On a Cyborg Planet

by Anna Hackett
On a Cyborg Planet
Author: Anna Hackett
Publisher: Anna Hackett
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2014-12-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 099419482X
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After a vicious coup, cyborg Axton Saros, Prime of the planet of Centax, is trying to rebuild his world. Still recovering from his captivity and dark guilt, he won't let anything get in his way. But a priceless artifact, stolen during the attack, is still missing and Axton wants it back. What he doesn't want is the emotionless and infuriating Centax Security cyborg, Commander Xenia Alexander, heading the investigation. Everybody knows CenSecs are the galaxy's deadliest killers. So enhanced that their emotions are dampened to nothing. But Xenia's been keeping a secret her entire life--her systems don't work and she feels. Working with Axton to find the Codex Da Vinci, he makes every emotion in her flare to brilliant life, but to be the perfect CenSec, she must not succumb. As they follow a trail of clues and booby traps, Axton vows to do everything he can to show his beautiful cyborg the pleasure she's never experienced. Even if she fights him every step of the way. But as the hunt takes a deadly turn, their desire might be the only thing that can save Xenia from annihilation.

Planet in Peril

by Pamela O'Neill
Planet in Peril
Author: Pamela O'Neill
Publisher: Ace Books
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1987
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780441668830
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On a Barbarian World

by Anna Hackett
On a Barbarian World
Author: Anna Hackett
Publisher: Anna Hackett
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2015-12-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0994358474
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When an independent deep-space scout crash-lands on an unknown alien world, the last thing she expects is to find herself claimed by a barbarian warrior. Aurina Phoenix spends most of her time zooming through uncharted space and gathering intel for her family's deep-space convoy, but her life takes an unexpected detour when a meteor shower brings down her ship. She finds herself on a barren, low-tech planet inhabited by dangerous beasts...and lands in the arms of a brawny barbarian warlord. Markarian warrior Kavon Mal Dor is known for his skill in battle. He lives to protect his clan...and to avenge the murder of his father. Every move he makes is part of his grand plan for revenge, including finding a legendary sword and marrying a warlord's daughter. But when a beautiful skyflyer crashes into his world, she is the one thing he never counted on. Fighting their incendiary attraction, Aurina and Kavon make a deal: she'll help him find the sword and in return, he'll give her the emergency beacon she needs to get home. But as the search for the sword plunges them into a dangerous adventure they find themselves consumed by a powerful passion and questioning everything they've ever wanted. Note to readers: This sci fi romance contains a lot of action (think rival warlords, dangerous beasts and lost mines), cool offsiders (sexy alien warriors and overprotective brothers) and a steamy romance (lots of sexy times between two strong-willed people). This is treasure hunting sci-fi style. So if you like it fast, and fun, and sexy, this is for you!

Nerd Ecology: Defending the Earth with Unpopular Culture

by Anthony Lioi
Nerd Ecology: Defending the Earth with Unpopular Culture
Author: Anthony Lioi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2016-10-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 147256765X
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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Drawing on a wide range of examples from literature, comics, film, television and digital media, Nerd Ecology is the first substantial ecocritical study of nerd culture's engagement with environmental issues. Exploring such works as Star Trek, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, the fiction of Thomas Pynchon, The Hunger Games, and superhero comics such as Green Lantern and X-Men, Anthony Lioi maps out the development of nerd culture and its intersections with the most fundamental ecocritical themes. In this way Lioi finds in the narratives of unpopular culture - narratives in which marginalised individuals and communities unite to save the planet - the building blocks of a new environmental politics in tune with the concerns of contemporary ecocritical theory and practice.

