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The Ender Quintet by Orson Scott Card
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis set contains Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind, and Ender in Exile.At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied... -
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Duna Volume 1 by Frank Herbert
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis Hugo & Nebula Award winner tells a sweeping tale of the desert planet Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, “spice of spices”. Melange is necessary for interstellar travel & grants psi powers & longevity. Whoever controls it wields great influence... -
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Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe dying Empire's most cunning and ruthless warlord—Grand Admiral Thrawn—has taken command of the remnants of the Imperial fleet and launched a massive campaign aimed at the New Republic's destruction... -
![Due Diligence by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Due Diligence by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Clan Korval knows your name. . . Abandoned on a strange port by a scam gone bad, his license to pilot rescinded, and his pockets very much to let, Fer Gun pen'Uldra was teetering between trouble, more trouble, and bad trouble. Cornered in a cheap bar by a too-knowledgeable stranger with an unlikely offer, Fer Gun realized having no money and no license might be the least of his troubles... -
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![Star Trek Encyclopedia by Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda]()
Star Trek Encyclopedia by Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis reference book, designed for Star Trek fans, brings together all three incarnations of the Star Trek phenomenon: the original Star Trek, The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. It contains over 5,000 entries on alien races, planets and stars, weapons and tools and private jokes... -
![The Man Who Never Missed by Steve Perry]()
The Man Who Never Missed by Steve Perry
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOnce a ruthless soldier, Emile Khadaji has disappeared from the Confederation-with a secret plan to destroy it all in the name of freedom... -
![When the People Fell by Cordwainer Smith]()
When the People Fell by Cordwainer Smith
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA sweeping saga of the centuries to come, from the new dark age that followed a global war, to the new civilization that arose from the ashes to colonize the stars...Categorized as:
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Storming Heaven by David Mack
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I WAS THERE UNTIL THE END, MATE. THE BITTER, BLOODY END.” Vanguard is under siege. Surrounded by enemies, Admiral Nogura sends the scout ship Sagittarius to find an ancient weapon that might be the Federation’s only hope of stopping the alien threat known as the Shedai . . . Qo’noS is wracked by scandal...Categorized as:
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![The Dark Lord Trilogy by James Luceno, Matthew Woodring Stover]()
The Dark Lord Trilogy by James Luceno, Matthew Woodring Stover
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor the first time in one thrilling volume, three novels–Labyrinth of Evil, Revenge of the Sith, and Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader–that follow an epic chain of events: the last days of the Republic, the creation of the Empire, and the ultimate transformation of Jedi Anakin Skywalker into the notorious Darth Vader... -
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The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 by David Drake
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis volume features all of the Hammer’s Slammer short fiction, as well as all of the interstitial material from the original Slammers collection, new artwork and new interstitial material. Volume 1 also features an introduction by Gene Wolfe and an original Slammers story, “A Death in Peacetime... -
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The Green Hills of Earth / The Menace from Earth by Robert A. Heinlein
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo of the Grand Master's finest: The saga of the opening of the space frontier as courageous men and women risked their lives to build the first space station and colonize the Moon and Venus, while praying for one last landing on the globe that gave them birth, to return to The Green Hills of Earth... -
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The Dune Encyclopedia by Willis Everett McNelly
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsEight years in the making, the work of painstakung scholarship and research, containing thousands of entries and cross-references.. -
![The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith]()
The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsCordwainer Smith was one of the original visionaries to think of humanity in terms of thousands of years in the future, spread out across the universe. This brilliant collection, often cited as the first of its kind, explores fundamental questions about ourselves and our treatment of the universe (and other beings) around us and ultimately what it means to be human... -
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Fellow Travelers by Sharon Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChapbook of three short stories set in the Liaden Universe all dealing with Priscilla Delacroix aka Moonhawk... -
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The Rocket Man by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA short story by Ray...Categorized as:
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Pike's Potential by John Spearman
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFrom the author of the Halberd series comes the first of a new, unrelated series. Alexander ‘Sandy’ Pike is an officer in the navy of the Planetary Alliance. Pike demonstrates his initiative, boldness and resolve as he begins to make a name for himself in the Alliance Navy...Categorized as:
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Brother Death by Steve Perry
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe ruling elite summons Bork, strongman of the Matadors, to save them from a secret brotherhood armed with the powers of an alien civilization... -
![The Instrumentality of Mankind by Cordwainer Smith]()
The Instrumentality of Mankind by Cordwainer Smith
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 24 ratings14 short stories set in a universe of scanners, planoforming ships and animal-derived Underpeople.1 No, No, Not Rogov! (1959)2 War No... -
![What Distant Deeps by David Drake]()
What Distant Deeps by David Drake
