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The way up is death  by Dan Hanks

The way up is death

Dan Hanks

"When a mysterious tower appears in the skies over England, thirteen strangers are pulled from their lives to stand before it as a countdown begins. Above the doorway is one word: ASCEND. As a grieving teacher, a reclusive artist, and a narcissistic celebrity...

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Fiddlehead  by Cherie Priest

Fiddlehead

Cherie Priest

"When the forces conspiring to keep the Civil War going come for him and his invention - a calculating engine called Fiddlehead - ex-slave Gideon Bardsley turns to his patron, former president Abraham Lincoln, for protection until he can end his...

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All worlds are real  by Susan Palwick

All worlds are real

Susan Palwick

"Beautifully crafted, unfailingly strange, and always moving, Susan Palwick's stories shift effortlessly between fantasy and science fiction, magical realism and horror. Here you will encounter aliens, ghosts, and robots, along with a colorful assortment of...

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The shift  by H. M. Murphy

The shift

H. M. Murphy

"We humans possess a powerful gift. We have the skill of malleability; the capability to Shift. The year is 323 AP. A version of Earth has created, tested, and utilized a way to shift the conscious mind to other realities. From war-torn wastelands and...

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Long dark tea-time of the soul  by Douglas Adams

Long dark tea-time of the soul

Douglas Adams

"When a passenger check-in desk at Terminal Two, Heathrow Airport, shot up through the roof engulfed in a ball of orange flame, the usual people tried to claim responsibility. First the IRA, then the PLO and the Gas Board. Even British Nuclear Fuels rushed out...

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The javelin program  by Derin Edala

The javelin program

Derin Edala

"When Dr Aspen Greaves signed up for the Javelin Program, humanity's first foray into colonising deep space, they expected to wake up to life in a thriving colony on a distant planet. Instead, they find themself five years away from their destination on a...

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Aerth  by Deborah Tompkins

Aerth

Deborah Tompkins

"Magnus lives on Aerth, which is currently moving into an Ice Age, with a strange virus limiting the population. When the planet Urth is discovered, he vows to become an astronaut and travel there, but on arriving he finds it hot, crowded, corrupt and violent,...

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Dead souls  by Song Han

Dead souls

Song Han

"The Hospital Ship is no more, and Yang Wei awakens to find himself at the mercy of monstrous doctors and the tumult of his own mind. Not helping matters, of course, is the Mars Hospital's Pool of Dead Souls. A ghastly body of water, it traps people in an...

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Cold storage  by Michael C. Grumley

Cold storage

Michael C. Grumley

"Technology never works well the first time. Or even the second. Army veteran John Reiff is living proof. John is revived in the back of a dilapidated ambulance, on the run from a shadowy organization that is desperate to take him back. He is the first one,...

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All the water in the world  by Eiren Caffall

All the water in the world

Eiren Caffall

"In the years after the glaciers melt, Nonie, her older sister and her parents and their researcher friends have stayed behind in an almost deserted New York City, creating a settlement on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History. The rule: Take from...

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What if ... Loki was worthy?  by Madeleine Roux

What if ... Loki was worthy?

Madeleine Roux

"Loki and Valkyrie seek redemption in the first adventure of an epic new multiversal series that reimagines the origins of iconic Marvel heroes. So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched the...

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Besieged  by Rachel Aukes

Besieged

Rachel Aukes

"Keep calm and fly on. Earth's three unlikeliest heroes-Liv, Sam, and Jason-are stuck on an alien ship, light years from home. They freed humanity from the Raptors, only to have Earth's enemy hunt them at every jump. Relentlessly pursued across galaxies, they...

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Expendable  by Rachel Aukes

Expendable

Rachel Aukes

"Join the Space Corps. Journey to the stars. Meet aliens-and then vaporize them. A news journalist arrested for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, Liv Reyes now serves as a war correspondent in a war where anyone can be drafted and everyone is...

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Moral code  by Lois Melbourne

Moral code

Lois Melbourne

"Dr. Keira Stetson has two passions: ethical artificial intelligence--AI with a conscience--and creating technology that improves children's lives. Trapped in an earthquake-flattened building with a half-dozen panicked five-year-olds, she fears the worst. When...

