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Fun with Kirk and Spock: Atch Kirk And Spock Go Boldly Where No Parody Has Gone Before!
By Robb Pearlman. 2014
See the Enterprise. See the Enterprise go boldly. Go Go Go, Enterprise! Go Boldly! Join Kirk and Spock as they…
go boldly where no parody has gone before!This Prime Directive primer steps through The Guardian of Forever to a simpler time of reading, writing, and red shirts. From the mind of New York Times bestselling pop culturalist Robb Pearlman, Fun with Kirk and Spock will help cadets of all ages master the art of reading as their favorite Starfleet officers, Klingons, Romulans, Andorians, and Gorn beam down into exciting adventures.
Star Wars: Dark Rendezvous (Star Wars - Legends)
By Sean Stewart. 2004
As the Clone Wars rage, Jedi Master Yoda must once again face one of his greatest adversaries: Count Dooku. .…
. . The savage Clone Wars have forced the Republic to the edge of collapse. During the height of the battle, on Jedi Knight escapes the carnage to deliver a message to Yoda on Coruscant. It appears that Dooku wants peace and demands a rendezvous. Chances are slim that the treacherous Count is sincere but, with a million lives at stake, Yoda has no choice. The meeting will take place on Djun, a planet steeped in evil. The challenge could not be more difficult. Can Yoda win back his once promising pupil from the dark side or will Count Dooku unleash his sinister forces against his former mentor? Either way, Yoda is sure of one thing: This battle will be one of the fiercest he'll ever face.Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!
On the planet Tython, the ancient Je'daii order was founded. And at the feet of its wise Masters, Lanoree Brock…
learned the mysteries and methods of the Force--and found her calling as one of its most powerful disciples. But as strongly as the Force flowed within Lanoree and her parents, it remained absent in her brother, who grew to despise and shun the Je'daii, and whose training in its ancient ways ended in tragedy. Now, from her solitary life as a Ranger keeping order across the galaxy, Lanoree has been summoned by the Je'daii Council on a matter of utmost urgency. The leader of a fanatical cult, obsessed with traveling beyond the reaches of known space, is bent on opening a cosmic gateway using dreaded dark matter as the key--risking a cataclysmic reaction that will consume the entire star system. But more shocking to Lanoree than even the prospect of total galactic annihilation, is the decision of her Je'daii Masters to task her with the mission of preventing it. Until a staggering revelation makes clear why she was chosen: The brilliant, dangerous madman she must track down and stop at any cost is the brother whose death she has long grieved--and whose life she must now fear. NOTE: This version does not include the Dawn of the Jedi comic insert.Includes an original Dawn of the Jedi short story by John Ostrander! Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!
Hard Contact: Star Wars (Republic Commando) (Star Wars: Republic Commando - Legends #1)
By Karen Traviss. 2004
As the Clone Wars rage, victory or defeat lies in the hands of elite squads that take on the toughest…
assignments in the galaxy-stone-cold soldiers who go where no one else would, to do what no one else could. . . .On a mission to sabotage a chemical weapon research facility on a Separatist-held planet, four clone troopers operate under the very noses of their enemies. The commandos are outnumbered and outgunned, deep behind enemy lines with no backup-and working with strangers instead of trusted teammates. Matters don't improve when Darman, the squad's demolitions expert, gets separated from the others during planetfall. Even Darman's apparent good luck in meeting an inexperienced Padawan vanishes once Etain admits to her woeful inexperience.For the separated clone commandos and stranded Jedi, a long, dangerous journey lies ahead, through hostile territory brimming with Trandoshan slavers, Separatists, and suspicious natives. A single misstep could mean discovery . . . and death. It's a virtual suicide mission for anyone-anyone except Republic Commandos.Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!
The Song of the Earth: A Novel
By Hugh Nissenson. 2001
Even before his birth, Johnny Baker's life is in danger. His mother breaks the law when she has her fertilized…
egg endowed with genes that will give her son the potential to become a visual artist. Born in 2038, John Firth Baker is the first genetically engineered artist. At the age of nineteen, at the threshold of his career, he is murdered. Now, ten years after his death, Baker has become famous. An art curator has organized a show of his work, and his biography-culled from journals, e-mails, and interviews with those who knew him best-is published. The Song of the Earth is this "biography." It presents a powerful and haunting portrait of an artist as a young man in the twenty-first century. Baker is born into a world transformed by technology: genetic profiles, space travel, and controlled housing communities are commonplace. Global warming has altered the environment. A planetary gender war is raging, familial structures are shattered, and new religions contend with the old. Yet human needs remain the same: the search for love, the desire for approval, the longing for fame, and the quest for knowledge. The Song of the Earth is a hypnotic novel about our desire to control our destinies, our yearning for immortality, and the very human impulse to create art. With prose, poetry, and images, Nissenson tells an original tale that brilliantly captures the experience of another time and place.
