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365 Starry Nightsby Chet RaymoISBN 0139205128 (0-13-920512-8)
Softcover, Prentice-Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: '365 Starry Nights'Book summary:THE AMATEUR STARGAZER'S ULTIMATE HOME COMPANION
365 Starry Nights is a unique and fascinating introduction to astronomy designed to give you a complete, clear picture of the sky every night of the year. Divided into 365 concise, illustrated essays, it focuses on the aesthetic as well as the scientific aspects of stargazing. It offers the most up-to-date information available, with hundreds of charts, drawings, and maps-that take you beyond the visible canopy of stars and constellations into the unseen realm of nebulae and galaxies.
This simple yet substantial text is full of critical information and helpful hints on how to observe the stars; describe their position; calculate their age, brightness, and distance; and much more. Whether you observe the sky with a telescope or the naked eye, 365 Starry Nights makes the infinite intimate and brings the heavens within your grasp. Keep this invaluable, informative guide close at hand, and you'll find that the sky is the limit 365 nights a year. [via]
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The Andromeda Strainby Michael CrichtonISBN 0060541814 (0-06-054181-4)
Softcover, Avon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Andromeda Strain'Book summary:Some biologists speculate that if we ever make contact with extraterrestrials, those life forms are likely to be--like most life on earth--one-celled or smaller creatures, more comparable to bacteria than little green men. And even though such organisms would not likely be able to harm humans, the possibility exists that first contact might be our last.
That's the scientific supposition that Michael Crichton formulates and follows out to its conclusion in his excellent debut novel, The Andromeda Strain.
A Nobel-Prize-winning bacteriologist, Jeremy Stone, urges the president to approve an extraterrestrial decontamination facility to sterilize returning astronauts, satellites, and spacecraft that might carry an "unknown biologic agent." The government agrees, almost too quickly, to build the top-secret Wildfire Lab in the desert of Nevada. Shortly thereafter, unbeknownst to Stone, the U.S. Army initiates the "Scoop" satellite program, an attempt to actively collect space pathogens for use in biological warfare. When Scoop VII crashes a couple years later in the isolated Arizona town of Piedmont, the Army ends up getting more than it asked for.
The Andromeda Strain follows Stone and rest of the scientific team mobilized to react to the Scoop crash as they scramble to understand and contain a strange and deadly outbreak. Crichton's first book may well be his best; it has an earnestness that is missing from his later, more calculated thrillers. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Angle of Attackby Mike GrayISBN 014023280X (0-14-023280-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angle of Attack'Book summary:Imagine a version of The Right Stuff whose protagonists are engineers rather than cocky test pilots-turned-astronauts. Author Mike Gray gives a gripping account of the men who led the North American Aviation Company through one of the largest and most daunting engineering projects in history, the development of the S-2 rocket engine, and the Apollo spacecraft. Filled both with detailed technical background and explorations of the psyches who drove--and were sometimes crushed by--the race to the moon, Angle of Attack offers a captivating look at the monumental accomplishments of a bygone era. [via]
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Beyond the Blue Event Horizonby Frederik PohlISBN 0345446674 (0-345-44667-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond the Blue Event Horizon'Book summary:In Book Two of the Heechee Saga, Robinette Broadhead is on his way to making a fortune by bankrolling an expedition to the Food Factory--a Heechee spaceship that can graze the cometary cloud and transfor the basic elements of the universe into untold quantities of food. But even as he gambles on the breakthrough technology, he is wracked with the guilt of losing his wife, poised forever at the "event horizon" of a black hole where Robin had abaondoned her. As more and more information comes back from the expedition, Robin grows ever hopeful that he can rescue his beloved Gelle-Klara Moynlin. After three and a years, the factory is discovered to work, and a human is found aboard. Robin's suffering may be just about over....
THE HEECHEE SAGA
Book One: Gateway
Book Two: Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Book Three: Heechee Rendezvous
Book Four: The Annals of the Heechee
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The Black Holeby Alan Dean FosterISBN 0345285387 (0-345-28538-7)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Cassini Divisionby Ken MacLeodISBN 0312870442 (0-312-87044-2)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Coming of Age in the Milky Wayby Timothy FerrisISBN 0060535954 (0-06-053595-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Coming of Age in the Milky Way'Book summary:From the second-century celestial models of Ptolemy to modern-day research institutes and quantum theory, this classic book offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the brilliant, eccentric personalities who have shaped it. From the first time mankind had an inkling of the vast space that surrounds us, those who study the universe have had to struggle against political and religious preconceptions. They have included some of the most charismatic, courageous, and idiosyncratic thinkers of all time. In Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Timothy Ferris uses his unique blend of rigorous research and captivating narrative skill to draw us into the lives and minds of these extraordinary figures, creating a landmark work of scientific history.
