A BRILLIANT BLEND OF MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE-LEVEL SPECULATIVE WONDER BY A WORKING SPACE SCIENTIST!
NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT
Humanity has finally made it to the stars. Colony worlds thrive and there is general peace among the settled systems. Until now. Matte black ships of an advanced design appear in colonial systems. Their drives and weapons are not extremely advanced beyond their Terran counterparts—just superior enough to be utterly devastating. Colonies and their populations are obliterated. Once settled worlds are rendered radioactive wastelands. Earth herself lies defenseless before the marauding enemy.
DEFEND THE SKIES OF EARTH
Standing against the invasion are British Space Navy Captain Winslow Price and Anika Ahuja of the Indian Space Forces. Compatriots. Fierce competitors. Former lovers. They are the best of the best when it comes to military starship captains. Now they are on a quest that will plumb the scientific wells of existence itself, where the primordial knot of spacetime may be unraveling. Price and Ahuja are sworn to do whatever it takes to defend Earth and humanity from ultimate obliteration by an enemy that will not even speak its name. Even if it pushes each to the brink of life and death in battle. Even if it leads each beyond space and time—and to edge of ultimate possibility!
TAKE THE BATTLE TO THE STARS
The Spacetime War
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A BRILLIANT BLEND OF MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE-LEVEL SPECULATIVE WONDER BY A WORKING SPACE SCIENTIST!
NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT
Humanity has finally made it to the stars. Colony worlds thrive and there is general peace among the settled systems. Until now. Matte black ships of an advanced design appear in colonial systems. Their drives and weapons are not extremely advanced beyond their Terran counterparts—just superior enough to be utterly devastating. Colonies and their populations are obliterated. Once settled worlds are rendered radioactive wastelands. Earth herself lies defenseless before the marauding enemy.
DEFEND THE SKIES OF EARTH
Standing against the invasion are British Space Navy Captain Winslow Price and Anika Ahuja of the Indian Space Forces. Compatriots. Fierce competitors. Former lovers. They are the best of the best when it comes to military starship captains. Now they are on a quest that will plumb the scientific wells of existence itself, where the primordial knot of spacetime may be unraveling. Price and Ahuja are sworn to do whatever it takes to defend Earth and humanity from ultimate obliteration by an enemy that will not even speak its name. Even if it pushes each to the brink of life and death in battle. Even if it leads each beyond space and time—and to edge of ultimate possibility!
TAKE THE BATTLE TO THE STARS
Published: 10/5/2021
The Spacetime War
Les JohnsonEbook: $6.99
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A BRILLIANT BLEND OF MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE-LEVEL SPECULATIVE WONDER BY A WORKING SPACE SCIENTIST!
NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT
Humanity has finally made it to the stars. Colony worlds thrive and there is general peace among the settled systems. Until now. Matte black ships of an advanced design appear in colonial systems. Their drives and weapons are not extremely advanced beyond their Terran counterparts—just superior enough to be utterly devastating. Colonies and their populations are obliterated. Once settled worlds are rendered radioactive wastelands. Earth herself lies defenseless before the marauding enemy.
DEFEND THE SKIES OF EARTH
Standing against the invasion are British Space Navy Captain Winslow Price and Anika Ahuja of the Indian Space Forces. Compatriots. Fierce competitors. Former lovers. They are the best of the best when it comes to military starship captains. Now they are on a quest that will plumb the scientific wells of existence itself, where the primordial knot of spacetime may be unraveling. Price and Ahuja are sworn to do whatever it takes to defend Earth and humanity from ultimate obliteration by an enemy that will not even speak its name. Even if it pushes each to the brink of life and death in battle. Even if it leads each beyond space and time—and to edge of ultimate possibility!
