From a multiple Hugo winner and Science Fiction Grand Master: Three mind-bending stories featuring future worlds, space travel, and aliens. Author Philip Jose Farmer blasts into space, races into the future, and travels back in time in...
Planets
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Author:Farmer, Philip JoseSummary: -
Author:Aoki, RykaSummary:The planets are all unique, and never feel embarrassed or self-conscious in their difference. Join Nande in their out-of-this-world journey of exploration, and learn with them about all the special and awe-inspiring parts of our solar...
- Author:BOVA, BenSummary:
Ten thousand men and women, exiled by the restrictive governments of Earth, are riding a man-made habitat to the planet Saturn. They form a volatile community - one needs only a spark to set off an explosion that could end in disaster...
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Author:Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:Relations are strained between the planet Werel's native people and its colony of stranded Earthmen, but they share a common genetic heritage as well as common enemies. Will they join forces or be annihilated?
- Author:Corey, James S. A.Summary:
An old enemy returns. In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the aging gunship...
- Author:Weill, KellySummary:
Since 2015 there has been a spectacular boom in a centuries-old delusion: that the earth is flat. Weill draws a direct line from today's conspiratorial moment, brimming not just with Flat Earthers but also anti-vaxxers and QAnon...
- Author:O'Hara, Mo.Summary:
Bedtime goes out of this world with Hush, Little Rocket, a new picture book by New York Times -bestselling author Mo O'Hara! Hush, Little Rocket, don't make a bleep. We're heading home now, it's time to sleep. At the end of a very long...
- Author:Bear, ElizabethSummary:
The ship Jacob's Ladder has arrived at its destination - the planet they call Grail. But Grail is populated by humans already, who call their home Fortune. They are wary of sharing Fortune, particularly with genetically engineered...
- Author:González, NoeliaSummary:
Get ready to explore the night sky! Observe the phases of the moon, navigate by the North Star, and peer into outer space from your own backyard. You’ll also learn about some of the mythology and folklore associated with the night sky...
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In the two decades since astronomers first discovered the existence of a planet outside of our solar system, "exoplanetology" has become the hottest specialty in astrophysics. To date, more than one thousand exoplanets have...
- Author:May, AndrewSummary:
When the Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon in 1969, many people imagined Mars would be next. However NASA's Viking 1, which landed in 1976, was just a robot. The much-anticipated crewed mission failed to materialise, defeated by...
- Author:Brown, PierceSummary:
For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and...
- Author:Kaler, James B.Summary:
In this course, astronomer James B. Kaler reveals knowledge about the Solar System's creation.
- Author:Knoll, Andrew H.Summary:
How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? A primer for every Earth resident, by Harvard's acclaimed geologist."A sublime chronicle of our planet." -Booklist, STARRED reviewOdds are, where you're standing was...
