A mission to Mars. A crew of pioneers. A catastrophe that will echo across the stars...In the year 2030, humanity launches its first manned mission to Mars with the dream of colonization. Thirty brave men and women, selected from every corner of the globe, embark on a historic voyage aboard the spacecraft Mars 1. But what begins as a journey of hope soon turns into a chilling struggle for survival.As the Star One lander descends toward the Mart...

Jinn have always been a subject of curiosity for people throughout history, with limited knowledge about them further fueling this interest. Some adherents of Islam, as well as certain philosophers, have rejected their existence, while positivist science has approached it with skepticism due to the lack of concrete evidence so far. Based on the available data, we have had to limit our understanding of their history from our own perspective. Ultimately, we observe that Jinn also possess a f...

In a universe filled with habitable worlds why have we had no contact with extraterrestrial intelligence? David Brin's short story, "The Crystal Spheres," offers a fantastic explanation for the Great Silence. Instead of being late-comers - might humanity have come upon the scene too early? This haunting tale was voted one of the "most beautiful" of the eighties. Winner of the 1985 Hugo Award .

Two star systems, one galaxyUniverse Three has destroyed Everguard. The United Government has to strike back. Humanity sits on the edge of an intergalactic war never before imaginable.Torrance Black: Everguard’s hero signs up to help.Casmir Francis: Universe Three’s director wants a peaceful path to freedom for his people while Deidra—his daughter and heir to his leadership—wants to fight it out now. Is she right? Is she w...

To escape her memories, Lieutenant Commander Noa Sato accepts a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. She’ll need the help of a deadman to pull it off.Takes place before the events of Archangel Down.Originally published in The Expanding Universe 7: An Intergalactic Adventure by Multiple Authors

Disgusted by a series of climate disasters that have destroyed humanity, the ruling artificial intelligences decide that a planetary surface is unsafe for living species. They begin a multi-million year quest to find a safer home for the human race. But the unpredictable humans they resurrect have their own ideas.Roger Williams, author of the influential singularity classic The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect, returns with this complete edition of The Mort...

The action-packed prequel to the #1 Best Selling Sci-Fi Novel, THE CESTUS CONCERN.Assigned to monitor and maintain the Project Hardwired cyborg warrior, Designate Cestus, Engineer First Class Scott Brazier finds himself deep behind enemy lines when everything goes wrong. Caught between terrorists bent on killing him at any cost and a cybernetic super soldier gone rogue, Brazier is forced to face his foes alone.All that stands between the world and unleashed chemical warfare...

Meteors may contain strange and valuable elements. It is the exploration for such things that our author has used as a basis for his aviation story of outer space.

A ship of unknown origins has been discovered drifting in the space between the Althani and Culthan sectors of space. As the ship is in what is "technically" considered to be neutral space, the Althani and the Culthan are aggressively negotiating what should be done with the ship. While they're negotiating, others have taken it upon themselves to investigate the ship without the blessing of either of the governments. Your party is one of these groups. You know that both governments might c...

This work is a science fiction short story (7,777 words). It also appears in Mindscapes: Ten Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories (C) 2014 by Victor D. López.In the year 2020, astronomers discover a previously unknown asteroid that will strike Earth in exactly 666 days. Because of its massive size, it is impossible to deflect or destroy it with the available technology, and it is clear that the impending impact will be an extinction event. While most governments do...

Project Ishtar -- a bold endeavor to terraform Venus, the most volatile planet in the solar system, and the grandest achievement in the spectacular career of famed terraformer Dr. Pascal Saadya. But when Saadya hits a snag in the project, he calls upon his old friend, Captain David Gold of the U.S.S. da Vinci.Part of Saadya's team is a Bynar pair, 1011 and 1110, who are using their species' natural affinity for computers to increase efficiency. Saadya's hope is that they ca...

Mars has been a source of fascination since H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds, a sci-fi fantasy of green-eyed Martians invading and overpowering Earth. In 1971, engineers succeeded in placing a spacecraft into Mars’s orbit with the idea of finding out what was on Mars: Intelligent life? Water? A place people on Earth could move if need be? Since then, a number of missions to Mars have been launched. Now is your chance to help launch the Mars Exploration Rover. Do you have what it tak...