Return to Dark Earth

by Anna Hackett
Return to Dark Earth
Author: Anna Hackett
Publisher: Anna Hackett
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2015-09-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0994358431
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Philosophical Issues of Human Cyborgization and the Necessity of Prolegomena on Cyborg Ethics

by Greguric, Ivana
Philosophical Issues of Human Cyborgization and the Necessity of Prolegomena on Cyborg Ethics
Author: Greguric, Ivana
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2021-10-22
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1799892336
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We are currently living in an age of scientific humanism. Cyborgs, robots, avatars, and bio-technologically created beings are new entities that exist alongside biological human beings. As with many emerging technologies, many people will find the concept foreign and frightening. There is a strong possibility that these entities will be mistreated. Philosophical Issues of Human Cyborgization and the Necessity of Prolegomena on Cyborg Ethics discusses the ethics of human cyborgization as well as emerging technologies of robots and avatars that exhibit human-like qualities. The chapters build a strong case for the necessity of cyborg ethics and protocols for preserving the vitality of life within an ever-advancing technological society. Covering topics such as cyborg hacking, historical reality, and naturalism, this book is a dynamic resource for scientists, ethicists, cyber behavior professionals, students and professors of both technological and philosophical studies, faculty of higher education, philosophers, AI engineers, healthcare professionals, researchers, and academicians.

Modified: Living as a Cyborg

by Chris Hables Gray
Modified: Living as a Cyborg
Author: Chris Hables Gray
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2020-10-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1351107828
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Building off the highly successful The Cyborg Handbook, this new collection of essays, interviews, and creative pieces brings together a set of compelling personal accounts about what it means to live as a cyborg in the twenty-first century. Human integration with complex technologies goes back to clothes, cooking, and language, but has accelerated incredibly in the last few centuries, with interest spreading among scientists, coders, people with sophisticated implants, theorists, and artists. This collection includes some of the most articulate of these voices from over 25 countries, including Donna Haraway, Stelarc, Natasha Vita-More, Steve Mann, Amber Case, Michael Chorost, Moon Ribas, Kevin Warwick, Sandy Stone, Dion Farquhar, Angeliki Malakasioti, Elif Ayiter, Heesang Lee, Angel Gordo, and others. Addressing topics including race, gender, sexuality, class, conflict, capitalism, climate change, disability and beyond, this collection also explores the differences between robots, androids, cyborgs, hybrids, post-, trans-, and techno-humans, offering readers a critical vocabulary for understanding and discussing the cyborgification of culture and everyday life. Compelling, interdisciplinary, and international, the book is a perfect primer for students, researchers, and teachers of cyberculture, media and cultural theory, and science fiction studies, as well as anyone interested in the intersections between human and machine.

Stardreamer

by Rock Forsberg
Stardreamer
Author: Rock Forsberg
Publisher: Spit City Publishing
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2018-10-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9526895924
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‘It’s a portal to our universe. We have to warn the others.’ To save life as they know it, Tredd Bounty and his superhuman crew seek to reunite the five Shade gods. The only problem is that they are impossible to find, and time is running out. Doctor Belinda Killock has a different approach: she is creating a new superweapon for the navy. To make it work, she needs a source of deep energy. That’s when Tredd and his fellow FIST operatives start to look less like allies and more like a resource to be exploited. When the aliens attack, it’s evident that the portal to hell is made of good intentions. Stardreamer is the second book in the exhilarating Shades Space Opera series. If you like gritty heroes, alien encounters, and paranormal powers, then you’ll love Rock Forsberg’s action-packed novel. Buy Stardreamer to ride beyond the universe now!

The Apple Revolution

by Luke Dormehl
The Apple Revolution
Author: Luke Dormehl
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2012-08-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1448131367
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On 26 May, 2010 Apple Inc. passed Microsoft in valuation as the world's largest technology company. Its consumer electronic products - ranging from computers to mobile phones to portable media devices, not to mention its iTunes, iBook and App Store - have influenced nearly every facet of our lives, and it shows no sign of slowing down. But how did Apple - a company set up in the back room of a house by two friends, and one that always marketed itself as the underdog - become the marketplace leader (and the world's second largest company overall), and is it a good thing to have one company hold so much power? In The Apple Revolution Luke Dormehl shares the inside story of how Apple Inc. came to be; from the formation of the company's philosophies and user-friendly ethos, to the "iPod moment" and global domination, leaving you with a deep understanding of how it was created, why it has flourished, and where it might be going next.