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Making amends  by Nisi Shawl

Making amends

Nisi Shawl

"Starting an interstellar penal colony could be an extremely practical idea, right? It could even provide a sponsoring corporation a good Return on Investment - though of course their initial investment would be massive. Making Amends is a novel-in-stories...

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The way  by Cary Groner

The way

Cary Groner

"It's 2048, and the world has been ravaged by a lethal virus. Will Collins, the last surviving resident of a Buddhist retreat center in Colorado, receives an urgent and mysterious request: to deliver a potential cure to a scientist on the West Coast. So Will...

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Beggars' bedlam  by Nabāruṇa Bhaṭṭācārya

Beggars' bedlam

Nabāruṇa Bhaṭṭācārya

"Marshall Bhodi Sarkar and his lieutenant Sarkhel surreptitiously dig on the banks of the Ganges River looking for crude oil reserves. Instead, they unearth curved daggers, rusty broadswords, and a Portuguese cannon. Bhodi is an occasional military man and the...

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Depth charge

Depth charge

"The oceans of Earth have stirred the imagination of humankind from prehistory to the present day. What exotic lands might lie across those vast watery realms--and what strange things might lie hidden beneath them? Science fiction has explored those realms in...

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The unforsaken Hiero  by Sterling E. Lanier

The unforsaken Hiero

Sterling E. Lanier

"This is the story of the world after it ended . . . Five thousand years after the apocalyptic event known as The Death, Per Hiero Desteen - priest, telepath, assassin - has been working to find ancient information to save his people. The Brotherhood of the...

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A new war  by Menilik Henry Dyer

A new war

Menilik Henry Dyer

Astronauts fight for the survival of humanity against an alien species seeking to control their future among the stars in this science-fiction thriller.They were humanity's last hope. As the majority of Earth's population uploaded their consciousnesses to...

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Ganymede  by Cherie Priest

Ganymede

Cherie Priest

"The air pirate Andan Cly is going straight. Well, straighter. Although he's happy to run alcohol guns wherever the money's good, he doesn't think the world needs more sap, or its increasingly ugly side-effects. But becoming legit is easier said than done, and...

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The Ginny suite  by Stacy Skolnik

The Ginny suite

Stacy Skolnik

"A mysterious global syndrome is affecting women, causing symptoms of submissiveness and aphasia. While the number of sufferers grows, so does our protagonist's paranoia-of the media, her doctors, and her husband. In the age of misinformation, AI, and...

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Greater than all  by Abby Goldsmith

Greater than all

Abby Goldsmith

"With freedom fleeting and human extinction a distinct possibility, the heroes of prophecy must work together to safeguard the future of the galaxy. The balance of power is shifting in a vicious galactic battle. For the first time in history, the heroes are...

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Alien  by Phillippa Ballantine

Alien

Phillippa Ballantine

"As human colonies are obliterated by the dark pathogen and hideous monstrosities proliferate, a family of scavengers find an amnesiac who may hold the secrets to the forces tearing apart the galaxy. Life amongst the stars is brutal. Human colonies are being...

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A borrowed man  by Gene Wolfe

A borrowed man

Gene Wolfe

"E.A. Smithe is a borrowed person. He is a clone who lives on a third-tier shelf in a public library, and his personality is an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer. Smithe is a piece of property, not a legal human. A wealthy patron, Colette...

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The cloning of Joanna May  by Fay Weldon

The cloning of Joanna May

Fay Weldon

An astonishing novel that probes into the strange world of genetic engineering. Joanna May thought herself unique, indivisible - until one day, to her hideous shock, she discovered herself to be five: though childless she was a mother; though an only child...

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48 states  by Evette Davis

48 states

Evette Davis

"In 2042 the United States is recovering from a series of terrorist attacks that upended the government, rewrote our civil liberties, and erased two states from the map. River, a widow, single mother and veteran of the Caliphate Wars, works as a waste hauling...

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Weed-Man  by Rizwanul Haq

Weed-Man

Rizwanul Haq

"Having put his pot-smoking days behind him, Adam Myers has become a celebrated comic book writer after creating a popular but controversial, joint-smoking superhero called Weed-Man. Rescued from an attempted kidnapping by a top secret British security...

