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Eon [MultiFormat]
by Greg Bear
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 Perhaps it wasn't from our time, perhaps it wasn't even from our universe, but the arrival of the 300 kilometer long stone was the answer to humanity's desperate plea to end the threat of nuclear war. Inside the deep recesses of the stone lies Thistledown: the remnants of a human society, versed in English, Russian and Chinese. The artifacts of this familiar people foretell a great Death caused by the ravages of war, but the government and scientists are unable to decide how to use this knowledg... more info>> (Published: 1985)
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Again, Dangerous Visions [MultiFormat]
by Harlan Ellison
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The classic companion to the most essential science fiction anthology ever published. 46 original stories edited with introductions by Harlan Ellison. Featuring: John Heidenry--Ross Rocklynne--Ursula K. Le Guin--Andrew J. Offutt--Gene Wolfe--Ray Nelson--Ray Bradbury--Chad Oliver--Edward Bryant--Kate Wilhelm--James B. Hemesath--Joanna Russ--Kurt Vonnegut--T. L. Sherred--K. M. O'Donnell (Barry N. Malzberg)--H. H. Hollis--Bernard Wolfe--David Gerrold--Piers Anthony--Lee Hoffman--Gahan Wilson--Joan ... more info>> (Published: 1972)
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Legacy [MultiFormat]
by Greg Bear
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In this sequel to EON, Greg Bear continues to explore the possibilities presented by the asteroid Thistledown, a remnant of a lost human civilization. The Way is a tunnel through space and time that leads to other worlds, some more like planet Earth than Earth itself. It is perhaps the most formidable discovery in Thistledown and with it come disputes as to the nature of the Way and how it should be used. The Way can be reached only through Axis City, the only space station of Thistledown. The r... more info>> (Published: 1995)
Words: 147761 - Reading Time: 422-591 min.
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Anvil of Stars [MultiFormat]
by Greg Bear
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A Ship of the Law travels the infinite enormity of space, carrying 82 young people: fighters, strategists, scientists; the Children. They work with sophisticated non-human technologies that need new thinking to comprehend them. They are cut off forever from the people they left behind. Denied information, they live within a complex system that is both obedient and beyond their control. They are frightened. And they are making war against entities whose technologies are so advanced, so vast, as t... more info>> (Published: 1992)
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Dangerous Visions [MultiFormat]
by Harlan Ellison
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Included in this memorable collection of 33 original stories are 7 winners and 13 nominees for the prestigious Hugo and Nebula Awards. Lester Del Rey / Robert Silverberg / Frederik Pohl / Philip Jose Farmer / Miriam Allen deFord / Robert Bloch / Harlan Ellison / Brian W. Aldiss / Howard Rodman / Philip K. Dick / Larry Niven / Fritz Leiber / Joe L. Hensley / Poul Anderson / David R. Bunch / James Cross m/ Carol Emshwiller / Damon Knight / Theodore Sturgeon / Larry Eisenberg / Henry Slesar / Sonya... more info>> (Published: 1967)
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Hero! [MultiFormat]
by Dave Duncan
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Space opera at its finest and most action-filled, from the bestselling author of fantasy quests, epic tales and swashbuckling adventures. Vaun, born a peasant in the stinking mud flats of Ult, a thriving colony planet, claws his way to survival and fame by becoming the toughest young officer in the Space Patrol. A veteran of the brutal training academy, he seizes opportunities as they arise, leading the first ship out against a surprise attack by the mysterious Brotherhood. He returns to a hero'... more info>> (Published: 1991)
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A Woman of the Iron People [MultiFormat]
by Eleanor Arnason
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Lixia and the members of her human crew are determined not to disturb the life on the planet circling the Star Sigma Draconis which they have begun exploring. But the factions on the mother ship hovering above the planet may create an unintended chaos for both the life on the planet and the humans exploring it. As the anger increases on the ship, the ground crew becomes more and more affected by the conflict and begins to rely on their instincts to keep the project moving forward. Unexpected dan... more info>> (Published: 1991)
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Bodyguard [MultiFormat]
by William C. Dietz
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Max Maxon is an ex-marine who makes his living with a gun. Sasha Casad is a rich teenager trying to catch the next spaceship home. Max's job is to get her there alive. Somebody's trying to stop them--somebody with plenty of money and firepower. That doesn't bother Max. A contract is a contract. Against all odds, he's going to fulfill this one? and then he's going to make somebody pay. (Published: 1994)
