A Design Competition

Astronomical Engineering: Designing Megastructures on a Cosmic Scale offers a groundbreaking journey into the science and ambition of constructing structures that operate on an astronomical scale. From the very foundations of astronomical engineering to the visionary prospects of cosmic construction, this book guides readers through a series of meticulously crafted chapters that blend rigorous theoretical insight with bold, practical innovation. Begin with Foundations of Astronomical Engineering, where the core principles and historical context set the stage for a field that transcends traditional engineering. Delve into Theoretical Underpinnings to explore the cosmic forces, energy scales, and mathematical models that drive these megastructures. In Designing Megastructures, discover how visionary concepts like Dyson spheres, Alderson disks, and advanced computational designs are reshaping our approach to harnessing stellar energy. The narrative advances into the practical realm in Technological Challenges and Material Innovations, where cutting-edge materials and breakthrough energy systems confront the harsh realities of space. From Theory to Practice: Exploratory Engineering Approaches details the iterative process of simulation, prototyping, and experimental validation that transforms theory into tangible projects. As you progress to Civilizational Implications and Ethical Considerations, the book thoughtfully examines how these monumental projects impact society, ethics, and our future as a civilization. Inspired by the imaginative visions of science fiction, Science Fiction Inspirations and Real-World Influence juxtaposes creative narratives with scientific feasibility, while Emerging Trends and Future Prospects charts the course of current research and the technological advances that promise to revolutionize cosmic construction. Finally, Concluding Perspectives synthesizes the challenges, innovations, and interdisciplinary collaborations that define the field, and Analyzing Key References in Astronomical Engineering evaluates the seminal works that have shaped this exciting domain. Ideal for PhD-level researchers, advanced students, and visionary thinkers, this book not only illuminates the technical and scientific intricacies of building on a cosmic scale but also invites readers to contemplate the profound implications of our journey toward harnessing the energy of the stars. Embark on this cosmic odyssey and discover how astronomical engineering is redefining our understanding of possibility, innovation, and humanity’s place in the universe.

Can two people actually be muse to each other? Finding pure inspiration through their actions and body language. A love story between an artist and a fashion designer. Not realizing how deeply she had fallen in love with him, Kingsley April continued to remain adamant on her decision of not finding true love and getting married. She doesn’t believe in “happily ever after” as she had been once traumatized. She swore not to submit to any man. Arthur Leo on the other hand, never knew how easy it was to fall in love, as he didn’t bother doing so. He suddenly find himself craving more of her. He wants all of her. Little did they both know, someone has a plan for them. Will two scarred hearts find healing? Will April submit to him? How deeply as she fallen? ***************** Few seconds after April finished talking, Leo seem to be in another realm as his eyes were roaming around April’s face. Suddenly, he inched closer to April’s face; he sniffed and smiled gently. Miss April, you smell like chocolate candy. He said as his face was now closer to April’s, more like he attempted to kiss her. Mr Leo what do you think you’re doing? As she is close to slapping him in the face, Leo grabbed her hands and turned her around that her back was now facing his chest. He bent lower to her shoulder while still holding her hands up tight; Miss April, it seems like I’m very much interested in you. Leo smiled.

I died. That's obvious. But I was reborn. How? Don't ask me. Maybe it was some god. A divine being? Ah- It doesn't matter. My life burned away and now- well I'm stuck here in this black void. This dungeon. Maybe I had lived a pious last life. Laughable as that was. But I was given a second chance. Told to grow my dungeon, to create hulking monstrosities that would destroy the world. In short, I am now a villain. I am the consciousness of the dungeon, the little orb at the end my body. And still I live. A projection of a body is created - a trap - and I am that. I am the one to guide foolish adventurers to their death. My looks are curated. Soft features that entrap the mind. I am the dungeon. I am the projection, I am human, and I am the dungeon. And I will conquer all. Every being will bow before my might. "Before you're cuteness~" Ah- heh- that too... help... I didn't ask to look this cute!

Elian, a beggar with nothing to lose, died tragically, only to awaken in the body of the despised bastard son of a powerful Grand Duke in the Arcanoria Empire. His second chance at life quickly turned into a nightmare when the Grand Duke’s household was executed, and Elian was sold into servitude as a courtesan. In this cruel new existence, Elian crossed paths with Izan, the enigmatic crown prince who harbored dark secrets of his own. As they grew closer, a forbidden love began to blossom, one that could upend the delicate balance of power in the empire and destroy them both. Torn between survival, betrayal and desire, Elian and Izan faced impossible choices. Could they defy the forces threatening to tear them apart, or would the empire crush their love before it even had a chance to begin? --- Warning: This book contains mature themes. Join my Discord server: https://discord.gg/NJJKETf4