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Consider Phlebasby Iain BanksISBN 0312017529 (0-312-01752-9)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Consider Phlebas'Book summary:The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender. Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, actually to find it, and with it their own destruction. Consider Phlebas - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination. [via]
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A Critical Edition of the War of the Worldsby H. G. WellsISBN 0253328535 (0-253-32853-5)
Hardcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paintby Jay WilliamsISBN 0070705313 (0-07-070531-3)
Hardcover, School Specialty Pub
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The Death and Life of Great American Citiesby Jane JacobsISBN 0140551417 (0-14-055141-7)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Death and Life of Great American Cities'Book summary:Jane Jacobs sets out to produce an attack on current city-planning and rebuilding in America and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. Throughout the post-war period, planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on the urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the Garden City or Le Corbusier's Radiant City, they have dreamt up ambitious projects based on self-contained neighbourhoods, super-blocks, rigid "scientific" plans and endless acres of grass. Yet they seldom stop to look at what actually works on the ground. The real vitality of cities, argues Jacobs, lies in their diversity, architectural variety, teeming street life and human scale. It is only when we appreciate such fundamental realities that we can hope to create cities that are safe, interesting and economically viable, as well as places that people want to live in. [via]
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Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes, 1958-2000by Asif A. SidiqiISBN 0160674050 (0-16-067405-0)
Hardcover, Natl Technical Info Svc
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Deepsixby Jack McDevittISBN 0061020060 (0-06-102006-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Deepsix'Book summary:Deepsix is concerned with the motivating force that drives all scientists--the quest for truth, for expanding the limits of human knowledge. How much are we willing to risk for that moment of discovery, of knowing what no other soul yet knows? Our time? Our reputations? Our careers? Our lives?
The premise is this: just weeks before the planet Deepsix will be destroyed by a collision with a gas giant, ruins are detected on its surface, suggesting the presence of civilization. The Academy diverts scientists from the nearest spaceship to go down and explore, and they are joined by their century's Ellsworth Toohey: a misogynistic, sanctimonious gadfly who has never before been off of Earth's surface. The party's landers are destroyed in an earthquake induced by the approaching gas giant, so now they must find a way to get off of Deepsix before it is destroyed by the collision. Needless to say, their excavations are placed on the back burner.
The physics describing the space travel and the archeology used to reconstruct the lost culture of Deepsix are interesting and explained well. There is plenty of action and suspense--will the party survive? And the evolving characters and group dynamics are more complex than those usually found in science fiction books, making Deepsix a worthwhile read. --Diana Gitig [via]
Destination: Jupiterby Seymour SimonISBN 0064437590 (0-06-443759-0)
Softcover, Trophy Pr
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Destiny's Roadby Larry NivenISBN 0312851227 (0-312-85122-7)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Destiny's Road'Book summary:Humanity tried to conquer the stars and failed. Then it was time to try again, on Destiny. But even as the new colony was taking hold, the settlers were in revolt against one another. While some stayed on the new planet with what equipment they could keep, others fled back to the stars. Now the settlements are falling into decay, and the old technology is breaking down. Spiraltown is better off than most, and Jeremy Bloocher is lucky that he will someday head the family farm there. But there is trouble, Jeremy must flee, and neither he nor Destiny will ever be the same. [via]
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Earthlightby Arthur Charles ClarkeISBN 0345338316 (0-345-33831-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Earthlight'Book summary:The time: 200 years after man's first landing on the Moon. There are permanent populations established on the Moon, Venus and Mars. Outer space inhabitants have formed a new political entity, the Federation, and between the Federation and Earth a growing rivalry has developed. EARTHLIGHT is the story of this emerging conflict. [via]
Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulaeby Gale E. ChristiansonISBN 0226105210 (0-226-10521-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Engaging the Enemyby Elizabeth MoonISBN 0345447565 (0-345-44756-5)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Environments Out Thereby Isaac AsimovISBN 0200000594 (0-200-00059-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Far Encounter: The Neptune Systemby Eric BurgessISBN 0231074123 (0-231-07412-3)
Hardcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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First Men in the Moonby H. G. Wells, Patrick Parrinder, Steve Mclean, China MievilleISBN 0141441089 (0-14-144108-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The First Men in the Moon'Book summary:[via]When penniless businessman Mr. Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr. Cavor, an absentminded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford that the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they finda world of freezing nights, boiling days, and sinister alien life, in which they may be trapped forever.
