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Across the universe trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Teenaged Amy, a cryogenically frozen passenger on the spaceship Godspeed, wakes up to discover that someone may have tried to murder her.
Author
Series
Expanse volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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When Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship belonging to the Mars fleet, Holden must find a way to uncover the motives behind the attack, stop a war and find the truth behind a vast conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.
4) Illuminae
Author
Series
Illuminae files volume 1
Language
English
Description
"The planet Kerenza is attacked, and Kady and Ezra find themselves on a space fleet fleeing the enemy, while their ship's artificial intelligence system and a deadly plague may be the end of them all"--
5) Alien envoy
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Series
Alien agent volume 6
Language
English
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Description
Agent Sorn picks Zack up from Earth and together they seek other aliens who can speak in support of inviting that planet to join the Galactic Union, while the Gnairt and the Kiapa Kapa Syndicate try to stop them.
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Series
Skippyjon Jones (Picture books) volume 5
Language
English
Description
Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese cat who thinks he is a Chihuahua, has an adventure on Mars.
8) Space Boy
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English
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Todd had always wanted to meet an astronaut, but when he meets an alien and travels to another world, he doesn't use a spaceship, he just hangs out in his own backyard.
9) Obsidio
Author
Series
Illuminae files volume 3
Language
English
Description
Kady, Ezra, Hanna, Nik reluctantly return to Kerenza with other refugees, while Asha has joined Kerenza's ragtag underground resistance, and when she reconnects with her old flame Rhys, the two find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.
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Space taxi volume 1
Language
English
Description
On "Take Your Kid to Work Day," eight-year-old Archie discovers that his father drives a space taxi that shuttles aliens from one area of the universe to another.
11) Caliban's War
Author
Series
Expanse volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
We are not alone. On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered by a monstrous supersoldier. On Earth, a high-level politician struggles to prevent interplanetary war from reigniting. And on Venus, an alien protomolecule has overrun the planet, wreaking massive, mysterious changes and threatening to spread out into the solar system. In the vast wilderness of space, James Holden and the crew of...
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Series
Robot series volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Fearing a violent confrontation between Earthmen and Spacers, Detective Baley and his new partner, a robot made in the image of the victim, investigate the murder of a Spacetown scientist.
14) Starsight
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Series
Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she's a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. The rumors of his cowardice are true--he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them. Spensa is sure there's more to the story. And she's sure that whatever happened to her father in his starship could happen...
15) Stanley in space
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Series
Flat Stanley volume 3
Language
English
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Description
When the residents of a far-distant planet send a message to Earth asking for someone to meet with them, the President of the United States asks Stanley Lambchop, an all-American boy, to be his ambassador.
17) Mostly harmless
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English
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Arthur Dent hadn't had a day as bad as this since the Earth had been blown up. Depressed and alone, Arthur finally settles on the small planet Lamuella and becomes a sandwich maker. Looking forward to a quiet life, his plans are thrown awry by the unexpected arrival of his daughter. There's nothing worse than a frustrated teenager with a copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in their hands. When she runs away, Arthur goes after her determined...
18) Babylon's ashes
Author
Series
Expanse volume 6
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The Free Navy--a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships--has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them. James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone. Outnumbered and outgunned,...
19) Chindi
Author
Series
Priscilla Hutchins series volume 3
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
When someone--or something--leaves a series of mysterious satellites orbiting around diverse planets in the galaxy, a crew sets out to uncover the origins of the satellites and their potential danger to humankind.
20) Schild's ladder
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Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
The Age of Death ended countless millennia ago. No longer burdened by limited lifespans, the immortal humans who populate inhabited space now have the luxury to travel vast distances effortlessly and to tinker with the intricate mechanics of spacetime.
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