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Tolerance by TheLastFirstChoice
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A short poem about interfaith tolerance
Earthrise: 2176 [Published - Sample Only] by WillFlyForFood
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What if we were the first in our part of the galaxy to discover the secret of faster than light travel? What if this discovery was 10,000 years before it was supposed to be? Our neighbors had been watching for centuries and were surprised with our early arrival into the Web of Worlds... The Year is 2166: To the people of Earth, the universe seemed to be a very lonely place. Astronomers have discovered tens of thousands of planets; many had indications of organic life. SETI had been searching for signals for over 200 years. There had been a few tantalizing bits of radio or radar energy received but nothing ever proven to be of intelligent origin. But there was an alien civilization out there, in fact many of them linked together in a Web of Worlds. They were watching us quietly, carefully and patiently. It had long been the prime directive of the Web that no developing civilization be contacted until that civilization made it into interstellar space on their own; and that always took time, lots of time. Most Web worlds took 1,000 years or more to go from steam to the atom and none had made it from the atom to a sublight stardrive in less than 5,000 standard years. Every civilization of The Web had proven that faster than light travel was impossible, so there was plenty of time to watch the Earth... The watchers were astounded with the speed of progress of human science and also horrified at the periods of violence. By 2076 nuclear fusion power was widespread on earth. By 2100 the first interplanetary fusion ships explored the Sol system. The men and women of the Anglosphere Alliance began their first missions in ships approaching 0.1c. At that velocity, manned flight to even the nearest stars would take a lifetime. What would happen if a beautiful engineer and a brilliant physicist stumbled upon an artificial gravity field which would make a faster than light drive possible... Earthrise: 2176 A #1 Science Fiction Story Featured by wattpad
The Capitol Games by amzzz18
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~ a Hunger Games fanfiction ~ In Mockingjay, the victors decided to hold one last Hunger Games using only Capitol children. When President Coin was murdered, the Games were announced as cancelled. But what if they weren't? Bryony Price is one of the twenty-four unlucky children chosen to fight to the death. Just as things couldn't get any worse, her best friend, the President's granddaughter herself, is also chosen. Inside the arena that will push their friendship to the limits, who will become the victor of the Capitol Games? ~~~~ I do not own Katniss, President Paylor, Celestia Snow or any of the other characters I've used from the original Hunger Games books or movies. They belong to Suzanne Collins, as are the Capitol and the arena. Bryony, Joe and everyone else are entirely mine. ~~~~ Thankyou to the amazing @redblacklady for the fab cover! ~~~~ Finished writing: 18/11/2015 Finished editing: 16/10/2016
Survival (ON HOLD) by neelimadubey
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"As I tread on the barren and dry land below me, I think about my ancestors who surely had time to save this wrecked planet I live on, named 'Earth'." Alice, a 16 year old teenager, who lives on an Earth which has been wrecked by pollution, is blazing with rage, and it's her rage that will send her life and the life of the other residents on Earth into a turmoil and a decision that can possibly save thousands of life- or maybe wreck them for eternity. Watch as Alice struggles to live while nurturing her boiling up anger and her schemes, while dealing with her own personal problems like loneliness, friendship and maybe love. Highest rank: #9 in Science Fiction ((On hold until further updates!!))
Angels and Wormholes by David_Shultz
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A star-faring religious cult has created an army of robotic zealots designed to follow holy scripture. As the robotic menace spreads across the galaxy, it takes prisoners to be 'excommunicated': hooked into a neural simulation of eternal torment. Captain Rolland Barron leads the Sol Federation Starship Excalibur on a diplomatic mission. Cassia LaCroix is a wormhole hunter, earning a living scouring the galaxy for valuable tunnels through space-time. Prince Zoojin, a psychic alien from a distant galaxy, must prove himself worthy of the throne of Paxis Prime. The paths of these characters converge as they pursue their own motives, leading them towards the mechanical legion that is sweeping across the galaxy. COVER BY: rentachi AUTHOR'S NOTE: this is an early draft of the novel. I am very grateful for your readership and your feedback, which I have taken into consideration for a major rewrite. The new novel is completely different. If you liked the book, then please look forward to the release of the finished novel.
A Broken Democracy by BabyDeer98
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The year is 2025. The United States of America has fallen from a peace loving Democracy into a brutal dictatorship, rivaling the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Now, with tension rising within the country, the world holds it's breath as the United States does what no one ever thought they would do...
The Girl Who Started the Revolution by AbbyJewett
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❝One girl, one book, and an entire nation that wants to keep her from it.❞