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  Brainrose

  by Nancy Kress

  A cynical lawyer suffering from multiple sclerosis, a young woman trying to escape the tragedies of her past, and a charming con man searching for easy money find their lives--past and present--inextricably linked through a radical medical procedure known as Previous Life Access Surgery. Set in a grim future marked by virulent genetic plagues, repressive protective legislation, and a dearth of hope, the latest... (more)
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  Beggars in Spain (Beggars Trilogy (Paperback))

  by Nancy Kress

  Born in 2008, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent . . . and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to never require sleep. Once she and "her kind" were considered interesting anomalies. Now they are outcasts -- victims of blind hatred, political repression and shocking mob violence meant to drive the "Sleepless" from human society . . . and,... (more)
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  Beggars And Choosers (Beggars Trilogy (also known as Sleepless Trilogy))

  by Nancy Kress

  In a genetically altered future America that is overrun by beautiful and super-intelligent people, the entire planet faces destruction in the face of overpopulation and unemployment. Reprint.
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  Beggars Ride (Beggars Trilogy (also known as Sleepless Trilogy))

  by Nancy Kress

  Nancy Kress, one of the leading writers of science fiction today, has written a number of provocative and award-winning stories and novels. But it is with the Beggars trilogy that she has reached the pinnacle of her success. Developed out of her Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novella, "Beggars in Spain," the trilogy was launched with Beggars in Spain (1993), also a Nebula nominee for best novel, and continued... (more)
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  Beaker's Dozen

  by Nancy Kress

  "The twenty-first century, it's often remarked, will transform our knowledge of biology, in the same way that the twentieth century transformed physics. With knowledge of course, comes application. And with the application of all we are learning about genetic engineering come social and ethical questions, some of them knotty. This is where science fiction enters, stage left. Scientific laboratories are where the... (more)
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  Oaths and Miracles

  by Nancy Kress

  The widow of a murdered scientist and an unstable FBI agent join forces on a trail of science and death that leads them from a biotech company to a paramilitary splinter group to a religious commune. Reprint. NYT. PW.
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  Probability Moon

  by Nancy Kress

  Humankind has expanded out into interstellar space using star gates-technological remnants left behind by an ancient, long-vanished race. But the technology comes with a price. Among the stars, humanity encountered the Fallers, a strange alien race bent on nothing short of genocide. It's all-out war, and humanity is losing. In this fragile situation, a new planet is discovered, inhabited by a pre-industrial race... (more)
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  Crossfire

  by Nancy Kress

  Caught in the Crossfire A human colony settles on a distant planet, a colony formed by Jake Holman-- a man trying to escape a dark past. But as this diverse group of thousands comes to terms with their new lives on a new world, they make a startling discovery: primitive humanoid aliens. There are only a few isolated villages, and the evidence seems to indicate they aren't native to the planet--despite the... (more)
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  Crucible

  by Nancy Kress

  Nancy Kress made her reputation in the early 90s with her multiple award-winning novella, "Beggars in Spain," which became the basis for her extremely successful Beggars Trilogy (comprising Beggars in Spain , Beggars and Choosers , and Beggars Ride ). Since then she has written over a dozen novels, including the well-received Probability Trilogy , culminating in Probability Space , which garnered her the John... (more)
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  Probability Space (The Probability Trilogy)

  by Nancy Kress

  Nancy Kress cemented her reputation in SF with the publication of her multiple-award–winning novella, “Beggars in Spain,” which became the basis for her extremely successful Beggars Trilogy (comprising Beggars in Spain , Beggars and Choosers , and Beggars Ride ). And now she brings us Probability Space , the conclusion of the trilogy that began with Probability Moon and then Probability Sun , which is... (more)
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  Probability Sun (The Probability Trilogy)

  by Nancy Kress

  Salvation or Annihilation? A strange artifact has been discovered on a distant planet, an artifact that may be the key to humanity's salvation. For we at war with the Fallers, an alien race bent on nothing short of genocide, and this is a war we are losing. The artifact is not only a powerful weapon, but possibly the rosetta stone to a lost superscience . . . a superscience that the Fallers may have already... (more)
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  Nothing Human

  by Nancy Kress

  Told from the perspective of several generations of teenagers, this science fiction novel involves an Earth ravaged by mankind, high-tech manipulative aliens, and advanced genetics. Early in the 21st century, global warming has caused sickness and death among plants, animals, and humans. Suddenly aliens contact and genetically modify a group of 14-year-olds, inviting them to visit their spacecraft. After several... (more)
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  An Alien Light

  by Nancy Kress

  A perennial chestnut on old SF television shows involved the handful of humans who, when locked up by aliens puzzling over our aggressiveness, followed their instincts and fought among themselves. That's the kernel of this first SF novel from fantasy writer Kress, who recently won a Nebula Award for one of her SF stories. The Ged are an old, advanced, rational race shocked by the human violence and... (more)