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Triana Moore, Space Janitor: The Complete Humorous Sci Fi Mystery Series by Julia Huni
10 ratingsCleaning a space station is easy. Staying under the radar? Priceless. Triana Moore programs the robots that clean the glitzy Station Kelly Kornienko. Avoiding the wealthy inhabitants on the upper levels of the station is her number one rule. Well, number two, right after "eat all the chocolate." But when one of her bots finds a dead body, all the rules go out the window... -
Independent Living by E.M. Foner
10 ratingsIn space, nobody can hear retirees complain about the food. What do a group of retirees leaving Earth and a young woman in EarthCent's new witness protection have in common? They're all going to live on Flower, an enormous alien colony vessel employed by Eccentric Enterprises to travel a circuit of far-flung human communities... -
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System Restored by Adam Eccles
6 ratingsDerek Cooper is a retro gamer.His small flat is crammed with old consoles, controllers, accessories and shelves brimming full of old games. Quite an amazing collection, but there's always room for one more, isn't there?1981. The world of arcade games is just coming into its own... -
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The Space Child's Mother Goose by Frederick Winsor
6 ratingsOnly a few years ago (1950s) we walked on solid earth. Today we whirl through space. Space is big. It is not cozy. But with these verses and drawings... cheerfulness breaks in. Suddenly, science seems merry. And space begins, with the rhyme on page 1, to feel a little more like home. A witty collection of 1950's space age poetry accompanied by clever black and white line drawings by Marian Parry... -
The Second Fredric Brown Megapack: 27 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds
6 ratingsFredric Brown (1906-1972) is perhaps best remembered for his use of humor and his mastery of the "short-short" form (these days called flash fiction) -- stories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. (He also wrote excellent short stories and novels... -
Dead Men Scare Me Stupid by John Swartzwelder
6 ratingsOne of a series of comedy science fiction novels featuring slow-witted detective Frank Burly. By John Swartzwelder, the writer of 59 episodes of The Simpsons... -
সায়েন্স ফিকশান সমগ্র ৪ by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
6 ratingsবাংলাদেশ ও বাংলা ভাষার কিংবদন্তী বৈজ্ঞানিক কল্পকাহিনী লেখক মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল- এর আরো ৮ টি বৈজ্ঞানিক কল্পকাহিনী গ্রন্থের সংকলন।*ত্রাতুলের জগৎ*বেজি*ফিনিক্স*সায়রা সায়েন্টিস্ট*সুহানের স্বপ্ন*অবনীল*নায়ীরা*বিজ্ঞানী অনিক... -
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Men In Black by Steve Perry
13 ratingsWhile much of the world waits and watches the skies for signs of alien civilizations, there is a select group of men who know the truth. That alien beings are here--now--walking among us in human form. These men are members of an agency dedicated to tracking and policing the movements of these aliens--a top secret organization known only as...Men in Black... -
A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi, Natalie Metzger
10 ratingsNew York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi gift-wraps fifteen short takes on the holiday season—interviews with holiday notables, “informational” articles about TV specials and Christmas carols, short stories and poems, and even a couple of nods to Thanksgiving and New Year’s—and puts them all into a stocking stuffer-sized package that makes the perfect gift for... -
It Came from the Sky by Chelsea Sedoti
8 ratings"A page-turner as engrossing as any classic Twilight Zone starring two spirited brothers who run circles around the Hardy Boys." - Ben Philippe, Morris Award-winning author of The Field Guide to the North American TeenagerFrom the author of The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett and As You Wish comes the unforgettable story of the one small town's biggest hoax and the two brothers who started it all... -
The Exploding Detective by John Swartzwelder
