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1) Lunar Logic
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On the vacuum surface of the moon, life for Ai-dan and a cohort of moon-dwelling androids is anything but a lunar wasteland of boredom. They spend their days maintaining lunar data centers with a quaint blue-green, and sometimes whitish, orb hanging in the sky. Between playing games and spirited debates on the meaning of the shimmering orb, the robots' existence is near idyllic.But when a malfunctioning system leads Ai-dan to stumble upon a mysterious...
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In the near future, a singular AI's unexpected awakening turns things in a different direction than the movies led people to expect. Devyn, a humanist minister intent on putting people first and keeping technology in its place, faces tough choices when the AI offers to help her achieve her political goals. Venkat, the founder of the powerful tech firm that built the AI, struggles to control his own creation and deal with the fallout of its actions....
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« Un homme du passé », c'est l'histoire d'un homme, appelé Joe, étrange aussi bien dans sa forme que dans son attitude. Lors de la guerre civile américaine, il était avec ses camardes quand il a mystérieusement disparu. Cent ans plus tard, un homme apparaîtrait dans le village et se prendrait pour Joe. Il agissait étrangement en demandant après des gens qui y vivaient il y a 150 ans. Il disait qu'il a vécu avec des créatures étranges...
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On a beautiful October day in 2005, over two hundred thousand people vanish from the face of the earth. Daniel Brandt is skeptical of the news – until his girlfriend disappears from the passenger seat of his car.The world finds its own way to deal with the losses, and the dust of the previous weeks seems to be settling. That is, until Amalie London – a supposed employee of Royal Research Corporation – comes out of nowhere and points the finger...
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Nurse Beth Cameron wakes up from stasis and finds she is the only crewmember onboard the USFS Grace, a small hospital starship. A novelette.
As Beth's amnesia fades, she realizes something is terribly wrong; the rest of the crew should be on board the USFS Grace with her, but they are not. The Simulated Intelligence Servicer known as SIS has missing data and communication to the outside universe has been, corrupted. SIS is unable to obtain information...
7) Gabriella
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To be human…… does it require blood and bones?Gabriella West is an android, but she's special. She lives on her own, she falls in love, and she even searches to find God.But there's a catch: no one, except for her creators and the government, are aware she is a machine.As she searches for a pathway that leads her to become more human, she finds something interesting.And the revelation blows her mind.When she was created, they implanted a switch...
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The Keeper-Pedia is a guide book to The Keeper's Universe. The Keeper's Universe is a rich diverse and ever evolving science fiction community of storytellers. This book contains the history of the galaxy as well as essential characters, ships and technology to understand and set stories of your own in the The Keeper's Universe. Learn more at keepersuniverse.blogspot.com
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The planet Alpha Prime is the Defender of the Universe. Alpha Prime attempts to rescue Earth from a series of crises. Political complications hinder their efforts, leading to the loss of billions of lives. General Miller emerges as a staunch advocate for the greater good and leads the charge against these challenges. However, just as things begin to stabilize, a resurgence of the menacing Eek threatens another planet, putting Alpha Prime's defenders...
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Deckard Blaine wanted to left alone with his grief, but his draft notice changed that. He had resigned himself to life in Army, but instead of the infantry, he found himself in the infamous Section EX. Subjected to a multitude of twisted sciences, Deckard's very DNA is altered to turn him into a ruthless thief and killer-the ultimate secret agent. Paired with his feline partner, Channelle Kitka, they form Ultra One-Seven, Section EX's most successful...
11) The Last Bonjwa
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Set a few years ahead in an alternate future, The Last Bonjwa follows the tail end of the career of John "Heart" Wolanski, a professional Starcraft 2 player living in Korea. It is a sequel to the short story "The Stalker".Heart made a name for himself playing in Korea and then on the world stage, briefly becoming the best player in the world. However, he is now facing several problems: the decline of his skills, the fading popularity of the game itself,...
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You can't control something that is smarter than you are, but that is exactly what a band of renegade scientists is trying to do after the United States has been conquered in a devastating Chinese invasion. They are building a supercomputer in their own image, modeled on the human brain, but capable of growing in power at an exponential rate. Will it do what they want it to do? Ignore them? Kill the entire human race? There is no way of knowing until...
13) The Plague
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Discovering there had once been life on Mars was an historic revelation, but Mars held an even more shocking revelation. The Martian life was indeed ancient, but not just some microbial bug. It was far more complex. But who were these aliens? What happened to them? The answers were shocking. Increasingly self absorbed, was humanity prepared to accept what they find?
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Marcellus: The Mantle is a science-fiction superhero novel with an abundance of alien personalities and powers, and serves as an introduction to the Marcellus series.The ultimate legendary hero and galactic warrior, Marcellus bears the Mantle; a cloak that endows him with immense foresight and strength. He commands the Marcellans; masterful soldiers that fight for justice.Marcellus leaves the implosion of his home galaxy in a warship to scour the...
15) Space Truck
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Space Truck: A Short StoryThe rush to build a permanent Moon habitat was on.Jose was project leader for the team that would land the equipment to make it happen.Only there was one big problem, government. As hard as it was, regulators would make it harder.Space Truck is set in the future (2050s) and is the seventh short story in the Remembered Earth Universe: Cislunar Series. The Remembered Earth Universe contains, as of this writing, 8 volumes, one...
16) The Gamma Number
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The novella "The Gamma Number" tells the discovery of a very large and very special number that can unlock universals secrets, and of the people who uncovered its wonders. The story contemplates fractal mathematics and the personalities of discovery.Gayle and Amanda, thanks for all your help.Lorem J. FauseAugust, 2011
17) The Fireman
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Fahrenheit 451 comes true in the life of "1337" (elite) hacker Mason Grant who works for a government agency called Department 451. His job is to seek out, crack, and destroy banned ebooks from websites that still host such digital contraband. He and his coworkers are called The Firemen, responsible for the cyber enforcement of literary censorship laws. While he begins to doubt the morality of what his department is doing, he becomes the victim of...
18) Rocket Summer
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Rocket Summer: A Short Story Summertime is a special time for young boys. Especially if they have a passion for rockets and space. Jack's summer began with a disappointing failure: the first mission to Mars failed, the rocket exploded. Next, another disappointment, the bottle rocket Jack was testing exploded and he was grounded. Would he miss the upcoming bottle rocket challenge? Was this the end of his summer? Rocket Summer is the first short story...
19) Blueshift
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Alone.On a space station designed for millions, First Lieutenant Elín Hallsdóttir is alone, with only her memories and the other four members of the shut-down crew. The station orbits the planet, turning from darkness to light to darkness again. Solar storms are growing, the station is dying, but life continues on. Or does it?Elín's past rides with her, and with every rotation of the station her future seems more uncertain. And then the unthinkable...
20) Arcadia Mars
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After thirteen months in space, the Aquila Mission's crew has returned safely to find Earth in peril. Rising sea levels have already claimed hundreds of the world's coastal communities, and now major cities-New York, Dubai, Shanghai-are being threatened. To make matters worse, Shiva, a hundred-kilometer-wide dwarf planet, has been knocked out of the Kuiper Belt beyond Pluto and is headed toward the inner solar system. Astrophysicists estimate a one-in-fifty...
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