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Series

Dragonriders of Pern volume 10
Renegades of Pern

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Go back in time and visit Pern like it’s never been seen before in this thrilling prequel about the creation of dragons.

The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists—until unimaginable terror turned it into hell. Suddenly deadly spores were falling like silver threads from the sky, devouring everything—and everyone—on their path. It...

2) Aurora

Author

Robinson, Kim Stanley

Pub. Date

2015.

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Description

"Generations after leaving earth, a starship draws near to the planet that may serve as a new home world for those on board. But the journey has brought unexpected changes and their best laid plans may not be enough to survive"--

3) Dragonquest

Author

Series

Dragonriders of Pern volume 2

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Description

On the planet Pern, humans breed and train great fire-breathing dragons to help them fight the deadly silver Threads that fall from the sky whenever the Red Star passes by the planet.

4) The oxygen farmer

Author

Holmes, Colin

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Description

"A cranky old oxygen farmer on the Moon stumbles onto a century old secret that threatens to derail the first mission to Mars, destroy the Luna colony, and maybe even life on Earth" --

5) Freedom's choice

Author

Series

Freedom series (Anne McCaffrey) volume 2
Catteni

Formats

Description

As Earthmen on the planet Catteni prepare to return to their home planet, Kris Bjornson faces a dilemma. She would give anything to see Earth, but this would mean abandoning her love, the Catteni renegade, Zainal, who helped her fellow Earthmen survive.

6) Iron sunrise

Author

Stross, Charles

Pub. Date

2004

Physical Desc

x, 355 p. ; 24 cm.

7) Singularity sky

Author

Stross, Charles

Pub. Date

2004, c2003

Physical Desc

337 p. ; 18 cm.

8) Freedom's landing

Author

Series

Freedom series (Anne McCaffrey) volume 1
Catteni

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Description

Book, Audiobook CD, eBook, Kindle

After Earth is conquered by aliens, a shipload of human slaves is exiled to a planet for an experiment in survival. There is a romance between one of the women slaves and an alien nobleman from the conquering race, exiled for killing one of his own. By the author of Lyon's Pride.

9) The dazzle of day

Author

Gloss, Molly

Pub. Date

1998, c1997

Physical Desc

254 p. ; 21 cm.

10) The knife of never letting go

Author

Ness, Patrick

Series

Chaos walking volume 1

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Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.

11) Galileo's Dream: A Novel

Author

Robinson, Kim Stanley

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

At the heart of a provocative narrative that stretches from Renaissance Italy to the moons of Jupiter is the father of modern science: Galileo Galilei. To the inhabitants of the Jovian moons, Galileo is a revered figure whose actions will influence the subsequent history of the human race. From the summit of their distant future, a charismatic renegade named Ganymede travels to the past to bring Galileo forward in an attempt to alter history and

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12) The vaster wilds

Author

Groff, Lauren

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Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

"A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her. Lauren Groff's new novel is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a...

13) Fallen dragon

Author

Hamilton, Peter F

Pub. Date

2009

Physical Desc

825 p. ; 21 cm.

14) To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

Author

Paolini, Christopher

Series

Fractalverse

Pub. Date

2020.

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Description

Now a New York Times and USA Today bestseller!
Winner of Best Science Fiction in the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards!
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a brand new epic novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eragon, Christopher Paolini.
Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds.
Now she's awakened a nightmare.
During a routine survey mission on

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15) The dolphins of Pern

Author

Series

Dragonriders of Pern volume 15
Renegades of Pern

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Description

After being saved from drowning by talking dolphins, a boy sets out to integrate them into the world of humans. The dolphins--genetically engineered--were part of the original colony on Pern, but humans lost touch with them, preferring dragons who could be used to fight wars. By the author of The Chronicles of Pern.

16) Freedom's challenge

Author

Series

Freedom series (Anne McCaffrey) volume 3
Catteni

Formats

Description

On Botany, a planet of humans and aliens, preparations are underway for an expedition to liberate Earth from the cat-like Cattani. The heroes are a human-alien couple, Kris Bjornsen and Zainal, a renegade Cattani. Third novel in a series.

17) The renegades of Pern

Author

Series

Dragonriders of Pern volume 12
Renegades of Pern

Formats

Description

A new chapter in the popular "Pern" series finds the planet's inhabitants threatened by a band of renegades that attempts to expose them to deadly airborne spores in the atmosphere.

18) One good soldier

Author

Taylor, Travis S

Series

One day on Mars volume 3

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

418 p.

19) Survival Colony 9

Author

Bellin, Joshua David

Pub. Date

[2014]

Physical Desc

325 pages ; 22 cm

Description