Hard Science Fiction
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-01-01 | Author:Stephen Baxter

Ceawlin sought her out in her small chamber. Standing in the doorway, his bulk seemed to fill the room. “I saw the tension between you and the riothamus,” he said ...
( Category: Hard Science Fiction September 1,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-02-06 | Author:Greg Egan

9 Prabir slept on deck again, untroubled by insomnia. He woke at first light, aching all over, but unaccountably happier than he’d felt in months. He dived into the harbour ...
( Category: Hard Science Fiction August 30,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-10-02 | Author:Herbert, Frank [Herbert, Frank]

“O my Dark Rosaleen! Do not sigh, do not weep! The priests are on the ocean green, They march along the deep.” He broke off and cast a probing stare ...
( Category: Genetic Engineering August 28,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2009-05-09 | Author:Michael Crichton

11:12 NORMAL EEG "People," Gerhard said, in mock irritation. "They just can't handle machine data." It was true. Machines could handle column after column of numbers. People needed to see ...
( Category: Psychological August 28,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Poul Anderson

The volant's terminal screened a short history. Most of it was familiar, sociotechnic cliché. Various groups, ethnic, cultural, religious, or merely eccentric, strove to keep their identities alive. They seldom ...
( Category: Colonization August 28,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2001-04-28 | Author:L. Neil Smith [Smith, L. Neil]

THIRTY-NINE Two-legged Footwork As the asteroid rotated into the night, and the canopy darkened overhead, Sam returned to the temporary quarters he shared with Eichra Oren, thinking about his unproductive ...
( Category: Adventure August 28,2014 )
epub |eng | 2001-12-23 | Author:Kingsbury, Donald [Kingsbury, Donald]

Old Sledge seated him cordially. "I hadn't expected you so soon. Reinstone tells me you have something interesting for me." "You were right," said Eron dejectedly. He shoved his bound ...
( Category: Hard Science Fiction August 28,2014 )
epub | | 2010-06-04 | Author:Arthur C. Clarke [Clarke, Arthur C.]

2S MYSTERY TOUR Only an expert on the history of aeronautics could have dated the vehicle that stood glistening in the late-afternoon light. Like sailing ships, though in Iess than ...
( Category: Hard Science Fiction August 20,2014 )
epub, mobi | | 2010-06-04 | Author:Arthur C Clarke [Clarke, Arthur C]

Chapter 17 - THE DEBUNK MACHINE David and Heather sat before a flickering SoftScreen, their faces illuminated by the harsh sunlight of a day long gone. ... He was a ...
( Category: Hard Science Fiction August 20,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-06-17 | Author:James S. A. Corey [Corey, James S. A.]

~ “Run it again,” Murtry said after Holden played the apocalyptic video Alex had shot with the Rocinante’s telescopes. Holden, Murtry, and Carol Chiwewe were in the town hall, Holden’s ...
( Category: Adventure July 29,2014 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Spector, Caroline [Spector, Caroline]

Aina sits before an old woman who has black witchy-hair and who wears gypsy colors. The air here is thick with incense and patchouli. “Cut the cards.” the woman says. ...
( Category: Cyberpunk July 25,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-05-27 | Author:Norman Spinrad [Spinrad, Norman]

The Spaceship Enterprise "I can't believe this heat!" Clear Blue Lou moaned, mopping sweat from his brow with the back of his hand. They had been flying north for over ...
( Category: Hard Science Fiction July 25,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2013-11-20 | Author:Egan, Greg [Egan, Greg]

21 While Azelio and Tarquinia debated the merits of different landing sites, Ramiro clung to a rope beside the window and gazed down at the starlit world below. How could ...
( Category: Hard Science Fiction July 9,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-05-15 | Author:Stross, Charles

11. BOARDROOMS AND BROKERS A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A MONTH. A month ago I was back in the office, recovering from the avalanche of virtual paperwork generated by the ...
( Category: Hard Science Fiction July 4,2014 )
epub |eng | 2000-07-01 | Author:William Gibson [Gibson, William]

11 “Case, what’s wrong with you?” Armitage said, as the waiter was seating them at his table in the Vingtieme Siecle. It was the smallest and most expensive of several ...
( Category: Hard Science Fiction June 26,2014 )