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The Accidental Time Machine [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Joe Haldeman
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Grad-school dropout Matt Fuller is toiling as a lowly research assistant at MIT when he inadvertently creates a time machine. With a dead-end job and a girlfriend who left him for another man, Matt has nothing to lose in taking a time-machine trip himself--or so he thinks.
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The Sunborn [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Gregory Benford
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With their death-defying exploration of Mars and groundbreaking discovery of primitive Martian life, Viktor and Julia have become history's most famous astronauts. Now, after a series of exploits deemed reckless by space agency bureaucrats, they are being pressured to retire and spend their remaining days handling agency publicity. Fortunately, the Mars mission's primary financier, billionaire John Axelrod, has the political muscle to reassign them to an ongoing Pluto mission before it's too lat... more info>>
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Colors of Space [MultiFormat]
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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Bart Steele has just graduated from the Academy and qualified as an Astrogator. Instead of getting a berth on a human ship, however, he disguises himself as an alien Lhari and signs on to one of their ships, risking his life to break the Lhari's monopoly on intergalactic travel by finding out what element is missing from human attempts to copy the Lhari's star drive. (Published: 1963)
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MotherShip [MultiFormat]
by Tony Chandler
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In the midst of Galactic War a new life-form is born--an AI starship. But with all its weapons and sophisticated programming, the sentient starship is not equipped for its greatest challenge--that of becoming the mother to the last three children of humanity. The deadly T'kaan soon begin the hunt again after they discover that the human race is not quite extinct. As Mother faces these impossible odds, she discovers that deep inside her massive memory systems she holds another treasure--a knowled... more info>> (Published: 2002) EPPIE Award Winner, Clara Award Winner
Words: 110446 - Reading Time: 315-441 min.
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City at the End of Time [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Greg Bear
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Multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, Greg Bear is one of science fiction's most accomplished writers. Bold scientific speculation, riveting plots, and a fierce humanism reflected in characters who dare to dream of better worlds distinguish his work. Now Bear has written a mind-bendingly epic novel that may well be his masterpiece. Do you dream of a city at the end of time? In a time like the present, in a world that may or may not be our own, three young people--Ginny, Jack, and Daniel... more info>>
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Borne On Wings of Steel [MultiFormat]
by Tony Chandler
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The much anticipated sequel to MotherShip! Traveling to the farthest known worlds of the universe, Mother, Jaric and Kyle continue their search for other survivors of the human race. They soon find themselves caught in a web of intrigue, deception and danger--orchestrated by the mysterious and powerful Paum. As they fight back, Mother comes face-to-face with the Paum--a life-altering encounter that shakes the foundation of her existence as an AI. As her enemies reveal themselves and attack, both... more info>> (Published: 2008)
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The Ashes of Worlds [Saga of Seven Suns Series Book 7] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Kevin J. Anderson
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The culminating volume in Kevin J. Anderson's Saga of Seven Suns weaves together the myriad storylines into a spectacular grand finale. Galactic empires clash, elemental beings devastate whole planetary systems, and the factions of humanity are pitted against each other. Heroes rise and enemies make their last stands in the climax of an epic tale seven years in the making. The Saga of Seven Suns is one of the most colorful and spectacular science fiction epics of the last decade.
