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In this issue: the USE ventures to the Far East, humanity takes to the stars, and myriad Davids thrill and entertain with science fiction and fantasy short stories. All that plus the winner of the 2019 JBM Award Contest! | ||||
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Venture to Save an Empire The newly formed United States of Europe sends an embassy to the Chinese empire for all important critical resources nobody has ever needed before—at least not before an entire town showed up from 300 years in the future! But China is famously suspicious of foreigners. Can the up-timers and their friends persuade the mandarins to establish trade and diplomatic relations with the young United States of Europe? Their greatest asset is also their greatest curse: knowledge that China is due for decades of mass suffering and civil war. Changes must come, but changes also bring their own deadly consequences! Get 1636: The China Venture eARC here. |
Becoming the People of the Stars Fundamental transformation. That is what it may take to reach our final destination. And we may not have a choice as dangers from without and pressure from within human civilization force us to adapt to a new star-traveling heritage. We may find that Homo sapiens is on its way to becoming a new and unique species: Homo stellaris: the People of the Stars. Original science fiction stories and accessible speculative pieces by top scientists that will take you to that future! Stories from award-winning authors such as Kevin J. Anderson, William Ledbetter, Todd McCaffrey and Sarah A. Hoyt. Plus essays on the science behind the fiction from Sir Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal of the United Kingdom, Mark Shelhamer, Chief Scientist for the NASA’s Human Research Program, and more! Get Stellaris: People of the Stars eARC here. |
Stories with Maximum Dave! The history of science fiction and fantasy is filled with stories by what we like to call Davids of Distinction. Now, for the first time, an anthology by people named David, for everyone. Even if your name is anything but David! Read along as editor David Afsharirad guides you through the strange, wondrous imaginations of the great Davids of the field, past, present, and future. Fifteen tales by David Weber, David Drake, Gregory Benford & David Brin, David B. Coe, D.J. Butler, Avram Davidson, David H. Keller, and many more. Many more Davids, that is. Get The Chronicles of Davids eARC here. |
YEAR'S BEST AWARD |
Vote for The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF Readers’ Choice Award
Baen Books is pleased to announce the fifth annual Year’s Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction Readers’ Choice Award. The award honors the best of the best in this grand storytelling tradition, and its winner will receive an inscribed plaque and a $500 prize. And YOU are the judge! Choose your favorite story from the contents of The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF, Vol. 5 and reward its author for excellence. Find out more here |
JUDGMENT IN MOSCOW |
Judment in Moscow Now Available at Baen Ebooks
Baen Ebooks is proud to announce an agreement to distribute the English translation of Judgment in Moscow by Vladimir Bukovsky on its retail ebook site, as well as offering a selection of other ebooks from Judgment in Moscow publisher, Ninth of November Press. Western publishers for years backed down from publishing an English translation. Finally an English version has been created with Bukovsky’s wholehearted participation. Get Judgment in Moscow here |
New Fiction and Nonfiction at Baen.com |
Winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award Contest
Runners were designed to push orbiting debris to re-entry over the ocean. After splashdown, crews would collect the space junk and sell it for scrap. But now runner pilots Linda and Maureen have a new assignment. They're being paid by the Chinese government to course correct a very large something in orbit. Easier said than done. Read “Burners” by Matt McHugh, winner of the 2019 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award Contest, here. |
Wherefore the Singularity?
The Singularity: a future when humans have assisted their own evolution with genetic engineering, cybernetics, and prosthetics such that they are no longer human. It's a concept that has been written about by futurists and science fiction writers alike. But is the singularity merely fiction? Is it going to actually happen? In this month's nonfiction essay, neuroscience researcher Dr. Robert E. Hampson offers his perspective. Read “Do You Believe in the Singularity” here. |
Don’t Touch That Dial: It’s the Baen Free Radio Hour |
Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Robert Buettner on his aircraft-tastic historical-novel-technothriller blend, My Enemy’s Enemy. David Afsharirad talks with authors of The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF, Volume 5. And David Drake discusses new RCN series novel, To Clear Away the Shadows. Missed past episodes? No problem. We’ve got every episode archived for your listening pleasure. Listen to the Baen Free Radio Hour now. |
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