Several People Are Typing
By Calvin Kasulke. 2021
Is it still WFH when you're now just binary code? Whilst working on a spreadsheet for a New York-based PR…
firm, Gerald has his consciousness uploaded into his company's Slack channel. He posts for help, but his colleagues assume it's an elaborate joke to exploit the new working-from-home policy, and now that Gerald's productivity is through the roof, his bosses are only too happy to let him work from . . . wherever he says he is. Faced with the looming abyss of a disembodied life online, Gerald enlists co-worker Pradeep to care for his body and Slackbot, the service's AI assistant, to help him navigate his new digital reality. But when Slackbot discovers a world (and an empty body) outside the app, will it hijack a ride into the 'real' world? Meanwhile, Gerald's co-workers are scrambling to stem a company PR catastrophe like no other, their CEO suspects someone is sabotaging his office furniture, and if Gerald gets to work from home all the time, why can't everyone? Hilarious, irreverent, and wholly original, Several People Are Typing is the perfect remedy for any idle fingers waiting to doomscroll: a satire of both the virtual office and contemporary life, and a perfect antidote to the way we live #now.
Grendel Omnibus Volume 4: Prime (Second Edition)
By Greg Rucka, Matt Wagner. 2023
In the chaos wrought by the death of Grendel-Khan Orion Assante, his young son Jupiter—heir to the throne—finds protection with…
his father&’s secret weapon: an unstoppable cybernetic paladin of destruction!The story of Grendel Prime unfolds in three tales that form the apotheosis of Wagner&’s visionary, centuries-spanning narrative: the Eisner Award-winning War Child, with art by Patrick McEown; the riveting Past Prime novel, written by Greg Rucka with pen-and-ink illustrations by Wagner; and the lush, painted Devil Quest, recounting Prime&’s search through an apocalyptic future for the seeds of his own past. Over five hundred pages of ultra-stylish art and story, culminating in &“A Grendel Primer,&” Wagner&’s A-to-Z overview of all things Grendel!
Elixir
By Frank Barbiere, Ricky Mammone. 2023
Creators Frank J. Barbiere (Five Ghosts, Violent Love), Ricky Mammone (Second Chances), and Victor Santos (Polar, Until My Knuckles Bleed)…
introduce you to a brand-new sci-fi/fantasy world! In a fantastic vision of the future, magic has been replaced with technology.Two factions are in conflict within a sprawling metropolis: The Druids hold on to the past, while huge corporations exploit new technologies that threaten to eradicate magic forever. Mara, the daughter of a druid leader, becomes caught up in a dangerous mission to recover the elixir — a mysterious artifact that could restore magic and defeat the corporations once and for all. The only problem is it&’s in the hands of her old mentor, a dangerous warrior who has mastered magic and the blade, and is driven by a personal vendetta to destroy the elixir at all costs. Pulled between her family and a choice that could shape the future forever, how far will Mara go to recover the elixir for herself… and what will she do with it? Elixir mixes elements of magic and design from Final Fantasy with the artistic grit of Sin City to deliver a sci-fi/fantasy adventure with explosive action, sleek style, and unforgettable characters.
Titanium Noir: A novel
By Nick Harkaway, Nicholas Cornwell. 2023
A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective investigating the…
murder of a Titan, one of society&’s most powerful, medically-enhanced elites&“Cross-genre brilliance from the superbly talented Nick Harkaway.&” —William Gibson, New York Times best-selling author of AgencyCal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So when he&’s called in to investigate a homicide at a local apartment, he&’s surprised by the routineness of it all. But when he arrives on scene, Cal soon learns that the victim—Roddy Tebbit, an otherwise milquetoast techie—is well over seven feet tall. And although he doesn&’t look a day over thirty, he is ninety-one years old. Tebbit is a Titan—one of this dystopian, near-future society&’s genetically altered elites. And this case is definitely Cal&’s thing.There are only a few thousand Titans worldwide, thanks to Stefan Tonfamecasca&’s discovery of the controversial T7 genetic therapy, which elevated his family to godlike status. T7 turns average humans into near-immortal distortions of themselves—with immense physical proportions to match their ostentatious, unreachable lifestyles. A dead Titan is big news . . . a murdered Titan is unimaginable. But these modified magnates are Cal&’s specialty. In fact, his own ex-girlfriend, Athena, is a Titan. And not just any—she is Stefan&’s daughter, heir to the massive Tonfamecasca empire. As the murder investigation intensifies, Cal begins to unravel the complicated threads of what should have been a straightforward case, and it becomes clear he&’s on the trail of a crime whose roots run deep into the dark heart of the world.
