Hal Clement was a master at inventing alien races and then telling a tale from their viewpoint, starting with his classic novel Mission of Gravity. Here, as elsewhere, we come to find that humans are the aliens in his stories.
"After his ship crashed, Nils Kurger had spent...
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Hal Clement was a master at inventing alien races an...
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"Hell Tanner ... The vicious loner, last survivor of the exterminated cycle gangs, condemned to death - with one chance for a dubious reprieve ...
"Damnation Alley ... The savage route across a blasted continent, teeming with monsters, deadly radiation, and insanely lethal storms ...
"Hell Tanner's passage through Damnation Alley is an epic which gives Roger Zelazny's vigor and talent full play - a dazzling ...
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"Someone, or something, is ripping the hearts from living men. Justinian, Lord Sterling, has lived for centuries, serving an ancient entity known only as the Dragon. Immortality is Justin’s reward. But to keep it, he must keep killing. Lt. Sandra McCormick is a dedicated cop, a loner whose job is her refuge from a twisted past. But to keep it, she must stop the killing. Two loners, each stalking the other. Each destined to be the other’s savior—and downfall. For love, unexpected, unstoppable, draws them together. And love ...
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"A Fae War has left the supernatural community of Bon Temps, Louisiana, in chaos - and waitress Sokie Stackhouse mentally and physically drained. And still, the peace and quiet she so desperately craves is hard to come by.
"Even with the blood of two vampires ...
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"James White turns his hand to the peculiar problems of man in space. Four ingenious tales explore some of the wild-and not so wild-possibilities; the pressures, dangers, boredom man will have to suffer, and the courage it will take to get homo sapiens to live in a totally hostile element. Excitement, suspense and the thread of realistic humor hold together these four fast moving tales of the future."; 6" - 7" ...
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"James White has produced a long series of remarkable science fiction stories over the years - notably the running of a fantastic space hospital geared for all kinds of extra-terrestrial beings.
In Deadly Litter, he turns his hand to the peculiar prob...
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"No one listened to Colston when the physicist predicted a warm wind would carry death to the large resort and the happy vacationers there, making love, swimming, watching their children play. A tough politician had silenced Colston for his own reasons. Now, he was again trying to shut the old man up, although Colston's awful prediction had come true.
A warm wind was blowing toward London, the same mysterious wind, Colston raved, that had maimed and killed at the resort. It took a young newspaperman to un...
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"Welcome to Frolic Street, the bizarre thoroughfare atop the kilometer-long spaceship on which the entire action of this book takes place. It is a futuristic combination of Carnaby Street, a flea market, and Coney Island. Among its incredible shops is a watch-maker’s where time runs backward, and among its picturesque, milling crowds is a would-be- assassin. Join King Shavar, ruler of the distant planet Ligeria, to which the spaceship is headed, as he strolls along Frolic Street. Wi...
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"In the year 2204, tragedy and terror forced a scientific team to prematurely evacuate Maleiva III. Twenty-one years later, the opportunity for scientists to study this galactic rarity - a life-supporting planet - is about to vanish forever, as a rogue gas giant has invaded the planetary system on a deadly collision course with the world they are now calling Deepsix.
"A superluminal pilot for the Academy of Science and Technology...
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Book Three of The Malloreon.
"Garion, Belgarath and their friends now know that Garion's baby son has been kidnapped by Zandramas and is to be used in a terrible ritual which will make the Dark Destiny supreme. The group, however, has been detained by Zakath, Emperor of all Mallorea, and taken to Mal Zeth, the largest city in the world. When a dire plague strikes, they manage to escape and, as prophe...
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"The greatest power in the universe.
"Earth was the archive planet for the far-flung universe, its tiny remaining population dedicated to the task of finding and preserving the wisdom of all the worlds. An isolated, peaceful haven, Earth freely shared its treasures with all who came.
" Then the warships landed, seeking to pervert knowledge into a weapon once again. Unless the peaceful archivists could find a way to stop...
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"Once a sheepfarmer's daughter, now a seasoned veteran, Paksenarrion has proven herself a fighter. Years with Duke Phelan's Company taught her weaponry, discipline, and how to react as part of a military unit. Now, though, Paks feels spurred to a solitary destiny. Against all odds she is accepted as a paladin-candidate by the Fellowship of Gird. Years of study will follow, for a paladin must be versed in diplomacy and magic as well as the fighting arts. But before s...
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"The hero of the story is a poor boy who dreams of traveling through cities and mountains. Being poor these were only dreams. He then meets a wealthy man who makes his dreams come true. A story of overcoming adversity through hard work and other character virtues." Est Level: 4th grade and up.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Tales from the famous books about the doctor who talks with animals: "The Purple Bird of Paradise," "The Coronation of King Jong," and more.
Pen and ink illustrations by the author.
Made into a motion picture with Rex Harrison.
Est Level: 3rd - 8th grades; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Children and adults alike have warmed to the charming adventures of Doctor Dolittle. This 1927 edition is replete with Hugh Lofting's whimsical black and white drawings. The front and back pastedown and free end papers have a striking moonscape featuring a green moon and stars, a trumpet-shaped flower, and a ladybug and her companions.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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"Victoria's room was high in the old house, and when the sun shone through the red glass of its windowpanes, the room seemed almost like a magic room. It was in her cupola room that Victoria made her wish, to learn to ride a horse. And it was here that she and her cousin Alexander rode with the ...
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Another novel in Saberhagen's superb retelling of the Dracula legend -- with a twist. "Vlad Tepes has roamed modern America without fear -- until now. He is no longer the only immortal in Chicago. . .
Two ancient, ruthless beings, locked in a struggle for the ultimate magic Weapon, have brought their blood-feud to his city. They will destroy any living thing in their path to possess this Weapon -- but first, they must find it. And Dracula must prevent that at...
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"Offspring of atomic catastrophe: What would happen if man's mastery of the world wasa suddenly snatched away by a new and more advanced type of life? This is the startling premise of this unusual novel.
"It fell to two people to face the news that mankind was about to follow the dinosaurs off the Earth's stage. One was Angus, veteran of a defeated Western army in a...
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"Set on the largest interstellar medical installation in the galaxy, replete with engaging human-and-alien interaction and intricate puzzle plots, James White's Sector General novels have been a favorite with the SF audience for more than three decades. Now White returns with another entertaining adventure in deep-space medicine. The empathic Dr. Prilicla, a veteran of Sector General for years, is put in command of an expedition answering three distress beacons. What...
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