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21) Channel blue
Author
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Alien Execs are planning a disastrous finale to their Big Brother style show, in which earth is the star. Only one man can save our planet, and he's hardly a likely hero. Earth used to be Galaxy Entertainment's most lucrative show. The inhabitants of the Western Galaxy, the savviest, richest demographic in the Milky Way, just couldn't get enough of the day-to-day details of the average Earthling's life. But now Channel Blue's ratings are flagging...
22) Hot moon
Author
Series
Publisher
Caezik SF & Fantasy, Arc Manor
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In an alternate 1979, when NASA's Columbia space station is attacked by four Soviet Soyuz crafts, astronaut Vivian Carter is redirected to a NASA scientific outpost, which also falls under Soviet attack, forcing them all to perform daring acts of ingenuity and improvisation."--
23) Eyes of the void
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Facing impending extinction, an Intermediary decides to help the Human Colonies stop the Architects who are back consuming entire planets after eighty years of a fragile peace, in the second novel of the series, following Shards of Earth."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Pocket
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"Over two hundred years ago, the life of one of Starfleet's earliest pioneers came to a tragic end, and Captain Jonathan Archer, the legendary commander of Earth's first warp-five starship, lost a close friend. Or so it seemed for many years. But with the passage of time, and the declassification of certain crucial files, the truth about that fateful day--the day that Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III didn't die--could finally be revealed."--Provided...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The Earth, now a starfaring civilization, is desperate for allies in a universe teeming with hostile aliens and predators, and a group of determined individuals make a discovery that could bring down the Hegemony that dominates the galaxy once and for all."--
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez's latest space-tech thriller, a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid-kicking off a new space race in which Earth's climate crisis could well hang in the balance"--
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A startling and evocative novel, harkening to both One Day and Gravity, a man and a woman revisit memories of their love affair on a utopian Earth while they are trapped in the vast void of space with only ninety minutes of oxygen left. After the catastrophic destruction of the Middle East and the United States, Europe has become a utopia and, every three years, the European population must rotate into different multicultural communities, living...
30) Assassin's orbit
Author
Publisher
Solaris, an imprint of Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"On the eve of planet Ileri's vote to join the Commonwealth, a government minister is assassinated. Private investigator Noo Okereke and spy Meiko Ogawa join forces with police chief Toiwa to investigate--and they discover clues to a threat humanity thought they had escaped."--
Author
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Binti, a young Himba girl with the chance of a lifetime: to attend the prestigious Oomza University. Despite her family's concerns, Binti's talent for mathematics and her aptitude with astrolabes make her a prime candidate to undertake this interstellar journey. But everything changes when the jellyfish-like Medusae attack Binti's spaceship, leaving her the only survivor. Now, Binti must fend for herself, alone on a ship full of the beings who murdered...
32) Fearless
Author
Publisher
Flame Tree Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
AD 2118. Humanity has colonised the Moon, Mars, Ceres and Europa. Captain Ellisa Shann commands Khidr, a search and rescue ship with a crew of twenty-five, tasked to assist the vast commercial freighters that supply the different solar system colonies. Shann has no legs and has taken to life in zero-g partly as a result. She is a talented tactician who has a tendency to take too much on her own shoulders. Now, while on a regular six-month patrol through...
Author
Publisher
Page Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When a virus threatens to destroy one of the founding planets of the alliance, and billions of people throughout the quadrant, it is up to the crew of the Heaven and a team of scientists to go to a small planet on the far side of the galaxy and manipulate the lifeforms there in order to save their world. In their way: an unknown environment, hostile aliens and morality!" --
34) Worlds long lost
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"We were not alone. The farther we push into the universe, the more obvious it becomes. The signs are everywhere: canals and pyramids on Mars, old roads on the moons of Jupiter, ruined cities on worlds about the nearer stars. The galaxy once teemed with life, or so it seems. Which begs the question: What happened to it all? These stories explore the ruins of lost civilisations, solve ancient mysteries - and awaken horrors from beyond the dawn of time."--...
35) Snail in space
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Gail, an adventurous snail, is willing to do what it takes to achieve her dream of traveling to outer space.
Author
Series
Sister world ; 2
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Sister World, The Fight for Earth begins where Sister World, The Arrival ends. Having arrived on Earth, Kahill and Becarra begin assembling a new resistance. With the help of Dr.'s Charles and Sam Benjamin, Peter and Becky and the people and animals of Griffen Island, Kahill begins Operation Switchback. The plan to put Earth's leaders back in their places depends on the bravery and trust of many and the dedication of those willing to risk their lives."--...
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
After nearly a decade of brutal warfare, three mighty factions--the enigmatic protoss, the savage zerg, and the terrans, humanity's descendants in the sector--have entered a cease-fire, but the peace is tenuous at best. When the sudden restoration of an incinerated planet is brought to light, tensions erupt. Neutrality swings back to hostility, and old enemies are accused of developing biological weapons to reignite the bitter conflict. An expedition...
39) The effort
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When dark comet UD3 was spotted near Jupiter's orbit, its existence was largely ignored. But to individuals who knew better -- scientists like Benjamin Schwartz, manager of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies -- the threat this eight-kilometer comet posed to the survival of the human race was unthinkable. The 150-million-year reign of the dinosaurs ended when an asteroid impact generated more than a billion times the energy of an atomic bomb....
40) Canopus
Author
Series
Publisher
Scout Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Helen wakes up marooned on a lifeless alien planet 300 light years from Earth with no memories beyond a hazy sense of extinction-level urgency to return to Earth. Joined by Arther, her strange robot companion, she explores the planet to find materials necessary to repair her ship. However, circumstances are not as straightforward as they seem. Along the way, Helen's most painful memories return as monstrous manifestations hellbent on her destruction,...
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