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsNO REST FOR THE WEARY Captain Daniel Leary and his friend, the spy Adele Mundy, have been in the front lines of Cinnabar's struggle against the totalitarian Alliance. Now these galactic superpowers have signed a peace of mutual exhaustion--But the jackals are moving in!The Republic of Cinnabar was on the verge of collapse under the weight of taxes, casualties, and war's disruption of trade... -
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Black Steel by Steve Perry
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsShe is a sensei and he is a Matador, worthy of her four-hundred-year-old blade. Their only hope for survival and vengeance against their hidden, well-protected enemy lies in the strength of black steel.. -
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Earth Is Room Enough by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsContents:· The Dead Past · nv Astounding Apr ’56 · The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · pm F&SF Oct ’54 · Franchise · ss If Aug ’55 · Gimmicks Three [“The Brazen Locked Room”] · ss F&SF Nov ’56 · Kid Stuff · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep ’53 · The Watery Place · ss Satellite Oct ’56 · Living Space · ss Science Fiction Stories May ’56 · The Message · vi F&SF Feb ’56 ·... -
![Second Stage Lensmen by E.E. "Doc" Smith]()
Second Stage Lensmen by E.E. "Doc" Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKim Kinnison, Number One man of his time, had faced challenges before—but rarely one as daunting as this. To him fell the perilous task of infiltrating the inner circle of Boskone, stronghold of galactic civilization’s most deadly foe. Kinnison had to become a local Boskonian in every gesture, deed—and thought... -
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Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is a volume in the NESFA's Choice series. The objective of this series is to publish the classic works of neglected sf authors, and to keep these works in print...Categorized as:
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![Shon'jir by C.J. Cherryh]()
Shon'jir by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSten Duncan had saved the lives of the last two of humanity's deadliest enemies, during the takeover of their planet Kesrith. Sten therefore felt responsible for them and for their future -- if any. For though the two mri were brother and sister, they represented different power-castes of their ancient warrior-race. Niun was the last of the bred samurai... -
![The Dirdir by Jack Vance, H.R. Van Dongen]()
The Dirdir by Jack Vance, H.R. Van Dongen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGetting back to Earth from the planet Tschai involved only stealing a spaceship or having one built to order — for Tschai was the abode of several intelligent star-born races and, as such, had spaceyards. But Adam Reith's problem was not so simple... -
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The Pnume by Jack Vance, H.R. Van Dongen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Pnume are native to Tschai, living underground in a vast network of caverns with their human slave-species, the Pnumekin... -
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Star Wars: The Rise of the Empire by John Jackson Miller, James Luceno
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWitness the rise of the Empire with these two thrilling Star Wars novels—plus exclusive short stories by Melissa Scott, John Jackson Miller, and Jason Fry! TARKIN “Compelling . . . The villains of Star Wars are as much fun as the good guys... -
![Noon: 22nd Century by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky]()
Noon: 22nd Century by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSummary (From the publisher):The 22nd Century. Mankind is free from the age-old misery and poverty that have kept it in bondage, free to create a new world, to explore the universe, to confront the mysteries of human existence. Russia's greatest S-F writeres, Arkday and Boris Strugatsky, have produced a futuristic masterpiece of epic proportions and breathtaking vision...Categorized as:
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![A New Hope: The Illustrated Screenplay (Star Wars, Episode IV) by George Lucas]()
A New Hope: The Illustrated Screenplay (Star Wars, Episode IV) by George Lucas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow here is the complete screenplay of the film that launched a science fiction phenomenon. Experience the capture of Princess Leia by Lord Darth Vader and the evil minions of the Empire...Farmboy Luke Skywalker's discovery of her desperate message hidden in the droid R2-D2...Luke's fateful meetings with legendary Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and intergalactic smuggler Han Solo.. -
![The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Stephen Baxter]()
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Stephen Baxter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe thirty stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Aliete de Bodard, James L... -
![Twilight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker]()
Twilight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe rift in the fabric of space was fast approaching the Well World, and time was running out. Troops all over the planet were gathering for the final battle.Nathan Brazil and Mavra Chang somehow had to reach the Well of Souls in time to save the universe and before any of the hostile natives managed to kill them.At best, a difficult mission... -
![A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke]()
A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFor a million years the bubble had been growing, like a vast abscess, below the root of the mountains. Now the abscess was about to burst. Captain Harris had left the controls on autopilot and was talking to the front row of passengers as the first tremor shook the boat...Categorized as:
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![The Return of Nathan Brazil by Jack L. Chalker]()
The Return of Nathan Brazil by Jack L. Chalker
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a desolate sector of space floats the Well World: the ancient Markovian supercomputer that first created and now maintains the Universe.While attempting to repel an insidious intergalactic invasion, Mankind resorts to a weapon of such awesome destructive power that it undermines the Well World's control of time and space and threatens the very existence of the Universe... -
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![Galactic Patrol by E.E. "Doc" Smith]()
Galactic Patrol by E.E. "Doc" Smith
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Galactic Patrol's Lensmen are the most feared peacekeepers in the Galaxy. The "Lens," a telepathic jewel matched to the ego of its wearer, is the ultimate weapon in the war against the merciless pirate Boskone and his forces of lawlessness... -