TAKE THE BATTLE TO THE STARS
Published: 10/5/2021
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Back to the Moon
THE SECOND TIME AROUND—IS HARDER . . . Decades after the last footprints were left on the Moon, the U.S. was preparing to return to the Lunar surface in a new class of rockets, when the mission suddenly became much more urgent. It would have to be a rescue mission. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world China had sent its own Lunar expedition. A manned expedition. Until a distress call was received, no human outside of China even knew that the mission was manned—or that their ship had crash-landed and couldn’t take off again. Time was running out, and if the four Chinese astronauts were to be rescued, the American lunar mission would have to launch immediately, with only a skeleton crew. Once the heroic U.S. astronauts were underway the army of engineers and scientists back home had the daunting task of deciding what equipment could be left on the Moon to permit the Lunar lander vehicle vehicle to lift safely from the Moon with the two U.S. astronauts and the four stranded Chinese taikonauts! Could the U.S. mount such a mission successfully—and would thousands of years of instilled honor “allow” the Chinese astronauts to accept a rescue? ABOUT THE AUTHORS Travis S. Taylor—“Doc” Taylor to his friends—has earned his soubriquet the hard way: He has a doctorate in optical science and engineering, a master's degree in physics, a master's degree in aerospace engineering, a master's degree in astronomy, and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. Dr. Taylor has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense and NASA for the past sixteen years. He's currently working on several advanced propulsion concepts, very large space telescopes, space-based beamed energy systems, and next generation space launch concepts. He has appeared in several episodes of the History Channel’s Universe series. He lives in Auburn, AL with his wife Karen and their daughter. Les Johnson is a NASA physicist, manager, author, husband and father. By day, he serves as the Deputy Manager for the Advanced Concepts Office at the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, one of the coolest jobs in the universe. In the early 2000s, he was NASA’s Manager for Interstellar Propulsion Research and later managed the In-Space Propulsion Technology Project. He was technical consultant for the movie Lost in Space and has appeared on the Discovery Channel series, “Physics of the Impossible” in the “How to Build a Starship” episode. He has also appeared in three episodes of the Science Channel series, Exodus Earth. In his spare time he writes popular science books and articles, including Solar Sails: A Novel approach to Interplanetary Travel, Living Off the Land in Space: Green Roads to the Cosmos and Paradise Regained: The Regreening of Earth. Listen to the authors discuss the book here on the Baen Free Radio Hour.
THE SECOND TIME AROUND—IS HARDER . . .
Decades after the last footprints were left on the Moon, the U.S. was preparing to return to the Lunar surface in a new class of rockets, when the mission suddenly became much more urgent. It would have to be a rescue mission.
Unbeknownst to the rest of the world China had sent its own Lunar expedition. A manned expedition. Until a distress call was received, no human outside of China even knew that the mission was manned—or that their ship had crash-landed and couldn’t take off again.
Time was running out, and if the four Chinese astronauts were to be rescued, the American lunar mission would have to launch immediately, with only a skeleton crew. Once the heroic U.S. astronauts were underway the army of engineers and scientists back home had the daunting task of deciding what equipment could be left on the Moon to permit the Lunar lander vehicle vehicle to lift safely from the Moon with the two U.S. astronauts and the four stranded Chinese taikonauts! Could the U.S. mount such a mission successfully—and would thousands of years of instilled honor “allow” the Chinese astronauts to accept a rescue?
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Travis S. Taylor—“Doc” Taylor to his friends—has earned his soubriquet the hard way: He has a doctorate in optical science and engineering, a master's degree in physics, a master's degree in aerospace engineering, a master's degree in astronomy, and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. Dr. Taylor has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense and NASA for the past sixteen years. He's currently working on several advanced propulsion concepts, very large space telescopes, space-based beamed energy systems, and next generation space launch concepts. He has appeared in several episodes of the History Channel’s Universe series. He lives in Auburn, AL with his wife Karen and their daughter.
Les Johnson is a NASA physicist, manager, author, husband and father. By day, he serves as the Deputy Manager for the Advanced Concepts Office at the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, one of the coolest jobs in the universe. In the early 2000s, he was NASA’s Manager for Interstellar Propulsion Research and later managed the In-Space Propulsion Technology Project. He was technical consultant for the movie Lost in Space and has appeared on the Discovery Channel series, “Physics of the Impossible” in the “How to Build a Starship” episode. He has also appeared in three episodes of the Science Channel series, Exodus Earth. In his spare time he writes popular science books and articles, including Solar Sails: A Novel approach to Interplanetary Travel, Living Off the Land in Space: Green Roads to the Cosmos and Paradise Regained: The Regreening of Earth.
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Crisis at Proxima
Time is running out for the inhabitants of Proxima Centauri. Unsettling discoveries there and at Luyten’s star now threaten both Proxima and Earth, in a new hard science fiction thriller from Travis S. Taylor and Les Johnson.First contact with the seemingly impossible human civilization at Proxima Centauri is not going well. The Earth ships sent to render aid have not been able to reverse the contagion ravaging their population and, worse, many Proximans are now wondering if the humans from Earth are there for other, not so charitable, reasons. Can the extinction-level disaster faced at Proxima be reversed by the combined ingenuity of scientists from both worlds working together?Unsettling discoveries in the Proxima Centauri planetary system beg the questions: What if the evil gods depicted in Proxima’s ancient mythologies were real and far more powerful than even the humans from Earth with their late 21st century technologies? Worse, what if their ancient oppressors never truly left?
