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  Forever War: Book 1

  The Forever War

  by Joe Haldeman

  Private William Mandella is a hero in spite of himself -- a reluctant conscript drafted into an elite military unit, and propelled through space and time to fight in a distant thousand-year conflict. He never wanted to go to war, but the leaders on Earth have drawn a line in the interstellar sand -- despite the fact that their fierce alien enemy is unknowable, unconquerable, and very far away. So Mandella will... (more)
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  Rama: Book 1

  Rendezvous with Rama

  by Arthur C. Clarke

  At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredible, an interstellar spacecraft. Space explorers and planet-bound scientists alike prepare for mankind's first encounter... (more)
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  The Ender Quartet: Book 1

  Ender's Game

  by Orson Scott Card

  In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make... (more)
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  The Speed of Dark

  by Elizabeth Moon

  In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy. Unfortunately, there will be a generation left behind. For members of that missed generation, small advances will be made. Through various programs, they will be taught to get along in the world despite their differences. They will be made active and contributing members of... (more)
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  Ringworld: Book 1

  Ringworld

  by Larry Niven

  A new place is being built, a world of huge dimensions, encompassing millions of miles, stronger than any planet before it. There is gravity, and with high walls and its proximity to the sun, a livable new planet that is three million times the area of the Earth can be formed. We can start again!
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  City of Truth

  by James Morrow

  Jack leads a rather routine life as a "deconstructionist," destroying old works of art, until his beloved son contracts a rare disease. Jack must now somehow learn to lie if, as he comes to believe, lying is the only way to give young Toby enough hope to effect a cure. Morrow is the award-winning author of Only Begotten Daughter.
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  Dune Chronicles: Book 1

  Dune

  by Frank Herbert

  Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family--and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism... (more)
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  The Ender Quartet: Book 2

  Speaker for the Dead

  by Orson Scott Card

  In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War.Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to... (more)
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  Hainish Cycle: Book 4

  The Left Hand of Darkness

  by Ursula K. Le Guin

  Ursula K. Le Guin's award-winning, groundbreaking science fiction classic takes us to the world of Winter, and introduces us to its inhabitants, the Gethenians-whose society is not based on gender roles.
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  Hainish Cycle: Book 5

  The Dispossessed

  An Ambiguous Utopia

  by Ursula K. Le Guin

  Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life. Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Anarres, to challenge the... (more)
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  Earthsea: Book 4

  Tehanu

  by Ursula K. Le Guin

  Years before, they had escaped together from the sinister Tombs of Atuan -- she, an isolated young priestess, he, a powerful wizard. Now she is a farmer's widow, having chosen for herself the simple pleasures of an ordinary life. And he is a broken old man, mourning the powers lost to him not by choice. A lifetime ago, they helped each other at a time of darkness and danger. Now they must join forces again, to... (more)
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  The Mars Trilogy: Book 1

  Red Mars

  by Kim Stanley Robinson

  For eons, sandstorms have swept the barren desolate landscape of the red planet. For centuries, Mars has beckoned to mankind to come and conquer its hostile climate. Now, in the year 2026, a group of one hundred colonists is about to fulfill that destiny. John Boone, Maya Toitavna, Frank Chalmers, and Arkady Bogdanov lead a mission whose ultimate goal is the terraforming of Mars. For some, Mars will become a... (more)
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  Sprawl Trilogy: Book 1

  Neuromancer

  by William Gibson

  Case was the best interface cowboy who ever ran in earth's computer matrix. Then he doublecrossed the wrong people...Winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards.
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  Flowers for Algernon

  by Daniel Keyes

  The story of a mentally disabled man who is given the opportunity to possibly increase his mental abilities through experimental procedures. Charlie's experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse that received that procedure prior to Charlie. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how his life changes after the brain operation.
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  Heechee Saga: Book 1

  Gateway

  by Frederik Pohl

  Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universe...and on reaches of unimaginable horror. When prospector Bob Broadhead went out to Gateway on the Heechee spacecraft, he decided he would know which was the right mission to make him his fortune. Three missions later, now famous and permanently rich, Robinette Broadhead has to face what happened to him and what he is...in a journey into himself as perilous and even... (more)
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  Sheva: Book 1

  Darwin's Radio

  by Greg Bear

  A 2000 HUGO AWARD NOMINEE Greg Bear's powerfully written, brilliantly inventive novels combine cutting-edge science and unforgettable characters, illuminating dazzling new technologies--and their dangers. Now, in Darwin's Radio, Bear draws on state-of-the-art biological and anthropological research to give us an ingeniously plotted thriller that questions everything we believe about human origins and destiny--as... (more)
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  American Gods

  by Neil Gaiman

  Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that... (more)
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  Sandkings

  by George R. R. Martin

  When Simon Kress returned to his home planet of Baldur from an offworld business trip, he was amused to find that his tank of Earth piranhas had cannibalized themselves into extinction, and of the two exotic animals that roamed his estate, only one remained. Now, in search of some new pets to satisfy his cruel pursuit of amusement, Simon finds a new shop in the city where he is intrigued by a new lifeform he has... (more)
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  Masterpieces

  The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century

  by Orson Scott Card

  An overview of the best science fiction short stories of the 20th century as selected and evaluated by critically-acclaimed author Orson Scott Card. Featuring stories from the genre's greatest authors: Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ray Bradbury, Frederik Pohl, Harlan Ellison, George Alec Effinger, Brian W. Aldiss, William Gibson & Michael Swanwick, Theodore... (more)
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  Coraline

  by Neil Gaiman

  The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring. In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close. The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall. At least, that's what it seems to be. Until one day, when Coraline unlocks the door to find a passage to another flat in another house just like her own. Only it's... (more)