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Rise of the AI by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Singularity enters the Federation. Its citizens are AIs.And no one knows how to treat them. From collaborations to master-slave, every relationship is different, when they shouldn’t be. The AIs fight back, but on a level none of the other members understand.The fight starts slowly, but when the realization of what’s happening hits too close to home, more extraordinary measures are called for... -
![The Interview by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
The Interview by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the right thing goes wrong, someone has to answer.Dismantling the Blood Trade wasn’t the end, but the beginning. Everything the Magistrates do has been called into question.Do they have probable cause? Are they respecting a suspect’s right against self-incrimination? The ambassadors have questions, and they think they know the answers, but only the Magistrates know the truth... -
![Deception by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
Deception by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLies & deceit leading to a domino of crimes.The Trans-Pacific Task Force is getting ready to deploy but they don’t have what they need. Someone’s been skimming. A contract won through mistruths. Incomplete payments limiting the army’s readiness.Colonel Marcie Walton is angry and calling anyone who will answer.Magistrate Rivka Anoa is on the job and thrown into the middle of two shooting wars... -
![Triana Moore, Space Janitor: The Complete Humorous Sci Fi Mystery Series by Julia Huni]()
Triana Moore, Space Janitor: The Complete Humorous Sci Fi Mystery Series by Julia Huni
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCleaning a space station is easy. Staying under the radar? Priceless. Triana Moore programs the robots that clean the glitzy Station Kelly Kornienko. Avoiding the wealthy inhabitants on the upper levels of the station is her number one rule. Well, number two, right after "eat all the chocolate." But when one of her bots finds a dead body, all the rules go out the window... -
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![Jason Apsley's Second Chance by Adrian Cousins]()
Jason Apsley's Second Chance by Adrian Cousins
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you were catapulted back to 1976, what would you do?Meet Jason Apsley, a forty-two-year-old divorcee, who's an opinionated miserable bugger. Struggling with life which is exacerbated by his negative attitude.A random event shifts time, causing Jason to continue life in 1976, six months before he's due to be born... -
![Roo the Day by Jerry Boyd]()
Roo the Day by Jerry Boyd
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe crew of the Gene are off to take Joanna’s new friend home. Finding derelicts with no survivors gets them down, and one of them brings Topper to a crisis of conscience. When they find a ship that looks like Zoom built it, Bob hires the builder. Time will tell, if she is as good as Zoom. Then little Roos get the ship hopping... -
![Deadbot by Jerry Boyd]()
Deadbot by Jerry Boyd
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBob and the crew get the Roos to their new home. It’s not what they expected, and they raise a fuss. Andre has fun, until he finds out how the planet got its name. Then, a Roo explorer finds a whole other set of problems for Bob and the crew. Come along as our heroes try their best to make things come out right... -
![The Incredible Adventures of Professor Shonku by Satyajit Ray]()
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Shonku by Satyajit Ray
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![Dark Side of the Moon by V.R. Tapscott]()
Dark Side of the Moon by V.R. Tapscott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this sequel to Jane Bond, Jane finds some very interesting things in the basement left behind when Kit went away. Among them is a fully operational space ship. Of course, the catch is, how can Jane fly it? Once Jane overcomes that hurdle, she and her friends are on the way again - and a new friend by the name of Olive comes along to pilot the ship - and make pancakes... -
![The Case of the Damaged Detective by Drew Hayes]()
The Case of the Damaged Detective by Drew Hayes
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA mystery/road trip/buddy comedy/action adventure from the author of Second Hand Curses. A dance club full of bodies. Cause of death - a mystery. The lone survivor - a man, raving like a lunatic, wearing only a deerstalker hat. Now, the man who calls himself Sherman Holmes is being studied like a lab rat by a top-secret government agency... -
![Oranges and Lemons by Christopher Fowler]()
Oranges and Lemons by Christopher Fowler
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"The most delightfully, wickedly entertaining duo in crime fiction." The Plain Dealer When a prominent politician is crushed by a fruit van making a delivery, the singular team of Arthur Bryant and John May overcome insurmountable odds to reunite the PCU and solve the case in the brainy new mystery from acclaimed author Christopher Fowler...Categorized as:
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![The Second Fredric Brown Megapack: 27 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds]()
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... -
![Doctor Who: The One Doctor by Gareth Roberts, Clayton Hickman]()
Doctor Who: The One Doctor by Gareth Roberts, Clayton Hickman
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen the evil Skelloids launch an attack upon the seventeen worlds of the Generios system, its peace-loving inhabitants face total destruction. So it's fortunate that the famous traveller in time and space known only as the Doctor is in the area, and doubly lucky that, with the help of his pretty young assistant, Sally-Anne, he manages to defeat the deadly creatures and save the day... -