- First time in Penguin Classics
- Includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on Wells, suggestions for further reading, and detailed notes
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Foundation's Fearby Gregory BenfordISBN 0061056383 (0-06-105638-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Foundation's Fearby Isaac Asimov, Gregory BenfordISBN 0061052434 (0-06-105243-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foundation's Fear'Book summary:This is the first installment of The Second Foundation Trilogy, based on Isaac Asimov's famous Foundation series. Acclaimed hard science fiction writers Gregory Benford, David Brin, and Greg Bear will each produce a work for the trilogy. Benford kicks off exploring the beginnings of the Foundation itself and its creator, Hari Seldon. Seldon is working on a project to ease the inevitable collapse of the universe-spanning Empire and the Dark Ages that will ensue. But the current emperor has other plans, like appointing Seldon first minister and thus thrusting him into a world of political intrigues and assassination attempts that ultimately will bring him up against future history's greatest threat. [via]
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Fridayby Robert HeinleinISBN 034530988X (0-345-30988-X)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Friday'Book summary:"AS JOYOUS TO READ AS IT IS PROVOCATIVE . . . Friday is all woman . . . She is as strong and resourceful and decisive as any Heinlein hero; in addition she is loving (oh, yes) and tender and very, very female."
--Los Angeles Times
Friday is a secret courier. She is employed by a man known to her only as "Boss." Operating from and over a near-future Earth, where chaos is the happy norm, she finds herself on assignment at Boss's seemingly whimsical behest. From New Zealand to Canada, from one to another of the new states of America's disunion, she keeps her balance nimbly with quick, expeditious solutions to one calamity and scrape after another.
Not since Valentine Michael Smith, hero of the bestselling Stranger in a Strange Land, has Robert Heinlein created a more captivating protagonist. Friday proves once again why Robert Heinlein's novels have sold more than 50 million copies, have won countless awards, and have earned him the title of Grand Master of Science Fiction.
"FRIDAY IS A SUPERBEING. . . . Engineered from the finest genes, and trained to be a secret courier in a future world of chaotic ferocity and intrigue, she can think better and make love better than any of the normal people around her."
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Gatewayby Frederick PohlISBN 0345346904 (0-345-34690-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gateway'Book summary:Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universe...and on reaches of unimaginable horror. When prospector Bob Broadhead went out to Gateway on the Heechee spacecraft, he decided he would know which was the right mission to make him his fortune. Three missions later, now famous and permanently rich, Robinette Broadhead has to face what happened to him and what he is...in a journey into himself as perilous and even more horrifying than the nightmare trip through the interstellar void that he drove himself to take!
THE HEECHEE SAGA
Book One:GATEWAY
Book Two:BEYOND THE BLUE EVENT HORIZON
Book Three: HEECHEE RENDEZVOUS
Book Four: THE ANNALS OF THE HEECHEE [via] 
Greening of Marsby Michael Allaby, James LovelockISBN 0312350244 (0-312-35024-4)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds: Collected Essays 1934-1998by Arthur Charles Clarke, Ian T. MacauleyISBN 0312267452 (0-312-26745-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds: Collected Essays 1934-1998'Book summary:"Nobody has done more in the way of enlightened prediction than Arthur C. Clarke," wrote Isaac Asimov, no slouch in that department himself. And indeed, this collection of Clarke's essays contains an astonishing amount of prophecy, in everything from space exploration to computer technology. Clarke, probably best known as the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, is one of the most prolific science authors of the 20th century, even though his science fiction works got all the glory. His expertise in tracking scientific innovation and his predilection for far-flung adventure are well represented here. Reading these articles illuminates the enormous amount of research that good science fiction writers do in the course of learning their craft. The collection spans more than 60 years of Clarke's musings. Highlights include essays on undersea and lunar living, working with Stanley Kubrick on the movie version of 2001, and tributes to his favorite authors--Lord Dunsany, Robert Bloch, and Isaac Asimov, especially. Clarke gives each essay a context, and he good-naturedly points out his old errors and failed predictions. Clarke is a fascinating person, a man of great depth and passion, and fans of his science fiction will be pleasantly surprised that his straightforward, bemused style comes through in his nonfiction as well. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Hexwoodby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0064473554 (0-06-447355-4)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hexwood'Book summary:Presents an adventurous tale of Ann Stavely, a young, curious girl, who comes upon a sorcerer in a nearby wood and attempts to figure out the mystery as to why it is that those who visit Hexwood Farm never seem to leave. Reprint. K. SLJ. [via]
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I Want to Be an Astronautby Byron BartonISBN 0064432807 (0-06-443280-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Want to Be an Astronaut'Book summary:Blast-off! Up into the shy goes the space shuttle. Into orbit, the astronauts get a taste of ready-to-eat food, experience zero gravity, go for space walks, and even fix a satellite. It's fun to fly aboard the shuttle...and then come back to earth.
