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Count to Infinity is John C. Wright's spectacular conclusion to the thought-provoking hard science fiction Eschaton Sequence, exploring future history and human evolution.
An epic space opera finale worthy of the scope and wonder of The Eschaton Sequence: Menelaus Montrose is locked in a final battle of wits, bullets, and posthuman intelligence with Ximen del Azarchel for the fate of humanity in the far future.
The alien monstrosities of Ain at...
42) Acorna's quest
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Acorna series volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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But Acorna has strange dreams of a gentle folk who mind speak by touching horns. With her "Uncle" Calum, one of the three grizzled asteroid propestors who resued, protected, and raised her, she sets off to find her people. No sooner does she leave than a mysterious craft appears, piloted by the Linyaari, a gentle race with telepahtic powers. The Linyaari are roaming the galaxy, spreading the alarm about the deadly Khleev and searching for a beloved...
43) Dune
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English
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A mythic and emotionally charged hero's journey that tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest...
44) The last shadow
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2021.
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English
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"Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender series and the Ender's Shadow series, as the children of Ender and Bean solve the great problem of the Ender Universe-the deadly virus they call the descolada, which is incurable and will kill all of humanity if it were allowed to escape from Lusitania. One planet. Three sapient species living peacefully together. And one deadly virus that could wipe out...
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Wayfarers (Becky Chambers) volume 3
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English
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Hundreds of years ago, the last humans on Earth boarded the Exodus Fleet in search of a new home among the stars. After centuries spent wandering empty space, their descendants were eventually accepted by the well-established species that govern the Milky Way. But that was long ago. Today, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, the birthplace of many, yet a place few outsiders have ever visited. While the Exodans take great pride in their original community...
46) Allegiance
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 18
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Never before has the incendiary mix of action, politics, and intrigue that has become Timothy Zahn’s trademark, been mmore evident that in this new Star Wars epic. On the heels of the stunning events chronicled in Star Wars: A New Hope, the newly minted heroes of the Rebellion–fledgling Jedi Luke Skywalker, smuggler turned reluctant freedom-fighter Han Solo, and Princess Leia Organa, a bold leader with a world to avenge–must face...
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Published to coincide with the launch of NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission, the definitive account of our quest to find life on the Red Planet.
From The War of the Worlds to David Bowie to The Martian, and to the amazing photos sent by the rovers Curiosity and Opportunity, Mars has excited our imaginations as the most likely other habitat for life in the solar system. Now the Red Planet is coming under scrutiny as never before. As a new set of missions...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 117 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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Korean
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Lee Byeong-Gu (Shin Ha-Gyun, JSA) is a sensitive, blue collar sad sack hopped up on conspiracy theories and sci-fi films whose life has been derailed by one bad break after another. Yet he knows there's no such thing as bad luck. The only thing that could have made such a mess of his life are ... aliens. Specifically, Andromedans. Nasty, disgusting Andromedan aliens who have infiltrated human society. Sly Andromedans who are planning to destroy our...
49) Wizard's holiday
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Young wizards volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
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810L
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English
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While Nita's sister and her dad host three young alien wizards, teenage wizards Nita and Kit travel halfway across the galaxy as part of an exchange program and find themselves again caught up in the dark doings of their nemesis, the Lone Power.
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Expanse volume 7
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English
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The seventh book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Persepolis Rising finds an old enemy returning home with more power and technology than anyone thought possible, and the crew of the aging gunship Rocinante tries to rally forces against the new invasion. Now a Prime Original series.
HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES
An old enemy returns.
In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion,...
HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES
An old enemy returns.
In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion,...
51) Star dragon
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The SS Cygni probe sent back hours of video, captured by the Biolathe AI, but only a few minutes mattered-the four minutes that showed a creature made of fire, living, moving, and dancing in the plasma fire of the double star's accretion disk. A dragon made of star stuff, so alien that only a human expedition to observe and perhaps capture it, and could truly understand them.
It's a perilous journey into the future, however, for SS Cygni is 245 light-...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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War is tearing the galaxy apart. For years the Republic and the Separatists have battled across the stars, each building more and more deadly technology in an attempt to win the war. As a member of Chancellor Palpatine's top secret Death Star project, Orson Krennic is determined to develop a superweapon before their enemies can. And an old friend of Krennic's, the brilliant scientist Galen Erso, could be the key. Galen's energy-focused research has...
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Baen
Pub. Date
[2016]
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344 pages : color illustration ; 25 cm.
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English
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"Three years after her famous husband's death, Cordelia Vorkosigan, Vicereine of Sergyar, stands ready to spin her life in a new direction. Oliver Jole, Admiral, Sergyar Fleet, finds himself caught up in her web of plans in ways he'd never imagined. Meanwhile, Miles Vorkosigan, one of Emperor Gregor's key investigators, this time dispatches himself on a mission, into a mystery he never anticipated--his own mother. Plans, wills, and expectations collide...
54) The alien years
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English
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After invading Earth, aliens destroy the electricity grids and civilization comes to a halt. Some people collaborate with the invaders, others fight back. The hero is an army man who forms a resistance group on a ranch in California.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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It’s a golden age for planet hunters: NASA's Kepler mission has identified more than 3,500 potential planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun. Some of them, like a planet called Kepler-22b, might even be able to harbor life. How did we come upon this distant planet? Combining startling animation with input from expert astrophysicists and astrobiologists, Alien Planets Revealed takes viewers on a journey along with the Kepler telescope. How does the...
56) Kenobi
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As tensions escalate on Tatooine between the farmers and a tribe of Sand People led by a ruthless war chief, Ben finds himself drawn into the fight, endangering the very mission that brought him to the desert planet.
57) Heretics of Dune
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 26
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English
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The planet Arrakis--now called Rakis--is becoming desert again. The Lost Ones are returning home from the far reaches of space. The great sandworms are dying.
58) The sunlit man
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Secret projects volume 4
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English
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"Years ago he had comrades in arms and a cause to believe in, but now the man who calls himself Nomad knows only a life on the run. Forced to hop from world to world in the Cosmere whenever the relentless Night Brigade gets too close, Nomad lands on a new planet and is instantly caught up in the struggle between a tyrant and the rebels who want only to escape being turned into mindless slaves―all under the constant threat of a sunrise whose heat...
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Whitecoat's daughter volume 2
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English
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In the dazzling sequel to acclaimed author Oliva A. Cole's YA sci-fi/fantasy debut, A Conspiracy of Stars, Octavia's search to uncover the truth grows more dangerous as she becomes determined to protect her planet's fate. This series is perfect for fans of Amie Kaufman, Veronica Roth, and Pierce Brown!
In the forty years since the Vagantur landed on Faloiv, the planet has existed in a tenuous peace between the humans who live in the enclosed community...
60) Dark age
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 43
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English
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For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruction in his wake, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will another legend rise to take his place? Lysander au Lune, the heir in exile, has returned to the Core. Determined to bring peace back to mankind...
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