Space Humor

Jakes back. He's older, wiser, and better dressed. He's going to be the coolest spy ever, then he fails his pilot exam. Disgraced, Dashi sends him out hunting missing food shipments. It's boring, but Nadine's shadowing him. Is it to find out what he knows, or just to snoop on that slinky redhead free trader pilot he took to dinner?

When sociologist Nalini Jackson joins the SS Delany for the first manned mission to Jupiter, all she wants is a career opportunity: the chance to conduct the first field study of group dynamics on long-haul cryoships. But what she discovers instead is an entire city encased in a bubble on Europa, Jupiter’s largest moon.

NASA’s scientists thought he’d be the PERFECT chimp to send into space. Little did Chump know that he had been selected for a deadly-dangerous mission. If a chimp could orbit Earth, then chances were a human could too. With Chump the chimp at the controls of a spacecraft, what could possibly go wrong? As it turned out, EVERYTHING.

"The galaxy isn’t done with you yet." Once a top pilot for the British Space Navy, he was a mercenary leader until he met Jon Hunter, then was promoted to space commodore, and busted back to squadron leader. He's been sitting on a beach for the last few months, pondering his mortality, and wondering why he's still alive. So what's next for Algy Lacey? It's time to put the band back together, and pursue one of the unanswered questions from the Rawtenuga war. Did any of the Giants survive? And if they did, where did they go? Algy doesn’t know why he needs to do this, just that something ...

Random Facts You Should Know: WTF Edition is jam-packed with fun and strange facts that you will be itching to unpack in any conversation to impress those around you. Whether you enjoy listening through these by yourself, with a partner, or with a group, you are bound to lose track of time while having a laugh and learning something new.

When the universe throws him a curveball, Bevil Cyrex finds himself adrift in space on a ship determined to kill him. But then, in a stroke of luck, he stumbles across an ancient and abandoned space station called The Starlite. Once he is on board the station, Bevil soon finds himself befriending a nanite swarm that takes on the appearance and mannerisms of his grandmother.

George Murdock has always been the tech go to guy. So when the prototype jump drive is ready for testing, it’s only right his ship is where it’s fitted. It’s the first test of merging tech and magic. What could possibly go wrong? George knows when the chips are down, he’s still part of the alpha team, and they always go in at the shit end. But this time, nothing he’s done prepares him for what’s coming for him now. This time he’s alone, and to survive, he must become, the Imperium Knight. Grace Tapping was the girl who ran away from the Imperator. When she became a fighter ...

Calling Major Tom is a funny, uplifting tale of friendship and community about a man who has given up on the world...but discovers in the most unlikely way that it might not have given up on him. We all know someone like Thomas. The grumpy next-door neighbour who complains to the residents' committee about the state of your front lawn. The man who tuts when you don't have the correct change at the checkout. The colleague who sends an all-company email when you accidentally use the last drop of milk.

The first carnival to take place on Union Station since humanity joined the galactic community is coming, and the ambassadors of the different species are all entered in the election to become Carnival King or Queen. It's not a job that Kelly wants, and, fortunately for her, the humans get a late start at electioneering.

There has never been a mage this powerful before. And yet, what use is power when bad things happen while you sleep? For most people, the question is: "How do I go on?" For Bud, the question is: "How do I fix this?" The problem is determining why it broke, so it won't happen again. But fixing things is easy. It's the consequences of your choices which are difficult. And what of the other things which need fixing? Once you start fixing things, where does it end? He's worked for Kali, Ganesha, and Shiva, across two galaxies. Now, he's Destiny's Spacemage.

Two years after the events of Alien Night on Union Station, Kelly faces new challenges as the EarthCent Ambassador. The growing acceptance of humans by their alien neighbors plus a measure of her own personal fame (or infamy) is resulting in too much work for an embassy with only two full-time staffers. Friends and family must wonder if the stress is finally getting to Kelly when she starts acting even more peculiar than usual.

