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Membership Drive
By Murray F. Yaco. 2012
De la Terre à la Lune
By Jules Verne.
It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts…
to build an enormous sky-facing Columbiad space gun and launch three people—the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet—in a projectile with the goal of a moon landing.Prelude to Foundation (Foundation #6)
By Isaac Asimov. 1988
It is the year 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in…
the great multidomed capital of the Galactic Empire, forty billion people have created a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. Yet Cleon knows there are those who would see him fall - those whom he would destroy if only he could read the future. Hari Seldon has come to Trantor to deliver his paper on psychohistory, his remarkable theory of prediction. Little does the young Outworld mathematician know that he has already sealed his fate and the fate of humanity. For Hari possesses the prophetic power that makes him the most wanted man in the Empire... the man who holds the key to the future - an apocalyptic power to be know forever after as the Foundation.The Hugo Winners, Volume 4
By Isaac Asimov. 1995
This is the fourth volume of the Hugo Winners edited by Isaac Asimov. The Hugo winners is a collection of…
science fiction short stories that won the 'Hugo Award' in the World Science Fiction Convention between 1955 and 1961.Gate Crashers
By Patrick S. Tomlinson. 2018
The only thing as infinite and expansive as the universe is humanity s unquestionable ability to make bad…
decisions Humankind ventures further into the galaxy than ever before and immediately causes an intergalactic incident In their infinite wisdom the crew of the exploration vessel Magellan or as she prefers Maggie decides to bring the alienstructure they just found back to Earth The only problem The aliens are awfully fond of that structure A planet full of bumbling highly evolved primates has just put itself on a collision course with a far wider and more hostile galaxy that is stranger than anyone can possibly imagine At the Publisher s request this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software DRM appliedThe Last Tree
By Denise Getson. 2016
Kira has never felt a drop of rain, but she carries a sea within her. In Kira's world, nothing is…
more precious than water, meaning nothing is more precious than Kira's gift. While the few remaining humans struggle to survive on an inhospitable Earth, the world government, desperate to control an even more desperate people, rations the few remaining natural resources, especially water. When the government, in the form of a bureaucrat named Thorne, discovered that Kira could draw water to her, refilling dried lakes, streams, and riverbeds, he initially tried to keep her prisoner and to use her to fulfill his own agendas. Now, Kira and her friends are on the run, playing a dangerous cat and mouse game with Thorne and his forces. When Thorne captures one of her friends, Kira must make a choice. The repercussions of her decision will take her to the other side of the planet, to the cradle of human civilization, and an encounter with a tree that shouldn't even exist. Will it be enough to save a dying planet?Broken Promises
By Anitha Robinson. 2017
Kalli and Ellis have survived the destruction of the planet Istriya. As they pilot their craft back towards Earth, Kalli…
realizes that the deep feelings she's been experiencing for Ellis are just another example of the aliens' manipulations. Furious at both Ellis and herself for falling for their lies once again, Kalli is determined to save the other homeless girls the aliens had held captive and unconscious. She swears that once the girls have been returned, she'll never see Ellis again. Unfortunately, one of the girls wakes up leaving Kalli and Ellis with a tough decision. Can they still let her go without her exposing the Istriyans?Stormwarden (Cycle of Fire Trilogy #1)
By Janny Wurts. 1984
Written in the records at Vaere is the tale of the binding of the Mharg-demons by Anskiere, wizard of wind…
and water. Anskiere was aided in this task by Ivain, master of fire and earth, for the skills of a single sorcerer were not enough against so formidable a foe.It is further recorded that at the moment of greatest peril, Ivain betrayed his companion. Nonetheless the demons were defeated, the wards sealed, and Anskiere survived to swear a powerful oath against his betrayer.So potent was the magic in the words spoken that day that sailors who have visited the site claim the winds there repeat them to this day.AND SO THE CYCLE OF FIRE BEGINS...Bride of the Dark One
By Florence Verbell Brown. 2012
The outcasts; the hunted of all the brighter worlds, crowded onto Yaroto. But even here was there salvation for Ransome,…
the jinx-scarred acolyte, when tonight was the night of Bani-tai ... the night of expiation by the photo-memoried priests of dark Darion?Della Mortika 2: The Library of Wonder
By Geraldine F. Martin, Marisa Martin, Paul J. Martin. 2015
Abigail and Beatrix have been adopted by the Malefics, a famous inventor family, after a short stay in the Skipping…
girl Home for Wayward and Homeless girls in Melbourne. Zarah sets out to be reunited with them, but when she gets to the Malefic Mansion she is disturbed to find that her sisters are nowhere to be seen. Where are Zarah's sisters? Why have other children been disappearing? And what do these happenings have to do with the Malefics' latest invention, The Library of Wonder?The Baffling Case of Battered Brain
By Pendred Noyce. 2014
With time travel and mysteries that need solving, the Galactic Academy of Science (G.A.S.) series instructs readers on how to…
