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The Champion by Scott Sigler
12 ratingsTHE CHAMPION is the fifth book in the Galactic Football League series.Seven centuries in the future, the sport of American football has never been bigger, never been faster, never been more lethal. Trillions of fans from all over the galaxy watch six unique races battle in contests so violent that deaths are part of the stat sheet... -
![Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr
10 ratingsThe Origin Series is empire building at its finest, with 100 episodes and over 2.5 million words in the military science fiction serial detailing the rise of Star Force from corporate entity into an interstellar empire over the course of more than a millennium...Categorized as:
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![Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven by Larry Niven, Rick Sternbach]()
Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven by Larry Niven, Rick Sternbach
19 ratingsRanging from the 20th Century to the 31st, these interconnected stories trace Man's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy...Becalmed in hellHowie's spaceship had a malfunction...but it might be only psychosomatic!Wait it outHe was trapped on Pluto...and all his assets were frozen!The borderland of SolForward possessed the ultimate weapon..Categorized as:
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![Space Rogues 2: Big Ship, Lots of Guns by John Wilker]()
Space Rogues 2: Big Ship, Lots of Guns by John Wilker
6 ratingsPreviously, on Space Rogues...Thanks to an intergalactic crime boss and all around horrible being, Xarrix, there's a price on the crews' heads, no good deed goes unpunished, as they say.What do you do to keep food on the table and fuel in the tank? Take jobs as privateers of course.This page-turning adventure kicks off with Zephyr answering a call from an old friend... -
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![Prelude to War by T.R. Harris]()
Prelude to War by T.R. Harris
6 ratingsThe gang is back, and this time pitted against the most-dangerous enemy the galaxy has ever faced. Among the challenges our heroic trio encounters are a five-thousand-year-old mutant genius and a one-trillion-strong race of ravenous trans-dimensional invaders... -
![Inheritance by Jennifer Foehner Wells]()
Inheritance by Jennifer Foehner Wells
14 ratingsDarcy has a ten-thousand-year-old secret buried in her genetic code. As a second year medical student, her life revolves around classes, studying, and her boyfriend Adam—until she treks through the desert, touches some mysterious stacked stones, and a network of glowing blue lines radiates under her skin. Then she saw the spaceship. And it was coming for her... -
![Hiding by Viola Grace]()
Hiding by Viola Grace
6 ratingsMaking herself unseen was Daphne’s skill until a forest encounter made her want to be noticed by the new Ambassador of the Nine. Daphne has spent her adult life since the Tokkel invasion fighting for jobs to support herself. With her parents dead, her family consists of one... -
![Broken Glass by John Hindmarsh]()
Broken Glass by John Hindmarsh
6 ratingsSteg de Coeur, his family murdered to further an armed takeover of Homeworld by the House of Aluta, flees to space just ahead of corporate mercenaries and warrants issued for his arrest for treason against the Empire. Adventures follow as his ability to link with computers develops, in emulation of the Acolytes who attend the mysterious Glass Complex of Homeworld... -
![Designing by Viola Grace]()
Designing by Viola Grace
6 ratingsA reclusive inventor meets a man who will give her wings. Well, he will let her use his.Ula has hidden from her own people in an effort to cease pressure from local government to create weapons against the Nine. When a man with wings comes knocking, she slams the door in his face... -
![Imperial Guard by Viola Grace]()
Imperial Guard by Viola Grace
6 ratingsDealing with the family who refused to let her bury her father is difficult, but Isabi keeps her grounded as she fights for the survival of her estranged family.� In the mean time, Isaro, Isabi's sister, is with them using her appearance altering skills to forward the work of the Sector Guard... -
