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Independent Living by E.M. Foner
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn space, nobody can hear retirees complain about the food. What do a group of retirees leaving Earth and a young woman in EarthCent's new witness protection have in common? They're all going to live on Flower, an enormous alien colony vessel employed by Eccentric Enterprises to travel a circuit of far-flung human communities... -
বিজ্ঞানী সফদর আলীর মহা মহা আবিষ্কার by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsসূচিপত্র*কাচ্চি... -
Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe hero of Will Save the Galaxy for Cash returns to do what he does best. Which is - what again, exactly?With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity in a changing universe... -
…And I Show You How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes by Scott Alexander
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhich pill do you choose? Yellow pill - grants the ability to read minds Green pill - you can shapeshift into any animal at will Blue pill - free movement throughout the cosmos, and safety from its dangers Orange pill - master any skill a human is capable of performing Red pill - BRUTE STRENGTH! Pink pill - make people love you as if flipping a... -
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The Second Fredric Brown Megapack: 27 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFredric Brown (1906-1972) is perhaps best remembered for his use of humor and his mastery of the "short-short" form (these days called flash fiction) -- stories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. (He also wrote excellent short stories and novels... -
Dead Men Scare Me Stupid by John Swartzwelder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne of a series of comedy science fiction novels featuring slow-witted detective Frank Burly. By John Swartzwelder, the writer of 59 episodes of The Simpsons... -
সায়েন্স ফিকশান সমগ্র ৪ by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsবাংলাদেশ ও বাংলা ভাষার কিংবদন্তী বৈজ্ঞানিক কল্পকাহিনী লেখক মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল- এর আরো ৮ টি বৈজ্ঞানিক কল্পকাহিনী গ্রন্থের সংকলন।*ত্রাতুলের জগৎ*বেজি*ফিনিক্স*সায়রা সায়েন্টিস্ট*সুহানের স্বপ্ন*অবনীল*নায়ীরা*বিজ্ঞানী অনিক... -
I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence! by Richard Roberts
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the internationally bestselling author of Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain comes the story of Spider, Mourning Dove, Goodnight, Mish-Mosh, and Psychopomp! Before there was Bad Penny and the Inscrutable Machine... there was TEAM TINY! Being a superhero should be fun...Categorized as:
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A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi, Natalie Metzger
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi gift-wraps fifteen short takes on the holiday season—interviews with holiday notables, “informational” articles about TV specials and Christmas carols, short stories and poems, and even a couple of nods to Thanksgiving and New Year’s—and puts them all into a stocking stuffer-sized package that makes the perfect gift for... -
Rock of Ages by Walter Jon Williams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe saga of Drake Maijstral, introduced in The Crown Jewels, continues. Drake is the number one rated Allowed Burglar in the Human Constellation, a vast-galaxy spanning confederation that exists side-by-side with the ancient Khosali Empire--but nearly everyone he meets seems to want to challenge him to a duel to the death... -
Deep Space Accountant by Mjke Wood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCould this be the worst job interview in the entire history of the universe? Possibly. So when Elton D Philpotts lands his dream Space Corps accountancy job he can’t help wondering how it happened. And why.Somebody in the Space Corps must need him, and they need him bad.But the work is dull; nothing like the glamour job he expected... -
The Leaky Establishment by David Langford
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings_The Leaky Establishment_ is an atomic farce whose author David Langford once worked in the gentle radioactive glow of Britain's nuclear weapons industry, and hilariously satirizes its ghastly bureaucracy from the inside... -
Ghosts Aliens by Trey Hamburger
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you freaked out by the mere thought of a bird winking at you? Or do you panic when you hear an unexplained gurgling sound?Well, listen to this. On Saturday, March 8, at 7:12 p.m., Trey Hamburger heard a second hand account of a teleporting Hot Pocket and started wiggin' out bad... -
The Chicolini Incident by Robert Kroese
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInterstellar con artist Rex Nihilo has just hijacked a shipment of five thousand lazepistols, and he needs to unload them fast. When Rex encounters a band of stick-wielding separatists on the planet Chicolini, he thinks he’s found the buyers he’s been looking for... -
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Under a Pig Tree: A History of the Noble Fruit (A Mixed-Up Book) by Margie Palatini, Chuck Groenink
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe publisher and author of Under a Pig Tree seem to be having communication issues. The author has written a clear, no-nonsense history of figs. But the publisher is sure she meant pigs... -
The Love Interest by Helen Comerford
