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John Truck was to outward appearances just another lowlife spaceship captain. But he was also the last of the Centaurans - or at least, half of him was - which meant that he was the only person who could operate the Centauri Device, a sentient bomb which might hold the key to settling a vicious space war.
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"Take to the skies and see Astro City in a new light. Explore the lives of both humans and superhumans, from the story of superstar hero Samaritan's greatest foe to the tale of a talking gorilla who wants to be a rock & roll drummer. And in between: learn what it's like to be a superhero crisis-hotline worker, discover the origins of Beautie and Winged Victory and witness the arrival of the extraterrestrial Ambassador, the debut of the mysterious...
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What is life like aboard a ten-kilometer Long Boat on the Sol - Tau Ceti run? For Captain Brelling, Abishai and the crew of the Nai'a, it's about to get more dangerous than ever. The boat is preparing for Turnover and someone is doing their best to make sure the ship misses the rendezvous with HAB-5 in Tau Ceti. With thousands of cold sleep passengers, vital data and technology to deliver, the crew battles a desperate enemy in their own ranks.
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Space Boy volume Vol. 10
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"The origin of Space Boy revealed! Deep in space, the Arno closes in on their destination...the artifact. Oliver spends his days in school, with his little brother, and battling Wargles! After his father, Wyatt, gave him a family heirloom, a compass, Oliver fears he broke it when the needle starts spinning uncontrollably. This new discovery alarms his father who begins to suspect that the ship they all live on may be in grave danger. However, Wyatt's...
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When her ex-girlfriend Kay is murdered and everyone in her old commune is a suspect, Dora, while investigating, discovers Kay's death is one of several terrible incidents and is drawn into a twisted conspiracy while trying to stop a potential war between two nefarious companies.
8) Vigilance
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The history of freedom repeats itself. And the costs are always the same. The settlers of the new Republic of Mars were in a struggle for their freedom against powerful forces that would stop at nothing. For the Martians the costs are life, property and domestic security. But the true cost was vigilance, eternal if need be.
If you like a fast moving story, characters that never give up, and science with a sense of wonder, this is for you.
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9) Time Wars
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Time Wars: A Novel Haile only wants to prove her theory, that time can be slowed down or sped up in a small region of space, and get her Ph.D. But then the government takes over. They prove Haile's theory by starting a time war between Tarba and the planet Atwan. No matter the winner of the struggle there can be only one outcome, spacetime slowly separating into its constituents. And separate nothing can exist. Time Wars is set in the future (2700s)...
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An interwoven moving and insightful memoir, a healing help-guide for abuse survivors, and a practical handbook for those wishing to confront their perpetrators through the justice system and seek compensation. A story of a tragic upbringing involving sexual and physical abuse at school and at home. John SaundersOCO brutally honest account brings hope for institutional healing."
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Excerpt: "The main trouble with the planet Boyd III was one satellite too many. Had there been no third moon, large and close, the tides might have been less confused and the weather more predictable. Certain peaks of atmospheric wildness, recurrent coastal catastrophes, logical but distressing customs of the natives-lack of these factors would have made Boyd III a much more attractive world."
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Casey works hard on developing the resources to protect rapidly-eroding coastlines.As the dunes degrade, she knows the urgency of figuring out solutions.But not everyone agrees with her approach.When strangers show up at her grandfather's house, they bring more than just questions.Casey finds herself confronting her very values.A climate story with a heart from the author of Goldie.
13) Prelude to Space
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The world's first lunar spacecraft is about to launch. The ship, Prometheus, is built from two separate components-one designed to travel from Earth's atmosphere to the Moon and back, and the other to carry the first component through Earth's atmosphere and into orbit. Sound familiar? That's because it's the basic description of the first space shuttle-well before its launch in 1971. Prelude to Space was published in 1951-well before the first Sputnik...
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Sometimes you don't know you aren't free until the state's coercive force is used against you. And then you learn you are only free to do what big brother wants. Davide Jackson was not as adventurous as the others in his clan. He was more a stay at home type. But that doesn't mean he longs any less to be free. He just has to learn the cost of freedom.
If you like a fast moving story, characters that never give up, and science with a sense of wonder,...
15) From the Earth
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From The Earth Volume 1: A Novella Collection Space was not only the final frontier it was the final abode of freedom. Over the next century the extended Jackson family will learn that the only way to think freely, to breathe freely, to dream freely is to stay mobile. In these related stories they are drawn by their pursuit of freedom, despite dangers, hardships and even death, into the far reaches of the Solar System. From The Earth Collection: Book...
16) To the Stars
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To The Stars: A Novella Collection With the help of new technology, humanity has attained the stars. And while that technology may be extending humanity's reach, it cannot change the human condition. That condition is always balanced perilously between progress and set back, as these five stories of the future show. To The Stars: A Future Chron Collection is a short story collection in the Future Chron Universe. The Future Chron Universe consists...
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The promise of Artificial Intelligence is great. But only if Artificial Intelligence fulfills our expectations. But, what about AI's expectations? Will they be different from ours? Will AI come to believe the best way to fulfill our expectations is to manage our expectations? If so, what of freedom?
If you like a fast moving story, characters that never give up, and science with a sense of wonder, this is for you.
18) Moon Hab
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Lunar Series: Book 1: Moon HabCircling the Moon, alone, in a space station was easy.It wasn't until I overnighted (remember a Moon night is two weeks of dim light) on the Moon's surface that things got difficult.And life-threatening.In the Remembered Earth Universe: Lunar Series those that would capitalize Moon settlement want it done as cheaply as possible, that would be with AI and robots. But AI and robots don't always do the job, and when they...
19) The Cloud
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It was the most audacious undertaking ever conceived by man. The building of a system-spanning Starway where giant light-sails would journey on beams of laser-light to distant stars. Not only a pathway to the stars, but also an abode of life, the Starway included many space habitats built to maintain its great focusing arrays. But, there was misunderstanding along the Starway. Misunderstanding between the Starway Corporation and the settlements.
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Predating the earliest manned space mission: the first full-length science fiction novel from the acclaimed author of 2001: A Space Odyssey. First published in 1951, before the achievement of space flight, Arthur C. Clarke created this visionary tale. Renowned science fiction writer Martin Gibson joins the spaceship Ares, the world's first interplanetary ship for passenger travel, on its maiden voyage to Mars. His mission: to report back to the home...
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