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1) Beautyland
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Language
English
Description
"A tender, deeply wise novel of a young woman who doesn't feel at home on this earth, by the author of Parakeet"--
"At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is different; she also possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The...
4) Grand tour
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Series
Brass Queen volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a fantastical steam-powered world, eccentric aristocrat and secret arms dealer, Miss Constance Haltwhistle, has been blackmailed into stealing alien artifacts from the crown heads of Europe. Only the shady but annoyingly handsome US spy, "Liberty" Trusdale, can help her execute her perfect palace heists. As Constance creates chaos and mayhem across the Continent, monstrous creatures are plotting an interdimensional invasion of Earth.
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Series
Noumena volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Apostles of Mercy is the new alternate history first contact novel from the instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal and LA Times bestselling Lindsay Ellis. First Contact has not been going well. The nations of Earth are rapidly militarizing against the arrival of the Superorganism, an alien civilization that promises to destroy humanity before it can develop into a real threat. The Superorganism has done it before - to their distant transient...
6) The giggle
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Series
Publisher
BBC Books, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, part of Penguin Random House Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
" A sinister toyshop. The Earth erupting in violence. Shockwaves travelling through history. With old friends powerless to help, the Doctor is drawn into a deadly duel against an old nemesis who can bend reality to his will - and change the Doctor's future for ever... Based on a script by Russell T Davies, this thrilling third adventure for Doctor Who's 60th anniversary features David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble,...
7) In our stars
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Series
Doomed earth volume 1
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Earth, 2180 Genetically engineered with partly-alien DNA, Lieutenant Selene Genji is different than ordinary humans. And they hate her for it. Still, she's spent her life trying to overcome society's prejudice by serving in the Unified Fleet as Earth's international order collapses into war. Genji is stationed on a ship in orbit when humanity's hatreds and factions on the planet reach a boiling point, and she witnesses the utter annihilation of Earth....
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
It's been three months since the colony world of Meridian was invaded by the alien theocratic alliance known as the Covenant. Under the close watch of the military, teenagers Evie, Dorian, Saskia, and Victor have been put into an accelerated training program with ONI, the Office of Naval Intelligence. And to the quartet's surprise, ONI has a mission for them: return to their hometown on Meridian and monitor the Covenant's efforts to retrieve an ancient...
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Series
Jurassic Jeff volume 2
Publisher
RH Graphic
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Jeff the alien is ready to take his dino-friends on a quest to find their missing family. . .that is if he can remember where he put his warp drive first."--
12) Jumpnauts
Author
Series
Folding universe volume 1
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In a future where the world is roughly divided into two factions, the Pacific League of Nations and the Atlantic Division of Nations, tensions are high as each side waits for the other to make a move. But neither side is prepared for a powerful third party that has apparently been an influential presence on Earth for thousands of years, and just might be making a reappearance very soon. With the realization that a highly intelligent alien race has...
Author
Series
Power button volume 1
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Truly's parents are arguing all the time. Kaz isn't the best at making friends. And Maximo Skulldigg gets bullied by his older brother-plus, he has to conquer Kaz and Truly's home planet of Earth!"--
Author
Publisher
Aethon Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Creatures from dark dimensions infesting your home? Demonic beings trying to drive you insane? Alien gods attempting to destroy your universe? Just call Maintenance. This underpaid and overworked secret organization is dedicated to battling forces that seek to speed up Entropy and hasten the Omniverse's inevitable death. Neal Hudson is a twenty-year veteran of Maintenance. A surveyor who drives through the streets of Ash Creek, Ohio constantly scanning...
15) Firewall
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"A thrilling prequel adventure based on the acclaimed TV series Star Picard ! Two years after the USS Voyager 's return from the Delta Quadrant, Seven of Nine finds herself rejected for a position in Starfleet...and instead finds a new home with the interstellar rogue law enforcement corps known as the Fenris Rangers. The Rangers seem like an ideal fit for Seven--but to embrace this new destiny, she must leave behind all she's ever known, and risk...
Series
Marvel Storybook Library volume 6
Publisher
Marvel Press, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Guardians of the Galaxy and how they were formed.
17) Ghostdrift
Author
Series
Finder chronicles volume 4
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Fergus Ferguson, professional finder, always knew his semi-voluntary exile wouldn't last, but he isn't expecting a friend to betray him. One of the galaxy's most dangerous space pirates, Bas Belos, wants him, and what Belos wants, he gets. Belos needs help finding out what happened to his twin sister, who mysteriously disappeared at the edges of space years ago, and he makes Fergus an offer he can't refuse. Mysterious disappearances and impossible...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Who is Ben 10? He's a typical teenage boy who happens to be able to turn into ten different aliens. Learn everything there is to know about all ten. Also includes insider info on all Ben's friends and enemies, Ben's greatest battles, glossary of alilen terms and tech, and What's your inner 10 quiz.
19) Blindspace
Author
Series
Common volume 2
Publisher
Gollancz
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Vakov Fukasawa is a Reaper. An elite soldier injected with a dangerous drug called stormtech: the DNA of a genocidal alien race, the Shenoi. It makes him stronger, faster, more aggressive. At a price. A price that, if the House of Suns cult isn't stopped, all of humanity will have to pay. Vakov saved his estranged brother from the cult and killed their leader. Now they want his head on a spike, and they're hunting him and his friends down to get it,...
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The stars are ours. Again. After an effort to disable an ancient stargate discovered on Sioux land was stymied, the local people cooperated with Federal officials and others in exploring the strange worlds linked by the alien technology. Secrets old and new are uncovered but prove difficult to explain. Who built the stargate? What connection do the builders have with the worlds and intelligent species the various doors open to reveal? A millennia-old...
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