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Sandworms of Dune

Brian Herbert

At the end of Frank Herbert’s final novel, Chapterhouse: Dune, a ship carrying a crew of refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. The fugitives used genetic technology to revive ke...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2007

Wanderlust

Ann Aguirre

Broke and unemployed, "Jumper" Sirantha Jax accepts a diplomatic mission for the government— only to find herself up against Syndicate criminals, man-eating aliens, and her own grimspaceweakened body.

Paperback
Published: Sep 2008

Freedom's Choice

Anne McCaffrey

A group of slaves are stranded on the planet Botany by their Catteni masters. With the help of the Catteni exile, Zainal, they build a thriving colony. But with each growing community comes dissent--some want to return to Earth and he...

Paperback
Published: Jun 1998

Hunters of Dune

Brian Herbert

Building on the events of Frank Herbert's final novel, Chapterhouse of Dune, a group of refugees escapes on a ship into the uncharted reaches of the galaxy, seeking safety with the assistance of key figures from Dune's past, including...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2006

2001: A Space Odyssey

Arthur C. Clarke

Written in tandem with the screenplay for the Stanley Kubrick-directed film, both introduce HAL, a computer that takes off on a mission of its own, propelling the spaceship it controls past the original destination to an exploration o...

Paperback
Published: Aug 1993

Time Enough For Love

Robert A. Heinlein

Approaching death, Lazarus Long is convinced to dictate the story of his life. He finds that while he has lived and loved more than most, there are still things that he'd like to experience.

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Dec 2004

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Douglas Adams

Reluctant galactic wanderer Arthur Dent finds himself back on Earth, which has been restored after having been demolished for a hyperspace bypass, and again sets out on his travels with a girl who went mad at the Earth's destruction.

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2006

Wielding a Red Sword (Incarnations of...

Piers Anthony

Mym was a dutiful son, but rather than agree to his father's choice for his marriage, he took up the Red Sword, symbol of office of the Incarnation of War, in order to ameliorate some of the suffering caused by Earth's constant petty ...

Paperback
Published: Nov 1987

The Alleluia Files

Sharon Shinn

Shinn's breathtaking Samaria Trilogy comes to an end amid a chorus of praise. Legend has it that the Alleluia Files contain the truth about the god of Samaria. Now, a child raised in captivity among the angels will journey the length ...

Paperback
Published: May 1999

A Brother's Price

Wen Spencer

In a world where males are rare and treated like property, Jerin Whistler, after a daring rescue, falls in love with a princess, and he must, amidst political tensions, prove his worth to her sisters in order to win her hand in marria...

Paperback
Published: Jun 2005

1632 (Assiti Shards)

Eric Flint

A six-mile long sliver of 1990s West Virginia--along with all its inhabitants--mysteriously winds up in the central Europe of the 1600s and the Virginians must learn to cope with their new, technologically and (somewhat) ideologically...

Paperback
Published: Feb 2001

Lyon's Pride

Anne McCaffrey

The extraordinary new novel in the bestselling Rowan saga. The children of Damia and Afra Lyon are blessed with the paranormal powers that have distinguished their family and protected peaceful races for generations. But now the peace...

Paperback
Published: Feb 1995

Alien Taste (Ukiah Oregon Novels)

Wen Spencer

Abandoned as a child, Ukiah Oregon was found running with a wolf pack. Now considered one of the greatest trackers in the country, this private investigator puts his nose to the ground to track down missing fugitives. When he crosses ...

Paperback
Published: Jul 2001

Angelica of Samaria

Sharon Shinn

It is 240 years since humans have settled on Samaria, fleeing a war-torn planet and vowing to eschew all high technology. Before abandoning their technical skills entirely, however, some of the settlers were bioengineered to have wing...

Paperback
Published: Feb 2004

Seeker

Jack McDevitt

Thousands of years after the unsolved disappearance of an entire colony, antiquities dealer Alex Benedict stumbles upon a cup that appears to be from the Seeker, one of the colony's original ships, and, while attempting to estable the...

Paperback
Published: Nov 2006

Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1)

Jack Campbell

Returning from survival hibernation and assuming the command of the Alliance fleet, legendary hero Captain John 'Black Jack' Geary must retrieve the stolen Syndic hypernet key to save the Alliance from destruction at the hands of the ...

