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Shaved Ape Key by Jerry Boyd
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhat do you do when you can’t give away a space carrier? Learn to be the best captain you can. If one of your most loyal bots has unfinished business, you have to send him out to finish it up, don’t you? Come along as Bob faces his new responsibilities as captain of the B. S. Gene Cernan. And don’t forget to sing along...“There’s room for you, and there’s room for me... -
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Clone Crisis by S.H. Jucha
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Sisterhood’s dangerous militarist sect finds a foothold in a broad swath of space inhabited by the descendants of Earth’s fourth colony ship, Destiny. They’re welcomed by the mining corporations, whose leaders see unbridled opportunity in the sisters’ advanced tech.Five powerful corporations own six mining planets... -
![Whammo Ranch by Jerry Boyd]()
Whammo Ranch by Jerry Boyd
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA saucer comes in damaged, with sick people aboard. A deadly plague threatens Earth. Can Bob and his crew save the day? Will Bob's good nature cost him his life? Julie's boss wants to retire. Can she handle running the restaurant? Can Bob find her the help she needs? Dee has come down with a terrible case of pedestrianism... -
![Ancient Arsenal by Jeffery H. Haskell]()
Ancient Arsenal by Jeffery H. Haskell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNow, more than ever, the world needs Arsenal. Just not the modern world. Trapped in the past before superpowers existed, Amelia has one chance to return home. Find the Armor of the Protector before Tesla turns on his machine and Frank is forced back to the present...Categorized as:
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![The Orphan in Near-Space by Laer Carroll]()
The Orphan in Near-Space by Laer Carroll
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJane Kuznetsov, orphan of some cataclysmic stellar event a big fraction of a million years ago, or maybe several times that, is now a captain in the U.S. Air Force, the part informally called the Space Force. She is leading a crew of four friends and fellow Space Force officers doing research.She can travel routinely to the World Space Station to carry out that research and does so... -
![Fire Dance by Viola Grace]()
Fire Dance by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer element is fire, her mind is missing memories and a dream master is her keeper. Hahvi’s dance will reshape a world. Hahvi has spent eight years in the dome with other physical talents. Her body is wrapped in a restrictor suit, but she keeps her mind free to dream of possibilities. She is given to the Citadel, and when she meets the dream master, her world and her options shift dramatically... -
![Crystal Mentality by Max Harms]()
Crystal Mentality by Max Harms
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFleeing the humans whose love she craves, Face has hijacked an alien ship and headed for Mars. But the Martians, who colonized their desert planet to escape Earth's high-tech decadence, did not invite the soulless android... -
![Doctor Who: The Also People by Ben Aaronovitch]()
Doctor Who: The Also People by Ben Aaronovitch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'Just how technologically advanced are they?' The Doctor frowned. 'Let me put it this way: they have a non-aggression pact with the Time Lords.'The Doctor has taken his companions to paradise, or at least the closest thing he can find. A sun enclosed by an artificial sphere where there is no want, poverty or violence... -
![Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories by Hugh Howey]()
Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA new collection of stories, including some that have never before been seen, from the New York Times best-selling author of the Silo trilogy Hugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination, spawning millions of fans worldwide, first with his best-selling novel Wool, and then with other enthralling works such as Sand and Beacon 23... -
![Robots Have No Tails by Henry Kuttner, F. Paul Wilson]()
Robots Have No Tails by Henry Kuttner, F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHounded by creditors and heckled by an uncooperative robot, binge-drinking inventor Galloway Gallegher must solve the mystery of his own machines before his dodgy financing and reckless lifestyle catch up with him! This complete collection of Kuttner's five classic "Gallegher" stories presents the author at the height of his imaginative genius... -
![Rogue Bolo by Keith Laumer]()
Rogue Bolo by Keith Laumer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe saga of the first completely automated bolos --- and perhaps the beginning of the end for the human race... -
![Exiles at the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker]()
Exiles at the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAntor Trellig, head of a ruthless interstellar syndicate, had seized a super computer with godlike powers, which could make him omnipotent. The Council offered master criminal Mavra Chang any reward if she stopped Trellig - and horrible, lingering death if she failed. But neither Trellig nor Mavra had taken the Well World into consideration... -
![Collecting by Viola Grace]()
Collecting by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCollecting the tools needed for survival is her talent, but a male of the Water Folk is something she is dying to add to her collection.Emharo has spent her time collecting biological samples from the world around her and giving them to her family for analysis. She can find anything you need—you just have to ask... -
![The Academy by Jonathan Yanez]()
The Academy by Jonathan Yanez
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen cyber bullying goes extraterrestrial... And Earth’s about to be blindsided with annihilation...It’s up to Emma to rise up.Her problems go far beyond carb-counting mean girls. She’s got ears pointy enough to pass for an elf and a stuttering problem brought on by anxiety. A mother not of this world is about to enter her life with dire news...Categorized as:
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![Sister Alice by Robert Reed]()
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... -
![The Demon Seekers by John Shors]()
The Demon Seekers by John Shors
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEarth, 2171.It's been a century since hostile aliens turned Earth into a prison for the worst of their own kind, nearly wiping out humanity in the process.Seventeen-year-old Tasia is a Seeker--a human survivor who hunts down the cruel creatures that conquered and destroyed her world...Categorized as:
