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West of Eden

Harry Harrison Β· 496 pages

In West of Eden, bestselling author Harry Harrison has created a rich, dramatic saga of a world where the descendants of the dinosaurs struggled with a clan of humans in a battle for survival.Here is the story of Kerrick, a young hunter who grows to manhood among the dinosaurs, escaping at last to rejoin his own kind. His knowledge of their strange customs makes him the humans' leader . . . and th

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Footfall

Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle Β· 551 pages

The book depicts the arrival of members of an alien species called the Fithp that have traveled to the Solar System from Alpha Centauri in a large spacecraft driven by a Bussard ramjet. Their intent is conquest of the planet Earth.

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The Fall of Five

Pittacus Lore Β· 355 pages

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Island in the Sea of Time

S.M. Stirling Β· 608 pages

It's spring on Nantucket and everything is perfectly normal, until a sudden storm blankets the entire island. When the weather clears, the island's inhabitants find that they are no longer in the late twentieth century...but have been transported instead to the Bronze Age! Now they must learn to survive with suspicious, warlike peoples they can barely understand and deal with impending disaster, i

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On the Oceans of Eternity

S.M. Stirling, Todd McLaren Β· 630 pages

Ten years ago, inhabitants of the twentieth century and the Bronze Age were tossed together by the Event. But as two worlds converge, only one can be the victor in a battle to lead this strange new world.

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Storm Surge

Taylor Anderson Β· 465 pages

The Alliance is on the offensive everywhere, but its enemies have a few surprises, including new weaponry and new tactics--and a stunning geographic advantage that Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy never suspected.

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Weapons of Choice

John Birmingham Β· 483 pages

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Empire

John Connolly, Jennifer Ridyard Β· 448 pages

"Following Conquest, the first part in a stunning new science fiction trilogy that "should not to be missed" (The Guardian), Empire continues the journey of Syl and Paul as they fight to regain planet Earth from a ruthless alien species. She is the trophy of a civilization at war with itself. He is its rebel captive. Separated by millions of light years, they will fight to be united... Earth has b

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River of Bones

Taylor Anderson Β· 479 pages

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A Night Without Stars

Peter F. Hamilton Β· 702 pages

Sequel to The Abyss Beyond Dreams. The planet Bienvenido is in crisis. Alien 'Fallers' have infiltrated human society, hijacking unwilling bodies so its citizens fear their leaders, friends and family. A mysterious figure known as the Warrior Angel is leading a desperate resistance, helped by banned Commonwealth technology. But the government is hunting her down, blinded by technophobia. As the

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1633

Eric Flint, David Weber Β· 643 pages

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Of Fire and Night

Kevin J. Anderson Β· 624 pages

"In the fifth book of The Saga of Seven Suns, a climactic battle begins between the Ildiran Solar Navy, the Earth Defense Forces, the Roamers, green priests, Klikiss robots, and hydrogue warglobes--a fury that will destroy many and change the landscape of the Spiral Arm forever"--Provided by publisher.

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Vector Prime

R.A. Salvatore Β· 398 pages

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The Faded Sun Trilogy

C.J. Cherryh Β· 399 pages

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Aces High

George R.R. Martin Β· 399 pages

"After the alien virus struck humanity in the wake of World War II, a handful of the survivors found they possessed superhuman powers. The Wild Cards shared-world volumes tell their story. Here in book two, we trace these heroes and villains through the tumultuous 1980s, in stories from SF and fantasy giants such as George R. R. Martin, Roger Zelazny, Pat Cadigan, Lewis Shiner, Walter Jon Williams

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Time's Eye

Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter Β· 328 pages

Earth under observation by the ancient Firstborn, is carved up into a patchwork of eras, from prehistory to 2037, each with its own indigenous inhabitants. Two groups of refugees are determined to win the race for knowledge.

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Brightness Reef

David Brin Β· 642 pages

David Brin's Uplift novels--Sundiver, Hugo award winner The Uplift War, and Hugo and Nebula winner Startide Rising--are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction tales ever written. Now David Brin returns to this future universe for a new Uplift trilogy, packed with adventure, passion and wit.The planet Jijo is forbidden to settlers, its ecology protected by guardians of the Five

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Fortune's Stroke

Eric Flint, David Drake Β· 457 pages

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1635: Cannon Law

Eric Flint, Andrew Dennis Β· 500 pages

The Thirty Years War continues to ravage 17th-century Europe, but a new force is gathering power and influence: the Confederated Principalities of Europe, an alliance between the king of Sweden and the West Virginians from the 20th century led by Mike Stearns, in Flint's latest novel.

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1812: The Rivers of War

Eric Flint Β· 534 pages

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The Stranger

Katherine Applegate Β· 176 pages

Okay. Rachel and the other Animorphs have finally found the new entrance to the Yeerk pool. They've even figured out a way to sneak in. The infamous roach morph. But they didn't count on roaches being a Taxxon delicacy. This time escape doesn't look so good. And then everything stops. Everything. The Taxxon, the human-controllers, the Hork-Bajir. Time. Now Rachel, Cassie, Marco, Jake, Tobias,

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1634 The Bavarian Crisis

Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce Β· 690 pages

As the Thirty Years War continues to ravage seventeenth-century Europe, the twentieth-century West Virginians, led by Mike Stearns, enter into an alliance with Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, to gain access to the iron and steel needed to make their machines.

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Stone Spring

Stephen Baxter Β· 499 pages

Duplicate of http://openlibrary.org/works/OL16628436W/Stone_spring

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The High Crusade

Poul Anderson Β· 192 pages

In the year of grace 1345, as Sir Roger Baron de Tourneville is gathering an army to join King Edward III in the war against France, a most astonishing event occurs: a huge silver ship descends through the sky and lands in a pasture beside the little village of Ansby in northeastern Lincolnshire. The Wersgorix, whose scouting ship it is, are quite expert at taking over planets, and having determin

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