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The Galactic Center Saga is a series of books by author Gregory Benford detailing a galactic war between mechanical and biological life. In the Ocean of Night (1977) [1] — 1977 Nebula Award nominee, [2] 1978 Locus Award nominee [3] Across the Sea of Suns (1984) Great Sky River (1987) [4] — 1988 Nebula Nominee [5]
Space Odyssey is a science fiction media franchise created by writer Arthur C. Clarke and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, consisting of two films and four novels.The first novel was developed concurrently with Kubrick's film version and published after the release of the film.
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by the American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1952. It is the second (by internal series chronology) of three books labeled the Galactic Empire series , but it was the last of the three to be written.
The first part of the book examines the claims made throughout history that Earth and the human species are unique. Sagan proposes two reasons for the persistence of the idea of a geocentric, or Earth-centered universe: human pride in our existence, and the threat of torturing those who dissented from it, particularly during the time of the Roman Inquisition.
Cosmos is a popular science book written by astronomer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan. It was published in 1980 as a companion piece to the PBS mini-series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage with which it was co-developed and intended to complement. Each of the book's 13 illustrated chapters corresponds to one of the 13 episodes of the ...
“Today’s success represents a giant leap forward for the commercial space industry and @NASA’s long-term goal to build a vibrant U.S. space economy.” The four citizen astronauts will have ...
The books in the trilogy are: Out of the Silent Planet (1938), set mostly on Mars (Malacandra). In this book, Dr. Elwin Ransom is kidnapped and transported to Mars. While there, he meets the planet's various inhabitants and discovers that Earth is exiled from the rest of the Solar System. Perelandra (1943). Also known as Voyage to Venus. Here ...
The Looking Glass, or Voyage of the Space Bubble, [citation needed] series is a military novel series created by author John Ringo and centering on the creation of trans-space portals known as "looking glasses" (due to their mirror-like appearance) and the effect their discovery and the discovery of things via the portals have on life on Earth and off it. [1]