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1) Cold welcome
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x, 431 pages ; 25 cm
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"After nearly a decade away, Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Moon makes a triumphant return to science fiction with a thrilling new series featuring the daring hero of her acclaimed Vatta's War sequence. Summoned to the home planet of her family's business empire, space-fleet commander Kylara Vatta is told to expect a hero's welcome. But instead, she is thrown into danger unlike any other she has faced and finds herself isolated, unable to communicate...
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Relive the adventure and magic in one of the most beloved motion pictures of all-time, from Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg. Captivating audiences of all ages, this timeless story follows the unforgettable journey of a lost alien and the ten-year-old boy he befriends. Optional French closed-captions available.
3) Anathem
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Raz, a mathematician, is among a cohort of secluded scientists and philosophers who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe.
4) Solaris
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1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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On a space station orbiting the mysterious planet Solaris, terrified crew members are experiencing a host of strange phenomena, including eerie visitors who seem all too human.
5) Alien
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discovers a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind.
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Foundation volume 2
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Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its superior science and technology, the Foundation has survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Yet now it must face the Empire₂still the mightiest force in the Galaxy even in its death throes. When an ambitious general determined to restore the Empire[alpha]s glory turns the vast Imperial fleet toward the Foundation, the only...
8) Life
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1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The six-member crew of the International Space Station is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew begins to conduct research, their methods end up having unintended consequences and the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.
9) Semiosis
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333 pages ; 25 cm
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"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 alliance with the planet's sentient species and prove that humans are more than tools."--
11) The sparrow
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In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet that will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first contact mission, the Society of Jesus quietly organizes an eight-person scientific expedition of its own. What the Jesuits find is a world so beyond comprehension that it will lead them to question what it means...
12) All systems red
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Murderbot diaries volume 1
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In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied 'droid -- a self-aware SecUnit that has...
13) Interference
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Semiosis duology volume 2
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318 pages ; 25 cm
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"Over two hundred years after the first colonists landed on Pax, a new set of explorers arrives from Earth on what they claim is a temporary scientific mission. But the Earthlings misunderstand the nature of the Pax settlement and its real leader. Even as Stevland attempts to protect his human tools, a more insidious enemy than the Earthlings makes itself known."--Provided by publisher.
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1 videodisc (approximately 136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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As the rebel leaders map their strategy for an attack on the Emperor's new Death Star, Han Solo remains frozen and imprisoned in the desert fortress of Jabba the Hutt, who is also keeping Princess Leia as a slave. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker, now a master of The Force, rescues his friends but cannot become a true Jedi Knight until he wages his own crucial battle against his evil father, Darth Vader, who has sworn to win him over to the Dark Side.
15) Contact
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1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
16) Bloodline
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341 pages ; 25 cm
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When the Rebellion defeated the Empire in the skies above Endor, Leia Organa believed it was the beginning to a lasting peace. But after decades of vicious infighting and partisan gridlock in the New Republic Senate, that hope seems like a distant memory. Now a respected senator, Leia must grapple with the dangers that threaten to cripple the fledgling democracy -- from both within and without. Underworld kingpins, treacherous politicians, and Imperial...
17) This is the way
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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An all-new Little Golden Book based on Star Wars: The Mandalorian on Disney+. Featuring stunning retro illustrations, this Little Golden Book based on The Mandalorian on Disney+ is perfect for Star Wars fans of all ages!
18) Radiance
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432 pages ; 22 cm
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"Severin Unck's father is a famous director of Gothic romances in an alternate 1986 in which talking movies are still a daring innovation due to the patent-hoarding Edison family. Rebelling against her father's films of passion, intrigue, and spirits from beyond, Severin starts making documentaries, traveling through space and investigating the levitator cults of Neptune and the lawless saloons of Mars. For this is not our solar system, but one drawn...
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1 videodisc (approximately 136 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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As Kylo Ren and the sinister First Order rise from the ashes of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is missing when the galaxy needs him most. It's up to Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, a defecting stormtrooper, to join forces with Han Solo and Chewbacca in a desperate search for the one hope of restoring peace to the galaxy.
20) The last shadow
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315 pages ; 24 cm.
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The children of Ender and Bean solve the great problem of the Ender Universe, the deadly virus they call the descolada, which is incurable and will kill all of humanity if it were allowed to escape from Lusitania.
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