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Mitzi leads a quiet life as a professional matchmaker. Her cozy life is turned upside down when she is chosen as the matchmaker for an alien species searching for wives. Naturally, she refuses. Unfortunately, she's having a hard time saying no to the dashingly handsome but domineering alien warrior. Although, he makes her heart flutter, it's a good thing he's not her type.
Jax, captain of the Talzor starship, is ordered to hire a shalhinari, a spiritual...
4443) El artefacto
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El narrador, un profesor de ciencias en la universidad, es un ciborg, tiene un brazo inteligente. Desde esta experiencia, interpreta la realidad de la computación y en general, los límites de la inteligencia humana. Sus teorías se entremezclan con una investigación: la naturaleza de un artefacto que aparece en el pliegue de un cerebro registrado en un TAC.
Se trata de una novela de Ciencia Ficción, quizás en la categoría de Cyberpunk, escrita...
4444) The Compound
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A deadly pandemic has ravaged Society. P3264 has been ruthless and leaves anyone exposed dead or always contagious. The children who showed a resistance to the disease over twenty years ago have been isolated in the Contagion Compound to prevent further spread. While Jayr Lenus, the doctor assigned to find a cure, works tirelessly to free them, most of Society is ready to move on, leaving the now grown children confined to perform menial tasks to...
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Tras haber caído en una trampa y ser acusada de un crimen que no cometió, Jessica se ofrece voluntariamente para participar en el Programa de Novias Interestelares con el fin de evitar una larga condena en prisión. La asignan a un príncipe, el heredero al trono del poderoso planeta Prillon, pero su futuro se vuelve incierto cuando el rey de Prillon rechaza la unión.
Cuando su propio padre intenta desterrarlo y negarle su derecho a una compañera,...
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Gunpowder magic, steam-power, adventure, and intrigue...Carrtog, landless third son of Tsingallik and warrior trained in the use of powder magic, intends to make his way as a mercenary for hire. On his travels north, he and his personal guardsman stumble upon the royal christening of an expansion to Cragmor's burgeoning railway -- in this case a gift from the King as a sign of goodwill to the conquered north of old. When the gathered populace prove...
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Why you may ask, is the name of this novel "The Dark Side of the Moon"? The back side of the Moon is not dark, it receives as much sunlight as the front side does. The term "dark" is often used in Science to denote our lack of knowledge, such as in Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Because the moon's front side always faces earth until recently no human has been able to see the Moon's backside. That is until 1979 when the Soviet space probe Luna 3 took...
4448) Portence
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In the final battle to save the Earth, Fae Warrior, Portence Goodeve stands ready to serve Mother Nature. But as she fights for the future of the planet, she's haunted by her past. One near-death experience and a betrayal that goes deep become weapons that could get her killed. Malachi, a cross/breed, half-sorcerer and half-Fae, is back to help fight the Reptile invaders. Once upon a time, his sexy Fae-half stole Portence's heart, breath, and good...
4449) Tomorrow's Sacrifice
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After realizing he let his fears of the 2020 pandemic get the better of him, Jack decided he made a hasty decision when he broke up with Rachel. He needed to find a way to win her back. His cheesy, romantic plan paid off, and Rachel welcomed him with open arms. He swore he would never give into his fears and let her down again. But could he keep that promise?
Jack and Rachel dated for two more years before marrying. Shortly thereafter, he was approached...
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In the fast-paced, tech-heavy future, the team has stolen their greatest prize yet. With the Agency closing in, Dolly calls in help from old friends, some closer than others, and the team gets Will to Bristol's hotel in Morocco. Once they arrive, Bristol switches to party mode, leaving Bits and Dolly to prepare their defenses without disturbing any of the guests. The hotel has a small security team, with little enough experience that it just makes...
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Simon Maccrie continue de multiplier ses interventions magiques durant les concerts d'Arial, mais...
Katia Roe se laisse gagner par la fièvre des vidéoclips, mais...
Même si Nico Wade découvre enfin la véritable identité d'Adrian, réussira-t-il à lui rendre sa mémoire?
Hayden Roe continue de prospecter pour trouver de nouveaux groupes, il commence à ressentir lui-même l'appel de la scène... y résistera-t-il?
4453) Tankers
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Raised in the units, a government housing facility where the surplus population is kept, Lade is trained by his grandfather to be far more than just average. After an attack by an invading alien craft, Lade is found and taken to a military hospital where his uniqueness is discovered. Sent to the SolarCorps academy, he runs afoul of a certain Colonel and winds up condemned to the Tanks, a bio-weapons station where every time the weapon is used against...
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"Electric Resurrection. Born again perfection. The six-zero correction."
For the last decade, Malon Edwards has been spinning out a world where humans have conquered death but still haven't bothered to take care of the living. Where resurrection is the ultimate commodity-if you're rich enough, powerful enough, and white enough to buy in.
If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes and Other Stories collects 10 cyberpunk dispatches, including a brand-new, epic...
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Global warming is very serious, 2021, 2022 have featured extreme weather events, as well as drought/forest fires, water restrictions and the recent October record-breaking heat even lasting several weeks. The issue is so serious, the future of mankind is in jeopardy.
Duncan G. Ewing is in the BA creative writing program at VIU, he has already published 3 other books, My life with Asperger Syndrome, the new intelligence IQ myth, overcoming social...
4456) La bruja del vecindario
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Una bruja maldita es la más solitaria. Excluída por su pequeña comunidad, Henny Wilson lo sabe bastante bien. Sufriendo constantes accidentes, se mantiene alejada de la gente por su propia seguridad. Pero su nuevo vecino, Nathan, tiene otras ideas en mente. Cree que la maldición está solo en su cabeza. Conforme se conocen más y los sentimientos crecen, Nathan jura mostrarle a Henny que no tiene por qué sufrir por más tiempo.
4457) A World Without Men
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In a world where the incubation of men is banned, a brilliant, empathetic scientist rescues an illegal man from his sadistic owner, launching a power struggle between the status quo and the agents of change.
One hundred and fifty years after the incubation of men was banned, Eleanora Duncan stumbles on a shocking secret. A Colony of lower-caste women are incubating baby boys for sale. Owning a man is the ultimate secret status symbol for the...
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Amazing Stories Volume 169 is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are five short stories by different authors: "I Bring Fresh Flowers", by Robert F. Young, "The Small Bears", by Gene L. Henderson, "Down To Earth", by Harry Harrison, "The Smart Ones" by Jack Sharkey and "War In Heaven" by Fletcher Pratt.
4459) Secret Realms
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In the first half of the next century, a band of warriors is raised from infancy in ignorance of the real world, raised in a virtual-reality environment of endless battle where they grow into superb soldiers. But, as war breaks out in the real world between Japan and China, the puppet masters who control their lives tighten the leash. Their virtual scenarios become maps of reality, and their strategies are acted out by real battle units. But Cat,...
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When Gary Jackson, a bright academic student, suffers life changing injuries in a road traffic accident, his world begins to unravel. Having taught himself to lucid dream, he now spends considerable time in bed, living out fantasies in his own mind that he could never experience in the waking world. However, when a relative with dementia claims to have witnessed a murder he committed in a dream, Gary starts to question the nature of reality, and wonders...
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