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41) Prometheus
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Explorers have discovered a clue that brings them to the origins of mankind on Earth. This leads them on a journey that takes them to the darkest corners of the universe.
42) Thetis
Author
Series
Deep sky saga volume 2
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Blind and broken, orphaned teenager Jonah Lincoln reluctantly boards a rescue ship bound for the planet Thetis, but not before it picks up a few more surprising and dangerous survivors from the massacre on the moon Achilles. After regaining his sight, Jonah sees the gated colony on Thetis is just as he feared -- cloaked in mystery and under an oppressive rule with no one to trust -- and that outside the walls, it's even worse. Surrounded by terrifying...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The dauntless Space Cat -- aka Flyball -- and his pal, Colonel Fred, blast off for their most fantastic destination yet! While they're on their way home from Venus, the astronauts are forced to make an emergency landing on Mars. Although Flyball's a bit bored by the Red Planet at first, his curiosity is piqued by its sole surviving fishing cat, a friendly female named Moofa. Will she turn out to be the cat's meow? This new edition of a charmingly...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Blast off with Coco and Mumu as they travel through space in their cardboard rocket ship, learning lessons from every planet they visit! The friends meet turtles, bulls, hippos, gorillas, and brains on their interplanetary search for playmates.
With English and Spanish text side-by-side, this easy-to-follow adventure book will help children strengthen their language skills while learning important lessons about how to live a healthy, happy life.
In...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This collection of stories from the Hugo Award–winning science fiction author ranges from alien planets to the more peculiar corners of the American landscape. A pioneering voice in twentieth-century science fiction, Clifford D. Simak earned his place alongside such luminaries as Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury. While some of his stories imagined interplanetary space travel, many others depicted strange events in otherwise ordinary American towns--in...
47) Odd Girl Out
Author
Series
Quadrail volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ex-government agent Frank Compton must keep an extraordinary little girl safe from the malevolent group intelligence seeking to enslave the universe in the explosive third installment of Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn's Quadrail series Frank Compton is glad he's finally back on his home planet of Earth--galaxy-hopping aboard the Quadrail on his continuing mission to prevent the Modhri group mind from ruling the universe is exhausting business--but...
Author
Series
Novels volume 4
Publisher
Tyche Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When Luta Paixon and the crew of the Tane Ikai discover a dying wormhole explorer who's been missing for decades, it's a mystery; but the bigger mystery lies in her only words: "Save Lillifleur." Because the colony ship Lillifleur disappeared without a trace almost a century ago. Meanwhile, a different mystery lies closer to home; Luta's son Karro and his wife want no part of the life-extending nanobioscavengers that have kept Luta safe from harm...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A science fiction thriller by the author of Night Watch, the hit novel that inspired two major motion pictures Five months after the horrific accident that left him near death and worried that he'd never fly again, master-pilot Alex Romanov lands a new job: captaining the sleek passenger vessel Mirror. Alex is a spesh--a human who has been genetically modified to perform particular tasks. As a captain and pilot, Alex has a genetic imperative to care...
50) Solaris
Series
Criterion collection volume 164
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002, c1972
Language
Russian
Description
Ground control has been receiving bizarre transmissions from the three remaining residents of the Solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate, he too experiences the strange phenomena afflicting the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his own consciousness.
Author
Publisher
Barakaldo Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
""This book has been written to answer all the questions which the intelligent layman asks about the new science of astronautics"-a subject which is increasingly in the public eye. The treatment, though scientifically accurate, is entirely non-technical and the many remarkable plates-four in full colour-give a vivid impression of the way in which space-travel may be achieved. Among the subjects illustrated are: the refuelling of spaceships in free...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this classic novel by the Science Fiction Grand Master, a writer searching for explanations uncovers the existence of mutants and multiple Earths: "First-rate Simak" (The New York Times).
Author Jay Vickers would like nothing more than to be left alone so he can finish his next book. But "there's something strange going on," as his peculiar neighbor, Horton Flanders, says. For instance, the market is filling with new inventions that supposedly...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Three thrilling adventures from Science Fiction Grand Master Robert Silverberg As a young man, Robert Silverberg was a science fiction prodigy, turning out top-flight stories in the blink of an eye. Though written quickly, Silverberg's early prose already showed evidence of the literary and imaginative qualities that would make him a giant in the field--as this trio of space adventures attests. In " The Chalice of Death, Hallam Navarre is tasked...
54) Red Thunder
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The heart-pounding space race is on ... in this riveting SF thriller" from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Red Lightning and Rolling Thunder ( Publishers Weekly, starred review). As Chinese and US spacecraft compete to be the first to land on Mars, a former astronaut, his cousin, and four teens from Florida decide to take matters into their own hands. If they can quickly build their own space-worthy ship using scrap metal, appliances,...
55) How to Mars
Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications / Bookmasters
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Hollywood Reporter : What to Watch, Play, and Read in 2021 How to Mars is Andy Weir's The Martian infused with poetry." -- Booklist What happens when your dream mission to Mars is a reality television nightmare? This debut science-fiction romp with heart that follows the tradition of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles, with a hints of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , the Real World , and Mythbusters. For the six lucky scientists selected...
56) The Third Lynx
Author
Series
Publisher
Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Former agent Frank Compton races across the galaxy to prevent an evil group mind from acquiring powerful alien artifacts in the action-packed second installment of the Quadrail series from Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn Frank Compton saved the universe once--and for that he must die. Having temporarily stalled the Modhri, a sinister alien group intelligence, in its evil schemes for universal domination, the former Western Alliance Intelligence...
Author
Series
Quadrail volume 3
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Action science fiction, mystery, and espionage combine in books 4 and 5 of the Quadrail series from this Hugo Award-winning author. The alien Chahwyn created the Spiders to keep their intragalactic transportation system, the Quadrail, safe and running smoothly. And ex-government agent Frank Compton is there to protect its integrity. So far, Compton and his beautiful half-human, half-Chahwyn partner, Bayta, have had their hands full keeping the Quadrail...
58) Achilles
Author
Series
Deep sky saga volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young colonists find themselves stranded on an unpopulated moon -- and not as alone as they thought -- in a series debut from the author of The Red Bishop . The year is 2221, and humans have colonized a planet called Thetis in the Silver Foot Galaxy. After a tragic accident kills dozens of teenage colonists, Thetis's leaders are desperate to repopulate. So Earth sends the Mayflower 2 -- a state-of-the-art spaceship -- across the universe to bring...
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
The acclaimed modern science fiction masterpiece, Hugo Award winner for Best Series!
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space—and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe—in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star.
Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series! A Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017" pick! Nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel! Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award! Winner of the Prix Julia-Verlanger! Embark on an exciting, adventurous, and dangerous journey through the galaxy with the motley crew of the spaceship Wayfarer in this fun and heart-warming space opera -- the sequel to the acclaimed The Long Way to a Small, Angry...
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