![Summoning Light by Jeanne Cavelos, J. Michael Straczynski]()
Summoning Light by Jeanne Cavelos, J. Michael Straczynski
8 ratingsThe explosive space epic continues, as the techno-mages come face-to-face with the devastating evil of the Shadows . . . War against the Shadows is inevitable, and the ruling Circle has ordered the techno-mages into hiding. Many are unhappy with this decision--none more so than Galen, the only mage who has faced the Shadows and lived... -
![Out of the Darkness by Peter David, J. Michael Straczynski]()
Out of the Darkness by Peter David, J. Michael Straczynski
8 ratingsCentauri Prime declares war on the Interstellar Alliance in Book Three of the epic trilogy that continues Babylon 5's brilliant legacy . . .Blind to the fact that he is a pawn in the Drakh's deadly strategy, Centauri prime minister Durla launches an overwhelming blitzkrieg, sending Centauri warships to devastate other races' homeworlds and pave the way for total conquest... -
![Swallow the Sky: A Space Opera by Chris Mead]()
Swallow the Sky: A Space Opera by Chris Mead
8 ratingsNEW EDITION - August 2015. Professionally edited and proofed..Swallow the Sky embodies the essence of classic science fiction: real science, adventure, high spirits, and above all, a sense of wonder.Galactic culture is still reverberating from the nanotech disaster that destroyed Earth... -
![The Apex Predator by T.R. Harris]()
The Apex Predator by T.R. Harris
8 ratingsThe Apex Predator … The Human Chronicles Saga Part Two Book 2 of 3 In this alien universe, Humans are the Supermen – stronger, faster and more coordinated than nearly all the other aliens in the galaxy. It’s this unique concept that has made The Human Chronicles Saga one of the most-popular science fiction series on the market today... -
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![Wanderer: Origins by Simon Goodson]()
Wanderer: Origins by Simon Goodson
8 ratingsHunted by a powerful Imperial fleet, his friends infected by the Taint, Jess has only one place to turn — the homeworld of his amazing ship, the Wanderer.But his journey will reveal the origins of far more than just the Wanderer, and both the Empire and the Taint will be ready to pounce at any moment... -
![Star Surgeon by James White]()
Star Surgeon by James White
10 ratingsThis is the second installment of the Sector General series, about a huge multi-species hospital on the edges of the galaxy. Sector General is a hospital station -- a place where all kinds of patients and medics from all worlds are welcome... -
![Wanderer - Tainted Universe by Simon Goodson]()
Wanderer - Tainted Universe by Simon Goodson
8 ratingsDoing the right thing can bring the wrong type of attention. Now the Empire knows the amazing things the Wanderer is capable of, they want the ship for themselves. As powerful as the Wanderer is it is no match for the imperial fleet that seeks to capture it. Jess has only one option – run...Categorized as:
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![The Human Division Extras by John Scalzi]()
The Human Division Extras by John Scalzi
8 ratingsContains:- After the Coup (2008)- Hafte Sorvalh Eats a Churro and Speaks to the Youth of Today... -
![The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir by Karin Tidbeck]()
The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir by Karin Tidbeck
7 ratingsAward-winning author Karin Tidbeck presents a science fiction adventure of a mysterious spaceship on an interstellar voyage in The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir.Life on the transdimensional ship Skidbladnir is a strange one. The new janitor, Saga, finds herself in the company of an officious steward-bird, a surly and mysterious engineer, and the shadowy Captain... -
![The Shattered Sphere by Roger MacBride Allen]()
The Shattered Sphere by Roger MacBride Allen
6 ratingsStriving to retrieve a stolen planet Earth and restore it to its proper solar system, an unlikely band of human scientists, dictators, and professional troublemakers face two enemies in the powerful Charonians and the mysterious Adversary. Reprint... -
![Seeing by Viola Grace]()
Seeing by Viola Grace
