It can be pretty lonely being the only member of your species--just ask "Bub", an amnesic Earthling who woke up in outer space and discovered that Earth had been destroyed. As he travels through multiple universes, Bub must figure out his past, what happened to his home planet, and how to best pick up alien chicks--the human race won't repopulate itself, after all!

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together short stories from award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

The world is a hydra-headed organism whose operations can take many forms and shapes based on how much you understand it and the moment you meet it. In my short stay on this terrestrial ball, I have observed that what you do not understand, you can hardly affect. And there is nothing more frustrating than attempting to change a thing you understand nothing about. For Daniel to influence Babylon, he had to understand the system; for Jesus to change the world He spent time in the temple listening to the teachers, asking them questions and learning from their answers. Understanding the world system is an important key to influencing it for God. Some Christians prefer to stay out of various sectors of human endeavour, preferring to simply pray and watch things happen. I think that Christians should get into all the aspects of human endeavour and bring Christ there. Whether it is in government or entertainment, in finance/economics or television, in fashion or sports, in literature or information technology, in academia or research, in manufacturing or caregiving, we should fully be there and represent the kingdom of God. Our absence has not made the world a better place; shying away, because we feel these sectors are dirty, is shying away from our duty to bring light into every part of the world. Where righteousness is absent, evil triumphs and holds sway. That evil continues to pollute the world and our children get contaminated and feel that the unrighteous way is the norm, and the righteous path the abnormal. But when we affirm the supremacy of Jesus in all these sectors, righteousness will subdue evil, and light will dispel darkness. If you are an ambitious Christian who intends to see Christ in every field of human endeavour, then this book will guide you using the example of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah

The Gnostic Luciferian New Age "Utopia" will be based upon a Mystery Babylon re-visitation of tolerance for all behaviors narcissistically self-indulgent, sexually perverse, psychoactively induced, and sinfully decadent, with self-worship and self-adulation as the highest pinnacle of religious zeal. Additionally, utilizing the trickery and artifice of an Alien Antichrist Messiah Deception, the Luciferian Elite seek to obliterate Christianity and replace it with a Gnostic Pantheistic Cosmogenesis narrative, where Ancient Aliens are our true genetic origins, and Cosmic Evolution, with Mankind in tow, is the Grand Design of the Universe. Since this is a very real situation which effects all the world in the direst sort of way, the contents of this book are relevant to all citizens of the world. This book bravely explores the various guises that this repackaged Babylonian Gnostic Luciferianism has taken and how it got to this point, as well as offers answers to this nefarious situation.

The story of planetary research from ancient astronomers to more recent spacecraft missions.

Having witnessed Britain's retreat from India in 1947, and Malaya in 1957, Peter Moss traveled on through the lengthening shadows of a waning Empire, seeking the last remnants of a once flourishing panoply of imperial pomp and circumstance. He arrived in Hong Kong to find this fabled territory less a British colony than a triumph of collective enterprise; no mythic Babylon but a vibrant and compelling reality. His Hong Kong career spanned four decades, from the spillover of China's cultural revolution to the return of its prodigal son at midnight on June 30th 1997. In his take on events leading up to that historical watershed he has drawn on Chinese sources to present a wider perspective, and has not flinched from challenging popular perceptions. He saw Chris Patten, Hong Kong's last governor, as a knight in shining armour, riding in at the eleventh hour to slay the dragon. "I felt there was a distinct danger of him accidentally killing the damsel in distress." Many have loved and admired Hong Kong but few have grasped its intricacies. That an enclave so small should have become so powerful, and left such a mark on the world, is a mystery that No Babylon seeks to probe and dispel. "Had he discovered Hong Kong first, Karl Marx might never have written Das Kapital, for this hubble-bubble of experimental capitalist alchemy contradicted so many of his theories".

Stray radio signals from Earth have been announcing our presence into space for many years. War on an alien world has triggered a chain of events across the galaxy. Alien beings have secretly visited us. They have stolen our history and our language, and now they want our planet.Teenagers Rhyan Ivars and Michael Francis are best friends who have explored the nearby forests in games of role-playing adventures for many years. But this inseparable pair never dreamed that their secret Mors