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Surface Action Surface Action David Drake Most boys, at least back when I was young, would love to be cowboys or soldiers. In our play, there was no blood and when we "killed" our playmates, they came right back to life and vied to return t… OL1000190W
The Jungle The Jungle David Drake Earth is no more a home for mankind, it's still there as a white blazing star - a monument to the stupidity of man. The human race isn't extinct, it survived on the planet Venus. The planet had bee… OL1000216W
Book of Thunder Book of Thunder John Peel Score, Pixel, and Helaine return to Dondar to help their unicorn friends find the former leader of their herd and to fend off a dangerous wizard. OL1000309W
Lost in Vegas! Lost in Vegas! John Peel Alex and Ray head for a relaxing vacation in Las Vegas with their parents. They soon discover that someone's following them and must race to solve the mystery. OL1000333W
Uptime, downtime Uptime, downtime John Peel When fourteen-year-old Karyn and her thirteen-year-old brother Mike discover that they can travel through time merely by concentrating on a specific place and date, they encounter other time traveler… OL1000353W
Frankenstein Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Deborah Tempest *Frankenstein* is probably the most famous horror story in the world. Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who creates a monster from parts of dead bodies. At first the monster looks for love and… OL10055585W
Swords in the Mist Swords in the Mist Fritz Leiber "Fritz Leiber has a wicked imagination. Wicked enough to make us laugh at an impossible future containing nightmarish aspects of our own times." Edmond Cooper, Sunday TimesDrawing themes from Shakes… OL101934W
Star Trek - Log Three Star Trek - Log Three Alan Dean Foster More lively adaptations from television's most popular science fiction series! Complete in this volume: Once Upon a Planet The crew lands on a planet for rest and recreation, a planet programmed t… OL102555W
The golden apples of the sun and other stories The golden apples of the sun and other stories Ray Bradbury,Francisco Abelenda,Richard Negrou Bundel science-fiction verhalen OL103125W
The Illustrated Man The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of eighteen science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring theme throughout the eighteen stories is the conflict of the cold mecha… OL103128W
I Sing the Body Electric! I Sing the Body Electric! Ray Bradbury Eighteen stories with bizarre and whimsical themes which transcend time and space. OL103156W
Footfall Footfall Jerry Pournelle,Larry Niven The book depicts the arrival of members of an alien species called the Fithp that have traveled to the Solar System from Alpha Centauri in a large spacecraft driven by a Bussard ramjet. Their intent … OL10587701W
The rains of Eridan The rains of Eridan H. M. (Helen Mary) Hoover On a strangely beautiful planet of vast grazing lands and gentle valleys, a small expedition of scientists is exploring, testing, searching. Theo, a biologist, is alone in her camp in the hills when … OL10632968W
Soon Soon Jerry B. Jenkins Paul Stepola, an agent working for the National Peacekeeping Organization (NPO), has been assigned to enforce compliance with the world government's prohibition on religion. Paul relishes his job and… OL108030W
Heart of the Comet Heart of the Comet Gregory Benford,David Brin,Gabrielle de Cuir,Stefan Rudnicki,P J Ochlan,Cassandra De Cuir From inside front cover: EXILES from a world devastated by fear and political strife. HEROES who first must conquer their own conflicts before the greater goal can be won. PIONEERS, hundreds of … OL108292W
The white hart The white hart Nancy Springer Welcome to Isle, a land of fantasy that existed long before there were such things. Surrounded by vast oceans and dotted with thick forests, Isle was a land in which all beings lived together. There … OL108838W
Dragonhaven Dragonhaven Robin McKinley Jake Mendoza lives at the Makepeace Institute of Integrated Dragon Studies in Smokehill National Park. Smokehill is home to about two hundred of the few remaining draco australiensis, which is extinc… OL109406W
THE MOON AND THE FACE THE MOON AND THE FACE Patricia A. McKillip Kyreol's mission to another planet and Terje's trip to observe their old river home both meet with unexpected dangers and an eventual melding of very different cultures. OL11024550W
Feed Feed M. T. Anderson For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon—a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the c… OL112043W
The seven beauties of science fiction The seven beauties of science fiction Csicsery-Ronay, Istvan Jr. "As the world undergoes daily transformations through the application of technoscience to every aspect of life, science fiction has become an essential mode of imagining the horizons of possibility. … OL11984304W
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