This book is a condensation of a large body of work concerning human learning carried out over a period of more than five years by Dr. Sun and his collaborators. In a nutshell, this work is concerned with a broad framework for studying human cognition based on a new approach that is characterized by its focus on the dichotomy of, and the interaction between, explicit and implicit cognition and a computational model that implements this framework.In this work, a broad, generic compu...

Faster-than-Light Travel Changes EverythingCasmir Francis commands Universe Three agents hidden across the Solar System. Together they stay a step ahead of the United Government.The game changes when the UG achieves faster-than-light travel and the ability to control the galaxy. To remain free Casmir’s web of operatives must pull off the most audacious operation ever undertaken.Failure means Universe Three will be destroyed and Casmir will ...

A dedicated officer. A dismissive command.Rebel factions breaking away.And—on a harsh, desolate planet—a sentient species, struggling to build a civilization.Stealing the Sun, a space-based Science Fiction series from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Science Fiction author Ron Collins---STARFLIGHTAbsence of evidence is not evidence of absenceEverguar...

This Element asserts how identity as a construct enables a critical awareness of how speakers position themselves and are positioned by others in intercultural encounters. It discusses how identity vis-à-vis culture has been theorized through social psychological, poststructuralist, and critical lenses, and how identity is discursively constructed and mediated. Rejecting essentialist notions of language and culture, this Element demonstrates how inscriptions of identity such as race, ethni...

A black hole connected to the sun.A race against time.A question of who lives and who dies.Across distant star systems, forces clash to save the worlds they love.Torrance Black, stranded on a dying planet, gambles on one last hope.Baraq Waganat, the quadar who triggered civil war, yearns to fulfil a legacy.Allie Feder, brilliant physicist, chases the universe’s most...

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absenceEverguard’s mission: Establish a multidimensional gate inside Alpha Centauri A for Interstellar Command to fuel their new faster-than-light starship.Lieutenant Commander Torrance Black, career already on shaky grounds, finds himself facing a quandry.Did they just contact sentient life in the Centauri system?Will humankind sacrifice an entire alien species in their quest for the stars?

War across the systems.A lifelong quest to find intelligent life.And—on a harsh, desolate planet—a sentient species, struggling to build a civilization.Stealing the Sun, a space-based Science Fiction series from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Amazon Science Fiction author Ron Collins---STARGAMESIntergalactic War Is ChaosDeidra Francis: Director of the U...

Reeling from war, the United Government’s Interstellar Command wants control. In constant fear of discovery, Universe Three wants revenge.Amid a changing starscape of intrigue Torrance Black—hero turned science ambassador—gets one more chance to find intelligent life outside the Solar System: convince the most prominent scientists alive to spend one of their precious Star Drive missions on a trip to Alpha Centauri A.Win and he saves an alien species. Lose and his career is ...

A Streak of Light Across a Clouded SkyA distant planet. A harsh and desolate surface shrouded in layers of poisonous clouds. A sentient species formed by generations fighting both themselves and the planet they live on.A blinding light burns through the sky before crashing into the farthest reaches of the desert lands.Families want to own it. Priests want to turn it to their favor. But Jafred E'Lar, his clan’s representative to the Council,...

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...

First You Have To SurviveTorrance Black: wounded, alone, and adrift in deep space. His tiny shuttle holds short rations and scant fuel.Ahead lies his only chance—a planet too desolate to support life. At least that’s what his “experts” told him. But someone must have sent the signals that changed his life back when he was on Everguard.Torrance believes. He’s always believed.He might die, but if he makes it to the planet he ...

War across the systems.A lifelong quest to find intelligent life.And—on a harsh, desolate planet—a sentient species, struggling to build a civilization.Stealing the Sun, a space-based Science Fiction series from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Amazon Science Fiction author Ron Collins---STARCLASHTwo star systems, one galaxy