Time is running out for the inhabitants of Proxima Centauri. Unsettling discoveries there and at Luyten’s star now threaten both Proxima and Earth, in a new hard science fiction thriller from Travis S. Taylor and Les Johnson.
First contact with the seemingly impossible human civilization at Proxima Centauri is not going well. The Earth ships sent to render aid have not been able to reverse the contagion ravaging their population and, worse, many Proximans are now wondering if the humans from Earth are there for other, not so charitable, reasons. Can the extinction-level disaster faced at Proxima be reversed by the combined ingenuity of scientists from both worlds working together?
Unsettling discoveries in the Proxima Centauri planetary system beg the questions: What if the evil gods depicted in Proxima’s ancient mythologies were real and far more powerful than even the humans from Earth with their late 21st century technologies? Worse, what if their ancient oppressors never truly left?
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by Gregory Benford The Amazon's Right Breast
by Tom Kratman Brains Aflame: Out on the Frontier of Neuroscience with a World-Class Researcher
by Tony Daniel Terraforming Ganymede with Robert A. Heinlein - Part 2
by Gregory Benford The Aliens are Not Among Us
by Les Johnson Gravity's Punch
by Tony Daniel Science and Society in the Citizen Series
by John Lambshead Beating Decline: Miltech and the Survival of the U.S.
by J.R. Dunn BEATING DECLINE: Miltech and the Survival of the U.S.
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The Drugs of War by J.R. Dunn Putting the Science in Science Fiction by Tedd Roberts The Roads to the RCN Series by David Drake The Menace from Lydia: The Social Spider as Alien Invader by Robert E. Furey Rediscovering the Solar System by Les Johnson The Conquest of Planet Baen by Bob Kruger Indirectly Mistaken Decision Cycles by Tom Kratman Do Tanks Have a Future? by J.R. Dunn Getting Guns Right by Michael Z. Williamson Rediscovering the Universe by Les Johnson The Neuroscience of Darkships by Tedd Roberts Stars That Wander, Are You Bright: Are Stars Conscious? by Dr. Greg Matloff
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Putting the Science in Science Fiction
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by Robert E. Furey
Rediscovering the Solar System
by Les Johnson
The Conquest of Planet Baen
by Bob Kruger
Indirectly Mistaken Decision Cycles
by Tom Kratman
Do Tanks Have a Future?
by J.R. Dunn
Getting Guns Right
by Michael Z. Williamson
Rediscovering the Universe
by Les Johnson
The Neuroscience of Darkships
by Tedd Roberts
Stars That Wander, Are You Bright: Are Stars Conscious?
by Dr. Greg Matloff
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Listen to Terry Burlison discuss his essay, "Columbia's First Victims", here on the Baen Free Radio Hour. Family Therapy: Learning to Love Mercury and Pluto by William Ledbetter On the Road to the Brainships: A Look at the Current Science of Interfacing the Brain by Tedd Roberts The Closest Extra-solar Planet to Earth: What's Alpha Centauri Bb Like and How Can We Get There? by Les Johnson Siberian Dawn: Tapping Solar System Resources by Dr. Greg Matloff Evidence of Things Unseen: Why Not dark matter? by Les Johnson R.I.P., MOC by Terry Burlison Fracking and the American Comeback by J.R. Dunn A Terrible Thing to Lose: Zombie Science and Science Fiction in John Ringo's Under a Graveyard Sky by Tedd Roberts Columbia's First Victims by Terry Burlison Training for War, Part One by Tom Kratman Becoming Martian by Terry Burlison Training for War, Part Two by Tom Kratman Exoplanet Hunters by William Ledbetter Training for War, Part Three by Tom Kratman
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Family Therapy: Learning to Love Mercury and Plutoby William Ledbetter On the Road to the Brainships: A Look at the Current Science of Interfacing the Brain
by Tedd Roberts The Closest Extra-solar Planet to Earth: What's Alpha Centauri Bb Like and How Can We Get There?
by Les Johnson Siberian Dawn: Tapping Solar System Resources
by Dr. Greg Matloff Evidence of Things Unseen: Why Not dark matter?