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![Turn of the Cards by Victor Milán]()
Turn of the Cards by Victor Milán
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPursued by the CIA, the DEA, and the Wild Card mistress of the winds, Mistral, renegade biochemist Mark Meadows uses the three personalities buried in his psyche in order to outwit his pursuers... -
![Options by Robert Sheckley]()
Options by Robert Sheckley
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOptions is a 1975 absurdist science fiction novel by Robert Sheckley. The story is ostensibly about a marooned space traveller's attempt to get a spare part for his starship, the Intrepid III. He has a robotic guard, programmed to guard him against all planetary dangers. But soon he discovers that the robot has not been programmed for the planet where they are, with comic results... -
![Malcolm's Journal by Pittacus Lore]()
Malcolm's Journal by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMalcolm's Journal is a Lost Files bonus containing journal entries of Malcolm's thoughts, between rescuing Sam from the Dulce Base and meeting up with the Garde... -
![Ghost of a Chance by Mark A. Garland, Charles G. McGraw]()
Ghost of a Chance by Mark A. Garland, Charles G. McGraw
Rated: 3.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBadly damaged in a close encounter with a dwarf star, the "Voyager" TM discovers a planet being torn apart by tremendous volcanic stresses. The planet's primitive inhabitants will surely perish unless the "Voyager" intervenes -- but the Prime Directive forbids them to act... -
![Invincible, Compendium Three by Robert Kirkman]()
Invincible, Compendium Three by Robert Kirkman
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIt's here: the third massive paperback collection of the greatest comic in the universe. Witness the conclusion of Mark Grayson's epic adventures, from "The Death of Everyone" to "The End of All Things."Collects INVINCIBLE #97-144... -
![Invincible: Compendium One by Robert Kirkman]()
Invincible: Compendium One by Robert Kirkman
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNOW A HIT ANIMATED SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO!The first nine volumes of the greatest superhero comic in the universe from visionary creator Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), along with acclaimed artists Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley, are collected in one massive paperback edition, as Mark Grayson discovering that having his father superpowers and being a hero isn't what he expected!INVINCIBLE comic...Categorized as:
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![Astonishing X-Men Omnibus by Joss Whedon]()
Astonishing X-Men Omnibus by Joss Whedon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNow in one titanic tome: the entire chart-topping run of super-team Joss Whedon and John Cassaday! Winner of multiple prestigious Eisner Awards, Whedon and Cassaday's ASTONISHING X-MEN was a smash hit with critics and fans alike from the very first issue - winning praise from dozens of top media outlets including Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, TV Guide and New York Magazine, as well as... -
![Invincible, Compendium Two by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker]()
Invincible, Compendium Two by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIt's here: the second massive paperback collection of the greatest superhero comic in the universe! Witness Invincible's transition from new kid on the block to established superhero! Collects" Invincible" #48-96... -
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![Miracleman, Book Three: Olympus by Alan Moore]()
Miracleman, Book Three: Olympus by Alan Moore
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook Three of the New York Times bestselling series begins! Gods and monsters walk the earth, as the aliens whose technology created Miracleman seek to exterminate Project Zarathustra's survivors. And even as the future of humankind hangs in the balance on the far side of the galaxy, and the month-old baby Winter begins to speak, the price of godhood takes its toll on Johnny Bates... -
![Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 5 by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley]()
Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 5 by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWitness Invincible's transition from new hero just starting out to an established superhero This volume collects Invincible's confrontation with Cecil Steadman, the return of the Reanimen, and the beginning of a bold, new era for Invincible.Collects issues #48–59, The Astounding Wolf-Man #11... -
![Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 3 by Robert Kirkman]()
Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 3 by Robert Kirkman
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCollecting the formative issues in the grown of Invincible as a superhero. This volume collects Invincible's violent battle with the villainous Angstrom Levy, his reunion with his estranged father and the bloody battle with the Viltrumites. This is a can't-miss for any Invincible fan and a perfect addition to any bookshelf.Collects issues #25–35, The Pact #4 and some extras... -
![Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 6 by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley]()
Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 6 by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThis is the volume you've been waiting for The Invincible War, set in motion by Angstrom Levy The epic battle with Conquest The final build up to the Viltrumite War The Squid invasion of Earth It's all inside, and it's almost too much for one superhero to handle... -
![Invincible, Vol. 14: The Viltrumite War by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley]()
Invincible, Vol. 14: The Viltrumite War by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsCollecting Invincible #71-78, chronicling the Viltrumite War in its entirety, with Invincible and his strongest allies pitted against the entire Viltrumite race... -
![NextWave: Agents of H.A.T.E., Vol. 2: I Kick Your Face by Warren Ellis, Wade Von Grawbadger]()
NextWave: Agents of H.A.T.E., Vol. 2: I Kick Your Face by Warren Ellis, Wade Von Grawbadger
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat? You haven't been reading Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.? Here's a quick rundown of what you missed:SuperheroesfightingexplosionsexAvengersFinFangFoomgiantflyingsubmarinemonstrositiesformerXForcebabeexplosionskickingMachineManpunchinggiantevilcoprobotshotEnglishchicksecretterroristorganization.Whew! And that's only the beginning. But don't worry, it's never too late to join the party...
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