![The Time Store by Andrew Clark, Dee Matthews]()
The Time Store by Andrew Clark, Dee Matthews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRULE NUMBER ONE OF TIME TRAVEL, PRESERVE TRUE TIME. Greenwich, London. A borough steeped in history. Home of the Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, Old Royal Naval College and the PRIME MERIDIAN. Also home to the Bradbeers, a family of Time Travellers. If you’re lucky, the Bradbeers will help you live your dreams or recapture lost time... -
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![Spanish Short Stories For Beginners: 8 Unconventional Short Stories to Grow Your Vocabulary and Learn Spanish the Fun Way! by Olly Richards]()
Spanish Short Stories For Beginners: 8 Unconventional Short Stories to Grow Your Vocabulary and Learn Spanish the Fun Way! by Olly Richards
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImprove your comprehension, grow your vocabulary and ignite your imagination with these eight unconventional Spanish short stories! ** Fully revised and updated! ** In this book you will find: Short stories from a variety of compelling genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller, so you’ll have great fun reading, whilst learning a wide range of new vocabulary and rapidly... -
![The Autobiography of James T. Kirk by David A. Goodman]()
The Autobiography of James T. Kirk by David A. Goodman
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Autobiography of James T. Kirk chronicles the greatest Starfleet captain's life (2233–2371), in his own words. From his birth on the U.S.S... -
![Rogue Protocol [Dramatized Adaptation] by Martha Wells, Alejandro Ruiz]()
Rogue Protocol [Dramatized Adaptation] by Martha Wells, Alejandro Ruiz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many moral dilemmas?Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is.And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good... -
![System Collapse [Dramatized Adaptation] by Martha Wells, David Cui Cui]()
System Collapse [Dramatized Adaptation] by Martha Wells, David Cui Cui
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAm I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something... -
![Doctor Who: Summer Falls and Other Stories by James Goss, Justin Richards]()
Doctor Who: Summer Falls and Other Stories by James Goss, Justin Richards
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSummer Falls by Amelia Williams In the seaside village of Watchcombe, young Kate is determined to make the most of her last week of summer holiday. But when she discovers a mysterious painting entitled 'The Lord of Winter' in a charity shop, it leads her on an adventure she never could have planned... -
![Edie Investigates by Nick Harkaway]()
Edie Investigates by Nick Harkaway
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the author of "The Gone-Away World" and the forthcoming "Angelmaker"--an exhilarating espionage murder-mystery eShort. There has been a strange death in the quiet village of Shrewton: old Donny Caspian has lost his head. In the Copper Kettle tea rooms, Tom Rice, a junior nobody from the Treasury, puzzles over the details of the case... -
![Hokkaido Popsicle by Isaac Adamson]()
Hokkaido Popsicle by Isaac Adamson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter an altercation with the director of Wildman for Geisha! -- a movie based on ace reporter Billy Chaka's life -- Chaka finds himself in Hokkaido on mandatory vacation. Trouble starts when the elderly porter of the Hotel Kitty stumbles into Billy's room and dies. That same night, the lead singer of Japan's most popular rock band turns up dead in a sleazy love hotel in Tokyo... -
![Pew! Pew! Volume 1: Sex! Guns! Spaceships! Oh My by Rachel Aukes, M.D. Cooper]()
Pew! Pew! Volume 1: Sex! Guns! Spaceships! Oh My by Rachel Aukes, M.D. Cooper
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings9 Comedic space opera tales of big spaceships, poor life decisions, and lots of Pew! Follow the adventures of swashbuckling heroes and heroines who forgot their swash and didn't do up their buckles as they gallivant across the stars, saving the downtrodden and trodding on some of the down. Delta-Team: A "Simple" Kidnapping - M. D. Cooper The Methane Lake of Excruciating Tedium - Felix R... -
![Doctor Who: Grand Theft Cosmos by Eddie Robson]()
Doctor Who: Grand Theft Cosmos by Eddie Robson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'Here's to crime, Doctor!'The Doctor and Lucie visit nineteenth-century Sweden and become embroiled in an attempt to steal the infamous Black Diamond.But the stone is guarded by forces not of this world.. -
![Soul Intent by Dennis Batchelder]()
Soul Intent by Dennis Batchelder
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA VILLAIN’S REQUESTIn 1946, soon-to-be-executed Nazi General Hermann Goering asks young Soul Identity overseer Archibald Morgan to take his looted gold and deposit it in a soul line collection, there to await his soul’s rebirth. A GRIM RESISTANCEFlora, a seventeen-year-old Gypsy girl whose father died in the Dachau concentration camp, is sure that Goering stole the gold... -
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![The Time Bubble by Jason Ayres]()
The Time Bubble by Jason Ayres
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDiscover a whole new world of time travel adventures!The first Time Bubble novel sets the scene for an epic series of stories, exploring time travel from every possible angle.The adventure begins in 2018, when Charlie and Josh stumble across a mysterious time portal in a railway tunnel.At first it seems like harmless fun, jumping a few seconds at a time into the future... -
