Robert A. Silverberg

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Maine

In a continuation of the saga that began with Lord Valentine's Castle, a young street urchin, Hissune, is sent into the Labyrinth, a massive library of memory cubes, where he experiences the lives of Majipoor's famous and notorious people. Reissue.

Majipoor Chronicles

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Carole Stivers

Purchased from a library sale, this book has some sticker remnants as pictured.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Minnesota

"In this mind-bending debut novel, Carole Stivers explores what it means to be a mother in a world that is more chilling and precarious than ever. It is 2049. When a U.S. attempt at stealth biowarfare goes awry, a team of scientists is engaged to ensure human survival on earth. Their best efforts fail, and they must turn to their last resort: a plan to place genetically engineered children inside the cocoons of large-scale robots--to be incubated, birthed, and raised by these machines, which have been programmed with the latest advances in artificial intelligence: the Mother Code. Kai is born in America's desert Southwest, his only companion his robotic Mother, Rho-Z. Equipped with the knowledge and intuition of a human mother, Rho-Z raises Kai and teaches him how to survive. As children like him come of age, their Mothers transform too--in ways that were never predicted. When government survivors decide that the machines who raised the children must be destroyed, Kai must fight to save the only parent he has ever known"--

The Mother Code

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Rated a very respectable 3.9 out of 5 on Goodreads 

Maryland

A Novel

Percy is incredibly accident-prone, and holds the dubious record of the most accidents. Percy has had a small rivalary with Harold, however, they are always willing to help each other when in trouble.

Faerie Tale

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Georgia

Heaven, Texas

Veronica Roth

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

Fans of Star Wars and Divergent will revel in internationally bestselling author Veronica Roth’s stunning new science-fiction fantasy series. On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape the future. While most benefit from their currentgifts, Akos and Cyra do not—their gifts make them vulnerable to others’ control. Can they reclaim their gifts, their fates, and their lives, and reset the balance of power in this world? Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power—something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows. Akos is from the peace-loving nation of Thuvhe, and his loyalty to his family is limitless. Though protected by his unusual currentgift, once Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers, Akos is desperate to get his brother out alive—no matter what the cost. When Akos is thrust into Cyra’s world, the enmity between their countries and families seems insurmountable. They must decide to help each other to survive—or to destroy one another.

Carve the Mark

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#paperback #scifi #sff #sciencefiction #nebulaawards #fantasy

Connecticut

SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year

Each of the Nebula winners and finalists featured here displays its own (often highly idiosyncratic) excellence. This volume, which represents the best of 1993, includes offerings from Harlan Ellison, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Lisa Goldstein.


Nebula Awards 29

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Sondra Marshak

Myrna Culbreath

The Prometheus Design

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Texas

Uncollected Stars

Rebecca Roanhorse

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents critically acclaimed indigenous fantasy writer Rebecca Roanhorse's thrilling adventure about a Navajo girl who discovers she's a monsterslayer.

Lately, seventh grader Nizhoni Begay has been able to detect monsters, like that man in the fancy suit who was in the bleachers at her basketball game. Turns out he's Mr. Charles, her dad's new boss at the oil and gas company, and he's alarmingly interested in Nizhoni and her brother, Mac, their Navajo heritage, and the legend of the Hero Twins. Nizhoni knows he's a threat, but her father won't believe her.

When Dad disappears the next day, leaving behind a message that says "Run!", the siblings and Nizhoni's best friend, Davery, are thrust into a rescue mission that can only be accomplished with the help of Diné Holy People, all disguised as quirky characters. Their aid will come at a price: the kids must pass a series of trials in which it seems like nature itself is out to kill them. If Nizhoni, Mac, and Davery can reach the House of the Sun, they will be outfitted with what they need to defeat the ancient monsters Mr. Charles has unleashed. But it will take more than weapons for Nizhoni to become the hero she was destined to be . . .

Timeless themes such as the importance of family and respect for the land resonate in this funny, fast-paced, and exciting quest adventure set in the American Southwest.

Race to the Sun

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#hardcover #youngadult #bipoc #fiction #sff #ya #fantasy 📚 

Kentucky

"Taj has escaped Kos, but Queen Karima will go to any means necessary--including using the most deadly magic--to track him down"--

Crown of Thunder

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Michael Crichton

Daniel H. Wilson

Paperback in like new condition with the exception of a crease on the front cover near the spine ￼

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name--and spawned a new genre, the technothriller--the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant. The Evolution is Coming. In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Accidental exposure to the particle--designated The Andromeda Strain--killed every resident of the town of Piedmont, Arizona, save for an elderly man and an infant boy. Over the next five days, a team of top scientists assigned to Project Wildfire worked valiantly to save the world from an epidemic of unimaginable proportions. In the moments before a catastrophic nuclear detonation, they succeeded. In the ensuing decades, research on the microparticle continued. And the world thought it was safe... Deep inside Fairchild Air Force Base, Project Eternal Vigilance has continued to watch and wait for the Andromeda Strain to reappear. On the verge of being shut down, the project has registered no activity--until now. A Brazilian terrain-mapping drone has detected a bizarre anomaly of otherworldly matter in the middle of the jungle, and, worse yet, the tell-tale chemical signature of the deadly microparticle. With this shocking discovery, the next-generation Project Wildfire is activated, and a diverse team of experts hailing from all over the world is dispatched to investigate the potentially apocalyptic threat. But the microbe is growing--evolving. And if the Wildfire team can't reach the quarantine zone, enter the anomaly, and figure out how to stop it, this new Andromeda Evolution will annihilate all life as we know it.

