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62) Ground Control
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There is no going back.
Fifteen years ago, Sarah was a biology student with a lot of potential. Since then, she's been drifting from city to city, leaving behind friends and family to follow her ambitious husband as he rises to the top of his biology field.
"We're going to Mars."
As she packs up to follow him again, this time on a one-way mission to join the growing colony on Mars, Sarah struggles with the choices she has made in her past and...
63) Trials
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Trials is a fast-paced science fiction thriller that explores the roots of human nature through the characters of Jonah and Evie Shepherd. Jonah and Evie watch their lives and marriage disintegrate as Jonah is wrongly arrested and found guilty of treason during a midnight military tribunal. Accompanying this devastating news is the reality that Evie will never see her husband again as he is exiled to a penal colony on Mars. Jonah, a retired and tormented...
64) Aloys
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He appeared in glory and sank without a trace. Why? How? For the first time anywhere, here is the startling inside story. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today's best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy field has ever produced.
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Eleven Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction by Randall Garrett, Volume 3. Featured here: "The Eyes Have It", "But, I Don't Think", "Anchorite", "In Case of Fire", "Psichopath", "The Measure of a Man", "Time Fuze", "Belly Laugh", "...After A Few Words", "Damned If You Don't", "Hanging by a Thread", "Anything You Can Do!", and "The Bramble Bush".
66) The Wagons
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You think you know all about prairie dogs but I bet you don't even know this. You see, in the very middle of every prairie dog town and about four feet down there is a pile of gold. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today's best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science...
67) Saturday You Die
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Besides being born (that is an ordeal, no less an ordeal because you forget it) the worst thing to be gone through is to be a new boy in a small Southern town. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today's best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy...
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Witness Their Greatest Game.
Theren, the first synthetic intelligence, has risen to power as the Director of the International Space Agency. They have everything they need to push humanity toward final acceptance of its synthetic counterparts. Thousands of SIs live on Earth, the Moon, and throughout the solar system.
Yet opposition remains to Theren's plans. Powerful foes rise, ready to strike back.
Jill, the second SI, forges her own path into...
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Two classic short stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction by Bascom Jones. Featured here: "Assassin" and "Blind Spot". Excerpt from "Assassin": "I deliberately dug my heels into the concrete floor of the corridor of the Pentagon. The steel plates on the heels of my black uniform boots heralded my approach with sharp anvil sounds as I marched confidently toward the unmarked door five hundred feet ahead. What was that expression used by Earth...
72) Burden of Proof
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New York Times bestselling author Jack Campbell continues his JAG in Space series as a young Legal Officer seeks justice as others try to corrupt it.
Newly commissioned Lieutenant Junior Grade Paul Sinclair is acclimating himself both to his duties aboard USS Michaelson and to his growing relationship with fellow sailor Jen Shen. Both situations require serious consideration. But when a fiery explosion rips through the Forward Engineering section,...
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Nine Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction by Charles V. De Vet. Featured here: "Monkey On His Back", "There is a Reaper", "Vital Ingredient", "Wheels Within", "Big Stupe", "Delayed Action", "Growing Up on the Big Muddy", "Metamorphosis" and "Specimen".
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Nine classic short stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction by R. A. Lafferty. Featured here: "Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas", "In The Garden", "The Polite People of Podibundia", "The Six Fingers of Time", "Aloys", "All the People", "Dream World", "The Weirdest World", and "Mc Gonigal's Worm".
76) Aliens Among Us
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Immerse yourself in a riveting sci-fi adventure that takes you across the vast expanse of the universe. The human brain is like a maze, with each route leading to a different event, crossing each other for a second, an hour, or an eternity. In this tale, we follow Jane, a single parent with a large family, as she embarks on a journey through space with her kids from different fathers.
Their adventure begins when a meteorite, resembling a spacecraft,...
77) Anaximancy
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"We choose to go THROUGH the Moon!"In a world in which the Greek philosopher Anaximander was right about everything, Sophia Aetós has lived her life on top of the flat cylinder of the Earth as the nations of Europa, Asia, and Libya fight for control over meager territory.Now, she must lead the first Europan expedition into the Moon, which, as every child knows, is a circular hole in a massive ring of bark filled with pale fire. The goal of the expedition:...
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In the near distant future, Emma's life revolves around the company's Mars terraforming fasttrack program. Stuck between her parents' never-ending Mars shuttle supply runs and her own coursework in the program, Emma dreams of adventure outside of the company's plan for her. Anything to get away from the constant bullying and boring coursework.
She finds that adventure accidentally when she stumbles into a portal to a new world. On Merah, she finds...
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Eight classic short stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction by L. J. Stecher. Featured here: "The Man in a Sewing Machine", "Upstarts", "Garth and the Visitor", "Man in a Quandary", "An Elephant for the Prinkip", "A Perfect Answer", "Cakewalk to Gloryanna", and "When You Gifflle..."
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The crew of the d'Artangan continue on it's mission exploring space. It has been tough losing friends, family and crew members in the war with the Krogan which ended five years ago. The crew continue on their mission when they encounter a ship that explodes as two escape pods eject. On board are two children from a distant galaxy. They appear to be children; however, they are different than they appear and hold a secret. The crew is told to pick up...
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