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Think every space hero was born with an army of laser-firing minions? Think it's easy to maintain a healthy rivalry with your archnemesis? Think again!Intergalactic News Flash: Even a rookie like yourself can become the next great Space Hero. But there's more to it than seducing alien babes or swapping one-liners with our first mate. How will you combat the evils of helmet hair? Can you win a no-win scenario? If you want to survive the 'Verse, you've got a lot to learn, Cadet.The Space Hero's Guide to Glory is a step-by-step illustrated guide that will take you from home world half-wit to interstellar idol. Filled with lessons gleaned from your legendary predecessors―including Han Solo, Captain Kirk, and Kara Thrace―you'll learn the difference between laser and phaser, how to assemble a crew of brilliant misfits, and the basic piloting skills to avoid warping your starship straight into a black hole.
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Chrono-displacement Molecular Reassembly Psychosis Specialist and Test Subject Hostage Negotiator Phil Hornshaw moonlights as a technology blogger when he hangs up his time travel goggles. A sometimes fanatical consumer of television and film as well as part-time payer of attention to Science, he has known a fascination with time travel and its horrific effects on the human all his life. He currently lives in Los Angeles and spends much of his time working on various science-fictiony experiments in plot delivery systems with writing partner-best friend Nick Hurwitch. Hornshaw works as a smartphone app-centric tech blogger for Appolicious. com and writes about video games for GameFront. com. He also has a (somewhat unhealthy) fixation with zombies, aliens and other horror-type. ..horrors, and has been known to write short stories, screenplays and the 140-character musings.
