The product of centuries of genetic manipulation, Peter Cory must use his extraordinary abilities to confront a malevolent black hole that threatens the fabric of the universe--if he can survive the perils of a deadly planet

THRESHOLD

Literature & Fiction

Palmer, David R.

United States

Spectra

Emergence

In the aftermath of a bionuclear war Candy Smith-Foster searches the ruins of America for any other survivors

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

From The Journals Of Candidia Smith-Foster: “By now reader probably wondering who or what H. post hominem might be. Or (at very least) me. Viewed in that light, introductions are in order: “Name: Candidia Maria Smith-Foster. Born 11 years ago to Smiths; orphaned six months later; adopted by Dr. and Mrs. Foster—‘Daddy’ and ‘Momma.’ Been known as ‘Candy’ since first breath. “Homo post hominem is new species, apparently immune to all ‘human’ disease, plus smarter, stronger, faster, etc., emerging to inherit Earth after H. sapiens eliminated selves in short, efficient bio-nuclear war. Am myself Homo post hominem. Rode out war in Daddy’s marvelous shelter, now engaged in walkabout, searching for fellow survivors. Of which reader must be one. . . . “Tomorrow morning, though not now. Tired. Disappointed. Perhaps just bad day: too long, too many expectations. Too much letdown. “Never mind. Tomorrow is another day—Pollyanna lives!” The original Emergence novella, Volume I herein, and its sequel, Seeking, Volume II, were published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine. Both earned Nebula Award nominations, Hugo Award nominations, as well as Philip K. Dick Award nominations for best new writer. In addition to those nominations (and coming in second in the final Hugo balloting in 1985), the Emergence novel won the Balticon’s Compton Crook Award for best first novel.

Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Press

All-around gold-metal-winning Olympic athlete, world-class pilot, race driver, and hugely successful financial genius, Peter Cory had every reason to be content with life and satisfied with himself. He didn't know, however, that he was the product of a 9000-year-long, alien breeding program, that the challenge for which they had bred him was now impending, and that all the special qualities they had instilled into his DNA were about to face their ultimate test.A malevolent cosmic force threatened the Galaxy, but before Peter could attempt to save the trillions of sapient beings with which it was populated, he would have to learn to use his gifts.And even before he could begin his training, he would have to survive the wilds of the most utterly inimical planet in the known universe, armed with only his determination and a gradually dawning awareness of his incredible potential. . . .

Meet Candidia Smith-Foster, Homo post hominem, the next step in Mankind's evolution. She's an eleven-year-old genius with a Black Belt, and last summer she saved all that remained of her struggling new branch of humanity. Since then she's been training under an ex-Mossad assassin. She’s just learned who’s been holding her Daddy and now she knows where they are…
In David Palmer's long‑awaited sequel to Emergence, Kid Genius Candidia Smith‑Foster kicks ass from California to the Russian heartland, where evil Nazi wannabes plot the destruction of all that is good and decent. 
Tom Easton, Reviewer Emeritus,
Analog Science Fiction and Fact,Author of Sparrowhawk
Nearly 30 years ago, David R. Palmer's startlingly Heinleinesque debut novel created an action‑adventure protagonist who made Die Hard's John McClane look like a wimp amateur…At last she's back, still 11, still adorable, still sudden death with both hands, and this time she's in real trouble. With even higher stakes. 
 Spider Robinson,
co‑author, with Robert A. Heinlein, of VARIABLE STAR
Candy is one of the most memorable people I've ever known, on or off the printed page, and David R. Palmer one of the most engaging and skillful storytellers.
Stanley Schmidt,
Author of The Coming Convergence, Editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact

Tracking

Genre Fiction

Peter Cory has traversed Isis and become a 10th level WWyhr Läaq but R'gGnrök is still coming and H. Sapiens, Earth humanity, is still acting like a spoiled two-year-old with nukes as it's toys and murder as its preferred method of conflict resolution. Before humanity can be trusted with the tools that it desperately needs to fight R'gGnrök It's going to need some SPeCIAL EDUCATION.“Palmer's back, and it was well worth the wait. It is possible to have more sheer fun than reading SPĒCIAL EDUCATION delivers—but it requires a partner, and (for most of us) privacy. This, you can enjoy alone on a bus without drawing attention, if you have a good poker face. I haven't had such a good time with a science fiction novel since . . . well, since Mr. Palmer finished its eye-popping prequel THRESHOLD and stepped out for a short beer—twenty years ago! If audacity were all a man needed to become President . . . wait a damn minute, it is! What have you been waiting for, Mr. Palmer? Quit fiddling around with imagining it, and actually save the world, already. . . .”—Spider Robinson,author of CALLAHAN'S CON[Or for the front cover, where brevity is preferred:]“David R. Palmer is one of the very best of Heinlein's Children—certainly the most audacious. It's great to have him back, at the top of his game.”—Spider Robinson,author of Robert A. Heinlein’s VARIABLE STAR“The best new writer since John Varley.”— Spider Robinson,Author of Mindkiller.“Most SF novels complete one of two sentences: ‘What if . . .’ or ‘If this goes on . . .’ The rarest and most beautiful kind completes a finer sentence, ‘If only . . .’ and points a hopeful finger toward a better future. SPĒCIAL EDUCATION is the greatest avatar of that kind of SF I've seen in decades. There is no human problem too intractable for David R. Palmer—an attitude in particularly short supply these days. It's almost incidental that he's a gifted storyteller, with the knack of making you love his pixilated characters as much as he does. He doesn't even need glasses, let alone rose-colored ones, but his tomorrow is one I desperately want to live in. So will you . . . unless you happen to be French.—Spider Robinson,author of THE CRAZY YEARS“Clever, knowledgeable, and diabolically inventive. This may well be the space opera to end all space operas.”—Spider Robinson,author of Very Hard Choices“Every bit as exciting, inventive, and witty as Emergence.”—Poul Anderson“The further you read, the better this one gets. Don’t started late at night if you have to get up in the morning.”—F. M. Busby

Special Education: TO HALT ARMAGEDDON

Fantasy

University of Florida computer science professor (and closeted überhacker), Harold Butterfield, and his Corgi and Best Friend, HardDrive (a.k.a. Hardee), just met a new friend, Olivia Zoë Maria Anderson, a demon cosplayer, at a convention. On their way home, they’re abducted by aliens and subjected to “the usual” mistreatment. In the process, Harold learns that it’s the opinion of these aliens that Earth’s Homo sapiens are likely to prove too much trouble in the future, and that the simplest way to avoid that trouble is simply to detonate our sun. They have a long history of detonating suns. Clearly it’s up to Harold, Olivia, and Hardee to do something about that . . ."A delightful romp of a novel that will appeal to fans of parallel universe stories, classic science fiction, and the wonders of Oz." —“Michael A. Burstein, I Remember the Future. Astounding Award winner.“A chick in chain-mail wielding a katana, an über-hacker computer science prof, a Corgi who is a VERY good dog, and echoes of Oz and The High Crusade . . . What's not to like in David Palmer's latest after Emergence, Threshold, Spēcial Education, and Tracking?” —Tom Easton, Professor of Science (Ret.), Thomas College.

Schrödinger's Frisbee

1632. Inc.

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Arts & Photography

Music

Independently published

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THRESHOLD

Emergence

Emergence

THRESHOLD

Tracking

Special Education: TO HALT ARMAGEDDON

Schrödinger's Frisbee

John Prine Piano Sheet Music: 25 Hit Songs Collection For Piano, Vocals, Guitar

Crosby Stills & Nash Sheet Music: 27 Hit Songs For Piano, Vocal, Guitar