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The Life of the Mind by John Scalzi
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPart one of the four parts of the full-length novel, The End of All Things.A down-on-his-luck Colonial Union starship pilot finds himself pressed into serving a harsh master-in a mission against the CU. But his kidnappers may have underestimated his knowledge of the ship that they have, quite literally, bound him to piloting... -
Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAssistant Trader Jethri Gobelyn was an honest, hardworking young man who knew a lot about living onboard his family's space-going trade ship; something about trade, finance, and risk-taking; and a little bit about Liadens. It was, oddly enough, the little bit he knew about Liadens that seemed like it might be enough to make his family's fortune, and his own, too... -
Prelude to War by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe gang is back, and this time pitted against the most-dangerous enemy the galaxy has ever faced. Among the challenges our heroic trio encounters are a five-thousand-year-old mutant genius and a one-trillion-strong race of ravenous trans-dimensional invaders... -
This Hollow Union by John Scalzi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPart two of the four parts making up the full-length novel, The End of All Things.Desperate times call for desperate measures. And for the multi-species Conclave, desperate times have arrived. Faced with the prospect of major planets and species leaving the alliance, the Conclave's leadership has just a few cards left to play...to unpredictable effect... -
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The Apex Predator by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Apex Predator … The Human Chronicles Saga Part Two Book 2 of 3 In this alien universe, Humans are the Supermen – stronger, faster and more coordinated than nearly all the other aliens in the galaxy. It’s this unique concept that has made The Human Chronicles Saga one of the most-popular science fiction series on the market today... -
A Galaxy to Conquer by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn A Galaxy to Conquer, all the great forces in the galaxy clash for one final, epic battle to determine who will come out on top. And racing the clock is Adam Cain and his team of aliens and SEALs out to rescue Riyad Tarazi from a Kracori prison ahead of the approaching conflagration... -
Kutath (The Faded Sun, #3) by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen the Mri, a proud and noble race of warriors serving as mercenaries in exchange for a planet to call home, confront the human enemies of their employers, they encounter a method of warfare alien to their system of honor. No match for the Mri one to one, despite their similar physiology, the humans fight without honor, driving the Mri to extinction with superior numbers and firepower... -
Nor Crystal Tears by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBefore Man and insectlike Thranx had become allies, when the reptilian AAnn were just occasional raiders of Thranx colony worlds, one young Thranx agricultural expert lived a life of quiet desperation... -
Sentenced to Prism by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe company had a big problem, it was illegally exploiting a fabulously rich planet maned Prism, a world where even the tiniest creatures were living jewels. But somehow, all contact had been lost with the scientist of the survey team. The Company didn't want to draw attention to itself by sending in a rescue mission so they assigned Evan Orgell, a self-confident problem-solver, to investigate... -
Resplendent by Stephen Baxter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsResplendent: Destiny's Children Book Four "Cadre Siblings" (2000) "Conurbation 2473" (2003) "Reality Dust" (2000) "Mayflower II" (2004)[b] "All in a Blaze" (2003) "Silver Ghost" (2000) "The Cold Sink" (2001) "On the Orion Line" (2000) "Ghost Wars" (2006) "The Ghost Pit" (2001) "Lakes of Light" (2005) "Breeding Ground" (2003) "The Dreaming Mould" (2002) "The Great Game" (2003) "The Chop Line"... -
Cain's Crusaders by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAdam Cain -- the alien with an attitude -- is back for more exciting adventures among the stars.This is the exciting continuation of The Human Chronicles Saga, the story of Human Superiority among the stars. You see, in this universe, WE are the Supermen. The baddest, the toughest, and the meanest creatures around... -
The Galactic Gourmet by James White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this latest novel of the series, readers meet an alien chef named Gurronsevas who has come to Sector General to face the greatest challenge of his career--making hospital food palatable. His ensuing adventure combines interspecies administrative politics, ingenious science puzzles and a judicious admixture of action and adventure... -
Ambulance Ship by James White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCALLING DR. CONWAY. . .There was a lot of talk about the vital importance of his new assignment, but it still seemed like a demotion to Senior Physician Conway. After twelve years of outstanding service--and the most incredible experiences imaginable--Conway couldn't quite appreciate the "honor" of becoming an ambulance attendant at this stage of his life.True, the insectile empath, Dr... -
Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War by Hal G.P. Colebatch, Larry Niven
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first colonists from Earth named the planet Wunderland. Generations later, the felinoid alien invaders called Kzin came and turned it into a hell for humans... -
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The Rebel Files: Collected Intelligence of the Alliance by Daniel Wallace