Paperback
Published: Jul 2006

Engaging the Enemy

Elizabeth Moon

In the wake of a series of assassinations that have left her parents dead and their shipping empire in ruins, Kylara Vata, the unorthodox renegade heir to Vatta Transport, Ltd., one of the galaxy's wealthiest merchant houses, sets out...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2007

The Ships of Earth: Homecoming: Volum...

Orson Scott Card

In the third book in the Homecoming series, Oversoul--the artificial intelligence protecting the people of Harmony--sees its power slipping to such an extent that the capital city is captured in a military takeover led by a mad genera...

Paperback
Published: Jan 1995

Treason

Orson Scott Card

A republication of a 1978 classic finds the fate of the oppressed planet of Treason in the hands of heir Lanik Mueller, a man who possesses unique regenerative powers and who has uncovered a treacherous conspiracy that prompts him to ...

Paperback
Published: Jan 1988

Citizen of the Galaxy

Robert A. Heinlein

'"Sometimes satirical, probingly provocative, this is a characteristic Heinlein off-the ground mirage, with the protagonist encountering the values of a free society, weighing the worth of the individual." -- Kirkus Reviews'

Unabridged CD
Published: Dec 2004

Singularity Sky

Charles Stross

In a world transformed by the Eschaton, a sentient artificial intelligence, the colony of New Republic, founded by people who wanted no part of the technological revolution, is threatened by an information plague of advanced technolog...

Paperback
Published: Jun 2004

Bellwether

Connie Willis

Trend-spotter Sandra Foster works for the Hi Tek company trying to create a theory about the nature of trends. Too bad the inept, and stunningly disorganized, interdepartmental assistant Flip is stymieing her progress. But Flip does i...

Paperback
Published: Jun 1997

Red Prophet (Tales of Alvin Maker, Bo...

Orson Scott Card

Come here to the magical America that might have been, and marvel as the tale of Alvin Maker unfolds. The seventh son of a seventh son is a boy of mysterious powers, and he is waking to the mysteries of the land and its own chosen peo...

Paperback
Published: Jul 1992

Valor's Choice (Daw Book Collectors)

Tanya Huff

When the Confederacy needs to convince the Silsviss to join them in their battle against the Others, they send skilled diplomats, along with a group of Marines to protect them. When the mission goes horribly wrong, the Marines find th...

Paperback
Published: Apr 2000

Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Me...

Terry Brooks

The first of a trilogy of prequels to the much-loved Star Wars series, THE PHANTOM MENACE introduces the young Obi-Wan Kenobi and even-younger Anakin Skywalker as they become embroiled in an intergalactic conspiracy involving the trad...

Paperback
Published: Feb 2000

The Mystery of Ireta: Dinosaur Planet...

Anne McCaffrey

The crew of shired technicians sent to the planet Ireta were prepared for a routine mission to catalog flora and fauna and search for new energy sources. Kai and his beautiful coleader Varian, the best xenob-vet in the business, follo...

Paperback
Published: Dec 2003

The Protector's War

S. M. Stirling

Ten years after all of Earth's technology had been rendered useless by the Change, two thriving communities in Oregon's Willamette Valley are confronted by a dangerous new challenge when the totalitarian Protectorate prepares to seek ...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2006

A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thoug...

Vernor Vinge

Set in the same region of space, but 30,000 years earlier than Vinge's Hugo Award-winning A FIRE UPON THE DEEP, this novel explores culture clash on a galactic scale. Two separate human fleets approach a remote planet with very differ...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2000

The Engines of God

Jack McDevitt

An unknown race called the Monument-Makers creates a stunning array of gorgeous statues, scattering them throughout the galaxy and encoding them with strange inscriptions that hold the key to the survival of humankind. Reprint. ...

Paperback
Published: Dec 1995

Earth Abides

George Rippey Stewart

A disease of unparalleled destructive force has sprung up almost simultaneously in every corner of the globe, all but destroying the human race. One survivor, strangely immune to the effects of the epidemic, ventures forward to experi...

Paperback
Published: Mar 2006
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