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  • A Whole New World

    by M.J. De Beer ...
    It is the year 2047. When a huge 110 mile wide asteroid hurtling towards Earth is discovered by Eddie Thompson, the governments of the time realize the devastating implications for the future of mankind. They put their differences aside to work together in secret, trying to devise a means to remove the threat of this asteroid, but also a means to escape Earth should their best efforts fail. A ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Potential for Industrial Energy-Efficiency Improvement in the Long Term

    by J. de Beer ...
    Series Book 5 - Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science
    This book does not give a prediction of what the efficiency will be of the energy use of industrial processes in the future. However, it does give an exploration of limits to the efficiency of current processes and an indication of what might be achieved if new technologies can be developed. At the Department of Science, Technology and Society of Utrecht University research had been done to the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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  • A Deepness in the Sky

    by Vernor Vinge ...
    Series Book 2 - Zones of Thought
    Tor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure.After thousands of years of searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free, innovative traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Fallen Dragon

    by Peter F. Hamilton ...
    "A fascinating, compulsively readable clash of hardware and ideals" in a stand-alone space opera from an acclaimed sci-fi author ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).In the distant future, corporations have become sustainable communities with their own militaries, and corporate goals have essentially replaced political ideology.On a youthful, rebellious impulse, Lawrence joined the military of a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • End of an Era

    by Robert J. Sawyer ...
    Winner of Japan's Seiun Award for best foreign science fiction novel of the year.War of the Worlds meets The Time Machine — with dinosaurs!Paleontologist Brandon Thackeray is eager to find out what killed the dinosaurs. With a newly developed, still-experimental timeship, he will be able to do what no human being has ever done: stand face-to-face with a living, breathing dinosaur. But he and his ... Read more

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  • Encounter with Tiber

    by Buzz Aldrin, John Barnes ...
    An Apollo 11 astronaut and the Nebula Award–nominated author of Directive 51 present a novel that " conveys the wonder and promise of space" ( Publishers Weekly).Born the year of the Moon landing, Chris Terence spends his life fighting to return humanity to that pinnacle. An engineering student with dreams of spaceflight, he finds upon graduation that the United States no longer has need for ... Read more

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  • Gunpowder Moon

    by David Pedreira ...
    A murder on the moon leads a lunar engineer into the crosshairs of a global conspiracy in this acclaimed sci-fi thriller.The Moon smells like gunpowder. Every lunar walker since Apollo 11 has noticed it. Caden Dechert, the chief of the U.S. mining operation on the edge of the Sea of Serenity, thinks the smell is just a trick of the mind—a reminder of his harrowing days as a Marine in the war-torn ... Read more

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  • Mission Critical

    by Yoon Ha Lee, Peter F. Hamilton, Aliette de Bodard, Greg Egan, Linda Nagata, Gregory Feeley, John Barnes, Tobias S Buckell, Jason Fischer ...
    Houston, we have a problem...Life is fragile. The difference between success and failure can come down to nothing – the thread of a screw, the flick of a switch – and when it goes wrong, you fix it... or someone dies.Mission Critical takes us from our world, across the Solar System, and out into deep space to tell the stories of people who had to do the impossible. And do it fast.Featuring stories ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Moonseed

    by Stephen Baxter ...
    Series Book 3 - NASA Trilogy
    It came here decades ago—and it's devouring our planet: "Literally earth-shattering action . . . Baxter provides the sense of wonder of classic science fiction." — Denver PostIt starts when Venus explodes into a brilliant cloud of dust and debris, showering Earth with radiation and bizarre particles that wipe out all the crops and half the life in the oceans, and fry the ozone layer. Days later, a ... Read more

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  • Planet Janitor: The Moon is not Enough (Engage Science Fiction) (Digital Short)

    by Chris Stevenson ...
    The Crew of Planet Janitor are contracted to survey the damage to a lunar mining facility caused by a meteor shower. When a second job proposition proves too sweet to turn down, Captain Zachary Crowe must enter the devastated base. But will the reward be enough to outweigh the consequences of taking on such a risky mission. ... Read more

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  • Twisters and Other Terrible Storms

    A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #23: Twister on Tuesday

    by Mary Pope Osborne ...
    Illustrated by Will Osborne, Sal Murdocca ...
    Series Book 8 - Magic Tree House Fact Tracker
    The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #23: Twister on Tuesday, they had lots of questions. How do tornadoes form? What kinds of tools can help predict bad storms? Where did the biggest snowfall on record happen? How fast are hurricane winds ... Read more

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  • Star Trek: Voyager: Distant Shores Anthology

    Edited by Marco Palmieri ...
    Series series Star Trek: Voyager
    A collection of extraordinary original stories based on Star Trek: Voyagers by authors from all over the world.Washed up on a faraway galactic shore, Captain Kathryn Janeway of the USS Voyager faced a choice: accept exile or set a course for home, a seventy-thousand-light-year journey fraught with unknown perils. She chose the latter. Janeway’s decision launched her crew on a seven-year trek ... Read more

    $12.99 USD