Encyclopedia Galactica

An encyclopedia of galactic terms compiled from the fleet library on board the Battlestar Galactica by the fleet librarian.

A long, long, time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away…The Emperor has been dead for a little over 25 years, Grand Admiral Thrawn for 20 years. The forces of the Galactic republic are in a truce with the Empire, a shadow of its past might. Since the end of the rebellion, the Galactic Republic as constantly striven to outwit, outrun and outgun the Empire. Now, they seem to be winning and the balance of power appears to be shifting in the Republic’s favor. Yet, unbeknownst to Galactic Republic forces, the Empire plots and prepares another offensive. Under the powerful leader ship of a student of Grand Admiral Thrawn and of an Imperial Bastard, the Empire is not yet destroyed and plans revenge against the « Rebellion ».

Turn your iPad ideas into amazing apps with this exciting new guide! Whether you're app development amateur or programming professional, you’ll discover how to get in on the App Store development gold rush and start developing for the iPad with this fun and easy guide. The iPad offers developers of all levels more opportunities than ever before to be a part of the app development game, and this book is your ticket to joining in the fun. You’ll learn the basics of getting started, downloading the SDK, using context-based design, and filling your toolbox. Then you’ll move on to using Objective-Cand Xcode to program robust and vibrant apps and games specifically for the mobile platform. Offers a plain-English guide whether you’re a novice or a seasoned developer who is interested in developing iPad applications Covers working with the multitouch interface and in split-screen mode Provides useful advice on what applications thrive in the App Store and which have the most potential to turn a profit Includes a companion Web site with source code Packed with helpful advice on the ins and outs of developing great apps for mobile devices, iPad Application Development For Dummies gets you started creating cool new apps right away! Note: Apple's iOS SDK tools are only accessible on Intel-powered Mac and MacBook devices.

An encyclopedia of galactic terms compiled from the fleet library on board the Battlestar Galactica by the fleet librarian.

Featuring the ships from Universal Pictures' original 1978 US TV series and the reimagined series from 2003! The first and only complete encyclopedia of all the ships from both series. The perfect holiday gift for the Battlestar Galactica fan in your life! THIRTY EIGHT SHIPS FROM THE COLONIAL AND CYLON FLEETS With ships of both the Colonial Fleet and the Cylons from the original 1978 US TV series, the reimagined series from 2003, and the ten-part web series Blood & Chrome, this book provides in-universe profiles and plans of the key spacecraft of the shows with detail that has rarely - if ever - been seen before. The Science Fiction series Battlestar Galactica first screened on US TV in 1978 and ran for 34 episodes. The groundbreaking show, with its dramatic premise, all-star cast and sensational space adventure, acquired a huge popular following and quickly became a best-loved show among fans of science science fiction and beyond. The show returned to TV screens in 2003 in a critically acclaimed and award-winning reimagined series, with Time Magazine naming it one of the '100 Best TV Shows of All Time.' Each ship is illustrated in CG artwork, including original visual effects models made for the TV show, alongside detailed technical specifications, service history, and annotated views of the ships features.

Have you ever wondered what could happen when we discover another communicating species outside the Earth? This book addresses this question in all its complexity. In addition to the physical barriers for communication, such as the enormous distances where a message can take centuries to reach its recipient, the book also examines the biological problems of communicating between species, the problems of identifying a non-Terrestrial intelligence, and the ethical, religious, legal and other problems of conducting discussions across light years. Most of the book is concerned with issues that could impinge on your life: how do we share experiences with ETI? Can we make shared laws? Could we trade? Would they have religion? The book addresses these and related issues, identifying potential barriers to communication and suggesting ways we can overcome them. The book explores this topic through reference to human experience, through analogy and thought experiment, while relying on what is known to-date about ourselves, our world, and the cosmos we live in.

From Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross, the bestselling authors of the definitive two-volume Star Trek oral history, The Fifty-Year Mission, comes the complete, uncensored, unauthorized oral history of Battlestar Galactica in So Say We All. Four decades after its groundbreaking debut, Battlestar Galactica—both the 1978 original and its 2004 reimagining have captured the hearts of two generations of fans. What began as a three-hour made for TV movie inspired by the blockbuster success of Star Wars followed by a single season of legendary episodes, was transformed into one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved series in television history. And gathered exclusively in this volume are the incredible untold stories of both shows—as well as the much-maligned Galactica 1980. For the first time ever, you will learn the unbelievable true story of forty years of Battlestar Galactica as told by the teams that created a television legend in the words of over a hundred cast, creators, crew, critics and executives who were there and brought it all to life. So Say We All! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The classic sci-fi saga continues in this “intriguing and engrossing” first installment of a new trilogy that “extends and embellishes Asimov’s vision” (Kirkus). Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy is one of the high-water marks of science fiction. It is the monumental story of a Galactic Empire in decline, and the secret society of scientists who seek to shorten the inevitable Dark Age with the science of psychohistory. Now, with the permission—and blessing—of the Asimov estate, the epic saga continues. Fate—and a cruel Emperor's arbitrary power—have thrust Hari Seldon into the First Ministership of the Empire against his will. As the story opens, Hari is about to leave his quiet professorship and take on the nearly impossible task of administering 25 million inhabited worlds from the all-steel planet of Trantor. With the help of his beautiful bio-engineered "wife" Dors and his alien companion Yugo, Seldon is still developing the science that will transform history, never dreaming that it will ultimately pit him against future history's most awesome threat.