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81) Network effect
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 5
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel, Network Effect. You know that feeling when you're at work, and you've had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot....
Author
Series
Safehold series volume 9
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When the leaders and soldiers of the tiny island of Charis rise up behind cybernetic avatar Merlin to defend their home, a powerful Church of God Awaiting, pushed to the brink of defeat, draws on its formidable resources and forbidden technologies in an ultimate battle between freedom and oppression." -- From Novelist.
85) Aliens for lunch
Author
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
When their bag of microwave popcorn explodes and a space alien emerges, Richard and Henry join him on a top secret interstellar mission to save the desserts of the universe.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The Battle of Endor shattered the Empire, scattering its remaining forces across the galaxy. But the months following the Rebellion's victory have not been easy. The fledgling New Republic has suffered a devastating attack from the Imperial remnant, forcing the new democracy to escalate their hunt for the hidden enemy. For her role in the deadly ambush, Grand Admiral Rae Sloane is the most wanted Imperial war criminal -- and one-time rebel pilot Norra...
87) Cold welcome
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"After nearly a decade away, Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Moon makes a triumphant return to science fiction with a thrilling new series featuring the daring hero of her acclaimed Vatta's War sequence. Summoned to the home planet of her family's business empire, space-fleet commander Kylara Vatta is told to expect a hero's welcome. But instead, she is thrown into danger unlike any other she has faced and finds herself isolated, unable to communicate...
Author
Series
Jedi Academy volume 2
Language
English
Description
After surviving his first year at Jedi Academy, Roan Novachez thought his second year would be a breeze. This year, Roan will have to face alien poetry tests, menacing robots, food fights, flight simulation class, online bullies, more lightsaber duels, and worst of all ... a girl who is mad at him.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Navigators, mutated by spice into beings far superior to normal humans, have made space travel possible: their prescient awareness allows them to foresee safe paths through the universe as starships "fold" space. Only one man knows the secret of creating Navigators, and he intends to use them to build a commercial empire that spans the galaxy. However, Josef Venport is embattled by antitechnology fanatics led by charismatic and dangerous Manford Torondo....
91) The alien years
Author
Language
English
Description
The Entities have arrived on Earth, fifteen feet tall with impenetrable defenses and inscrutable motives. As conquerors, they have no demands, no explanations, simply harsh consequences should they be challenged. Releasing a plague and plunging the world into a new Dark Age, the Entities seem unbeatable. But, one family at least-the Carmichael clan led by Colonel Anson Carmichael-will never give up the resistance. THE ALIEN YEARS is an epic story...
92) Bloodline
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When the Rebellion defeated the Empire in the skies above Endor, Leia Organa believed it was the beginning to a lasting peace. But after decades of vicious infighting and partisan gridlock in the New Republic Senate, that hope seems like a distant memory. Now a respected senator, Leia must grapple with the dangers that threaten to cripple the fledgling democracy -- from both within and without. Underworld kingpins, treacherous politicians, and Imperial...
93) The quantum rose
Author
Series
Saga of the Skolian Empire volume 6
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Kamoj Argal, young ruler of an impoverished province, is forced into marriage with a mysterious stranger from a distant planet, throwing her world into utter chaos.
Language
English
Description
Relive the adventure and magic in one of the most beloved motion pictures of all-time, from Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg. Captivating audiences of all ages, this timeless story follows the unforgettable journey of a lost alien and the ten-year-old boy he befriends. Optional French closed-captions available.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First Pocket Books paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Young Rugal, a Cardassian orphan raised by loving Bajoran adoptive parents, is reunited with his Cardassian father, whom he believed to be dead, and sent to Cardassia to confront an alien culture that he does not understand.
Author
Series
Liaden universe novels volume 8
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First MM Pub. edition.
Language
English
99) Crystal dragon
Author
Series
Liaden universe novels volume 10
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First MM Publishing edition.
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Ultimately, we need to figure out what is next for humanity. Our logical move is to break free of the confines of the Earth and colonise another body in the Solar System, such as the Moon or Mars. How and when will we do this? Or is it all just science fiction? These questions, in a nutshell, make up the core of astrobiology - the study of the origins and evolution and biology of life elsewhere in the universe, and the search for it. This book is...
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