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2) Aurora
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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) Noumenon
Author
Series
Noumenon volume 1
Language
English
Description
In 2088, humankind is at last ready to explore beyond Earth’s solar system. But one uncertainty remains: Where do we go? Astrophysicist Reggie Straifer has an idea. He’s discovered an anomalous star that appears to defy the laws of physics, and proposes the creation of a deep-space mission to find out whether the star is a weird natural phenomenon, or something manufactured. The journey will take eons. In order to maintain the genetic talent of...
Author
Series
Children of time volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age--a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied....
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"In New York Times bestseller Extraterrestrial, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, presented a theory that shook the scientific community: our solar system, Loeb claimed, had been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant star. This provocative and persuasive argument opened thousands of minds to the vast possibilities of our universe and the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. But a crucial question remained:...
Author
Series
Expanse volume 8
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
534 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time comes a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring novel about children on the cusp of adulthood in a broken world, who find resilience, hope, and story. The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are children trying to figure out the world around them, and to survive. In the besieged city of Constantinople in 1453, in a public library in Lakeport,...
8) Sunshine
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of us all.
Author
Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Agent Meow (also known as Pete the Cat) discovers an empty alien spaceship and accidentally launches into space, what else will he find? Early readers will love blasting off with Agent Meow in this otherworldly adventure!"--
10) Black star
Author
Publisher
Abrams Comicarts Megascope
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
163 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Black Star is a debut graphic novel by Eric Anthony Glover, based on his original unproduced screenplay, and illustrated by Arielle Jovellanos. In the future, interstellar travel is past its prime and sending shuttles beyond our solar system -- even for vital scientific research -- is a life-threatening gamble. However, in order to retrieve samples of an alien flower that may hold the key to saving countless lives, Harper North and her crew of scientists...
Author
Series
Barque cats volume 2
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
236 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Catalyst readers were introduced to the beguiling Barque Cats: spacefaring felines who serve aboard starships as full-fledged members of the crew. Highly evolved, the cats share an almost telepathic bond with their minders, or Cat Persons—until, suddenly, there is no “almost” about it, and a particular Barque Cat, Chester, learns to exchange thoughts with his human friend, Jubal. Other cats soon gain the same ability. Behind the seeming miracle...
Author
Series
Noumenon volume 2
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Generations ago, Convoy Seven and I.C.C. left Earth on a mission that would take them far beyond the solar system. Launched by the Planet United Consortium, a global group formed to pursue cooperative Earth-wide interests in deep space, nine ships headed into the unknown to explore a distant star called LQ Pyx. Eons later, the convoy has returned to LQ Pyx to begin work on the Web, the alien megastructure that covers the star. Is it a Dyson Sphere,...
Author
Series
Barque cats volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
256 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Since the early days of interstellar travel, Barque Cats have been highly prized crew members, responsible for keeping spacecraft free of vermin, for alerting human crews to potential environmental hazards, and for acting as morale officers. Even among Barque Cats, Chessie is something special. Her pedigree, skills, and intelligence, as well as the close rapport she has with her human, Janina, make her the most valuable crew member aboard the Molly...
Author
Series
Binti volume 3
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Binti has returned to her home planet, believing that the violence of the Meduse has been left behind. Unfortunately, although her people are peaceful on the whole, the same cannot be said for the Khoush, who fan the flames of their ancient rivalry with the Meduse. Far from her village when the conflicts start, Binti hurries home, but anger and resentment has already claimed the lives of many close to her. Once again it is up to Binti, and her intriguing...
15) Beacon 23
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
5 audio discs (6 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For centuries, people manned lighthouses to ensure the safe passage of ships. In the twenty-third century, this job has moved into outer space. These beacons never fail or break down, or do they?
Author
Series
Outer planets novels volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the outer settlements of the human-occupied solar system, there are rumors about what was found deep under Neptune's frozen seas when a Hungarian billionaire's ship was lost with all hands. But the rumors are far more tame than the reality. When the billionaire's daughter mounts a mission to find the truth, her discoveries will up-end humanity's understanding of our origins on Earth"--
Author
Series
Binti volume 1
Publisher
Tor, published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
90 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs. Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter...
18) Neptune
Author
Series
Outer planets volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (8 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three years ago, Ilona Magyr's father disappeared while exploring the seas of Neptune. Everyone believes he is dead--crushed, frozen, or boiled alive in Neptune's turbulent seas. Ilona believes otherwise.
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