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The godel operation / by Cambias, James L.;
"Daslakh is an AI with a problem. Its favorite human, a young man named Zee, is in love with a woman who never existed-and he will scour the Solar System to find her. But in the Tenth Millennium, a billion worlds circle the Sun-everything from terraformed planets to artificial habitats, home to a quadrillion beings. Daslakh's nicely settled life gets more complicated when Zee helps a woman named Adya escape a gang of crooks. This gets the pair caught up in the hunt for the Godel Trigger, a legendary weapon left over from an ancient war between humans and machines-which could spell the end of civilization. In their search, they face a criminal cat and her henchmen, a paranoid supermind with a giant laser, the greatest thief in history, and a woman who might actually be Zee's lost love. It's up to Daslakh to save civilization, keep Zee's love life on the right track-and make sure that nobody discovers the real secret of the Godel Trigger." --
Subjects: Science fiction.; Artificial intelligence; Civilization; Weapons; Friendship; Friendships.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Arkad's world / by Cambias, James L.,author.(CARDINAL)404832;
"Young Arkad is the only human on a distant world, on his own among beings from across the galaxy. His struggle to survive is disrupted by the arrival of three humans: an eccentric historian named Jacob, a superhuman cyborg girl called Baichi, and a mysterious ex-spy known as Ree. They seek a priceless treasure which might free Earth from alien domination. Arkad risks everything to join them on an incredible quest halfway across the planet"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Interplanetary voyages;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The scarab mission / by Cambias, James L.,author.(CARDINAL)404832;
"Solana Sina is a scarab, salvaging wrecked and abandoned space habitats among the Billion Worlds of the Tenth Millennium. She and an oddball crew-a raven, a cyborg, and a dinosaur-board the derelict colony Safdaghar hoping to score some loot before the colony gets catapulted into the outer reaches of the Solar System. But Solana and the scarabs come face-to-face with a gang of vicious pirates looking for slaves and treasure, and a mysterious stranger intent on preserving an explosive secret. Solana must overcome her own horrifying past to survive and escape before it's too late. But there's an even more dangerous threat lurking in the dark passages and ruined buildings of Safdaghar..."--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Pirates; Space warfare;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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A darkling sea / by Cambias, James L.,author.(CARDINAL)404832;
On the planet Ilmatar, under a roof of ice a kilometer thick, a team of deep-sea diving scientists investigates the blind alien race that lives below. The Terran explorers have made an uneasy truce with the Sholen, their first extraterrestrial contact: so long as they don't disturb the Ilmataran habitat, they're free to conduct their missions in peace. But when Henri Kerlerec, media personality and reckless adventurer, ends up sliced open by curious Ilmatarans, tensions between Terran and Sholen erupt, leading to a diplomatic disaster that threatens to escalate to war. Against the backdrop of deep-sea guerrilla conflict, a new age of human exploration begins as alien cultures collide. Both sides seek the aid of the newly enlightened Ilmatarans. But what this struggle means for the natives, and the future of human exploration is anything but certain.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Life on other planets;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 9
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The godel operation / by Cambias, James L.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A DROID AND HIS BOY, ON A SEARCH FOR A LEGENDARY WEAPON Daslakh is an AI with a problem. Its favorite human, a young man named Zee, is in love with a woman who never existed - and he will scour the Solar System to find her. But in the Tenth Millennium a billion worlds circle the Sun-everything from terraformed planets to artificial habitats, home to a quadrillion beings. Daslakh's nicely settled life gets more complicated when Zee helps a woman named Adya escape a gang of crooks. This gets the pair caught up in the hunt for the Godel Trigger, a legendary weapon left over from an ancient war between humans and machines-which could spell the end of civilization. In their search, they face a criminal cat and her henchmen, a paranoid supermind with a giant laser, the greatest thief in history, and a woman who might actually be Zee's lost love. It's up to Daslakh to save civilization, keep Zee's love life on the right track-and make sure that nobody discovers the real secret of the Godel Trigger"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Artificial intelligence; Civilization; Weapons; Friendship; Friendships.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Corsair : a science fiction novel / by Cambias, James L.,author.(CARDINAL)404832;
