Science fiction

  • Monsters of men

    Creator

    Ness, Patrick,

    Abstract

    As a world-ending war surges to life around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions, questioning all they have ever known as they try to step back from the darkness and find the best way to achieve peace.

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  • That hideous strength a modern fairy-tale for grown-ups

    Creator

    Lewis, C. S.

    Abstract

    The final book in C.S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which includes Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, That Hideous Strength concludes the adventures of the matchless Dr. Ransom. Finding himself in a world of superior alien beings and scientific experiments run amok, Dr. Ransom struggles with questions of ethics and morality, applying age-old wisdom to a brave new universe dominated by science. His quest for truth is a journey filled with intrigue and suspense.

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  • The ship who sang.

    Creator

    McCaffrey, Anne.

    Abstract

    Helva had been born human, but only her brain had been saved and implanted into the titanium body of an intergalactic scout ship. But first she had to choose a human partner--male or female--to share her exhilarating escapades in space. Her life was to be rich and rewarding, resplendent with daring adventures and endless excitement, beyond the wildest dreams of mere mortals. Gifted with the voice of an angel and being virtually indestructible, Helva XH-834 anticipated a sublime immortality. Then one day she fell in love!

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  • All good things : a novel /

    Creator

    Friedman, Michael Jan.

    Abstract

    The novelization of the incredible final episode of the most successful syndicated television program of all time. Star Trek: The Next Generation's continuing mission is coming to an end in a spectacular television event that will springboard Picard and his crew into big-screen motion pictures.

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  • The tears of the singers /

    Creator

    Snodgrass, Melinda M.,

    Abstract

    Composer Guy Maslin joins the crew of the "Enterprise" to investigate the strange continuous song of the inhabitants of Taygeta, source of a dangerous spacewarp, and they discover that the destruction of the Singers is linked to the growing discontinuity.

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  • The lost world : a novel /

    Creator

    Crichton, Michael,

    Abstract

    On an island off Costa Rica there exists a hush-hush colony of giant animals which attracts the attention of two expeditions. The first one, including children, is led by a paleontologist, the other is made up of evil scientists who want to do experiments. The animals rout both without much concern for their motives.

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  • Fireball

    Creator

    DAVIES, Paul

    Abstract

    In 1990, destruction rains from the sky in the form of deadly fireballs. What are they? Scientist Andrew Benson deduces the incredible truth but can he avert a nuclear war in time?

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  • Code to zero

    Creator

    FOLLETT, Ken

    Abstract

    A man wakes up terrified. He does not know what has happened to scare him, but he feels as if he has been through a dreadful experience.

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  • Death into Life.

    Creator

    Stapledon, Olaf, 1886-1950

    Abstract

    Death into Life is a 1946 novel by Olaf Stapledon. Not strictly science fiction, the novel is described as "an imaginative treatment of the problem of survival after death".

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  • The Hour of the Dragon.

    Creator

    by Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin), 1906-1936

    Abstract

    The Hour of the Dragon, also known as Conan the Conqueror, is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. It was one of the last Conan stories published before Howard's suicide although not the last to be written. The novel was first published in serial form in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1935 through 1936.

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