6 ratingsSeeing while her eyes are tied is a blessing and a burden. She is obsessed and determined to find those who have been lost. Vida has been looking for her parents since the Tokkel took them six years ago. Her sister has given up on her obsession and removed herself from the pain of her twin’s hunt... -
![The Genocidal Healer by James White]()
The Genocidal Healer by James White
6 ratingsPhysician, heal thyselfSurgeon-Captain Lioren of the Monitor Corps was a hard-driving perfectionist who expected the same high standards to be met by all who worked with him. But while on a First Contact mission on the planet Cromsag, where plague had reduced a peaceful civilization to barbarism and war, Lioren's perfection was his undoing... -
![Mid-Flinx by Alan Dean Foster]()
Mid-Flinx by Alan Dean Foster
16 ratingsPip and Flinx meet Midworld!Where Flinx and his flying minidrag Pip went, trouble always followed--that law had governed their lives through years of unsought danger and galactic intrigue. Now an evil rich man was out to kidnap the minidrag for his personal zoo, and Flinx and Pip were on the run again--this time into uncharted space, on a random course they hoped would foil their pursuers... -
![The Knights of the Black Earth by Margaret Weis, Don Perrin]()
The Knights of the Black Earth by Margaret Weis, Don Perrin
8 ratingsXris, Mag Force 7's cyborg leader, burns with a personal vendetta against the traitor who made him part machine. Now, revenge is at hand. There's just one problem--the Knights of the Black Earth, a deadly fanatical group bent on assassinating the King and throwing the galaxy into chaos. Xris and Mag Force 7 must now join forces with the enemy to battle this devastating threat... -
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![Secret of the Lost Race by Andre Norton]()
Secret of the Lost Race by Andre Norton
6 ratingsThe Constellation of the Wolf was an area of the galaxy few spacemen wanted to visit, for its sparse worlds were home only to the outcasts of the civilized worlds. But now it had been learned that there was one among its runaway refugees who was more than just a misfit—one who was a definite danger to all humanity... -
![A Miracle of Rare Design by Mike Resnick]()
A Miracle of Rare Design by Mike Resnick
6 ratingsOn the planet called Medina, Xavier William Lennox met with disaster. Lennox became fascinated by the secretive golden-skinned natives of Medina. But on his first visit, he was caught by a high priest while spying on a sacred ritual in a village forbidden to all aliens. Now, Lennox is determined to find out what the aliens want so much to hide... -
![Man-Kzin Wars XIV by Larry Niven]()
Man-Kzin Wars XIV by Larry Niven
6 ratingsThe perennially best-selling series set in Larry Niven’s Man-Kzin universe continues with entry #14 including hard-hitting and thought-inducing tales from a host of talented contributors Hal Colebatch, Matthew Joseph Harrington, Alex Hernandez, Jessica Q. Fox, and more... -
![Crystalline Space by A.K. DuBoff]()
Crystalline Space by A.K. DuBoff
6 ratingsA Space Fantasy Sci-Fi Adventure"Do-overs" are possible.The crystalline network allows reality to be reset to past moments in time…After a routine reset on her homeworld, Elle Hartmut instead awakens on a spaceship. Her body is different, she has new magical abilities, and she’s told that the fate of known civilization is in her hands.An alien Darkness is corrupting entire worlds...Categorized as:
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![Sister Alice by Robert Reed]()
Sister Alice by Robert Reed
6 ratings"An epic tale of visionary futures and scientific speculation."--Library JournalMillions of years from now, humanity will be on the brink of self-destruction. The world's great leaders have created an elite group who, by their superior wisdom and abilities, keep the peace, maintain progress, and otherwise safeguard humanity's future... -
![Dead End by Chris Wraight]()
Dead End by Chris Wraight
6 ratingsDr. Rodney McKay must try and rescue his friends who are stranded on an icy world on the edge of the Pegasus Galaxy... -
![Стеклянное море by Sergei Lukyanenko, Сергей Лукьяненко]()
Стеклянное море by Sergei Lukyanenko, Сергей Лукьяненко