A young girl declares her longing to fly on the shuttle into outer space. The familiar acts of eating, sleeping, and working become intense and special as she and the rest of the crew go about their business. The illustrations positively glow in this simple, lyrical picture book that will have nearly everyone off and flying. SLJ.Notable Children's Book of 1988 (ALA) [via]
1988 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)
Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1988 (NYT)
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The Integral Treesby Larry NivenISBN 0345320654 (0-345-32065-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Integral Trees and the Smoke Ring: And, the Smoke Ringby Larry NivenISBN 0345418166 (0-345-41816-6)
Softcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Integral Trees and the Smoke Ring: And, the Smoke Ring'Book summary:Niven has come up with an idea about as far out as one can get. . . . This is certainly classic science fictionthe idea is truly the hero. Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine
When leaving Earth, the crew of the spaceship Discipline was prepared for a routine assignment. Dispatched by the all-powerful State on a mission of interstellar exploration and colonization, Discipline was aided (and secretly spied upon) by Sharls Davis Kendy, an emotionless computer intelligence programmed to monitor the loyalty and obedience of the crew. But what they werent prepared for was the smoke ringan immense gaseous envelope that had formed around a neutron star directly in their path. The Smoke Ring was home to a variety of plant and animal life-forms evolved to thrive in conditions of continual free-fall. When Discipline encountered it, something went wrong. The crew abandoned ship and fled to the unlikely space oasis.
Five hundred years later, the descendants of the Discipline crew living on the Smoke Ring no longer remember their origins. Earth is more myth than memory, and no recollection of the State remains. But Kendy remembers. And just outside the Smoke Ring, Discipline waits patiently to make contact with its wayward children.
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Is There Life in Outer Spaceby Don Madden, Franklyn Mansfield BranleyISBN 006445049X (0-06-445049-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Is There Life in Outer Space'Book summary:A lighthearted yet serious introduction to the concept of life on other planets, "Is There Life in Outer Space?" stretches the imagination by asking questions about life off Earth and then attempts to answer them. [via]
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Is There Life in Outer Spaceby Franklyn Mansfield Branley, Edward MillerISBN 0064451925 (0-06-445192-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Is There Life in Outer Space'Book summary:Life In Outer Space[via]Bears and birds, people and planets -- many things live on planet Earth. But do they live anywhere else? For a long time people have wondered about that. Maybe you have, too. Read and find out how scientists search for signs of life in outer space.