In the far future humanity is threatened by monstrous beings called kaiju now humans have expanded across the galaxy with the development of new techniques and fleets of mechs. Alto a young boy with dreams of becoming a great mech pilot is forced to be a mech designer. He finds a strange technology that opens his eyes to the vast secrets of the galaxy, now with a new purpose Alto must become something the world has never seen before. A/N: Just wanna do a good sci-fi book

Menceritakan perempuan cantik bernama Lea yang gemar membaca buku favoritnya yang berjudul Alea. Namun tanpa sebab keajaiban terjadi, ketika dirinya tertidur setelah membaca novel tersebut ia pun terbangun ke dalam dunia novel sebagai ALEA.

Demon King Nefarius is betrayed by his aide and kidnapped by hero Tokiya. 　When he wakes up, he finds himself in a woman's body!? Demon King Nefarius decides to return to his throne as Demon King. 　Hero Tokiya says he will help him. The two decide to work together for their goal, and at first, the relationship between demon king and hero is incompatible, but as they get to know each other, their relationship becomes...!? And various trials await them!!

shaurya,a young man, is torn between his duty to marry a woman chosen by his mother and his forbidden love for a supernatural being. As he navigates this conflict, he finds himself drawn into a world of mystery, and where the lines between reality and the unknown are blurred. Will shaurya follow his heart and risk everything, or will he succumb to the expectations of these around him?

A young werewolf name Rin that lives in a world where beasts man and humans co-exists. However, he was a halfling. He didn't fit in anywhere. How does this young man negative life being half werewolf and half human? This is his story.

A story about a young boy named Jonathan Daniels. He's an ordinary boy with no outstanding talents. But one day, he's randomly summoned to an unknown island with people that he's never met before. They all say the same thing, and they're now in a competition to decide who'll leave as the champion.

No reino de Calypso, onde máquinas a vapor e engrenagens douradas moldam a sociedade, Eliot, um jovem inventor da favela, sonha em desafiar os limites da tecnologia. Sua vida dá uma reviravolta ao conhecer Evelyn, uma garota de espírito livre que esconde mais do que revela. Após um confronto inesperado na academia de inventores, onde rivalidades se acendem e segredos são sussurrados, Eliot vê sua mestra, Octavia, cair vítima de um ataque brutal. No centro do caos, surge o misterioso "Coração de Bronze", uma invenção capaz de mudar o destino de Calypso. Determinado a proteger aqueles que ama e recuperar o artefato roubado, Eliot embarca em uma jornada repleta de desafios, ao lado de Evelyn e, surpreendentemente, de seu rival Roger. Mas em um mundo onde as engrenagens giram pelo poder, quem realmente controla o destino? O mistério do "Coração de Bronze" é apenas o início.

Doctor, the game I made seems to have become a reality "Isn't that good? Nowadays, people face so much work pressure, but you can get rid of it, play in the world, and live the life of your dreams." But I am a quirky game designer

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Mazekien Schmidt, Head Girl and top student of Rosemary High, is at the peak of her academic career... until she finds a note in her locker reading "I wish you were dead." Spooked but determined, she throws herself into planning the Senior Party with her best friend. But the night unravels into disaster when she catches her boyfriend cheating on her... with her best friend. The betrayal sends Mazekien into a spiral of despair, forcing her to confront long-buried secrets about her past and identity. Meanwhile, Nami, a newcomer to Rosemary High and silver medallist in the prestigious Kami Cup, is eager to leave her troubled past behind. But after an unsettling encounter in the school dojo, she discovers the true nature of a powerful and dangerous entity: a Mage capable of possession, hypnosis, and uncovering the darkest truths of their victims. Nami knows she must act before her fresh start is destroyed. With vastly different personalities and painful pasts, Mazekien and Nami are drawn together by a common enemy. But can they overcome their differences to stop the Mage before their lives are ruined?

In the World of Modern Magic humans struggle against the races naturally endowed with magical abilities, Dark arts have been eradicated from the Human practices and it's teachings destroyed. In this time of constant war a young man appears with a average skill in magic but a mind unlike any other. Using his mind as his only footing in the magus world he ascends using any means necessary, no matter the cost. Follow the journey of the one they would call a madman.

Turns out death wasn't the end of everything, but the restart button of life. After returning to zero, watch as how I will unveil myself in this new world. This will be my starting point towards the greatness.

Death wasn't the end after all, but a new beginning to renew my life's direction. In this life, I'll start as nothing but will be something no one can ignore. A beginning in another world as a parasite with my broken system.

