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1) Dune
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This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence. The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the...
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"A deluxe hardcover edition of the queen of science fiction's trailblazing novel about a planet full of genderless beings--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary's mission to Winter, an unknown alien world whose inhabitants can choose--and change--their gender....
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Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award: In a nuclear-ravaged California, a humble musician sets out on a dangerous quest to rescue his lost love from the clutches of a soul-devouring religious cult In the twenty-second century, the City of Angels is a tragic shell of its former self, having long ago been ruined and reshaped by nuclear disaster. Before he was in a band in Ellay, Gregorio Rivas was a redeemer, rescuing lost souls trapped in the Jaybirds...
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The Terichik rose screaming from the frozen, dark sea. Bulwar was the first Adventurer to die. Now there were twelve. At the end Eviane knelt around her companions and threw down her weapon. The men and women in crisp orange uniforms came to pick up the bodies. Then they came for the weapons. WIt wasa thing of magic in a world of technology or technology in a world of magic.
9) Archangel
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Story about love, magic and honor.
Generations after Samaria is first settled, corruption threatens to destroy the colony, and the only hope of avoiding an Armageddon is the crowning of a new Archangel, Gabriel, who must first marry a mortal woman, Rachel, who has her own ideas about her life.
16) Fearless
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Captain John "Black Jack" Geary tries a desperate gamble to lead the Alliance Fleet home-through enemy-occupied space-only to lose half the Fleet to an unexpected mutiny.
19) Directive 51
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Seemingly random events simultaneously occurring around the world are in fact connected as part of a radical group's plan to destroy modern civilization--a plan that will eliminate America's top government personnel, leaving the nation no choice but to implement its emergency contingency program ... Directive 51.
20) Redoubtable
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Lieutenant Commander Kris Longknife and her crew work to take down the pirates and slavers who are preying on millions of suffering refugees, especially after slavers kidnap a young girl, making the task personal as well as political.