Space Exploration Fiction

Agetha thought her fate was sealed, pushed to the edge of the colony to die. But with the revelation that the biomass is not only intelligent, but sentient, changes to colony are accelerating, threatening its very existence. Those who were controlled by the biomass once again have free will. Now, the human colonists are raising their voices and for the first time really influencing their new home. The planet-wide consciousness is slipping into a crisis of identity, when it doesn't even have a sense of self.

Provenance: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! A power-driven young woman has just one chance to secure the status she craves and regain priceless lost artifacts prized by her people. She must free their thief from a prison planet from which no one has ever returned. Ingray and her charge will return to her home world to find their planet in political turmoil, at the heart of an escalating interstellar conflict. Together, they must make a new plan to salvage Ingray's future, her family, and her world.

The race to Mars had ended generations ago, pushing those seeking fame to venture beyond known borders. Major corporations battled to be first in securing resources and the future, vying for ownership of a new galaxy, akin to historical westward settlers. A single blinking red light signaled a seismic shift—a colossal deposit of zosmodious ore that eclipsed all others. The catch? It lay on an uncharted planet, Code Name Viridian. Could this audacious find reshape the course of humanity, transcending even human boundaries?

Senior co-administrator of the Norcoast Salmon Research Facility, Dr. Mackenzie Connor was a biologist who studied the spawning habits of salmon. Then, last season, just as she and Dr. Emily Mamani were starting their research, they were interrupted by the arrival of Brymm, the first Dhryn to set foot on Earth. And suddenly everything changed for Mac, Emily, Brymn, the human race, and all the member races of the Interspecies Union. Base was attacked, Em was kidnapped by the mysterious Ro, and Mac and brymn had to flee for their lives to the Dhryn home world.

Die komplette Star Wars-Saga erzählt für junge Padawane! Seit Jahrzehnten sind Laserschwerter, Sturmtruppler, Droiden wie R2-D2 oder BB-8 und der Millennium Falke in jedem Kinderzimmer zu finden. Nun wird die komplette Skywalker-Saga vom Kampf zwischen der hellen und der dunklen Seite der Macht in einer weit, weit entfernten Galaxis auch für junge Jedischüler erzählt. In diesem Hörspiel werden kindgerecht alle neun Filme nacherzählt – von Anakins Werdegang in Episode 1 bis zum finalen Duell zwischen dem Imperator, Kylo Ren und Rey in Episode 9.

In a galaxy tied together by the magic of the elite Jump Mages, Damien Montgomery graduates into their numbers—only to discover that without connections, he can't find a ship and is stuck in the Sherwood system. Pirates attacked David Rice's jump freighter, leaving him with a dead Mage and a damaged ship—stuck in Sherwood, where a grieving father has blacklisted him from hiring a replacement Jump Mage.

Three years ago, as Ship's Mage of the starship Blue Jay, Damien Montgomery was pursued to the edge of human space by both the agents and enemies of the Mage-King of Mars—before being brought in from the cold.

Les Aventures du pilote Pirx doivent se lire comme un véritable roman de formation, celui de l’homme à l’ère cosmique, écrit par un des meilleurs exposants mondiaux de la science-fiction, Stanislas Lem.

After a galaxy-destroying cataclysm, a devastated Earth cut free from its universe and fell into the Spiral, an endless twist of thousands of orphaned planets, stars, and alien civilizations, fueled by both advanced technology and magic. Among the planet's refugees is Miles Asher, a soft-spoken tutor with a checkered, secret past. Miles needs to find his way in this world—and quickly. When he's hired onto the Starlit Kipper as ship's healer, Miles quickly realizes his Harmonizer-class magic isn't up to the challenge . . . yet.

Mars, terminus, tout le monde descend ! Alors qu'une sonde robotisée se pose enfin sur Mars, prélude à une première mission habitée vers la planète rouge, Elma York embarque à bord de la navette qui la ramènera sur Terre après une affectation de trois mois sur la Lune. Mais le retour ne se passe pas comme prévu : un incident contraint son appareil à se poser en urgence dans un champ désert, loin du lieu d'atterrissage initial.

