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Superfolks: A Novel

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Venus on the Half-Shell

Philip Jose Farmer · 204 pages

The controversial Kilgore Trout episode was neither the first nor the last time Farmer would impishly slip out of his own skin and assume the persona of another author. In Venus on the Half-Shell and Others, Philip Jose Farmer transforms himself into fictional personalities as compelling as they are diverse: Cordwainer Bird, Paul Chapin, Rod Keen, Harry "Bunny" Manders, Leo Queequeg Tincrowdor, Jo

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Bill: The Galactic Hero On The Planet Of Robot Slaves

Harry Harrison · 230 pages

This is another "Bill, the Galactic Hero" book. It's chock full of puns, satire and utter nonsense that breaches the bounds of sanity - who has to throw it all back to survive. It's a fun read, though you may need counseling after you finish reading it.

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Willful Child

Steven Erikson · 344 pages

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One-Punch Man, Vol. 4

ONE · 216 pages

Nothing about Saitama passes the eyeball test when it comes to superheroes, from his lifeless expression to his bald head to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking guy has a not-so-average problem-he just can't seem to find an opponent strong enough to take on! Saitama is now a certified hero! And with that title comes great responsibility-he's required to perform one heroic deed

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The Cyberiad

Stanislaw Lem · 295 pages

OMG I can't believe there's no description for this - but then I can because this book defies description. Stanislaw Lem is a genius and your minds will be expanded to bursting when you begin this journey into a world where machines are the dominant species. It is hugely entertaining, inventive, witty, and above all, laugh out loud funny. The book concerns two "constructors" - Trurl and Klaupaciou

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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Douglas Adams · 225 pages

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "trilogy" by Douglas Adams, and is a sequel. It was originally published by Pan Books as a paperback. The book was inspired by the song "Grand Hotel" by British rock band Procol Harum. The book title refers to Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, one of the s

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Better than Life

Grant Naylor · 240 pages

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God Emperor of Didcot

Toby Frost · 323 pages

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain · 410 pages

A blow on the head transports a Yankee to 528 A.D. where he proceeds to modernize King Arthur's kingdom by organizing a school system, constructing telephone lines, and inventing the printing press.

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Martians, Go Home

Fredric Brown · 189 pages

Martians, Go Home is a science fiction novel, written in 1955 by the American author, Fredric Brown. Written in a light-hearted style, it is a parody of the science-fiction genre. Lots of fun, much better than the movie.

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Turbulence

Samit Basu · 336 pages

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Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift · 256 pages

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The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey · 128 pages

When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen.

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Will Save the Galaxy for Food

Yahtzee Croshaw · 286 pages

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Redshirts

John Scalzi · 320 pages

Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It's a prestige posting, with the chance to serve on "Away Missions" alongside the starship's famous senior officers. Life couldn't be better...until Andrew begins to realize that 1) every Away Mission involves a lethal confrontation with alien forces, 2)

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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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Soon I Will Be Invincible

Austin Grossman · 287 pages

When Doctor Impossible, an evil genius and ambitious wannabe world dominator, launches a new plot to seize control of the world, Fatale, a woman built by the NSA to be the next generation of weaponry, joins a group of misfit superheroes in their quest to destroy Doctor Impossible.

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The Sheriff of Yrnameer: A Novel

Michael Rubens

Meet Cole: hapless space rogue, part-time smuggler, on a path to being full-time dead. His sidekick just stole his girlfriend. The galaxy's most hideous and feared bounty hunter wants to lay eggs in his brain. And the luxury space yacht Cole just hijacked turns out of be filled with interstellar do-gooders, one especially loathsome stowaway, and a cargo of freeze-dried orphans.Reluctantly compe

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Nimona

Noelle Stevenson · 272 pages

The graphic novel debut from rising star Noelle Stevenson, based on her beloved and critically acclaimed web comic, which Slate awarded its Cartoonist Studio Prize, calling it "a deadpan epic." Nemeses! Dragons! Science! Symbolism! All these and more await in this brilliantly subversive, sharply irreverent epic from Noelle Stevenson. Featuring an exclusive epilogue not seen in the web comic, al

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Supreme: The Story of the Year

Alan Moore · 260 pages

Alan Moore follows his Eisner Award-winning ''The Story of the Year'' supreme script with ''The Return, '' presented here in its entirety for the first time. Featuring the art of Chris Sprouse (Tom Strong) and ingenious flash-back sequences by Rick Veitch. Plus, cameos by Gil Kane and Jim Starlin.

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First Among Sequels

Jasper Fforde · 407 pages

Fourteen years after the 1988 SuperHoop, Thursday finds herself entangled in cases involving the murders of Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple before receiving a death threat of her own.

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The Boys Omnibus Vol. 2

Garth Ennis · 406 pages

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