by Les Johnson R.I.P., MOC
by Terry Burlison Fracking and the American Comeback
by J.R. Dunn A Terrible Thing to Lose: Zombie Science and Science Fiction in John Ringo's Under a Graveyard Sky
by Tedd Roberts Columbia's First Victims
by Terry Burlison Training for War, Part One
by Tom Kratman Becoming Martian
by Terry Burlison Training for War, Part Two
by Tom Kratman Exoplanet Hunters
by William Ledbetter Training for War, Part Three
by Tom Kratman
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Listen to Bob Kruger discuss his essay, "Dungeons and Dragons: The 40 Year Quest for a Game that Breaks All the Rules," on the Baen Free Radio Hour: Part 1 | Part 2. From Smart Flesh to Custom Organs: The Growing Science of Tissue Engineering by Tedd Roberts Training for War, Part IV by Tom Kratman Dungeons and Dragons: The 40 Year Quest for a Game that Breaks All the Rules by Bob Kruger Training for War, Part V by Tom Kratman Rendezvous and Docking: A User's Guide for Non Rocket Scientists (Part 1) by Terry Burlison Rendezvous and Docking: A User's Guide for Non Rocket Scientists (Part 2) by Terry Burlison Training for War, Part VI by Tom Kratman Bloodied by Starlight by Jonathan LaForce Why Science is Never Settled - Part One by Tedd Roberts Why Science is Never Settled - Part Two by Tedd Roberts Even Fantasy Needs a Little Science (Even Magic Needs Rules)by Tedd Roberts Living without Satellites by Les Johnson Behind the Scenes at Mission Control by Terry Burlison Using Outer Space to Improve Life on Earth by Les Johnson A Medieval Artist In The 21st Century by Randy Asplund
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From Smart Flesh to Custom Organs: The Growing Science of Tissue Engineeringby Tedd Roberts Training for War, Part IV
by Tom Kratman Dungeons and Dragons: The 40 Year Quest for a Game that Breaks All the Rules
by Bob Kruger Training for War, Part V
by Tom Kratman Rendezvous and Docking: A User's Guide for Non Rocket Scientists (Part 1)
by Terry Burlison Rendezvous and Docking: A User's Guide for Non Rocket Scientists (Part 2)
by Terry Burlison Training for War, Part VI
by Tom Kratman Bloodied by Starlight
by Jonathan LaForce Why Science is Never Settled - Part One
by Tedd Roberts Why Science is Never Settled - Part Two
by Tedd Roberts Even Fantasy Needs a Little Science (Even Magic Needs Rules)
by Tedd Roberts Living without Satellites
by Les Johnson Behind the Scenes at Mission Control
by Terry Burlison Using Outer Space to Improve Life on Earth
by Les Johnson A Medieval Artist In The 21st Century
by Randy Asplund
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Our Worldship Broke!by Jim Beall A Translunar Laboratory . . . Hurrah!
by Tedd Roberts The Incredibly Small Exploring the Cosmically Huge: Nanotechnology to Enable Future Space Probes
by Joseph E. Meany The Distant Past: A Setting for Science Fiction
by Michael Z. Williamson Using Missile Defense Against Terrorist Attack Israel’s Iron Dome and the Future of Rocket Shields
by Alan Isom Remember to Remind Me. . . The Changing Science of Memory
by Tedd Roberts Slaughtering Early Humans for Fun and (a Slight) Profit
by Dave Drake Space Tethers and Elevators
by Les Johnson Case Studies in Handwavium
by Jim Beall Tomorrow's Math
by Robert Dawson Will Hollywood Ever Get It Right?
by Tedd Roberts The CubeSat Revolution
by Les Johnson
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From Corvus to Keyhole Shipyards—Past, Present, and Science Fictionby Jim Beall Are We Really Just Wired Differently?
by Tedd Roberts The Near Future of Human Genome Engineering
by Dan Koboldt Mars, Moon or Bust!
by Les Johnson Do Dungeon Masters Roll Magic Dice? Willful Self-Deception on the Campaign Trail
by Bob Kruger Strange Sex: Alien Reproduction Through a Biologist’s Eyes—and What This Could Mean to Science Fiction
by Dave Freer The Science of Dr. Gribbleflotz
by Rick Boatright A Quantum of Consciousness
by John Lambshead Radium Girls of Science and Science Fiction
by Jim Beall Dark Matter of the Human Genome
by Dan Kobolt Of Dragons and Valkyries: Helicopters in Fiction
by Kacey Ezell Homo Stellaris: Becoming the People of the Stars
by Robert E. Hampson, Ph.D.
