Books tagged: space colonization

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Ocularis    by Roland Sobrepena
Price: $1.99 USD. 27740 words. Published on November 21, 2010. .

In the 23rd century mankind lived in a decadent technological utopia. Upon receiving a mysterious alien transmission, they sent a ship to a planet 20 light years away to investigate and establish a colony. What the colonist and their machine caretakers encounter and the trials they endure will teach mankind to know, what it is to be intelligent, to be desperate and what's worth dying for.
His Name In Lights    by Patty Jansen
Price: $2.99 USD. 11250 words. Published on January 13, 2011. .

A novelette originally published in the Universe Annex of the Grantville Gazette. Why does company boss Eilin Gunnarsson care so much about two young clones that she sends them warnings written on the clouds of Jupiter?
The Weitzmann Saga - Journey    by Solon ben Earl
Price: $0.99 USD. 3480 words. Published on May 10, 2011. .

It's the 22'nd century and most of Earth's population has moved into orbiting habitats in the Trojan points, in order to escape pollution, wars and global warming. This is the story of the beginning of the new Diaspora - how the Jewish people responded to their latest challenge.
The Crystal Spheres    by David Brin
Price: $0.99 USD. 7210 words. Published on June 24, 2011. .

In a universe filled with habitable worlds why have we had no contact with extraterrestrial intelligence? David Brin's short story, "The Crystal Spheres," offers a fantastic explanation for the Great Silence. Instead of being late-comers - might humanity have come upon the scene too early? This haunting tale was voted one of the "most beautiful" of the eighties. Winner of the 1985 Hugo Award .
1 Flight of the Armada    by Jay Michael Jones
Price: $2.99 USD. 119890 words. Published on July 17, 2011. .

In "Unknown Territory" Earth is just a rest stop on the way to a future home for six Thuringi scouts in 1961. But mysterious habits and rituals of the natives amuse and confuse the starborn warriors, noblemen who have never heard of 'rock and roll' or 'oil rig'. Their first Earthian contact Michael Sheldon must balance introducing his world and protecting the advanced yet oddly naive newcomers.
Housekeeping    by Amos T. Fairchild
Price: $0.99 USD. 7590 words. Published on July 22, 2011. .

A Delta Pavonis story. Three women alone aboard the crippled colony vessel Sirius, a distant earth now silent for centuries, the fate of humanity itself now upon their shoulders, their target settlement world still decades into an uncertain future. Now an even greater threat grows within, one that could easily bring an end to the last three humans alive.
Penyon's Useful Guide to Daemons in the Wild    by Aeolia Media
Price: $2.99 USD. 6030 words. Published on August 1, 2011. .

A 300-year-old castaway on an alien planet attempts to write lifesaving tips for the new colonists' Boy Scout troop.
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence    by Steve Challis
Price: $0.99 USD. 69210 words. Published by Steve Challis  on August 16, 2011. .

The Fourth book of the Bad Boy Quadrilogy. The Interstellar Exploration Ship, "The Highway to Heaven" ranges widely through the universe in its search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. The multispecies crew discover many unexpected things.
War and Space    by Steve Challis
Price: Free! 19510 words. Published by Steve Challis  on August 27, 2011. .

After 150 years of peace on Earth the unarmed Exploration Ship, the "Highway to Heaven" is attacked without cause by unknown aliens with more advanced technology than the Earthmen. This novella self contained is the first book in the 'War and Space' Trilogy. The other two are 'The Local War' and 'Battle for Homeworld'. This trilogy is an attempt to look seriously at whether space war is possible.
New Frontier (alternate history)    by Cliff Ball
Price: $3.99 USD. 54170 words. Published on December 20, 2011. .

In this alternate history novel, Reagan became President in 1976 instead, continues with the moon landings, declaring that a moon base would be established, followed by a Mars Base by 1989. Terrorism rears its ugly head, which will forever change American politics, but not the Space Race. We follow America's progress from Moon to Mars to an eventual starship mission out of the solar system.