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Kinsman Sagaby Ben BovaISBN 0312930283 (0-312-93028-3)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Story of the Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universeby Dennis OverbyeISBN 0316648965 (0-316-64896-5)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Story of the Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe'Book summary:In southern California, nearly a half century ago, a small band of researchers -- equipped with a new 200-inch telescope and a faith born of scientific optimism -- embarked on the greatest intellectual adventure in the history of humankind: the search for the origin and fate of the universe. Their quest would eventually engulf all of physics and astronomy, leading not only to the discovery of quasars, black holes, and shadow matter but also to fame, controversy, and Nobel Prizes. Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos tells the story of the men and women who have taken eternity on their shoulders and stormed nature in search of answers to the deepest questions we know to ask. [via]
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Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universeby Dennis OverbyeISBN 0060922710 (0-06-092271-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe'Book summary:A fascinating insider's glimpse of the human side of cosmology--the controversies, dramas, speculations, and disappointments. In the background of laboratories, lonely offices, and observatories, Overbye spent years observing the brilliant scientists dedicated to discovering the mysteries of the universe. Photographs; index. [via]
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Lonely Planets : The Natural Philosophy of Alien Lifeby David H. GrinspoonISBN 0060959967 (0-06-095996-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Manifoldby Stephen BaxterISBN 0345430786 (0-345-43078-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Manifold'Book summary:Award-winning author Stephen Baxter turns to the origin of species in this final novel of the Manifold trilogy. Reid Malenfant and Emma Stoney are flying over Africa when a new moon appears in the sky--and Emma disappears. She finds herself on the Red Moon with people resembling human evolutionary ancestors, with whom she must learn to live in order to survive. On Earth, Malenfant teams with Japanese scientist Nemoto on a desperate rescue mission that leads to greater questions about the origin of the alien moon, and ultimately of humankind.
Because the Manifold novels take place in alternate universes, Origin works well as a stand-alone read. Baxter effectively explores how modern humans and their ancestors might be thoroughly alien to one another, but the book is more focused on thoughtful scientific speculation than in-depth characterization. However, readers who are swept away by novels of cosmic scope and compelling imagination will find Big Idea science fiction at its best. --Roz Genessee [via]
Manifold : Originby Stephen BaxterISBN 0345430794 (0-345-43079-4)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Manifold : Spaceby Stephen BaxterISBN 0345430778 (0-345-43077-8)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Memoirs of a Space Travelerby Stanislaw LemISBN 0156586355 (0-15-658635-5)
Softcover, Harcourt on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs of a Space Traveler'Book summary:In this sequel to The Star Diaries, Ijon Tichy, space traveler of future centuries, discovers that "out there" isn't very different from "down here." Throughout these nine wild adventures, surprise follows witty surprise. Line drawings by the Author. Translated by Joel Stern and Maria Swiecicka-Ziemianek. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book[via]More editions of Memoirs of a Space Traveler:
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The Memory of Earthby Orson Scott CardISBN 0312852797 (0-312-85279-7)
Hardcover, Tor
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Mooncakeby Frank AschISBN 013601013X (0-13-601013-X)
Hardcover, Prentice-Hall
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My First Book of the Planetsby Elizabeth Winthrop, John A. NezISBN 0307020053 (0-307-02005-3)
Hardcover, Golden Book
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The Next Ten Thousand Years: A Vision of Man's Future in the Universesby Adrian BerryISBN 0224009664 (0-224-00966-4)
Hardcover, Cape
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Pegasus in Flightby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0345368975 (0-345-36897-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pegasus in Flight'Book summary:As director of the Jerhattan Parapsychic Center, telepath Rhyssa Owen coordinated the job assignments for psychically gifted Talents. And though she had her hands full dealing with the unreasonable demand for kinetics to work on the space platform that would be humankind's stepping-stone to the stars, she was always ready to welcome new Talents to the Center.
Feisty and streetwise, twelve-year-old Tirla used her extraordinary knack for languages to eke out a living in the Linear developments, where the poor struggled to make ends meet and children were conscripted or sold into menial work programs. Young Peter, paralyzed in a freak accident, hoped someday to get into space where zero gravity would enable him to function more easily. Both desperately needed help only other Talents could provide.
With the appearance in her life of one extraordinary man with no measurable Talent at all, Rhyssa suddenly found herself questioning everything she thought she knew about her people. And when two Talented children were discovered to have some very unusual -- and unexpected -- abilities, she realized that she would have to reassess the potential of all Talentkind...
