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The Stainless Steel Rat Returns

Harry Harrison · 304 pages

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Rebel Dawn

A.C. Crispin · 349 pages

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Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu

L. Neil Smith · 182 pages

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The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide

Douglas Adams · 624 pages

Finally, here they are in one outrageous volume--all five best-selling Hitchhiker stories by Douglas Adams. Plus, you'll find a perplexingly frank introduction by the author himself, giving a behind-the-scenes look at each book and the zany radio series that inspired them. But that's not all! You also get a ferocious giggle of a short story, starring the two-headed, three-armed, ex-president of th

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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

Dennis E. Taylor · 322 pages

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And Another Thing...

Eoin Colfer · 288 pages

And Another Thing... is the sixth novel in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. Eight years after the death of its creator, Douglas Adams, widow Jane Belson sanctioned the project to be written by the international number-one bestselling children's writer Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl novels.Belson said of Eoin Colfer, "I love his books and could

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Old Man's War

John Scalzi · 319 pages

John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in an interstellar war against more advanced species. Citizens volunteer for the Colonial Defense Forces after retirement, in exchange for which they have their consciousness transferred into a young body, cloned from their DNA but enhanced. If, against the odds, they survive two years o

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All Systems Red

Martha Wells · 156 pages

The series is about an artificial construct designed as a Security Unit, which manages to override its governor unit, thus enabling it to develop independence. It calls itself Murderbot, and likes to watch unrealistic soap operas. As it spends more time with some caring humans, it starts developing feelings that it does not care for.

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The Fight to Survive

Terry Bisson · 157 pages

Boba Fett is not like other boys. His father, Jango Fett, is a bounty hunter. His planet, Kamino, is home to an army of clones. He has no friends, no school. The one thing he does have is a future as a bounty hunter. This future comes quickly. Suddenly Boba Fett is all alone in a dangerous galaxy. He must struggle for safety — and vengeance — using his strength, his intelligence, and his father

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The Last Starfighter

Alan Dean Foster, Jonathan Betuel · 222 pages

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Rookie Privateer

Jamie McFarlane · 274 pages

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The Rolling Stones

Robert A. Heinlein · 256 pages

SciFi YA - The rollicking adventures of the Stone Family on a tour of the Solar System. It all started when the twins, Castor and Pollux Stone, decided that life on the Lunar colony was too dull and decided to buy their own spaceship and go into business for themselves. Their father thought that was a fine idea, except that he and Grandma Hazel bought the spaceship and the whole Stone Family were

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Sun of Suns

Karl Schroeder · 320 pages

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The Zero Stone

Andre Norton · 221 pages

In search of the truth about a mysterious ring stone with phenomenal powers, gem trader Murdoc suddenly finds himself hunted through space by an unscrupulous religious order.

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Collision Course

William Shatner, Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens · 452 pages

Thrown in jail beside a young Vulcan who has been charged with plotting to sell Vulcan artifacts, a troublesome young James T. Kirk forges an uneasy alliance with his cellmate, Spock, with whom he is given a choice to stay imprisoned or to join Starfleet.

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Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids

Isaac Asimov, Paul French · 188 pages

Second part of Asimov’s Lucky Starr series.

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Silver Surfer, Vol. 1: New Dawn

Dan Slott

The universe is big. And the Silver Surfer, is about to discover the best way to see it is with someone else. Meet Dawn Greenwood, the Earth girl who's challenged the Surfer to go beyond the boundaries of the known universe! Who's the Never Queen? How is the universe's future tied into her very existence? And why is she trying to destroy the Surfer? And when the Surfer tries to return Dawn home, h

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For Love of Mother-Not

Alan Dean Foster · 256 pages

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Fear Agent, Volume 2: My War

Rick Remender, Jerome Opena · 136 pages

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The Defenders of the Dead

Jude Watson · 141 pages

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn, his Jedi Master, are off on another adventure in order to teach Obi-Wan the lessons he will need to perform his life's tasks.

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Han Solo

Marjorie M. Liu · 232 pages

Given a top-secret undercover mission to rescue several informants and spies, Han Solo pretends to enter the most infamous starship race in the galaxy while Chewbacca searches for a traitorous mole in the Rebellion. Collects Han Solo issues 1-5.

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Doctor Who: The Dalek Generation

Nicholas Briggs · 253 pages

"A thrilling, all-new adventure featuring the Doctor as played by Matt Smith in the spectacular hit series from BBC Television. 'They like the Shadows. You know them as Plague Warriors...' When the Doctor arrives in the 19th-century village of Klimtenburg, he discovers the residents suffering from some kind of plague - a 'wasting disease'. The victims face a horrible death - but what's worse, the

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Valerian: The Complete Collection, Volume 1

Pierre Christin · 160 pages

This first volume of the collection contains books 1 and 2 of the series: The City of Shifting Waters - in its original two parts, 9 pages longer format - and The Empire of a Thousand Planets. It also includes book 0, Bad Dreams, translated into English for the first time: the very first adventures of our two heroes, published after City and retroactively numbered. Finally, linking the volumes of

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