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis top-secret cache reproduces highly sensitive intelligence that traces the Rebel Alliance from its formation through its tireless fight against the Empire and the First Order. From its earliest beginnings in covert opposition to Imperial operations, the Alliance could not leave its most sensitive information open to the risk of digital interception... -
The Shattered Sphere by Roger MacBride Allen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStriving to retrieve a stolen planet Earth and restore it to its proper solar system, an unlikely band of human scientists, dictators, and professional troublemakers face two enemies in the powerful Charonians and the mysterious Adversary. Reprint... -
The Genocidal Healer by James White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPhysician, heal thyselfSurgeon-Captain Lioren of the Monitor Corps was a hard-driving perfectionist who expected the same high standards to be met by all who worked with him. But while on a First Contact mission on the planet Cromsag, where plague had reduced a peaceful civilization to barbarism and war, Lioren's perfection was his undoing... -
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... -
Star Healer by James White
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSector Twelve General Hospital had a staff of thousands divided among sixty or so intelligent species. Every day it treated alien illnesses of baffling complexity.. -
The Man Who Used the Universe by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo one knows the true motives of Kees vaan Loo-Macklin. He's a mastermind criminal who gave up his place at the head of the dark underworld to become a legitimate member of Evenwaith's cities. But soon he was reaching out to powerful enemies--the slimy aliens called the Nuel. Loo-Macklin negotiates an illusory peace agreement and gains precious alien secrets in the process... -
The Sundered by Michael A. Martin, Andy Mangels
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe hidden history of the Star Trek universe is revealed in this new series charting the seventy years between Captain Kirk's disappearance and the beginning of The Next Generation. Nearly a decade after Captain Kirk vanished, his protege, Captain Hiraku Sulu of the USS Excelsior, leads a dangerous mission into uncharted political waters... -
The Knights of the Black Earth by Margaret Weis, Don Perrin
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsXris, Mag Force 7's cyborg leader, burns with a personal vendetta against the traitor who made him part machine. Now, revenge is at hand. There's just one problem--the Knights of the Black Earth, a deadly fanatical group bent on assassinating the King and throwing the galaxy into chaos. Xris and Mag Force 7 must now join forces with the enemy to battle this devastating threat... -
A Miracle of Rare Design by Mike Resnick
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the planet called Medina, Xavier William Lennox met with disaster. Lennox became fascinated by the secretive golden-skinned natives of Medina. But on his first visit, he was caught by a high priest while spying on a sacred ritual in a village forbidden to all aliens. Now, Lennox is determined to find out what the aliens want so much to hide... -
Man-Kzin Wars XIV by Larry Niven
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe perennially best-selling series set in Larry Niven’s Man-Kzin universe continues with entry #14 including hard-hitting and thought-inducing tales from a host of talented contributors Hal Colebatch, Matthew Joseph Harrington, Alex Hernandez, Jessica Q. Fox, and more... -
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Sister Alice by Robert Reed
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"An epic tale of visionary futures and scientific speculation."--Library JournalMillions of years from now, humanity will be on the brink of self-destruction. The world's great leaders have created an elite group who, by their superior wisdom and abilities, keep the peace, maintain progress, and otherwise safeguard humanity's future... -
Star Surgeon by James White
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is the second installment of the Sector General series, about a huge multi-species hospital on the edges of the galaxy. Sector General is a hospital station -- a place where all kinds of patients and medics from all worlds are welcome... -
Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen forty thousand human colonists are abandoned on a planet called Gehenna for political reasons, and re-supply ships fail to arrive, collapse seems imminent. Yet over the next two centuries, the descendants of the original colonists survive despite all odds by entering a partnership with the planet's native intelligence, the lizardlike burrowing calibans... -
Star Wars: Mist Encounter by Timothy Zahn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMist Encounter is a short story written by Timothy Zahn and illustrated by Doug Shuler, originally published in Star Wars Adventure Journal 7 by West End Games in August 1995... -
The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett by Daniel Wallace, Ryder Windham
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDiscover the crucial tools and techniques all bounty hunters need to master. Get the basics on making a living at the margins of galactic law. Delve into the history, philosophy, and gear of Death Watch, a secretive splinter group of Mandalorians... -
Diuturnity's Dawn by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the climactic third novel of the Founding of the Commonwealth, bestselling author Alan Dean Foster continues the spectacular space adventure that traces the perilous early years of this remarkable universe. . . . From the beginning, contact between humankind and the thranx has been tenuous at best... -
Strange Attractors by Jeffrey A. Carver
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor John Bandicut, Earth is but a memory. Stranded at the edge of the galaxy in a structure populated with beings from a thousand worlds, Bandicut finds unexpected friends—only to be caught up in a cascade of forces that threaten the Shipworld itself. Confronting an entity known as the boojum, Bandicut discovers greater peril than ever in his journey into the unknown... -
