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1) Defiant
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Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 4
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English
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Spensa needs all the knowledge she gathered in the Nowhere to end the Superiority's quest for galactic dominance, but first she must determine how far she's willing to go for victory.
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Landing on a new planet where he's instantly caught up in the struggle between a tyrant and the rebels, Nomad, in a world under constant threat of a sunrise whose heat will melt the very stones, must gain enough power to leap offworld before he pays the ultimate price.
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2023.
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English
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Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they're coming after Charlie....
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Fractalverse volume 2
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English
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July 25th, 2234: The crew of the Adamura discovers the Anomaly. On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII:a circular pit, 50 kilometers wide. Its curve not of nature, but design. Now, a small team must land and journey on foot across the surface to learn who built the hole and why. But they all carry the burdens of lives carved out on disparate colonies in the cruel cold of space. For some the mission is the dream of the lifetime, for others a...
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[2023]
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English
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An autistic girl faced with disaster, Izzy Wilder and her dog Akka set out to discover the truth behind humanity's disappearance, facing life's greatest mysteries as they uncover the true endurance of the human spirit to save the world.
7) Fox snare
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Thousand worlds volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"When Min the fox spirit and her ghost brother Jun are sent on a goodwill mission to prevent war from breaking out, they end up getting stranded on a death planet behind enemy lines"--
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[2023]
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English
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The Marvel-Verse is full of danger for Spider-Gwen! What if Gwen Stacy was bitten by the radioactive spider, not Peter Parker? Find out on Earth-65! There, Gwen is the spectacularly misunderstood Spider-Woman - and she's wanted for Peter's death! And that's bad news, especially since Gwen's dad is a cop! When a Lizard-like menace runs amok, it brings back painful memories for Gwen - but will Captain America's mighty shield inflict new ones? Web-slinging...
11) System collapse
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Murderbot diaries volume 7
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2023.
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English
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"Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there's an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can't have the planet, they're sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up...
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Ethan Fairmont volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius inventor, Ethan Fairmont, along with his ex-best friend Kareem, and new-kid Juan Carlos stumble across an extraterrestrial visitor they name Cheese, who is stuck on Earth in need of serious repairs, spicy snacks, and total secrecy.
13) Cosmic detective
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"Enter our detective. The murder of a god threatens to tear apart the very fabric of our reality, and only he stands in the way of utter destruction. Will the mystery he uncovers be worse than the disaster he's trying to avert? And will his mind crack under the revelations he's about to uncover before he can do anything about it?"--
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In a world where pop media meets military power, two idol-supersoldiers are locked in a world-ending conflict on behalf of their corporate nations. Battles blast across a dying land, both sides convinced of their own righteousness. Ragnarok looms on the horizon. Yet Magni and Dimo--young icons created for the sole purpose of eliminating the other--find their closest reflection in their opposite. Now, completing their mission means destroying the one...
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1999.
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English
Description
Covers nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers of science fiction. Provides biographical information, the historical and/or literary context of the author's work, synopses of major titles, critical commentary, and a selected bibliography listing books by and about the writer.
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Alien next door volume 1-4
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
Description
"Harris thinks there's something about the new kid at school, Zeke, and that's because Zeke is actually the new kid on the planet! Will Zeke be able to make friends on this new planet, or will Harris discover his secret? Join Zeke and Harris on their adventures in this four-book collection that is out of this world!This four-book collection is sure to be a hit with any young reader. Filled with humor, adventure, and friendship, The Alien Next Door...
18) The hard switch
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2023.
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Ada, Haika, and Mallic are on a mission . . . one last mission, before everything, everywhere shuts down. They're raiding old, abandoned spaceships and wrecks for the (sometimes-expensive) parts--and they make just enough money to get by. But living their nomadic, exploring life isn't sustainable when they can't afford fuel anymore. The time is coming when the mineral that makes inter-system jumps possible runs out. When it does, the scattered inhabitants...
19) Waste of space
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Cram ten hormonal teens into a spaceship and blast off: that's the premise for the ill-conceived reality show Waste of Space. The kids who are cast know everything about drama--and nothing about the fact that the production is fake"--
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Studies in literary themes and genres volume no. 3
Pub. Date
1994.
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English
Description
Surveys the origins and evolution of science fiction including its social context in England, France, and the U.S. Focuses on key works that mark significant phases of the development of the genre.
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