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3161) An Archive of Brightness
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Two stoic lobstermen harboring a secret affection. A lonely architect building houses and machines from the exoskeletons of scorpions in a desert town. A girl painfully growing into new wings. A flock of crows and an untidy vulture observe and collect these moments of human tenderness as they build an archive of brightness. Each love story becomes, in its own way, the end of a world-and the beginning of a new one.
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THE SMOKY GOD is an Edwardian era "hollow earth" fantasy novel, presented as a true story. The narrator, Olaf Jansen, voyages through a polar opening in 1829 and spends 2 years in a strange underground world, believed to be the original Garden of Eden. This inner Earth is lit by its own sun, and here underground civilization has diverged from the ways of the surface. Here are giants, monsters, omnipotent High Priests, and lost races that speak Sanskrit...
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Excerpt: "Thirty hours out of Mars for Terra, the Solar Queen sped along her silent, invisible course. No longer was she completely severed from all connection with the planets of the inner system; the trick cams that controlled the beams at Venus Equilateral kept the ship centered by sheer mathematics. It was a poor communications system, however, since it was but a one-way job. Any message-answering would have to be done thirty hours later when...
3165) Fleet of Stars
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Far into the reaches of space, Anson Guthrie and a band of colonists have forged a new existence on Amaterasu not as physical beings but as downloaded consciousness watched over by the benevolent Life Mother. Yet as idyllic as their lives may be, back home on Earth the situation is growing grim. Earth's inhabitants are now completely dependent-and so controlled-by an intelligent machine known as the Teramind. But the instinctual human desire to be...
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As the Oort Federation becomes a major force in the Solar System, Braxton Thorpe passes the Federation chairmanship to former US President John Butler. Thorpe's group offers humanity virtual immortality, but Isidor Orlov and his Udachny Enterprises oppose their every move. While terraforming Mars for more living space, the Mars Reds prove formidable as resisters. If the Asterian starship fighter pilots are released, will they align with Phoenix or...
3167) Semper Human
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The final conflict.
Chaos has erupted throughout the known galaxy, threatening countless colonies and orbital habitats-as the Associative struggles vainly to keep the peace. Extreme measures are called for in these times of dire crisis, and the Star Marines are awakened from their voluntary 850-year cybe-hibe sleep. But General Trevor Garroway and his warriors are about to discover that the old rules of engagement have drastically changed . . .The...
3170) The Sunspacers Trilogy
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THE SUNSPACERS TRILOGY is a trio of novels of an alternate, earth-based civilization. In SUNSPACER, young and idealistic philosophy student Joe Sorby must come to terms with adulthood while negotiating the gross injustices of interplanetary commerce. In STARS WILL SPEAK, an alien signal is broadcast from the farthest reaches of the known galaxy...but will the scientists of earth decipher its warning in time? In BEHIND THE STARS, young Max Sorby returns...
3171) Alien Hostiles
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By exposing the sinister Saurians, Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Mark Hunter and his team have more than proven themselves. Yet the war between humanity and the intergalactic aliens has only begun—now they must save themselves and all of civilization.
The JSST—the Joint Space Strike Team Hunter has put together from all branches of the U.S. military—is again deployed on board the Earth starcraft carrier Hillenkoetter on a mission to probe...
3172) The Leviathan's Legacy
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The Leviathan's Legacy" In a world after a great disaster, people need the help of huge sea creatures created through genetic engineering. A young engineer named Gabriel discovers a conspiracy that could be dangerous for his floating island and the survival of humanity. The story begins with this mystery and promises an exciting adventure.
3173) Stratton
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To an enemy with an impressive lifespan, one failed campaign is not an obstacle. It is a challenge.
It took millennia for Earth to join the galactic community. Some thought the long wait was worth it. Some thought…otherwise. And while the Earth did get to wear a name-tag of "Core" world, the title was more ornamental than functional. After all, the Confederation Alliance of Planets and Star Systems was already six-thousand years old when Earth finally...
3174) Carnage Desires
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Henry Williams has a few problems.His friends/co-cult-members want him to get rid of his gentetically engineered girlfriend, as she has become a very successful serial killer.His son has also been getting a wee bit violent at school.All of this is of course his own fault.
3175) Origins
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Find the Black Files, or humanity falls.
Alex never thought he'd be recruited for a mission to save humanity. He's learned a lot since leaving Bunker 108, but the horrors of the Wasteland aren't through with him yet.
When the team risks everything to go after the Black Files, there's no going back. The Great Blight will prove the toughest obstacle yet, with nearly impassable terrain guarded by the virus's spawn.
Alex and the crew must battle for...
3176) Dark Matter
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An enemy might just have to become an ally . . . in order to save humankind The United States of North America is now engaged in a civil war with the Earth Confederation, which wants to yield to the demands of the alien Sh'daar, limit human technology, and become a part of the Sh'daar Galactic Collective. USNA President Koenig believes that surrendering to the Sh'daar will ultimately doom humankind. But when highly advanced, seemingly godlike aliens...
3177) Domain at Yaumgan
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The Domain of Yaumgan live quiet, contemplative lives in the back corner of the Balhee Cluster. However, under that calm facade lurk ancient and terrible secrets that must be dealt with, when their past catches up with them in the form of an invading fleet. First Centurion Kosnett must round up all his allies, however unfriendly, and convince them to stand with him against the greatest threat the Cluster has ever faced. The stunning conclusion of...
3178) Preexisting Conditions
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After undergoing a nano-tech procedure, Richie "Fabio" Fazio finds he is no longer able to kill for his underworld employers. When a man who has a suspicious knowledge of Fabio's past and abilities turns up on his door step, Fabio believes his worries are over. But his boss has a bigger plan in mind. A race to rule New York ensues, pitting underworld forces against each other and involving the doctors who changed both men. Meanwhile, Fabio's nemesis...
3179) Amazing Stories Volume 7
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Great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here: "Another Earth", "Transient", "Die, Shadow!", "Argonaut and Juggernaut", "Out of the Flame", and "The Five Hells of Orion".
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Durante miles de millones de años, los humanos, habiendo conquistado la maldición del envejecimiento, se extendieron por toda la Vía Láctea. Son capaces de vivir todos sus sueños, pero para su gran decepción, nunca se han encontrado con ninguna otra especie inteligente. Ahora, la humanidad misma está al borde de la extinción porque el universo está muriendo de una muerte prolongada pero inevitable.
Solo tienen una esperanza: el 'Proyecto...
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