Driving back from a weekend in London, Richard and Janet Gayford are surprised to find the village of Midwich sealed off because of 'army manoeuvres'. There are no birds singing, the air seems thick and there is a strange sort...
Life on other planets
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Author:Summary: - Author:Pournelle, Jerry, Barnes, Steven, Niven, LarrySummary:
Light years from Earth, colonists land on a planet they name Avalon. It seems like a paradise, until native creatures savagely attack. It will take every bit of intelligence, courage, and military-style discipline to survive.
- Author:Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:
Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. His goal is to...
- Author:Card, Orson ScottSummary:
Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender series and the Ender's Shadow series, as the children of Ender and Bean solve the great problem of the Ender Universe-the deadly...
- Author:Smith, R. LeeSummary:
It was her last chance: Amber Bierce had nothing left except her sister and two tickets on Earth's first colony-ship. She entered her Sleeper with a five-year contract and the promise of a better life, but awakened in wreckage on...
- Author:Barba Higuera, DonnaSummary:
Había una vez...There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and...
- Author:McCormack, Una.Summary:
An original novel based on the new Star Trek TV series! A thrilling novel leading into the new CBS series, Una McCormack's The Last Best Hope introduces you to brand new characters featured in the life of beloved Star Trek captain...
- Author:Dow, AlechiaSummary:
To save a galactic kingdom from revolution, Kindred mind-pairings were created to ensure each and every person would be seen and heard, no matter how rich or poor. Duke Felix Hamdi plans exasperate his noble family to the point that...
- Author:Scalzi, JohnSummary:
The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi's first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy. When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-...
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Author:Finney, JackSummary:This classic thriller of human triumph over an alien threat inspired the acclaimed 1956 film directed by Don Siegel. This edition is read by Siegel's son, Kristoffer Tabori, and includes reminiscences of his father's work on the film....
- Author:Asimov, IsaacSummary:
In the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a source science little understands: an exchange between Earth and a parallel universe, using a process devised by the aliens. But even free energy has a price. The...
- Author:Messinger, JonathanSummary:
Explorer Troop 301 tries to save an exploding planet from a fluffy bunny and a devious alien.
- Author:Olson, JohnSummary:
Strange things are occurring on Mars since the Ares 10 spacecraft arrived. Astronaut Valkerie Jansen may have just discovered evidence of microbial life, but she is trapped by a cave-in. Even worse, something unseen is terrorizing Bob...
- Author:Gray, ClaudiaSummary:
In this gripping sequel to Star Wars: The Rising Storm, the light of the Jedi faces its darkest hour. Time and again, the vicious raiders known as the Nihil have sought to bring the golden age of the High Republic to a fiery end. Time...
- Author:Simmons, DanSummary:
In the continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, the far future is resplendent with drama and invention. On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing--...
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Author:Dick, Philip K.Summary:Every legend has a beginning. Dreamscape Media presents a collection of thirteen early short stories penned by Philip K. Dick. Exploring themes of authoritarianism, alternate universes, and altered consciousness, the stories (including...
- Author:Liu, CixinSummary:
Soon to be a Netflix Original Series! "Wildly imaginative." —President Barack Obama on The Three-Body Problem trilogy This near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple-award-winning...
- Author:Anders, Charlie JaneSummary:
"If you control our sleep, then you can own our dreams... And from there, it's easy to control our entire lives." January is a dying planet--divided between a permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless...
- Author:Wagner, Richard, Zubrin, RobertSummary:
The Case for Mars explains step-by-step how we can use present-day technology to send humans to Mars within ten years.
- Author:FORT, CharlesSummary:
The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1919). Dealing with various types of anomalous phenomena including UFOs, strange falls of both organic and inorganic materials from...
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