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In February of 2011 we started posting free nonfiction we at Baen thought might be of interest to our readers. The first article was "The Size of it All" by Les Johnson, a Baen author and space scientist. As new nonfiction is made available, it will be posted on the main page, then added to this book (to save the Baen Barflies the trouble of doing it themselves). This is our compilation of nonfiction for 2017. As is usual with such copyrighted material from Baen, the contents may be copied and shared but NOT sold. All commercial rights are reserved to Baen Books. The Truly HARD Science in Kill Before Dying—and the Rest of the Tau Ceti Universeby Dr. Travis S. Taylor The Galactic Internet (And We're Still Using Dial-up)by Les Johnson Honorverse Analytics: Why Manticore Won the Warby Pat Doyle and Chris Weuve Chimeras: Science and Science Fictionby Dan Koboldt Robert E. Lee and Decisive Battle: How Lee's Strategic Thinking is Portrayed in The Day After Gettysburgby J.R. Dunn Bug-Eyed Monsters Versus the World Buildersby William Ledbetter Stasis: The Future of Suspended Animationby Philip A. Kramer Graphene—Not Just Another Miracle Materialby Les Johnson and Joseph Meany Seeing Inside Your Head: From MRI to Telepathy?by Robert E. Hampson, Ph.D. Right Hand, Human Brain: The Mysteries of Handednessby Benjamin C. Kinney Grid Warsby Jim Beall Nuclear Fission Power in SpaceAndy Presby
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The Truly HARD Science in Kill Before Dying—and the Rest of the Tau Ceti Universeby Dr. Travis S. Taylor The Galactic Internet (And We're Still Using Dial-up)
by Les Johnson Honorverse Analytics: Why Manticore Won the War
by Pat Doyle and Chris Weuve Chimeras: Science and Science Fiction
by Dan Koboldt Robert E. Lee and Decisive Battle: How Lee's Strategic Thinking is Portrayed in The Day After Gettysburg
by J.R. Dunn Bug-Eyed Monsters Versus the World Builders
by William Ledbetter Stasis: The Future of Suspended Animation
by Philip A. Kramer Graphene—Not Just Another Miracle Material
by Les Johnson and Joseph Meany Seeing Inside Your Head: From MRI to Telepathy?
by Robert E. Hampson, Ph.D. Right Hand, Human Brain: The Mysteries of Handedness
by Benjamin C. Kinney Grid Wars
by Jim Beall Nuclear Fission Power in Space
Andy Presby
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Catching the Gravitational Lens Expressby Les Johnson Every Seven Minutes
by Dr. Robert E. Hampson Magic Systems Aren't Magic
by D.J. Butler Fixing Broken Memory
by Dr. Robert E. Hampson Character of the Female Warrior: an FAQ
by Kacey Ezell and Jennifer Whetstone Life Beyond Earth? Look to Small Stars
by Kerry Hensley Conflict in the South China Sea
by J.R. Dunn Why FTL Will End the Universe—and Six Ways to Avoid It in an SF Story
by John Lambshead Atomic Follies
by Jim Beall Principles of Organization for War and Organizing for War in the Carreraverse, Part One
by Thomas P. Kratman Principles of Organization for War and Organizing for War in the Carreraverse, Part Two
by Tom Kratman Principles of Organization for War and Organizing for War in the Carreraverse, Part Three: The Rest of the Organization Principles Explained
by Tom Kratman
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Free Nonfiction 2019
In February of 2011 we started posting free nonfiction we at Baen thought might be of interest to our readers. The first article was "The Size of it All" by Les Johnson, a Baen author and space scientist. As new nonfiction is made available, it will be posted on the main page, then added to this book (to save the Baen Barflies the trouble of doing it themselves). This is our compilation of nonfiction for 2019. As is usual with such copyrighted material from Baen, the contents may be copied and shared but NOT sold. All commercial rights are reserved to Baen Books. Swords of Lok: A Historical Approach to the Edged Weapons of Larry Correia's High Fantasy World by Whit Williams Principles of Organization for War and Organizing for War in the Carreraverse: Part Four: Military Organization of Carrera's Legions by Tom Kratman Genetics Advice for Generation Starships by Dan Koboldt The Evolution of Body Armor by Michael Z. Williamson Warships of Sea and Space: Form Follows Function Follows Technology by Jim Beall Warships of Sea and Space: Form Follows Function Follows Technology, Part II by Jim Beall Do You Believe in the Singularity? by Dr. Robert E. Hampson As Big as Space Itself: Building Our Own Space Megastructures—and Searching for Them as Galactic Signatures of Alien Civilizations by Les Johnson The Universe Beyond the Plasma Frequency by Kerry Hensley Man Caves: Humanity's Next Home by Ken Roy
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In February of 2011 we started posting free nonfiction we at Baen thought might be of interest to our readers. The first article was "The Size of it All" by Les Johnson, a Baen author and space scientist. As new nonfiction is made available, it will be posted on the main page, then added to this book (to save the Baen Barflies the trouble of doing it themselves). This is our compilation of nonfiction for 2019.
