Earthwatch: A survey of the world from space
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Contains photographs of the earth's surface transmitted from the orbiting Landsat satellite
Charles Sheffield Boeken
25 juni 1935 – 2 november 2002
Charles A. Sheffield was een in Engeland geboren wiskundige, natuurkundige en sciencefictionauteur. Zijn werken duiken vaak in ambitieuze wetenschappelijke concepten en de implicaties ervan voor de mensheid, waarbij hij zijn vermogen demonstreert om complexe wetenschappelijke ideeën te verweven in boeiende verhalen. Sheffield verkende thema's als interstellair reizen, kunstmatige intelligentie en de toekomst van de menselijke beschaving, allemaal met scherp inzicht en technische nauwkeurigheid. Zijn kenmerkende stijl ligt in zijn doordachte onderzoek naar wetenschappelijke principes binnen meeslepende verhalen die de lezer aanzetten tot nadenken.
A story set more than 4000 years in the future in a galaxy populated by humans and a variety of intelligent aliens, all of whom live in the shadow of a vanished race known as The Builders. In addition to his other novels, the author compiled "Earthwatch", depicting earth as seen from space.
Destinies Vol. 2, No. 4
The Paperback Magazine of Science Fiction and Speculative Fact, Fall 1980
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Short stories.
Proteus Combined
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1 • Sight of Proteus • [Proteus • 1] • (1978) • novel by Charles Sheffield • 223 • Proteus Unbound • [Proteus • 2] • (1989) • novel by Charles Sheffield The SFBC published the same text in 1989 but with the title as Proteus Manifest OCLC 30406594
Ace Books, 1981. Mass market paperback. Collects 14 stories, with introduction and afterwords by the author. Stories “The Man Who Stole the Moon” (1980) “The Deimos Plague” (1978) “Forefather Figure” (1981) “Moment of Inertia (McAndrew series)” (1980) “The New The Speed of Lightness, Curved Space, and Other Heresies” (1980) “From Natural Causes” (1978) “Legacy” (1977) “The Softest Hammer” (1982 Locus Poll Award) (1981) “Best Short Story ( 19))” (x) “Hidden Variable” (1980) “A Certain Place in History” (1977) “All the Colors of the Vacuum” (1981) “Perfectly Safe, Nothing To Worry About” (1977) “Summertide” (1981) “The Marriage of True Minds (1981)
Shelby Cheever V is a spoiled brat. He is also the richest kid in the country. Actually, make that the universe. Bored with his all-the-amusements-money-can-buy life, he decides on a bit of interstellar action, Shelby-style. But it turns out life on a starship is not all fun and games. As part of a crew, Shelby has a few things to learn. Like, how to follow orders instead of simply giving orders. Can Shelby learn how to cooperate with his crewmates? He may not have a choice. When Shelby becomes the target of a hostage-for-ransom scheme, he'll need all the help he can get.
Rob Merlin stand als Ingenieur auf der obersten Sprosse der Erfolgsleiter. Deswegen wollte ihn Darius Regulo, der »Raumkönig«, für das spektakulärste Bauprojekt der menschlichen Geschichte gewinnen. Das Projekt war ein Fahrstuhl zu den Sternen, 105000 km hoch, der als Prototyp für eine spätere »Vernetzung« des gesamten Sonnensystems gedacht war ...
