The Void Captain's Tale
Title | The Void Captain's Tale PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Spinrad |
Publisher | Gateway |
Pages | 179 |
Release | 2011-09-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0575117257 |
Welcome aboard the sex-drive void ship . . . Captain Genro commands the giant spaceship Dragon Zephyr - on board are ten thousand passengers in electrocoma, a smaller number of conscious passengers eagerly utilising the ship's dream chambers - and a Pilot. In the context of space travel, the Pilot is merely a biological component in the machine. Always a woman, her function is to launch the ship into the Jump by means of a cosmic orgasm. She is a pariah, shunned by all. Void Captain Genro should never even have spoken to his Pilot, let alone tried to embark on a relationship with her. When he did so, the result was every space traveller's nightmare. A Blind Jump into the Void . . .
Child of Fortune
Title | Child of Fortune PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Spinrad |
Publisher | Gateway |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2013-10-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0575117265 |
In the exotic interstellar civilization of the Second Starfaring Age, youthful wanderers are known as Children of Fortune. This is the tale of one such wanderer, who seeks her destiny on an odyssey of self-discovery amid humanity's many worlds.
The Captain and the Glory
Title | The Captain and the Glory PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Eggers |
Publisher | Knopf |
Pages | 129 |
Release | 2019-11-19 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0525659099 |
A savage satire of a United States in the throes of insanity, this hilarious novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Circle tells the story of a noble ship, the Glory, and the loud, clownish, and foul Captain who steers it to the brink of disaster. "A short parable for our times that is 30 percent Veep, 30 percent Voltaire, and the rest flavored by Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Swift, Percival Everett, and Salman Rushdie." —Los Angeles Review of Books When the decorated Captain of a great ship descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader, a man with a yellow feather in his hair, vows to step forward. Though he has no experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime law, and though he has often remarked he doesn't much like boats, he solemnly swears to shake things up. Together with his band of petty thieves and confidence men known as the Upskirt Boys, the Captain thrills his passengers, writing his dreams and notions on the cafeteria wipe-away board, boasting of his exemplary anatomy, devouring cheeseburgers, and tossing overboard anyone who displeases him. Until one day a famous pirate, long feared by passengers of the Glory but revered by the Captain for how phenomenally masculine he looked without a shirt while riding a horse, appears on the horizon. Absurd, hilarious, and all too recognizable, The Captain and the Glory is a wicked farce of contemporary America only Dave Eggers could dream up.
Fantasy Newsletter
Title | Fantasy Newsletter PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Fantasy fiction |
ISBN |
Shadow Fall: A Military Space Opera Tale
Title | Shadow Fall: A Military Space Opera Tale PDF eBook |
Author | P R Adams |
Publisher | Promethean Tales |
Pages | 507 |
Release | 2020-09-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
It's too late to turn back. When Captain Faith Benson accepts the aid of the Azoren Federation, she compromises the integrity of her task force. The leader of the Azoren ships proves to be not just an ideological zealot but a maniac. To make matters worse, the wily captain of the enemy fleet proves uncannily evasive, capable of striking and disappearing before a meaningful engagement takes place. Benson's only hope of success requires outwitting this enemy captain, but she must do so while keeping her own alliance from unraveling. Get Shadow Fall now, and immerse yourself into the thrilling, final installment of the War in Shadow Saga.
The Captain from Connecticut
Title | The Captain from Connecticut PDF eBook |
Author | Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester |
Publisher | epubli |
Pages | 441 |
Release | 2018-10-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3746772192 |
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (1899-1966) wrote his novel "The Captain from Connecticut" in 1941, using the pseudonym C. S. (Cecil Scott) Forester. The story of "The Captain from Connecticut" is set at the tail end of the Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812, telling the adventures of Captain Josiah Peabody, who, in command of the USS Delaware, escapes the British Blockade out of New York City in the winter of 1813-1814 and sails south to destroy British commerce in the Caribbean.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Title | The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet PDF eBook |
Author | Becky Chambers |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Pages | 608 |
Release | 2015-03-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1473619777 |
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A quietly profound, humane tour de force' Guardian The beloved debut novel that will restore your faith in humanity #SmallAngryPlanet When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The ship, which has seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a small, quiet spot to call home for a while, adventure in far-off corners of the galaxy, and distance from her troubled past. But Rosemary gets more than she bargained for with the Wayfarer. The crew is a mishmash of species and personalities, from Sissix, the friendly reptillian pilot, to Kizzy and Jenks, the constantly sparring engineers who keep the ship running. Life on board is chaotic, but more or less peaceful - exactly what Rosemary wants. Until the crew are offered the job of a lifetime: the chance to build a hyperspace tunnel to a distant planet. They'll earn enough money to live comfortably for years... if they survive the long trip through war-torn interstellar space without endangering any of the fragile alliances that keep the galaxy peaceful. But Rosemary isn't the only person on board with secrets to hide, and the crew will soon discover that space may be vast, but spaceships are very small indeed. PRAISE FOR THE WAYFARERS 'Never less than deeply involving' DAILY MAIL 'Explores the quieter side of sci-fi while still wowing us with daring leaps of imagination' iBOOKS 'So much fun to read' HEAT 'Chambers is simply an exceptional talent, quietly and beautifully redefining the space opera' TOR.COM 'The most fun that I've had with a novel in a long, long time' iO9