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Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
War is tearing the galaxy apart. For years the Republic and the Separatists have battled across the stars, each building more and more deadly technology in an attempt to win the war. As a member of Chancellor Palpatine's top secret Death Star project, Orson Krennic is determined to develop a superweapon before their enemies can. And an old friend of Krennic's, the brilliant scientist Galen Erso, could be the key. Galen's energy-focused research has...
62) Dreamcatcher
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four men who reunite every year during hunting season in the woods of Maine, encounter a disoriented, incoherent stranger who drags the men into a terrifying struggle with a creature from another world, and their only chance for survival lies in their shared past.
"Twenty-five years ago, in their haunted hometown of Derry, Maine, four boys bravely stood together and saved a mentally challenged child from vicious local bullies. It was something that...
63) Embassytown
Author
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist on a distant planet populated by the Ariekei, sentient beings famed for their unique language, returns to Embassytown after many years of deep space exploration to find she has become a living simile in the Ariekei language even though she cannot speak it, and she is torn by competing loyalties when hostilities erupt between humans and aliens
Author
Series
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
403 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Dune: The Lady of Caladan is a brand new novel in the internationally bestselling Dune series. Lady Jessica, mother of Paul, and consort to Leto Atreides. The choices she made shaped an empire, but first the Lady of Caladan must reckon with her own betrayal of the Bene Gesserit. She has already betrayed her ancient order, but now she must decide if her loyalty to the Sisterhood is more important than the...
65) Xenocide
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
1991
Edition
First trade edidtion
Physical Desc
x, 394 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Lusitania's three sapient species are in trouble. The starways congress has decided to wipe out the planet to kept a deadly virus from escaping . A fourth intelligence loyal to Ender and Lusitania causes the fleet to disappear. What is the Starways Congress going to do next?
66) Babylon's ashes
Author
Series
Expanse volume 6
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
538 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood. The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them. James Holden and his crew know the strengths...
68) Antimatter blues
Author
Series
Mickey7 volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Edward Ashton's Antimatter Blues is the thrilling follow up to Mickey7 in which an expendable heads out to explore new terrain for human habitation. Summer has come to Niflheim. The lichens are growing, the six-winged bat-things are chirping, and much to his own surprise, Mickey Barnes is still alive--that last part thanks almost entirely to the fact that Commander Marshall believes that the colony's creeper neighbors are holding an antimatter bomb,...
69) Dune messiah
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known -- and feared -- as the man christened Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne -- and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
p2016
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
2 sound discs (2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A lonely scavenger. A lost little droid. An adventure of a lifetime. Rey never thought she would leave the desert planet of Jakku, but her life is turned upside-down when she meets BB-8, a small droid with a big secret.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"A deluxe hardcover edition of the most famous science-fiction novel of all time--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman A human raised on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith has just arrived on planet Earth. Among his people for the first time, he struggles to understand the social mores and prejudices of human nature that are so alien to him, while his own "psi" powers--including...
Author
Series
The Little Prince volume 1
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
56 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Little Prince has had a peaceful life on Asteroid B612 with his friends Rose and Fox, dreaming under the starry sky. But now star systems are vanishing one by one. An old enemy, the Snake, is bent on destroying the universe . . . and it will take all of the Little Prince's imagination and Fox's determination to stand against the Snake and his shadowy monster servants.
73) Last day on Mars
Author
Series
Chronicle of the dark star volume 1
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
It is Earth year 2213?but, of course, there is no Earth anymore. Not since it was burned to a cinder by the sun, which has mysteriously begun the process of going supernova far sooner than anyone expected. The human race has fled to Mars, but this was only a temporary solution while we have prepared for a second trip: a 150-year journey to a distant star, our best guess at where we might find a new home.
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"'If you control our sleep, then you can own our dreams . . . And from there, it's easy to control our entire lives.' The bestselling author of All the Birds in the Sky returns with a strange, haunting, and deeply human tale. Sophie serves coffee at an underground cafe. She stays in the shadows and listens to the troubles of the parlor guests, but does not draw attention to herself for one simple reason: Sophie is supposed to be dead. When a nationalistic...
75) Cibola burn
Author
Series
Expanse volume 4
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
611 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonize has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. Ilus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire. Independent settlers stand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship with only their determination, courage, and the skills learned in the long wars of home. Innocent scientists are...
76) Convergence
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The next adventure in the High Republic begins expanding the new era of Star Wars, with a story set generations before Light of the Jedi. It is an age of exploration. Jedi travel the galaxy, expanding their understanding of the Force and all the worlds and beings connected by it. Meanwhile, the Republic, led by its two chancellors, works to unite worlds in an ever-growing community among near and distant stars. On the close-orbiting planets of Eiram...
77) Life on Mars
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young astronaut is trying to find life on Mars, but he's made a very big oversight"--
78) Altered carbon
Author
Series
Takeshi Kovacs novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the 25th century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself--a person's consciousness can be easily downloaded into a new body, making death nearly obsolete. Ex-U.N. envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly brutal. Resleeved into a new body in Bay City (formerly...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
4 audio discs (4 hr., 39 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
aJoin the Rebellion!Relive the excitement of of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story with this action-packed retelling! The Rebel Alliance has learned of the existence of a terrifying Imperial weapon, capable of destroying entire planets: the Death Star. The fate of the galaxy rests on the courageous young woman Jyn Erso and her band of unlikely companions as they race to steal the plans to the Death Star before time runs out. Author Matt Forbeck recaptures...
80) Adulthood rites
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
" After the near-extinction of the human race, one young man with extraordinary gifts will reveal whether the human race can learn from its past and rebuild their future . . . or is doomed to self-destruction. In the future, nuclear war has destroyed nearly all humankind. An alien race intervenes, saving the small group of survivors from certain death. But their salvation comes at a cost. The Oankali are able to read and mutate genetic code, and they...
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