Showing results for "Train" in Science Fiction

Arriving on Earth in the midst of the American Civil War, the Doctor and Amy must get a posse together to help them retrieve an alien artefact that has fallen into the clutches of the Confederate Army. The terraforming device belongs to the Cei, a race of invaders who plan to use it to turn the...

Life in SoCal in 2195 is controlled by a corporatocracy. Elsa scavenges twenty-first-century trash, living on the edge of starvation in this ruthless world through her grit and instincts. When she unearths a metal tube containing maps to six Doomsday seed bunkers and a silver key, she dreams of renewable sources of food and a life based on more than subsistence, but GreenCorps will stop at nothing to acquire her find. Accused of theft and beaten half to death, she escapes with a handsome train hopper. They seek the long-lost bunkers, hoping to break GreenCorps' monopoly on food.

When Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are asked to escort a VIP on the late-night train to Bath, it would appear to be a routine case. The Organisation has acquired intelligence that an attempt is to be made on Sir Dennis Gregson’s life as he travels to Bath to take up his new position as Head of the British Psychic Weapons Division. Ishmael’s mission is to ensure that Sir Dennis arrives safely. How could anyone orchestrate a murder in a crowded railway carriage without being noticed and with no obvious means of escape?

The universe is a dangerous place, a fact violently brought home to Frank Compton for perhaps the thousandth time when a stranger delivering a message dies right in front of him. An operative for Western Alliance Intelligence until his whistle-blowing activities got him fired, Compton is now being sought out by the Spiders, the robotic alien beings responsible for the upkeep and operation of the Quadrail transportation system, which connects the galaxy's twelve inhabited empires.

It’s not easy being Rhys Williams. You’re married to the sexiest woman in Torchwood. She saves the world for a living, you move lorries round in a timely fashion. Suddenly, you’ve got a mystery of your own. Oh, it starts off being about missing fridges. But it leads to a midnight train...

It was supposed to be a new tool for anger management. The deal was I help beta test their new video game and get a microchip implanted in my hand to monitor my responses, and I get out on early parole. But the game? I've never played anything like it. I'm a kaiju, a giant monster, an avatar of destruction. It's immersive and empowering, and it just might be my ticket to taking control of my life. Until a kaiju shows up on campus and the entire world changes....

"Je plaisante, je plaisante, mais la situation est affreusement désespérée. L'affaire était louche dès le début pourtant, l'ennemi n'est pas tombé du ciel, il sortait bien de quelque trou, verdammt, un enfant l'aurait compris. Quand avons-nous cessé d'être intelligents ou simplement attentifs ?" Ute Von Ebert, dernière héritière d'un puissant empire industriel, habite à Erlingen, fief cossu de la haute bourgeoisie allemande. Sa fille Hannah, vingt-six ans, vit à Londres.

After a harrowing journey to Canada, Elsa and her friends are safe, but the need to free their homeland from GreenCorps domination forces them back into danger. With renewed hope, they return to join the rebels. Some sneak into SoCal to free Elsa's family, others lead teams to collect seeds from the bunkers, and others bring hope to the populace and free the downtrodden. Like Elsa, Janna grew up in SoCal, but instead of escaping, her brother sold her as a prostitute.

Train to Elsewhere is a surreal, poetic journey through the borderlands of consciousness where memory, dream, and myth converge. Part fantasy, part philosophical fiction, and part psychological allegory, it follows Bob the Black Cat, Ms. Understood, the Head Librarian, and Bearton Rogers - aboard a sentient train that moves not only through space and time, but also through meaning. Blending literary fiction, magical realism, and metaphysical adventure, the story explores the shifting landscapes between the real and the imagined - a world where the Library of Y'all hums with infinite echoes.

Step aboard “Tomorrow’s Train,” an evocative novella by Alex Brown that explores profound questions of existence: What happens after we die? How do our choices shape our eternity? Blending speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, this thought-provoking tale takes listeners on a journey beyond life’s veil into a mysterious afterlife. Maddison Mackenzie awakens in a sterile realm, surrounded by recently departed souls. They are confronted by an enigmatic figure offering a choice that will define their eternal fate.

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Each week, co-hosts Leah and David take turns sharing a movie, game, band, and anything else they can think of with one another and discuss their experiences of what it was like experiencing that bit of media together.

Oh ye civilized of Earth: Send forth your outcasts, your primitive throwbacks, your religious fundamentalists, your sexual separatists - and heck, you can even toss in your totalitarian crackpots in the bargain. Pack them all in sealed habitats, rocket them into space, and pronounce good riddance to those lunatics, oddballs, and losers! But if you happen to be an alien explorer stranded on that ship and looking to find a way home, well then, your one chance lies in seeking out the true iconoclasts in a sea of nutcase societies.

Punch your ticket for a laughter-filled journey that transcends the boundaries of time and space. Space Train is a full-cast audio sitcom for people who like shows like Community, Futurama, Arrested Development, and the Good Place, delivering a unique blend of humor, heart, and interstellar absurdity. Buckle up, because this space-faring ensemble cast is about to take you on the ride of a lifetime! Space Train is written by Aaron Garrett and Steven Saltsman for Pronoia Theater.

Et salut à tous ! C'est ExServ et après une très longue pause, je propose à nouveau en podcast mon émission Un Train de Retard. Il s'agit d'une émission bimensuelle enregistrée en live sur YouTube dans laquelle je reviens sur plusieurs sujets de l'actualité du jeu vidéo. J'essaie de vous donner un maximum de clés de compréhensions sur des sujets divers afin de vous aider à mieux comprendre cette industrie. Pour me soutenir, vous pouvez rejoindre ma page patreon : https://www.patreon.com/exserv

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In Denver, Ginger, the sheltered daughter of the GreenCorps leader, hops a train, escaping her lonely existence imprisoned in her father's mansion. Encountering hardship and devastating thirst, Ginger experiences the disparity between the starving, oppressed populace, and her life of privilege. Rescued by Elsa's group, she vows to help break the corporation's stranglehold. As the GreenCorps henchmen close in, the race with the key becomes desperate. If caught, Elsa and her found family face life imprisonment, or worse, execution—their one chance to change their world, lost forever.

A man, out for prayers, is found dead by a river bank and the listener is off to the races in this relentlessly paced twentieth century chronicle. Strong female characters like the coprotagonist, contrast the story to its provocative title, who is a strong, independent woman who would stop at nothing to achieve what she believes in. Human irrationality is front and center in this historical fiction theater.

Crazy Train of Thought is a weekly show with raucous rants regarding video games, movies, and pop culture with a rotating multitude of misfits and miscreants. NOW ON VIDEO! Just search YouTube for The Idiot Savants.

In "Planes, Trains, and Comic Books" comic enthusiasts Matt Hansen and John Johnson read, discuss, and review comic book story arcs. Matt and John take a deep dive into the comic book medium, not only re-reading beloved and critically acclaimed story arcs, but also exploring the less heard of, and more unknown works. *INCLUDES SPOILERS*