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Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension

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Author:

Michio Kaku

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Time for the Stars

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Author:

Robert A. Heinlein

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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

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Author:

Christopher Paolini

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Trips to the Moon

Lucian was born c. 125 A.D. in Samosata in Syria which was part of the Roman Empire. He introduced modern fictional themes like voyages to the moon, extraterrestrial life and wars between planets cent...uries before Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. He could actually be called the Father of Science Fiction. Lucian shows himself to be a man with a great imagination and the ability to write with humor. Although much of the humor is lost on modern man much still remains. Reading Trips to the Moon is am excellent look at the very beginning of science fiction. This book will peak the reader's curiosity and finding other works by Lucian will be a literary treat.

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Lucian of Samosata

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Other Worlds Than These

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Author:

John Joseph Adams

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Three Books of Known Space

Let three complete books in one take you on a dazzling journey into science fiction's most famous future history: Known Space!WORLD OF PTAVVS Kzanol was a thrint from a distant galaxy. He had been... trapped on Earth in a time-stasis field for two billion years. Now he was on the loose, and telepath Larry Greenberg knew everything he was thinking. Thrints lived to plunder and enslave lesser planets . . . and the planet Kzanol had in mind was Earth!A GIFT FROM EARTH Shrouded in lethal mists, the world named Mount Lookitthat was never meant for humans. Life existed only on one plateau, unreachable except from space. But still the planet had been colonized, and the settlers struggled to survive under a ruthless dictatorship on a rebellion-proof world . . . until fate dealt them a wild card named Matthew Keller, whose secret talent might just be their only hope!TALES OF KNOWN SPACE A classic collection of stories that traces humankind's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy from the twentieth century to the thirty-first . . .AND MORE: Larry Niven's latest thoughts on the evolution—both creative and "historical"—of known space, as well as an updated Timeline of Known Space and a complete Niven bibliography!

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Larry Niven

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Voyage to Alpha Centauri

Set Eighty Years In The Future, This Novel By The Best-selling Author Michael D. O'brien Is About An Expedition Sent From The Planet Earth To Alpha Centauri, The Star Closest To Our Solar System. The ...Kosmos, A Great Ship That The Central Character Neil De Hoyos Describes As A Flying City, Is Immense In Size And Capable Of More Than Half Light-speed. Hoyos Is A Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Who Has Played A Major Role In Designing The Ship. Hoyos Has Signed On As A Passenger Because He Desires To Escape The Seemingly Benign Totalitarian Government That Controls Everything On His Home Planet. He Is A Skeptical And Quirky Misanthropic Humanist With Old Tragedies, Loves, And Hatreds That Are Secreted In His Memory. The Surprises That Await Him On The Voyage-and Its Destination-will Shatter All Of His Assumptions And Point Him To A True New Horizon. Michael D. O'brien.

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Michael D. O'Brien

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The Art of Space Travel

The Art Of Space Travel By Nina Allan Is A Science Fiction Novelette. In 2047, A First Manned Mission To Mars Ended In Tragedy. Thirty Years Later, A Second Expedition Is Preparing To Launch. As House...keeper Of The Hotel Where Two Of The Astronauts Will Give Their Final Press Statements, Emily Finds The Mission Intruding Upon Her Thoughts More And More. Emily's Mother, Moolie, Has A Message To Give Her, But Moolie's Memories Are Fading. As The Astronauts' Visit Draws Closer, The Unearthing Of A More Personal History Is About To Alter Emily's World Forever. At The Publisher's Request, This Title Is Being Sold Without Digital Rights Management Software (drm) Applied.

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Nina Allan

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Hyperspace (Choose Your Own Adventure, #21)

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Author:

Edward Packard

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Starburst

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Author:

Alfred Bester

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