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3781) Stratton
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To an enemy with an impressive lifespan, one failed campaign is not an obstacle. It is a challenge.
It took millennia for Earth to join the galactic community. Some thought the long wait was worth it. Some thought…otherwise. And while the Earth did get to wear a name-tag of "Core" world, the title was more ornamental than functional. After all, the Confederation Alliance of Planets and Star Systems was already six-thousand years old when Earth finally...
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En la década de 1980, los físicos de un laboratorio de la Unión Soviética encuentran rastros de datos extraños en la radiación cósmica de fondo. Como las poderosas fuerzas militares creen que estos hallazgos pueden convertirse en un arma para la guerra fría, la información obtenida por los físicos se mantiene en el más estricto secreto.
Los científicos se limitan a la primitiva tecnología de los años 80, pero lo que encuentran tiene...
3784) Tritium Blaze
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Piloting the Echo Star around Jupiter enlivens Live Dricoll's senses in surprising ways. Gigantic and swirling, the planet reminds her of old conversations with her late grandmother.But strange forces lurk, putting more on the line than just her grandmother's legacy.This shapes up like a battle for humanity's future. With Liv stuck right in the middle.
3785) Tombs Under Vaile
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The giant stone block of Vaile Max prison stands on the Karnish plains. Impregnable and escape-proof.
Prisoner Cole Dugald waits, release imminent. He wants no trouble.
But when authorities demand help from investigator Flis Kupe, trouble looms. For everyone.
On a collision course with deadly psychopaths, Cole and Flis must team up to survive.
A Karnish River Navigations novel that expands the world with unexpected revelations.
3786) The Zeta Grey War
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The war was going well.Then it wasn'tA new enemy appeared from deep space. An enemy with technology far advanced over our own.When all seems lost an ally also appears. But will it be enough?Another enemy emerges from deep within our own planet, devastating our military and taking our citizens into captivity. Is this the final chapter for humanity, or is there another way?Join Diane and the U.S. Space Command in their final struggle to survive.Professionally...
3787) Through Virulent Time
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You zero, you die. The timer is relentless.The world changed in the last century. Now it's kill or be killed. Yury Bukin is a mafia member willing to do anything in his power to keep his counter from reaching zero.When his mentor assigns him a simple job, it's the opportunity of a lifetime; steal a canister and get rewarded with an entire week of life. Except others are searching for that canister and they have leverage over him: the only other person...
3788) Handsome Rob Assassin
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A surprise arrest sends Handsome Rob, Assassin, off planet after one of the worst arms smugglers known. But he needs a team for this, so Mac comes with him. How deep into their cover identities will they go to catch a criminal? ============ Another Handsome Rob Gig, full of espionage and action, set in the Jessica Keller universe. Be sure to catch the rest of the series, starting with Can't Shoot Straight Gang. The Future was never so cool.
3790) The Bryce Connection
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Having won, Javier sets out to explore the larger galaxy and maybe avoid the Concord until they get a little less pissed off. But he'll need friends. So he goes looking. A new adventure awaits you with four new Science Officer short stories, bridging the gap between the end of Season One (V1-8) and the beginning of Season Two: The Alien Seas. Come make new friends and allies. The future is out there.
3791) Humanity Prime
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When man's emerging star-empire met that of the savage Cromanths, the alien hordes began a war of extinction against humankind. So overwhelming was their power that Earth's outposts and finally the Earth itself were utterly destroyed. But one starship managed to escape, carrying colonists toward some distant habitable planet, if such a place existed, and if the Cromanths didn't find them first. The mission was successful and the colony established....
3792) First of Their Kind
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Synthetic Intelligence.
Thought impossible, but Dr. Wallace Theren has pushed the boundaries of computational science, creating an artificial mind capable of conscious thought. Naturally, his creation faces a harsh world bent on using it, exploiting it, or destroying it. If the first synthetic intelligence is to survive its early years, it'll need friends, but more importantly, it'll need a family.
And together, they'll need to show their enemies...
3793) Backlash & Kid Stuff
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Another well written fantasy Sci-Fi adventure thriller short story by Winston K. Marks about aliens coming to earth and introduced robots as personal servants all is going well until they rebel and attempt to take control. (Goodreads)
3794) Lady of Mazes
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Author and professional futurist Karl Schroeder, whose novels Ventus and Permanence have established him as a groundbreaking visionary in hard science fiction, extends his imagination into Larry Niven territory, returning to the same distant future in which Ventus was set, but employing a broader canvas, to tell the story of Teven Coronal, a ringworld with a huge multiplicity of human civilizations.
Brilliant but troubled Livia Kodaly is Teven's...
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Building New Worlds is a history of a pivotal decades-long episode in the birth and growth of today's science fiction. Enthralling and amusing, it's written with affection and wit. This is no dry, modishly theorized academic analysis. Nor is it a rah-rah celebration of the "Good Old Days." Here is a candid and astute reader's response to a magazine that, by today's standards, was often comically bad-but was also immensely important in its time, and...
3796) Amazing Stories Volume 6
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Great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here: "The Happy Homicide", "The Dragon Slayers", "When Whirlybirds Call", "I, Executioner", "The Abandoned of Yan", "The Very Black", "The Very Black", "The Moons of Mars", "The Furious Rose", and "Not a Creature Was Stirring".
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Your future is bright! After all, your mother is a robot, your father has joined the alien hive-mind, and your dinner will be counterfeit 3D-printed steak. Even though your worker bots have staged a mutiny, and your tour guide speaks only in memes, you can always sell your native language if you need some extra cash.
The avant-garde of science fiction have arrived in this space-age sequel to the World Fantasy Award-winning anthology, The New Voices...
3799) Problem Landing
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Toughing out life on Mars, Ciananti Burrows finds herself constantly repairing failing equipment and pushing research aside. But when new arrivals declare an issue with their landing vessel, all those learned repair skills might come in handy.
They might even save some lives.
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