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Rule Britannia  by Daphne Du Maurier

Rule Britannia

Daphne Du Maurier

"Emma wakes up one morning to an apocalyptic world. The cosy existence she shares with her grandmother, a famous retired actress, has been shattered: there's no post, no telephone, no radio and an American warship sits in the harbour. As the two women piece...

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Sand  by Hugh Howey

Sand

Hugh Howey

"The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes. Here in this land of howling wind and infernal sand, four siblings find themselves scattered and lost. Palmer has never been the same since his father walked out twelve years ago. His...

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Lazarus  by Gary Kloster

Lazarus

Gary Kloster

"Across the warp storms of the Great Rift, a distress beacon called for aid. The Rock is listening, for without their primarch the Dark Angels have only their oaths to remind them of who they are. Lazarus' Fifth Company are summoned by Supreme Grand Master...

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House rules  by Stephen Leigh

House rules

Stephen Leigh

"A stunning anthology of connected tales set in Wild Cards universe created by the global bestselling author of A Game of Thrones. The island of Keun lies off the coast of Cornwall, connected to the mainland only by an ancient, tidal causeway. It is a magical...

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Antarctica station  by A. G. Riddle

Antarctica station

A. G. Riddle

"Dr. Laura Reynolds had it all. A job she loved. The respect of her peers. Student debt she was slowly chipping away at. And one day, she lost everything. She saw the wrong thing - a colleague's mistake. And to escape, he framed her. To avoid prison, Laura...

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Hammajang luck  by Makana Yamamoto

Hammajang luck

Makana Yamamoto

"Hammajang - adjective. Definition: In a disorderly or chaotic state; messed up. Chiefly in predicative use, esp. in all hammajang. Etymology: A borrowing from Hawaiian Pidgin. Source: Oxford English Dictionary. Edie is done with crime. Eight years behind bars...

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Ardent Violet and the infinite eye  by Alex (Novelist) White

Ardent Violet and the infinite eye

Alex (Novelist) White

"Ultra-glam enby pop star Ardent Violet thought they could catch a break and enjoy some time with their new boyfriend August Kitko after defeating the giant mechas hellbent on humanity's destruction. However, Ardent didn't count on their mecha allies summoning...

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Next stop  by Benjamin (Rabbi) Resnick

Next stop

Benjamin (Rabbi) Resnick

"A novel that explores the precariousness of Jewish American life through one family after a black hole consumes the State of Israel and similar strange events occur in major cities around the world, ushering in a time of chaos as well as miracles. When a...

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The Icarus needle  by Timothy Zahn

The Icarus needle

Timothy Zahn

"Ten thousand years ago, a mysterious people known as the Icari vanished from the Spiral, leaving behind a network of portals that can instantaneously transport passengers hundreds or thousands of light-years across the stars. Gregory Roarke and his Kadolian...

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The ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal  by Jodi Taylor

The ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal

Jodi Taylor

"The origin story of bounty hunters extraordinaire: Smallhope and Pennyroyal. Meet Lady Amelia Smallhope, for whom there is no problem that can't be solved by a drink and a think. And Pennyroyal, for whom there is no problem. Ever. Everyone's favourite bounty...

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The machine stops  by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

The machine stops

E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

"In 'The machine stops', humanity has isolated itself beneath the ground, enmeshed in automated comforts, and in'The celestial omnibus', a young boy takes a trip his parents believe impossible."--Back cover.

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The Icarus hunt  by Timothy Zahn

The Icarus hunt

Timothy Zahn

"Star-freighter captain Jordan McKell doesn't think much about the alien Patth race's monopoly on interstellar commerce, until he finds himself enmeshed in a conspiracy that could forever alter the history of the human race."--Publisher.

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The lost world  by Arthur Conan Doyle

The lost world

Arthur Conan Doyle

"In the sketch book are Maple White's drawings of the prehistoric beasts, birds and ape men which he has seen on his travels. Professor challenger is excited when he sees the drawings and decides to find out if there is a Lost World in the Amazon forest where...

