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Bed and breakfast accommodations Fiction Extraterrestrial beings Fiction Government, Resistance to Fiction Human-alien encounters Fiction Imaginary wars and battles Fiction Life on other planets Fiction Science fiction Space colonies Fiction Space warfare Fiction Vacations FictionSmith, Clete Barrett.
Summary: Unhappy at being sent to stay with his grandmother at the inn she operates, The Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast, Scrub discovers that each room is actually a portal to space and the inn's visitors are aliens who are vacationing on Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion Books 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Book Club Kit, Call number: YOUTH BOOK CLUB KIT FIC SMISmith, Clete Barrett.
Summary: Unhappy at being sent to stay with his grandmother at the inn she operates, The Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast, Scrub discovers that each room is actually a portal to space and the inn's visitors are aliens who are vacationing on Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SMIRusch, Kristine Kathryn.
Summary: When Boss learns of mysterious deaths on a planet in the Enterran Empire, she suspects steam tech may be the cause. Venturing to the city of Vaycehn to investigate the mysterious "death holes" that explode in the city randomly, Boss and her team find more answers than they seek, as well as something that will change not only their lives, but the universe as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyr 2011
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Summary: It has been two years since the starship Phoenix left Alpha Station on a rescue mission to a faraway sector of space where over four thousand human spacers were under attack by a hostile alien race. Now, the Phoenix is almost home, having successfully rescued the stranded colonists through the combined negotiating talents of Bren Cameron-brilliant human paidhi to the atevi court, currently...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHECherryh, C. J.
Summary: When the unexpected return of the Phoenix opens up the possibility of space travel to the atevi, Bren Cameron, a human trained in the art of atevi relations, is assigned to handle the delicate negotiations between humans and aliens. Trouble arises, however, from a third species whose presence may spark a three-sided conflagration unless Cameron succeeds in his difficult task.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHEHuff, Tanya.
Summary: Jumping at the chance to go to Crucible, the Marine Corps training planet, to work with Major Svensson, Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr finds herself caught in a desperate fight for survival when someone begins attacking the training scenarios.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUFBentley, C. F.
Summary: The world of Harmony, along with its close-knit colony planets, long ago isolated itself from the rest of the universe. But in a universe where the human-based Confederate Star System fleet finds itself hard-pressed to stand against ever-increasing attacks by the alien Marillon Empire, the Harmonic Empire cannot be left alone. For if the CSS cannot win an alliance with Harmony, the Marils will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daw Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENCherryh, C. J.
Summary: While the world of the atevi fragments into two antagonistic political camps, eight-year-old Cajeiri, the heir of Tabini-aiji--and the first atevi to have an understanding of the humans--becomes a target for those who oppose his father's rule.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books, Inc. 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHECherryh, C. J.
Summary: Exhausted from a two-year rescue mission to a distant sector of space, and with resources strained by four thousand extra mouths to feed, the crew of the starship Phoenix yearns for the luxuries of home. But when the ship makes the final jump into atevi space, they learn the worst: supplies to their home station have been cut off; civil war has broken out on the atevi mainland; the powerful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHEBrody, Jessica
Summary: "This sweeping reimagining of Les Misérables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together amidst the looming threat of revolution on the French planet-colony of Laterre"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BROBennett, Robert Jackson
Summary: Revenge. It's something Sigrud je Harkvaldsson is very, very good at. Maybe the only thing. So when he learns that his oldest friend and ally, former Prime Minister Shara Komayd, has been assassinated, he knows exactly what to do--and that no mortal force can stop him from meting out the suffering Shara's killers deserve. Yet as Sigrud pursues his quarry with his customary terrifying...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2017
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1 available in Adult- Fantasy, Call number: Fantasy Bennett 2017Ringo, John
Summary: Hero Troy Vernon wages war against the Horvath, Earth's alien conquerors, determined to free his enslaved world and to take the first steps into space using off-world technologies. If he succeeds, his ultimate plans will lead to the creation of Troy, a thousand trillion ton battlestation designed to secure the solar system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baen Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RINGraham, Heather
Summary: "Alex Chin and Samantha Dixon may have managed to win a major battle against the powerful enemy determined to destroy civilization as we know it. But the war continues, with Alex and Sam embarking on a desperate journey to save mankind, even as their friendship blossoms into something much more. The roadmap for their journey lies in a mysterious book, the language of which has never been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRACherryh, C. J.
Summary: "At last--Cajeiri has his young guests from the starship, three young folk entranced by weather and trees and creatures with minds of their own. It's all he dreamed of ... But now safety is foremost: Cajeiri's grandfather has been assassinated, hostile Assassins Guild invaded Great-uncle's house, and now Bren Cameron, paidhi-aiji, who was sent to keep the aiji's son safe, has more than the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daw Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHECherryh, C. J.
Summary: The civil war among the alien atevi is over-- but peace and tranquility are not in the cards for Bren. Cajeiri, the young son of Tabini-aiai, the ruler, slips away from his bodyguards for an adventure. When rebel clans attack, Bren's pastoral retreat becomes a locked-down fortress.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daw Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHEBolts, Russ
Summary: "Joe and Rob find themselves face to face with the magical Dragon Bots who have invaded their planet. Can they convince the Dragon Bots to become friends, or will the Dragon Bots fry their circuits?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BOLRingo, John
Summary: "With the world consumed by a devastating plague, what was once a band of desperate survivors bobbing on the Atlantic ocean has now become Wolf Squadron, the only hope for the salvation of the human race. Banding together the remains of the US Navy, Wolf Squadron, and its leader Steve Smith, plans to retake the mainland from the infected, starting with North America. The next step: produce a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baen 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RINBradley, Marion Zimmer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRARingo, John
Summary: In the conclusion to the Black Tide Rising series, the Wolf Squadron, its leader Steve Smith and what's left of the U.S. Navy band together to retake the mainland from the infected, while Smith's teenage daughters hold the key to the rebirth of civilization on a devastated planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baen 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RINLiu, Cixin
Summary: "With the scope of Dune and the rousing action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. In Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion--in just four centuries' time. The aliens' human collaborators may have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor, A Tom Doherty Associates Book 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIUDuane, Diane.
Summary: In an increasingly wired and computer-friendly world, massive multiplayer online games have become the ultimate form of entertainment. And the most popular gaming universe of all is Omnitopia, created by genius programmer Dev Logan. For millions of people around the world, Omnitopia is an obsession, a passionate pastime, almost a way of life. But there's a secret to Omnitopia, one that Dev...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daw Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUABrown, Pierce
Summary: For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruction in his wake, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will another legend rise to take his place? Lysander au Lune, the heir in exile, has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BRO PT 1 OF 2Brown, Pierce
Summary: "Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom from the overlords of a brutal elitist future built on lies. Now fully embedded among the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his work to bring down Society from within."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: SF BROBrown, Pierce
Summary: Darrow is a Red, one of a thousand men and women who live in the vast caves beneath the surface of Mars, generations of people who spend their lives toiling to mine the precious elements that will allow the planet to be terraformed. Just knowing that one day people will be able to walk the surface of the planet is enough to justify their sacrifice. The Earth is dying, and Darrow and his people...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2014