Books

20+ results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Lord of Light Lord of Light Roger Zelazny A colony of humankind is subjugated by the First Colonists, the crew of the starship that brought them to their new home 1000 years before. They have taken control of ancient technologies and enhance… OL13992W
Assemblers of infinity Assemblers of infinity Kevin J. Anderson It is the 21st century. Earth's space program is thriving, with a colony on the Moon. Then an incredible discovery is made on the lunar farside. A massive structure is being erected by living machine… OL16018178W
Space Case Space Case Stuart Gibbs Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors. OL17081171W
Luna: Wolf Moon Luna: Wolf Moon Ian McDonald 382 pages : 24 cm OL19650078W
Landfall Landfall Jerry Aubin The Ship, its towering structures perched upon the foundation of a massive asteroid, was launched as the last gasp of a dying Earth. The Mission -- seed the universe with one billion colonists who wa… OL19650873W
Semiosis Semiosis Sue Burke "Colonists from Earth wanted the perfect home, but they'll have to survive on the one they found. They don't realize another life form watches...and waits...Only mutual communication can forge an all… OL19734824W
Elysium fire Elysium fire Alastair Reynolds Ten thousand city-state habitats orbit the planet Yellowstone, forming a near perfect democratic human paradise. But even utopia has a dark side. As members of the habitats start suddenly and randoml… OL19735024W
Destination Destination Williams, Dave It turns out that Earth is a pretty good place to live. Finding other habitable environments in space is no easy task: temperatures on Mercury are ten times hotter than on Earth; winter on Neptune la… OL19755289W
The End of All Things The End of All Things John Scalzi Humans expanded into space... only to find a universe populated with multiple alien species bent on their destruction. Thus was the Colonial Union formed, to help protect us from a hostile universe. … OL19912869W
The human division The human division John Scalzi B Team leader Lieutenant Harry Wilson counters hostile alien forces, angry humans and unpredictable elements from the universe in order to protect the interests of the Colonial Union. OL19966149W
Evening's empires Evening's empires Paul J. McAuley In the far future, a young man stands on a barren asteroid. His ship has been stolen, his family kidnapped or worse, and all he has on his side is a semi-intelligent spacesuit. The only member of the… OL20005363W
The Fuse The Fuse Antony Johnston A DAY OF CHAOS - 22,000 MILES UP! Klementina Ristovych and Ralph Dietrich are Homicide detectives on 'The Fuse', a five-mile long solar energy platform orbiting above the earth that's also home to Mi… OL20031140W
Welcome to Mars Welcome to Mars Buzz Aldrin Space is still the final frontier and Mars continues to make news and attract generations of young people. In this fascinating book, hero-astronaut Buzz Aldrin challenges curious kids to think about … OL20050957W
Daughters of an emerald dusk Daughters of an emerald dusk Katherine V. Forrest Late in the twenty-second century, 4,000 women escape the tyranny of a male-dominated Earth and colonize the planet of Maternas. Katherine V. Forrest’s influential 1984 novel, Daughters of a Coral Da… OL2008008W
Dove Exiled Dove Exiled Karen Bao After fleeing the Moon, fifteen-year-old Phaet Theta hides on Earth and plots how to rescue her siblings from the wrath of the Lunar government. OL20249467W
No Life But This (UniCorp #2) No Life But This (UniCorp #2) Anna Sheehan *Rose spent most of her life asleep. Otto spent his as an object.* Rose Fitzroy woke from her long sleep to a changed world and new life. Her friend Otto watched her from afar, longing for what he… OL21457536W
Earthlight Earthlight Stuart Moore,Christopher Schons Earthlight has survived catastrophic accidents, political strife, and clamorous discord. But now the lunar colony faces a deadly threat from the very power satellites that orbit the moon, beaming muc… OL24164560W
Trigger Trigger Todd Durrant After a devastating mechanical invasion, the human race must start over. Survivors flee to a new planet, Epsilon Eridani, and attempt to transplant their civilization amidst internal division and the… OL24738895W
Beachhead Beachhead Jack Williamson From back cover of Tor paperback May 1993: Sam Houston Kelligan had from boyhood known that he would someday fly to Mars. But what children dream of is often far different in reality from what on… OL41818W
The Stars, Like Dust The Stars, Like Dust Stephen Thorne,Isaac Asimov Biron Farrell was young and naïve, but he was growing up fast. A radiation bomb planted in his dorm room changed him from an innocent student at the University of Earth to a marked man, fleeing despe… OL46399W
Next page