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Kheldyu
Gennady Malianov is a fictional detective from a cycle of science fiction / techno thriller stories by Canadian writer Karl Schroeder set in the near future."Why Science Fiction Likes To Look 50 Years Into The Future" by Ria Misra, '''', June 11, 2014 Typically Malianov operates as a freelance nuclear arms inspector investigating various cases of threats related to radioactive materials. Overview Malianov is a "pathologically shy Ukrainian arms inspector and anti- |
Reach For Infinity
''Reach for Infinity'' is a 2014 science fiction anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan. In 2015, it was nominated for a Locus Award for Best Anthology, an Aurealis Award for Best Anthology and the Philip K. Dick Award. Contents * "Introduction" (essay) by Jonathan Strahan * "Break My Fall" (novelette) by Greg Egan * "The Dust Queen" (short story) by Aliette de Bodard * "The Fifth Dragon" (novelette) by Ian McDonald * " Kheldyu" (novelette) by Karl Schroeder * "Report Concerning the Presence of Seahorses on Mars" (novelette) by Pat Cadigan * "Hiraeth: A Tragedy in Four Acts" (short story) by Karen Lord * "Amicae Aeternum" (short story) by Ellen Klages * "Trademark Bugs: A Legal History" (short story) by Adam Roberts * "Attitude" (novelette) by Linda Nagata * "Invisible Planets" (short story) by Hannu Rajaniemi * "Wilder Still, the Stars" (novelette) by Kathleen Ann Goonan * "'The Entire Immense Superstructure': An Installation" (short story) by Ken MacLeod * "In Babelsberg" (short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Schroeder
Karl Schroeder () (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian science fiction author and a professional futurist. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality, and interstellar travel, and are deeply philosophical. More recently he also focuses on near-future topics. Several of his short stories feature the character Gennady Malianov. Biography Schroeder was born in a Mennonite family in Brandon, Manitoba. In 1986 he moved to Toronto, where he now lives with his wife Janice Beitel and daughter."About Me" at the Karl Schroeder official website After publishing a dozen short stories, Schroeder published his first novel, ''Ventus'', in 2000. A prequel to ''Ventus'', ''Lady of Mazes'', was published in 2005. He has published seven more novels and is co-author (with |
METAtropolis
''METAtropolis'' is a series of science fiction audiobook collections. In 2008, Audible.com released the audiobook anthology ''METAtropolis'', edited by John Scalzi and featuring short fiction in a shared world created by Scalzi, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias Buckell, Jay Lake, and Karl Schroeder. ''METAtropolis'' was planned from the beginning to be released as an audio anthology prior to any print edition. The audiobook featured the voices of Battlestar Galactica actors Michael Hogan, Alessandro Juliani and Kandyse McClure. In 2009 Subterranean Press released a limited edition print run of ''METAtropolis'', which was subsequently published by Tor in a standard hardcover edition, in 2010. In 2009 ''METAtropolis'' received nominations for the Audie Award for Original Work and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form. In 2012 the Audie Award for Original Work was given to ''METAtropolis: Cascadia''. In 2015 ''METAtropolis: The Wings We Dare Aspire'' was a finalist for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locus Magazine
''Locus: The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field'', founded in 1968, is an American magazine published monthly in Oakland, California. It is the news organ and trade journal for the English-language science fiction and fantasy (genre), fantasy fields. It also publishes comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genres (excluding self-published). The magazine also presents the annual Locus Awards. ''Locus Online'' was launched in April 1997, as a semi-autonomous web version of ''Locus Magazine''. History Charles N. Brown, Niekas, Ed Meskys, and Dave Vanderwerf founded ''Locus'' in 1968 as a news fanzine to promote the (ultimately successful) bid to host the 29th World Science Fiction Convention, 1971 World Science Fiction Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally intended to run only until the site-selection vote was taken at St. Louiscon, the 1969 World Science Fiction Convention, Worldcon in St. Louis, Missouri, Brown decided to continue publishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Warming
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth's climate. The current rise in global average temperature is more rapid than previous changes, and is primarily caused by humans burning fossil fuels. Fossil fuel use, deforestation, and some agricultural and industrial practices increase greenhouse gases, notably carbon dioxide and methane. Greenhouse gases absorb some of the heat that the Earth radiates after it warms from sunlight. Larger amounts of these gases trap more heat in Earth's lower atmosphere, causing global warming. Due to climate change, deserts are expanding, while heat waves and wildfires are becoming more common. Increased warming in the Arctic has contributed to melting permafrost, glacial retreat and sea ice loss. Higher temperatures are also causing m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Space Dog