6 ratingsТретья книга лучшей российской «космической оперы»!Увлекательная история землянина, заброшенного в глубины космоса и возглавившего галактическую войну!История, в которой есть место для всего, что только может быть создано фантазией в свободном полете, – бластеров и звездолетов, странных союзников и необыкновенных врагов, вампиров, что не прячут своих клыков, и атомарных мечей, что острее косы... -
![Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue by Hugh Howey]()
Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue by Hugh Howey
18 ratingsWhen Molly gets kicked out of the Naval Academy, she loses more than just another home, she loses the only two things that truly matter: flying in space and her training partner, Cole. A dull future seems to await, until a marvelous discovery changes everything. Her father's old starship, missing for a decade, turns up halfway across the galaxy... -
![Ensign Flandry by Poul Anderson]()
Ensign Flandry by Poul Anderson
14 ratingsIntroducing...Dominic Flandry.Before he's through he'll have saved worlds and become the confidante of emperors. But for now he's seventeen years old, as fresh and brash a sprig of the nobility as you would care to know. The only thing as damp as the place behind his ears is the ink on his brand-new commission... -
![Treaty at Doona by Anne McCaffrey, Jody Lynn Nye]()
Treaty at Doona by Anne McCaffrey, Jody Lynn Nye
14 ratingsThe peace between humans and cat-like aliens on the unspoiled planet Doona has been hard won. Now a new race of aliens arrives, bringing with them promises of new technology and trade. But the devastating accusation that these newcomers once destroyed life on another planet puts the residents of Doona in peril... -
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![The Forgotten Engineer by T.S. Paul]()
The Forgotten Engineer by T.S. Paul
10 ratingsHas an alternate cover.Ensign Athena Lee was on her first engineering assignment. She was helping to build a secret space station. There was a war on and this new station was vital. When the engineering fleet was attacked and destroyed she was left lost and alone. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. She was going to have to Engineer her way home... -
![Diuturnity's Dawn by Alan Dean Foster]()
Diuturnity's Dawn by Alan Dean Foster
8 ratingsIn the climactic third novel of the Founding of the Commonwealth, bestselling author Alan Dean Foster continues the spectacular space adventure that traces the perilous early years of this remarkable universe. . . . From the beginning, contact between humankind and the thranx has been tenuous at best... -
![The Run to Chaos Keep by Jack L. Chalker]()
The Run to Chaos Keep by Jack L. Chalker
8 ratingsMany different beings in the galaxy shared one legend: demons. When an expedition to an unexplored planet discovered two gigantic horned creatures in suspended animation, they realized, just before dying horribly, the truth behind the legend... -
![Becoming Alien by Rebecca Ore]()
Becoming Alien by Rebecca Ore
6 ratings16-year old boy finds an alien crash-landed on a farm and ends up being recruited to join the Federation of Sapients - and adventuring out among the stars.First book of a trilogy, although ends in a way that does not require continuation to the other books. Sequels are "Being Human" and "Human to Human". Finalist for the 1989 Philip K. Dick Award. Nominated for the John W. Campbell Award... -
![Lodestar by Michael Flynn]()
Lodestar by Michael Flynn
6 ratingsIn the early years of the twenty-first century, humanity has progressed into space, having established a permanent presence with LEO (Low Earth Orbit) Station. Science and commerce in space are booming and humanity's future looks bright. But one man's desire for vindication and revenge could end it all... -
![Annihilation Aria by Michael R. Underwood]()
Annihilation Aria by Michael R. Underwood
6 ratingsAn exuberant space opera that dares us to lose ourselves in battle songs and nonstop action!A woman who can wield a weapon like a song and her voice like a weapon. A man who can out-think any problem. A pilot who can outmaneuver the best of them. Lahra, Max, and Wheel live and work aboard the Kettle, salvaging artifacts from dangerous galactic ruins to keep scraping by... -
![Galactic Empires 1 by Brian W. Aldiss]()
Galactic Empires 1 by Brian W. Aldiss
