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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
260, 216, 229 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Presents the complete "Star wars" trilogy, based on the motion pictures. "Star wars: a new hope" recounts the adventures of Luke Skywalker as he intercepts a cryptic message from a beautiful princess and heads for a desperate encounter in the enemy battle station known as the Death Star. "The empire strikes back" goes on to expose Darth Vader's scheme to capture Luke and the rebels and makes the shocking revelation that Vader is Luke's father. "Return...
10) I, robot
Author
Series
Robot novels volume .1
Formats
Description
The three laws of Robotics: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. With these three, simple directives, Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when...
13) Stars and gods
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
363 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
"... collects a dazzling assortment of Niven's most eclectic work into one captivating volume. Here are hand-selected excerpts from his novels ... as well as numerous short stories, nonfiction articles, collaborations, and correspondence"--Jacket.
17) The martians
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Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
336 p. : map ; 25 cm.
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Description
An outrageous trio of novellas that bizarrely and brilliantly twists the Victorian era out of shape, by a master of steampunk alternate history Welcome to the world of steampunk, a nineteenth century outrageously reconfigured through weird science. With his magnificent trilogy, acclaimed author Paul Di Filippo demonstrates how this unique subgenre of science fiction is done to perfection-reinventing a mannered age of corsets and industrial revolution...
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