8 ratingsOne of a series of comedy science fiction novels featuring slow-witted detective Frank Burly. By John Swartzwelder, the author of "The Time Machine Did It", "Double Wonderful", "How I Conquered Your Planet", and 59 episodes of The Simpsons... -
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Rock of Ages by Walter Jon Williams
7 ratingsThe saga of Drake Maijstral, introduced in The Crown Jewels, continues. Drake is the number one rated Allowed Burglar in the Human Constellation, a vast-galaxy spanning confederation that exists side-by-side with the ancient Khosali Empire--but nearly everyone he meets seems to want to challenge him to a duel to the death... -
Deep Space Accountant by Mjke Wood
6 ratingsCould this be the worst job interview in the entire history of the universe? Possibly. So when Elton D Philpotts lands his dream Space Corps accountancy job he can’t help wondering how it happened. And why.Somebody in the Space Corps must need him, and they need him bad.But the work is dull; nothing like the glamour job he expected... -
American Girl on Saturn by Nikki Chartier
16 ratingsThe summer after graduation is supposed to be that first real taste of freedom - but not for eighteen-year-old Chloe Branson. Just as that breeze of freedom is making its way into her galaxy, her secret-service-agent dad drops a meteor-sized bomb of bad news on her and her sisters... -
The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks by Nancy McArthur
12 ratingsThe plant which Michael grows from mail-order seeds develops an appetite for dirty socks. Sloppy Michael and his neatnik brother convince their parents to let them keep the voracious greenery... -
By Any Other Name by Spider Robinson
8 ratingsFROM THE CRIME TO THE RIDICULOUSFrom the offbeat but razor-edged imagination of Spider Robinson: stranded time travelers; squabbling cosmic warriors; reincarnated rock stars; blind starship pilots; monsters both human and alien; tomorrows formed by today's trends -- this Spider weaves a web of wonder.Sound profound? Nah... -
The Leaky Establishment by David Langford
6 ratings_The Leaky Establishment_ is an atomic farce whose author David Langford once worked in the gentle radioactive glow of Britain's nuclear weapons industry, and hilariously satirizes its ghastly bureaucracy from the inside... -
A Company of Stars by Christopher Stasheff
6 ratingsIn the 2700s, two narrators describe the Star Company troupe, taking live New York theater to colony planets. Runaway Ramou Lazarian loves to fight, rescues impresario Horace Burbage. Valdor, rich brother of Horace's pal, Barry Tallendar, funds the trip. Stage designer Merlo finds Captain McLeod and a rocketship. But Elector Rudders wants censorship, orders them stopped... -
The Chicolini Incident by Robert Kroese
6 ratingsInterstellar con artist Rex Nihilo has just hijacked a shipment of five thousand lazepistols, and he needs to unload them fast. When Rex encounters a band of stick-wielding separatists on the planet Chicolini, he thinks he’s found the buyers he’s been looking for... -
Earth Vs. Everybody by John Swartzwelder
6 ratingsOne of a series of comedy science fiction novels featuring slow-witted detective Frank Burly. By John Swartzwelder, the writer of 59 episodes of The Simpsons... -
Under a Pig Tree: A History of the Noble Fruit (A Mixed-Up Book) by Margie Palatini, Chuck Groenink
6 ratingsThe publisher and author of Under a Pig Tree seem to be having communication issues. The author has written a clear, no-nonsense history of figs. But the publisher is sure she meant pigs... -
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Judge Sn Goes Golfing by John Scalzi
10 ratingsJohn Scalzi visits the universe of his bestselling novel The Android's Dream for this exclusive short story, featuring fan favorite character Judge Nugan Bufan Sn -- a brilliant alien jurist whose misanthropy and lack of social graces is matched only by his futile, unrequited for the game of golf... -
Bombardiers by Po Bronson
8 ratingsFrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Should I Do with My Life?, Bombardiers is Po Bronson’s first novel, a devastating satire of the business world told through the lens of a crazed and colorful group of salespeople forced to push increasingly absurd financial products... -
