Strange Future

The signal answers 3.9 milliseconds before anyone calls it. A dead channel on a diplomatic ship. A garden array that was never built to receive. A silence between prime numbers that turns out not to be silence. Nine crews, nine worlds, one narrow band of the spectrum. Every instrument returns the same reading, and the same impossible line: no direction. Every observer is acknowledged. Nine Edenroot Press authors each take the transmission somewhere different, into first contact, quiet horror, a cover-up nobody will sign, and the kind of hope that costs something to hold. Between the stories...

‘WOW, what a book… I don’t remember the last time I stayed up until 4am because I couldn’t put a book down… Absolutely loved… I was on the edge of my seat’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ganymede’s is no ordinary boarding school. Behind its spiral towers and manicured lawns, boys are forged...

Taiwan achieved inclusive, technology-fueled growth, overcame the pandemic without lockdowns and the infodemic without takedowns, entrusted its people to tackle shared challenges like environmental protection while capitalizing on a culture of innovation to hack the government. Here, the architects of Taiwan's internationally acclaimed digital democracy share the secret of their success. Plurality harnesses digital tools not to replace humans or trust, but to channel the potential energy in social diversity that can erupt in conflict instead for progress, growth and beauty.

What began as a utopian environment, where mice had sumptuous accommodations, had all the food and water they could want, and were free from disease and predators, turned into a mouse hell. Science writer and animal behaviorist Lee Alan Dugatkin introduces listeners to the work of rodent researcher John Bumpass Calhoun. Dugatkin shows how an ecologist-turned-psychologist-turned-futurist became a science rock star embedded in the culture of the 1960s and 1970s. 

Brought to you by Penguin. Stunning advances in digital technology have introduced a new wave of human-like AI systems. Chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are already reshaping economies, challenge democracies, and reshaping society in unpredictable ways. And soon, these AI systems could...

What if one of the most obvious things you believe about reality is wrong? Time seems simple. The past is gone. The future has not happened yet. The present moves forward one second at a time. But modern physics makes that picture surprisingly difficult to defend. What If Time Doesn't Actually Pass? explores one of the strangest questions at the intersection of physics, philosophy, psychology, and human experience: what do we really mean when we say that time “passes”? Beginning with clocks and Einstein’s theory of relativity, the book gradually leads into deeper and more personal ...

Los Angeles, 2039. The Disincorporated Zone teeters on the brink of civil war, but for phenomenological inquisitor Erasmus Keane and his reluctant partner Blake Fowler, that’s just the beginning of their problems. A cryptic trickster has been leading them through a maze of riddles, each clue drawing them deeper into a conspiracy that reaches far beyond the DZ. As gang factions prepare for bloodshed and the city’s power brokers pull unseen strings, Keane and Fowler race against time to prevent an even greater catastrophe—one that threatens to unravel the fragile balance of power in LA ...

From the vivid imagination of author/artist Rich DiSilvio comes this spellbinding collection of strange, weird, and Sci-Fi tales. Inspired by the likes of Rod Serling, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, George R.R. Martin and other titans of the genre, multi-award-winning author & illustrator Rich DiSilvio offers 7 riveting tales that will transport readers into the surreal realms of the imagination. DiSilvio’s mastery of prose is mirrored by his captivating artwork, of which this book won first place for cover art in TopShelf’s international contest. Each story is also accompanied by a ...

Laundrygate: Strange Stories About the Future is an unusual collection of short stories about the unimagined consequences of technology and the creation of new realities. Tery Spataro dreams up these wild, surreal tales and envisions the outcomes brought about by technological change and human curiosity, and imagines post-humanist worlds. The four heroines of Laundrygate experience many themes and challenges caused by these otherworldly environments.

In Song of Empire, Book 2, Siian and his companions on the Merryweather, Seth, Y'leta and Fodar, set out to transform Xenon, which has regressed to a medieval way of life. They also have to devise a way of defeating the Federation, which has a space-going navy capable of suppressing colony planets whose technology is vastly superior to Xeon's. In their planning they can draw on the resources of their ship's artificial mind, the AM Kodin, but ultimately success will depend up on Siian's capabilities as a human/Guardian cross. One of their first tasks is to end the threat posed to the ...

In the near future, Quincy Lane is the most adored celebrity on Earth. Until she does the unthinkable: she walks away. Disappearing into obscurity, she chooses the Life Boat—a chaotic haven of eccentrics, mentally vulnerable, complete with malfunctioning service robots and an amateur rock band led by the unforgettable Tall Mary. A wry exploration of society’s direction and absurdities, part speculative fiction, Quincy is an outlandish story of one woman’s daring search beyond the fame, within the world of the forgotten. In this strange new home, amidst the broken, the bold, and ...

‘WOW, what a book… I don’t remember the last time I stayed up until 4am because I couldn’t put a book down… Absolutely loved… I was on the edge of my seat’ ★★★★★ Ganymede’s is no ordinary boarding school. Behind its spiral towers and manicured lawns, boys are forged...

NOMADS LEGACY 4 - L'île aux étoiles : La guerre fait rage dans la galaxie. Un ennemi des temps mythiques est revenu et s'apprête à conquérir le royaume des étoiles. Dans tout ce chaos, Nea part à la recherche des enfants de la famille Korren et se rend au sud de sa patrie, le monde portuaire de Sculpa Trax. C'est là qu'elle rencontre Thomas van Veyden. Un vieil ermite qui gère les immenses parcs à ferraille de la planète. Mais elle découvre bientôt que cet homme étrange a bien plus à voir qu'il ne veut le faire croire, et qu'il semble détenir de nombreux secrets passionnants...

The first complete history of Britain’s mountains, capturing their beauty, tragedy and the pivotal role of these dramatic landscapes in the nation’s past and future Britain’s mountains are our grandest and wildest places, their vast openness providing inspiration and escape. But they are...

Misha Burnett is a master of the macabre and champion of the New Wave. His talent for tales runs the gamut of weird fiction from contemporary urban fantasy to sword and sorcery to science fiction, all with his unique (and slightly twisted) take! Misha Burnett's Endless Summer is a collection of strange and chilling tales of Mankind's future, near and distant, from tomorrow until beyond the mark of history, through civilization's zenith, decline, destruction, and ultimately, mankind's rebirth!

A struggling writer working a dead-end office job encounters his doppelganger; his double from another time and space. In a portal that appears in reflective surfaces, the man shows him amazing glimpses of the future. The mysterious stranger is who he might become one day, if he dares to follow through with what the weird man says. A short story. IT'S A GREAT STORY! - comment from a longtime reader.