The Phoenix Chase: A Marvel: School of X Novel (Marvel School of X)
By Neil Kleid. 2023
The X-Men confront space pirates and intergalactic war in this stunning space adventure featuring Kid Omega and a quest for…
the legendary powers of the Phoenix ForceKid Omega&’s latest scheme to set up his own mutant school goes horribly awry when mysterious aliens called The Remaining kidnap his &“students&”, demanding a rare Phoenix Egg – source of the awesome Phoenix Force – in exchange for their lives. Wildly out of his depth, Kid Omega turns to Cyclops for help. He gets a ride with space pirates the Starjammers, and someone more responsible: Cyclops&’ brother Alex &“Havok&” Summers. Their mission: rescue the students, recover the Egg, save the day. But it won&’t be easy. Galaxy-hopping sleuthing, heists, and action lead the X-Men to clues that reveal a monstrous plot using the Phoenix Egg to ultimately conquer the universe.
Owlish
By Dorothy Tse. 2020
The winner of a 2021 PEN/Heim Translation Fund grant, Owlish is a fantastically eerie debut novel that is also a…
bold exploration of life under oppressive regimes. In a city called Nevers, there lives a professor of literature called Q. He has a dull marriage and a lackluster career, but also a scrumptious collection of antique dolls locked away in his cupboard. And soon Q lands his crowning acquisition: a music box ballerina named Aliss who has tantalizingly sprung to life. Guided by his mysterious friend Owlish and inspired by an inexplicably familiar painting, Q embarks on an all-consuming love affair with Aliss, oblivious to the protests spreading across the university that have left his classrooms all but empty. The mountainous city of Nevers is itself a mercurial character with concrete flesh, glimmering new construction, and “colonial flair.” Having fled there as a child refugee, Q thought he knew the faces of the city and its people, but Nevers is alive with secrets and shape-shifting geographies.
Blue Skies: A Novel
By T. C. Boyle. 2023
"Boyle’s satire has lost none of its edge over the course of a nearly half-century literary career . . .…
[Blue Skies is] an expert blend of suspense, terror and, occasionally, very black humor . . . this fiercely honest writer shows us what he sees and invites his readers to draw their own conclusions." —Wendy Smith, Washington Post From best-selling novelist T. C. Boyle, a satirical yet ultimately moving send-up of contemporary American life in the glare of climate change. “Boyle has long been one of the most exciting and intelligent storytellers in the United States.” —Ron Charles, Washington Post Denied a dog, a baby, and even a faithful fiancé, Cat suddenly craves a snake: a glistening, writhing creature that can be worn like “jewelry, living jewelry” to match her black jeans. But when the budding social media star promptly loses the young “Burmie” she buys from a local pet store, she inadvertently sets in motion a chain of increasingly dire and outrageous events that comes to threaten her very survival. “Brilliantly imaginative . . . in a terrifying way” (Annie Proulx), Blue Skies follows in the tradition of T. C. Boyle’s finest novels, combining high-octane plotting with mordant wit and shrewd social commentary. Here Boyle, one of the most inventive voices in contemporary fiction, transports us to water-logged and heat-ravaged coastal America, where Cat and her hapless, nature-loving family—including her eco-warrior parents, Ottilie and Frank; her brother, Cooper, an entomologist; and her frat-boy-turned-husband, Todd—are struggling to adapt to the “new normal,” in which once-in-a-lifetime natural disasters happen once a week and drinking seems to be the only way to cope. But there’s more than meets the eye to this compulsive family drama. Lurking beneath the banal façade of twenty-first-century Californians and Floridians attempting to preserve normalcy in the face of violent weather perturbations is a caricature of materialist American society that doubles as a prophetic warning about our planet’s future. From pet bees and cricket-dependent diets to massive species die-off and pummeling hurricanes, Blue Skies deftly explores the often volatile relationships between humans and their habitats, in which “the only truism seems to be that things always get worse.” An eco-thriller with teeth, Boyle’s Blue Skies is at once a tragicomic satire and a prescient novel that captures the absurdity and “inexpressible sadness at the heart of everything.”
