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1) In ascension
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"Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, traveling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, Leigh joins the exploration team, hoping to find evidence of Earth's first life forms--what she instead finds calls into question everything we know about our...
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A two-person crew embark on a mind-bending deep space mission inside a living wormship capable of burrowing through space. What lies on the other end is unknown-as is what they will do once they get there.
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4) Starship-101
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Starship-101 successfully landed on Proxima Centauri-b about twenty years ago, marking humanity's first interstellar settlement. But with radio messages taking over four years to traverse the vast darkness of space, this fledgling colony has been isolated from Earth. Enter the Clason twins – Tarvin and Harden – the galaxy's preeminent Superposition Navigators. These brothers can bend the quantum space-time continuum to their will, instantaneously...
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After a cataclysmic battle, the interconnected galaxies enter a new era of healing and rebuilding. Communities band together to offer support and solace to survivors and refugees. Whispers spread of a phenomenon where deceased souls find new life within the interconnected galaxies. However, danger looms as malevolent entities seek to exploit this source of life. Commander Valen vows to protect the interconnected galaxies from darkness. The survivors...
6) Captain Nemo
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Plunge into the abyss with the undisputed master of exploration.The captain of the Nautilus is a man beset by legends, misunderstandings and mystery. How much do we really know of this man, and how much more is there to know?In this novel from J. Dharma Windham, dive into the enigmatic past of Captain Nemo, explorer, scientist and adventurer. Learn how the events from his past shaped him, and how his journey came to change the world.Read it today!...
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For over a decade, the Bards and Sages Quarterly has been a showcase for both new and established authors to share their speculative works. The short stories presented in each issue serve as a delightful sampler of the speculative genres. Whether your preference is sword and sorcery, time-travel, space exploration, gothic horror, urban fantasy, or any of the speculative genres, you are sure to find something to love in the pages of this magazine....
9) Body Memory
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He remembers her. Her touch, her scent, the way her glance could make his heart race. His very body remembers her though she is long gone.Until his job began to grind it away, one small memory at a time.
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Roaring Brook Press
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2024.
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"DIVE! is a fascinating introduction to the comprehensive, world history of diving by award-winning artist Chris Gall. How do you breathe underwater? What tools can we use to go deeper and deeper into the oceans? And...what's down there? Two-thirds of our Earth is covered in ocean, yet only 5% of it has been explored. DIVE deep into our long history of sea exploration to learn why, how, and when humans have dived, and uncover our biggest questions...
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Sterling Children's Books
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[2021]
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"Ride along with the New Horizons spacecraft as she rockets three billion miles to Pluto! Watch her take the first close-up photos of Pluto, and then journey another billion miles to mini-world Arrokoth. You'll whiz through space at more than 10 miles per second; learn how giant planet Jupiter helped the little spacecraft reach Pluto; and discover the astonishing surface feature that made the world fall in love with Pluto"--
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H-ector the robot lives on a spaceship with other robots and people. Every one on the spaceship seems to have an important job. Except for H-ector the round rolling robot. And he messes up all the jobs he tries! Join H-ector as he looks for his purpose in the stars. This science fiction picture book is great for elementary school kids learning about their strengths.
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When it comes to her crew, Captain Jamila Warwick strives to maintain strict separation between the personal and the professional. Commanding a deep space science vessel does not allow for anything in between. But where comms specialist Aida de Luca is concerned, those lines have begun to blur.An impossible ship, abandoned in an empty asteroid field, should be the discovery of a lifetime. The vessel is like nothing Warwick's team has ever encountered....
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"Exploring Time Travel: Unmasking Time's Hidden Potentials" by Peter Kattan takes readers on a captivating journey through the enigmatic realms of time. With a keen eye for unraveling the mysteries of temporal manipulation, Kattan delves into the depths of Time's Secret Potential, guiding readers through the intricacies of navigating Temporal Realms and confronting the ethical dilemmas inherent in Time Travel. From Problem-Solving through Time Travel...
15) Colossus
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"...a spine-tingling sf novel certain to wow readers who want to explore sentient AI, parallel universes, paranoia, and sustaining human consciousness for generations to come." - Booklist
For fans of psychological SF novels like THE GONE WORLD and SIX WAKES
Economics professor Clay West has always explained the world through the lens of his profession. But after his girlfriend Karla takes Dying Wish-a drug that supposedly reveals the nature of...
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Mutiny aboard a highly advanced starship leads to a self-aware vessel fighting for more than victory. A struggling artist finds inspiration at a mental health institution, yet one patient becomes a muse like no other. First contact pits a starship crew against each other and their own fears. A young girl uses magic to find her father, who has seemingly become lost in a distant war. This collection of short stories spans more than a decade of Kenneth...
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Time is my favorite topic. I always wanted to write a book about time. Finally I decided to write one designed for children. This is not a book that teaches your child how to tell the time. There are numerous such books on the market. This book is different. Basically the book delves into the nature of time. The book was designed such that it includes facts, musings, and speculations about time. These are written in a very simplified form suitable...
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The young and adventurous Axton Monroe received an old paper journal the night before landing on the alien planet of Yunta.The settlers of Yunta will have to rely on countless old tools to survival. Especially the local forest.But the forest has its own opinion about the new colony!If you enjoy exploration science fiction short stories from a unique point of view you'll love Faces in the Trees.First published in Path of the Bearers and Other Stories....
19) Orb Hunters
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First, the gods abandoned the universe. Then, the champions and demigods waged war. Now, Kova has stumbled into the chaos, and she's far out of her depth.When a black orb arrives on Kova's planet, it throws her structured and predictable life into disarray. Then her untamable twin Rosi disappears, leaving behind a cryptic invitation to show Kova something extraordinary . . . if Kova can only find her.For years, Kova grieves Rosi's absence and unsolved...
20) The Flightline
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Follow the military career path of Max Morgan, an Avionics Troop performing maintenance on bombers and cargo ships. See all the struggles, shenanigans and memories as all his fellow maintainers attempt to succeed on the Flightline. Feeling trapped on a space station far from home, they do all they can to maintain the spaceships and endure the insanity of it all. Experience the madness of roll-calls, redballs and deployments to foreign moons. No career...
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