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Stormlight archive volume 2
Description
The war with the Parshendi moves into a new, dangerous phase, as Dalinar leads the human armies deep into the heart of the Shattered Plains. Meanwhile Shallan searches for the legendary city of Urithuru, and Kaladin, leader of the restored Knights Radiant, masters the powers of a Windrunner.
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home. They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe. Becky Chambers's new series continues to ask: in a world where people...
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
396 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
To avoid an interstellar incident, ex-cop and hacker Harry Creek searches for a rare type of sheep to be used in an alien race's coronation ceremony, following a trail that leads to pet store owner Robin Baker, whose genes contain traces of the sheep DNA.
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"My whole life I planned on going to pilot school like the rest of my friends--then I got rejected! Along came a little green guy named Yoda who invited me to Jedi Academy. Now I'm at a school with aliens, robots, and lightsaber-wielding bullies who can lift things with their minds! How am I supposed to compete with that? As if starting middle school wasn't hard enough..." The story of Roan Novachez, Jedi Academy student, is told through comics, journal...
7) The prefect
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Series
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
410 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a law enforcement officer with the Panoply. His beat is the multi-faceted utopian society of the Glitter Band. His current case: investigating a murderous attack against one of the habitats that leaves nine hundred people dead, a crime that appalls even a hardened cop like Dreyfus. But then his investigation uncovers something even more potentially dangerous--a covert plot by an enigmatic entity seeking nothing less than...
8) Red moon
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Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
vii, 446 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Kim Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed Forty Signs of Rain, The Years of Rice and Salt and 2312. In 2008, he was named a "Hero of the Environment" by Time magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute. He lives in Davis, California"--
"It is twenty-five years...
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2013
Physical Desc
159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Description
Collects the five remaining chronicles of the Sith lords, detailing how each lord rose to power and explaining the philosophies and methods behind the dark side of the Force.
10) Baloney, Henry P
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
A transmission received from outer space in a combination of different Earth languages tells of an alien schoolboy's fantastic excuse for being late to school again.
11) A darkling sea
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Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 22 cm
Description
On the planet Ilmatar, under a roof of ice a kilometer thick, a team of deep-sea diving scientists investigates the blind alien race that lives below. The Terran explorers have made an uneasy truce with the Sholen, their first extraterrestrial contact: so long as they don't disturb the Ilmataran habitat, they're free to conduct their missions in peace. But when Henri Kerlerec, media personality and reckless adventurer, ends up sliced open by curious...
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Series
Pub. Date
2017
Description
"Our universe is ruled by physics. Faster than light travel is impossible--until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points in space-time, which can take us to other planets around other stars. Riding The Flow, humanity spreads to innumerable other worlds. Earth is forgotten. A new empire arises, the Interdependency, based on the doctrine that no one human outpost can survive without the others. It's a hedge against...
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Series
Foundation series volume 5
Description
After years of struggle, the Foundation lies in ruins - destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But is has been rumored that there is a Second Foundation hidden somewhere at the end of the Galaxy, established as insurance to preserve the knowledge of mankind through the long centuries of barbarism. The Mule failed to find it the first time - but now he is certain he know where it is. And this time the annihilation will be total: no trace of...
17) Up against it
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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.
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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....
19) Halo: cryptum
Author
Series
Halo series. Forerunner saga volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
342 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting is a young rebellious Forerunner who seeks out the marvelous artifacts left behind by the Precursors--long-vanished superbeings of unknowable power and intent--an act that forces his father's hand and forever changes Bornstellar's destiny and the fate of the entire galaxy.
20) All systems red
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
A murderous android discovers itself in "All Systems Red", a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial intelligence. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest...
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