The inspiration for the book came from the following quote by Charles Darwin: "Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an intolerable thought that he and all other sentient beings are doomed to complete annihilation after such long-continued slow progress." An extraterrestrial computer intelligence (the Vessel) arrives in Earth's orbit. It plugs into, and takes control of all, human telecommunication systems. The Vessel seems benign and offers all its knowledge to everyone for free. The Vessel's knowledge fast-forwards human...

In their wonderful new book Continental Drifting, the authors, travelers, photographers, and videographers Julia Buss and David Millett take the reader on a journey of a lifetime. While visiting every continent on the planet they transport the bibliophile to faraway destinations, immersing, and engulfing them in the wonders of our most glorious planet. The work offers a mesmerizing photographic experience of the earth, its geography, plants, and animals. It gives the novice traveler insight, while offering the experienced rover a sense of depth and richness. It is definitely one of the best...

Join authors Julia Buss and David Millett on a comical jaunt through some of the big questions in life. Using rhyme and illustrations they explore some of the ideas we hold dearest. Come take the ride with Tricky Nick Trickadee and his faithful dog Lucretius, if you dare. Tricky Nick Trickadee knows America is great If only it could rid itself of prejudice and hate

Two massive and ruthless companies, the Dane Corporation and Norge Industries, are at war. The head of the Dane Corporation, President and CEO Hamlet Dane has died unexpectedly. His brother Claud Dane has taken control of the company and married his brother's wife. Hamlet's daughter Femlet Dane was being groomed by her father to become the CEO of the company, but her uncle has other plans. An inward morose woman everyone assumed this was just the way she was, but she has a dark secret. She is devastated at the unexpected death of her beloved father and incensed over her mother's marriage to...

Second Edition If we are unable to limit, in a humane and intelligent way, the world's human populations we will not escape our history of growth and collapse. And the next collapse will be like no other. It will not be restricted to the remote Easter Island. It will not give us the chance to expand to another area as with the collapse of the Samarian civilization. The next collapse will be a worldwide one, epic in proportion, and perhaps the final one for the human race. However, if some of us do make it through this global downfall what will our descendants find in the geological record....

The unexpected discovery of a frozen corpse at the North Pole brings back a giant, hideous, and mysterious creature from the past to present-day California. When the awful thing unexpectedly reawakens from its icy grave it begins a new life in our world. The Creature tells an exciting, knuckle biting story of this reawakened creature's introduction into a contemporary world. The story explores a modern response to a pseudo human-being. Science is fascinated, greed is motivated, and yet fundamental human traits such as kindness and disgust flow through the story. Are we any better than we were...

Enjoy colorful and thought provoking art from the digital artist, filmmaker, and author David Millett. There really is a joy in attempting to express yourself via paint, color, lines, textures, and brushes. It is a cleansing and therapeutic feeling. The emotional dimension of painting is hard to understand, but it is very enjoyable.