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Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The boy was raised as one of the Chained, condemned to toil in the bowels of a mining ship out among the stars. His whole world changes--literally--when he is yanked "upstairs" and informed he has been given an opportunity to be educated at the ship's university alongside the elite. Overwhelmed and alone, the boy forms a bond with the woman he comes to know as "the professor," a weary idealist and descendent of the Chained who has spent her career...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
Book Two of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel Dune—A Major Motion Picture
Sequel to the international bestseller Dune: House Atreides
Before Dune . . .
The epic tale of Duke Leto Atreides and his rise to power . . .
The fierce ambitions of his mortal enemy, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen . . .
The struggles of the young girl Jessica, the Baron’s secret daughter,...
Sequel to the international bestseller Dune: House Atreides
Before Dune . . .
The epic tale of Duke Leto Atreides and his rise to power . . .
The fierce ambitions of his mortal enemy, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen . . .
The struggles of the young girl Jessica, the Baron’s secret daughter,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Formats
Description
Book Three of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel Dune—Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture
The grand finale of the complex epic trilogy of the generation before Frank Herbert’s masterwork Dune.
Shaddam Corrino IV, Emperor of the Known Universe, has risked everything to create a substitute for the spice melange . . .
The substance that makes space travel possible...
The grand finale of the complex epic trilogy of the generation before Frank Herbert’s masterwork Dune.
Shaddam Corrino IV, Emperor of the Known Universe, has risked everything to create a substitute for the spice melange . . .
The substance that makes space travel possible...
Author
Series
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Parable of the Talents celebrates the classic Butlerian themes of alienation and transcendence, violence and spirituality, slavery and freedom, separation and community, to astonishing effect, in the shockingly familiar, broken world of 2032. Long awaited, Parable of the Talents is the continuation of the travails of Lauren Olamina, the heroine of 1994's Nebula-Prize finalist, bestselling Parable of the Sower. Parable of the Talents is told in the...
7) Replicant
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2001.
Language
English
Description
"During a murder spree, precious DNA is left behind that allows a secret government agency to render a killer's pefect duplicate. Jean-Claude Van Damme squares off against his deadliest oppenent yet - himself - when he stars as both a heinous serial killer and the replicated clone that represents the agency's best and only chance at capturing this mad killer on the loose."--Container.
Author
Publisher
VR YA (VR Editoras)
Pub. Date
marzo 2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Setenta y tres ąos despǔs, ¿CRUEL es bueno? Han pasado casi tres cuartos de siglo desde los hechos narrados en La cura mortal, ahora, los descendientes de los Habitantes viven aislados en una isla. Y si saben sobre su pasado es por dos motivos: los relatos del viejo Sarťn, que no los deja olvidar. Y el diario de Newt. Cuando un barco, el Maze Cutter, llega deshecho a la costa con una ͠nica sobreviviente abordo, tienen por primera vez noticias...
Author
Series
Escape from a video game volume 04
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"You may have escaped the game, but your mission is far from over. Unlock the Lost Files to join forces with Raj, a kid who'd lived the rest of his life inside a video game if he could. Together, you'll track down the shadowy villain responsible for the worlds you've been exploring. Be careful--this is your most dangerous adventure yet.."
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Now that the Doctor and Clara have established a dynamic as a partnership of equals, they're relishing the fun and thrills that all of space and time has to offer. Tangling with ghosts, Vikings and the ultimate evil of the Daleks, they embark on their biggest adventures yet.
14) House Atreides
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
Book One of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel Dune—Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture
Step into the universe of Frank Herbert’s Dune, one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time.
Before Paul Atreides became Muad’Dib, the dynamic leader who unified the wild Fremen on the desert planet known as Dune . . .
Before the evil Baron Harkonnen overthrew...
Step into the universe of Frank Herbert’s Dune, one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time.
Before Paul Atreides became Muad’Dib, the dynamic leader who unified the wild Fremen on the desert planet known as Dune . . .
Before the evil Baron Harkonnen overthrew...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A funny, poignant, and page-turning debut novel that skewers billionaire-funded space travel in a love story of interplanetary proportions.
"Amber Kivinen is moving to Mars. Or at least, she will be if she wins a chance to join MarsNow. She and twenty-three reality TV contestants from around the world--including attractive Israeli soldier Adam, endearing fellow Canadian Pichu, and an assortment of science nerds and wannabe influencers--are competing...
16) House Atreides
Author
Series
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Frank Herbert's award-winning Dune chronicles captured the imagination of millions of readers worldwide. By the time of his death in 1986, Herbert had completed six novels in the series, but much of his vision remained unwritten. Now, working from his father's recently discovered files, Brian Herbert and bestselling novelist Kevin J. Anderson collaborate on a new novel, the prelude to Dune-where we step onto the planet Arrakis decades before Dune's...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In this commemoration celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who this is a look back at the actors who have portrayed this iconic hero over its historic past. The years 1981-1996 saw four new actors portray the Doctor, Peter Davison (1981-83), Colin Baker (1984-86), Sylvester McCoy (1987-89) and Paul McGann (1996). A retrospective is followed by one full story for each Doctor, including Earthshock, Vengeance on Varos, Remembrance of the Daleks,...
18) House Harkonnen
Author
Series
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson return to the vivid universe of Frank Herbert's Dune, bringing a vast array of rich and complex characters into conflict to shape the destiny of worlds. As Shaddam sits at last on the Golden Lion Throne, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen plots against the new Emperor and House Atreides-and against the mysterious Sisterhood of the Bene Gesserit. For Leto Atreides, grown complacent and comfortable as ruler of his House, it...
19) Poor things
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices...
Author
Publisher
Solaris, an imprint of Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Alefret, the founder of Varkal's pacifist resistance, was bombed and maimed by his own government, locked up in a secret prison and tortured by a 'visionary' scientist. But now they're offering him a chance of freedom. Ordered to infiltrate one of Med'ariz's flying cities, obeying the bloodthirsty zealot Qhudur, he must find fellow anti-war activists in the enemy's population and provoke them into an uprising against their rulers. He should refuse...