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H.G. Wells' "scientific romance," published first in serial form and then as a book in 1898, attained perhaps its greatest fame in another form, the infamous realistic 1939 radio broadcast "Invasion from Mars" by Orson Welles. It was also made into an early 1950s science fiction adventure movie. Stover (emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology) describes Wells' story as "a prophecy of startling originality foreseeing the coming of totalitarianism...
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Varios astrónomos descubren sobre la superficie de Marte una serie de extrañas explosiones. A los pocos días, varios objetos metálicos caen sobre Gran Bretaña y de su interior comienzan a salir horribles criaturas. En pocos días, la humanidad se verá enfrentada a un enemigo armado con poderosas armas y cuyo objetivo en deja lugar a dudas: acabar con la especie humana sobre la Tierra.
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Neog volume 1
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"For the past year, their close loss in the annual Boarding Games has haunted Interceptor Team Zuma's Ghost. With this year's competition looming, they're looking forward to some payback--until an unexpected personnel change leaves them reeling. Their best swordsman has been transferred, and a new lieutenant has been assigned as his replacement. Maxine Carmichael is trying to carve a place in the world on her own--away from the pressure and influence...
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Max Cone is a renowned military commander and judge, but all he really wants is a life outside politics. When one leader gives Cone a powerful device that predicts the future, he doesn't want to believe the prophecy: that the world will soon end, and he is to blame. Soon after, his wife and children are taken, his allies are killed, and his friends are imprisoned. With the world descending into a cataclysmic global war, every nation wants Cone on...
5) Enchanter
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Wayfarer redemption volume 2
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Enchanter is the riveting sequel to Sara Douglass's spell-binding first novel The Wayfarer Redemption, and winner of the 1996 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel. Sara Douglass has taken America by storm with this powerful tale of love, prophecy, battles, and revenge.
Axis is a true hero, in every sense of the word. On his shoulders lies the double burden of prophecy and war. Having fulfilled the first part of the prophecy by becoming the StarMan,...
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Instrumentalities of the night volume 3
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The old evils, the Instrumentalities from the Time Before Time, have begun to ooze back into the world and Piper Hecht's sister Heris and his living ancestor Cloven Februaren, the Ninth Unknown, have made Piper part of their fight against the return of the dark god Kharoulke the Windwalker.
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"Farmer Brett and his apprentice Joe are happy to build a new farm for their town of Meadow Mews. But during construction the pair falls down a hole and land in an unknown place and time! Discovering that they are in the middle of the historic Wither War, they find out that their history is far more complicated than they learned in school. After witnessing the first creeper explosion, Brett and Joe are recruited into an army to fight the monsters....
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Underland chronicles volume 5
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When twelve-year-old Gregor finally learns the ancient prophecy, which foretells his death, he must gather his courage to defend Regalia from the army of rats, take his mother and sister home safely, and fight his own dark side.
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Infinity ring volume 2
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Dak, Sera and Riq might be in over their heads when they attempt to stop a Viking invasion!
10) Of fire and ash
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Fireborn epic volume 1
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"Ceridwen tal Desmond dreams of ruling like her father over the nation of Soldonia, where warriors ride to battle on magical steeds--soaring on storm winds, vanishing in shadow, quaking the earth, and summoning the sea. After a tragic accident claims hertwin brother, she is exiled and sworn to atonement by spending her life--or death--for her people. But when invaders spill onto Soldonia's shores and traitors seize upon the chaos to murder her father,...
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"Your favorite Star wars rebels heroes are ready to fight the evil Empire! Kanan, Hera, and trusty old Chopper battle TIE fighters while Sabine uses her artistic talents to outsmart Stormtroopers. Zeb never misses an opportunity to take down troopers, and Ezra scores a special souvenir at the crash site of an Imperial fighter"--P. [4] of cover.
12) Saga
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Saga (Brian K. Vaughan) volume 6
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"The sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the universe. When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old world"--P. [4] of cover (v. 1).
13) Starman
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Wayfarer redemption volume 3
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"Axis is the StarMan of prophecy and legend, destined to lead the three races of his world to unite as one people. The people of his world all know the Prophecy of the Destroyer, despite the failed attempts of the Seneschal to suppress it in the name of the god Artor the Ploughman, and it predicts and dictates Axis's path through war and destruction to the creation of Tencendor." "The Prophecy foretold that Axis would defeat his half-brother and lay...
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Krael, the Wither King, has been trapped deep underground, ending his reign of terror, and all the NPCs of the Far Lands have all put away their swords in peace except Watcher; the young archer still suspects Krael has bigger plans. He's right. In the darkness of the Cave of Slumber, Krael awakens the imprisoned wither horde, and with the help of creepers and endermen, the wither army is released from their rocky jail. They spread across the Far Lands,...
15) Night flights
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"In a dangerous future world where gigantic, motorized cities attack and devour each other, London hunts where no other predator dares. But Anna Fang -- pilot, adventurer, spy -- isn't afraid. These three stories show gripping, moving, exciting moments in Anna Fang's life: her childhood as a slave aboard the moving city Arkangel, a showdown against a robotic Stalker that is terrifyingly out of control, and her free life as an intelligence agent for...
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"Jopati Kolona is one of the Sardaukar: the emperor's elite military unit. The Sardaukar are unbeatable, unbending in their devotion, and feared throughout the galaxy. Tasked with overthrowing the Atreides stronghold on Dune for his master, Jopati will beforced to choose between duty and forgiveness. Meanwhile, as Paul Atreides meets his destiny in battle, Sgt. Vitt must use his family's gift of storytelling as a Jongleur to transport his men from...
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"The Jedi think the dreaded Nihil marauders have been all but defeated. Their leader is on the run and their numbers have dwindled. Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh hopes this means she will finally have time to really train her Padawan, Imri Cantaros--but reports of a Nihil attack on Port Haileap soon dash those hopes. For not only have the Nihil attacked the peaceful outpost, they have abducted Vernestra and Imri's friend, Avon Starros. The two Jedi set...
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Frozen Sun saga volume 1
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Burn brightly. Love fiercely. For all else is dust.
Every child of Glasnith learns the last words of Aillira, the god-gifted mortal whose doomed love affair sparked a war of gods and men, and Lira of clan Stone knows the story better than most. As a descendant of Aillira and god-gifted in her own right, she has the power to read people's souls, to see someone's true essence with only a touch of her hand.
When a golden-haired warrior washes up on...
19) The stars below
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Vega Jane volume 4
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From the beginning, the fight was coming. Vega Jane fought her way out of the village where she was born, crossed a wilderness filled with vicious creatures, and raised a ragtag army behind her. But each triumph earned through grit and pain only brought her closer to him-Necro. A sorcerer whose unspeakable evil is matched only by his magical power. Vega and Necro are on a collision course. The clash between his awesome power and her iron will is going...
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Unofficial Overworld adventure volume 5
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"With Herobrine terrorizing the real world, can Steve find a way to save his friends--in the Overworld and on Earth?"--Page [4] of cover.
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