Captive Universe
Title | Captive Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Harrison |
Publisher | Ace Books |
Total Pages | 250 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
Twenty-one-year-old Chimal wants desperately to escape his native valley, home to an ancient Aztec civilization sealed off from the outside world. The valley is ruled by priests who enforce despotic laws and perpetuate a life of fear. Chimal escapes and discovers that his world is in fact a vast space ship on a journey from Earth to Proxima Centauri.
Deathworld
Title | Deathworld PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Harrison |
Publisher | BenBella Books |
Total Pages | 467 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1932100415 |
A legendary science fiction story, this trilogy, brought back into print in one single volume, presents hero Jason dinAlt as he discovers three separate planets. dinAlt finds excitement and intrigue as he investigates Pyrrus, a strange place where all the beasts, plants, and natural elements are out to destroy man; the unknown second planet, where every man has to kill other men or live as a slave; and Felicity, where creatures are bred for thousands of years for a single deadly purpose. Well known to fantasy and science fiction enthusiasts, this tale portrays exciting adventures filled with the elements of classic characters and plot twists.
Fire & Blood
Title | Fire & Blood PDF eBook |
Author | T. R. Fehrenbach |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Total Pages | 378 |
Release | 2014-04-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1497609739 |
Mexican history comes to life in this “fascinating” work by the author of Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans (The Christian Science Monitor). Fire & Blood brilliantly depicts the succession of tribes and societies that have variously called Mexico their home, their battleground, and their legacy. This is the tale of the indigenous people who forged from this rugged terrain a wide-ranging civilization; of the Olmec, Maya, Toltec, and Aztec dynasties, which exercised their sophisticated powers through bureaucracy and religion; of the Spanish conquistadors, whose arrival heralded death, disease, and a new vision of continental domination. Author T. R. Fehrenbach connects these threads with the story of modern-day, independent Mexico, a proud nation struggling to balance its traditions against opportunities that often seem tantalizingly out of reach. From the Mesoamerican empires to the Spanish Conquest and the Mexican Revolution, peopled by the legendary personalities of Mexican history—Montezuma, Cortés, Santa Anna, Juárez, Maximilian, Díaz, Pancho Villa, and Zapata—Fire & Blood is a “deftly organized and well-researched” work of popular history (Library Journal).
Hard Reading
Title | Hard Reading PDF eBook |
Author | T. A. Shippey |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 352 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1781382611 |
An exploration of politics and the role of the 'soft sciences' in Science Fiction.
Harry Harrison
Title | Harry Harrison PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Tomlinson |
Publisher | Wildside Press LLC |
Total Pages | 370 |
Release | 2002-04-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1587154013 |
The definitive Harry Harrison bibliography, with lengthy annotations and a special bonus--the Harrison story written for Harlan Ellison's unpublished "Last Dangerous Visions" anthology.
SF UNIVERSE - The Ultimate Collection
Title | SF UNIVERSE - The Ultimate Collection PDF eBook |
Author | Jules Verne |
Publisher | Good Press |
Total Pages | 13554 |
Release | 2023-11-19 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
Good Press presents to you this meticulously edited and formatted SF collection, jam-packed with the dystopian worlds, intergalactic action-adventures, and the greatest Sci-Fi classics: E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard Jefferies: After London Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E. Cox: The Guardians Philip F. Nowlan: Armageddon–2419 A.D... George Griffith: The Angel of the Revolution... Percy Greg: Across the Zodiac David Lindsay: A Voyage to Arcturus Edward E. Hale: The Brick Moon Stanley G. Weinbaum: A Martian Odyssey... Abraham Merritt The Moon Pool... Edgar Wallace: The Green Rust... H. Beam Piper: Terro-Human Future History... Garrett P. Serviss: The Sky Pirate... Philip K. Dick: Second Variety... Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth H. G. Wells: The Time Machine Edgar Allan Poe: A Descent into the Maelstrom... Mary Shelley: Frankenstein... Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland Jack London: Iron Heel... R. L. Stevenson: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde George MacDonald: Lilith H. Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines She William H. Hodgson: The Night Land... Edward Bellamy: Looking Backward... Mark Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Arthur Conan Doyle: The Lost World... Edgar Rice Burroughs Pellucidar Series Caspak Series Francis Bacon: New Atlantis C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne: The Lost Continent Margaret Cavendish: The Blazing World Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels William Morris: News from Nowhere Samuel Butler: Erewhon Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Coming Race James F. Cooper: The Monikins Charlotte P. Gilman: Herland Ayn Rand: Anthem Owen Gregory: Meccania the Super-State Hugh Benson: Lord of the World Fred M. White: The Doom of London Ignatius Donnelly: Caesar's Column Ernest Bramah: The Secret of the League Milo Hastings: City of Endless Night Arthur D. Vinton: Looking Further Backward Robert Cromie: The Crack of Doom Gertrude Bennett: The Heads of Cerberus E. E. Smith: Triplanetary... Murray Leinster: Murder Madness... Fritz Leiber: The Big Time... Andre Norton: The Time Traders... Pursuit A Traveler in Time Gulliver of Mars A Journey in Other Worlds...
Hypothetical Spacecraft and Interstellar Travel
Title | Hypothetical Spacecraft and Interstellar Travel PDF eBook |
Author | Ezekiel Nygren |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Total Pages | 269 |
Release | 2015-02-28 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1312955929 |
Hypothetical Spacecraft and Interstellar Travel collects information about the latest and greatest hypothetical spacecraft.