Jack Tumor by Anthony McGowan
6 ratingsHector is being hectored by an unlikely bully: a talking brain tumor. And it’s not just a talking brain tumor. It’s a know-it-all, pain-in-the-arse, jibber-jabbering brain tumor that names itself Jack, and insists on coaching Hector through life even as it’s threatening to take his life away. It’s a pretty good coach, actually... -
Doctor Who: Mad Dogs and Englishmen by Paul Magrs
6 ratings‘Grrrrr.’The greatest book ever written.Professor Reginald Tyler’s The True History of Planets was a twentieth-century classic; an epic of dwarves and swords and wizardry. And definitely no poodles. Or at least there weren’t when the Doctor read it... -
Bacalaureat by Ovidiu Eftimie
6 ratingsO nouă aventură din universul romanului Arhanghelul Raul.Necazurile se țin lanț de subinspectorul Petre Popescu... -
National Lampoon's Doon by Ellis Weiner
6 ratingsNational Lampoon's Doon brings the hottest science fiction phenomenon ever to a new, hysterical foaming head.In a very distant galaxy, far, far away, a plot is brewing as vast and elaborate as the Empire itself.. -
Space Police: Attack of the Mammary Clans by David Blake
6 ratingsIt's the 25th Century, and the President of American has taken over the world.Meanwhile... after a cleaner unplugged his cryogenic freezing machine by accident, Detective Inspector Capstan wakes up to find that he's been in a state of suspended animation for over four hundred years... -
ডক্টর কিজিল by মাশুদুল হক
6 ratingsসদ্য জুওলজিতে মাস্টার্স শেষ করা হাসান ঘটনাক্রমে পরিচিত হয় প্রখ্যাত বিজ্ঞানী ডক্টর কিজিলের সাথে। কিজিল মানুষ হিসেবে অদ্ভূত ও খাপছাড়া, বিপজ্জনকও। কিজিলের রিসার্চ অ্যাসিটেন্ট হিসেবে যোগ দিয়ে হাসানের শুরু হয় সম্পূর্ণ ভিন্ন এক জীবন । সবার চোখের আড়ালে কি ভীষণ সব কাজ করে বেড়াচ্ছেন তিনি সেটা হাসান নিজ চোখে না দেখলে কখনোই বিশ্বাস করতো না।সূচিপত্র -১. কটকট২. অকুলোম্বুষ দ্বীপ৩... -
Doctor Who: Living Legend by Scott Gray
6 ratingsThis is a free promotional audio play released with issue 337 of Doctor Who Magazine.Set after the events of The Chimes of Midnight, The Doctor and Charley have landed in Italy on 11 July 1982. While the Italians are celebrating their Football World Cup championship over West Germany, the Doctor and Charley are tracing "an odd signal"... -
Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol by Jim Krieg
6 ratingsGriff Carver knows a thing or two about fighting crime.No, he cannot be bought. He cannot be frightened. And he will not sleep until justice is served. Because Griff Carver is not just any kid--he's a kid with a badge. And if you are a rule breaker, he's your worst nightmare.Griff might be the newest officer on the Rampart Middle School Patrol Squad, but he's no rookie... -
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Terra! by Stefano Benni
14 ratingsIn the year 2157, during the nuclear winter of six atomic wars, a bizarre collection of irreverent representatives of the remaining superpowers competes in a frenzied space race to reach Terra, the planet that promises the new Eden... -
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman, Dan Santat
20 ratingsDoing homework becomes a thing of the past! Meet the D Squad, a foursome of fifth graders at the Grand Canyon School made up of a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker. They are bound together by one very big secret: the homework machine... -
Specimen 313 by Jeff Strand
10 ratingsA free short story taken straight from the pages of THE MONSTER’S CORNER, an all original anthology from some of today’s hottest supernatural writers, featuring stories from the monster’s point of view.SPECIMEN 313 is the story of a meat-eating plant named Max, surviving in the greenhouse with his mad doctor keeper when he gets a new female neighbor... -
Fat by Rob Grant
10 ratingsRob Grant's new novel is a revelation. After INCOMPETENCE we would all have expected a killingly funny satire. And in its satire of our obsession with body image, of how the media makes us what we are FAT is certainly that... -
Rico Slade Will F*cking Kill You by Bradley N. Sands
