Hughes, Rian
Summary: At Jodrell Band in England Observatory in England, a radio telescope has detected a mysterious signal of extraterrestrial origin--a message that may be the first communication from an interstellar civilization. Has humanity made first contact? Is the signal itself a form of alien life? Could it be a threat? If so, how will the people of Earth respond? Jack Fenwick, artificial intelligence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Overlook Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUGChupeco, Rin
Summary: Tea's gift for death magic means that she is a bone witch, a title that makes her feared and ostracized by her community, but when an older bone witch trains her to become an asha--one who can wield elemental magic--Tea will have to overcome her obstacles and make a powerful choice in the face of danger as dark forces approach.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2017
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Summary: Tea's life, and the fate of the kingdoms, hang in the balance as the Dark grows in her day by day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fantasy Chupeco 2019Schaefer, Elizabeth
Summary: When Supreme Leader Snoke tries to seize military control of the galaxy, it's up to General Leia Organa's small band of Resistance fighters to stand up against the rising tyranny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Lucasfilm Press 2018
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Summary: Mankind encounters conflicts among the inhabitants of the universe, as brave individuals prepare to journey into the boiling inferno of the sun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1990
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Summary: The starship Streaker is still on the run with its dangerous cargo of ancient artifacts when the prophesied Time of Changes rocks the galaxy. As each race battles for control and chaos reigns, the truth about the Five Galaxies and The Progenitors finally comes to light.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 1999
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Summary: An alliance between the formerly warring enemy races of Jijo is tested by the arrival of starship technology, and various grudges and criminal acts threaten one of the planet's races with genocide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1997
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Summary: After a limited but devastating war the handful of Americans who remain struggle to survive. One such man borrows the jacket of a dead postal worker to keep warm. He finds the old worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope of an age now gone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1985
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Summary: Darth Vader may have been redeemed and the Emperor vanquished, but peace can be fleeting, and evil does not easily relent. Yet the simple belief in good can still empower ordinary individuals to rise and meet the greatest challenges. So return to that galaxy far, far away, and prepare yourself for what happens when the Force awakens....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2015
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Summary: "Unlikely duo Pip and Flinx return to right another wrong in this all-new sci-fi adventure from one of the genre's living legends. Fans of fun, fast-paced, imaginative science fiction adventure, rejoice! #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster returns to his much-loved Commonwealth series with a new novel starring the indefatigable Flinx and his venomous minidrag, Pip. Facing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2017
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Summary: "In order to reclaim her throne and save her people, an ousted queen must join forces with a young warrior in the second book of this must-read epic fantasy series by breakout author Evan Winter. Tau and his Queen, desperate to delay the impending attack on the capital by the indigenous people of Xidda, craft a dangerous plan. If Tau succeeds, the Queen will have the time she needs to assemble...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2020
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Summary: "The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world's great anti-war books. An American classic and one of the world's seminal antiwar books, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five is faithfully presented in graphic novel form for the first time from Eisner Award-winning writer Ryan North (How to Invent Everything: A Survival...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archaia 2020
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Summary: "Set in near-future America, The School for Good Mothers introduces readers to a government-run reform program where bad mothers are retrained using robot doll children with artificial intelligence. Protagonist Frida Liu, a 39-year-old Chinese-American single mother in Philadelphia, loses custody of her 18-month-old daughter, Harriet, after she leaves Harriet home alone for two hours on one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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Summary: The conclusion of the Taken Trilogy continues the space adventures of successful commodities broker-turned-alien abductee Marcus Walker and his talking canine companion, George.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2005
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Summary: Flinx is the only one with even the tiniest chance of stopping the evil colossus barreling in to destroy the Humanx Commonwealth (and everything else in the Milky Way). With time running out, he must seek out an ancient sentient weapons platform, dodge oblivion-craving assassins, and escape the bloodthirsty AAnn--all while venturing to places where the laws of physics fear to tread!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2009
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Summary: In the penultimate volume in the long-running science fiction series featuring the interstellar adventures of Flinx and his mini-drag sidekick Pip, Philip Lynx finally gets the chance to uncover the true identity of his father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2007
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Summary: "The last known human searches the galaxy for companionship in a new adventure novel from the legendary author of the Pip & Flinx series. Ruslan is the last surviving human being in the entire universe. Saved by a species of friendly aliens, Ruslan is forced to live life as an artifact of history, paying a lonely homage to a once-proud race that spanned the stars. Now, with the weight of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2018
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Summary: In this alternate version of the 1950s, after the Axis powers win World War II, Yael, a Jewish skinshifter, fails in her mission to kill Hitler and finds herself being hunted while trying to finish what she started.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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Summary: Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time-traveling Recorder from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in Rome in 95 AD, Far's birth defies the laws of nature. Exploring history himself is all he's ever wanted, and after failing his final time-traveling exam, Far takes a position commanding a ship with a crew of his friends as part of a black market operation to steal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Contents: For love of Mother-Not -- The Tar-Aiym Krang -- Orphan star.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SFBC 2007
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Summary: Sent on an exploratory expedition to a distant planetary system outside the Commonwealth, an AI probe is stunned by the sudden materialization of an entirely new planet known as Quofum, populated by extraordinary inhabitants whose intentions are quite mysterious, in an interstellar adventure set in the world of PIP and Flinx.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOR 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2003