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End of the world and hard-boiled wonderland  by Haruki Murakami

End of the world and hard-boiled wonderland

Haruki Murakami

"A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, The...

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The shutouts  by Gabrielle Korn

The shutouts

Gabrielle Korn

"A brilliant queer dystopian novel from the author of Yours for the Taking, following a cast of characters on the margins of a strange and exclusive new society. The year is 2041, and it's a dangerous time to be a woman driving across the United States alone....

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The time traveller's almanac

The time traveller's almanac

"The Time Traveller's Almanac is the largest, most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, here is over a century's worth of literary...

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Ice trials  by M. A. (Michael A.) Rothman

Ice trials

M. A. (Michael A.) Rothman

"Marty Cohen and his team embarked on a cross-continental journey across North Africa with the goal of returning to their starting point. However, after passing through a mysterious portal, they find themselves in a place and time that is completely...

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1919  by Tom Kratman

1919

Tom Kratman

"No imperial family stuck in a little out of the way town, with no road, rail or river connection for most of the year, can be counted as important. Thus, already, with the corpses left from their rescue still being collected, Tsarina Tatiana, the First of Her...

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Blacklight born  by Alexander Darwin

Blacklight born

Alexander Darwin

"The Grievar War has engulfed the Empire of Kiroth and Silas the Slayer has given voice to his warrior kin, igniting a revolution within a people once bound by a thousand years of servitude. Cego is released into a war-torn world where the lines between shadow...

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How to steal a galaxy  by Beth Revis

How to steal a galaxy

Beth Revis

"Sparks fly when Ada and Rian just-so-happen to find themselves at the same charity gala - but there's something rotten behind the sparkling gowns and dazzling wealth on display."--

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The book of dreams  by Jack Vance

The book of dreams

Jack Vance

"Five intergalactic criminal masterminds raid the tranquil world of Mount Pleasant, leaving behind only ruin and slaughter - and the orphaned child Kirth Gersen, who comes to manhood swearing to take bloody revenge. Now Gersen roams the galaxy, bringing...

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The face  by Jack Vance

The face

Jack Vance

"Five intergalactic criminal masterminds raid the tranquil world of Mount Pleasant, leaving behind only ruin and slaughter - and the orphaned child Kirth Gersen, who comes to manhood swearing to take bloody revenge. Now Gersen roams the galaxy, bringing...

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The killing machine  by Jack Vance

The killing machine

Jack Vance

"Having brought arch-villain Malagate the Woe to justice, Gersen now sets his sights on Kokor Hekkus, another of the Demon Princes. The name Kokor Hekkus, which means "killing machine" in the language of the planet Thamber, does not refer to Hekkus's own...

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The Star King  by Jack Vance

The Star King

Jack Vance

"The Star Kings are an alien race that disguise themselves as human in order to gain power over real humans. When his parents are viciously murdered by the Star Kings, Keith Gersen is propelled into a quest for vengeance."--Provided by publisher.

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The Palace of Love  by Jack Vance

The Palace of Love

Jack Vance

"In the midpoint novel of the "Demon Princes" series, Kirth Gersen sets his sights upon the mysterious Viole Falushe. Vance describes this murderous creature as a "sybarite." "Sadistic pervert" would probably be a more apropos phrase. After several false...

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Men of Bretton  by Richard Fox

Men of Bretton

Richard Fox

"The soldiers of the 11th Bretton Infantry knew they were being dropped into a combat zone on Dharien. But they didn't know just how bad things really were, with the entire planet about to fall to the rebel Flags. The orders from the Highest are clear: make...

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The measure  by Nikki Erlick

The measure

Nikki Erlick

"It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years you will live. From...

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Death in the stars  by Bonnie Langford

Death in the stars

Bonnie Langford

"When young Mel's business partner, Sabalom Glitz embarks on yet another "get rich quick" scheme, it marks the start of an epic, death-defying murder-mystery in space. After barely escaping the snares of a murderous galactic cult, Mel searches for fellow...

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Eden Rebellion  by Abi Falase

Eden Rebellion

Abi Falase

"An original adventure for the Fifteenth Doctor from a fresh voice to Doctor Who, Abi Falase On the crystalline planet of Yewa, the Gardens of Kubuntu are a true Eden, said to be the most peaceful destination in the universe. At least, until the Doctor and...