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Eternity [MultiFormat]
by Greg Bear
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Multiple Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Greg Bear returns to the Earth of his acclaimed novel Eon--a world devastated by nuclear war. The crew of the asteroid-starship Thistledown has thwarted an attack by the Jarts by severing their link to the Way, an endless corridor that spans universes. The asteroid settled into orbit around Earth and the tunnel snaked away, forming a contained universe of its own. Forty years later, on Gaia, Rhita Vaskayza recklessly pursues her legacy, seeking an Earth on... more info>> (Published: 1988)
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Starrigger [MultiFormat]
by John DeChancie
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Independent space trucker Jake McGraw, accompanied by his father Sam, who inhabits the body of truck itself, his "starrig," picks up a beautiful hitchhiker, Darla, and a trailer-load of trouble. One of the best of the indies, Jake knows a few tricks about following the Skyway, which connects dozens, or maybe hundreds, of planets. Nobody knows how many and nobody really knows the full extent of the Skyway and much of it remains unexplored. But, somehow, a rumor gets started that Jake has a map fo... more info>> (Published: 1983)
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Strings [MultiFormat]
by Dave Duncan
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Alya has an almost magical talent. Her hunches are never wrong. The scientists of planet 4-I want to use her talent and promise her a spot on the next offworld colonization team in return for her assessment of the potential of the latest worlds they've discovered. But Alya meets Cedric, the grandson of the brilliant and tyrannical director of 4-I and she begins to doubt her own intuition. Cedric has dreamed of becoming a scout and exploring new worlds and when he meets Alya he is more determined... more info>> (Published: 1989)
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The Rapture Effect [MultiFormat]
by Jeffrey A. Carver
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In a galaxy-spanning novel of adventure and philosophical conflict, set in the year 2165, a fleet of colonizing starships from Earth approaches the planet Argus, 138 light-years from Earth. During their years-long voyage, Earth has developed a stargate and ended up in an interstellar war, waged by robot fighters far from Earth and commanded by the central artificial intelligence of the gnostic system owned by the McConwell Company. When the AI realizes the futility of the war it's engaged in, it... more info>> (Published: 1987)
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Galactic Bounty [McCade Series Book 1] [MultiFormat]
by William C. Dietz
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A traitor is on the loose. A treacherous navy captain plans to sell military secrets to the alien Il Ronn. The only man who can stop him is Sam McCade. Betrayed by his friends, stalked by his enemies, McCade is the only one standing between a terrifying alien threat--and the unimaginable devastation of the Terran Empire? (Published: 1986)
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Hardfought [MultiFormat]
by Greg Bear
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The Nebula award-winning short story by master SF writer Greg Bear. Humans are engaged in a long war against an advanced alien race, the Senexi, but the possibility for peace may exist thanks to a young girl who learns the enemy's larger role and humanity's opportunity to evolve. (Published: 1983)
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Siduri's Net [The Cloudships of Orion Book 1] [MultiFormat]
by Paula Downing King
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A descendant of Earth's gypsies, Sailmaster Pov Janusz continues the nomadic existence of his ancestors as he guides his cloudship Siduri's Net through the perils of deepspace in search of rich mineral treasures. Originally published under the pen name P.K. McAllister. (Published: 1994)
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The Eternity Brigade [MultiFormat]
by Stephen Goldin
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Hundreds of human bodies have been placed in coffins in a military warehouse. But they are not dead, merely frozen in a cryogenic process meant to preserve an army of men to be restored to life if ever they are needed. The Earth they arise to inhabit is a world completely different from any they have known or imagined. Their only task is to fight and kill in the wars that plague the planet. They are not treated as men, but as fighting machines to be endlessly duplicated and used up. By having ha... more info>> (Published: 1980)
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The Pharaoh Contract [The Emancipator Book 1] [MultiFormat]
by Ray Aldridge
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Ruiz Aw is an Art League enforcer sent to investigate the disappearance of several slaves from the planet Pharaoh prior to their being "harvested". They are the property of the Art League and their property has been stolen. Ruiz is an ex-slave now working for the League, doing its corporate slave trading dirty work. Pharoah is a planet of slave herds, castes and imagination. It is a planet without hope or freedom. It is a planet of slave poachers. Ruiz must go undercover to find these poachers f... more info>> (Published: 1991)