As is usual with such copyrighted material from Baen, the contents may be copied and shared but NOT sold. All commercial rights are reserved to Baen Books.
Swords of Lok: A Historical Approach to the Edged Weapons of Larry Correia's High Fantasy World by Whit Williams
Principles of Organization for War and Organizing for War in the Carreraverse: Part Four: Military Organization of Carrera's Legions by Tom Kratman
Genetics Advice for Generation Starships by Dan Koboldt
The Evolution of Body Armor by Michael Z. Williamson
Warships of Sea and Space: Form Follows Function Follows Technology by Jim Beall
Warships of Sea and Space: Form Follows Function Follows Technology, Part II by Jim Beall
Do You Believe in the Singularity? by Dr. Robert E. Hampson
As Big as Space Itself: Building Our Own Space Megastructures—and Searching for Them as Galactic Signatures of Alien Civilizations by Les Johnson
The Universe Beyond the Plasma Frequency by Kerry Hensley
Man Caves: Humanity's Next Home by Ken Roy
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Free Nonfiction 2020
In February of 2011 we started posting free nonfiction we at Baen thought might be of interest to our readers. The first article was "The Size of it All" by Les Johnson, a Baen author and space scientist. As new nonfiction is made available, it will be posted on the main page, then added to this book (to save the Baen Barflies the trouble of doing it themselves). This is our compilation of nonfiction for 2020. As is usual with such copyrighted material from Baen, the contents may be copied and shared but NOT sold. All commercial rights are reserved to Baen Books. Beamed Energy for Space Exploration: Giant Leap or Incremental Steps? by Les Johnson The Bridge of Sighs: Are We What Might Have Been? by Robert E. Furey Notes on the Carreraverse (A Concordance, More or Less), Part 1 by Tom Kratman Space Pirates! by Mark Lardas Notes on the Carreraverse (A Concordance, More or Less), Part 2 by Tom Kratman
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In February of 2011 we started posting free nonfiction we at Baen thought might be of interest to our readers. The first article was "The Size of it All" by Les Johnson, a Baen author and space scientist. As new nonfiction is made available, it will be posted on the main page, then added to this book (to save the Baen Barflies the trouble of doing it themselves). This is our compilation of nonfiction for 2020.
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Beamed Energy for Space Exploration: Giant Leap or Incremental Steps? by Les Johnson
The Bridge of Sighs: Are We What Might Have Been? by Robert E. Furey
Notes on the Carreraverse (A Concordance, More or Less), Part 1 by Tom Kratman
Notes on the Carreraverse (A Concordance, More or Less), Part 2 by Tom Kratman
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In February of 2011 we started posting free nonfiction we at Baen thought might be of interest to our readers. The first article was "The Size of it All" by Les Johnson, a Baen author and space scientist. As new nonfiction is made available, it will be posted on the main page, then added to this book (to save the Baen Barflies the trouble of doing it themselves). This is our compilation of nonfiction for 2023. As is usual with such copyrighted material from Baen, the contents may be copied and shared but NOT sold. All commercial rights are reserved to Baen Books.
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Free Stories 2021
In January of 2011 we started posting free short stories we thought might be of interest to Baen readers. The first stories were "Space Hero" by Patrick Lundrigan, the winner of the 2010 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Contest, and "Tanya, Princess of Elves," by Larry Correia, author of Monster Hunter International and set in that universe. As new stories are made available, they will be posted on the main page, then added to this book (to save the Baen Barflies the trouble of doing it themselves). This is our compilation of short stories for 2021. As is usual with such copyrighted material from Baen, the contents may be copied and shared but NOT sold. All commercial rights are reserved to Baen Books. APPLESEED: A Founder Effect Legend by Robert E. Hampson Latuda’s Lady in White by Aaron Michael Ritchey Misfits by A.C. Haskins All Orca Go to Heaven by Joelle Presby The Paoshi Puzzle by James L. Cambias Of Shadows and Caves by David Weber and Richard Fox Salvage Judgment by G. Scott Huggins Murder in Space by Les Johnson The Man Who Would be Dracula by Simon R. Green Shattered Trust by Dave Bara Echoes of Meridian by M. Elizabeth Ticknor The Rot’s Last Laugh by Charles E. Gannon Fire-Bright Rain by Jane Lindskold From Every Storm a Rainbow by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
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In January of 2011 we started posting free short stories we thought might be of interest to Baen readers. The first stories were "Space Hero" by Patrick Lundrigan, the winner of the 2010 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Contest, and "Tanya, Princess of Elves," by Larry Correia, author of Monster Hunter International and set in that universe. As new stories are made available, they will be posted on the main page, then added to this book (to save the Baen Barflies the trouble of doing it themselves). This is our compilation of short stories for 2021.
