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  The Diamond Age

  or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

  by Neal Stephenson

  Set in twenty-first century Shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a state-of-the-art interactive device falls into the hands of a street urchin named Nell. Her life-and the entire future of humanity-is about to be decoded and reprogrammed....
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  Five Patients

  by Michael Crichton

  Michael Crichton takes a look at venerable Massachusetts General, giving firsthand accounts of five true and poignant cases which reveal the near-miraculous proficiency--and sometimes alarming inefficiency--of a major city hospital. A dramatic, behind-the-scenes tale from the author of Sphere. Reissue.
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  Childe Cycle: Book 8

  The Chantry Guild

  by Gordon R. Dickson

  Dorsai Amanda Morgan has made it to earth with disturbing news--the Younger Worlds intend to attack Earth, unless she and mysterious Chantry Guild can prevent it. Reprint.
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  Starfire: Book 1

  Insurrection

  by David Weber, Steve White

  Reissued to tie-in with Crusade, a rousing space adventure in the spirit of David Drake and Jerry Pournelle. It's the American Revolution all over again--and this time the stakes are not a single continent, but the stars themselves. "Peopled with strong characters . . . who strive to uphold basic human values in a war of future worlds".--Greenville Piedmont.
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  The War God: Book 1

  Oath of Swords

  by David Weber

  Whom the gods would recruit, they first tick off . . . Our Hero: The unlikely Paladin, Bahzell Bahnakson of the Horse Stealer Hradani. He¿s no knight in shining armor. He¿s a hradani, a race known for their uncontrollable rages, bloodthirsty tendencies, and inability to maintain civilized conduct. None of the other Five Races of man like the hradani. Besides his ethnic burden, Bahzell has problems of his own... (more)
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  Starfire: Book 2

  Crusade

  by David Weber, Steve White

  In the period of peace following the Human-Orion War, a ship from a half-forgotten history emerges from a warp point notorious for devouring ships and opens fire on the Orions.
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  Callahan's Crosstime Saloon: Book 4

  Callahan's Lady

  by Spider Robinson

  A HOUSE OF HEALTHY REPUTE...Welcome to Lady Sally's, the House that is a home -- the internationally (hell, interplanetarily) notorious bordello. At Lady Sally's House, the customer doesn't necessarily come first: even the staff are genuinely enjoying themselves.Wife of time traveling bartender Mike Callahan, and employer of some of the most unusual and talented performing artists ever to... (more)
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  The General: Book 1

  The Forge

  by S. M. Stirling, David Drake

  Military science fiction at its very best. First novel in the Raj Whitehall series. Reissue
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  Patriots

  by David Drake

  "Los Angeles Daily News" calls "Patriots" "enormously entertaining", while "Kirkus Review" has high praise for the novel's "punchy action and realistic consequences". The rugged individualists who have settled the frontier planet of Greenwood are threatened by politicians and bean counters on Earth, who see Greenwood only in terms of profit. The settlers must set aside their local differences in order to meet the... (more)
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  All the Way to the Gallows

  by David Drake

  A collection of side-splitting science fiction shorts includes tales of paratrooper goblins, space cops and their politically correct alien supervisor, a band of mercenary elves, and a collaboration with Larry Niven.
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  Kill Ratio

  by David Drake, J. Morris

  The Ultimate Terrorist Act...Thugh Man reaches to the stars, he has not forgotten how to hate, Now the lunar headquarters of the United Nations has become the target of a secret terrorist group.The plague has already been unleashed into the closed lunar complex. A new strain of bioengineered virus, it carefully chooses its victime, mercilessly wiping out entire bloodlines.Only one man can stop it.... (more)
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  River of Time

  by David Brin

  This collection of short science-fiction stories by the author of the "Uplift" series includes "The Crystal Tears" which won a Hugo Award on publication.
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  Jed the Dead

  by Alan Dean Foster

  Forging an unlikely friendship with the three-eyed, six-limbed, alien corpse Jed, Ross Ed Hager journeys with his new companion throughout the world, catching the attention of the government and landing on the Universe's Most Wanted list.
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  A Good Old-Fashioned Future

  by Bruce Sterling

  From the subversive to the antic, the uproarious to the disturbing, the stories of Bruce Sterling are restless, energy-filled journeys through a world running on empty--the visionary work of one of our most imaginative and insightful modern writers. They live as strangers in strange lands. In worlds that have fallen--or should have. They wage battles in wars already lost and become heroes--and sometimes... (more)
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  Privateers: Book 2

  Empire Builders

  by Ben Bova

  Dan Randolph never plays by the rules. A hell-raising maverick with no patience for fools, he is admired by his friends, feared by his enemies, and desired by the world's loveliest women. Acting as a twenty-first privateer, Randolph broke the political strangle-hold on space exploration, and became one of the world's richest men in the bargain. Now an ecological crisis threatens Earth--and the same politicians... (more)
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  Eight Worlds: Book 4

  Steel Beach

  by John Varley

  Despite their idyllic existence, the residents of Moon Colony Luna are becoming bored, apathetic, and even suicidal, but when the central computer adopts a similar pathology, the entire colony is in danger of being destroyed. Reprint. PW.
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  Callahan's Crosstime Saloon: Book 7

  Callahan's Legacy

  by Spider Robinson

  For years, Callahan's was the place where friends met to have a few drinks, tell a few jokes, and occasionally save the world. Until that unfortunate incident with the nuke a few years ago.... But Jake Stonebender and his wife have opened a new Callahan's, Mary's Place, and all the regulars are there: Doc Webster, Fast Eddie the piano player, Long Drink McGonnigle, and of course the usual talking dogs, alcoholic... (more)
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  Callahan's Crosstime Saloon: Book 6

  The Callahan Touch

  by Spider Robinson

  All the regulars from Callahan's are at Mary's Place--Jake, Doc, and Fast Eddie--along with new faces like ""Lucky Duck,"" who has an astounding gift for defying the law, and a mysterious stranger with a deadly secret. Reprint.
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  Stones of Power: Book 3

  Wolf in Shadow

  by David Gemmell

  "Gemmell . . . keeps the mythic currents crackling." --Publishers Weekly John Shannow, The Jerusalem Man, lived in a world that had toppled on its axis. Civilization had been replaced by ruthlessness and savagery. Relentless in his quest for peace, Shannow followed a path that led only to bloodshed and sorrow. Abaddon, the Lord of the Pit, sought to plunge mankind into a new Satanic era. His Hellborn army spewed... (more)
• Life Among the AsteroidsJerry Pournelle

  

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  The Endless Frontier: Book 4

  Life Among the Asteroids

  by Jerry Pournelle

  A collection of fact and fiction surrounding space exploration features a work by Poul Anderson, Jerry Pournelle's look at pioneer know-how in space, Charles Sheffield's tale of a space battle between the young and old, and more.