Court of the Undying Seasons: A deliciously dark romantic fantasy
By A. M. Strickland. 2023
Court of the Undying Seasons is a deliciously dark romantic novel and a pitch perfect modern take on classic vampire…
tropes.'Brutal romance, vicious stakes, and a twisty mystery.' - Hannah WhittenIn becoming a vampire, I'm less than a girl. And more.Or maybe I'm becoming what I always have been, deep inside.A blade.When Fin takes her secret love's place in the village's Finding, she's whisked away to Castle Courtsheart, a notorious vampire school, where human students either become powerful vampires or spend the rest of their lives as lowly human thralls... if they survive long enough, that is.But Fin has no intention of becoming a vampire. Instead, she's determined to learn how to kill vampires and avenge her mother, who was taken by the vampires years ago. But Courtsheart is as captivating as it is deadly, and Fin is quickly swept up in her new world and its inhabitants - particularly Gavron, her handsome and hostile vampire maker, whose blood is nothing short of intoxicating.As she uncovers a string of murders, Fin discovers a deadly ritual that threatens both vampires and humans. She must find the killer before she loses her life or betrays her heart. Get ready for a thrilling journey into a world of vampires, power, and danger!'A wildly imaginative world, a delightful cast of characters, and prose that expertly threads the needle between creepy and camp, this is a book to be devoured'Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic'Enthralling, bloodthirsty and unapologetically queer'Laura Pohl, author of The Grimrose Girls and The Wicked Remain'A dizzyingly dark reminder that it's family that makes us human - even if you choose the family yourself, even if you're no longer human at all'Andrew Joseph White, author of Hell Followed with Us
Welcome to Britain under the New Management! The Prime Minister is an eldritch god of unimaginable power. Crime is plummeting…
as almost every offense is punishable by death. And everywhere you look, there are people with strange powers, some of which they can control, and some, not so much. Hyperorganised and formidable, Eve Starkey defeated her boss, the louche magical adept and billionaire Rupert de Montfort Bigge, in a supernatural duel to the death. At least, she has reason to hope he's dead. But though she's now in charge of the Bigge Corporation, she's not free of him yet. Through the fecklessness of her brother Imp, combined with the intricate feudal law of a tiny Channel Island, it would appear that unbeknownst to her, she was married to Bigge - and that proving his death and releasing herself from his arcane bindings will take years and cost millions. Then an emissary of the Prime Minister arrives with an offer that she absolutely can't . . . well, you know. This is the final novel in the Laundry Files spin-off trilogy that began with Dead Lies Dreaming and continued with Quantum of Nightmares. 'Grim, hilarious, inventive - make the video game now please' Tamsyn Muir
The World of Black Hammer Library Edition Volume 5
By Scott Snyder, Patton Oswalt, Jeff Lemire, Geoff Johns, Chip Zdarsky. 2023
This collection features exciting stories taking place in the world of Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston&’s Eisner award–winning Black Hammer…
superhero comics!Creators such as Patton Oswalt, Scott Snyder, Mariko Tamaki, Chip Zdarsky, Kelly Thompson, Cullen Bunn, Johnnie Christmas, Geoff Johns, Cecil Castellucci, and many more of comics&’ top talents take on some of the greatest heroes and villains of Spiral City! Collecting Black Hammer: Visions #1-8 with pinups by Gilbert Hernandez, Evan Dorkin, Kelley Jones, Yuko Shimizu, Veronica Fish, Dan Brereton, Annie Wu, and more in a deluxe, oversized hardcover format with a new cover and sketchbook extras!
La fin du monde est pour demain
By André Marois. 2022
Qu’arriverait-il si les planètes du système solaire s’alignaient comme elles ne l’ont jamais fait… … et que la Terre subissait…
une force terrible ? La vie de Keven et de Livia bascule lorsque leurs parents leur annoncent que la fin du monde approche. À partir de maintenant, ils sont des survivalistes et doivent se préparer. Plus d’école ni de devoirs… mais aussi plus de wifi ni de jeux vidéo ! En modifiant leur appartement et en changeant complètement leurs habitudes, les membres de la famille se transforment peu à peu en survivants des temps modernes… pour le meilleur et pour le pire.
