System Fiction

Q: When is a planet not a planet? Scientists have argued for years over the answer to this question. And central to their debate has been Pluto, the tiny orb circling the Sun at the outermost reaches of our solar system. Then on August 24, 2006, a group of astronomers made a big announcement: Pluto could no longer be considered a planet.

Young Simon Beck is terrified of his upcoming astronomy test, until a friendly alien named Neil Newton shows up and takes him a tour of the solar system that he will never forget. However, zipping around space isn't as easy as it seems when they have to dodge ice rocks in Saturn's rings and escape a dust storm on Mars. In the end, Simon becomes an expert on all the planets, and even the Sun, but his teacher has a big surprise for him at the end.

Als der Erzähler ein französisches "Maison de Santé" besucht, erklärt ihm der Anstaltsleiter, vom bisherigen System der "Besänftigung" abgekommen zu sein. Vielmehr wende man bei den Patienten nunmehr wieder striktere Methoden an. Doch warum benehmen sich die Gäste bei Tisch so merkwürdig? Langsam kommt dem Erzähler ein Verdacht, der sich nur allzu bald auf drastische Weise erhärtet... Ein typischer Poe.

In this volume, Hillary discovers her plan to escape. Jia's lesbian seduction has a serious problem. Jia's a step ahead, and to make sure Hillary understands that, Jia ensures she not only has to perform but has to do it in front of many in a humiliating public lesbian sex encounter!

Will's latest adventure with his transformer robot Planetron starts with a tricky math problem that leads them to some of the wonders in the Milky Way Galaxy: triple-star systems, exploding suns, huge nebulas, and strange pulsars.

How are you? In your lifetime, you are going to be asked this a few thousand times. Or at least it seems like you are. The problem is when a question becomes so common it tends to carry less meaning. We answer, “Fine” without thinking, an automatic response much like saying “Hello.” But are you fine? Really?

Join Solus, the Lonely Alien, on his journey through the stars and universe in search of a new home. Explore the entire Solar System through interesting facts on what makes each planet so special.

Tony’s mom, Al, is a terrific single mother who works as a dancer at the Kitty Kat Club. Twelve-year-old Tony is a budding artist, inspired by backstage life at the club. When some of his drawings end up in an art show and catch the attention of the social services agency, Al and Tony find themselves in the middle of a legal wrangle and a media circus. Is Al a responsible mother? It’s the case of the stripper vs. the state, and Al isn’t giving Tony up without a fight.

Las temperaturas bajo cero, un calor quemante, y tormentas más grandes que el planeta Tierra son sólo algunos de los climas raros que encontrarás en tu viaje ¡a través del sistema solar! Obtén sus hechos divertidos junto con el pronóstico para cada uno de los planetas principales, así como una luna (Titán) y un planeta enano (Plutón). ¡Prepárate para algo divertido y fuera de este mundo con el pronóstico del sistema solar!

Descubre la adaptación del cuento de Jonathan Swift, Los viajes de Gulliver. La adaptación ha sido realizada por Kathleen Hershner y está concebida para que la comprensión auditiva se adapte a un nivel intermedio, de esta forma puedes seguir la historia y mejorar tu inglés al mismo tiempo.

Un audio delicioso con canciones y cuentos. El audio trata de "Davey", un perro que acompaña al niño en el audio utilizando números, colores, adjetivos y mucho más. El audio está destinado a niños de entre dos y seis años.

Tiana and her partners on La Valishniña sail to Europe during a war with the Barbary Coast pirates.

Trident Nottingham III had an idea that would change the world forever: a shipbrain designed to make interstellar flight less restrictive and reduce the amount of time one spent attempting to meet regulations. What he didn't expect was that the shipbrain would develop a mind of its own.

Eichard, an organic farmer from Repreter, has one last haul of horch to sell at the Tri-Star System Farmer's Market. His retirement plan includes the installation of NanoDream Electronic's shipbrain Electra Five-Seven-Niner, the world's first of its kind. When he is boarded by pirates in the middle of the Lawless Zone, the memory of his dead daughter haunts him, and the pirates get more than they'd bargained for.

When Brood Company of the Star-System Elite Guards receive a distress call from a disabled vessel, they discover things are more dire than originally believed. Stranded in the middle of the Lawless Zone, the heavy freighter, Dead Ringer, has been overrun by Slugs and possibly... something even more diabolical, and deadly. Donovan "Dreadnaught" Vance, noob to the Guards, must survive along with the rest of his company to shut down an out of control shipbrain--Electra Five-Seven-Niner. Aliens meets Ex Machina in this homicidal race against the clock.

In this episode, Jack Stone-Hard agrees to help the eunuchs at the Infirmus Outpost on Mira Secundus to free their women from the infamous pirate, Morgan Spacebane. Will Jack save the women, and stop Morgan from murdering everyone that shows discontentment with the pirate’s sexual abilities?

This dog’s about to blast off. Will his trip be out-of-this-world? Arthur can’t wait to make his first flight into outer space. Jumping for joy, he’s rocketing off on a mission to see the twinkling stars. And once he boards his ship, he’s eager to sniff out the most paw-some planets in our solar system. Flying to each of the heavenly bodies circling our sun, Arthur has to find out what makes each one so special. But from worlds with rings and moons to balls of gas and rock, he’s not sure how to choose his favorite place in space.

Below-freezing temperatures, scorching heat, and storms bigger than planet Earth are just some of the wild weather you will encounter on your trip through the solar system! Get your fun facts along with your forecast for each major planet as well as a moon (Titan) and a dwarf planet (Pluto). Get ready for some out-of-this-world fun with Solar System Forecast!

Look up into the sky on any cloudless night, and chances are you’ll see the Moon. Our glowing neighbor in space is as familiar to us as the Sun and the stars. You may even have imagined walking on its surface. But how much do you really know about the Moon? You may already know that the Moon is our planet’s only natural satellite, that it circles the Earth, and that we can watch it go through phases from round and full to thin like a sickle. But do you know how high you could jump on the Moon? Or what the Moon’s seas are made of?

In this story, Buster's imagination takes him on a trip through the solar system on a rocket ship. He sees the earth and moon from space. As he sets off to explore the rest of the solar system, he encounters asteroids and many strange and wonderful sights.