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  Roadside Picnic

  by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

  Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those strange misfits compelled to venture illegally into the Zone and collect the strange artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered there. His whole life, even the nature of his daughter, is determined by the Zone.
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  Tower of Glass

  by Robert Silverberg

  Simeon Krug has a vision--and the vast wealth necessary to turn dream into reality. What he wishes is to communicate with the stars, to answer signals from deep space. The colossal tower he's constructing for this purpose soars above the Arctic tundra, and the seemingly perfect androids building it view Krug as their god. But, Krug is only flesh-and-blood, and when his androids discover the truth, their anger... (more)
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  To the Land of the Living

  by Robert Silverberg

  This fantasy novel is based on Silverberg's Hugo Award-winning novella "Gilagamesh in The Outback" and is a development of the premise that there is an afterworld. The warrior-king Gilgamesh's adventures take him into the afterworld realms of Prester John, Simon Magus, Walter Raleigh and Picasso.
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  A Time Of Changes

  by Robert Silverberg

  Three thousand years after Earth's colonization of the planet Borthan, stories of self-serving hypocrisy that occurred among the first arrivals have bred a culture that forbids emotional sharing and denies the naturally human concept of 'self.' Kinnall Darival breaks the strict code of the Covenant to record the sordid details of his rebellious life from the days of his royal youth to self-appointed prophet of... (more)
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  The Face of the Waters

  by Robert Silverberg

  Living on one of the scattered artificial islands that serve as outposts for human beings, one group of humans anger their hosts and are sent into exile, where they face danger and discover a planetwide secret. Reprint. PW.
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  Wolfbane

  by Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth

  The Earth has been ripped from the Sun by a runaway planet, whose inhabitants have their own plans for Earth's resources. Humankind is dying out, but there are those who defy convention and refuse to give in. Feared by ordinary citizens, these Wolves are preparing to fight back against the aliens.
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  The Female Man

  by Joanna Russ

  It's influenced William Gibson and been listed as one of the ten essential works of science fiction. Most importantly, Joanna Russ's THE FEMALE MAN is a suspenseful, surprising and darkly witty chronicle of what happens when Jeannine, Janet, Joanna, and Jael--four alternate selves from drastically different realities--meet.
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  The Reproductive System

  by John Thomas Sladek

  Wompler's Walking Babies aren't selling like they used to, so the company develops Project 32, producing self-replicating mechanisms designed to repair inter-cellular breakdowns. But then the metal boxes begin crawling about the laboratory, feeding voraciously on metal and multiplying.
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  Orbitsville: Book 3

  Orbitsville Judgement

  by Bob Shaw

  Orbitsville - scene of two of Bob Shaw's novels - is a vast hollow world completely enclosing its sun and habitable across its entire inner surface. At the end of "Orbitsville Departure", the whole world was shifted to an alternate universe and this book tells what happens next.
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  Last Men in London

  by Olaf Stapledon

  TABLE OF CONTENTS: - Preface Introduction 1 THE WORLD OF THE LAST MEN i. HOLIDAY ON NEPTUNE ii. MEN AND MAN iii. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 2 EXPLORING THE PAST i. THE PORTAL TO THE PAST ii. DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS iii. INFLUENCING PAST MINDS iv. HOVERING OVER TIME v. DESCENT AMONG THE FIRST MEN vi. IN THE STREETS OF LONDON 3 THE CHILD PAUL i. PAUL AND HIS NEPTUNIAN PARASITE ii. THE CHILD PAUL iii.... (more)
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  Coelestis

  by Paul Park

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  Masters of the Vortex (The Vortex Blaster)

  by E. E. Doc Smith

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  A WREATH OF STARS

  by Bob Shaw

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  Heritage Universe: Book 1

  Summertide

  by Charles Sheffield

  It was just before Summertide, the time when the twin planets, Opal and Quake, would orbit closest to their sun, subjecting both -- but Quake in particular -- to vast tidal forces. And it was to be the most violent Summertide ever, due to the Grand Conjunction of the system's stars and planets, something that happened only every 350,000 years. Access to the unstable Quake was supposed to be prohibited, but some... (more)
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  The Hyperion Cantos: Book 2

  The Fall of Hyperion

  by Dan Simmons

  In the best-selling sequel to Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs open to reveal their secrets to seven pilgrims, secrets that will change the shape and nature of the universe forever. Reissue.
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  Three Californias Trilogy: Book 2

  The Gold Coast

  by Kim Stanley Robinson

  2027: Southern California is a developer's dream gone mad, an endless sprawl of condos, freeways, and malls. Jim McPherson, the affluent son of a defense contractor, is a young man lost in a world of fast cars, casual sex, and designer drugs. But his descent in to the shadowy underground of industrial terrorism brings him into a shattering confrontation with his family, his goals, and his ideals. The Gold Coast... (more)
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  Three Californias Trilogy: Book 1

  The Wild Shore

  by Kim Stanley Robinson

  2047: For the small Pacific Coast community of San Onofre, life in the aftermath of a devastating nuclear attack is a matter of survival, a day-to-day struggle to stay alive. But young Hank Fletcher dreams of the world that might have been, and might yet be--and dreams of playing a crucial role in America's rebirth.
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  Skylark: Book 1

  The Skylark of Space

  by E. E. (Doc) Smith, E. E. 'Doc' Smith, Lee Hawkins Garby

  Brilliant government scientist Richard Seaton discovers a remarkable faster-than-light fuel that will power his interstellar spaceship, The Skylark . His ruthless rival, Marc DuQuesne, and the sinister World Steel Corporation will do anything to get their hands on the fuel. They kidnap Seaton's fiancée and friends, unleashing a furious pursuit and igniting a burning desire for revenge that will propel The... (more)
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  Skylark: Book 2

  Skylark Three

  by E. E. (Doc) Smith

  In this exhilarating sequel to The Skylark of Space, momentous danger again stalks genius inventor and interplanetary adventurer Dr. Richard Seaton. Seaton’s allies on the planet Kondal are suffering devastating attacks by the forces of the Third Planet. Even worse, the menacing and contemptuous Fenachrones are threatening to conquer the galaxy and wipe out all who oppose them. And don’t forget the dastardly... (more)
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  Lord Valentine: Book 2

  Majipoor Chronicles

  by Robert Silverberg

  The national bestselling saga of Robert Silverberg's stunning imagination continues in the first new hardcover Majipoor novel in nearly a decade. As a prequel to Silverberg's earlier Majipoor novels . Sorcerers of Majipoor provides a deep, dark vision for the background of the conflict inLord Valentine's Castle and Valentine Pontifex. Treachery and wizardry run rampant under the reign of the mighty Pontifex,... (more)