The Andromeda Evolution

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"Somin and Junu are helping Miyoung and Jihoon heal from their recent trauma when a new supernatural threat arises"--

Vicious Spirits

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#paperback #fantasy #sff #knights #templar

Alaska

More Tales of the Knights Templar

This second collection of stories centered around the mysterious order of the Knights Templar features 11 new, original works from such noted fantasy authors as Andre Norton, Diane Duane, and Deborah Turner Harris.

On Crusade

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The stunning sequel to Elizabeth Kerner'sSong in the Silence,The Lesser Kindred continues the story of Lanen Kaelar, a young woman who embarked on a search for the great dragons of legend and discovered not only the reality of the myth but her own true love. The course of happiness is not an easy one, however, and Lanen must make some hard choices. Her decisions could spell the salvation of an entire race--but at the cost of all she holds dear.


The Lesser Kindred

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A Novel of the Change

 "STIRLING HAS SURPASSED HIS PREVIOUS WORK," raved Science Fiction Chronicle of his bestselling novel Island in the Sea of Time, and George R. R. Martin hailed it as "an utterly engaging account of what happens when the isle of Nantucket is whisked back into the Bronze Age." Now, the adventure continues...

In the years since the Event, the Republic of Nantucket has done its best to recreate the better ideas of the modern age. But the evils of its time resurface in the person of William Walker, renegade Coast Guard officer, who is busy building an empire for himself based on conquest by technology. When Walker reaches Greece and recruits several of their greater kinglets to his cause, the people of Nantucket have no choice. If they are to save the primitive world from being plunged into bloodshed on a twentieth-century scale, they must defeat Walker at his own game: war.

Against the Tide of Years

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Her name is Pete Caldecott. She was just sixteen when she met Jack Winter, a gorgeous, larger-than-life mage who thrilled her with his witchcraft. Then a spirit Jack summoned killed him before Pete's eyes--or so she thought. Now a detective[MSOffice2] , Pete is investigating the case of a young girl kidnapped from the streets of London. A tipster's chilling prediction has led police directly to the child...but when Pete meets the informant, she's shocked to learn he is none other than Jack.Strung out on heroin, Jack a shadow of his former self. But he's able to tell Pete exactly where Bridget's kidnappers are hiding: in the supernatural shadow-world of the fey. Even though she's spent years disavowing the supernatural, Pete follows Jack into the invisible fey underworld, where she hopes to discover the truth about what happened to Bridget--and what happened to Jack on that dark day so long ago...

Street Magic

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An unarmed human vessel was set upon by a warship from the planet Kzin, home of the fiercest warriors in Known Space. This was a mistake. Kzinti learned the hard way that the reason humanity decided to stop studying war was because they were so very good at it.

Man-Kzin Wars

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In a continuation of the series about a race of intelligent machines dedicated to destroying all organic life, a Berserker computer, nicknamed Shiva for the Hindu god of destruction, sets out to annihilate entire human colonies with the help of its evil subordinates.

Shiva in Steel

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Seaquest DSV 

Under the benevolent leadership of the League of Peoples, there is no war, little crime, and life is sacred...unless you're an Explorer. The ugly, the flawed, the misfit, the deformed, they are the unwanted, flung to the farthest corners of the galaxy to investigate hostile planets and strange, vicious creatures. Out there, there are a thousand different -- and terrible -- ways to die. Festina Ramos belongs to the well-trained, always-dwindling ranks of ECMs (Expendable Crew Members). Now she and her partner, Yarrun Derigha, have been ordered to escort the unstable Admiral Chee to Melaquin -- the feared "Planet of No Return"-- which has swallowed up countless Explorers before them without a trace. Obviously, this is meant to be the last mission for Ramos and Derigha. But it won't be, if Festina can help it.

Expendable

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With several large space rocks slated to hit Earth in the near future, ships are sent to the asteroid belt to prevent disaster, while a world financial crash and political turmoil threaten the rescue mission, in the epic conclusion of the 'Firestar Saga'.

Falling Stars

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Skinner

As Chief Medical Officer aboard the Jurisdiction Fleet Ship "Ragnarok, Andrei Koscuisko's duty is to care for his shipmates; as Inquisitor, to extract confessions and administer punishment. But while the doctor takes pride in his healing skills, the torturer knows only guilt and self-loathing. For years, Andrei has walked the razor's edge, struggling to hold the two sides of his nature apart -- and himself together.



As the "Ragnarok's crew readies the planet Burkhayden for the arrival of its new governor, the brutal attack on a Nurail slave woman by a ship's officer sets in motion a chain of events that culminates in murder. Summoned at first to minister to the injured woman, Andrei is soon pressed into duty as Inquisitor of the prime murder suspect: a gentle and unassuming Nurail gardener who had both motive and means to avenge his kinswoman. But Andrei is surrounded by powerful enemies, including two intelligence specialists who take a most unwelcome interest in his private affairs. In this minefield of intrigue and deception, where a single misstep means death, Andrei's always precarious equilibrium will be strained to the breaking point -- and beyond.

At once a rousing military adventure, a murder mystery, and a sophisticated portrait of one man's struggle to survive in a culture where duty and honor are irreconcilable, "Hour of Judgment confirms the arrival of Susan R. Matthews as a major SF talent.

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Robert A. Silverberg

Majipoor Chronicles

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Raymond E. Feist

Faerie Tale

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Heaven, Texas

Veronica Roth

Carve the Mark

Pamela Sargent

Nebula Awards 29

Sondra Marshak; Myrna Culbreath

The Prometheus Design

Carole Stivers

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Piers Anthony

Uncollected Stars

Rebecca Roanhorse

Race to the Sun

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Vicious Spirits

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Against the Tide of Years

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Street Magic

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Man-Kzin Wars

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Expendable

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Susan R. Matthews

The Hour of Judgement