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Publisher
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Pub. Date
2007
Description
Is there anybody out there? Are there other life forms lurking in outer space - or are they already here? Journalist Surendra Verma brilliantly outlines the historical, fictional, speculative and emerging scientific opinions on what alien life might be like.
Author
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Discover the fascinating and cutting-edge science behind the greatest question of all: is there life beyond Earth? For millennia, we have looked up at the stars and wondered whether we are alone in the universe. In the last few years, scientists have made huge strides towards answering that question. In this book, comedian and bestselling science writer Ben Miller takes us on a fantastic voyage of discovery, from the beginnings of life on Earth to...
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Series
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy volume 6
Publisher
Pan
Pub. Date
2017
Description
DON'T PANIC: collected together in the Hitchhiker's Guide Trilogy are the five titles that comprise Douglas Adams' wildly popular and wholly remarkable comedy science fiction series. This one volume ebook edition comes complete with an unhelpful introduction from the author, a bonus short story, Young Zaphod Plays It Safe, and a special undeleted scene . . . The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished...
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Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy Stories The Star Wars saga begins! Join Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Queen Amidala, and Yoda for one action-packed adventure after the next! This collection features eighteen stories from the Star Wars prequel trilogy. This storybook is a must-have for fans! Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Stories Join Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia for one action-packed story after the next! This collection features...
10) Hilldiggers
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Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015
Description
During a war between two planets in the same solar system - each occupied by adapted humans - what is thought to be a cosmic superstring is discovered. After being cut, this object collapses into four cylindrical pieces, each about the size of a tube train. Each is densely packed with either alien technology or some kind of life. They are placed for safety in three ozark cylinders of a massively secure space station. There a female research scientist...
11) Brass man
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Series
Agent Cormac volume 3
Publisher
Bolinda/Macmillan audio
Pub. Date
2018
Description
On the primitive world Cull, a knight errant called Anderson hunts a dragon, not knowing that elsewhere is a resurrected brass killing machine, Mr Crane, assisting in a similar hunt. Learning that this old enemy still lives, agent Cormac pursues, while scientist Mika begins discovering the horrifying truth about an ancient alien technology. Each day is a survival struggle for the people of Cull. Ferocious insectile monsters roam their planet, as they...
12) Gridlinked
Author
Series
Agent Cormac volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda/Macmillan audio
Pub. Date
2018
Description
In outer space you can never feel sure that your adversary is altogether human. The runcible buffers on Samarkand have been mysteriously sabotaged, killing many thousands and destroying a terraforming project. Agent Cormac must reach it by ship to begin an investigation. But Cormac has incurred the wrath of a vicious psychopath called Pelter, who is prepared to follow him across the galaxy with a terrifying android in tow. Despite the sub-zero temperature...
14) Who goes there
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Publisher
Gollancz
Pub. Date
2011
Description
The tie-in to the upcoming blockbuster prequel to John Carpenter's 'The Thing' - the never before told story of the original doomed Sedish expedition.
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Publisher
Rebellion
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Halo Jones is an ordinary, idealistic young woman living on The Hoop, a poverty-stricken housing project tethered off the point of Manhattan. Desperate for a better life, she escapes - and finds an extraordinary universe waiting for her as she goes from star-cruiser stewardess to frontline soldier.
Author
Series
Agent Cormac volume 2
Publisher
Bolinda/Macmillan audio
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Outlink station Miranda has been destroyed by a nanomycelium, and the very nature of this sabotage suggests that the alien bioconstruct Dragon - a creature as untrustworthy as it is gigantic - is somehow involved. Sent out on a titanic Polity dreadnought, the Occam Razor, agent Cormac must investigate the disaster. Meanwhile, on the remote planet Masada, the long-term rebellion can never rise above-ground. The slave population is subjugated by orbital...
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Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010
Description
When King Cupcake is kidnapped by hungry aliens, it's up to his feisty daughter, Princess Spaghetti, to save him from becoming their dinner. She blasts off into space to show those naughty aliens who's boss and introduces them to a delicious alternative: chocolate!
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Right now, spacecraft are circling Mars, sweeping over Terra Sabaea, Syrtis Major, the dunes of Elysium and Mare Sirenum - on the brink, perhaps, of a discovery that would inspire humankind. With poetic precision, Sarah Stewart Johnson traces the evocative history of our explorations of Mars, interlacing her personal journey as a scientist with tales of other seekers who have scoured the planet for signs of life. Ultimately, she shows how its story...
19) The Sycorax
Author
Series
Doctor Who files volume 4
Publisher
BBC Children's
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Who are the Sycorax? Here, find out about the Sycorax, their history and home planet, technology and travels, then join them on an adventure.