Jim Baen's Universe

Authors | David Brin

David Brin - brief bio:

1950: Born, LA County, California
1973: Bachelor of Science, Caltech
1973-1977: Research Engineer, Hughes Aircraft Research Labs
1975-1977: Master of Science (Electrical Engineering), UCSD
1981: Doctor of Philosophy (Space Physics), UCSD
1982-1985: Teaching Physics and Writing, SDSU (and technical consulting)
1982-1985: Associate/PostDoctoral Fellow, California Space Institute, UCSD

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The Ancient Ones, Episode Five Full Story From: “Keep moving,” said the guy jabbing a stake into my back.

The Ancient Ones, Episode 4 Full Story From: Again and again, during my years of service, I have reflected upon the high likelihood that I must be insane.

The Smartest Mob . . . (a parable about times soon to come) Full Story From: Washington was like a geezer—overweight and sagging, but with attitude. Most of its gutty heft lay below the beltway, in waistlands that had been downwind on Awfulday.

The Ancient Ones, Episode 3 Full Story From: Picture a lonely human, sleeping fitfully atop a cold marble slab in an alien cemetery, his dreams threaded by a night-long rhapsody of the undead—a crooning zombie serenade.

The Ancient Ones, Episode 2 Full Story From: Consciousness returned in fits and starts, accompanied by a rhythmic, irritating, "plinking" sound—the repetitious dripping of water into some pool. Even before I opened my eyes, mineral aromas and stony echoes told me that I must be underground, lying on some cold, gritty floor.

The Ancient Ones, Episode 1 Full Story From: When you’re in charge of ship filled with impish little Green aliens, the surprises a new world holds are only half the game. The other half are the surprises your crewmates and captain will think up...