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Universe 9
''Universe 9'' is an anthology of original science fiction short stories edited by Terry Carr, the ninth volume in the seventeen-volume Universe (anthology series), Universe anthology series. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday (publisher), Doubleday in May 1979, with a paperback edition from Popular Library, Fawcett Popular Library in April 1980, and a British hardcover edition from Dennis Dobson in May 1980. The book collects nine novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors. A brief introduction precedes each story. Contents * "Frost Animals" (Bob Shaw) * "Nuclear Fission (short story), Nuclear Fission" (Paul David Novitski) * "Time Shards" (Gregory Benford) * "The Captain and the Kid" (Marta Randall) * "The Back Road (Pangborn story), The Back Road" (Mary C. Pangborn) * "Will the Chill" (John Shirley) * "Chicken of the Tree" (Juleen Brantingham) * "The White Horse Child" (Greg Bear) * "Eight Worlds, Options" (John Varley (author), John Varley) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Shards
Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to compare the duration of events or the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change of quantities in material reality or in the conscious experience. Time is often referred to as a fourth dimension, along with three spatial dimensions. Time has long been an important subject of study in religion, philosophy, and science, but defining it in a manner applicable to all fields without circularity has consistently eluded scholars. Nevertheless, diverse fields such as business, industry, sports, the sciences, and the performing arts all incorporate some notion of time into their respective measuring systems. 108 pages. Time in physics is operationally defined as "what a clock reads". The physical nature of time is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
