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Galactic Developments: The History of the Future

Release Date: Monday, September 30th, 2024
Pages: 537 pages
ISBN 13: 9798340960382
Galactic Developments: The History of the Future offers a realistic timeline of humanity's journey into the next millennium, exploring pivotal events in science, technology, and culture as we navigate the cosmos and encounter alien civilizations.

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Galactic Developments: Die Geschichte der Zukunft - Version 3

A realistic vision of humanity's future.
Chronicled as a timeline of pivotal events.
This is the history book of tomorrow.

This is science fiction based on real science and technology. How would a future look with possible science and without impossible technology? A realistic picture of the next millennium.

Inventions - Discoveries - Culture - Economy - Science - Technology
Artificial Intelligence - Implants - Metamaterials - Antimatter - Railguns
Spaceships - Asteroids - Planets - Stars - Kingdoms - Empires - Pirates
Conspiracies - War - Sacrifice - Liberation - Adventure and Wonder

"In 2213, asteroid pirates threaten interplanetary commerce. By 2445, the Scum Festival in Mars orbit becomes a cultural phenomenon. In 2840, humans hunt for alien artifacts among the stars." - Welcome to the next millennium of human history.

"The History of the Future" chronicles our species' journey from the next steps on the Moon to encounters with alien civilizations and beyond.

This unique future history follows humanity's achievements and setbacks as we:
• Settle the Solar System, from the scorching heat of Mercury to the icy Kuiper Belt
• Develop antimatter drives, gluon capacitors, and molecular beam printers
• Encounter alien civilizations from indifferent superiors to unlikely allies
• Navigate interstellar politics, from fledgling settlements to vast empires

Experience the rise of cylinder habitats and the fall of asteroid states. Witness epic space battles and inspiring moments of discovery in distant star systems.

This is hard science fiction infused with the adventurous spirit of classic space opera.

-- Contents --

19 The Next Century
60 Space Development
104 The Solar Coalition
142 Interstellar Beginnings
187 Among the Stars
220 A Long War
228 Interstellar Civilization
241 Under Foreign Rule
260 Reconquista
306 The Swarm
328 Empire