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1) The thing
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004.
Description
A research team at a remote research station in Antarctica finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has remained buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Unfrozen and unleashed, it creates havoc and terror as it changes forms and becomes one of them.
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
416 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Managing utilities on a future asteroid colony, bureaucrat-engineer Jane discovers that a water crisis may have been orchestrated by the Martian mafia and that the colony is also being threatened by a rogue artificial intelligence and a transhumanist cult.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
One of the most powerful questions humans ask about the cosmos is: Are we alone? While the science behind this inquiry is fascinating, it doesn't exist in a vacuum. It is a reflection of our values, our fears, and most importantly, our enduring sense of hope. In The Possibility of Life, acclaimed science journalist Jaime Green traces the history of our understanding, from the days of Galileo and Copernicus to our contemporary quest for exoplanets....
Author
Series
Captain Raptor adventures volume 2
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Captain Raptor and the crew of the Megatooth are called back into action to save the planet Jurassica from rogue space pirates.
Author
Series
Liaden universe novels volume 14
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
328 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Hoping to leave her misfit past behind her, ace starship pilot Theo Waitley, the daughter of a renowned scholar mother and an interstellar aristocrat father, discovers her heritage as the leader of a powerful Liaden clan before she is targeted by influential enemies.
7) The colony
Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
Earth has been decimated by climate change, pandemics, and war. Years after the ruling elite escaped to another planet, a mission was launched to find out if a return to an uninhabitable Earth were possible. That mission was lost. Now, a lone astronaut in search of answers struggles to survive the hostile planet, and she must ultimately make a choice that will seal the fate of the wasteland's remaining populace.
8) Anathem
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Formats
Description
Raz, a mathematician, is among a cohort of secluded scientists and philosophers who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe.
9) Ringworld
Author
Series
Ringworld series volume 1
Description
"Louis Wu, accompanied by a young woman with genes for luck, and a captured kzin - a warlike species resembling 8-foot-tall cats -- are taken on a space ship run by a brilliant 2-headed alien called Nessus. Their destination is the Ringworld, an artificially constructed ring with high walls that hold 3 million times the area of Earth. Its origins are shrouded in mystery."--Amazon.com.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follow along as NASA launches the Mars 2020 Mission, perhaps the most ambitious hunt ever for signs of life on Mars. For the first time, in February 2021, a rover will attempt a risky landing in Jezero Crater, the coveted site of an ancient river delta that could possibly be a cradle of life.
11) Spaceballs
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A spoof of the Star Wars series, with Mel Brooks playing the dastardly president of an alien race out to steal the air supply of a neighboring planet. Fearless--and clueless--space heroes Lone Starr (Pullman) and his half/man half dog sidekick Barf (Candy) wage interstellar warfare to free Princess Vespa (Zuniga) from the evil Dark Helmet (Moranis). Along the way they encounter the wise little creature Yogurt (Brooks) who teaches them the mystical...
Author
Series
Trinity (Dave Bara) volume 2
Publisher
Baen
Description
"Jared Clement has returned to Trinity, not as a mere ship captain but now as a 5 Suns Fleet Admiral. With his promotion comes increased responsibility that weighs heavy on his shoulders. 30,000 settlers are leaving the dying planets of the Rim, his home, and resettling next to the natives of the planet Bellus. Clement is responsible for those lives and the lives of the natives, Trinity's children, and for building a better future for them all. But...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (427 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
What if Superman never existed? Set two generations before the destruction of Superman's home planet, this story follows Seg-EI, the legendary Man of Steel's grandfather, who is faced with a life-and-death conflict: save his home planet or let it be destroyed in order to restore the fate of his future grandson. With Krypton's leadership in disarray, Seg must balance the quest to redeem his family's honor and protect the ones he loves while being challenged...
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, it begins the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
16) Relic
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"The last known human searches the galaxy for companionship in a new adventure novel from the legendary author of the Pip & Flinx series. Ruslan is the last surviving human being in the entire universe. Saved by a species of friendly aliens, Ruslan is forced to live life as an artifact of history, paying a lonely homage to a once-proud race that spanned the stars. Now, with the weight of his near-extinct species pressing down on him, Ruslan embarks...
18) The lion of Mars
Author
Appears on list
Description
"Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid--he loves cats and any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't they have contact with anyoneon the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell--a regular...
19) Fantastic planet
Series
Criterion collection volume 820
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On a distant planet called Ygam, the enslaved human playthings of the giant blue native inhabitants organize a rebellion to escape the planet.
20) Aliens
Series
Alien quadrilogy volume disc 3-4
Description
Ripley is recovering from her first encounter with the deadly alien. Her account of that event is received with skepticism, but transmissions from a colony later established on the alien's planet abruptly cease. Burke, an up-and-coming company man, talks Ripley into going back with a squad of colonial marines. Of course the marines do not take her warnings seriously either, until they come face-to-face with the awesome alien spawn.
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