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• Redshirts

  Scalzi, John, 1969-

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  Enjoying his assignment with the xenobiology lab on board the prestigious Intrepid, ensign Andrew Dahl worries about casualties suffered by low-ranking officers during away missions before making a shocking discovery about the starship's actual…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Project Hail Mary

  a Novel

  Weir, Andy

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  The sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space when he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

• We Are Legion

  (we Are Bob)

  Taylor, Dennis E.

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  Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street. Bob wakes up a century…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mickey7

  Ashton, Edward (Science fiction writer)

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  Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there's a mission that's too dangerous the crew turns to Mickey. After he dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All Systems Red

  Wells, Martha

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  A murderous android discovers itself in "All Systems Red", a tense adventure that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial intelligence. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

  Chambers, Becky

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  Joining the crew of the aging Wayfarer, loner Rosemary Harper must unexpectedly risk her life when they are offered the job of a lifetime, teaching her lessons about love and trust, and that having a family isn't the worst thing in the universe.

• Rivers of London

  Aaronovitch, Ben, 1964-

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  My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known as the Metropolitan Police Service (as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Storm Front

  Butcher, Jim, 1971-

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  As a professional wizard, Harry Dresden knows firsthand that the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things--and most of them don't play well with humans. And those that do enjoy playing with humans far too much. He also knows…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Circe

  a Novel

  Miller, Madeline

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  Follows Circe, the banished witch daughter of Helios, as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals.