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Federations : Vast Epic Interstellar From Star Trek to Star Wars, from Dune to Foundation, science fiction has a rich history of exploring the idea of vast intergalactic societies, and the challenges facing those living in or trying to manage such societies. The stories in Federations will continue that tradition. 2009 |
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Other Earths What if Lincoln never became president, and the Civil War never took place? What if Columbus never discovered America, and the Inca developed a massive, technologically advanced empire? What if magic was real and a half-faerie queen ruled England? What if an author discovered a book written by an alternate version of himself? These are just some of the possible pathways that readers can take to explore the Other Earths that may be waiting just one page away. 2009 |
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The New Space Opera. 2 Collection of science fiction pieces that include all-new tales of interstellar adventure and wonder. 2009 |
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The Year's Best Science Fiction : Twenty-sixth Annual Collection An anthology of top-selected writings from 2008, edited by Hugo Award-winning author Gardner R. Dozois, includes the works of such figures as Ian McDonald, Stephen Baxter, and Elizabeth Bear and is complemented by an extensive recommended reading guide. 2009 |
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Abnett, Dan Extinction Event When strange anomalies in time start to appear Professor Cutter and his team have to help track down and capture a multitude of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past... and distant future...In this brand new original "Primeval" adventure Cutter and the team are forced to travel to Siberia to confront an anomaly problem on an incredible scale... 2009 |
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Anderson, Kevin J. Enemies Allies Shortly after Clark Kent interviews Bruce Wayne for a feature in the Daily Planet, their alter egos cross paths as Batman and Superman are drawn into Lex Luthor's scheme for world domination--a scheme that involves the Soviets, death-ray transmitters, and all the heat of the Cold War. 2009 |
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Anderson, Taylor Maelstrom In the final thrilling chapter in the Destroyermen trilogy, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy and his crew are once again at war. Having sided with the peaceful Lemurians against the savage, reptilian Grik, they now find themselves scrambling to prepare for the attack that is sure to come. [First book is Into the Storm] 2009 |
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Asaro, Catherine Diamond Star Rock singer Del, son of the Ruby Dynasty, undeniably had talent, and was rapidly rising from an unknown fringe artist to stardom. But, with his life entangled in the politics of three interstellar civilizations, whether he wanted that or not, talent might not be enough. And that factor might have much more effect than his music on the lives of trillions of people on the thousands of inhabited worlds across the galaxy. 2009 |
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Axler, James Desolation Crossing The legend of the trader returns in the simmering dust bowl of the Badlands, the past calling out to armorer J.B. Dix. Her name is Eula. Young, silent and lethal, she's part of a new trading convoy. High-tech hardware, fast wags, flowing jack and friendly words don't tell the real story behind a vendetta that is years in the making. 2009 |
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Bacigalupi, Paolo The Windup Girl In a dark future of rising sea levels and out-of-control mutations, complex characters meet in the crossroads of Bangkok in a desperate fight for survival. 2009 |
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Baker, Kage The Empress of Mars In this rollicking novel of action, planetary romance, and high adventure, a determined Mary Griffith opens the only place to buy a beer on Mars' Tharsis Bulge and soon becomes the center of a terraforming company's machinations, its downfall, and the founding of a new world. 2009 |
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Banks, Iain Transition Sharing nothing in common except links to an organization committed to protecting the world from itself, an assembly of dubious characters including a torturer, a reluctant assassin, and an amnesiac patient confront challenges beyond their imagining. 2009 |
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Baxter, Stephen Flood Four hostages are finally released, but they face a world suddenly inundated as vast amounts of water are released from the earth's mantle. As the world's cities and countries disappear under the rising seas, humanity faces unimaginable global disaster. 2009 |
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Birmingham, John Without Warning When an inexplicable miles-high energy wave wipes out ninety-nine percent of the U.S. population, the survivors struggle to meet the unimaginable challenges--including James Kipper, chief engineer of Seattle; agent Caitlin Monroe, on the trail of a deadly Muslim fanatic; and General Tusk Musso and Admiral James Ritchie, racing against time to preserve world peace. 2009 |
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Brown, Eric Xenopath : a Bengal Station Novel Working for a telepathic detective agency, Vaughan investigates a series of murders linked to the colony world of Mallory, and the slaughter of innocent aliens there by a colonial organization. 2009 |
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Buettner, Robert Orphan's Triumph Jason Wander confronts his lifelong alien enemy and his own loss of innocence. 2009 |
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Cherryh, C. J. Regenesis Set in the Alliance-Union universe, Regenesis continues the story of Ariane Emory PR, the genetic clone of one of the greatest scientists humanity has ever produced, and of her search for the murderer of her progenitor--the original Ariane Emory. 2009 |
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Colfer, Eoin And Another Thing-- Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three Arthur Dent may have made it home to Earth but trouble has followed him there. With the Earth about to be blown up (again), he soon has to deal with a pantheon of unemployed gods, a renegade Galactic President, a lovestruck green alien, and an irritating computer, all without the chance for a cup of tea. 2009 Appears on the following book lists:  Laughing Out Loud |
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D'Amato, Brian In the Courts of the Sun A tale inspired by near-future apocalypse prophecies finds math prodigy and Maya descendant Jed DeLanda invited by his former mentor, Taro, to travel back in time into another person's life more than thirteen centuries earlier to learn about a "sacrifice game" that has been described in a newly discovered Mayan codex. 2009 |
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Doctorow, Cory Makers What happens to America when two geeks working from a garage invent easy 3D printing, a cure for obesity, and crowd-sourced theme parks? Lawsuits against Disney are only the beginning in this major novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America in the age of open source and its hero/hacker culture. 2009 |
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