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Jack Thompson is an expert well driller. He has drilled oil, gas, water and steam. He has worked in the Alaskan fields and he has worked in the North Sea. The years started weighing heavy on him so he came back to the lower Midwest where his only inconvenience was a tornado now and then. His boss, Charley, was an easy going boss but demanded work from his men. He appointed Jack his ramrod and Jack had his hand in every drilling site. Jack had seen it all, or so he thought. He had a diamond drill bit spin off just a couple hundred feet down. Jack sent Charley to the University to see Charley's niece, the geologist. She said nothing, on earth could damage a diamond bit. This sent ideas to ...

Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite Davis is Awake is a hard science fiction novel written by James Huber. Due to a chemical accident, Davis had not been awake for some time; it was 455 years, to be exact, since the chemical accident that had caused him to lose consciousness. James Huber's high-tech science fiction novel, Davis is Awake, is a sobering and thought-provoking look into the future as seen through the eyes of a present-day man who wakes up centuries later. Davis's therapy sessions provide him with fifty-year lessons in history -- and what a history it is. Huber's post-apocalyptic world is frighteningly plausible, and the technology he dreams up for this work is ...

A mistake or something overlooked causes a rocket launch to go bad. Before it can be aborted the capsule is separated and the men in it are saved, so to speak. They land and are faced with the problems of where they are and how long to wait before they either give up or walk out. They decide that no one is looking for them and decide that two officers walk out and leave a Sergeant there to guard the capsule and all of its valuable electronics. They never return. The Sergeant learns to survive despite wild animals, very little medicine and no cover. He makes do and what he accomplishes passes on to others.

The old saying about computers taking over our lives is, so far, just science fiction. Right? Ask six people involved in this series of Bridge books. The computers did not do it on its own, human errors are to blame. Errors and greed and criminal activities lead to a wild run through computers, building budding relationships and plain out and out conspiracy to defraud. A young and then not so young girl is the main driver in this trip. She has the ability to read a computer program and remember every line once she has seen it. This leads to new arrangements and blackmail of sorts. Video games are just coming up on the horizon, these people are the pioneers in the sixties using technolo ...

"Commander, that bright light!" "Yes; Guillotine is dead...and..." Decades after Giant Robot saved mankind from the terrible alien invader, Emperor Guillotine and his giant monsters, new threats walk the Earth. The multi-billionaire media mogul, Mursoro, who parades around as a philanthropist, rivals Emperor Guillotine in his ruthless quest for total domination of mankind. Humanity once again needs a savior. Far away from Earth, a spark of hope comes to life; simultaneously a great evil blossoms forth from the abyss. On Earth, Johnny Sokko, Mari, Jerry Mano and others lead underground lives. Constantly on the run from would be assassins. On the remnants of a long ...

In the year 2464, Ryan and Penny Warhoff, a father and daughter team of Scientists stumble upon the greatest truth in the history of mankind. It couldn't come at a better time, as they learn of a plot to overthrow the world and exterminate the world’s diverse population. As the President falls deeper into madness, a savior rises from the ashes of human expectation to provide a solution to the world’s problems. But will humanity be willing to play the Mind Game? If the Universe was willing to sacrifice everything to save humanity, would you do your Part?

Peek at the Past is a science fiction novella. Charlie Shell found himself a position as a newspaper reporter. His first real assignment was out of town. He'd be covering the opening of a new church and school. Charlie found a boarding house in town for his stay where he met a strangely intriguing older man. His name was Jeffrey Wills, and he had pictures taken of him with historical figures that seemed impossible, or at the very least, clever digitized mock-ups. They weren't, however. Jeffrey was a current holder of The Legacy, and it allowed him to travel back in time. Now it was his time to pass The Legacy on, and Charlie was to be the next recipient. James Huber's time travel science ...

Byron and Lynn looked at each other in alarm. Byron shouted, "Get him back!" "No way," said Lynn. "Something is happening out there and I won't distract him. If he needs us, he knows we will be right here. Meanwhile, we wait." Shalako sat up suddenly. A red light had begun to flash on his heads-up display. Script began to appear across the bottom of the screen. "Obstruction ahead, roadblock, decelerating." At the same time Sherry responded with, "roadblock ahead, cruise control off, brakes applied, stopping in 1500 feet, pilot assess situation." "What the heck? What now?" As the truck came to an abrupt halt in the middle of the road he thought, "I think I’ll shed some l ...

An auto accident, a man with super powers, a space alien, terrorists from another planet and a street gang are the main ingredients of this fast-paced, action-packed story. A middle-aged comic book artist loses consciousness after suffering a serious accident and wakes up, not only without injuries, but with limited super powers. His initial reaction is to hide the new abilities. While on a bicycle ride, he has to use his powers to save a woman and two children. The act is recorded by a bystander and appears on TV, when an announcer gives him the name Pedalman. This leads to a series of adventures involving aliens and an unusual alliance.