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Myriad  by Joshua David Bellin

Myriad

Joshua David Bellin

"Agent Miriam Randle works for LifeTime, a private law enforcement agency that undertakes short-term time travel to erase crimes before they occur. Haunted by the memory of her twin brother's unsolved murder at the age of six, Miriam thinks of herself as...

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Land under England  by Joseph O'Neill

Land under England

Joseph O'Neill

"While searching for his missing father, Anthony Julian embarks on a terrifying journey into the Earth's interior. There he discovers a subterranean world, where descendants of the Roman Army suffer under a totalitarian regime in which individualism is...

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The illustrated man  by Ray Bradbury

The illustrated man

Ray Bradbury

"A classic collection of stories - all told on the skin of a man... If El Greco had painted miniatures in his prime, no bigger than your hand, infinitely detailed, with his sulphurous colour and exquisite human anatomy, perhaps he might have used this man's...

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Empire of silence  by Christopher Ruocchio

Empire of silence

Christopher Ruocchio

"It was not his war. On the wrong planet, at the right time, for the best reasons, Hadrian Marlowe started down a path that could only end in fire. The galaxy remembers him as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky. They remember him...

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency  by Douglas Adams

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

"Dirk Gently, self-styled private investigator, sets out to prove the fundamental interconnectedness of all things by solving a mysterious murder, assisting a mysterious professor, unravelling a mysterious mystery, and eating a lot of pizza - not to mention...

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The salmon of doubt  by Douglas Adams

The salmon of doubt

Douglas Adams

"A collection of writings by Douglas Adams, creator of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," including short stories, speeches, articles, interviews, letters, and the unfinished novel: The Salmon of doubt."--Publisher.

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Revelation  by Karen Traviss

Revelation

Karen Traviss

"Jacen Solo's shadow of influence has threatened many, especially those closest to him. Jaina Solo is determined to bring her brother in, but in order to track him down, she must first learn unfamiliar skills from a man she finds ruthless, repellent, and...

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Ring around the sun  by Isaac Asimov

Ring around the sun

Isaac Asimov

"Twenty of the finest science fiction short stories from one of the genre's greatest writers. Isaac Asimov was the Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America, the founder of robot ethics, and one of the world's most prolific authors of fiction and...

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Lake of darkness  by Adam (Adam Charles) Roberts

Lake of darkness

Adam (Adam Charles) Roberts

"The Starship Sa Niro and the Starship S Oubliette were in orbit around a black hole, one afternoon... by the end of the day, the crews of both starships were dead, victims of a single killer: Captain Alpha Raine. Raine claims he's acting under the command of...

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Darkome  by Hannu Rajaniemi

Darkome

Hannu Rajaniemi

"During the Decade of Plagues, pandemics brought civilization to a standstill. The only way out was the Aspis chip: a wearable mRNA vaccine factory, able to immunize you against new viruses on the fly. But not everyone wanted it. They created an open...

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Shadow of the scorpion  by Neal L. Asher

Shadow of the scorpion

Neal L. Asher

"Some secrets are too hard to bear... Following the human vs prador war, Ian Cormac signs up with Earth Central Security. He's sent out to restore order on worlds devastated by alien bombardment. But he learns humanity can be far more dangerous - even those...

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Tales of the dying Earth  by Jack Vance

Tales of the dying Earth

Jack Vance

"A first-time compilation of a classic science fiction series gathers all four books of The Dying Earth series--The Dying Earth, The Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel's Saga, and Rialto the Magnificent--in which Earth, in the distant future, tries to survive the...

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The land that time forgot  by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The land that time forgot

Edgar Rice Burroughs

"Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was a legendarily prolific American author, writing over eighty books in thirty-six years. While best known as the creator of Tarzan of the Apes and John Carter of Mars, his Caspak trilogy, first serialized in 1918, is widely...

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A new God  by Menilik Henry Dyer

A new God

Menilik Henry Dyer

"Humanity is divided between those who have chosen a simulated existence and those seeking life among the stars in this far-future science-fiction adventure. The Beta Explorers have succeeded in their mission of terraforming planets to establish human colonies...

