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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...
Author:
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. Liber
Author:
Publisher:
Irish Eyes Books
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
In 2011, David Forte was a divorced father, veteran, and agent for HomeWorld Security. Then he disappeared. In 2054, David is yanked from a failing stasis pod into a world he doesn't recognize.He lost so much. He needs to find his place. In finding lost family, he finds a new chance. Lucy Santos helps heal his body, heart, and soul.Mankind reclaimed their world once, and they will be called upon to do it again. They are not alone.The Sorracchi aren't...
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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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"--
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,...
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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...
Publisher:
Lionsgate
Pub. Date:
©2023
Language:
English
Average Rating:
2.5 stars
Description:
Beth, a popular writer, and her husband Don, a well-liked teacher, share the kind of relationship that truly, seriously, for the love of God cannot be real: that is, they're actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished; in fact, they seem to relish the opportunity to share a single ice cream cone and drive others including their son, Charlie mad. Should it come...
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.
Author:
Series:
Kurt Austin adventure volume 10
Language:
English
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Description:
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.
Author:
Publisher:
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
Players in the latest virtual reality experience are up against the world's greatest megacorp following a deadly conspiracy in this tie-in to the Ubisoft video game, HYPER SCAPE! The year is 2054. The world has turned darker over the last three decades, making for a hard day-to-day existence. People have found solace in the HYPER SCAPE-a virtual landscape run by the world's most powerful megacorp, Prisma Dimensions, where recreation, entertainment,...
19. Là 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...
20. Our Shared Storm
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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...