The revolution that won Coyote's independence from Earth is 20 years past. Coyote's aging computers, aircraft, and medical equipment are badly in need of replacement. And the colony's survival is in question. Now the colony's hard-won independence depends on the descendants of Coyote's original settlers-versus help from Earth that may be more of a detriment than a boon.

Hackett, in his trusty ship the Perseus, is not just a space traveller—beginning his travels with an expedition to Neptune and back—but, thanks to the time-dilation effect, a time traveller as well. His new mission will take him to Andromeda, to get a close-up look at the constellation which will eventually crash into the Milky Way, and give humanity a heads-up about the challenges which are coming. A mission which will take him five million years to complete. Not only is Hackett exploring unknown space, but he will return to a vastly different time.

Una aventura apasionante y futurista, que lleva al oyente a vivir las emociones de un insólito viaje y de un destino imprevisible con el que la humanidad finalmente se enfrentaría.

From the ruins of Stonehenge to the starships of Vallon he sought the secret of a trace of memory. When the man named Legion signed on as a soldier of fortune, he did not expect to end up as the master of a private island, nor to cower in ancient druid pits, nor fight for his life in the great hall of Okk-Hamiloth on a planet galaxies away.

Stranded on a godforsaken mining outpost and left with no choice but to eke out a harsh living, Sergeant Carly Becker dreams of the day she might once again fight the good fight. But with rumors of the military’s annihilation, she questions whether any fight remains, let alone a good one. To find out, she must miracle her way into Chalice City, then onto a ship to carry her off world. But Chalice is a poisonous metropolis in more ways than one, and to survive its soaring towers, her fight may begin far earlier than expected.

Athshe, planète lointaine de 27 années-lumière de la Terre, a été colonisée, il y a un million d'années, par le peuple de Hain. Alors qu'elle est toute entière couverte d'eau et de forêts d'essences d'arbres terriens et peuplée par des humanoïdes à la fourrure verte, un vaisseau intervient pour installer un système de communication avec la Terre.

An interstellar craft is decelerating after its century-long voyage. Its destination is V538 Aurigae, a now-empty planet dominated by one gigantic megastructure, a conical mountain of such height that its summit is high above the atmosphere. The ship's crew of five hope to discover how the long-departed builders made such a colossal thing, and why: a space elevator? a temple? a work of art? Its resemblance to the mountain of purgatory lead the crew to call this world Dante.

Scientist and dream investigator Artemis is travelling to the distant moon of Oneiros. Her ship, the Chimera has been sent to look for organisms that will help assuage Earth's global warming, but it becomes clear on the journey that there are other disturbing reasons for the mission. Accompanied by dryads – sophisticated AIs with synthetic bodies – nothing is quite as it seems, even desire. Are we just a template of memories and experiences, or is there something that makes us uniquely human?

El Hombre de Marte de Guy de Maupassant se publicó originalmente en la revista anual Paris-Noлl de diciembre de 1887, y encontró su inspiración en el descubrimiento de los supuestos "canales de Marte" inspirados en las teorías de Giovanni Schiaparelli o Percival Lowell. Guy de Maupassant construyó esta historia inspirado en estas y otras increíbles apreciaciones de los científicos de su tiempo.

Cynbelline Khaw is a woman of many names. She’s Generosity, a cultist who never quite fit in. She’s Bella, the daughter who failed to save her cousin’s life. And then there’s Cyn, the notorious bounty hunter who spaced a ship of slavers. She’s exhausted, lonely, and on her very last legs—but then a new client offers her a job she can’t refuse: a bounty on the kidnapper who killed her cousin. All Cyn has to do is partner with the crew of the Calamity, a scouting vessel she encountered when she was living under a previous alias.