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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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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

Dennis E. Taylor · 322 pages

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Chapterhouse: Dune

Frank Herbert · 464 pages

The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's powers, have colonized a green world and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile.

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The Blighted Stars

Megan E. O'Keefe · 491 pages

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Mickey 7

Edward Ashton · 369 pages

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Fang

James Patterson · 309 pages

**Fang will be the first to die.** Maximum Ride is used to to living desperately on the run from evil forces sabotaging her quest to save the world - but nothing has ever come as close to destroying her as this horrifying prophetic message. Fang is Max's best friend, her soul mate, her partner in the leadership of her flock of winged children. A life without Fang is a life unimaginable. **Bu

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Startide Rising

David Brin · 462 pages

The exploration vessel Streaker (the first starship designed and crewed by dolphins) discovers evidence on the planet Kithrup of the fate of the Progenitors. Above them dozens of galactic races vie to seize the information for their own advancement.

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Death World

B.V. Larson

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Song of Scarabaeus

Sara Creasy · 354 pages

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Xenocide

Orson Scott Card · 562 pages

On Lusitania, Ender finds a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together. However, Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but which the pequeninos require in order to become adults. The Starways Congress so fears the effects of the descolada, should it escape from Lusitania, that they have ordered the destruction of the entir

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The Sunlit Man (Cosmere)

Brandon Sanderson · 447 pages

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Forty Thousand in Gehenna

C.J. Cherryh · 316 pages

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The Angel Maker

Stefan Brijs · 384 pages

It's after many years Doctor Victor Hoppe returns to the small village he grew up in. His return after an absence of many years generates a lot of interest and suspicion as he is accompanied by three triplets, all of whom share the same physical deformity as the doctor a hare lip. These children are very quiet and are rarely seen in the village. But with time, and a series of apparently miraculous

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Point Blanc: The Graphic Novel

Anthony Horowitz · 144 pages

Alex Rider, teenage superspy, infiltrates the mysterious Point Blanc Academy, armed with only a false ID and a set of disguised gadgets. Can he alert the world to what he finds out before it's too late?

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Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy

Terry Brooks, R.A. Salvatore, Matthew Woodring Stover · 993 pages

For the first time in one stunning volume, here is the complete, epic story arc: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. Experience the sweeping tale of good and evil, of myth and magic, of innocence and power–and witness the tragic transformation of Anakin Skywalker from mere slave to one of the greatest, most powerful, and feared villains of the galaxy: Darth Vader.

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Splinter of the Mind's Eye

Alan Dean Foster · 216 pages

On a mission in the Circarpous system, Princess Leia Organa and Alliance Pilot Luke Skywalker are forced to crash land on Circarpous V, a mysterious, mist shrouded world known to its inhabitants as Mimban. They quickly discover a hidden, and highly dangerous, Imperial mining operation. They encounter a much greater mystery when a chance encounter has them joining a quest for the Kiaburr Crystal,

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Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker

George Lucas, Alan Dean Foster · 186 pages

This is the novelization of the first "Star Wars" film, later retitled "Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope". The book was first published on November 12, 1976 several months before the film was released. It was ghost written by Alan Dean Foster, but first credited to the films writer/director George Lucas, then in later editions credited Alan Dean Foster. The book's original title "Star Wars: From

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The Lost World

Michael Crichton · 96 pages

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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 House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer · 380 pages

The story takes place in the country of Opium, a strip of land between Mexico (now called Aztlán), and the United States. Opium, which is essentially an opium-producing estate, is ruled by Matteo Alacrán, also known as El Patrón. El Patrón's work-force consists of illegal immigrants whom the Farm Patrol (ex-criminals who are tempted with the offer of protection from the police) enslave when they c

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Watchers

Dean Koontz · 406 pages

La vedette, si l'on peut dire, de ce roman de suspense fantastique est un chien rendu intelligent par manipulations génétiques. A la suite de son évasion, malheur à ceux et celles qui l'abritent, le protègent et l'aiment car c'est un secret d'Etat ...

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Legends of Zita the Spacegirl

Ben Hatke · 224 pages

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Ben Hatke brings back our intrepid space heroine for another delightful sci-fi/fantasy adventure. Zita is determined to find her way home to earth, following the events of the first book. But things are never simple, and certainly never easy, in space. Zita's exploits from her first adventure have made her an intergalactic megastar! But she's about to find out that fame

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Iron Gold

Pierce Brown · 624 pages

"Ten years after the events of Morning Star, Darrow and the Rising are battling the remaining Gold loyalist forces and are closer than ever to abolishing the color-coded caste system of Society for good. But new foes will emerge from the shadows to threaten the imperfect victory Darrow and his friends have earned"--

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams · 215 pages

This beautifully illustrated edition of the New York Times bestselling classic celebrates the 42nd anniversary of the original publication—with all-new art by award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly af

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