Thirsty Animals: A totally compelling and compulsive must-read of 2023
By Rachelle Atalla. 2023
The next audiobook from new, exciting writer Rachelle Atalla. 'Rachelle Atalla is a major talent and I can't wait to…
see where her mind goes next' Kirstin Innes, author of Scabby QueenTHE WORLD IS RUNNING OUT OF WATER. With supply in the Scottish cities drying up, Aida is forced back home to live with her mum at their rural farm. For now, they are safe with just enough to get by. Yet at the border, tensions are close to breaking point as more and more southerners chase the delusion that Scotland is an eternal spring - while fewer and fewer are allowed through. The service station where Aida works grows emptier with every day. Then, when suspicious strangers arrive at the farm asking for help, Aida and her family face a terrible decision. How much water can they afford to share? AND THEN THE TAPS ARE TURNED OFF. Now they must survive long enough for the rain to come.Completely compelling, devastating and thought-provoking, Thirsty Animals takes us on a captivating journey of survival and self-discovery.(P) 2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
An Argumentation of Historians (Chronicles of St. Mary's #9)
By Jodi Taylor. 2017
The ninth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as…
they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.They say you shouldn't push your luck. Max gives her own luck a massive shove every day - and it's only a matter of time until luck pushes back... January 1536 - the day of Henry VIII's infamous jousting accident. Historians from St Mary's are there in force, recording and documenting. And, arguing - obviously.A chance meeting between Max and the Time Police leads to a plan of action. And, it's one that will have very serious consequences - especially for Max. Her private life is already more than a little rocky. But with Leon recovering and Matthew safe in the future there will never be a better opportunity to bring down Clive Ronan, once and for all.From Tudor England to the burning city of Persepolis - and from a medieval siege to a very nasty case of 19th century incarceration - Max is determined that this time, he will not escape.(P) 2018 Audible, Ltd
Some Desperate Glory: The Sunday Times bestseller
By Emily Tesh. 2023
'Masterful, audacious storytelling. Relentless, unsentimental, a completely wild ride'Tamsyn Muir, New York Times-bestselling author of Gideon the Ninth'Deserves a space…
on shelves alongside genre titans like Ursula K. Le Guin and Octavia Butler'Publishers Weekly (starred review)A thrillingly told space opera about the wreckage of war, the family you find, and the path you must forge when every choice is stripped from you. Some Desperate Glory is the highly anticipated debut novel from Astounding Award and World Fantasy Award-Winner, Emily Tesh.All her life, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the destruction of planet Earth. Raised on Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a dead planet.Then Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to the nursery to bear sons, and she knows she must take humanity's revenge into her own hands. Alongside her brother's brilliant but seditious friend and a lonely, captive alien, Kyr must escape from everything she's ever known. If she succeeds, she will find a universe far more complicated than she was taught and far more wondrous than she could ever have imagined'A profoundly humane and brilliantly constructed space opera that will have you cheering, swearing, laughing, and ugly-crying. It's perfect' Alix E. Harrow, New York Times-bestselling author of The Once and Future Witches'This book is astoundingly good. An explosive and extraordinary story that I couldn't stop reading and will never forget' Everina Maxwell, author of Winter's OrbitReader reviews:'Worth every page, every tear, every late night staying up to finish it. I hope you love this book as much as I do' 'For the life of me I could. not. put. it. down''As brilliantly plotted as Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice, with characters as vivid as Martha Wells' Murderbot''I am legitimately not exaggerating when I say this may be my favourite book I've read in the last ten years''HOLY MOTHER OF GOD I WAS NOT AT ALL PREPARED AND I AM ETERNALLY OBSESSED'
The Terraformers
By Annalee Newitz. 2023
From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration of the future.Destry's life is…
dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the planet and its burgeoning eco-systems as her parents and their parents did before her.But the bright, clean future they're building comes under threat when Destry discovers a city full of people that shouldn't exist, hidden inside a massive volcano.As she uncovers more about their past, Destry begins to question the mission she's devoted her life to, and must make a choice that will reverberate through Sask-E's future for generations to come.A science fiction epic for our times and a love letter to our future, The Terraformers will take you on a journey spanning thousands of years and exploring the triumphs, strife, and hope that find us wherever we make our home.'The Terraformers is so engaging, you could almost miss the pyrotechnic worldbuilding and bone-deep intelligence. Newitz continues doing some of the best work in the field' James S. A. Corey'A complete reimagining of the great galactic story of terraformers. Startling fun!' Kim Stanley Robinson'Newitz always sees to the heart of complex systems and breaks them down with poetic ferocity' N. K. JemisinAlso by Annalee NewitzAutonomousThe Future of Another Timeline