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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"With the scope of Dune and the rousing action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multple-award-winning phenemonenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. In Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion--in just four centuries' time. The aliens' human collaborators may have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic...
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Gideon Crew volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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That thing is growing again. We must destroy it. The time to act is now ... With these words begins Gideon Crew's latest, most dangerous, most high-stakes assignment yet. Failure will mean nothing short of the end of humankind on earth. Five years ago, the mysterious and inscrutable head of Effective Engineering Solutions, Eli Glinn, led a mission to recover a gigantic meteorite--the largest ever discovered--from a remote island off the coast of South...
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"With the scope of Dune and the commercial action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multple-award-winning phenemonenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the...
5) Redshirts
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English
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Enjoying his assignment with the xenobiology lab on board the prestigious Intrepid, ensign Andrew Dahl worries about casualties suffered by low-ranking officers during away missions before making a shocking discovery about the starship's actual purpose.
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2023.
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English
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"Qven was created to be a Presgr translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before them: learn human ways, and eventually, make a match and serve as an intermediary between the dangerous alien Presgr and the human worlds. The realization that they might want something different isn't "optimal behavior". It's the type of behavior that will have you eliminated. But Qven rebels anyway, determined to find a way to belong on their...
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2005.
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1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Everything is on the line when a message from the future forces our fearless team to stand tall. All seems lost when the Power Rangers encounter two alien rogues ready for action. In their hour of need, a mysterious Ranger from the future arrives onto the scene with the miraculous Omegamax Cycle. And, while an outlaw is on the loose, jealousy of the new Ranger threatens the team.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 47
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English
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A space voyager living her dream of exploring new worlds lands on a distant planet ripe for colonization before her discovery of a mysterious relic transforms her life and threatens the entire human race.
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"Searching for her missing brother, Grace Carlyle never dreamed she would discover a secret world populated by mythological monsters--or find herself facing a sword-wielding being whose looks put mortal men to shame. But there he was, Darius en Kragin, one of a race of shape-shifting warriors bound to guard the gates of Atlantis, and kill all travelers who strayed within its borders. Now Grace's life was in his hands, and Darius had to choose between...
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War of the Realms volume 1
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English
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"Centuries of war with aliens threaten the future of human civilization on earth in this gripping, epic science fiction debut... We never saw them coming. Entire cities disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving nothing but dust and rubble. When an alien race came to make Earth theirs, they brought with them a weapon we had no way to fight, a universe-altering force known as thelemity. It seemed nothing could stop it--until we discovered we could...
11) Death's end
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With The Three-Body Problem , English-speaking readers got their first chance to experience the multiple-award-winning and bestselling Three-Body Trilogy by China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu. Three-Body was released to great acclaim including coverage in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. It was also named a finalist for the Nebula Award, making it the first translated novel to be nominated for a major SF award since...
12) Rosewater
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Wormwood trilogy volume 1
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English
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Tade Thompson's Rosewater is the start of an award-winning, cutting edge trilogy set in Nigeria, by one of science fiction's most engaging new voices.
Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry and the helpless - people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumored healing powers.
Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past....
13) The wrong stars
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Axiom volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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The crew of the freight and salvage ship White Raven encounter a space explorer that claims to have powerful extraterrestrial knowledge, passed down to her by a different alien race than humanity is currently allied with.
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A Best Of pick andMost AnticipatedSci Fi and Fantasynovel, as selected by Goodreads Buzzfeed BookRiot The Portalist IO9 BookBub SheReads BiblioLifestyle Den of Geek GeekDad "A rich backstory a highly satisfying ending All the stars for Chen's warmhearted space-travel story." -Kirkus, starred review Every family has issues. Most can't blame them on extraterrestrials. Evie Shao and her sister, Kass, aren't on speaking terms. Fifteen years ago on a family...
15) Mickey7
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Mickey7 volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"The Martian meets Multiplicity in Edward Ashton's high concept science fiction thriller, in which Mickey7, an "expendable," refuses to let his replacement clone Mickey8 take his place. Dying isn't any fun...but at least it's a living. Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there's a mission that's too dangerous-even suicidal-the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration...
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Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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Tip has lots of tips on how to be a good friend. The best part is these tips work just as well whether your friend is an Earthling or a Boov.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
760L
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English
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Living in isolation with a robot on what appears to be an alien world populated with bizarre life forms, a twelve-year-old human girl called Eva Nine sets out on a journey to find others like her. Features "augmented reality" pages, in which readers with a webcam can access additional information about Eva Nine's world.
18) Space case
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Moon Base Alpha volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
750L
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English
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"Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors"-- Provided by publisher.
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Unstoppable volume 3
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English
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With only a ragtag band of misfits, crewmates, earthlings, friends, lovers--and one annoying frenemy--the Unstoppable Crew are up against the universe, and in order to survive, they may have to cross a once forbidden line.
20) Armada: a novel
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
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It's just another day of high school for Zack Lightman. He's daydreaming through another boring math class, with just one more month to go until graduation and freedom--if he can make it that long without getting suspended again. Then he glances out his classroom window and spots the flying saucer. At first, Zack thinks he's going crazy. A minute later, he's sure of it. Because the UFO he's staring at is straight out of the videogame he plays every...
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