As is usual with such copyrighted material from Baen, the contents may be copied and shared but NOT sold. All commercial rights are reserved to Baen Books.
APPLESEED: A Founder Effect Legend by Robert E. Hampson
Latuda’s Lady in White by Aaron Michael Ritchey
Misfits by A.C. Haskins
All Orca Go to Heaven by Joelle Presby
The Paoshi Puzzle by James L. Cambias
Of Shadows and Caves by David Weber and Richard Fox
Salvage Judgment by G. Scott Huggins
Murder in Space by Les Johnson
The Man Who Would be Dracula by Simon R. Green
Shattered Trust by Dave Bara
Echoes of Meridian by M. Elizabeth Ticknor
The Rot’s Last Laugh by Charles E. Gannon
Fire-Bright Rain by Jane Lindskold
From Every Storm a Rainbow by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
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Going Interstellar
Essays by space scientists and engineers on the coolest ways and means to get humanity to the stars along with stories by an all-star assortment of talespinners abounding with Hugo and Nebula award winners: Ben Bova, Mike Resnick, Jack McDevitt, Michael Bishop, Sarah A. Hoyt and more. Some humans may be content staying in one place, but many of us are curious about what’s beyond the next village, the next ocean, the next horizon. Are there others like us out there? How will we reach them? Wonderful questions. Now get ready for some highly informative and entertaining answers. Download the comprehensive Teacher’s Guide here.
Essays by space scientists and engineers on the coolest ways and means to get humanity to the stars along with stories by an all-star assortment of talespinners abounding with Hugo and Nebula award winners: Ben Bova, Mike Resnick, Jack McDevitt, Michael Bishop, Sarah A. Hoyt and more.
Some humans may be content staying in one place, but many of us are curious about what’s beyond the next village, the next ocean, the next horizon. Are there others like us out there? How will we reach them?
Wonderful questions. Now get ready for some highly informative and entertaining answers.
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Mission to Methonē
The year is 2065 and an accidental encounter in space leads to the discovery that we are not alone in the universe—and that our continued existence as a species may be in jeopardy. Chris Holt, working in his office at the Space Resources Corporation, discovers that one of the asteroids he is surveying for mining is actually not an asteroid at all but a derelict spaceship. The word gets out and soon the world's powers are competing to explore and claim for themselves the secrets that it holds. What they don't know is that across the galaxy, a war has been underway for millennia. A war between alien civilizations that have very different ideas about what should be done about emerging spacefaring civilizations like our own. The artificial intelligence resident in the derelict Holt discovered has been in our solar system since before the dawn of human civilization, watching, waiting and keeping quiet lest the interstellar war return and wipe out the sentient race that now resides there—humanity. And that war might soon be again coming to our front door. The truth can only be discovered on Methone, a tiny, egg-shaped moon of the planet Saturn. Who will get there first? And will it be in time?
The year is 2065 and an accidental encounter in space leads to the discovery that we are not alone in the universe—and that our continued existence as a species may be in jeopardy.
Chris Holt, working in his office at the Space Resources Corporation, discovers that one of the asteroids he is surveying for mining is actually not an asteroid at all but a derelict spaceship. The word gets out and soon the world's powers are competing to explore and claim for themselves the secrets that it holds.
What they don't know is that across the galaxy, a war has been underway for millennia. A war between alien civilizations that have very different ideas about what should be done about emerging spacefaring civilizations like our own. The artificial intelligence resident in the derelict Holt discovered has been in our solar system since before the dawn of human civilization, watching, waiting and keeping quiet lest the interstellar war return and wipe out the sentient race that now resides there—humanity.
And that war might soon be again coming to our front door. The truth can only be discovered on Methone, a tiny, egg-shaped moon of the planet Saturn. Who will get there first? And will it be in time?