6 ratingsBeen a Long Time (Lafferty), The Possessed (Clarke), Protected Psecies (Fyfe), All the Way Back (Shaara), The Star Plunderer (Anderson), Foundation (Asimov), We're Civilized! (Clifton and Apostolides), The Crime and Glory of Commander Suzdal (Smith), The Rebel of Valkyr (Coppel), Brightness Falls from the Air (Seabright), Immigrant (Simak), Resident Physician (James White), Age of Retirement... -
![Limits by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle]()
Limits by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
12 ratings• The Lion in His Attic - (1982)• Spirals - (1979) - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle• A Teardrop Falls - (1983)• Talisman - (1981) - Larry Niven and Dian Girard• Flare Time - (1978)• The Locusts - (1979) - Larry Niven and Steven Barnes• Yet Another Modest Proposal: Roentgen Standard - (1984)• Folk Tale - (1984)• The Green Marauder - (1980)• War Movie - (1981)• The Real Thing - (1982)• Limits -... -
![Drowning World by Alan Dean Foster]()
Drowning World by Alan Dean Foster
8 ratings"A fast, fun read for fans of Foster's fantastic alien worlds . . . Driven by political intrigue and wilderness adventure, this is SF of noble vintage."--Booklist Fluva, the Drowning World, is a rain-drenched planet on the fringes of the Commonwealth whose indigenous species, the warlike Sakuntala, and its immigrant species, the hardworking Deyzara, stand on the brink of civil war... -
![Caretaker by L.A. Graf, Michael Piller]()
Caretaker by L.A. Graf, Michael Piller
13 ratingsMore than any other television show, more than any other motion picture series, Star Trek has for nearly thirty years been the most popular space adventures of all time. Now Star Trek: Voyager joins Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as the newest star in the ever expanding Star Trek universe... -
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![Star Trek 2 by James Blish]()
Star Trek 2 by James Blish
12 ratingsStar Trek 2Includes eight novelizations:ArenaA Taste of ArmageddonTomorrow Is YesterdayErrand of MercyCourt MartialOperation - Annihilate!The City on the Edge of ForeverSpace...Categorized as:
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![Alien Hunters by Daniel Arenson]()
Alien Hunters by Daniel Arenson
12 ratingsGot trouble with aliens? Call the Alien Hunters. A group of scruffy mercenaries, the Alien Hunters travel the galaxy in their starship, a mechanical dragon that spits out plasma like dragonfire. If an alien has invaded your space station, asteroid mine, or lunar colony, the Alien Hunters will remove the pest for you. Low rates. No questions asked...Categorized as:
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![Caretaker by L.A. Graf, Michael Piller]()
Caretaker by L.A. Graf, Michael Piller
12 ratingsCaptain Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the Starship Voyager are transported by alien technology to the other side of the galaxy, years away from the Federation and everything they call home. There an enigmatic being known as the Caretaker kidnaps two crew members and transports them to a people known as the Ocampa... -
![Hestia by C.J. Cherryh]()
Hestia by C.J. Cherryh
9 ratingsDAW paperback original, one of several later printings (see individual listings). An early (1979) Cherryh novel about colonists on an alien world and their interactions with the catlike natives, centering on a young engineer sent to solve the colonists' problems, and his relationship with one of the natives... -
![Voyage To The City Of The Dead by Alan Dean Foster]()
Voyage To The City Of The Dead by Alan Dean Foster
8 ratingsIrritating Horseye!Many worlds of the Humanx Commonwealth boasted of "natural wonders" but Horseye was truly unique -- the planet had the most spectacular river valley anywhere in the known universe and was home to three alien cultures... -
![The Unreasoning Mask by Philip José Farmer]()
The Unreasoning Mask by Philip José Farmer
8 ratingsIt is capable of alaraf drive: instantaneous travel between two points of space. Three of these special ships were built to explore and make contact with the many sentient races inhabiting the universe. Suddenly, one of the ships mysteriously disappears...
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