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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2008 [MultiFormat]
by Dell Magazine Authors
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Our October issue features two quite different novelettes: "New Wineskins," by Richard A. Lovett and Mark Niemann-Ross, and "Stealing Adriana," by Dave Creek. One is chillingly plausible and close to home, about a journalist who wanders into a scene that seems a little too idyllic to be true--and it is, concealing a sinister new twist on a (relatively) old problem. The other is distant and exotic, in time, distance, and technology, a tale of new human abilities at cross purposes on an alien worl... more info>> (Published: 2008)
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The Last Theorem [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Arthur C. Clarke
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Two of science fiction's most renowned writers join forces for a storytelling sensation. The historic collaboration between Frederik Pohl and his fellow founding father of the genre, Arthur C. Clarke, is both a momentous literary event and a fittingly grand farewell from the late, great visionary author of 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Last Theorem is a story of one man's mathematical obsession, and a celebration of the human spirit and the scientific method. It is also a gripping intellectual thri... more info>>
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Schrodinger's Cat-Sitter [MultiFormat]
by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
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When Smedley Faversham went yesterwards to 1926 to interview Erwin Schrodinger, he never expected a four-legged hairball to influence quantum physics. Story #4 in the Smedley Faversham Chronicles. (Published: 2001)
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Worlds on Fire [Doom 3 Book 1] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Matthew J. Costello
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The year is 2144 ... and the battle over Earth's precious resources has raged for a century. With global economies in ruins and all-out world war more than a possibility, the U.S government turned to the Union Aerospace Corporation, giving it carte blanche on the legendary red planet of Mars in a desperate bid to construct an off-world outpost that might provide resources, a military advantage...as well as something so secret that even members of government don't have a clue about it.... Special... more info>>
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Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2008 [MultiFormat]
by Dell Magazine Authors
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Our September issue features the welcome return of William Barton, with a new tale set in the sad, beautiful, uncertain future of his acclaimed novels When We Were Real and Acts of Conscience. An augmented human given the wrong end of the stick by the Standard ARM conglomerate gets a chance to finally turn the tables on his cut-throat employers when he uncovers a mysterious alien vessel during a routine expedition. "In the Age of the Quiet Sun" is Barton at his adventurous best, proving once aga... more info>> (Published: 2008)
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Hidden Empire [The Saga of Seven Suns Book 1] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Kevin J. Anderson
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In our galaxy's far future, humans are one of three known intelligent races. We are the new kids on the block, having had star travel for only a few centuries. The other races consist of the Ildirans, ruled by their Mage-Imperator, and the Klikiss, which seem to have vanished, but left behind worlds full of artifacts and fabulous technology that humans are now beginning to find and exploit. One such piece of technology is a device that can turn a useless gas supergiant planet into a small sun, t... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Alien Revelation [MultiFormat]
by Tony Ruggiero
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In the sequel to Alien Deception, Greg is visited by a mysterious alien who claims to have the answers that he seeks-how to save the Earth from ultimate destruction by the approaching alien fleet led by the ruthless Copolla. However, the answer provided by the mysterious alien does not come without a very high price which Greg has no choice but to pay. The long awaited test of the interstellar spacecraft, which was built with the secret assistance of the United Council for Developing Worlds is s... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Semper Mars [Heritage Trilogy #1] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Ian Douglas
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The Year is 2040. The Marines have landed on Mars to guard the unearthed secrets of an ancient and dangerous alien race: Ourselves. Scientists have discovered something astonishing in the subterranean ruins of a sprawling Martian city: startling evidence of an alternative history that threatens to split humanity into opposing factions and plunge the Earth into chaos and war. The USMC--a branch of a military considered, until just recently, to be obsolete--has dispatched the Marine Mars Expeditio... more info>>
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Metal Swarm [Saga of the Seven Suns Series Book 6] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe Reader 7]
by Kevin J. Anderson
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The Saga of Seven Suns is a galaxy-spanning SF epic, packed with politics, war, family intrigues and star-crossed lovers. The Hansa's brutal Chairman struggles to crush any resistance even as King Peter breaks away to form his own new Confederation among the colonies who have declared their independence. Swarms of ancient black robots built by the lost insectoid Klikiss race continue their depredations on helpless worlds with stolen and heavily armed Earth battleships. And meanwhile, the origina... more info>>
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The Heart of Valor [Confederation Series Book 3] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
by Tanya Huff
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The "fast-paced" (Publishers Weekly) third novel in the Confederation series.... Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr jumps at the chance to go to Crucible, the Marine Corps training planet. It is supposed to be an easy assignment--after all, Crucible was set up to simulate battle situations so recruits could be trained safely. But Torin's barely on-planet when someone starts blasting the training scenarios to smithereens...
