Galactic Empires

Author : Neil Clarke
Publisher : Start Publishing LLC
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781597806176

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Neil Clarke, publisher of the award-winning Clarkesworld magazine, presents a collection of thought-provoking and galaxy-spanning array of galactic short science fiction. From E. E. "Doc" Smith’s Lensman, to George Lucas’ Star Wars, the politics and process of Empire have been a major subject of science fiction’s galaxy-spanning fictions. The idiom of the Galactic Empire allows science fiction writers to ask (and answer) questions that are shorn of contemporary political ideologies and allegiances. This simple narrative slight of hand allows readers and writers to see questions and answers from new and different perspectives. The stories in this book do just that. What social, political, and economic issues do the organizing structure of “empire” address? Often the size, shape, and fates of empires are determined not only by individuals, but by geography, natural forces, and technology. As the speed of travel and rates of effective communication increase, so too does the size and reach of an Imperial bureaucracy.Sic itur ad astra—“Thus one journeys to the stars.” At the beginning of the twentieth century, writers such as Kipling and Twain were at the forefront of these kinds of narrative observations, but as the century drew to a close, it was writers like Iain M. Banks who helped make science fiction relevant. That tradition continues today, with award-winning writers like Ann Leckie, whose 2013 debut novel Ancillary Justice hinges upon questions of imperialism and empire. Here then is a diverse collection of stories that asks the questions that science fiction asks best. Empire: How? Why? And to what effect? Table of Contents: - “Winning Peace” by Paul J. McAuley - “Night’s Slow Poison” by Ann Leckie - “All the Painted Stars” by Gwendolyn Clare - “Firstborn” by Brandon Sanderson - “Riding the Crocodile” by Greg Egan - “The Lost Princess Man” by John Barnes - “The Waiting Stars” by Aliette de Bodard - “Alien Archeology” by Neal Asher - “The Muse of Empires Lost” by Paul Berger - “Ghostweight” by Yoon Ha Lee - “A Cold Heart” by Tobias S. Buckell - “The Colonel Returns to the Stars” by Robert Silverberg - “The Impossibles” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch - “Utriusque Cosmi” by Robert Charles Wilson - “Section Seven” by John G. Hemry - “The Invisible Empire of Ascending Light” by Ken Scholes - “The Man with the Golden Balloon” by Robert Reed - “Looking Through Lace” by Ruth Nestvold - “A Letter from the Emperor” by Steve Rasnic Tem - “The Wayfarer’s Advice” by Melinda M. Snodgrass - “Seven Years from Home” by Naomi Novik - “Verthandi’s Ring” by Ian McDonald

Author : Brian Wilson Aldiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : LCCN:77076626

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Galactic Empires by Brian Wilson Aldiss Pdf

Author : M. Pax,Patty Jansen,Mark E. Cooper,Daniel Arenson,Joseph Lallo,Chris Reher,David VanDyke
Publisher : Patty Jansen
Page : 1893 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Galactic Empires by M. Pax,Patty Jansen,Mark E. Cooper,Daniel Arenson,Joseph Lallo,Chris Reher,David VanDyke Pdf

Seven full-length novels of adventure, war, intrigue and survival in the far reaches of space. The Backworlds by M. Pax A man struggles to survive in the harsh world of humanity's outer settlements and prove his father wrong. Ambassador 1: Seeing Red by Patty Jansen To look an alien superior in the eye is a deadly offense. To accuse him of a political murder… Alien Hunters by Daniel Arenson A scruffy alien pest controller faces an alien threat the likes of which the universe has never seen. Hard Duty by Mark E. Cooper Hostile aliens nearly eradicated humanity. Will the next encounter finish the job? Bypass Gemini by Joseph Lallo A disgraced racer pilot gets mixed up with a mega-corporation. Now he has to stop them. Sky Hunter by Chris Reher Sent to a human outpost to investigate sabotage, a pilot finds more trouble than she bargained for. First Conquest by David VanDyke To find a home and keep humanity safe from hostile aliens, Task Force Conquest must fight to seize a new star system.

Author : Brian Wilson Aldiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:251657283

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Galactic Empires: an Anthology of Way-back-when Futures by Brian Wilson Aldiss Pdf

Author : Dr. Marco Bitetto
Publisher : Blind Side Studios
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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GALACTIC EMPIRE by Dr. Marco Bitetto Pdf

This ebook is a compendium of short hard science fiction stories.

Author : Rogue Planet Press
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781326487256

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Fall of the Galactic Empire by Rogue Planet Press Pdf

In a distant future, the Galactic Empire stretches from one end of the Milky Way to the other. Its capital lies on a soulless, metallic world-city close to Galactic Center, its fortress planets guard every spiral arm. At its heart, its citizens dwell in sybaritic indulgence, their lives eased by luxuries imported from the outer worlds whose populations toil as slaves beneath the stinging electro-lash of the overseers. For a million years the Empire has been expanding, but its star cruisers can venture no further until a spacedrive is invented that can cross the unimaginable gulfs between this galaxy and Andromeda. Now the Empire begins to turn inward. The ensuing revolt will set the Galaxy at war. Does this spell the end of Empire? When it is gone, what will take its place? Freedom? Or a tyranny far worse? For now, all the citizens of the galaxy can do is prepare themselves for the FALL OF THE GALACTIC EMPIRE...

