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Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson book cover

Red Mars

Author: Kim Stanley Robinson

Year: 1992

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In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of research & cutting-edge science in the 1st of a trilogy chronicling the colonization of Mars:For eons, sandstorms have swept the desolate landscape. Fo…

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Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke book cover

Rendezvous with Rama

Author: Arthur C. Clarke

Year: 1973

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At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at an inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthi…

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Old Man's War by John Scalzi book cover

Old Man's War

Author: John Scalzi

Year: 2005

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John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-- and alien race…

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On Basilisk Station by David Weber book cover

On Basilisk Station

Author: David Weber

Year: 1992

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Honor Harrington in trouble: Having made him look the fool, she's been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace and set up for ruin by a superior who hates her. Her demoralized crew blames her for their ship's humiliating posting to an out-of-the-way p…

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I, Robot by Isaac Asimov book cover

I, Robot

Author: Isaac Asimov

Year: 1950

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Isaac Asimov's I, Robot launches readers on an adventure into a not-so-distant future where man and machine , struggle to redefinelife, love, and consciousness—and where the stakes are nothing less than survival. Filled with unforgettable characters,…

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The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov book cover

The Caves of Steel

Author: Isaac Asimov

Year: 1954

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A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City de…

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Dune by Frank Herbert book cover

Dune

Author: Frank Herbert

Year: 1965

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Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice” melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing conscio…

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Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks book cover

Consider Phlebas

Author: Iain M. Banks

Year: 1987

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The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right…

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Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve book cover

Mortal Engines

Author: Philip Reeve

Year: 2001

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'It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea.' The great traction city London has been skulking in the hills to avoid the bigger, faster, hungrier c…

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Perdido Street Station by China Miéville book cover

Perdido Street Station

Author: China Miéville

Year: 2000

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Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city of New Crobuzon, where the unsavory deal is stranger to no one--not even to Isaac, a gifted and eccentric scientist who has spent a lifetime quietly carrying out his unique res…

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