Russia Revolution, to visionaries contemplating cyborg possibilities and science fiction dreams in late 20th century California, Molecular Red not only looks at the crisis of climate change that we face but also how we might be able to understand it, and how we might salvage some hope out of the wreckage.

Online Worlds: Convergence of the Real and the Virtual

William Sims Bainbridge
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Author : William Sims Bainbridge
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781848828254

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Online Worlds: Convergence of the Real and the Virtual by William Sims Bainbridge Pdf

William Sims Bainbridge Virtual worlds are persistent online computer-generated environments where people can interact, whether for work or play, in a manner comparable to the real world. The most prominent current example is World of Warcraft (Corneliussen and Rettberg 2008), a massively multiplayer online game with 11 million s- scribers. Some other virtual worlds, notably Second Life (Rymaszewski et al. 2007), are not games at all, but Internet-based collaboration contexts in which people can create virtual objects, simulated architecture, and working groups. Although interest in virtual worlds has been growing for at least a dozen years, only today it is possible to bring together an international team of highly acc- plished authors to examine them with both care and excitement, employing a range of theories and methodologies to discover the principles that are making virtual worlds increasingly popular and may in future establish them as a major sector of human-centered computing.

Visions of Mars

Howard V. Hendrix,,George Slusser,Eric S. Rabkin
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Author : Howard V. Hendrix,,George Slusser,Eric S. Rabkin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786484706

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Visions of Mars by Howard V. Hendrix,,George Slusser,Eric S. Rabkin Pdf

Seventeen wide-ranging essays explore the evolving scientific understanding of Mars, and the relationship between that understanding and the role of Mars in literature, the arts and popular culture. Essays in the first section examine different approaches to Mars by scientists and writers Jules Verne and J.H. Rosny. Section Two covers the uses of Mars in early Bolshevik literature, Wells, Brackett, Burroughs, Bradbury, Heinlein, Dick and Robinson, among others. The third section looks at Mars as a cultural mirror in science fiction. Essayists include prominent writers (e.g., Kim Stanley Robinson), scientists and literary critics from many nations.

Synthetic Worlds

Andreas Hebbel-Seeger,Torsten Reiners,Dennis Schäffer
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Author : Andreas Hebbel-Seeger,Torsten Reiners,Dennis Schäffer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461462866

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Synthetic Worlds by Andreas Hebbel-Seeger,Torsten Reiners,Dennis Schäffer Pdf

Synthetic Worlds, Virtual Worlds, and Alternate Realities are all terms used to describe the phenomenon of computer-based, simulated environments in which users inhabit and interact via avatars. The best-known commercial applications are in the form of electronic gaming, and particularly in massively-multiplayer online role-playing games like World of Warcraft or Second Life. Less known, but possibly more important, is the rapid adoption of platforms in education and business, where Serious Games are being used for training purposes, and even Second Life is being used in many situations that formerly required travel. The editors of this book captures the state of research in the field intended to reflect the rapidly growing yet relatively young market in education and business. The general focus is set on the scientific community but integrates the practical applications for businesses, with papers on information systems, business models, and economics. In six parts, international authors – all experts in their field – discuss the current state-of-the-art of virtual worlds/alternate realities and how the field will develop over the next years. Chapters discuss the influences and impacts in and around virtual worlds. Part four is about education, with a focus on learning environments and experiences, pedagogical models, and the effects on the different roles in the educational sector. The book looks at business models and how companies can participate in virtual worlds while receiving a return on investment, and includes cases and scenarios of integration, from design, implementation to application.

Metaverse

Fatih Sinan Esen,Hasan Tinmaz,Madhusudan Singh
Metaverse Book PDF

Author : Fatih Sinan Esen,Hasan Tinmaz,Madhusudan Singh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789819946419

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Metaverse by Fatih Sinan Esen,Hasan Tinmaz,Madhusudan Singh Pdf

This book has a multidisciplinary approach to Metaverse studies and the relevance of Metaverse with the current and popular topics that concern society and how it will change them in the future. In addition, academic texts are included since not much scientific content is available in this field. In short, there are sections in the book that everyone will find useful. Most importantly, the topics are grouped under four main parts. The first is the Introduction, where the main issues are explained. In the second section—Technical Topics, the technological infrastructure of the subject is explained, followed by section three where the social and human dimensions of Metaverse are explained. The fourth and final section is on Industrial Applications.

Lost in Space

Rob Kitchin,James Kneale
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Author : Rob Kitchin,James Kneale
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-10-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781847143211

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Lost in Space by Rob Kitchin,James Kneale Pdf

Science fiction - one of the most popular literary, cinematic and televisual genres - has received increasing academic attention in recent years. For many theorists science fiction opens up a space in which the here-and-now can be made strange or remade; where virtual reality and cyborg are no longer gimmicks or predictions, but new spaces and subjects. Lost in space brings together an international collection of authors to explore the diverse geographies of spaceexploring imagination, nature, scale, geopolitics, modernity, time, identity, the body, power relations and the representation of space. The essays explore the writings of a broad selection of writers, including J.G.Ballard, Frank Herbert, Marge Piercy, Kim Stanley Robinson, Mary Shelley and Neal Stephenson, and films from Bladerunner to Dark City, The Fly, The Invisible Man and Metropolis.