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2312 [large print] : a novel / by Robinson, Kim Stanley,author.(CARDINAL)356665;
"The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future. The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. It is an unexpected death, but one that might have been foreseen. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event that will change her life. Swan was once a woman who designed worlds. Now she will be led into a plot to destroy them"--
Subjects: Large print books.; Science fiction.; Extraterrestrial bases; Extraterrestrial anthropology; Space colonies;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The luminous dead : a novel / by Starling, Caitlin,author.(CARDINAL)797221;
A caver who takes a dangerous job to make enough money to escape her hardscrabble planet begins to doubt her handler's motivations.A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping dread of Annihilation, in which a caver on a foreign planet finds herself on a terrifying psychological and emotional journey for survival."--Publisher.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Science fiction.; Spelunkers; Caving; Extraterrestrial bases;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 14
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Building a home in space / by Bow, James,author.(CARDINAL)492725;
Floating among the stars -- Out of this world! -- Permanent settlements -- Destination mars -- Beyond the red planet -- What's next?"This book takes a look at what a space home might look like and what it would take to live on Mars--the Red Planet (or any other place in space, for that matter). From the Mars ice home of the future to a make-your-own project, this book will enthrall and inspire readers and future engineers."Age 10-14.Grade 7 to 8.1040LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Space colonies; Extraterrestrial bases;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Patterns of interference / by Bennett, Christopher L.,author.(CARDINAL)472122;
Subjects: Science fiction.; Space warfare; Extraterrestrial bases; Conspiracies;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Alien clay / by Tchaikovsky, Adrian,1972-author.(CARDINAL)349319;
Exiled for political activism to a labor camp on the distant world of Kiln, Professor Arton Daghdev battles to survive daily camp life as well as interactions with Kiln's alien life, not knowing that Kiln itself holds a secret that may become his salvation."From Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky comes a far-future epic that confirms his place as a modern master of science fiction, in which a political prisoner must unlock the secrets of a strange and dangerous planet. The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates, the journey there is always a one-way trip. One such prisoner is Professor Arton Daghdev, xeno-ecologist and political dissident. Soon after arrival, he discovers that Kiln has a secret. Humanity is not the first intelligent life to set foot there. In the midst of a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem are the ruins of a civilization, but who were the vanished builders and where did they go? If he can survive both the harsh rule of the camp commandant and the alien horrors of the world around him, then Arton has a chance at making a discovery that might just transform not only Kiln, but distant Earth as well"--
Subjects: Space operas (Fiction); Science fiction.; Extraterrestrial beings; Human-alien encounters; Extraterrestrial bases; Genetic engineering;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 16
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Contagion / by Bowman, Erin,author.(CARDINAL)401202;
After receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission. When they arrive, they find the planet littered with the remains of the project--including its members' dead bodies. As they try to piece together what could have possibly decimated an entire project, they discover that some things are best left buried--and some monsters are only too ready to awaken.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Science fiction.; Horror fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Interplanetary voyages; Extraterrestrial bases; Rescue work; Epidemics; Telepathy;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 20
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The case for space : how the revolution in spaceflight opens up a future of limitless possibility / by Zubrin, Robert,author.(CARDINAL)392053;
Introduction -- How we can. Breaking the bonds of Earth -- Free space -- How to build a lunar base -- Mars : our new world -- Asteroids for fun and profit -- The outer planets -- Reaching for the stars : worlds without limit -- Terraforming : bringing new Earths to life -- Why we must. For the knowledge -- For the challenge -- For our survival -- For our freedom -- For the future.
Subjects: Space colonies.; Extraterrestrial bases.; Space industrialization.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Starfire [sound recording] : a novel / by Brown, Dale,1956-(CARDINAL)351669; Dufris, William.;
Read by William Dufris.James McLanahan Bradley is leading a team of engineers designing Starfire, the world's first orbiting solar power plant. It will deliver unlimited and inexpensive electricity to Earth, and can also power the Moon, spacecraft and asteroids. But the U.S. President's plans to militarize and industrialize Earth's orbit sparks an arms race in space that rivals the Cold War. Bradley and his team are caught at the center of a battle that threatens to become all-out global war for control of space.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Audiobooks.; Solar power plants; Extraterrestrial bases; Arms race; Air pilots, Military;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Critical mass : a novel / by Suarez, Daniel,1964-author.(CARDINAL)493754;
"In New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez's latest space-tech thriller, a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid-kicking off a new space race in which Earth's climate crisis could well hang in the balance"--Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Asteroids; Rescues; Extraterrestrial bases; Interstellar travel; Climatic changes;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 13
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The quiet war / by McAuley, Paul J.(CARDINAL)681459;
Originally published: London : Gollancz, 2008Twenty-third century Earth, ravaged by climate change, looks backwards to the holy ideal of a pre-industrial Eden. Political power has been grabbed by a few powerful families and their green saints. Millions of people are imprisoned in teeming cities; millions more labour on Pharaonic projects to rebuild ruined ecosystems. On the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, the Outers, descendants of refugees from Earth's repressive regimes, have constructed a wild variety of self-sufficient cities and settlements: scientific utopias crammed with exuberant creations of the genetic arts; the last outposts of every kind of democratic tradition. The fragile detente between the Outer cities and the dynasties of Earth is threatened by the ambitions of the rising generation of Outers, who want to break free of their cosy, inward-looking pocket paradises, colonise the rest of the Solar System, and drive human evolution in a hundred new directions. On Earth, many demand pre-emptive action against the Outers before it's too late; others want to exploit the talents of their scientists and gene wizards.Amid campaigns for peace and reconciliation, political machinations, crude displays of military might, and espionage by cunningly wrought agents, the two branches of humanity edge towards war . ..
Subjects: Science fiction, English.; Science fiction.; Climatic changes; Climatology; Extraterrestrial bases; Imaginary wars and battles; Sustainable development;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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