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The Planetsby David McNab, James YoungerISBN 0300080441 (0-300-08044-1)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Player of Gamesby Iain M. BanksISBN 0061000981 (0-06-100098-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Player of Games'Book summary:In The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks presents a distant future that could almost be called the end of history. Humanity has filled the galaxy, and thanks to ultra-high technology everyone has everything they want, no one gets sick, and no one dies. It's a playground society of sports, stellar cruises, parties, and festivals. Jernau Gurgeh, a famed master game player, is looking for something more and finds it when he's invited to a game tournament at a small alien empire. Abruptly Banks veers into different territory. The Empire of Azad is exotic, sensual, and vibrant. It has space battle cruisers, a glowing court--all the stuff of good old science fiction--which appears old-fashioned in contrast to Gurgeh's home. At first it's a relief, but further exploration reveals the empire to be depraved and terrifically unjust. Its defects are gross exaggerations of our own, yet they indict us all the same. Clearly Banks is interested in the idea of a future where everyone can be mature and happy. Yet it's interesting to note that in order to give us this compelling adventure story, he has to return to a more traditional setting. Thoughtful science fiction readers will appreciate the cultural comparisons, and fans of big ideas and action will also be rewarded. --Brooks Peck [via]
Reaching for the Moon: My Journey to the Moonby Buzz Aldrin, Wendell MinorISBN 0060554452 (0-06-055445-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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The Ringworld Throneby Larry NivenISBN 0345412966 (0-345-41296-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ringworld Throne'Book summary:In Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers Larry Niven created Known Space, a universe in the distant future with a distinctive and complicated history. The center of this universe is Ringworld, an expansive hoop-shaped relic 1 million miles across and 600 million miles in circumference that is home to some 30 trillion diverse inhabitants. As in his past novels, Niven's characters in The Ringworld Throne spend their time unraveling the complex problems posed by their society. [via]
The Rolling Stonesby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 034532451X (0-345-32451-X)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Season of Passageby Christopher PikeISBN 0312851154 (0-312-85115-4)
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Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry and Space-Timeby Richard P FeynmanISBN 0201328410 (0-201-32841-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry and Space-Time'Book summary:No twentieth-century American scientist is better known to a wider spectrum of people than Richard P. Feynman (19181988)physicist, teacher, author, and cultural icon. His autobiographies and biographies have been read and enjoyed by millions of readers around the world, while his wit and eccentricities have made him the subject of TV specials and even a theatrical film.The spectacular reception of the book and audio versions of Feynmans Six Easy Pieces (published in 1995) resulted in a worldwide clamor for More Feynman! More Feynman! The outcome is these six additional lectures, drawn from the celebrated three-volume Lectures on Physics. Though slightly more challenging than the first six, these lectures are more focused, delving into the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einsteins Theory of Relativity.No single breakthrough in twentieth-century physics (with the possible exception of quantum mechanics) changed our view of the world more than that of Einsteins discovery of relativity. The notions that the flow of time is not a constant, that the mass of an object depends on its velocity, and that the speed of light is a constant no matter what the motion of the observer, at first seemed shocking to scientists and laymen alike. But, as Feynman shows so clearly and so entertainingly in the lectures chosen for this volume, these crazy notions are no mere dry principles of physics, but are things of beauty and elegance. No onenot even Einstein himselfexplained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than Richard Feynman.[via]More editions of Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry and Space-Time:
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Sky Is Full of Starsby Felicia Bond, Franklyn BranleyISBN 0064450023 (0-06-445002-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sky Is Full of Stars'Book summary:Young stargazers learn about different star colors and brightnesses, how to locate major constellations, and how to make mini planetariums by using coffee cans and flashlights. A fine job of encouraging young people to look at stars and constellations. . . . Highly recommended as a science resource book." Science and Children. "A dandy book for [primary grade] readers." AP.
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Skyguideby Mark ChartrandISBN 0307136671 (0-307-13667-1)
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Space Doctorby Lee CorreyISBN 0345324862 (0-345-32486-2)
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The Space Shuttle Operator's Manualby Kerry M. Joels, Gregory P. Kennedy, David LarkinISBN 0345341813 (0-345-34181-3)
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The Space Shuttle Operators Manualby Gregory P. Kennedy, David Larkin, Kerry Mark JoelsISBN 0345307518 (0-345-30751-8)
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Spaceships of the Mindby Nigel CalderISBN 0140052313 (0-14-005231-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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Star Wars Episode IIby R. A. SalvatoreISBN 034542882X (0-345-42882-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Star Wars Episode II'Book summary:There is a great disturbance in the Force. . . . From the sleek ships of the glimmering Coruscant skyscape to the lush gardens of pastoral Naboo, dissent is roiling. The Republic is failing, even under the leadership of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, elected ten years earlier to save the crumbling government. Separatists threaten war, and the Senate is hopelessly divided, unable to determine whether to raise an army for battle or keep the fragile peace. It is a stalemate that once broken, could lead to galactic chaos.
