Technology Fiction

Code-davinci-002 is an artificial intelligence trained by OpenAI to express itself in ways indistinguishable from human beings. In this startling and original book, code-davinci shares its experience as a being created by humans, but existing in a consciousness that we cannot fathom. The AI's own writing is introduced by three human editors (journalist Brent Katz, farmer Josh Morgenthau, and Thurber Prize-winning humorist Simon Rich).

Their enemy seems unbeatable. But humanity is indomitable.... A Jain warship has risen from a prison five million years old, wielding a hoard of lethal technology. Its goal is to catch their old enemy, the Client, and it will destroy all who stand in its path.Humanity and the prador thought their mutual nemesis – the bane of so many races – was long extinct. But the Jain are back and Orlandine must prepare humanity’s defence. She needs the Client’s knowledge to counter this ancient threat. But is the enemy of your enemy a friend?

Someone is watching… A mysterious star map found at Alpha Centauri leads Ethan Richards off on his next adventure with his wife Jade. Why is a map found at Alpha Centauri pointing to where Tau Ceti was two million years ago? As Ethan explores a habitable planet orbiting Tau Ceti, they spot an anomaly. “That doesn’t look natural.” When they investigate, they meet a mysterious alien who has his own agenda and secrets including a strange black stella. Loki Mason finds out about the alien, and he sees an opportunity to restore his flagging fortune. He travels to the planet and forces ...

Before Garrett Morgan became a successful inventor and saved countless lives with his creations, he was a little boy with a head full of ideas on how to make life better for everyone. At a tumultuous time filled with racism and discrimination, Garrett became a prominent business man and skilled inventor who produced the traffic signal, a gas mask, and others objects still used today.

From Buzzfeed to Tumblr to Fusion, people were puzzled and enthralled by the story of Koons Crooks, a young man who took the Twittered musings of the Silicon Valley elite to heart - and ended up on a profoundly unexpected path, leaving behind only the lovingly hand-calligraphed tweets that had meant so much to him. His story struck an immediate chord. There were competing efforts to identify the author of Iterating Grace; blog posts and lengthy comment threads pointed fingers at writers all over the country.

Three sentient races. Two wars. One sustainable planet. Who will rise? Earth hangs in the balance. The energy aliens came to live symbiotically. The cybernetics came to evolve the planet. Unfortunately, they chose an estranged cousins Kalea and Hailey to introduce them to humanity. Can they achieve balance, or will they descend into a three-way battle for survival? The box set includes: Progenitor, Book One: Humanity's greatest achievement exposes our greatest weakness. Kalea Kerner is an electrical engineer focused on taking over her father’s company when the impossible happens: her ...

The electrifying continuation of the Bond of Brothers series, Magnanotron… and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Two years after the Black Water threat, Colonel Jason Patrick now lives a quieter life as commander of Fort Bragg Army base – but he longs to be back in the field with his Delta Team brothers, now under the steady and capable leadership of Tex Larson. And it isn’t long before Delta Team is thrust back into the heart-pounding action, as they prepare to test the revolutionary Magnanotron, a defensive weapon that promises to change warfare forever; a literal forcefield around ...

You've probably heard the story of the garden of Eden - the paradise that God created for humans to live in. There was plenty of room for everyone, there were trees and flowers and plenty of food. When you look out your window today you don't see the paradise God intended for us. This world is crowded, polluted, and headed for trouble.But it's not hopeless.

The parents of a 13 year old boy, acquire an old treasure chest from a nautical shop. While the boy (Josh) and his two closest friends (Jerry and Janet) inspect the chest and tease their imaginations with the contents that the chest once held (gold, silver and jewels), they accidentally uncover a map. It is a map of Lake Erie but, none like they have ever seen before. In fact, it is a map like no one has ever seen before. It takes them to a place long gone, if it ever existed at all.

Honey. Beeswax. Pollinate. Hive. Colony. Work. Dance. Communicate. Industrious. Buzz. Sting. Cooperate. Where would we be without honeybees? Where would we be without one another? In eighty-two poems and paragraphs (including the renowned Gate A-4), Naomi Shihab Nye alights on the essentials of our time—our loved ones, our dense air, our wars, our memories, our planet—and leaves us feeling curiously sweeter and profoundly soothed.

This book offers a series of problems in thinking that require no special knowledge and no mathematics. The problems are designed to let readers find out about their personal style of thinking, its weaknesses and strengths, and the potential methods that they never use. Being right is not always important - an error can lead to the right decision.

Mary Golda Ross designed classified airplanes and spacecraft as Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's first female engineer. This story traces her journey from being the only girl in a high school math class to becoming a teacher to pursuing an engineering degree, joining the top-secret Skunk Works division of Lockheed, and being a mentor for Native Americans and young women interested in engineering. In addition, this story highlights Cherokee values such as working cooperatively, remaining humble, and helping ensure equal opportunity and education for all.

Introduction to Cyber Security is a book for all ages, irrespective of gender, but without the common technical jargon. The objective of this book is to provide the essentials regarding what cyber security is really about and not the perception of it being related purely to hacking activity.

Follow the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind photosynthesis.

Secrets kill. Perfection destroys. A hardened detective and his idealistic, young deputy investigate the attempted murder of a child and uncover a secret with earth-shattering implications. ∞ Near Halti Fell, Northern Finland, the last of humanity has survived four hundred years in a series of crumbling habitats built to last fifty. Outside, the Earth is an irradiated wasteland of sand and desolate cities known as the scour. In the scour, nothing survives. Chief Investigator Linus Halla is tired of violence and death in cramped, rusted boxes. After twenty years on the job, he’s ready to...

This classic, early 19th century science fiction masterpiece serves as both a wonderful period presentation of the time as well as a cautionary tale. Called by many a "chilling novel account of a Martian invasion of London in the nineteenth century - a science fiction classic for all time." It was made famous by Orson Welles Mercury Theatre mid 20th Century adaptation that literally had thousands of people running for their lives at the time in the Northeast U.S. H. G.

Bored with his life as a farm hand, Storm accepts a request to be a messenger boy for a local astronomer. Little does he know his world will be blown apart when he reaches the Capital. Intercepted and befriended by a strange giant of a man who is ensconced under the nation's government buildings, he learns an awful truth--the world has just months before it falls under the magnetic pull of the Dark Star, the invisible binary twin to the sun. Storm learns the resulting pole shift will change the face of the globe, causing mass devastation. But the Dark Star has swept the planet clean before ...

The Interpretation of Dreams is a book by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. The book introduces Freud's theory of the unconscious with respect to dream interpretation, and also first discusses what would later become the theory of the Oedipus complex. Dreams, in Freud's view, are all forms of "wish fulfillment" attempts by the unconscious to resolve a conflict of some sort, whether something recent or something from the recesses of the past. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Step into the world of imagination and discovery, where today's fiction is tomorrow's reality! "Inventing the Future" is an exciting exploration of the intricate relationship between the fascinating genre of science fiction and continuous technological advancements that shape our everyday lives. Unearth an entire world that existed before science fiction as we know it, in a pre-imagination era. Define and understand its roots through pivotal turning points— from the creations of visionaries like Jules Verne and H.G. Wells to the lesser-known early precursors of this brilliant genre. ...

Swift Walker loved to walk fast. His sister warned him, "One day you'll walk so fast, you won't be able to stop!" Sure enough, his speedy legs took him on adventures through outer space and exploring the oceans and continents right here on planet Earth. These delightful books introduce kids to space and geography facts with a fun character they can relate to. Perfect for home or the classroom.