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WEBDANCERSFor centuries the slobs that inhabit the Earth have been rocketing their refuse into the galaxy, carelessly littering the cosmos with wrappers and peelings and bottles and cans. But now the universe is about to get even. An immense comet of garbage has been sighted on a collision course for Earth! Only one man can stop it: A human discard, a lowly government worker who dreams of becoming a Space Patrol Captain but could never pass the physical, the unheroic, the imperfect, the one and only... Sidney Malloy. Hardcover: 527 pages |
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THE WEB and the STARSIn The Web and the Stars, the second volume of The Timeweb Chronicles, the multiplanet Human empire of merchant princes is engaged in an ongoing war against the Mutatis, a dangerous race of shapeshifters. Noah has put a defensive plan into effect to prevent the Mutati Kingdom from using a doomsday weapon to blow up Human-controlled planets. But despite his altruistic efforts, Noah has made dangerous enemies of his own kind. . Hardcover : 531 pages |
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SIDNEY'S COMETFor centuries the slobs that inhabit the Earth have been rocketing their refuse into the galaxy, carelessly littering the cosmos with wrappers and peelings and bottles and cans. But now the universe is about to get even. An immense comet of garbage has been sighted on a collision course for Earth! Only one man can stop it: A human discard, a lowly government worker who dreams of becoming a Space Patrol Captain but could never pass the physical, the unheroic, the imperfect, the one and only... Sidney Malloy. Paperback: 248 pages |
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THE RACE FOR GODA self-made prophet and head of the Interplanetary Church of Cosmic Chickenhood receives a bona fide invitation from God to visit Him on His planet at the edge of the universe. In response, a flood of religious devotees flocks to the spaceships destined to deliver them, provided they can survive "holy war" in outer space. Paperback: 224 pages |
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TIMEWEB (The TimeWeb Chronicles)This hard SF novel is the first in a series. Thanks to free faster-than-light travel provided by mysterious sentient podships, the "Human" interstellar empire is run by the rapacious Merchant Prince Alliance. Estranged from his Merchant Prince father, paragon environmentalist Noah Watanabe leads the eco-warrior Guardians in rebuilding the ecology of MPA-exploited planets. Meanwhile, Noah's jealous twin sister schemes and seduces the MPA leader to gain power. More seriously, the shape-shifting alien Mutati plan to destroy Humans one world at a time with the planet-busting Demolio device. Hardcover: 555 pages |
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THE FORGOTTEN HEROESBrian has chronicled the amazing exploits of the United States Merchant Marine, assembling a fascinating array of data to describe the world of the Merchant Marine in peace and especially in war. Hardcover: 320pages / Paperback: 328 pages |
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DREAMER OF DUNENominated for the prestigious Hugo Award! Brian tells the provocative story of his father's extraordinary life in this honest and loving chronicle. He has also brought to light all the events in Herbert's life that would find their way into speculative fiction's greatest epic. Hardcover: 576 pages /Paperback: 592 pages |
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