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Nether Station  by Kevin J. Anderson

Nether Station

Kevin J. Anderson

"Astrophysicist Cammie Skoura has joined the first research team traveling to the Nether anomaly, eager to understand the mechanics of the wormhole and to explore its possibilities as a shortcut to Alpha Centauri. But another race of ancient beings has already...

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The Atlantis plague  by A. G. Riddle

The Atlantis plague

A. G. Riddle

"A pandemic unlike any before it is sweeping the globe. Nearly a billion people are already dead - and those the Plague doesn't kill, it transforms at the genetic level. As chaos engulfs the world, the Immari emerge. A clandestine cabal that has spent...

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What if . . . Marc Spector was host to Venom?  by Mike Chen

What if . . . Marc Spector was host to Venom?

Mike Chen

"So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched Marc Spector cheat death in the name of the Egyptian god Khonshu. But...what if Moon Knight was subsumed by a Venom from another universe? Marc Spector is...

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The final orchard  by C. J. Rivera

The final orchard

C. J. Rivera

"In a society where bionic enhancements are the epitome of wealth and power, scientific researcher Dr. Rosio Arata threatens to topple the status quo with her pioneering organic enhancements. Yet when a horrific accident kills her daughter, Ro's quest for...

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The food of the Gods and how it came to earth  by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The food of the Gods and how it came to earth

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

"Two scientists develop a foodstuff that causes unparalleled growth in animals and humans. The results of their experimentation lead to chaos and unforseen consequences throughout the land. This title deals with many issues which are still present in science...

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The naked god  by Peter F. Hamilton

The naked god

Peter F. Hamilton

"The Confederation is starting to collapse politically and economically, allowing the possessed to infiltrate more worlds. Quinn Dexter is loose on Earth, destroying the giant arcologies one at a time. As Louise Kavanagh tries to track him down, she manages to...

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Nightfall  by Isaac Asimov

Nightfall

Isaac Asimov

"The second volume in a collection published shortly after the author's death. 23 science fiction stories, ranging from the very surprising heart-tugger 'The Ugly Little Boy' to the overwhelming vision of 'Nightfall'. In these stories, Asimov's vivid awareness...

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Record of a spaceborn few  by Becky Chambers

Record of a spaceborn few

Becky Chambers

"Return to the sprawling universe of the Galactic Commons, as humans, artificial intelligence, aliens, and some beings yet undiscovered explore what it means to be a community in this exciting third adventure in the acclaimed and multi-award-nominated science...

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The stone sky  by N. K. Jemisin

The stone sky

N. K. Jemisin

"THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS ... FOR THE LAST TIME. The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women. Essun has inherited the power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her...

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Absolution  by Jeff VanderMeer

Absolution

Jeff VanderMeer

"When the Southern Reach trilogy was first published a decade ago, it was an instant sensation, celebrated in a front-page New York Times story before publication, hailed by Stephen King and many others. Each volume climbed the bestseller list; awards were...

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And the mighty will fall  by K. B. Wagers

And the mighty will fall

K. B. Wagers

"The mission of the Near-Earth Orbital Guard is to ensure the peace and security of the solar system. Commander Maxine Carmichael and Lieutenant Commander Saqib Vahid are at the Mars Orbital Station (MOS) to help facilitate the official handover from NeoG to...

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The Bicentennial Man  by Isaac Asimov

The Bicentennial Man

Isaac Asimov

"Twenty of the finest science fiction short stories from one of the genre's greatest writers, Isaac Asimov. Isaac Asimov was the Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America, the founder of robot ethics, and one of the world's most prolific authors...

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The leaky establishment  by David Langford

The leaky establishment

David Langford

"The Leaky Establishment is an atomic farce whose author David Langford once worked in the gentle radioactive glow of Britain's nuclear weapons industry, and hilariously satirizes its ghastly bureaucracy from the inside. Black comedy overtakes the unfortunate...

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Revenant-X  by David Wellington

Revenant-X

David Wellington

"The crew of the Artemis - led by Firewatch agent Alexandra Petrova - have survived the furious onslaught of the Basilisk and broken through the space blockade around Paradise-1. Now they can pursue their original mission and investigate why Earth's first deep...

