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Penguin Press
Pub. Date:
©2024
Language:
English
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"It is twenty years after the catastrophic war between the United States and China that brought down the old American political order. A new party has emerged in the US, one that's 2019;s held power for over a decade. Efforts to cement its grip have resulted in mounting violent resistance. The American president has control of the media, but he is beginning to lose control of the streets. Many fear he's 2019;ll stop at nothing to remain in the White...
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Publisher:
Page Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
Where will our misuse of our planet take us? The title refers to a time in the not-too-distant future and asks questions about what our future will look like. Also, the book asks what do we truly know about our beginnings on this planet. Do the cycle of birth life and the finality of death apply to the human race, or can we avoid extinction? To what lengths might we go in such an endeavor? What we are learning through scientific advancements suggests...
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Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
A humanlike bot has an emotional awakening, which leads him on a quest for connection.
2054. Humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated the moon. At a screening of a classic movie, Jared notices a strange sensation around his eyes. Bots are not permitted to have feelings, but as the theater lights come on, Jared discovers he is crying. But a bot with feelings could be a danger, and Jared's new life could come...
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Publisher:
iUniverse
Pub. Date:
2000
Language:
English
Description:
The year is 2054. Brenda Warrick, an aspiring young fighter pilot trainee for the USAF, dreams of earning the highest of all awards: the Star of Courage. A war bubbling in Australia may grant her the chance she needs, but does she have what it takes to overcome the disasters and tragedies along the way?
Author:
Publisher:
Andrews UK
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
Description:
Amsterdam 2054: Damen van Hool is working on just another job: directing the vid story of how, three decades before, gravity wave signals were detected from another intelligence. His work takes him inside the datasystems of Kittcorps, the international corporation set up to exploit the new science and technologies arising from the alien contact. But he stumbles across something that Kittcorps would rather keep secret; something which puts him in mortal...
7. Muslim Mars
Author:
Publisher:
Christian Hale
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
It is the year 2054, and both Europe and China have established scientific research colonies on Mars. But Europe is in turmoil and has only just now exited a devastating war. A peace deal has been reached with the Arab and Turkish armies that occupy southern Europe, and among the terms of the agreement is one point that goes beyond Earth: Europe must open its colony on Mars to Muslim immigrants. As hundreds and soon thousands of Muslims arrive at...
Author:
Publisher:
White Point Books
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
Eros Zeta is a feckless, flaky popstar living in Antarctica in the year 2054 and he's got a load of problems. He's addicted to an alien drug called Sky, he's got a crazy girlfriend and a nasty old manager, plus nobody understands him. Suffering from writers block and unable to create any new music, he hears about a machine called the Hypnogogue which runs on magic, sex and drugs, among other things. He decides to travel to Korea where he will meet...
Author:
Publisher:
JMS Books LLC
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
The year is 2062, eight years since the United Nations evolved into the Global Alliance of Nations, when the last hold-out country signed the Intergovernmental Peace Treaty of 2054. So why, when a spacecraft of unknown origin crash-lands in a remote area of the Black Hills, SD, is Dr. Trevor Barwell filled with dread? The Peace Treaty should extend to any visitors to Earth, correct? As a doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières, Trevor is ready to aid...
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Publisher:
Black Rose Writing
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
Detective Simon Grave's tour of a local winery turns sour when a body is discovered in the fermentation tank for his favorite wine, Duct Tape Chardonnay. To solve the murder, he and his team of fellow detectives will have to question strangers, a long-lost love, and his choice in wines.Publishers Weekly describes Boswell's PenCraft Award-winning series as a "genre-defying" adventure, a sort of cozy, sort of sci-fi, sort of paranormal, always-funny...