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The Third Eagle [MultiFormat]
by R. A. MacAvoy
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Original and provocative science fiction from an author famed for her fantasy writings. Subtitle: Lessons Along a Minor String. When the warrior Wanbli came of age, he cast his lot among the stars and left the world where he'd been born. Left it, he thought, forever. His odyssey led him to one ship, then another, and to another still. It brought him face to face with the far-flung members of the universe's Seven Sentient peoples. And, finally, it brought him to the colony ship Commitment. There,... more info>> (Published: 1989)
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Women in Deep Time [MultiFormat]
by Greg Bear
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"Three stories with a common theme: the female psyche, multiplied and divided," says Greg Bear in his introduction to this Women in Deep Time. "There's probably something Jungian in common with all three. At any rate, throughout my writing career (and for whatever reason) I've been fascinated by the feminine voice." Featured in this special collection are "Sisters," "Scattershot," in which the inhabitants of many universes meet in limbo, and the Nebula Award-winning "Hardfought," in which engine... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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A Whisper of Time [MultiFormat]
by Paula Downing King
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She was found alone, lost in the stately ruins of an alien city. And when they hunted for the child's people, and found no clue that would lead them to the truth, they adopted her as humanity's first alien. Medoret grows up with the archaeologist who discovered her in her alien city, but dreams of her early years plague her, and as her curiosity grows, she begins to study the glyphs that were once carved into the stones of the alien ruins. Many mysteries of the alien land were waiting to be solv... more info>> (Published: 1994)
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A World Called Solitude [MultiFormat]
by Stephen Goldin
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Birk Aaland is a refugee from Earth's tyrannical government. He finds himself stranded on an uncharted planet, which seems to be inhabited. His explorations reveal long-deserted cities perfectly maintained by the robot servants of their former inhabitants. Thus he becomes the marooned king of an isolated kingdom of machines. His life is a painfully lonely one and he spends eleven years without any human contact or companionship, tortured by memories of his former life on Earth and increasingly u... more info>> (Published: 1981)
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Alien Bounty [McCade Series Book 3] [MultiFormat]
by William C. Dietz
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A fragile peace between the Il Ronnian Empire and humankind is about to crumble--because space pirates have made off with one of the aliens' holiest relics. Only one man can hunt down the sacred object. A man with a score to settle with the pirates: bounty hunter supreme Sam McCade. (Published: 1990)
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Arslan [MultiFormat]
by Mary Jane Engh
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He took the world by storm. Beginning with conquering the United States, General Arslan gradually has taken control of a large portion of the globe with just a handful of soldiers possessed of an abundance of loyalty, pride and warfare knowledge. Franklin Bond is devoted to his town of Kraftsville, Illinois, and to his job as principal of the town's small school. When the young and ruthless General visits the town, Bond learns how pride, honor and power can transform a man from a military genius... more info>> (Published: 1976)
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Blood Music [MultiFormat]
by Greg Bear
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In the tradition of the greatest cyberpunk novels, Blood Music explores the imminent destruction of mankind and the fear of mass destruction by technological advancements. Blood Music follows present-day events in which the fears concerning the nuclear annihilation of the world subsided after the Cold War and the fear of chemical warfare spilled over into the empty void of nuclear fear. An amazing breakthrough in genetic engineering made by Vergil Ulam is considered too dangerous for further res... more info>> (Published: 1985)
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Burning Bright [MultiFormat]
by Melissa Scott
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Governed by two political rulers, the planet Burning Bright is the location of the biggest virtual reality game in the universe. Quinn Lioe is tangled in a web of love and suspense when she becomes determined to play at the center of the virtual reality world and gets stuck in the war between the two empires. This science fiction adventure is one of Scott's best and the complex futuristic world is unforgettable. (Published: 1993)
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