Space First Contact

Genesis Ascending is a gripping collection of character-driven science fiction short stories that explores the rise, triumph, and tragic fall of a utopian human civilization. At humanity’s technological peak, the global AI network BABEL helps unify society, promising paradise, but when a mysterious extraterrestrial signal arrives, temptation for forbidden knowledge leads to devastating consequences.

Copilots Msizi and Tariro are testing a newly constructed wormhole jump that presumably leads to unsettled habitable worlds. Then an explosion sends them off course, far from where they started and with little chance of ever making it back. Now they’re stranded on their new home for the diaspora. It’s called Malcolm X-b. But they’re beginning to wonder how many light-years from civilization they really are.

An unnamed narrator pieces together the story of an area known by the locals as the "blasted heath" in the wild hills west of Arkham, Massachusetts. The narrator discovers that many years ago, a meteorite crashed there, poisoning every living being nearby. Vegetation grows large but foul-tasting, animals are driven mad and deformed into grotesque shapes, and the people go insane or die, one by one.

In 2028, Mark Noble is conducting a survey of a moon crater. The entity secretly grabs a ride back to Moonbase on Mark’s buggy. Once in the habitat, it begins to take over the crew. They find themselves in a frightening, helter-skelter adventure with only two possible outcomes: losing or saving the Earth.

Meet May, mission specialist aboard the International Space Station with an all-female crew. So when May is sent to explore the alien space ship, is it because as the newest astronaut she is the only one with space scooter training, or is it because she is expendable? How will she cope faced with two enemies, a fierce space alien and her own crippling self-doubt?

Embark on an extraordinary journey to Mars, where a team of courageous pioneers uncovers a hidden secret buried deep within the red planet's ancient soil. When a peculiar anomaly disrupts their routine, the settlers stumble upon an enigmatic structure: a relic of a lost civilization. As they venture further, they are immersed in a world of unimaginable grandeur and heartbreaking tragedy, a civilization that once thrived but ultimately succumbed to its own downfall.

The Crew deals with a botched mission and a missing soldier. Rose tries to find her place in the dungeon.

Paciente X: Crónicas marcianas. Una historia de ritmo vertiginoso situada en Marte que se plantea el destino futuro de la humanidad. Deep Mind: Una historia de ritmo vertiginoso ambientada en el espacio que se plantea el destino futuro de la tecnología.

He stared with fascination at a heap of newspapers spread out on the corner stand. He could guess the purpose of these layers of white sheets covered with black or red symbols, but he could not yet interpret them, and he had no idea whether anyone had seen or reported his ship. It was almost certain that someone had observed a shooting star, but the chances were very much against any observation having been made of the star’s slow, dark drift to Earth.

The Ahok is the science fiction book of famous author Humayun Ahmed, translated by Manazat Publishers. This story is about the protagonist Matin Neem. She is a spacecraft navigator who was in the middle of a flight. But due to her spacecraft malfunction, her spacecraft drifted towards the unknown. Will Neem be saved? If so, at what cost?

Space explorers Kat Savage and Blu Valentine land their ship on a planet in response to a distorted message from a damaged emergency beacon. In their quest to find the source of the beacon, they find a lush world filled with beautiful plants and various insect life, but no inhabitants. And then they discover the horrific reason why....

I was just stopping to fuel up, when blam, I lost control of my craft. Now I'm stranded on this alien planet. If I don't figure out how to get my craft repaired and get out of here soon, I'll be in violation of several of the major space laws and probably some minor ones of which I'm not aware. Or perhaps I'll stay; perhaps they'll make me an all-powerful ruler. But no, I need to return to from where I came. This food doesn't taste too bad, but for all I know, they could be trying to poison me. My translator's not working, and I can't understand a word they're saying.

After visiting Martin Shaw, Barnard and Claudia's attorney, Alex and Karen make their way to the Melbourne Space Port, where Barnard's Commercant is parked. As they board the ship, and begin exploring, they find out exactly who and what Barnard's "First Girl" really is: Cygna....

Buck Johnson, along with his slow-moving and slow-thinking sidekick Skeeter Evans, currently plies his trade as a dragon wrangler on Terul and is busting out a bunch of dracs for the repulsive Terullian Karposh. But when an unruly Red Kraken throws Buck, events take an unexpected turn.

An errant encounter with a passing star has flung Earth away from its old Solar System into the dark and cold of deep space. With the entire atmosphere frozen as chemical snow dozens of feet deep, one last family struggles to survive. But what are they to think when they see figures moving in the city ruins? Are Earth's dead coming back to life?

In the year 2245, Mars has already been occupied by humans, and digital currencies and self-flying spaceships are being used. Mark's lead role is a space explorer where he sets out on a suicide space mission through the black hole. He then finds himself caught in a different universe where there is full-blown war between two different planets. A futuristic space war between two different planets in an alien galaxy continue while Max finds himself between life and death as he faces an identity crisis of being half-human and half-alien.