Koli never planned to set foot outside his small village. He knew that beyond its walls lay a fearsome landscape filled with choker trees, vicious beasts, and Shunned men. But when he was exiled, he had no choice but to journey out into...
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Author:Carey, M. R.Summary: -
Author:Boyle, T. CoraghessanSummary:As climate change threatens the earth, eight scientists have been selected to live in a prototype of a possible off-earth colony. But as these "Terranauts" face increased scrutiny and a host of disasters, their mantra: "...
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Author:Summary:Published in 1973 to honor stories that had appeared before the institution of the Nebula Awards, this anthology introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction and was a favorite of libraries across the...
- Author:Burroughs, William S.Summary:
A good old-fashioned shoot-out in the American West serves as the springboard for this hyperkinetic adventure in which gunslingers fight for galactic freedom.
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Author:Baxter, Stephen, Pratchett, TerrySummary:War has come to Long Earth. Joshua, now married and a father, is summoned by Lobsang. It seems that he alone can confront the perfect storm of crises that threatens to plunge all of the Long Earth into a war unlike any that has been...
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Author:Baxter, Stephen, Pratchett, TerrySummary:In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption, populations flee to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all involved in this rescue work when Sally is contacted by her long-lost father, who wants her to...
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Author:Turnbull, CadwellSummary:After the death of a boy at the hands of an Ynaa, three families find themselves in conflict with the superadvanced alien race, witnesses and victims to events that will teach a terrible lesson.
- Author:Carey, M. R.Summary:
Now that Koli and his companions have found the source of the signal they've been following--the mysterious "Sword of Albion"--there is hope that their perilous journey will finally be worth something. They're...
- Author:Shepherd, PengSummary:
Nell Young discovers a strange map in her deceased father's belongings. The map holds a secret that leads her on an adventure to discover the truth about her family's dark history.
- Author:Bujold, Lois McMasterSummary:
Bujold debuts her beloved Vorkosigan saga with this tale about the future parents of Miles Vorkosigan. Caught on separate sides of a controversial war, a Betan captain and a Barrayaran leader defy both their worlds by falling in love....
- Author:Asimov, IsaacSummary:
From the writer whose name is synonymous with the science of robotics comes five decades of robot visions-36 landmark stories and essays, plus three rare tales-gathered together in one volume.
- Author:Asimov, IsaacSummary:
Robot Dreams spans the body of Asimov's fiction from the 1940s to the mid-80s, and features classic Asimovian themes, from the scientific puzzle to the extraterrestrial thriller, all introduced in an exclusive essay written especially...
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Author:Cawdron, PeterSummary:The international team at the Mars Endeavour colony is prepared for every eventuality except one-what happens when disaster strikes Earth' Mankind has long dreamed of reaching out to live on other planets, and with the...
- Author:Reynolds, AlastairSummary:
The Akinya family receives an invitation from across the stars-and a last opportunity to redeem their name... Send Ndege. The cryptic message originated seventy light-years away from the planet Crucible, where Ndege Akinya lives under...
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Author:Dick, Philip K.Summary:The Stories Behind the Series Though perhaps most famous as a novelist, Philip K. Dick wrote more than one hundred short stories over the course of his career, each as mind-bending and genre-defining as his longer works. Philip K. Dick...
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Author:Howey, HughSummary:A new collection of stories, including some that have never before been seen, from the New York Times best-selling author of the Silo trilogy Hugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination...
- Author:Schroeder, KarlSummary:
When seventeen-year-old Toby McGonigal finds himself lost in space, separated from his family, he expects his next drift into cold sleep to be his last. After all, the planet he' s orbiting is frozen and sunless, and the cities are dead...
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Author:Summary:A collection of science fiction short stories and flash fiction from the creators of Lightspeed Magazine, written and edited by queer creators and produced through crowdfunding on Kickstarter.
- Author:Birmingham, JohnSummary:
An oil rig opens a rift deep in the ocean that unleashes terrifying monsters into the world. Dave Hooper, a tough, bleakly funny, down-on-his luck oil rig worker with an unlikely destiny as a monster-slayer and world savior.
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Author:Mather, MatthewSummary:Mike Mitchell must fight to keep his family alive when a bizarre string of disasters starts appearing on the news. As things come crashing down, a monster snowstorm cuts New York off from the world, turning it into a wintry tomb where...
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