Welcome to Orion's Arm, a scenario set thousands of years in the future where civilization spans the stars. Godlike ascended intelligences rule vast interstellar empires, and lesser factions seek to carve out their own dominions through intrigue and conquest. And out beyond the edge of civilized space and the human friendly worlds, adventure awaits those prepared to risk all.Collected here for your consideration are five stories exploring the Orions Arm universe, spanning years and light-years to examine a vast and diverse future from its beginnings in the dying Solar System to its continuing advance toward an uncertain destiny.

After a brief (but heroic) fling with all that is right and just, Asahel Frost has reverted to his true nature--undisciplined and feckless, according to the girlfriend who just dumped him. Now he is once again the legal nonentity known as Helmut Icicle, living the riverboat skipper life in a tiny galactic outpost with the rest of the ne'er-do-wells. That is until his sister Eve, herself genetically altered by the alien Haluk, begs Helmut to expose the Haluk's conspiracy, which threatens humans throughout the Spur worlds. Genetic alteration is tightly controlled, yet now it's running rampant. Helmut must find the culprits, but time is running out. Too many people have vanished into the secret empire where an evil genius reigns supreme. Worse yet, there's an unknown traitor in Helmut's own family who is quite willing to murder. Only one thing's clear: Helmut will emerge either triumphant . . . or dead.

The book Orion: Alien’s Friend (An imaginary story), really it is an imaginary story. This story buildup basis on a young boy’s life name Orion. Orion is a school boy. He is a very talent and gentle. He is very friendly to all people even to gentle animals and birds. He is also a friend of aliens who are come from another planet to research the earth. He like natural environment very much. He is very excited to exploration & discovery. He is a very helpful boy to all.

The Orion Nebula is the closest center of massive star formation—a stellar nursery that reproduces the conditions in which our own Sun formed some 4.5 billion years ago. In this book, O’Dell explains what the Nebula is, how it shines, its role in giving birth to stars, and the insights it affords into how common (or rare) planet formation might be.

What would you do if the life you live has all been a lie? Sixteen-year-old Orion is about to find out, as his world is thrown into turmoil. When he learns that the stars are his home and that he is destined to rule over a kingdom. Leaving everything he knows behind he risks losing himself and his humanity to save magical races he never knew existed. With the help of his newfound companion, Orion must embark on a journey to dangerous new places and take on an unknown evil that seeks to take over his kingdom.

This ingenious book is the account of an epic astronomical journey, a tale told by an early-twenty-first-century human sailor among the stars. The account is discovered, as an alien "translator's note" reveals, sixty million years in earth's future -- the product of one man's amazing, revelatory, and occasionally perilous space odyssey. Astrophysicist Mitchell Begelman takes the reader to far-distant shores, across a vast ocean of time, in a narrative that zips along at just below light speed. We travel to the center of the Milky Way, witness the births and deaths of stars, almost perish in the crushing forces at the perimeter of a black hole -- and all the while Begelman explains in clear and vibrant prose the way things work in the cosmos. A powerful imaginative work that is thoroughly grounded both in history and in the latest in astrophysical thinking and observation, Turn Right at Orion is serious science that reads like fiction.

In Episode 1, 11 years after Har-Megido and World War III, two i'hin from Earth (named Ari and Guang), an usumgal (named Chester), and the nether Horus must stop Thirium Shen's plans to reignite hostilities between Syrian A and Syrian B by Kobali rebels. The Tilmun (the apparatus with which Dyehuty built the Great Pyramid) falls into the hands of the Zoton alliance, but they cannot use it without the gems hidden in Towsang. Despite the support of the legendary Fenix-Prime, the conspirators are defeated. In episode 2, other hidden gems in various star systems of the Twelve Kingdoms would allow the Zoton alliance to attack Alpha Tzion, the galactic headquarters. This time with the help of the great Jivah, they stop the draconian-orian plans, but Horus is thrown into hell, where he advances in the process of his inner transformation. In episode 3, Jivah tells the story of the origin of this universe and how we all dwelt in the Lamed universe, from where together we created this current universe and came as souls to embody and experience the illusion of Anicca. Jivah also recounts her incarnation as Eve in the garden of Meruah, and her incarnation as Mary Magdalene, from whose perspective she recounts things that the teacher Yeshua told her followers that were not recorded in the Bible. In episode 4, Chester – the usumgal who has accompanied the team since the beginning of the search for Tilmun – is informed that his father was king of Okt, and that they usurped his throne, so he decides to get it back. Ari narrates Chester's history with the Titanic, Atlantis, the Bermuda Triangle and the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank, things that are apparently unconnected, but made sense thanks to the investigations of Chester's colleagues, who were in looking for Poseidon's trident and they ran into a great conspiracy. This work begins by recounting the origin of evil and all its forces in this universe, the first wars that were fought and the alliances between different races and worlds. After reclaiming the throne from him, Chester joins his companions in traveling to the future, to the year 3060, when Lucifer is released from prison and once again assembles Leviathan to aim to destroy Towsang and take control of the entire galaxy of Jaleb.

Compiled with the help of over 20 expert contributors under the editorship of renowned author and broadcaster Ian Ridpath, the third edition of A Dictionary of Astronomy covers everything from space exploration and the equipment involved, to astrophysics, cosmology, and the concept of time, in over 4,300 entries. The dictionary also includes biographical entries on eminent astronomers, as well as worldwide coverage of observatories and telescopes. Supplementary material is included in the appendices, such as tables of Apollo lunar landing missions, the constellations, planetary data, and numerous other tables and diagrams complement the entries. The entries have been fully revised and updated for this edition, and more than 100 new entries have been added to reflect the recent developments within the field of astronomy, including Bennu, Euclid, Mars Orbiter Mission, and slowly pulsating B star. A Dictionary of Astronomy is an invaluable reference source for students, professionals, amateur astronomers, and space enthusiasts.

For those who ever wondered just where the Klingon Homeworld is or how close it is to Earth, "Star Charts" provides fans with this information and more--including the routes of each of the ships featured in all the "Star Trek" series. Full-color photos throughout. 4 gatefolds.