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  The Stars My Destination

  by Alfred Bester

  Also known as Tiger! Tiger!Marooned in outer space after an attack on his ship, Nomad, Gulliver Foyle lives to obsessively pursue the crew of a rescue vessel that had intended to leave him to die. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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  Jumper: Book 1

  Jumper

  by Steven Gould

  Davey lives alone with his father. But the truth is, it isn't much of a home. When things get so bad that Davey decides he has to run away, his big question is, where and how will he live? The magical answer: anywhere Davey wants!Davey discovers he has the power to "jump" from one place to another. Not just a few feet. But hundreds, even thousands of miles! And as Davey explores his new power he learns... (more)
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  Physics of the Impossible

  A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel

  by Michio Kaku

  A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible—from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks—revealing to what extent such technologies might be achievable decades or millennia into the future. One hundred years ago, scientists would have said that lasers, televisions, and the atomic bomb were beyond the realm of physical possibility. In Physics of the Impossible , the renowned physicist... (more)
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  The Bad Place

  by Dean Koontz

  Frank Pollard is afraid to fall asleep. Every morning when he awakes, he discovers something strange--like blood on his hands--a bizarre mystery that tortures his soul. Two investigators have been hired to follow the haunted man. But only one person--a young man with Down's Syndrome--can imagine where their journeys might end. That terrible place from which no one ever returns.
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  Jumper

  Griffin's Story

  by Steven Gould

  What if you could jump?  Go anywhere in the world in the blink of an eye?   What would you do?  Where would you go?    What if you were only five years old?   Griffin O’Connor jumped for the first time in front of a busload of tourists in Oxford;  there was no hope of keeping his ability a secret.   He was hunted from that day, on the run with his family, and then without them.  His only hope is to... (more)
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  InterWorld

  by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves

  Joey Harker isn't a hero. In fact, he's the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. But then one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension. Joey's walk between the worlds makes him prey to two terrible forces—armies of magic and science who will do anything to harness his power to travel between dimensions. When he sees the evil those forces are... (more)
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  Lisey's Story

  by Stephen King

  Lisey Debusher Landon lost her husband Scott two years ago, after a twenty-five year marriage of the most profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, bestselling novelist and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, before they married, Lisey had to learn from him about books and blood and bools. Later, she understood that there was a place Scott went -- a place that both... (more)
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  Jumper: Book 2

  Reflex

  by Steven Gould

  In this delightful SF thriller, the long-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Jumper (1992), Gould puts a fresh spin on the classic plot device of human teleportation. Once a teen struggling to escape an abusive father, Davy Rice is now a covert operative for the National Security Agency and happily married to Oklahoma psychologist Millie Harrison-Rice. Enter sudden marital discord over starting a... (more)
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  Confederation Chronicles: Book 1

  Homecoming

  by Sue Ann Bowling

  During the last Interglacial more than 125,000 years ago, humans hybridized with the R'il'nai and spread across the galaxy to colonize other planets. Although they formed a Confederation, they still depended on the R'il'nai for guidance and protection-not only from the Maungs but from each other. But only one of the pureblood R'il'nai... (more)
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  S.T.O.R.M.: Book 2

  The Ghost Machine

  by E. L. Young

  Get swept into the second, even more explosive STORM! Will, Andrew, and Gaia are a trio of teen geniuses, and they’re taking Venice by STORM . All over Italy, mysterious burglaries are making headlines—news footage shows a strange, spectral form at the crime scenes. The thefts are dubbed the work of Il Fantasma: the Ghost. Through a series of exhilarating twists, Will, Andrew, and Gaia discover that the Ghost is... (more)
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  Timeline Series: Book 1

  Tracers (Timeline Series)

  by Jerome Gilden

  WARNING: Don’t buy this book if you like sticking with mainstream reading material!“Imagine being a 19 year old adolescent, who is searching for his parents who seem never to haveexisted, according to local police, state police, FBI, private investigators." How would that make you feeland what would you do to survive?Let Jerome Gilden introduce you to Jerry Daniels (19 years old), who... (more)
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  Dreg City: Book 1

  Three Days to Dead

  by Kelly Meding

  They'll never see her coming. . . .When Evangeline Stone wakes up naked and bruised on a cold slab at the morgue--in a stranger's body, with no memory of who she is and how she got there--her troubles are only just beginning. Before that night she and the two other members of her Triad were the city's star bounty hunters, mercilessly cleansing the city of the murderous creatures living in the shadows,... (more)
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  Mind over Space

  by Nandor Fodor

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  Where the Living Dragons Dwell

  Exploring the Supernatural Underworld

  by Mark Magill

  Starting in the spring of 1992, Paul begins his journey by trying different methods of dream control, then meditation, and then joins a fellowship that teaches him the awesome use of willpower. Never using drugs or other such things, he finds out what lay beyond the delusion of the mundane world and uses sheer willpower to punch a hole into the parallel universe. When he reaches a new world, he discovers he has a... (more)
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  Jumper: Book 3

  Impulse

  by Steven Gould

  Cent has a secret. She lives in isolation, with her parents, hiding from the people who took her father captive and tortured him to gain control over his ability to teleport, and from the government agencies who want to use his talent. Cent has seen the world, but only from the safety of her parents’ arms. She’s teleported more than anyone on Earth, except for her mother and father, but she’s never been able to do... (more)
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  New IMmortal

  by Doug Joseph

  Daniel Talbot is a teleporting, spy-chasing, miracle-working immortal who serves in the royal court of Jesus during the prophesied Millennial Kingdom age. It's quite a ride... Mixing sci-fi with amazing Christian eschatology, Doug Joseph takes readers on a wild adventure in an unflinching look at humanity, demons, prophecy, and salvation. Explore a paradise-like earth where high-tech is not enough. Fictional... (more)
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  Psy-Changelings: Book 9

  Play of Passion

  by Nalini Singh

  In his position as Tracker for the SnowDancer pack, Drew Kincaid must rein in rogue changelings who've lost control of their animal halves- even if it means killing those who've gone too far. But nothing in his life has prepared him for the battle he must now wage-to win the heart of a woman who makes his body ignite...and who threatens to enslave his wolf.. Lieutenant Indigo Riviere doesn’t easily allow... (more)
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  Corean Chronicles

  Legacies / Darknesses / Scepters / Alector's Choice / Cadmian's Choice / Soarer's Choice / The Lord-Protector's Daughter

  by L. E. Modesitt Jr.

  The Complete Set of the Corean Chronicles (Books 1-7) Legacies, Darknesses, Scepters, Alector's Choice, Soarer's Choice, Cadman's Choice, and Lord-Protector's Daughter
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  From Far Away: Book 8

  From Far Away, Volume 8 (From Far Away)

  by Kyoko Hikawa

  On her way home from school one day, Noriko is unexpectedly plunged into a strange and extraordinary fantasy world. Her troubles compound exponentially when she is rescued and befriended by a handsome young man by the name of Izark. He may be brave and courageous, but inside Izark lurks the darkest evil imaginable. And according to an ancient prophecy, Noriko possesses the power to unleash that evil. Now,... (more)
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  From Far Away: Book 10

  From Far Away, Volume 10 (From Far Away)

  by Kyoko Hikawa

  On her way home from school one day, Noriko is unexpectedly plunged into a strange and extraordinary fantasy world. Her troubles compound exponentially when she is rescued and befriended by a handsome young man by the name of Izark. He may be brave and courageous, but inside Izark lurks the darkest evil imaginable. And according to an ancient prophecy, Noriko possesses the power to unleash that evil. Now,... (more)