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The fall of Hyperion

1995
When the Time Tombs in the world of Hyperion begin to open after being closed off for years, the entire galaxy is threatened by the danger that is unleashed from the tombs' depths.

Saving the world and other extreme sports

2008
The time has come for Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel to face their ultimate enemy and, despite many obstacles, try to save the world from a sinister plan to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race.

Rama II

1990
The best and brightest minds on Earth are assembled to intersect with Rama II. Informed of Raman technology, they still are not prepared for what they encounter.

How to write science fiction & fantasy

2001
Defines the fiction genres of science fiction and fantasy, offers advice for writing successful science fiction and fantasy, and explains how to find markets for getting stories published.

Children of the mind

1997
Ender Wiggin's adopted world of Lusitania, with its three sentient species and his oldest friend Jane, a computer intelligence, are threatened by a fleet of ships sent by the Starways Congress, but with the help of two new beings created by Ender's mind, the planet may still be saved.

Shield of lies

1996
The New Republic's triumph is faced with a new threat that Leia must deal with, while Lando becomes a prisoner aboard a runaway spacecraft, and Luke continues his quest to learn more about his mother, then while Han tries to help Leia against the Yevethan he faces a fleet of warships under the command of a ruthless leader.

The ugly little boy

1992
Stasis Technologies, Ltd. plucks a Neanderthal child off the prehistoric tundra and transports it into the twenty-first century. His assigned nurse develops a caring bond with the boy and attempts to travel back in time with him to help him rejoin his tribe.

Lyon's pride

1994
The children of Damia and Afra Lyon unite their telepathic powers to destroy the Hiver aliens that threaten their peaceful world.

In war times

2007
In 1941, the night before his brother dies in the attack on Pearl Harbor, American soldier Sam Dance receives instructions from a physics professor to make a machine that is supposed to change human nature and end war, and once the machine is completed, an alternate reality begins to unfold.

The Bradbury chronicles

the life of Ray Bradbury
2005
A biography of the highly regarded science fiction author of Fahrenheit 451 and numerous other books, covering his childhood, first publications, and eventual literary success.

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