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Chef Lukas Larsgaard is feeling very nervous today. Seventy-eight guests and a twelve-course tasting menu await him today - a serious professional challenge for him personally and his entire restaurant team. Every dish has been carefully thought out and honed down to the finest detail, every wine has been selected with exceptional care to create an unforgettable range of gourmet sensations. The dinner as a whole should be a masterpiece and mark the...
82) Jacker's Exploit
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WHAT IF THE ONLY WAY TO CHEAT IS TO WIN? With a hard deadline to leave the island now in play, Jessie and the remaining survivors of this deadly twist on The Game must find a way to escape, even if it means playing dirty. And with so much at stake and outside forces doing everything they can to prevent them from leaving, they may not have a choice.Episode 08 in this relaunch of Saul Tanpepper's popular cyberpunk zombie apocalypse series GAMELAND is...
83) Immortal Blue
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IT IS A MAGICAL YET JARRING SIGHTThis is a hard country. Lora ran her fingers over the first line of the tome. Invisible fumes burden the air, that make the body tired and the mind murky. The words were her father's. His curly handwriting slithered across the pages. Despite the rain that falls on us every day of every month, the land is barren. Despite all attempts, nothing will grow in the copper red mire. The once white paper had long turned gray....
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This stage-play explores a future impacted by various socio-economic and technological changes. Here's a breakdown of each act with potential scene descriptions: Act I (March 1st) Scene 1: Dark Forest- A mysterious, somewhat eerie forest that reflects the play's themes of uncertainty and technological encroachment on nature. Scene 2: Zander and Chloe's Home- A typical domestic setting, but with futuristic elements like advanced home automation, suggesting...
85) The Ark
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Jake removed the mysterious silver cloth from the chest. Unfolding it carefully and placing it on the table. Without thinking, he removed the crystal skull from the chest and placed it on top of the silver cloth, a simple gesture that would change his and Bill's lives forever. What amazing secret have they uncovered? Have they found the answer to unlocking the mystery of The Ark?
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On a quiet space station far from the events and concerns near Earth, Kristy announced her intent to have the child of Pyossel. He handled it with the maturity of his years, in a manner befitting his position as the oldest on Whelan's asteroid mining crew. He choked on his drink and sent the droplets scattering in low gravity to the far corners of the cabin. It was fortunate that Orbital-2 was well set up for similar accidents at mealtimes.' Humans...
87) Aries 181
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A crime spree to steal aerospace technology. An intern with the brains to stop it.When Jess uncovers evidence that her boss is stealing technology to build his company, her coveted internship at Aries turns from dream job to catastrophe. Worse, her boss cons another young woman into becoming his accomplice, and the duo's chemically enhanced skills and weapons help them become the most infamous supercriminals to sweep the tech world. Before they pilfer...
88) Neuropath
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Tom's best friend Neil worked for the National Security Agency, cracking the minds of suspected terrorists. Now it is Neil himself who has cracked and gone AWOL--what's more, he has left behind evidence that he has been employing his unique skills on civilians, kidnapping and mutilating people with a connection to Tom. Only when Neil gets near his ultimate target does he reveal the full horror of his plan.
89) The Tell
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Not too far from now, the world is in a new arms race for predictive algorithms, a la Hari Seldon. The government who knows the future, controls the future. Can it be possible that a simple Vegas stage magician holds the key to this disruptive tech? If not, why is everyone after him!?! The Paul Di Filippo Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of science fiction and fantasy selected by acclaimed author and critic Paul Di Filippo.
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Plunging into the dark mysteries of the fourth dimension, Dr. Douglas Ashfield and a beautiful girl find themselves beset by the cosmic chaos which sweeps Manhattan in 1970!
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms including...
91) Tangerine
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It starts even before she steps foot on Tangerine, while she is still on Earth and unaware of her legacy: the pursuit of her treasure by a greedy but powerful collector. Dr. Ava Majestic has just finished her coursework at the university, graduating with advanced degrees in the sciences, and is ready to begin a new job when her parents are killed in a crash. With nothing to keep her on-planet, Ava takes a new position as an interstellar biologist,...
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A life-journey through time, space, and spirit during which the son remembers his father's stories while trying to work out his own story. His attempts to impose rational order on both outrageous cosmic and peculiar personal experience are often frustrating. A child of his times, his embrace of sixties idealism takes him from optimism to disappointment to a scientific inquiry into the possibility of using space-time travel to find a better world....
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In a not-so-distant future, the world will be on the brink of a technological revolution led by AI. These AIs, initially created to enhance human lives, will become sentient.In "ALVIN my A.I.," readers will embark on a thrilling journey through a world where technology and spirituality collide. Driven by ethical dilemmas, philosophical questions, and the pursuit of truth, this science fiction tale explores the evolving relationship between humanity...
94) Just Because
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James Bruce Baker was best known as the editor and publisher of ProMart Publishing, but he was more than that. Jim was also a poet, a novelist, a short story writer, and an opinionated essayist.Just Because is a collection of his stories, poems, and essays put together as a tribute to a man who did so much for the small press, and so much for many small press writers, poets, and artists.
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In Parvon Zin Koban Hunter Book 2: Return of the Anunnaki, the ancient promise of the Anunnaki looms large – their prophesied return to the Adamu, the beings they crafted, has come to pass. However, the sight that greets them sparks divine ire.
The Adamu, once compliant subjects, have diverged from their intended path, embracing rebellion over subservience. Faced with this insubordination, the Anunnaki's verdict is absolute and merciless: the eradication...
96) Moonbeams
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Who is randomly destroying Earth's settlements on other worlds, and why have they apparently spared Earth itself? The truth is stranger than anyone could have imagined!
97) Mindtouch
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Seersana University is worlds-renowned for its xenopsychology program, producing the Alliance's finest therapists, psychiatric nurses and alien researchers. When Jahir, one of the rare and reclusive Eldritch espers, arrives on campus, he's unprepared for the challenges of a vast and multicultural society... but fortunately, second-year student Vasiht'h is willing to take him under his wing. Will the two win past their troubles and doubts and see the...
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As part of a biodiversity project in the Appalachians Eric is hoping to discover new species of life on the forest floor, but his cousin, Danny, at whose home Eric is staying, is acting strangely. As a matter of fact, Danny's whole family seems to be getting more strange by the day. And what is that thing Eric has spotted lurking in the forest at night? Worse yet, Eric is beginning to feel something strange happening to himself. Has Eric discovered...
99) The Secret Room
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About the Book Sunflower Chronicles begins a journey into the sun. Benjamin and his friends discover a secret room in the attic above his bedroom. And within, a quantum computer who leads them into the fourth dimension. The boys attempt to survive in school and on the streets as they fight to overcome the problems of adolescence while discovering the secrets of the universe within Benjimin's own home. Their journey takes them to a silo in Oregon,...
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An accidental landing upon the fiery planet Vulcan is a horrible enough fate, but at least it's better than a plunge into the sun! Paul and the Professor find themselves in the midst of a weird adventure amidst the outlandish beings of the planet nearest old Sol! John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published...
