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Agent of Vega & Other Stories

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Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn

Isaac Asimov, Paul French · 144 pages

Earth officials were hard on the heels of the mysterious Sirian spy, Agent X, when he blasted off in a stolen spaceship. But before they could catch him, the master spy jettisoned the capsule that held his report into the icy rings of Saturn. In a flash, Lucky Starr and Bigman Jones found themselves in a race with the Sirian war fleet to recover it. When the Sirians couldn't find the capsule, t

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Star Trek 3

James Blish · 118 pages

An extraordinary journey into the supernatural! Seven chilling stories into the bizarre and unexpected with the crew of the starship Enterprise. Travel to the unknown regions of outer space, to worlds where uneartly powers can control human beings and where unspeakable horror becomes normal. Unimaginable new galaxies of strange beings, bizarre customs, unknown dangers and awesome excitement. A

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Age of Darkness

Christian Dunn

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The Lives of Dax

Marco Palmieri · 367 pages

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The Ship Who Sang

Anne McCaffrey · 248 pages

From back cover of Del Rey paperback 1979: HELVA HAD BEEN BORN HUMAN ... but only her brain had been saved -- saved to be schooled, programmed and implanted in the sleek, titanium body of an intergalactic scout ship. But first she had to choose a human partner -- male or female -- to share her exhilarating escapades in space! Her life was to be rich and rewarding -- resplendent with dari

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Trader to the Stars

Poul Anderson

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Berserker Base

Poul Anderson, Larry Niven · 316 pages

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Deliverance Lost

Gav Thorpe

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Star Trek: The New Voyages

Sondra Marshak, Myrna Culbreath · 237 pages

These are the new voyages of the starship Enterprise—its continuing mission: to seek out new life, new civilizations, strange new worlds…—William Shatner Amazing never-before-published stories of the golden age—a shining, living legend of heroes, of great quests, of loves gained and lost, of steadfast courage and splendid deeds. A "must" book for all fans…

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Crashlander (Known Space)

Larry Niven · 288 pages

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Halo: Evolutions, Volume II

Tobias S. Buckell · 400 pages

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Master of Deception

Jude Watson, Judy Blundell · 157 pages

Ferus Olin's in full blown double agent mode and that's got him and his friends worried. Friendship and loyalty are certainly tested when it comes down to the question of "who do you serve?" or "How much hurt can one inflict while doing something necessary?"

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Rogue

Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin · 373 pages

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Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail

Jack L. Chalker · 304 pages

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Tuf Voyaging

George R.R. Martin · 376 pages

"Haviland Tuf is an honest space-trader who likes cats. So how is it that, in competition with the worst villains the universe has to offer, he's become the proud owner of the last seedship of Earth's legendary Ecological Engineering Corps? Never mind, just be thankful that the most powerful weapon in human space is in good hands--hands which now control cellular material for thousands of outlandi

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Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe

Tobias S. Buckell, Jonathan Goff, Robert McLees, Karen Traviss, Kevin Grace, Eric Raab, Frank O'Connor, Fred Van Lente, Tessa Kum, Eric S. Nylund, Jeff VanderMeer, B.K. Evenson, Robt McLees · 526 pages

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Vaster than Empires

Jonathan Strahan

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A Short Holiday

Everina Maxwell · 12 pages

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From a Certain Point of View

Ben Acker, Renee Ahdieh, Tom Angleberger, Ben Blacker, Jeffrey Brown, Jason Fry, Christie Golden, Pierce Brown, Ashley Eckstein, Mur Lafferty, Ken Liu, Griffin McElroy, John Jackson Miller, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Nnedi Okorafor, Daniel Jose Older, Ian Doescher, Mallory Ortberg, Madeleine Roux, Gary D. · 496 pages

When Star Wars: A New Hope was first released in 1977, part of its appeal was that the world it presented felt alive. Landspeeders and starships were dirty. Droids broke down. And it was filled with cool, weird, and really weird background characters. (Really, just take a look around the Mos Eisley cantina.) Never mind Han, Luke, Leia, Darth Vader, and Obi-Wan. Who were these other guys? What was

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Second Stage Lensmen

E.E. "Doc" Smith · 262 pages

From back cover of Jove/HBJ paperback October 1977: **interplanetary spy** Kim Kinnison was Number One Man of his time. To him fell the incredible assignment of infiltrating the inner circle of Boskone. Kinnison's deadly job was to become a Boskonian in every gesture, thought, and deed. He had to work himself up through the ranks of an alien enemy organization, into the highest echelons

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The Agent Gambit

Sharon Lee, Steve Miller · 655 pages

"Agent of Change: Once a brilliant First-in-Scout, Val Con yos'Phelium was "recruited" by the shadowy Liaden Department of Interior and brainwashed into an Agent of Change--a ruthless covert operative who kills without remorse. Val Con has been playing a deep game, far from the orderly life of clan and kin. Fleeing his latest mission, he saves the life of ex-mercenary Miri Robertson, a Terran on t

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The Wolf Worlds

Chris Bunch, Allan Cole · 298 pages

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The Poisoned Chalice

James Swallow · 375 pages

"One simple act, and the troubles of the United Federation of Planets have grown darker overnight. The mystery behind the heinous terrorist attack that has rocked the Federation to its core grows ever deeper, and William Riker finds himself beset by rumors and half-truths as the U.S.S. Titan is ordered back to Earth on emergency orders from the admiralty. Soon, Riker finds himself drawn into a gam

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The State of the Art

Iain M. Banks · 188 pages

The first ever collection of Iain Banks’s short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella, The State of the Art. This is a striking addition to the growing body of Culture lore, and adds definition and scale to the previous works by using the Earth of 1977 as contrast. The other stories in the collection range from science fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to morality tale.

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