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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Arthur Dent, who, seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, is plucked off the planet by his friend, Ford Prefect, who has been posing as an out-of-work actor for the last fifteen years but is really a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Together they begin a journey through the galaxy aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Author
Series
The saga of shadows volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c2016
Physical Desc
572 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
The Hinder stars volume 1
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
c2019
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For years, the stations of the Hinder Stars, those old stations closest to Sol, have lagged behind the great megastations of the Beyond, like Pell and Cyteen. But new opportunities and fears arise when Alpha station receives news of an incoming ship with no identification. The denizens of Alpha wait anxiously for news about the outsiders, each with their own suspicions about the ship and its origins. Ross and Fallon, crew members of the Galway, believe...
4) Chaos rising
Author
Series
Star Wars Thrawn Ascendancy volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
383 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discover Thrawn's origins within the Chiss Ascendancy in the first book in an epic new Star Wars trilogy from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 24 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
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Zita the Spacegirl has saved planets, battled monsters, and wrestled with interplanetary fame. But she faces her biggest challenge yet in the third and final installment of the Zita adventures. Wrongfully imprisoned on a penitentiary planet, Zita has to plot the galaxy's greatest jailbreak before the evil prison warden can execute his plan of interstellar domination!" --
7) Interstellar
Language
English
Description
Film is a story about an ex-pilot turned farmer, who must leave his family and a foundering Earth to lead an expedition traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Formerly the domain of fiction, moving human civilization to the stars is increasingly becoming a scientific possibility--and a necessity. Whether in the near future due to climate change and the depletion of finite resources, or in the distant future due to catastrophic cosmological events, we must face the reality that humans will one day need to leave planet Earth to survive as a species. World-renowned physicist and futurist Michio Kaku explores...