I had always thought that life and I were best friends, that luck would always be on my side, that I was the epitome of perfection itself but little did naive, little me know. Life is unfair, luck can be bad and perfection is easily shattered but I payed for it, I learned that information the hard and cruel way. Life betrayed me and took away my parents, perfection turned on me and disappeared before my eyes and luck? My luck went from bad to worse to worst. Have you ever had people in your life that stand by you, support you and give you good advice? If you have then you understand that those people become incredibly important people in your life that it's like they've become melded in you, they become part of your personality, your rock and you begin to admire them and believe that you would have never achieved what you have if not for them. You place them on a pedestal in your head, one far higher than yourself. Now imagine that those people turn their backs on you and betray you and you find out that all their "good" advice were just merely the worst possible advice one could ever receive wrapped up in a pretty pink ribbon. You find out that they are two faced snakes who came into your life just to deceive and destroy. The pain from that is simply indescribable, like if you were on top of a building and it begins crumbles from the ground up sending you falling down but this time instead of falling to your death, you fall down a dark well and begin to wonder a dark path of depression, guilt, self hate and depreciation and regret and I promise you that is a fate far worse than death. I loved watching Spy movies as a kid, I'd even dream about them. I always thought it looked so cool seeing the main character fly through the air and do awesome tricks and defeat the bad guy but everyone else around me disagreed. They all said that spies were bad people and were never to be trusted but I didn't listen, I only trusted what I knew. But when my childhood dream that became my reality was handed to me on a silver platter, I finally understood that all that glitters is not gold. The main character always loses everyone and everything and ends up alone and being a spy is far from the fantasy I'd imagined. A spy's life is nothing but a big lie and false documents made to deceive, infiltrate and annihilate the lives of others. I give you three pieces of advice to carry with you on this damned journey called life. Never, ever under no circumstances must you ever trust a spy they are wolves in sheep's clothing. TRUST NO ONE. Keep a good eye on your pillars, attack before they can make their move. Everything comes with a price some as just more horrid that others. ***** Author here, I hope you enjoyed reading the synopsis, it was really fun to write but for more elaboration; This story is about the adventures of Andrea and her three best friends but it focuses more on Andrea, as she's the main charcter but there are some chapters whers the POV will changeand focus on her friends ot those around her. Andrea, having growing up in a loving family, finds it hard to believe that all she has grown to believe is a lie. She discovers that truly everything is not as it seems as it seems in her world of undercover spies.

An ordinary man who want to enter the world of writing novels, trying to take part in a novel writing competition, but suddenly his soul got transmigrated into the world of novel writing contest themes.

*Note: I am not the author, merely a humble translator. Crab OG author : 喝一杯红酒 OG title : 游戏制作：从治愈玩家开始 Chen Xu travelled to a parallel world and was surprised to find that many classic and excellent games from his previous life were missing. I had a plan, but why did I get an 'emotion collection system', and the emotions such as happiness, sadness, excitement, fear, anger and other emotions provided by players who have played the games I made can make me stronger? But why is it so much easier to get anger than happiness? Looking at his score, Chen Xu expressed his confusion. As a result, Chen Xu's career as a game designer gradually took a turn for the worse. In Undertale, countless players pounded the table and screamed: I was cheated by this game! In Outlast, countless players screamed, my cabinet moved and I stopped playing. In Dark Souls, when countless players entered the game smiling, "Go away, please go away, leave the Firekeeper behind and go out with your flame, we don't want to link the fire! Soap, Alex and Ghost were sacrificed in Call of Duty; Zack and Aerith were killed in Final Fantasy 7; Arthur and John were betrayed in Red Dead Redemption; Countless players went berserk: "You bastards! Can't we be kinder to the protagonists? Q: How do you feel about the players' anger towards you? Facing the reporter's question, Chen Xu smiled slightly: This isn’t criticism, this is encouragement from players around the world to me, this is love! Thank you all, I will keep up the good work!

When Kylie Hayes’ brother, Riley, is tragically lost in an accident, the Hayes family’s world is turned upside down. But as time goes on, Kylie begins to notice strange patterns and coincidences that suggest something is amiss. As she investigates further, Kylie finds herself descending into a world of mystery, deception, and hidden family secrets that could unravel everything she thought she knew about her family and her life.

Ao procurar colocar um fim no próprio sofrimento, um vampiro acaba salvando-a. E ao salva-la, acabando se redimindo com o passado.

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A Poem a Day A daily dive into chaos, humor, and heartfelt musings, A Poem a Day is a collection of unpredictable poems that range from silly to sincere. With cheesy rhymes, bizarre metaphors, and the occasional heartfelt gem, it’s a celebration of creativity and the joy of trying something new. Life’s short—why not write a poem about it?