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Author
Series
Dune novels. Legends of Dune volume 3
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
620 p. : geneal. table ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of The Machine Crusade. Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets are liberated. the human worlds begin to hope that the end of the centuries-long conflict with the thinking machines is finally in sight. Unfortunately, Omnius has one last, deadly card to play. In a last-ditch effort to destroy humankind, virulent plagues are let loose throughout the galaxy, decimating the populations of whole planets....
22) Blue Mars
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
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The First Hundred settlers on Mars have succeeded in making Mars into a green, water-rich land, but are now facing a crisis due to an impending ice-age and problems on Earth that are causing its people to seek a better life on the former desert planet.
23) Dune
Author
Series
Language
English
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Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Le Guin's Hainish series begins with the assumption that centuries ago humanoids from the planet Hain ventured through the solar system establishing colonies on various planets including Earth. For mysterious reasons these colonies lose all contact and knowledge of each other until the 21st century when an attempt is made to establish a galactic league. Individual stories in this loosely organized series explore the inherent communication difficulties...
26) Semiosis
Author
Series
Semiosis duology volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Colonists from Earth wanted the perfect home, but they'll have to survive on the one they found. They don't realize another life form watches and waits. Only mutual communication can forge an alliance with the planet's sentient species and prove that humans are more than tools."--
Author
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Language
English
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"With the scope of Dune and the commercial action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multple-award-winning phenemonenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the...
Author
Series
Captain Raptor adventures volume 3
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Captain Raptor and the crew of the Megatooth rush to help rescue scientists from the planet Mammalia who are trapped on Pyros Prime, an unstable planet with exploding volcanoes.
29) Hunters of dune
Author
Series
Dune novels. Main series volume 7
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Akiko novels volume 4
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Akiko and her friends reach the final stage of their mission to rescue Prince Froptoppit from the castle of Alia Rellapor.
Author
Series
Homecoming saga volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A powerful computer, the Oversoul, has the task of governing human affairs on the planet Harmony and needs to be repaired. Moozh, a great warrior, flouts the Oversoul. Can anyone stop him or will the planet fall?
Author
Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
199 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
While residents of the planet Valo prepare to welcome visitors from all over the galaxy for the Republic Fair, Jedi Padawan Ram Jomaran discovers that someone has knocked out Valo's communications tower, and as the dreaded Nihil unleash a surprise attack, it's up to Ram to face the enemy and send a call for help to the Republic.
33) A darkling sea
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
On the planet Ilmatar, under a roof of ice a kilometer thick, a team of deep-sea diving scientists investigates the blind alien race that lives below. The Terran explorers have made an uneasy truce with the Sholen, their first extraterrestrial contact: so long as they don't disturb the Ilmataran habitat, they're free to conduct their missions in peace. But when Henri Kerlerec, media personality and reckless adventurer, ends up sliced open by curious...
34) Abaddon's Gate
Author
Series
Expanse volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
566 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artifact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core.
35) Provenance
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
439 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Following her record-breaking debut trilogy, Ann Leckie, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards, returns with an enthralling new novel of power, theft, privilege and birthright. A power-driven young woman has just one chance to secure the status she craves and regain priceless lost artifacts prized by her people. She must free their thief from a prison planet from which no one has ever returned. Ingray and her charge will return...
36) Ancillary mercy
Author
Series
Imperial Radch volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For a moment, things seemed to be under control for Breq, the soldier who used to be a warship. Then a search of Athoek Station's slums turns up someone who shouldn't exist, and a messenger from the mysterious Presger empire arrives, as does Breq's enemy, the divided and quite possibly insane Anaander Mianaai--ruler of an empire at war with itself"--Page 4 of cover.
37) Red moon
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It is twenty-five years since China established the first colony on the moon, and the lives of three people are about to collide. American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip there, his purpose to install a communications system for China's Lunar Science Foundation. But hours after his arrival he witnesses a murder and is forced into hiding. It is also the first visit to the moon for celebrity travel reporter Ta Shu. He has contacts and influence,...
38) The plant planet
Author
Series
AstroNuts volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carbon dioxide is out of control on Earth, and the fate of humankind rests in the paws of four experimental, untested Animal Astronauts (AlphaWolf, SmartHawk, LaserShark, and StinkBug) who are seeking another habitable planet; first destination is the Plant Planet which at first looks perfect, except that the abundant plant life can think for itself--and it thinks that it really does not like the AstroNuts.
Author
Series
Interdependency novels volume 2
Publisher
Tor/Tom Doherty
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
316 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The second, thrilling novel in the bestselling Interdependency series, from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi. The Interdependency, humanity's interstellar empire, is on the verge of collapse. The Flow, the extra-dimensional conduit that makes travel between the stars possible, is disappearing, leaving entire star systems stranded. When it goes, human civilization may go with it--unless desperate measures can be taken. Emperox Grayland II, the...
Author
Series
Dune novels. Legends of Dune volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed
Physical Desc
701 p. ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
As the struggle against the thinking robots continues, Serena Butler's forces continue their battle and Selim Wormrider and his Fremen outlaws take the first step into becoming the fighters who would change history
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