Stations Of The Tide

Author : Michael Swanwick
Publisher : Orb Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429989497

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Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick Pdf

The Nebula Award-wining novel from Michael Swanwick—one of the most brilliantly assured and darkly inventive writers of contemporary fiction—a masterwork of radically altered realities and world-shattering seductions. The Jubilee Tides will drown the continents of the planet Miranda beneath the weight of her own oceans. But as the once-in-two-centuries cataclysm approaches, an even greater catastrophe threatens this dark and dangerous planet of tale-spinners, conjurers, and shapechangers. A man from the Bureau of Proscribed Technologies has been sent to investigate. For Gregorian has come, a genius renegade scientist and charismatic bush wizard. With magic and forbidden technology, he plans to remake the rotting, dying world in his own evil image—and to force whom or whatever remains on its diminishing surface toward a terrifying and astonishing confrontation with death and transcendence. This novel of surreal hard SF was compared to the fiction of Gene Wolfe when it was first published, and the author has gone on in the two decades since to become recognized as one of the finest living SF and fantasy writers. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Michael Swanwick
Publisher : Eos
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015053774348

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Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick Pdf

As the "Jubilee Tides"--a once in 200 years world-drowning cataclysm--approaches, the planet Miranda faces a greater catastrophe when scientist and wizard Gregorian comes, planning to remake the dying world in his own image. A Nebula Award winner.

Author : Michael Swanwick
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504036467

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Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick Pdf

Modern technology is pitted against ancient dinosaurs in this scientific thriller James Rollins calls “Jurassic Park set amid the paradox of time travel.” Paleontologist Richard Leyster is perfectly content in his position with the Smithsonian excavating dinosaur fossil sites and publishing his findings . . . until the mysterious Harry Griffin appears in his office with a cooler containing the head of a freshly killed Stegosaurus. The enigmatic stranger offers Leyster the opportunity to travel back in time to study living dinosaurs in their original habitats—but with strings attached. Soon, the paleontologist finds himself, along with a select team of colleagues—including his chief rival, the ambitious and often ruthless Dr. Gertrude Salley—making discoveries that would prove impossible working from fossils alone. But when Leyster and his team are stranded in the Cretaceous, they must learn to survive while still keeping alive the joy of scientific discovery. This shocking novel spans hundreds of millions of years and deals with the ultimate fate not only of the dinosaurs but also of all humankind. Nominated for the Locus Award, the Hugo Award, and the Nebula Award for Best Novel, Bones of the Earth cements author Michael Swanwick as an author who “proves that sci-fi has plenty of room for wonder and literary values” (San Francisco Chronicle).

Author : Michael Swanwick
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504025669

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The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick Pdf

A New York Times Notable Book: “Combining cyberpunk’s grit with dystopic fantasy, this iconoclastic hybrid is a standout piece of storytelling” (Library Journal). Jane is trapped as a changeling in an industrialized Faerie ruled by aristocratic high elves and populated by ogres, dwarves, night-gaunts, and hags. She is the only human in a factory where underage forced labor builds cybernetic, magical dragons that are weaponized and sent off to war. When the damaged dragon Melanchthon tempts Jane with promises of freedom, the stage is set for a daring escape that will shake the foundations of existence. Combining alchemy and technology, a coming-of-age story like no other, The Iron Dragon’s Daughter takes place against a dystopic mindscape of dark challenges and class struggles that force Jane to make costly decisions at every turn. A finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the 1994 Locus Award, The Iron Dragon’s Daughter a is one-of-a-kind melding of grimdark fantasy and cyberpunk grit from the Nebula Award–winning author of Stations of the Tide. It engages the reader in a nihilistic world in which nothing is as it seems and everything comes at a steep and often horrific price.

Author : Michael Swanwick
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504036504

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Vacuum Flowers by Michael Swanwick Pdf

A cyberpunk thriller from Nebula Award winner Michael Swanwick that explores bioengineering, wetware, and the riddle of personality Rebel Elizabeth Mudlark is a recorded personality owned by corporate giant Deutsche Nakasone. When Rebel’s personality is uploaded to persona tester Eucrasia Walsh and burned into her brain, Rebel escapes the corporation and takes off across an exotically transformed solar system, hijacking Eucrasia’s body and becoming the most wanted fugitive in existence. A fast-paced technological thriller, Vacuum Flowers allows the reader to consider the implications of bioengineering while providing an entertaining and dynamic story. Reminiscent of the innovative work of Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, and Bruce Sterling, this high-tech work of science fiction carves out a niche all its own with themes as relevant today as when it was first published.

Author : United States. National Ocean Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Tides
ISBN : UOM:39015013101772

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Tide Tables, High and Low Water Predictions by United States. National Ocean Service Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Tides
ISBN : UCLA:L0062985007

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Tide Tables, East Coast of North and South America, Including Greenland by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Tides
ISBN : UIUC:30112105104415

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Tide Tables, High and Low Water Predictions, West Coast of North and South America, Including the Hawaiian Islands by Anonim Pdf

Contains a table of the predicted times and heights of the high and low waters for each day of the year at a number of places, which are designated as reference stations.