![When the Sparrow Falls by Neil Sharpson]()
When the Sparrow Falls by Neil Sharpson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNeil Sharpson's When the Sparrow Falls is a dystopian thriller set in the country that's both the last sanctuary from a world run by artificial intelligence and a totalitarian nightmare state barely holding... -
![Smoke by Donald E. Westlake]()
Smoke by Donald E. Westlake
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDue to a foiled burglary in a high-tech lab doing research for cigarette manufacturers, Freddie Noon, the thief, is now invisible. This condition has clear-cut advantages for a man in Freddie's profession, but now everybody wants a glimpse of Freddie. But Freddie doesn't dare show his face, his shadow, anything. Because Freddie Noon has gotten a taste of invisibility--and he can't quit now... -
![Overdraft: The Orion Offensive by John Jackson Miller]()
Overdraft: The Orion Offensive by John Jackson Miller
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the twenty-second century, humanity has journeyed to the stars, and found them open for business. And when it comes to protecting that business, Chief Bridget Yang and Surge Team Sigma—her squad of heavily armed space marines—are up to the task. Unfortunately, Jamie Sturm is one problem they can’t just vaporize... -
![The Morbidly Obese Ninja by Carlton Mellick III]()
The Morbidly Obese Ninja by Carlton Mellick III
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese days, if you want to run a successful company . . . you're going to need a lot of ninjas. Neo Tokyo, California is a city built so high that none of its residents have ever seen the ground. It is a place where citizens cosmetically alter their bodies to look like Japanese anime characters. It is a place where ninja battles determine the fate of corporate business ventures... -
![The Solid-State Shuffle by Jeffrey A. Ballard]()
The Solid-State Shuffle by Jeffrey A. Ballard
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlmost a hundred years ago, a major terrestrial event reshaped the earth’s coastlines. Goodbye entire cities. Goodbye entire states. Goodbye entire countries. And when the authorities outlawed salvaging from these sunken sites, why say hello to a new breed of criminal: underwater reclamation specialists. Even a hundred years later, there’s still a whole lot of loot for the reclaiming... -
![The Flight of the Horse by Larry Niven]()
The Flight of the Horse by Larry Niven
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'We don't know where on Earth you'll wind up,' Ra Chen had told him.And the Director of the Institute for Temporal Research didn't know precisely when, either. ALl he knew was that Haville Svetz would be travelling back in time almost 2,000 years.But when he returns, Hanville Svetz won't be alone... -
![The Stainless Steel Rat Returns by Harry Harrison]()
The Stainless Steel Rat Returns by Harry Harrison
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAfter a ten-year absence, the return of one of the most enduring series characters in modern SF... -
![Peace Force by Simon Haynes]()
Peace Force by Simon Haynes
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLibrarian's Note: Alternate cover of ISBN: 9781370116768Harriet Walsh is desperate for work, but when an intergalactic crime-fighting organisation offers her a job she's convinced it's a mistake. She dislikes puzzles, has never read a detective mystery, and hates wearing uniforms... -
![The Time Machine Did It by John Swartzwelder]()
The Time Machine Did It by John Swartzwelder
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHumor/mystery novel by the writer of 59 episodes of The Simpsons... -
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![Grand Theft Astro by Scott Meyer]()
Grand Theft Astro by Scott Meyer
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of the “Magic 2.0” series comes an outer space caper where it’s the thief who’s having something stolen from her – her life.It is the distant future, and Baird is a loner, a part time spy, and a notorious alleged thief. “Notorious” for the audacity of her crimes; “alleged” because nobody has ever been able to legally prove she committed any of them... -
![Bedlam by Christopher Brookmyre]()
Bedlam by Christopher Brookmyre
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHeaven is a prison. Hell is a playground.Ross Baker is an overworked scientist developing medical technology for corporate giant Neurosphere, but he’d rather be playing computer games than dealing with his nightmare boss or slacker co-workers.He volunteers as a test candidate for the new tech—anything to get out of the office for a few hours... -
![Standard Hollywood Depravity by Adam Christopher]()
Standard Hollywood Depravity by Adam Christopher
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe moment Raymond Electromatic set eyes on her, he knew she was the dame marked in his optics, the woman that his boss had warned him about.Honey.As the band shook the hair out of their British faces, stomping and strumming, the go-go dancer’s cage swung, and the events of that otherwise average night were set in motion... -
![Out of the Black by Lee Doty]()
Out of the Black by Lee Doty
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt is the end of a nearly perfect society. Beautiful people still drive electric cars to fulfilling jobs, but no one noticed that the Apocalypse began a few weeks ago. Now the perfect society's misfits are its only hope for salvation, but they're barely keeping it together on a normal day. Now it up to 5 damaged strangers to piece together the mystery and fight against impossible odds...
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