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"The award-winning, best-selling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel returns with a novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from an island off Vancouver in 1912 to a dark colony of the moon three hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and planets. Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at...
2) Semiosis
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Semiosis duology volume 1
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"Colonists from Earth wanted the perfect home, but they'll have to survive on the one they found. They don't realize another life form watches ... and waits ... Only mutual communication can forge an alliance with the planet's sentient species and prove that humans are more than tools."--
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"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 virus they call the descolada, which is incurable and will kill all of humanity if it is allowed to escape from Lusitania"--
4) Aliens
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Collector's edition volume 11
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Ripley is recovering from her first encounter with the deadly alien. Her account of that event is received with skepticism, but transmissions from a colony later established on the alien's planet abruptly cease. Burke, an up-and-coming company man, talks Ripley into going back with a squad of colonial Marines. Of course the Marines do not take her warnings seriously either, until they come face-to-face with the awesome alien spawn.
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"When orphan Carole meets runaway Tuesday, an uptown girl who wants nothing more than to make music, it's as if they were fated to find each other. With their shared dream, the duo charges headfirst into the world of entertainment - but on colonized Mars, with a consumer base accustomed to 'perfect' A.I.-produced songs, is there any hope their organic sound and heartfelt lyrics will reach their audience?"--Provided by publisher.
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"Carole and Tuesday have come a long way since their impromptu collaboration on the streets of Alba city, and now they've finally secured an official stage for their performances: the televised competition, Mars Brightest! But while their soulful music wows the judges and audience, dissonance grows between them, threatening to tear their group apart. Can Carole and Tuesday come out of Mars Brightest as the winners - or even as a team...?"--
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Luke Skywalker and the ragtag rebels opposing the Galactic Empire are fresh of their biggest victory so far -- the destruction of the massive Death Star. But the Empire's not toppled yet! Join Luke, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2 and the rest of the Rebel Alliance as they fight for freedom against Darth Vader and his evil master, the Emperor! When a rebel assault goes wrong, Han and Leia must think fast to make their escape -- While...
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