Author : National Ocean Survey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Tides
ISBN : UIUC:30112105104506

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Tide Tables, High and Low Water Predictions, East Coast of North and South America, Including Greenland by National Ocean Survey Pdf

Author : National Ocean Survey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Tides
ISBN : UOM:39015014577186

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Tide Tables, High and Low Water Predictions, West Coast of North and South America, Including the Hawaiian Islands by National Ocean Survey Pdf

Contains a table of the predicted times and heights of the high and low waters for each day of the year at a number of places, which are designated as reference stations.

Author : C. J. Cherryh
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101662274

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Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh Pdf

The Hugo Award-winning classic sci-fi novel about interstellar war. The Beyond started with the Stations orbiting the stars nearest Earth. The Great Circle the interstellar freighters traveled was long, but not unmanageable, and the early Stations were emotionally and politically dependent on Mother Earth. The Earth Company which ran this immense operation reaped incalculable profits and influenced the affairs of nations. Then came Pell, the first station centered around a newly discovered living planet. The discovery of Pell's World forever altered the power balance of the Beyond. Earth was no longer the anchor which kept this vast empire from coming adrift, the one living mote in a sterile universe. But Pell was just the first living planet. Then came Cyteen, and later others, and a new and frighteningly different society grew in the farther reaches of space. The importance of Earth faded and the Company reaped ever smaller profits as the economic focus of space turned outward. But the powerful Earth Fleet was sitll a presence in the Beyond, and Pell Station was to become the last stronghold in a titanic struggle between the vast, dynamic forces of the rebel Union and those who defended Earth's last, desperate grasp for the stars.

Author : Michael Swanwick
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504036481

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Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick Pdf

An alternate-history reimagining of the Faust legend from the Nebula Award–winning author of Stations of the Tide Taking as his canvas the classic tale of the temptation of Faust—made famous by such literary luminaries as Goethe, Marlowe, and Mann—author Michael Swanwick paints a fresh vision of the dangers posed by the pursuit of knowledge. Set in Old World Germany, this tale of science and damnation begins with the great scholar Dr. Johannes Faust burning his books, having concluded that all his knowledge is nothing compared to the vast sea of ignorance surrounding him. Out of his despair, he inadvertently summons the tempter spirit, Mephistopheles, who is the projection of a dying alien race determined to make the destruction of humankind its final deed. Their weapon is knowledge—of science and technology, the mechanics of flight, the nature of the atom, and the secrets of economics. When, in an act of defiance, Faust nails the Periodic Table of the Elements to a church door in Wittenberg, he ushers in a golden age of prosperity for Germany that will make him the most powerful man in the world. But the love of the beautiful Margarete will be his downfall. What happens when the greed for knowledge and glory goes unchecked? Has a demon ever made a bad deal yet? Nominated for the Hugo Award, the Locus Award, and the British Science Fiction Award, Jack Faust is a masterful retelling of legend by one of science fiction’s finest craftsmen.

Author : Chen Qiufan
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765389329

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Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan Pdf

A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL Award-winning author Chen Qiufan's Waste Tide is a thought-provoking vision of the future. Translated by Ken Liu, who brought Cixin Liu's Hugo Award-winning The Three Body Problem to English-speaking readers. Mimi is drowning in the world's trash. She’s a waste worker on Silicon Isle, where electronics -- from cell phones and laptops to bots and bionic limbs — are sent to be recycled. These amass in towering heaps, polluting every spare inch of land. On this island off the coast of China, the fruits of capitalism and consumer culture come to a toxic end. Mimi and thousands of migrant waste workers like her are lured to Silicon Isle with the promise of steady work and a better life. They're the lifeblood of the island’s economy, but are at the mercy of those in power. A storm is brewing, between ruthless local gangs, warring for control. Ecoterrorists, set on toppling the status quo. American investors, hungry for profit. And a Chinese-American interpreter, searching for his roots. As these forces collide, a war erupts -- between the rich and the poor; between tradition and modern ambition; between humanity’s past and its future. Mimi, and others like her, must decide if they will remain pawns in this war or change the rules of the game altogether. "An accomplished eco-techno-thriller with heart and soul as well as brain. Chen Qiufan is an astute observer, both of the present world and of the future that the next generation is in danger of inheriting." – David Mitchell, New York Times bestselling author of Cloud Atlas At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Paul Schureman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Tide-gages
ISBN : PSU:000071906829

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Instructions Primary Tide Stations by Paul Schureman Pdf

Author : Sarah Sundin
Publisher : Revell
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781441246127

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When Tides Turn (Waves of Freedom Book #3) by Sarah Sundin Pdf

When fun-loving glamour girl Quintessa Beaumont learns the Navy has established the WAVES program for women, she enlists, determined to throw off her frivolous ways and contribute to the war effort. No-nonsense and hoping to make admiral, Lt. Dan Avery has been using his skills to fight German U-boats. The last thing he wants to see on his radar is a girl like Tess. For her part, Tess works hard to prove her worth in the Anti-Submarine Warfare Unit in Boston--both to her commanding officers and to the man with whom she is smitten. When Dan is assigned to a new escort carrier at the peak of the Battle of the Atlantic, he's torn between his lifelong career goals and his desire to help Tess root out a possible spy on shore. The Germans put up quite a fight, but he wages a deeper battle within his heart. Could Tess be the one for him? With precision and pizazz, fan favorite Sarah Sundin carries readers through the rough waters of love in a time when every action might have unforeseen world-changing consequences.