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On to the Asteroid
Realistic thriller crackling with action and danger as an asteroid threatens the Earth, and dedicated astronauts and scientists try to save the planet. LOOMING DESTRUCTION FROM SPACE! It's the beginning of a new golden age of space exploration. Finally, humanity is taking the commercialization of space to the next level—mining asteroids. The new gold rush of the commercial space era has begun. Another commercial venture, an attempt to put a hotel on the Moon, is seeking the space tourism gold of the ultra wealthy. And it seems as if the dream of finally sending people to Mars is finally going to happen using a ship propelled by a powerful nuclear rocket. But space travel isn’t cut and dry, and there is nothing routine about it. In order to mine an asteroid the goal is to bring it closer to Earth, but orbital mechanics are tricky and close to Earth proves to be far too close for comfort—with looming destruction from space about to become a grim reality. Now astronauts, scientists, engineers, and people in all the burgeoning space businesses must team together to stop the asteroid before it is too late for humanity and the planet it calls home.
Realistic thriller crackling with action and danger as an asteroid threatens the Earth, and dedicated astronauts and scientists try to save the planet.
LOOMING DESTRUCTION FROM SPACE!
It's the beginning of a new golden age of space exploration. Finally, humanity is taking the commercialization of space to the next level—mining asteroids. The new gold rush of the commercial space era has begun.
Another commercial venture, an attempt to put a hotel on the Moon, is seeking the space tourism gold of the ultra wealthy. And it seems as if the dream of finally sending people to Mars is finally going to happen using a ship propelled by a powerful nuclear rocket.
But space travel isn’t cut and dry, and there is nothing routine about it. In order to mine an asteroid the goal is to bring it closer to Earth, but orbital mechanics are tricky and close to Earth proves to be far too close for comfort—with looming destruction from space about to become a grim reality. Now astronauts, scientists, engineers, and people in all the burgeoning space businesses must team together to stop the asteroid before it is too late for humanity and the planet it calls home.
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Rescue Mode
The first human mission to Mars meets with near‑disaster when a meteoroid strikes the spacecraft, almost destroying it. The ship is too far from Earth to simply turn around and return home. The eight‑person crew must ride their crippled ship to Mars while they desperately struggle to survive. On Earth, powerful political forces that oppose human spaceflight try to use the accident as proof that sending humans into space is too dangerous to continue. The whole human space flight program hangs in the balance. And if the astronauts can’t nurse their ship to Mars and back, the voyagers will become either the first Martian colonists—or the first humans to perish on another planet. Listen to the authors discuss the book here on the Baen Free Radio Hour.
The first human mission to Mars meets with near‑disaster when a meteoroid strikes the spacecraft, almost destroying it. The ship is too far from Earth to simply turn around and return home. The eight‑person crew must ride their crippled ship to Mars while they desperately struggle to survive.
On Earth, powerful political forces that oppose human spaceflight try to use the accident as proof that sending humans into space is too dangerous to continue. The whole human space flight program hangs in the balance. And if the astronauts can’t nurse their ship to Mars and back, the voyagers will become either the first Martian colonists—or the first humans to perish on another planet.
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Saving Proxima
The year is 2072. At the lunar farside radio observatory, an old-school radio broadcast is detected, similar to those broadcast on Earth in the 1940s, but in an unknown language, coming from an impossible source, and originating at an equally impossible location—Proxima Centauri. While the nations of Earth debate making first contact, they learn that the Proximans are facing an extinction-level disaster, forcing a decision: will Earth send a ship on a multiyear trip to provide aid? Interstellar travel is not easy, and by traveling at the speeds required to arrive before disaster strikes at Proxima, humans will learn firsthand the effects of Einstein’s Special Relativity and be forced to ponder the ultimate of questions: “Are we alone in the universe?” and “What does it mean to be human?”
The year is 2072. At the lunar farside radio observatory, an old-school radio broadcast is detected, similar to those broadcast on Earth in the 1940s, but in an unknown language, coming from an impossible source, and originating at an equally impossible location—Proxima Centauri. While the nations of Earth debate making first contact, they learn that the Proximans are facing an extinction-level disaster, forcing a decision: will Earth send a ship on a multiyear trip to provide aid?
Interstellar travel is not easy, and by traveling at the speeds required to arrive before disaster strikes at Proxima, humans will learn firsthand the effects of Einstein’s Special Relativity and be forced to ponder the ultimate of questions: “Are we alone in the universe?” and “What does it mean to be human?”
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