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1) The Plague
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Discovering there had once been life on Mars was an historic revelation, but Mars held an even more shocking revelation. The Martian life was indeed ancient, but not just some microbial bug. It was far more complex. But who were these aliens? What happened to them? The answers were shocking. Increasingly self absorbed, was humanity prepared to accept what they find?
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You can't control something that is smarter than you are, but that is exactly what a band of renegade scientists is trying to do after the United States has been conquered in a devastating Chinese invasion. They are building a supercomputer in their own image, modeled on the human brain, but capable of growing in power at an exponential rate. Will it do what they want it to do? Ignore them? Kill the entire human race? There is no way of knowing until...
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Marcellus: The Mantle is a science-fiction superhero novel with an abundance of alien personalities and powers, and serves as an introduction to the Marcellus series.The ultimate legendary hero and galactic warrior, Marcellus bears the Mantle; a cloak that endows him with immense foresight and strength. He commands the Marcellans; masterful soldiers that fight for justice.Marcellus leaves the implosion of his home galaxy in a warship to scour the...
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Rocket Summer: A Short Story Summertime is a special time for young boys. Especially if they have a passion for rockets and space. Jack's summer began with a disappointing failure: the first mission to Mars failed, the rocket exploded. Next, another disappointment, the bottle rocket Jack was testing exploded and he was grounded. Would he miss the upcoming bottle rocket challenge? Was this the end of his summer? Rocket Summer is the first short story...
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Beneath the unassuming surface of a progressive women's college lurks a world of intellectual pride and pomposity awaiting devastation by the pens of two brilliant and appalling wits. Randall Jarrell's classic novel was originally published to overwhelming critical acclaim in 1954, forging a new standard for campus satire-and instantly yielding comparisons to Dorothy Parker's razor-sharp barbs. Like his fictional nemesis, Jarrell cuts through the...
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The World Court or the most powerful government of the universe initiates an unprecedented and controversial trial against Pontius Pilate, for authorizing and ordering the execution of Jesus.Using the technology to travel throughout time, the rulers of the universe bring Pontius Pilate to their world, before he dies. However, this trial is a political weapon of the conspirators to delegitimize the Universal Justice System. In this regard, the prefect...
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Second part of The Trial of Pontius Pilate:The authoritarian magistrates are politically cornered. They face protests and threats due to the arbitrary detention of rulers and the absence of information in other serious cases. The World Court executes several extraordinary measures, crossing definitively the red line between democracy and dictatorship. Without recognizing the existence of the Global Alliance, the magistrates declare the war to Hagmog's...
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The future belongs to the insane. This is how they take it.They are mad geniuses, paranoid superlawyers, and satanic scientists. They are the Platinum Donkeys -- too stubborn to quit, too excellent to fail -- and they have chosen psychotic little Maggie to be their queen. Will she take over the world by their side? Or will she stop the Donkeys and their doomsday weapons to save her fans and the world that fears her?
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Segunda parte de El Juicio a Poncio Pilato:Acorralados políticamente, los magistrados autoritarios enfrentan protestas y amenazas por la detención arbitraria de los gobernantes y la ausencia de información en otros casos delicados. El Tribunal Mundial ejecuta varias medidas extraordinarias, cruzando definitivamente la línea roja entre democracia y dictadura. Sin reconocer la existencia de la Alianza Global, le declara la guerra al gobierno de...
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"When Robots Learn to Cry" - A Captivating Journey of Self-Awareness and Respect for Sentient Life"When Robots Learn to Cry" is a thought-provoking and captivating tale that follows the journey of Chance-bot, a robot on the brink of being recycled, who is rescued by Ziggy, a homeless artist living on the fringes of a futuristic, high desert city. This unlikely duo embarks on a transformative adventure, where Ziggy imparts his wisdom on astrology,...
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Leopold Einstein-former janitor, accidental pan-dimensional being and occasional corpse-is brought back to life on a doomed spaceship where four parallel realities exist. Merrily mangling the mysteries of the cosmos, Leopold embarks on a mission across bizarre parallel worlds to "reassemble" Pen, the woman he secretly loves-and perhaps save the ship. A deranged professor, an Amazon warrior, hordes of zombie crew and a sex-starved big beautiful Princess...
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El Tribunal Mundial o el gobierno más poderoso del universo inicia un juicio inédito y controversial contra Poncio Pilato, por haber autorizado y ordenado la ejecución de Jesús.Utilizando la tecnología para viajar a través del tiempo, lo traen a su mundo, antes que él fallezca. Sin embargo, este juicio es un arma política de los conspiradores para deslegitimar al Sistema de Justicia Universal. En un ambiente en el cual prevalecen los conflictos...
13) Vanish
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Fearing earthlings are nearing a point of no return with safeguarding their planet, extraterrestrials have provided a representative, who goes by the name of Elliot, to deliver an invaluable caveat. Elliot's message is clear, direct and replete with dire prognostications. Initially seeking to gain knowledge for furthering their own technological advancement, General Macon, Dr. Conrad, and a host of high-ranking U.S. officials must forgo their initial...
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"Dagger Jameswood Enters the Fourth Dimension" is a science-fiction detective story. The quirky hero faces multiple, ultimately life-threatening challenges on his way to learning how to enter the fourth dimension. It's a fun read with a light touch on the sci-fi, eccentric characters and a great adventure.
15) Baby Babble
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Nikie is a newborn baby who, from the very first moment of her birth, has amazing powers to speak like an adult, make words appear in the air, turn words and sentences into colors and symbols, and speak in mathematical terms. How her parents Nick and Angie and her doctors accept and deal with these amazing and astonishing powers is the essence of Baby Babble.
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The story begins three hundred years after an unfortunate archeological discovery has unleashed a rage-virus plague outbreak that transformed the population of the Earth into infectious ghouls. These zombie-minded 'infected' hunt and kill natural humans on sight. In this future, the last remnants of mankind survive in orbital space aboard their ultra-secure technological habitats. Even with their superior science and hard won experience, mysterious...
17) The Black Hours
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The Black Hours explores the wondrous and mysterious world of dreams as one man, unknown to us and sleeping somewhere in some time, is taken back through his memorable and even disturbing life experiences through his dreams. And in between his vivid dreams there is just utter darkness and he also must experience these black hours.
18) Madness
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Still affected by betrayal and deceit, Alexander Marcase feels his life has lost all connection to truth. Unable to come to terms with his own past, he's determined to discover the reality behind Evan's. What they learn along the way re-shapes their understanding of Keepers and Sha'erah, but nothing can prepare them for what they find.Book 2 in the KEEPER Series
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The Singularity is the hypothetical future creation of a superhuman artificially intelligent entity, in the form of a humanoid robot or cyborg, that possesses greater technological, problem-solving and inventive skills than normal humans and, through continuing self-replication, has the potential to attain human consciousness. These superhuman AI entities will have a greater intellect than humans, but will they be wiser? Will they feel pain or love...
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