"In the early 2020s, two young, genius computer hackers, Elizabeth Santiago and David Schwartz, meet at MIT, where Schwartz is sneaking into classes, and have a brief affair. David is amoral and out for himself, and soon disappears. Elizabeth dreams of technology and space travel and takes a military job after graduating. Nearly ten years later, David is setting himself to become a billionaire by working in the shadows under a multiplicity of names for international thieves, and Elizabeth works in intelligence preventing international space piracy. With robotic mining in space becoming a lucrative part of Earth's economy, shipments from space are dropped down the gravity well into the oceans. David and Elizabeth fight for dominance of the computer systems controlling ore drop placement in international waters. If David can nudge a shipment 500 miles off its target, his employers can get there first and claim it legally in the open sea. Each one intuits that the other is their real competition but can't prove it. And when Elizabeth loses a major shipment, she leaves government employ to work for a private space company to find a better way to protect shipments. But international piracy has very high stakes and some very evil players. And both Elizabeth and David end up in a world of trouble. Space pirates and computer hackers. James L. Cambias's Corsair is a thrilling near-future adventure!"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Computer crimes; Computer networks; Computer programmers; Hackers; Piracy;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Retellings of the inland seas / by Andreadis, Athena,authoreditor.;
Distant Campfires, Eternal beacons / Athena Andreadis -- Into the wine-dark sea / A.M. Tuomala -- Sirens / Melissa Scott -- Hide and seek / Shariann Lewitt -- The sea of stars / Genevieve Williams -- Between the rivers / Judith Tarr -- Calando / James L. Cambias -- One box too many / Christine Lucas -- The fury of Mars / F.J. Doucet -- Out of Tauris / Alexander Jablokov -- Little bird / Kelly Jennings -- Wings / Elana Gomel -- The crack at the border / Dimitra Nikolaidou -- Unearthing Uncle Bud / Athena Andreadis.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Robots : the recent A.I. / by Horton, Rich.(CARDINAL)553110; Wallace, Sean.(CARDINAL)420043;
Introduction / Rich Horton -- Eros, phillia, agape / Rachel Swirsky -- Artifice and intelligence / Tim Pratt -- I, robot / Cory Doctorow -- Alternate girl's expatriate life / Rochita Loenen-Ruiz -- The rising waters / Benjamin Crowell -- Houses / Mark Pantoja -- The djinn's wife / Ian McDonald -- Stalker / Robert Reed -- Droplet / Benjamin Rosenbaum -- Kiss me twice / Mary Robinette Kowal -- Algorithms for love / Ken Liu -- A jar of goodwill / Tobias S. Buckell -- The shipmaker / Aliette de Bodard -- Tideline / Elizabeth Bear -- Under the eaves / Lavie Tidhar -- The nearest thing / Genevieve Valentine -- Balancing accounts / James L. Cambias -- Silently and very fast / Catherynne M. Valente.
Subjects: Short stories.; Science fiction, English.; Science fiction, American.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The year's best science fiction : twenty-second annual collection / by Dozois, Gardner R.(CARDINAL)347603;
Subjects: Science fiction.; Short stories.; Science fiction, American.; Science fiction, English.; Short stories, American.; Short stories, English.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Hieroglyph : stories and visions for a better future / by Cramer, Kathryn,1962-(CARDINAL)755279; Finn, Ed,1980-(CARDINAL)471047;
Foreward / Lawrence M. Krauss -- Preface, Innovation starvation / Neal Stephenson -- Introduction, a blueprint for better dreams / Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer -- Atmosphæra incognita / Neal Stephenson -- Girl in wave, wave in girl / Kathleen Ann Goonan -- By the time we get to Arizona / Madeline Ashby -- Man who sold the moon / Cory Doctorow -- Johnny Appledrone vs. the FAA / Lee Konstantinou -- Degrees of freedom / Karl Schroeder -- Two scenarios for the future of solar energy / Annalee Newitz -- Hotel in Antarctica / Geoffrey A. Landis -- Periapis / James L. Cambias -- Man who sold the stars / Gregory Benford -- Entanglement / Vandana Singh -- Elephant angels / Brenda Cooper -- Covenant / Elizabeth Bear -- Quantum telepathy / Rudy Rucker -- Transition generation / David Brin -- Day it all ended / Charlie Jane Anders -- Tall tower / Bruce Sterling. -- Science and science fiction, an interview with Paul Davies.Born of an initiative at the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, this remarkable collection unites a diverse group of celebrated authors, prominent scientists, and creative visionaries--among them Cory Doctorow, Gregory Benford, Charlie Jane Anders, David Brin, and Neal Stephenson--who contributed works of "techno-optimism" that challenge us to imagine fully, think broadly, and do Big Stuff. Inside this volume you will find marvels of imagination and possibility, including a steel tower so tall that the stratosphere is just an elevator ride away, a drone-powered Internet, crowdfunded robots descending on the moon, cities that work like a single cell of algae powered entirely by the sun, and much more.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Short stories.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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