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA swoony, speculative and entirely electric YA debut with a humorous and satirical take on the conventions of the superhero-verse, for fans of Michelle Quach's Not Here To Be Liked and the Marvel Universe.Seventeen-year-old Jenna Ray has just been saved by the world's newest superhero, Blaze. And, in the eyes of the public, that means one thing: Jenna Ray has been cast as the Love Interest.No... -
By Any Other Name by Spider Robinson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFROM THE CRIME TO THE RIDICULOUSFrom the offbeat but razor-edged imagination of Spider Robinson: stranded time travelers; squabbling cosmic warriors; reincarnated rock stars; blind starship pilots; monsters both human and alien; tomorrows formed by today's trends -- this Spider weaves a web of wonder.Sound profound? Nah... -
Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi by John Scalzi
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe ex-planet Pluto has a few choice words about being thrown out of the solar system. A listing of alternate histories tells you all the various ways Hitler has died. A lawyer sues an interplanetary union for dangerous working conditions. And four artificial intelligences explain, in increasingly worrying detail, how they plan not to destroy humanity... -
Bacalaureat by Ovidiu Eftimie
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsO nouă aventură din universul romanului Arhanghelul Raul.Necazurile se țin lanț de subinspectorul Petre Popescu... -
ডক্টর কিজিল by মাশুদুল হক
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsসদ্য জুওলজিতে মাস্টার্স শেষ করা হাসান ঘটনাক্রমে পরিচিত হয় প্রখ্যাত বিজ্ঞানী ডক্টর কিজিলের সাথে। কিজিল মানুষ হিসেবে অদ্ভূত ও খাপছাড়া, বিপজ্জনকও। কিজিলের রিসার্চ অ্যাসিটেন্ট হিসেবে যোগ দিয়ে হাসানের শুরু হয় সম্পূর্ণ ভিন্ন এক জীবন । সবার চোখের আড়ালে কি ভীষণ সব কাজ করে বেড়াচ্ছেন তিনি সেটা হাসান নিজ চোখে না দেখলে কখনোই বিশ্বাস করতো না।সূচিপত্র -১. কটকট২. অকুলোম্বুষ দ্বীপ৩... -
Terra! by Stefano Benni
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the year 2157, during the nuclear winter of six atomic wars, a bizarre collection of irreverent representatives of the remaining superpowers competes in a frenzied space race to reach Terra, the planet that promises the new Eden... -
The Flying Sorcerers by David Gerrold, Larry Niven
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis funny and insightful science fiction classic introduces Shoogar, the greatest wizard ever known in his village. His spells can strike terror in the hearts of even his most powerful enemies. But the enemy he faces now is like none he has ever seen before. The stranger has come from nowhere and is ignorant of even the most basic principles of magic... -
Specimen 313 by Jeff Strand
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA free short story taken straight from the pages of THE MONSTER’S CORNER, an all original anthology from some of today’s hottest supernatural writers, featuring stories from the monster’s point of view.SPECIMEN 313 is the story of a meat-eating plant named Max, surviving in the greenhouse with his mad doctor keeper when he gets a new female neighbor... -
Teleport This by Christopher M. Daniels
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition hereIn Teleport This, Simon and Gilbert, two terrestrial physicists, leave Earth and stumble into and across a larger universe, trying desperately to find their way back to Earth in one piece while possibly purchasing a working lightsaber or two along the way... -
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Humancorp Incorporated by Andrew Stanek
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHumancorp Incorporated is another wacky comedy adventure from author Andrew Stanek. Meet Sean. Sean is the worst employee in the whole world. After being fired, Sean can't find a job and enters a downward spiral. He becomes depressed, turns to drinking, and experiences thoughts of suicide and sociology professorship. Then, an idea dawns on him... -
Killer Diller by Clyde Edgerton
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Wonderful...Clyde Edgerton tells us another of his lovely tall tales."LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEWListre, North Carolina, is jumping. The Sears twins, Ted and Ned, who run a Baptist college, have opened Nutrition House for overweight Christians. Meanwhile their Project Promise is busy matching the educationally disadvantaged with wayward youth who want to share their talents... -
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The Truth about Sharks and Pigeons by Matt Phillips
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Truth about Sharks and Pigeons has been compared to the work of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and Tom Holt, with just a dash of Dr Dolittle... It’s not paranoia, if they really are out to get you... Bill Posters is an ordinary kind of guy. He’s put a great deal of effort into it... -
Les M�chants: N� 10 - Une M�chante Journ�e! by Aaron Blabey
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSee below for English description.Aaron Blabey revient � la charge avec cette nouvelle aventure pleine de rebondissements et d'audace! Les choses se g�tent non seulement pour les m�chants, mais pour tous les habitants de la plan�te! En effet, le prince Marmelade est sur le point de dominer le monde entier, et il ne semble pas y avoir d'�chappatoire... -
Hawkeye, Volume 1 by Matt Fraction, David Aja
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsClint Barton, Hawkeye: Archer. Avenger. Terrible at relationships. Kate Bishop, Hawkeye: Adventurer. Young Avenger. Great at parties...
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