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The Diamond Age
Science fiction-roman.
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A Fire Upon The Deep
A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale. …
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A Deepness in the Sky
After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the …
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Prey
A cloud of nanoparticles - all programmed to become predators - has escaped from a laboratory in Nevada.
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Nanotech
Nanotechology--the creation of self-replicating machines with the capability to build or alter almost any structure, including the human form, by manipulating atoms or molecules--has captured the imaginations of science fiction …
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Queen City Jazz
"A first novelist of enormous talent and energy . . . she grounds her apocalyptic vision in a few short, finely detailed scenes that reveal how personal failings can become …
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Bloom
A man-made fungus called mycora has wiped out most of humanity on Earth and on several planets, but reports persist of human survivors in colder climes. A voyage of exploration …
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Ventus
On the terraformed planet of Ventus, Jordan Mason, a young man plagued by visions, is kidnapped by offworld human Calandria May and then escapes to seek his own destiny in …
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Singularity Sky
In a world transformed by the Eschaton, a sentient artificial intelligence, the colony of New Republic, founded by people who wanted no part of the technological revolution, is threatened by …
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Moonwar
Ben Bova's extraordinary Moonbase Saga continues with a breathtaking near-future adventure rich in character and incident. The action begins seven years after the indomitable Stavenger family has realized its cherished …
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The First Immortal
“[James Halperin] plots the book with thoroughness and imagination. . . . Innovative.”—Publishers Weekly In 1988, Benjamin Smith suffers a massive heart attack. But he will not die. A pioneering …
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Nano
"As this fast-paced nanothriller unfolds, readers are taken on a tour de force of nanotechnology's promises and perils - until the fate of the earth itself hangs in the balance."--BOOK …
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Blood Music
The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Moving Mars presents the book that launched his career, featuring a scientist who conducts an experiment in cell restructuring that takes on a …
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Plague Year
When the nanotechnology designed to fight cancer evolves into a machine plague, killing nearly five billion people, a group of survivors, struggling to stay alive, places their faith in a …