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The Ringwold engineers  by Larry Niven

The Ringwold engineers

Larry Niven

Louis Wu and Speaker to Animals (now known as Chmee) are kidnapped by the Hindmost (puppeteer mate of Nessus from the previous book) and brought to the Ringworld again to steal a technology from it that will ensure the security of Hindmost's political faction...

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Why the nations rage  by Aidan Meerman

Why the nations rage

Aidan Meerman

"CASEY COLE IS CENTURIES OLD BUT HASN'T AGED SINCE HIS TWENTIES And yet death is never far away. Once a year a wasting disease rips through his home, a lonely city on a desolate island, deep in the South Pacific. A geneticist, Casey has spent decades hunting...

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Time may never tell  by Will Reid

Time may never tell

Will Reid

How awesome would it be to figure out for yourself how time travel really works? Go back 5 minutes or 80 years and play with time like it's a video game! John does precisely that, when he accidentally enters into an existence with friends and foes both old and...

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Breath of oblivion  by Maurice Broaddus

Breath of oblivion

Maurice Broaddus

"Follows members of the Muungano Empire - a far-reaching coalition of city-states that stretches from Earth to Titan and beyond - as it faces renewed threats to its progress. Beyond the Orun Gate, Epyc Ro and her elite soldiers are stranded. Capturing an alien...

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A crown imperiled  by Raymond E. Feist

A crown imperiled

Raymond E. Feist

"The magician Pug and the Conclave of Shadows undertake a magical quest to reveal the dark force that's orchestrating Midkemia's destruction."--Publisher.

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Too like the lightning  by Ada Palmer

Too like the lightning

Ada Palmer

"The year is 2454. Humanity has engineered a hard-won golden age, forged in the aftermath of a bitter conflict that wiped both religion and nation state from the planet. Now seven factions or 'hives' co-govern the world, their rule fuelled by benign...

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Forgotten empire  by Ken Lozito

Forgotten empire

Ken Lozito

"A chance encounter with a strange creature puts Nathan on the trail of a lost civilization that predates everything else in the galaxy. For thousands of years, many have abandoned the deadly search, but there are powerful forces that will do anything to...

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The relentless legion  by J. S. Dewes

The relentless legion

J. S. Dewes

"The Sentinels have rallied under the leadership of Adequin Rake, and Cavalon Mercer has uncovered the horrifying genetic solution his grandfather is about to unleash on the unsuspecting outer colonies. Both Rake and Cavalon race against time to save the...

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Dark menace  by Ken Lozito

Dark menace

Ken Lozito

"The warning that Nate's friends have been captured. Aliens are abducting juveniles across the galaxy, and every species is a target, including humans. Nate is certain he knows who's responsible, but it's impossible because they're supposed to be dead....

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Moonseed  by Stephen Baxter

Moonseed

Stephen Baxter

"Transported to Earth by Apollo astronaut Jays Malone in 1972, a single shard of bedrock from the Moon contains within its innocuous-looking shell the power to destroy worlds. Geologist Henry Meacher - his career at JPL in ruins, his marriage over - is given a...

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We are all ghosts in the forest  by Lorraine (Former conservation researcher) Wilson

We are all ghosts in the forest

Lorraine (Former conservation researcher)...

"When the internet collapsed, it took the world with it, leaving its digital ghosts behind - and they are hungry. Former photojournalist Katerina fled the overrun cities to the relative safety of her grandmother's village on the edge of a forest, where she...

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Interstellar megachef  by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

Interstellar megachef

Lavanya Lakshminarayan

"Stepping off a long-haul star freighter from Earth, Saras Kaveri has one bag of clothes, her little flying robot Kili... and an invitation to compete in the galaxy's most watched, most prestigious cooking show. Interstellar MegaChef is the showcase of the...

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The man in the high castle  by Philip K. Dick

The man in the high castle

Philip K. Dick

"Philip K Dick's acclaimed cult novel gives us a horrifying glimpse of an alternative world - one where the Allies have lost the Second World War. In this nightmare dystopia the Nazis have taken over New York, the Japanese control California and the African...

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