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81) Mind of McDavid
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When McDavid gets left behind on Earth, he and a group of unlikely allies must work together to get back to their families, who are traveling to a new world, and to stop those who want to keep everyone on Earth.
82) Siren
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Vo Arlo survived the destruction of Alexandria Station and RAN Auberon. In between assignments, at a small college on a back-water planet, he stumbles into a mystery when the prettiest girl on campus suddenly starts throwing herself at him. Vo, the former gutter punk from the streets. What will it cost him to understand why he attracts such attention?
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This is a science fiction book set in the far future, taking takes place on many worlds and in a multitude of varying landscapes.
Most humans have left Earth, which is now a plastic wasteland, well over a millennia ago, and humans have moved out into the universe with the advent of the faster-than-light slip-drive technology, encountering the Planetary Organization in the process.
Osborne lives with his retired father in a world with no name. Osborne...
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Albert Halstead provides a fascinating analysis and interpretation of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey--his most famous film and perhaps the most important science fiction film ever made. Intended for both the film scholar doing research and the lay reader who is simply interested in learning more about 2001 and Kubrick's work, the book includes thirteen full-color frame enlargements along with color photographs which not only help the reader...
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In a cyber-enhanced, futuristic Chicago, Sonata knows near-immortality is achievable through downloading her mind into a cyborg body after death. But, this young artist wants to prove that living forever isn't the same as living a beautiful life. The Three Lives of Sonata James, a Tor.com Original from science fiction author Lettie Prell.
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Their planet had been ravaged by years of warfare. All life, apart from the many male species on their planet, have been eradicated. It has become vital to journey throughout many galaxies to gather much needed wildlife, plant life, and compatible females to replenish their world. In their travels, they discover Earth and its massive abundance of life. They decide to visit Earth to add to their collections. The supreme commander's personal bodyguard,...
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Great collection of action short stories by Lester Del Rey from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here: "Let 'Em Breathe Space!", "Dead Ringer", "Pursuit", "No Strings Attached", "The Dwindling Years", "Earthbound", "...And It Comes Out Here", "Operation Distress", and "Spawning Ground".
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La monotonía de una estación espacial de Colonos es alterada por una visita: el mayor Thorgen, de Inteligencia. Al capitán Kimhall le asignan una misión en los Confines, las fronteras del universo conocido: investigar qué sucedió con un transporte militar inhallable. Claro que cosas así nunca suceden: los militares no extravían sus naves ni asignan a civiles para buscarlas. Pero Kimhall deberá aceptar esa misión, y además cumplirla con...
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Ubel George lacks an identity in the challenging and competitive high school atmosphere. With failing tests and quizzes, he tries to find a shortcut to achieving success and popularity. He needs to jump through many hoops to find not only what is his most important goal but also his perspective on reality.
92) The Envoy
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The crew of a sailboat wrecked in a storm is, rescued and finds, themselves held by an alien civilization, under the South Pacific. The Homakuwa city of Ocealla nurses Kent (Kit) Carson and his friends back to health, and then has to decide what to do with them. Established from the rogue nation of Nueva Pacifica of generations before, Ocealla was founded when the residents of Nueva Pacifica escaped as it was destroyed by an international agreement...
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The Lost Petal of The White Rose is the tale of Melibea Paz. The novel is set in America in the near future. Melibea, or Mel, is a post-graduate student of astronomy searching for an undiscovered supernova in The White Rose Galaxy. There she finds what appears to be a supernova, only to have it mysteriously disappear. The astronomers and astro-physicists across the world determine that the supernova, and a large portion of The White Rose Galaxy, have...
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What is life without joie de vivre? After a long series of adventures, the Firefly team settled on a cluster of 130 natural planets in a relatively well-populated part of the Cosmos, no more than one thousand light years from Sol, but difficult to see from Earth. Wil remained their much revered leader, basking in the glory due a leader whose palpable charisma, beneficently employed, had brought three millennia of almost totally uninterrupted peace,...
95) The Oracle
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Evan Stewart, a twenty-first-century student of history, travels back in time to the Los Angeles of the 1930s. His original objective was to interview individuals who were significant in the events surrounding World War II, and write scientific papers on his findings. His course was altered, however, when his hobby of horse racing trivia and a blossoming romance intervened to sidetrack his intent.
His knowledge of the winners of horse races permitted...
96) The Listeners
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A classic of science fiction, this book predicted and inspired the creation of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)-the organization dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial life. A tale of contact with alien life hailed by leaders of SETI organizations and today's leading science fiction authors as hugely influential, the story appeals to both science fiction readers and the hundreds of thousands of members of various SETI organizations....
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This is the tail that has cost many people their lives and will continue to do so. That you are reading this shows that man's power though great, is not omnipotent. The power men have they covet dearly. The power these people have is the ability to see, hear, smell, taste, really sense and analyze anything anywhere. In addition they have the power to destroy and kill. I tell you these things not that you can do anything about it, but rather to maybe...
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Albert Simpkins, a mild-mannered theater projectionist, dreams of the inventions that that he can create-and when he finally has an opportunity to realize his vision, he sets himself up as the "Voice of the Conqueror," a supposed alien lifeform in orbit around the Earth, whose sole intent is to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction. But even the best-imagined notions sometimes go awry, and when several individuals-including one of Albert's...
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Now, for the first time, the complete Tels three volume set in one book! It's the near-future. A new revolution has spread across the human landscape. The Biolution and its flood of technology have changed almost every aspect of life. Also changed, is the face of terrorism. Throughout his life, Jonathan Kortel always sensed he was different, but never imagined how different, until two rival factions of a secret group called the Tels approach him out...
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The Catalyst is set in the near future where the world is sculpted by a rapid progression in technology. Our main character Donovan Gregory is at the center of progression becoming a millionaire overnight with his breakthrough inventions. However, his investor, Gabriel Gralyn, has ulterior motives of his own to rush humanity into its evolution. After realizing some inventions he created are a blessing and a curse under the wrong control Donovan begins...
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