MOSTLY HARMLESS by DOUGLAS ADAMS

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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS

Agency by William Gibson

$32.99 AUD

Category: Science Fiction

A thrilling dystopian novel imagining a world where Trump lost the election, from a master of science fiction.San Francisco, 2017. In an alternate time track, Hillary Clinton won the election and Donald Trump's political ambitions were thwarted.London, 22nd century. Decades of cataclysmic events ha ve killed 80 per cent of humanity. A shadowy start-up hires a young woman named Verity to test a new product: a 'cross-platform personal avatar' that was developed by the military as a form of artificial intelligence.Meanwhile, characters in the distant future are using technological time travel to interfere with the election unfolding in 2017... ...Show more

War of Honor by David Weber

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The New York Times bestselling Honor Harrington novel is now in paperback! The new government of the Star Kingdom has brazenly ignored the wishes of Queen Elizabeth--threatening to end a shaky ceasefire agreement and destroy the very fabric of the Manticore Alliance against the terrorist Committee of Pu blic Safety. As a senior political advisor, Honor has seen the cost of war on her people and vows to restore the Republic of Haven's ancient Constitution--or die trying. ...Show more

Encounter with Tiber by Buzz Aldrin; John Barnes

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An Apollo 11 astronaut and the Nebula Award-nominated author of Directive 51 present a novel that "conveys the wonder and promise of space" (Publishers Weekly). Born the year of the Moon landing, Chris Terence spends his life fighting to return humanity to that pinnacle. An engineering student with drea ms of spaceflight, he finds upon graduation that the United States no longer has need for astronauts. Years of bureaucratic meddling have reduced the space program to a shell of itself, and it will take the greatest scientific find in history to send humanity skyward once more. After years battling budget hawks, Chris finally gets his chance to walk on the Moon. While there, he finds evidence of an ancient alien civilization, the Tiberians, who visited Earth's satellite eight thousand years before. Understanding what happened to those long-forgotten travelers will define the lives of Chris and his son, as they fight against all odds to unlock the secrets of the universe. "The collaboration of the first man to pilot a moon lander (Aldrin) with a major voice in contemporary science fiction (Barnes) has produced a fascinating chronicle of man's first encounter with alien intelligence" (Booklist). ...Show more

Ashes of Victory by David Weber

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Honor Harrington's escape from a prison planet has landed the woman the newsies call "the Salamander" once more in the heart of the war. But this time, the furnace may be too hot for even a salamander to survive.

In Death Ground by David Weber; Steve White

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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Starfire Ser.

Five thousand years after Sun Tzu writes The Art of War, his advice is followed during the Fourth Interstellar War between the terrible Bugs and the humans, who are aided by their catlike Orion allies.

Heirs of Empire by David Weber

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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Dahak series

For really tough jobs, Emperor Colin, the first of that name, is your man. The only person in the galaxy ever to stop the genocidal Achuutani, he went on from there to resurrect an empire that died fourty-five thousand years ago. He's still got a few problems - like a traitor out to murder him and three -quarters of a billion of his subjects - but if anyone can handle the job, it's Colin. But the rest of the galaxy better brace itself, because his progeny are on the way. Not that Sean and Harriet aren't nice kids; it's just that they've had a bad day.They're a long way from home, marooned with a blown up starship that's left them stranded on a theocratic world of gun powder and pikes, and Mother Church of that world doesn't like them very much. In fact, she's declared them demons, proclaimed Holy War, marshalled the Holy Host, and ordered them exterminated. You might think that things look pretty bleak for the kids, but in reality it's Mother Church that's in trouble - because Sean and Harry are chips off the old block - and they're about to get angry... ...Show more

Doctor Who and the State of Decay by Terrance Dicks

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Doctor Who-The Seeds of Death by Terrance Dicks

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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Doctor Who Library

Bone Silence (#3 Revenger) by Alastair Reynolds

$32.99 AUD

Category: Science Fiction

'A swashbuckling thriller - Pirates of the Caribbean meets Firefly - that nevertheless combines the author's trademark hard SF with effective, coming-of-age characterisation' GUARDIAN 'A blindingly clever imagining of our solar system in the far flung future' SUN Returning to the universe of Revenger, award-winning author Alastair Reynolds delivers another thrilling tale set among the stars. Two sisters ran away from home to join the crew of a spaceship. They took on pirates, faced down monsters and survived massacres . . . and now they're in charge. Captaining a fearsome ship of their own, adventures are theirs for the taking. But Captain Bosa's fearsome reputation still dogs their heels, and they're about to discover that, out in space, no one forgives, and no one forgets . . . 'A rollicking adventure yarn with action, abduction, fights, properly scary hazards, very grisly torture and even ghosts of a sort' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'By far the most enjoyable book Reynolds has ever written' SFX ...Show more

Doctor Who: Star Tales by Steve Cole; Paul Magrs; Jenny T. Colgan; Jo Cotterill; Trevor Baxendale; Mike Tucker

$29.99 AUD

Category: Science Fiction

'Even though they're gone from the world, they're never gone from me.'   The Doctor is many things - curious, funny, brave, protective of her friends...and a shameless namedropper. While she and her companions battled aliens and travelled across the universe, the Doctor hinted at a host of previo us, untold adventures with the great and the good: we discovered she got her sunglasses from Pythagoras (or was it Audrey Hepburn?); lent a mobile phone to Elvis; had an encounter with Amelia Earhart where she discovered that a pencil-thick spider web can stop a plane; had a 'wet weekend' with Harry Houdini, learning how to escape from chains underwater; and more.   In this collection of new stories, Star Tales takes you on a rip-roaring ride through history, from 500BC to the swinging 60s, going deeper into the Doctor's notorious name-dropping and revealing the truth behind these anecdotes. ...Show more

Where No One Has Gone Before : A History in Pictures by J. M. Dillard

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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Star Trek Ser.

This is a pictorial commemoration of Star Trek from the early days, through the films, to the series Voyager. Two essays by the late Isaac Asimov are also included.