Mischievous and resolved, courageous to the point of recklessness, Anakin Skywalker has come of age in a time of great upheaval. The nineteen-year-old apprentice to Obi-Wan Kenobi is an enigma to the Jedi Council, and a challenge to his Jedi Master. Time has not dulled Anakins ambition, nor has his Jedi training tamed his independent streak. When an attempt on Senator Padmé Amidalas life brings them together for the first time in ten years, it is clear that time also has not dulled Anakins intense feelings for the beautiful diplomat.
The attack on Senator Amidala just before a crucial vote thrusts the Republic even closer to the edge of disaster. Masters Yoda and Mace Windu sense enormous unease. The dark side is growing, clouding the Jedis perception of the events. Unbeknownst to the Jedi, a slow rumble is building into the roar of thousands of soldiers readying for battle. But even as the Republic falters around them, Anakin and Padmé find a connection so intense that all else begins to fall away. Anakin will lose himselfand his wayin emotions a Jedi, sworn to hold allegiance only to the Order, is forbidden to have.
Based on the story by George Lucas and the screenplay by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales, this intense and revealing novel by bestselling author R. A. Salvatore sheds new light on the legend of Star Warsand skillfully illuminates one of our most beloved sagas. [via] 
Starman Jonesby Robert A. Heinlein, Judy-Lynn Del ReyISBN 0345328116 (0-345-32811-6)
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Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsonsby George PendleISBN 0156031795 (0-15-603179-5)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life Of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons'Book summary:ROCKET SCIENTIST KILLED IN PASADENA EXPLOSION screamed the headline of the Los Angeles Times. John Parsons, a maverick rocketeer who helped transform the rocket from a derided sci-fi plotline into a reality, was at first mourned as a scientific prodigy. But reporters soon uncovered a more shocking story: Parsons had been a devotee of black magic.[via]
George Pendle re-creates the world of John Parsons in this dazzling portrait of prewar superstition, cold war paranoia, and futuristic possibility. Fueled by childhood dreams of space flight, Parsons was a leader of the motley band of enthusiastic young men who founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a cornerstone of the American space program. But Parsons's wild imagination also led him into the occult- for if he could make rocketry a reality, why not magic?
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L. Ron Hubbard, and Robert Heinlein, Strange Angel explores the unruly consequences of genius.More editions of Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons:
Voyageby Stephen BaxterISBN 0061057088 (0-06-105708-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Voyage'Book summary:Kennedy survived. Like many alternate history stories, that's the premise of Stephen Baxter's Voyage. But in Baxter's version of the past, that one altered fact is the propellant that drives humanity into space, beyond the primitive lunar landings of the 1960s. Spurred by a JFK who champions space flight and a Nixon administration that backs NASA, humans reach Mars in 1986. But this is a tragic tale as well as a triumphant one, for Baxter's relentless realism chronicles the perils of extended space flight as well as its glamorous achievements, making for a gritty, true-to-life story. [via]
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The War Of The Worldsby H. G. Wells, Patrick Parrinder, Andy Sawyer, Brian Wilson AldissISBN 0141441038 (0-14-144103-8)
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What the Moon Is Likeby Franklyn M. Branley, True KelleyISBN 0064451852 (0-06-445185-2)
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What the Moon Is Likeby Franklyn Mansfield BranleyISBN 006445052X (0-06-445052-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What the Moon Is Like'Book summary:NASA photos and information gathered by the Apollo space missions are incorporated here along with a description of how the moon's composition, terrain, and atmosphere differ from Earth's. Colorful illustrations capture these differences, identify the Apollo landing sites, and depict the operation of a future moon colony. [via]
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The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematicsby Clifton Fadiman, Timothy FerrisISBN 0316281298 (0-316-28129-8)
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The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematicsby Timothy FerrisISBN 0316281336 (0-316-28133-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics'Book summary:The most Eloquent and inspired scienc writing of our time.
An astonishing cast of more than ninety renowned writers provides thoughtful and lucid reflections on some of the major scentific topics of our time - from black holes and galaxies to artificial intelligence and chaos theory. Featuring essays, articles, and poems penned by notables in the worlds of both science and literature, this unique book will delight the science enthusiast and the inquisitive general reader alike. [via]
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