Author : Arkady Martine
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250186454

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A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Pdf

Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel A Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019 A Best Book of 2019: Library Journal, Polygon, Den of Geek An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2019 and “Not the Booker Prize” Nominee A Goodreads Biggest SFF Book of 2019 and Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee "A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity. All around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it."—Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident—or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court. Now, Mahit must discover who is behind the murder, rescue herself, and save her Station from Teixcalaan's unceasing expansion—all while navigating an alien culture that is all too seductive, engaging in intrigues of her own, and hiding a deadly technological secret—one that might spell the end of her Station and her way of life—or rescue it from annihilation. A fascinating space opera debut novel, Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire is an interstellar mystery adventure. "The most thrilling ride ever. This book has everything I love."—Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky And coming soon, the brilliant sequel, A Desolation Called Peace! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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INTERGALACTIC EMPIRES by Anonim Pdf

Author : Brian Wilson Aldiss
Publisher : Avon Books
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PSU:000006569464

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Galactic Empires by Brian Wilson Aldiss Pdf

Shaped by a unique vision, Galactic Empires is a brilliant mosaic of a quarter century of the best writing in science fiction. It is both a chronicle of man's outward move from Earth and a collection of fourteen original views of space conquest. Volume One tells of galactic war and the rise of an Empire.

Author : Raymond Weil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1500215295

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Galactic Empire Wars: Destruction by Raymond Weil Pdf

From the author of The Slaver Wars comes a new military science fiction series. To the Kleese, the Earth is nothing more than a planet full of conscripts to fight in their numerous wars of aggression. The Kleese are one of three large Galactic Empires that control the majority of the galaxy. To them, Earth is an extremely dangerous planet due to the aggressiveness of the humanoid species that inhabits it. The humans that inhabit Earth will make excellent conscripts, but something must be done to prevent them from expanding out into the galaxy. To the Kleese the solution is simple, take the conscripts they need and then destroy the planet.Mason Randle controls the Smithfield Mining Corporation. His main headquarters is inside the asteroid Vesta. The Kleese know nothing about what resides inside of the asteroid and the role it will play in saving the human race. Lieutenant Wade Nelson is a marine taken as a conscript by the Kleese. His primary goal is to find a way back to Earth. In the meantime, he will fight in the wars the Kleese are involved in until he knows enough to take the fight to the Kleese themselves. He will bid his time in the hope that someday he will find a way back home for himself and his marines.

Author : Gary Westfahl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 681 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9798216142348

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Science Fiction Literature through History [2 volumes] by Gary Westfahl Pdf

This book provides students and other interested readers with a comprehensive survey of science fiction history and numerous essays addressing major science fiction topics, authors, works, and subgenres written by a distinguished scholar. This encyclopedia deals with written science fiction in all of its forms, not only novels and short stories but also mediums often ignored in other reference books, such as plays, poems, comic books, and graphic novels. Some science fiction films, television programs, and video games are also mentioned, particularly when they are relevant to written texts. Its focus is on science fiction in the English language, though due attention is given to international authors whose works have been frequently translated into English. Since science fiction became a recognized genre and greatly expanded in the 20th century, works published in the 20th and 21st centuries are most frequently discussed, though important earlier works are not neglected. The texts are designed to be helpful to numerous readers, ranging from students first encountering science fiction to experienced scholars in the field.

Author : Iain M. Banks
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780748109999

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Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks Pdf

Consider Phlebas is a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from a modern master of science fiction. The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender. Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, to actually find it - and with it their own destruction. Praise for the Culture series 'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday 'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian 'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman 'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series: Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata Other books by Iain M. Banks: Against a Dark Background Feersum Endjinn The Algebraist

Author : Gardner R. Dozois
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science fiction, American
ISBN : 1582882916

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Galactic Empires by Gardner R. Dozois Pdf

Author : Brian Wilson Aldiss
Publisher : Avon Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Science fiction, American
ISBN : PSU:000049696721

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Galactic Empires by Brian Wilson Aldiss Pdf

Galactic Empires is more than an anthology: it is a vast two-volume novel of the future by some of the 1970's greatest science fiction writers. The 26 stories that comprise this anthology create a saga that explores the empire's origin, laws, mores, educational systems, as well as the incredible variety of inhabitants and their experience with the natural quirks of the universe.

Author : Brian Wilson Aldiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Civilization
ISBN : OCLC:12086254

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Galactic Empires: Big ancestors and descendants by Brian Wilson Aldiss Pdf