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The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson Publisher Comments In Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson took science fiction to dazzling new levels. Now, in The Diamond Age, he delivers another stunning tale. Set in twenty-first century Shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a state-of-the-art interactive device falls... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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A Perfect Beast-After Earth by Michael Jan Friedman Publisher Comments The official prequel novel of the epic film After Earth, directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Jaden Smith and Will Smith After their exodus from Earth, the last humans settled a remote planet, Nova Prime. When an alien force known as the... (read more) Your price: $9.99 New - Mass Market
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Transition by Iain M. Banks Publisher Comments There is a world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse. Such a world requires a firm hand and a... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ghost Spin by Chris Moriarty Publisher Comments Sometimes a ghost of a chance is all you get. Award-winning author Chris Moriarty returns to a dazzling cyber-noir far future in this gritty, high-stakes thriller where the only rule is “Evolve . . . or die.” The Age of Man is ending... (read more) Available May 28, 2013 Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Skull Cage Key by Michel Marriott Synopsis Chinese New Year, 2042. Armstrong, an upwardly mobile Harlem resident, is out celebrating with his boss (and lover) when theyre assaulted in her hotel room. She ends up in the Jacuzzi minus her head; the cops are convinced hes to blame. Armstrong goes on... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Vurt by Jeff Noon Publisher Comments Vurt is a feather--a drug, a dimension, a dream state, a virtual reality. It comes in many colors: legal Blues for lullaby dreams. Blacks, filled with tenderness and pain, just beyond the law. Pink Pornovurts, doorways to bliss. Silver feathers for... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem Publisher Comments A brilliantly crafted collection of stories from celebrated science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. Over the course of their adventures in The Cyberiad, they travel to the... (read more) Your price: $13.00 New - Trade Paper
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Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card Publisher Comments The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos; a large colony of humans; and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender. But once against the human race has grown fearful; the Starways Congress has gathered a fleet to destroy... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bloodstar: Star Corpsman: Book One by Ian Douglas Publisher Comments In the 23rd Century, war is still hell . . . Navy Corpsman Elliot Carlyle joined up to save lives and see the universe. Now he and Bravo Company's Black Wizards of the interstellar Fleet Marine Force are en route to Bloodworld—a hellish... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Mass Market
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Finity's End by C J Cherryh Publisher Comments Finity's End is the oldest Merchanter ship in the universe. In an era of spies, pirate traders, and uneasy alliances, the Company Wears are now over, the hunt for the fleet is winding down, and the ship is coming home to reclaim her trade routes. Having... (read more) List Price $26.75 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Planetary, Volume 3: Leaving the 20th Century by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday Publisher Comments Elijah Snow, Jakita Wagner and the Drummer are the Archaelogists of the Unknown, walking through the hidden doors that lead to our darkest secrets. In this volume, Elijah takes a look at his past, making startling revelations and recounting his... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Idoru by William Gibson Publisher Comments 21st century Tokyo, after the millennial quake. Neon rain. Light everywhere blowing under any door you might try to close. Where the New Buildings, the largest in the world, erect themselves unaided, their slow rippling movements like the contractions of... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Empire by Orson Scott Card Publisher Comments The American Empire has grown too fast, and the fault lines at home are stressed to the breaking point. The war of words between Right and Left has collapsed into a shooting war, though most people just want to be left alone. The battle rages between the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Reality Dysfunction: Night's Dawn Trilogy #01 by Peter F. Hamilton Publisher Comments Humanity is at risk of being taken over by the minds of those long dead, arriving in our universe by means that seem impossible to stop. More and more of the dead are stealing the bodies of those still living, grouping together into powerful consortiums... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Starfist: Double Jeopardy by Dan Cragg Publisher Comments It may be the twenty-fifth century, but the Marines are still looking for a few good men. The Confederation has finally disclosed the existence of Skinks, fierce aliens bent on wiping out humankind. While the rest of the universe grapples with the news... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Mass Market
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Power Play by Ben Bova Publisher Comments Ben Bova, six-time winner of the Hugo Award, brings us a fascinating look at the future in Power Play. Astronomer Jake Ross wants nothing more than to teach a few university classes each semester and continue his research. However, Frank Tomlinson, an... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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Heaven's War by David S Goyer Publisher Comments The competing teams of astronauts sent to explore the asteroid Keanu discovered it was, in fact, a giant spacecraft with an alien crew carrying a plea for help. A brave new frontier beckons. But it will come at a price. Without warning... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Powersat by Ben Bova Publisher Comments In the aftermath of a terrible space accident, spaceplane scientist Dan Randolph, who designed the vehicle as part of a plan to free America from its dependence on fossil fuels, realizes that his experiment was sabotaged and must outmaneuver terrorists... (read more) List Price $8.25 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Harmony by Project Itoh Publisher Comments Reads L to R (Western Style). In a perfect world, there is no escape In the future, Utopia has finally been achieved thanks to medical nanotechnology and a powerful ethic of social welfare and mutual consideration. This perfect world isn't that perfect... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan Publisher Comments In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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