8 ratingsWhat the crap is Arnold Schwarzenegger doing on the cover of Rico Slade's book? This is Rico Slade's goddamn book. Rico Slade is not a body builder, an actor, or a governor. Rico Slade is an action hero. Rico Slade doesn't care about the political climate. Rico Slade has an advance degree in badassery. Rico Slade's favorite food is the honey-roasted peanut... -
Access by Andy Weir
8 ratingsOriginal Fiction, Short StoryHolding a cup of coffee in one hand and several folders in the other, he dragged his chair out from behind his desk and plopped down in to it.Sipping the all important morning brew, he opened the first of the folders and read the summary on the front page. It was a minor matter, but something he’d need to deal with eventually... -
Humancorp Incorporated by Andrew Stanek
6 ratingsHumancorp Incorporated is another wacky comedy adventure from author Andrew Stanek. Meet Sean. Sean is the worst employee in the whole world. After being fired, Sean can't find a job and enters a downward spiral. He becomes depressed, turns to drinking, and experiences thoughts of suicide and sociology professorship. Then, an idea dawns on him... -
Killer Diller by Clyde Edgerton
10 ratings"Wonderful...Clyde Edgerton tells us another of his lovely tall tales."LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEWListre, North Carolina, is jumping. The Sears twins, Ted and Ned, who run a Baptist college, have opened Nutrition House for overweight Christians. Meanwhile their Project Promise is busy matching the educationally disadvantaged with wayward youth who want to share their talents... -
The Bend of the World: A Novel by Jacob Bacharach
8 ratings“Mighty strange doings” mark the Pittsburgh of Jacob Bacharach’s audacious and hilarious debut novel, a town where “yeti, UFOs, rumors of orgiastic rites, intimations of the Mayan apocalypse and ‘psycho-temporal distortions’ add that extra zing to the bustling night life” (James Wolcott)... -
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The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak by Brian Katcher
18 ratingsThe Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak is Stonewall Book Award-winning author Brian Katcher’s hilarious he said/she said romance about two teens recovering from heartbreak and discovering themselves on an out-of-this-world accidental first date... -
The Truth about Sharks and Pigeons by Matt Phillips
6 ratingsThe Truth about Sharks and Pigeons has been compared to the work of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and Tom Holt, with just a dash of Dr Dolittle... It’s not paranoia, if they really are out to get you... Bill Posters is an ordinary kind of guy. He’s put a great deal of effort into it... -
You & Me by Padgett Powell
8 ratingsPadgett Powell, author of the acclaimed The Interrogative Mood and “one of the few truly important American writers of our time” (Sam Lipsyte), returns with a hilarious Southern send-up of Samuel Beckett’s classic Waiting for Godot... -
How I Stole Johnny Depp's Alien Girlfriend by Gary Ghislain
10 ratingsDavid Gershwin's summer is about to take a turn for the weird. When his dad's new patient Zelda tells him shes from outer space and on a quest to take Johnny Depp back to her planet, he knows he should run away screaming. But with one look from her mean, green eyes, David's hooked, and soon he's leaping across rooftops, running from police, and stealing cars just to stay by her side... -
Fan Fiction by Brent Spiner, Jeanne Darst
16 ratingsA Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events From Brent Spiner, who played the beloved Lieutenant Commander Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation, comes an explosive and hilarious autobiographical novel. Brent Spiner’s explosive and hilarious novel is a personal look at the slightly askew relationship between a celebrity and his fans... -
Greegs & Ladders by Zack Mitchell, Danny Mendlow
6 ratingsGreegs & Ladders is a wildly exciting tale of three oddball characters romping around space and time. Equal parts social satire and fun loving adventure, Greegs promises laughs, a few mildly intelligent and/or interesting observations, & several run-on sentences...
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