During the 1950s and 1960s the Soviet space program used dogs for sub-orbital and orbital space flights to determine whether human spaceflight was feasible. In this period, the Soviet Union launched missions with passenger slots for at least 57 dogs. The number of dogs in space is smaller, as some dogs flew more than once. Most survived; the few that died were lost mostly through technical failures, according to the parameters of the test. A notable exception is Laika, the first animal to be sent into orbit, whose death during the 3 November 1957 Sputnik 2 mission was expected from its outset. Training Dogs were the preferred animal for the experiments because scientists felt dogs were well suited to endure long periods of inactivity. As part of their training, they were confined in small boxes for 15–20 days at a time. Stray dogs, rather than animals accustomed to living in a house, were chosen because the scientists felt they would be able to tolerate the rigorous and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laika
Laika (russian: link=no, Лайка; – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth. A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957. As the technology to de-orbit had not yet been developed, Laika's survival was never expected. She died of overheating hours into the flight, on the craft's fourth orbit. Little was known about the impact of spaceflight on living creatures at the time of Laika's mission, and animal flights were viewed by engineers as a necessary precursor to human missions. The experiment, which monitored Laika's vital signs, aimed to prove that a living organism could survive being launched into orbit and continue to function under conditions of weakened gravity and increased radiation, providing scientists with some of the first data on the biological effects of spaceflight. Laika died within hours from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kincaid
Paul Kincaid (born 22 September 1952 in Oldham, Lancashire) is a British science fiction critic. Career Kincaid's writing has appeared in a wide range of publications including New Scientist, Times Literary Supplement, Literary Review, New York Review of Science Fiction, Foundation, Science Fiction Studies, Interzone and Strange Horizons. He is a former editor of ''Vector'', the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association. He stepped down as chairman of the Arthur C. Clarke Award in April 2006 after twenty years. He was the 2006 recipient of the Clareson Award for outstanding service in the field of science fiction. Publications * ''A Very British Genre: A Short History of British Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (BSFA, 1995) * As co-editor, with Andrew M. Butler, ''The Arthur C. Clarke Award: A Critical Anthology'' (Daventry, Northants: Serendip Foundation, 2006) * ''What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction'' (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locus (magazine)
''Locus: The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field'', founded in 1968, is an American magazine published monthly in Oakland, California. It is the news organ and trade journal for the English-language science fiction and fantasy fields. It also publishes comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genres (excluding self-published). The magazine also presents the annual Locus Awards. ''Locus Online'' was launched in April 1997, as a semi-autonomous web version of ''Locus Magazine''. History Charles N. Brown, Ed Meskys, and Dave Vanderwerf founded ''Locus'' in 1968 as a news fanzine to promote the (ultimately successful) bid to host the 1971 World Science Fiction Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally intended to run only until the site-selection vote was taken at St. Louiscon, the 1969 Worldcon in St. Louis, Missouri, Brown decided to continue publishing ''Locus'' as a mimeographed general science fiction and fantasy newszine. ''Locus'' succeede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Strahan
Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986. In 1990 he co-founded ''Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy'', and worked on it as co-editor and co-publisher until 1999. He was also co-publisher of Eidolon Books which published Robin Pen's ''The Secret Life of Rubber-Suit Monsters'', Howard Waldrop's ''Going Home Again'', Storm Constantine's ''The Thorn Boy'', and Terry Dowling's ''Blackwater Days''. In 1997 Jonathan worked in Oakland, California for ''Locus: The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field'' as an assistant editor and wrote a regular reviewer column for the magazine until March 1998 when he returned to Australia. In early 1999 Jonathan resumed reviewing and copyediting for ''Locus'', and was then promoted to Reviews Edito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engineering Infinity
''Engineering Infinity'' is a science fiction anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan. It was nominated for a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 2012. Contents The anthology includes 15 stories: * "Beyond the Gernsback Continuum ..." by Jonathan Strahan (Introduction) * "Malak" by Peter Watts (short story) * "Watching the Music Dance" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (short story) * " Laika's Ghost" ( Gennady Malianov series) by Karl Schroeder (novelette) * "The Invasion of Venus" by Stephen Baxter (short story) * "The Server and the Dragon" by Hannu Rajaniemi (short story) * "Bit Rot" ('' Saturn's Children'') by Charles Stross (novelette) * "Creatures with Wings" by Kathleen Ann Goonan (novelette) * "Walls of Flesh, Bars of Bone" by Damien Broderick and Barbara Lamar (novelette) * "Mantis" by Robert Reed (novelette) * "Judgement Eve" by John C. Wright (novelette) * "A Soldier of the City" by David Moles (novelette) * "Mercies" by Gregory Benford (novelette) * "The Ki-anna" by Gwyneth Jon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