It's a dirty galaxy and someone has to clean it. Avoiding the wealthy inhabitants on the upper levels of Station Kelly Kornienko is bot-programmer Triana’s number one rule - until one of her cleaning bots finds a dead body. A girl has to pay the rent, even on a crappy studio compartment, so Triana lends her programming skills to Agent O’Neill’s investigation. Together, they find more victims and evidence of a major cover-up. It will take all of Triana’s technical talents and some really excellent croissants to stop the murders, save her job, and ultimately, her life.

The Dragons are going to war! Dragon kind has been hiding from the tigers for longer than anyone can remember. The tigers fear the dragons, but no longer know why they do. Everyone knows you never wake a sleeping dragon. But the Keerah have. The Imperium found them, brought them back together, and showed them hiding was not the answer. But now they know some of their kin have been enslaved. Knight General Willow has a mission. Find their kin, and liberate them from the tigers. But tiger space is vast, and the galaxy has forgotten that dragons once roamed at will between the stars. Beware ...

She saved one planet. Now another world wants her services. If she can't get them to give up their piracy, will she be forced to walk the airlock? Success on a grubby mining planet full of injustices and inequalities brings a Federation diplomat to the attention of pirates, who kidnap her to work a similar miracle on their planet. But this time, she has a jailor who thwarts her every move. Worse, if she fails, “Beloved Leader” will deliver a cruel death. To enter this spine-tingling, strange world of lies and double-speak, get the book.

What if villains had a support hotline? What if they were calling about the Imperium? Villain Support is going to have to up their threat level. We’re back in Crossover territory, and this is very short humor parody to laugh at. The Hunter Imperium Universe Is best read in this order: The Hunter Legacy Hero at Large Hunted Hero Hunting Send in the Hero Make or Break the Hero Hail the Hero Burnside's Killer Hire a Hero Jane's Christmas Hero to the Rescue Hero at the Gates The Long Road to Gaia Home is Where the Hero Is Hero in Darkness Hero to the End A.I. Destiny Admiral of Gaia Kingdom ...

They came from space. We don’t know who they are. We don’t know what they want. We don’t know why they keep coming back. We thought we could stand against all enemies. We were wrong. We thought the enemies we had were as bad as it was possible to be. We were wrong. But we do know one thing. We will adapt. One day we will be ready for them. And on that day, as with all days, There will be, the Dawn Patrol. The Hunter Imperium Universe Is best read in this order: The Hunter Legacy Hero at Large Hunted Hero Hunting Send in the Hero Make or Break the Hero Hail the Hero Burnside's Killer ...

Scholastic's best-selling Old Lady returns in this adventure series with a nonfiction twist that will make you laugh and learn! In this spin-off, the Old Lady turns into an Old Astronaut who travels through space, swallowing a moon...along with a star, a planet, a comet, a meteor, a rocket, and a satellite.... Why? Well, it went down just right, that bright satellite!

Adam and his two companions continue to fight their way across the devastated landscape of a post-apocalyptic America. The artificial intelligence that inhabits the supercomputer implanted in Adam's brain has become more and more human. Nan, the A.I., eventually reacquires the body she feared had been lost to her forever. Adam and Nan train rigorously to gain the maximum benefit from their genetic augmentations as Adam's wolfdog, Roe, grows stronger in both body and mind. With the support of his companions Adam is able to overcome the many challenges along the way. During their journey the ...

Where do you go after being Destiny’s Spacemage? What do you do after wielding an order of magic never seen in the galaxy before? Who have you become? And what is there left to do? Bud saved the Imperium, but didn’t cease to exist as he expected. Now unable to go home because he is actually there, he must find a new purpose. Some higher must want him in the past, but what do they want him to do? For Bud it comes down to one feeling, summed up by one word. Adrift. The Hunter Imperium Universe Is best read in this order: The Hunter Legacy Hero at Large Hunted Hero Hunting Send in the Hero...

Evangelist Brock T. Hanson believes Colin Douglass to be the prophet he’s been waiting for his whole life, the man who will lead the faithful back to Earth and trigger the most momentous event since Creation itself. But there’s a problem. Actually, there are several. First, Colin Douglass himself doesn’t believe a word of it and is the kind of chap who’d rather stay at home with a nice cup of tea than cross the galaxy on some foolish, idealistic crusade.