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Science Fiction February 2017
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Rogue One : a Star Wars story
by Alexander Freed
An official novelization of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story coming to theaters December 2016 is set prior to the events of Star Wars: A New Hope and follows a band of rebels on a daring mission to steal the Death Star plans. Movie tie-in.
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Babylon's ashes
by James S. A Corey
Summoned by the remnants of old political powers for a desperate mission to reach Medina Station at the heart of the gate network, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are challenged by alliance vulnerabilities, an alien mystery and a band of desperate vigilantes. 150,000 first printing. TV tie-in.
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Dark matter : a novel
by Blake Crouch
Kidnapped and drugged at gunpoint for inexplicable reasons, physics professor Jason Dessen awakens in a lab and is informed that his entire life has been an illusion and that he is being hunted by a deadly adversary. By the best-selling author of the Wayward Pines trilogy.
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The swarm
by Orson Scott Card
A prequel to Ender's Game profiles the past of Ender's world and is set in the aftermath of the Scouring of China as part of the Formic's efforts to eradicate all life on Earth. By the best-selling authors of Invasive Procedures.
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Interstellar Civilizations
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Night Train to Rigel
by Timothy Zahn
When the Quadrail transportation system that connects the galaxy's worlds is threatened by a dangerous military force and a race of addictive coral producers, unemployed investigator Compton is enlisted to prevent the system's takeover, an assignment with links to a far-reaching conspiracy. By the author of The Green and the Gray. Reprint.
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Titan
by Ben Bova
Space traveling for an extended time to one of Saturn's moons, the crew of the enormous colony ship Goddard falls prey to long-standing tensions after a first exploration vessel mysteriously fails, a situation that places numerous lives and careers at risk. By the author of Mercury. Reprint.
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| Leviathan Wakes: The Expanse by James S.A. CoreySpace Opera. Earth's colonies include Mars and frozen rocks in "the Belt," asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. While ice-rig captain Jim Holden discovers a deserted Belter ship bearing the marks of a Martian military assault, Earth-based Detective Miller pursues a missing persons case that may be related. The duo must dodge violent revolutionaries, corporate heavies, and corrupt government foes to find the truth before it's too late. Fortunately, the Belt favors underdogs. Leviathan Wakes is the opening installment of a collaborative effort by author Daniel Abraham (of Long Price Quartet series fame) and newcomer Ty Frank; it's also been adapted for television as The Expanse. |
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| Ancillary Justice by Ann LeckieSpace Opera. Artificial intelligence One Esk once commanded an entire starship, the formidable Justice of Toren; now, confined to a single mortal body cobbled together from interchangeable human parts, the entity known as "Breq" must figure out how to survive as a multi-segmented ancillary humanoid being in an oppressive galactic empire -- and without disobeying the law that forbids AIs from harming their creators. With its sympathetic protagonist and complex plot, this compelling debut serves as the opening installment of the Imperial Radch series, which continues with Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy. |
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Fleet of Worlds
by Larry Niven
When a chain reaction of supernovae explosions at the core of the galaxy unleashes a deadly wave of radiation that will sterilize the entire galaxy, the Citizens--accompanied by Kirsten Quinn-Kovacs, a descendant of human survivors rescued by the Citizens from a dying starship--flee into the unknown, in a novel set in the Known Space universe. Reprint.
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