think like scientists. Under the guidance of a Dude or Dudette from the future, the middle school characters are faced with treacherous, present-day crimes that require a historical knowledge of science in order to be solved. From investigating problems to analyzing data and constructing explanations and solutions, this series blends elements of sci-fi with educational methods that distill the key thinking habits of scientists and engineers. Medical science combines with mystery in this G.A.S. adventure about concussions Is the awkward stranger taking bribes to throw games? When Clinton hits his head in the championship soccer game, the stranger gets him benched, and Clinton's team loses. Determined to nail the bribe-taker, Clinton and Mae take on a new G.A.S. mission--a journey across three continents and 4,000 years to learn about concussion and the brain.The Terrible Answer
By Arthur G. Hill. 2012
The Confounding Case of Climate Crisis
By Owen R. Liu, Barbara Tinker. 2014
With time travel and mysteries that need solving, the Galactic Academy of Science (G.A.S.) series instructs readers on how to…
think like scientists. Under the guidance of a Dude or Dudette from the future, the middle school characters are faced with treacherous, present-day crimes that require a historical knowledge of science in order to be solved. From investigating problems to analyzing data and constructing explanations and solutions, this series blends elements of sci-fi with educational methods that distill the key thinking habits of scientists and engineers. An adventure that investigates the causes and consequences of climate change Something strange is going on during Anita and Benson's field trip to a greenhouse as their guide is making wild claims about carbon dioxide and their science teacher, Mr. Fazmel, has mysteriously disappeared. That's when Quarkum Phonon, a Dude from the future, sends Anita and Benson on a Galactic Academy of Science mission to learn about the origins of climate change and the ways communities around the world are dealing with its impact. With stops around the world--from a Hawaiian volcano to Greenland and Geneva--Anita and Benson sift through the evidence for climate change. On their return home, the students face the question: what can a couple of kids do to reduce CO2 emissions and slow down climate change? A portion of all profits from this book will go to support local projects helping people in the developing world adapt to climate change.King's Evil
By Avram Davidson. 2012
Avram Davidson (April 23, 1923 - May 8, 1993) was an American writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime…
fiction, as well as the author of many stories that do not fit into a genre niche. He won a Hugo Award and three World Fantasy Awards in the science fiction and fantasy genre, a World Fantasy Life Achievement award,[1] and a Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine short story award and an Edgar Award in the mystery genre. This is one of his stories.The Black Tide
By Arthur G. Stangland. 2012
Space in its far dark reaches can be fickle with a man; it can shatter his dreams, fill him with…
fear and hate. It can also cure a man--if he is strong enough.Revenge
By Arthur Porges. 2012
SuperMoon
By Rich Deas, H. A. Swain. 2018
A futuristic thriller about the colonization of and culture clashes between the Moon and Earth from H.A. Swain, the author…
of Hungry and Gifted.Sol is the month between June and July on the thirteen-month Moon calendar. It's the only time teenagers have to themselves between rigorous scientific training and their ultimate lab assignments in their colony on the Moon. Their families emigrated from Earth to build better lives; but life on the Moon is far from perfect, as Uma learns on the eve of Sol. Uma meets an Earthen girl who becomes a fast friend, and much more. What Uma doesn't know is that the girl is assigned to infect Uma with a plague that a rogue faction of Earthen scientists hope will wipe out Moon soldiers. Will Uma be the cause of a pandemic? Whom can she trust, and moreover, whom does she love?A Voyage to Arcturus
By David Lindsay.
After attending a séance, Maskull, a restless and rootless man, finds himself embarking on a journey to the planet Tormance,…
which orbits Arcturus. Alone, he wanders the startling landscape, open to a bewildering range of experiences from love to ritual murder, encountering new monsters at every turn, metamorphosing, constantly seeking the truth about the divinity known as Shaping, Surtur and Crystalman. A Voyage to Arcturus is David Lindsay's masterpiece, an extraordinary imaginative tour de force.The Watcher
By Nicholas Oakley. 2014
Set in the far future, on the tribal world of Gaia, this debut science fiction novel tells the story of…
Tian, a young hunter struggling with loss of her childhood lover who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. When Tian's tribe is threatened by violent slavers, she received help from a Watcher--a monstrous, mythical creature who is actually a genetically enhanced anthropologist from an advanced civilization. Through the juxtaposition of the precivilization tribes and the technologically advanced society of the Watchers, the novel explores themes of the role of ideology and tradition in daily life.Free Radicals: A Novel of Utopia and Dystopia
By Zeke Teflon. 2012
Set in a dystopian society in the not-too-distant future, this sci-fi novel follows the misadventures of a bar musician and…
army vet who's set up on terrorism charges and deported to a single-continent prison planet. After a fight in which he nearly kills a neo-Nazi, the antihero main character flees to the other end of the continent with a prisoner he knew from Earth--a Mexican anarchist and fellow musician--on a Gulliver's Travels-type journey through a number of political and religious cult compounds. With comical depictions of the various cults they encounter on the way, Free Radicals insightfully explores the often-failed attempts at utopia and the day-to-day life of two traveling musicians.