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  • Putting Up Roots

    by Charles Sheffield ...
    Scheming to get rid of obstacles, Josh Kerrigan's step-aunt ships him and her autistic step-daughter to Solferino to work for Foodlines. Josh and Dawn join a small training group that is ostensibly doing scientific research and exploration under the watchful eye of the company.But as the days go by and strange occurrences and mysterious happenings continue, it becomes apparent that something is ... Read more

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  • Dancing With Myself

    by Charles Sheffield ...
    “One of the most imaginative, exciting talents to appear on the SF scene in recent years.”—Publishers Weekly“A master of hard science fiction.”—NoumenonThis collection contains sixteen stories and science articles by the remarkable author, Charles Sheffield.The stories range in length from being barely a page (“The Seventeen-Year Locusts”) to long novelettes (“The Courts of Xanadu”). They also ... Read more

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  • The Cyborg from Earth

    by Charles Sheffield ...
    Jefferson Kopal, the privileged son of a wealthy family, knows he is a coward and a failure. He dreads appearing for and then barely passes the Space Navy test to qualify for service as an officer—something that has been an integral part of his family's tradition.He is assigned to the remote Border Command by the Navy and eventually to a ship commanded by Captain Dufferin, who hates everything ... Read more

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  • Georgia On My Mind and Other Places

    by Charles Sheffield ...
    A collection of some of the finest short stories penned by a master of hard science fiction, this anthology includes Charles Sheffield's highly acclaimed novelette, Georgia On My Mind, which won both the Hugo and Nebula when originally published in 1993. The accompanying stories were written by the author between 1987 and 1994.Table of Contents:The Feynman SaltationThe Bee's KissMillenniumFifteen ... Read more

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  • The Billion Dollar Boy

    by Charles Sheffield ...
    Shelby Cheever 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. Such as how to follow orders instead of simply giving orders. ... Read more

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  • Godspeed

    by Charles Sheffield ...
    Jay Hara is an ordinary young man growing up on the isolated planet of Erin. But Jay dreams of adventure and escapades and the legend of the lost "Godspeed" drive which allowed humans to travel at faster-than-light speeds.His life changes when he joins up with the seedy spacer, Paddy Enderton and Captain Daniel Shaker. Captain Shaker is a charming but ruthless adventurer who inspires both fear and ... Read more

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  • Hidden Variables

    by Charles Sheffield ...
    "One of the most imaginative, exciting talents to appear on the sf scene in recent years."—Publisher's WeeklyCharles A. Sheffield was an English-born mathematician, physicist and science fiction author, whose words are collected here in one of his most iconic short story collections ever published, Hidden Variables. Known for his ability to incorporate real science into his fiction, Sheffield's ... Read more

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  • Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 2, May 2013

    Galaxy's Edge, #2

    by Mercedes Lackey, Robert Silverberg, Tina Gower, David Gerrold, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Charles Sheffield ...
    Series Book 2 - Galaxy's Edge
    Galaxy's Edge magazine is published every two months by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor. Each issue includes a mix of new and reprinted stories, a serialization of a novel, and book reviews.Edited by Mike ResnickStories by: Mercedes Lackey, Ken Liu, Robert Silverberg, Tina Gower, C. L. Moore, Brad R. Torgersen, David Gerrold, Ralph Roberts, Kristine Kathryn Rusch ... Read more

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  • Tomorrow and Tomorrow

    by Charles Sheffield ...
    “Truly a love story of the ages.”***—The Orlando Sentinel***“Will keep you on the edge of your seat.”***—David Brin***“One of the most imaginative, exciting talents to appear on the SF scene.”—Publishers Weekly“Ambitious, elegiac, and ultimately satisfying.”—San Francisco ChronicleAna is the love of Drake Merlin’s life. The woman he wants to grow old with, share every experience. But there is a ... Read more

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  • Harvard Classics Volume 51

    Lectures

    by Robert Matteson Johnston, Golden Deer Classics, William Scott Ferguson, Murray Anthony Potter, Frederick Jackson Turner, Carleton Noyes, Charles Burton Gulick, Charles Hall Grandgent, Ernest Bernbaum, Lawrence J. Henderson, W. M. Davis, Ralph Barton Perry, Charles Pomeroy Parker, Chester Noyes Greenough, William Roscoe Thayer, W. S. Ferguson, Chandler Rathfon Post, O. M. W. Sprague, W. A. Neilson, F. N. Robinson, G. H. Maynadier, J. D. M. Ford, Bliss Perry, H. W. Holmes, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, A. O. Norton, Thomas Nixon Carver, Charles J. Bullock, W. B. Munro, Roscoe Pound, George Pierce Baker, Kuno Francke, R. B. Dixon, George H. Chase, C. R. Lanman, Alfred Dwight Sheffield, Clifford Herschel Moore, C. H. C. Wright ...
    Series Book 51 - Harvard Classics
    Volume 51 contains a total of 60 lectures covering 12 topics: History Poetry Natural Science Philosophy Biography Prose Fiction Criticism and the Essay Education Political Science Drama Voyages and Travels Religion ... Read more

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  • Sheffield Village

    by Charles E. Herdendorf, Sheffield Village Historical Society ...
    Series series Images of America
    The Village of Sheffield was founded on the Lake Erie plain and a sandy ridge of glacial Lake Warren. Black River and French Creek course through rich farmlands, once home to Archaic and Woodland Indians. Originally surveyed as Township 7 of Range 17 in the Connecticut Western Reserve, hearty pioneers arrived here in 1815 from the Berkshire Mountains of New England, naming their settlement ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Far Futures

    by various authors, Greg Bear, Greg Bear, Donald Kingsbury, Donald Kingsbury, Poul Anderson, Poul Anderson, Joe Haldeman, Joe Haldeman, Charles Sheffield0, Charles Sheffield1, Claire Bloom2, Judy Young3 ...
    Narrated by various narrators4, Vikas Adam5, Paul Boehmer6, Susan Hanfield7, Alex Hyde-White8, Stefan Rudnicki9 ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 53 min

    Five novellas of hard science fiction by five modern masters of the formFrom Nebula Award winner Gregory Benford comes this ambitious hard SF anthology that collects five original novellas. Each one takes the very long view—all are set at least ten thousand years in the future. The authors take a rigorously scientific view of such grand panoramas, confronting the largest issues of cosmology, ... Read more

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