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![Children of the Lens: Special Edition by E.E. "Doc" Smith]()
Children of the Lens: Special Edition by E.E. "Doc" Smith
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt was beginning to look as if no one could prevent the destruction of the Universe. For a strange intelligence was directing the destruction of all civilization from the icy depths of space. Kim Kinnison of the Patrol was one of the few men who knew how near the end was...Categorized as:
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![Gray Lensman by E.E. "Doc" Smith]()
Gray Lensman by E.E. "Doc" Smith
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe action in Gray Lensman picks up immediately where Galactic Patrol left off, in the middle of the battle to destroy Helmuth's Main Base and, it is hoped, fully end the threat of Boskone. After the base falls, Kinnison finds some clues that lead him to think that Helmuth was perhaps not the head of Boskone after all... -
![Quest for the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker]()
Quest for the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWelcome to the Well World: a construct of an ancient defunct race known as the Markovians. The Well World acts both as the controller of and the gateway to 1560 worlds created by the Markovians at the end of their time.Exiles at the Well of Souls left Mavra Chang captured by the Olborn and partially converted into a beast of burden... -
![The Last Jedi by Michael Reaves, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff]()
The Last Jedi by Michael Reaves, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKNIGHT OF RECKONING The Emperor’s ruthless Order 66 has all but exterminated the Jedi. The few remaining who still wield the Force for good have been driven into exile or hiding. But not Jax Pavan, who’s been steadily striking blows against the Empire—as a lone guerrilla fighter and a valued partner of Whiplash, a secret Coruscant-based resistance group... -
![The Wind From the Sun by Arthur C. Clarke]()
The Wind From the Sun by Arthur C. Clarke
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA volume containing all 18 short stories written by Arthur C. Clarke in the 1960s. They depict a future in which technologies are beginning to dictate man's lifestyle - even to demand life for themselves.Contentsvii • Preface (The Wind from the Sun) • (1972) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke3 • The Food of the Gods • (1964) • shortstory by Arthur C...Categorized as:
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![Servants Of The Wankh by Jack Vance]()
Servants Of The Wankh by Jack Vance
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMarooned on the strange planet Tschai, Adam Reith agreed to lead an expedition to return the princess Ylin Ylan, the Flower of Cath, to her homeland halfway around the globe.Monsters of land and sea lay before them, and beings both human and alien who might rob, kill or enslave them... -
![The Vorkosigan Companion by Lillian Stewart Carl, Lois McMaster Bujold]()
The Vorkosigan Companion by Lillian Stewart Carl, Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLois McMaster Bujold's best-selling Vorkosigan series is a publishing phenomenon, winning record-breaking sales, critical praise, four Hugo Awards and a Nebula award. And the thousands of devotees of the series now have a book that will be a goldmine of information, background details, and little-known facts about the Vorkosigan saga... -
![King's Sacrifice by Margaret Weis]()
King's Sacrifice by Margaret Weis
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe spellbinding conclusion to the star-spanning saga of adventure and intrigue. At the end of King's Test, Sagan--the man who overthrew Dion's father--pledged his allegiance to Dion as the new king. Now, Dion battles alien and human enemies, and must give up both his lover and one of his men as he learns what it truly means to be king...Categorized as:
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![The Sea is Full of Stars by Jack L. Chalker]()
The Sea is Full of Stars by Jack L. Chalker
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis exciting, action-packed novel marks Jack Chalker's triumphant return to his celebrated multivolume saga: The Well World. The Sea Is Full of Stars explores an unknown interstellar civilization, stars an all-new cast of characters, and reveals fresh secrets. But of course, The Well remains . . -
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The Weapon Shops of Isher by A.E. van Vogt
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWith the publication, in the July 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, of the story Seesaw, van Vogt began unfolding the complex tale of the oppressive Empire of Isher and the mysterious Weapon Shops... -
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Deathworld 1 by Harry Harrison
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe planet was called Pyrrus...a strange place where all the beasts, plants and natural elements were designed for one specific purpose: to destroy man.The settlers there were supermen...twice as strong as ordinary men and with milli-second reflexes. They had to be. For their business was murder.. -
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The Two Faces of Tomorrow by James P. Hogan
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMidway through the 21st century, an integrated global computer network manages much of the world's affairs. A proposed major software upgrade - an artificial intelligence - will give the system an unprecedented degree of independent decision-making, but serious questions are raised in regard to how much control can safely be given to a non-human intelligence... -
![Maske: Thaery by Jack Vance]()
Maske: Thaery by Jack Vance
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere is a Hole at the eastern fringe of the known universe. Deep within it hangs a lost star, Mora, with twin planets, Maske and Skay. On wild Maske there is a rocky peninsula inhabited by a clan of warlike dreamers, the Droads. The eldest son, Trewe, is by birthright Droad of Droad. The second son has no choice but to turn his face toward adventure. His name is Jubal Droad.. -
![Stars' End by Glen Cook]()
Stars' End by Glen Cook
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Fortress on the edge of the galaxy was called Stars' End, a planet build for death, but by whom? It lay on the outermost arm of the Milky Way, silent, cloaked in mystery, self-contained and controlled, tantalizingly close to the harvesting Starfishers. If they could gain control of that arsenal, the Starfishers need never fear the Confederation's navy nor the forces of the human-like Sangaree...
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