Böcker av Eric Brown

Billy is whisked away on a whistle-stop tour of the solar system by his grandfather, a retired astronaut. Can they brave the dangers? A new edition of this fast-paced story filled with loads of awesome facts about space. With a reading age of 8, it is also suitable for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.

Google BigQuery is a popular cloud data warehouse for large-scale data analytics. This book will serve as a comprehensive guide to mastering BigQuery, and how you can utilize it to quickly and efficiently get useful insights from your Big Data. You will begin with getting a quick overview of the Google Cloud Platform and the various ...

A volume written as homage to Arthur C. Clarke's Tales from the White Hart, featuring original stories from many of today's top genre writers, including Neil Gaiman, Charles Stross, Stephen Baxter, James Lovegrove, Liz Williams, Adam Roberts, Eric Brown, Ian Watson, and David Langford.The Fountain: a traditional London pub situated in Holborn, just off Chancery Lane, where Michael, the landlord, serves excellent real ales and dodgy ploughman's, ably assisted by barmaids Sally and Bogna.The Fountain, in whose Paradise bar a group of friends - scientists, writers and genre fans - meet regularly on a Tuesday night to swap anecdotes, reveal wondrous events from their past, tell tall tales, talk of classified invention and, maybe, just maybe, save the world…1. Introduction - Peter Weston2. No Smoke without Fire - Ian Whates3. Transients - Stephen Baxter4. Forever Blowing Bubbles - Ian Watson5. On the Messdecks of Madness - Paul Graham Raven6. The Story Bug - James Lovegrove7. "And Weep Like Alexander" - Neil Gaiman8. The Ghost in the Machine - Colin Bruce9. The Hidden Depths of Bogna - Liz Williams10. A Bird in Hand - Charles Stross11. In Pursuit of the Chuchunaa - Eric Brown12. The Cyberseeds - Steve Longworth13. Feathers of the Dinosaur - Henry Gee14. Book Wurms - Andy West15. The Pocklington Poltergeist - David Langford16. The Last Man in Space - Andrew J Wilson17. A Multiplicity of Phaedra Lament - Peter Crowther18. The Girl With the White Ant Tattoo - Tom Hunter19. The 9,000,000,001st Name of God - Adam Roberts20. About the Authors

Editor Donna Scott has selected the very best short fiction by British authors published during 2017. Twenty-two stories, from established names and rising stars of genre fiction.Introduction - Donna ScottBlinders - Tyler KeevilIn the Night of the Comet - Adam RobertsThe Walls of Tithonium Chasma - Tim Major3.8 Missions - Katie GrayOver You - Jaine FennThe Ghosts of Europa Will Keep You Trapped in a Prison You Make for Yourself - Matt DoveyUniquo - Aliya WhiteleyLooking for Laika - Laura MauroA Good Citizen - Anne CharnockMercury Teardrops - Jeff NoonThe Nightingales in Plàtres - Natalia TheodoridouThe Road to the Sea - Lavie TidharWhen I Close My Eyes - Chris BarnhamTargets - Eric BrownLondon Calling - Philip A. SuggarsThe Last Word - Ken MacLeodAfter the Atrocity - Ian CreaseyVoicemail - Karen McCreedyGreen Boughs Will Cover Thee - Sarah ByrneAirless - N.J. RamsdenProduct Recall - Robert BagnallThe Endling Market - E. J. SwiftAbout the Authors.

The invasion begins . . . and the dead start to rise. There's panic in the streets of London as invaders from Mars wreak havoc on the living. But that's not the only struggle mankind must face. The dead are rising from their graves with an insatiable hunger for human flesh.