11. RetroActive
Author:
Publisher:
Les Humanoïdes Associés
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
French
Description:
2054. Tarik est un fonctionnaire d'un genre particulier : son département utilise le voyage dans le temps pour modifier le passé et façonner le présent. Mais lorsque des anomalies se manifestent dans la ligne du temps, Tarik est chargé d'en découvrir la source. Avant cela, il lui faudra trouver comment s'échapper de la boucle temporelle dans laquelle il se retrouve piégé…
12. A Good Life
Author:
Publisher:
Granta Books
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Description:
Framed by the story of a son finding his late father's journal, a meditation on love, meaning, and morality by the author of The Philosopher and the Wolf. Myshkin was born on a certain day and died on a certain day-and some things happened to him in between. These things presented him with ethical questions, and this book is a record of his attempt to answer those questions. Discovered in 2054 by his son after Myshkin's death in the Florida Keys,...
Author:
Publisher:
AuthorHouse UK
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
Description:
(1) This Story is about two Concorde Pilots being pulled off Concorde to help stop a time traveller from stealing artefacts from the earlier period in time which could change the future. They land up on Titanic with only four days before she sinks to stop him. (2) Magical happenings within a book shop once owed by Amzar the Magician now run by his apprentice Brian, be enchanted with what unfolds magical events that will keep you enthralled. (3) Mission...
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Series:
Dimension volume 1
Publisher:
Soundriver
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
German
Description:
Auriga ist nicht der Planet, nach dem wir gesucht haben. Als sich 2054 in der Nähe der Erde wie aus dem Nichts ein Wurmloch öffnet, entdecken Forscher auf der anderen Seite einen bisher unbekannten Exoplaneten im Sternbild Auriga. Dass der 730 Lichtjahre entfernte, erdnahe Himmelskörper in der habitablen Zone eines roten Zwergs liegt, kommt einem Wunder gleich. 2083: Unter der Leitung der ESA wird die größte Forschungsmission in der Geschichte...
15. LÃ o va le feu
Author:
Publisher:
Le Lys Bleu Éditions
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
French
Description:
2054, une décennie de sécheresse. La terre succombe sous d'ardents rayons solaires. Plus une pousse, plus une goutte, le soleil est à son apogée, il brûle tout. Tom Lancéphale est l'un des derniers rescapés de la race humaine. Pour survivre, il vit sous terre, loin de la fournaise régnant en surface. Soudain, après de longs mois de sursis et de solitude, une ère glaciaire s'abat en un éclair, gelant tout sur son passage. Tom se réveillera...
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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"After divorce shatters her family, one woman's struggle to pick up the pieces finally leads to a new beginning--but is the past truly behind her? #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber explores the powerful intersections of love and family in this poignant novel"--
17. Our Shared Storm
Author:
Publisher:
Fordham University Press
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
Through speculative fiction, five interlocking novelettes explore the possible realities of our climate future. What is the future of our climate? Given that our summers now regularly feature Arctic heat waves and wildfire blood skies, polar vortex winters that reach all the way down to Texas, and "100-year" storms that hit every few months, it may seem that catastrophe is a done deal. As grim as things are, however, we still have options. Combining...
18. After Life
Author:
Publisher:
Vincent Zandri
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
AFTER YOU DIE, YOU WILL BE MORE ALIVE IN THE METAVERSE THAN YOU WERE ON EARTH! The year is 2054. Writer Casey Smith is dead. He died when his car crashed into the back of a semi just moments after running over an innocent person who got in his way immediately after he robbed a bank. But now, instead of going to heaven or hell, Casey finds himself alive again in the Metaverse. He also finds himself still on the run from the police for the crimes he...
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Series:
Kurt Austin adventure volume 10
Language:
English
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When a NUMA research vessel is suddenly destroyed by a malevolent black substance originally mistaken for an oil spill, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala pursue an investigation in the Indian Ocean, where they discover a plot targeting millions of victims.
Publisher:
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2013]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Description:
John McClane, the heroic New York cop with a knack for being in the wrong place at the right time, is back, and his latest predicament takes him all the way to Russia to track down his estranged son, Jack, who has been imprisoned in Moscow. But the mission takes a deadly turn as father and son must join forces to thwart a nuclear weapons heist that could trigger World War III.