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The Memory of Mars [MultiFormat]
by Raymond F. Jones
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"As soon as I'm well we'll go to Mars for a vacation again," Alice would say. But now she was dead, and the surgeons said she was not even human. In his misery, Hastings knew two things: he loved his wife; but they had never been off Earth! A novelet from the Golden Age of Science Fiction, originally published in the December, 1961 issue of Amazing Stories magazine! (Published: 1961)
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SKitty [Shipscat series #1] [MultiFormat]
by Mercedes Lackey
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The Captain thought that their shipscat would be an asset at the trade negations, so he ordered Dick to bring her with them. Dick had warned her repeatedly not to hunt on this planet, but what cat ever does what a human tells her to? (Published: 1989)
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Firstborn: The Conclusion of A Time Odyssey [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter
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The Firstborn--the mysterious race of aliens who first became known to science fiction fans as the builders of the iconic black monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey--have inhabited legendary master of science fiction Sir Arthur C. Clarke's writing for decades. With Time's Eye and Sunstorm, the first two books in their acclaimed Time Odyssey series, Clarke and his brilliant co-author Stephen Baxter imagined a near-future in which the Firstborn seek to stop the advance of human civilization by employ... more info>>
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Europa Strike [Heritage Trilogy #3] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Ian Douglas
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2040: Ruins of ancient civilization uncovered on Mars reveal startling truths about the creation of humankind. 2042: In the gray dust of the Earth's Moon, an extinct enslaving race left behind more answers, more questions...and a grim warning. 2067: As Earth's warring factions clash in space for scraps of alien technology, a strange artifact lies trapped beneath the ice-locked oceans of Europa: a machine that holds the key to the final human destiny. It is called "The Singer" for the eerie tone ... more info>>
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A Forest of Stars [The Saga of Seven Suns Book 2] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Kevin J. Anderson
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eBook Special Feature: Includes a personal note from author Kevin J. Anderson, accompanied with a series of initial sketches for this book titled "A Forest of Stars Sketchbook". The Saga of the Seven Suns is a multi-volume chronicle of a legendary war that spans half the Galaxy and nearly shatters the cosmos. This series follows the family intrigues, the loves and tragedies, pomp and pageantry among several competing races in an expanding stellar empire. Five years have passed since the beginnin... more info>>
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Warrior [The Time Hunters] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Angela Knight
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The NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR launches the new Time Hunters series. In the 24th century, anyone can leap through time at will. To police the time jumpers, the Temporal Enforcement Agency has established a precinct in time. Galar Arvid is a genetically altered warlord and agent who's been sent back to 2008 to save a pretty Atlanta artist from a Xeran time traveler who intends to kill her for profit. What Galar doesn't count on is the powerful desire Jessica Kelly ignites in him. But could... more info>>
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Buffalo Dogs [An Amazing Conroy Story] [MultiFormat]
by Lawrence M. Schoen
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'Buffalo dogs' are breadbox-sized creatures that can eat anything and fart oxygen. In addition to having a monopoly on these creatures, the alien Arconi can sense falsehood, and their laws allow them to execute anyone in possession of an unlicensed 'buffalito.' Enter the Amazing Conroy, a stage hypnotist who is accused of smuggling, cleared of all charges, and then attempts to actually smuggle a fertile buffalo dog off world. (Published: 2001) John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee
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Alien Deception [MultiFormat]
by Tony Ruggiero
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Award-nominated author Tony Ruggerio joins Dragon Moon Press with Alien Deception. Classic Space Opera with a Stanley Kubrick twist... Nothing is as it appears. Nothing. Your whole life you think you understand who and what you are, and then one day you learn that it is all a lie. So what do you do? You have lunch with the leading candidate for President of the United States. You...and your alien friends. The United Council for Developing Worlds, an alien conglomeration of civilized planets, wan... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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