The Run to Chaos Keep by Jack L. Chalker
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMany different beings in the galaxy shared one legend: demons. When an expedition to an unexplored planet discovered two gigantic horned creatures in suspended animation, they realized, just before dying horribly, the truth behind the legend... -
Becoming Alien by Rebecca Ore
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings16-year old boy finds an alien crash-landed on a farm and ends up being recruited to join the Federation of Sapients - and adventuring out among the stars.First book of a trilogy, although ends in a way that does not require continuation to the other books. Sequels are "Being Human" and "Human to Human". Finalist for the 1989 Philip K. Dick Award. Nominated for the John W. Campbell Award... -
A Call to Arms by Robert Sheckley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"When the time comes to choose your target, be sure to pick the right one. Because you will only get one shot . . ."The Shadow War is long over, and the Interstellar Alliance--presided over by former Babylon 5 commander John Sheridan--is about to celebrate the fifth anniversary of peace among its united member worlds. But a planet, annihilated by an unspeakable weapon appears in chilling dreams... -
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Galactic Empires 1 by Brian W. Aldiss
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeen a Long Time (Lafferty), The Possessed (Clarke), Protected Psecies (Fyfe), All the Way Back (Shaara), The Star Plunderer (Anderson), Foundation (Asimov), We're Civilized! (Clifton and Apostolides), The Crime and Glory of Commander Suzdal (Smith), The Rebel of Valkyr (Coppel), Brightness Falls from the Air (Seabright), Immigrant (Simak), Resident Physician (James White), Age of Retirement... -
Limits by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratings• The Lion in His Attic - (1982)• Spirals - (1979) - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle• A Teardrop Falls - (1983)• Talisman - (1981) - Larry Niven and Dian Girard• Flare Time - (1978)• The Locusts - (1979) - Larry Niven and Steven Barnes• Yet Another Modest Proposal: Roentgen Standard - (1984)• Folk Tale - (1984)• The Green Marauder - (1980)• War Movie - (1981)• The Real Thing - (1982)• Limits -... -
Drowning World by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"A fast, fun read for fans of Foster's fantastic alien worlds . . . Driven by political intrigue and wilderness adventure, this is SF of noble vintage."--Booklist Fluva, the Drowning World, is a rain-drenched planet on the fringes of the Commonwealth whose indigenous species, the warlike Sakuntala, and its immigrant species, the hardworking Deyzara, stand on the brink of civil war... -
Caretaker by L.A. Graf, Michael Piller
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMore than any other television show, more than any other motion picture series, Star Trek has for nearly thirty years been the most popular space adventures of all time. Now Star Trek: Voyager joins Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as the newest star in the ever expanding Star Trek universe... -
Caretaker by L.A. Graf, Michael Piller
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaptain Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the Starship Voyager are transported by alien technology to the other side of the galaxy, years away from the Federation and everything they call home. There an enigmatic being known as the Caretaker kidnaps two crew members and transports them to a people known as the Ocampa... -
Hestia by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDAW paperback original, one of several later printings (see individual listings). An early (1979) Cherryh novel about colonists on an alien world and their interactions with the catlike natives, centering on a young engineer sent to solve the colonists' problems, and his relationship with one of the natives... -
Voyage To The City Of The Dead by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIrritating Horseye!Many worlds of the Humanx Commonwealth boasted of "natural wonders" but Horseye was truly unique -- the planet had the most spectacular river valley anywhere in the known universe and was home to three alien cultures... -
The Unreasoning Mask by Philip José Farmer
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt is capable of alaraf drive: instantaneous travel between two points of space. Three of these special ships were built to explore and make contact with the many sentient races inhabiting the universe. Suddenly, one of the ships mysteriously disappears... -
Star Trek 3 by James Blish
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIncludes novelizations of episodes: The Trouble with Tribbles, Spectre Of The Gun (The Last Gunfight), The Doomsday Machine, Assignment: Earth, Mirror Mirror, Friday's Child, Amok Time.(From the back of the book)An extraordinary journey into the supernatural! Seven chilling stories into the bizarre and unexpected with the crew of the starship Enterprise... -
Blood Oath by John Vornholt
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHaving narrowly escaped assassination, Ambassador G'Kar knows he's marked for death. The best and brightest members of Babylon 5 are hunted by an enemy only a daring deception can stop... -
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Clark's Law by Jim Mortimore
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpace Station Babylon 5 is a popular port-of-call and home to many aliens from throughout the universe. Keeping law and order in this last bastion of peace is only one of the perilous responsibilities of Commander John Sheridan, Lt. Commander Susan Ivanova, and Security Chief Michael Garibaldi...
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