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The Adam Experiment
The Adam Experiment
Author: Geoffrey S. Simmons
Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 2/23/2010


From back of book:

Cortney is having a baby. Deep in space on an orbiting laboratory, she is both scientist and mother in a dramatic experiment that turns into nine months of terror when the Alien arrives.
It waits. A starblind horror, studying, dissecting and discarding humans in a hideous experiment of its own, preparing to possess what it came to claim: the first human child conceived and born in space!


Alien Blues (David Silver, Bk 1)
Alien Blues (David Silver, Bk 1)
Author: Lynn S. Hightower
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 4
Review Date: 4/7/2009


I enjoyed this story about a human and an alien hunting for a serial killer.


Alien Heat
Alien Heat
Author: Lynn S. Hightower
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
 5
Review Date: 4/7/2009


The boys in homicide have a new partner - he looks like a sever-foot stingray and smells like fresh limes. But he's one hell of a cop...

An out-of-this-world detective novel.


Arthur, King
Arthur, King
Author: Dennis Lee Anderson
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/5/2009


"You must have bailed out just in time. You say your name is King. You got a first name?"
"Men call me Arthur"
"I'll bet your friends at school kidded the pants off you," the airman said,laughing. "Arthur King. Where's Merlin?"
"Have you seen him?" Arthur asked hopefully.
"Right. At least you still got a sense of humor after losing your Spitfire. Now let's see if we can hitch a ride back to the air base."

"Arthur King is an intriguing blend of history, fantasy, and intrigue, a clever intermingling of two of Britain's darkest - and finest - hours. It ties the recent and distant past together in fascination ways - and in exciting knots." Harry Turtledove


Becoming Alien (Becoming Alien, Bk 1)
Becoming Alien (Becoming Alien, Bk 1)
Author: Rebecca Ore
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/22/2009


An alien spaceship crashes on a Virginia farm.

1st book of 3, Being Alien(2) and Human to Human (3).I enjoyed the whole story.


Being Alien (Ben Bova Presents)
Being Alien (Ben Bova Presents)
Author: Rebecca Ore
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/22/2009


Plucked from Appalachian poverty by the Interstellar Federation of Sapients, trained as a diplomatic cadet on their artificial planet Karst, Tom Red-Clay has grown up in the galaxy. Now, in the stunning sequel to Becoming Alien, Tom must return to Earth on a secret mission for the Federation.

I enjoyed the story


The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction
Review Date: 3/8/2009


This is a great book! If you have ever been interested in dinosaurs this is the book to read.


Exiles to Glory (Laurie Jo Hansen)
Exiles to Glory (Laurie Jo Hansen)
Author: Jerry Pournelle
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/22/2009


Kevin Senecal was nobody's hero. All he wanted from life was a professional career, a strong union to protect him, and comfortable company-owned housing well away from his Welfare Slum origins. As a senior engineering student at U.C.L.A., Kevin seemed on the verge of realizing his ambitions, when one night he was attacked by a murderous "youth gang" - and accidentally killed one of them while escaping. That's when it all changed, "You don't kill juvies in this town," the Homicide Detective told him. Suddenly Kevin Senecal was on the run, and on all of Earth there was no place to hide


The Forlorn
The Forlorn
Author: Dave Freer
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 8/19/2009


All that stands between the aliens and the destruction of the planet are three unlikely heroes. A street-child thief, a dispossessed and totally spoiled brat of a sixteen year- old princess and a confused, amoral, alien-raised human. If they can gather all the transmitter sections before the aliens do, then there is a chance of survival.
An easy read.


Hide and Seek (Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime, Vol 3)
Hide and Seek (Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime, Vol 3)
Author: Paul Preuss
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/5/2009


Her code name is Sparta. Her beauty veils a mysterious past and abilities of superhuman dimension, the product of advanced biotechnology.
At long last, evidence of extraterrestrial life has been found. And when the theft of the alien artifact, the Martian plaque, leads to two murders in Labyrinth City, Sparta must risk her life - and her identity - to solve the case.


Human to Human (Ben Bova Presents)
Human to Human (Ben Bova Presents)
Author: Rebecca Ore
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/22/2009


Last book in the series. I enjoyed them all.


The Legion of Space
The Legion of Space
Author: Jack Williamson
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 2/23/2010


From the back cover:

The Legion of Space, the fate of the universe is in their hands....
They are the Legion, fighters of the Revolution, sworn to defend the new democracy against all foes. But an alien solar system threatens the human planets with terror, deadly treason, and the conquering Medusae - slimy, tentacled, merciless. Now John Star and his Legionnaires must rescue the beautiful woman who guards AKKA - The ultimate, the only weapon that can save the Universe...if they survive the Belt of Peril, where death and madness lurk!


Memory Blank
Memory Blank
Author: John Stith, C. J. Cherryh, Janet Morris
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 8/19/2009


Carl Donley woke up covered with blood. But it wasn't his own. He couldn't remember how he got there. In fact, he couldn't remember anything. It appeared that he was a computer engineer on the orbital colony Daedalus. But his wife was a tantalizing stranger. When he tried to unscramble the missing pieces of his memory, people abound him began having accidents. Fatal accidents.
I enjoyed this one.


Mockingjay (Hunger Games, Bk 3) (Large Print)
Mockingjay (Hunger Games, Bk 3) (Large Print)
Author: Suzanne Collins
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 12/5/2014


From the back cover:
Karniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. A revolution hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay - no matter the personal cost.

I did not find this quite as good as the first two stories but enjoyed it anyway.


My Alien Penfriend
My Alien Penfriend
Author: Faiz Kermani
Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 5/6/2010


This story is basically for 9 - 12 year olds. I read it and enjoyed it and I'm retired


The Norby Chronicles
The Norby Chronicles
Author: Janet Asimov, Isaac Asimov
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 3/20/2009


It was just a dusty, old tin-can of a robot - with no guarantee. But Jeff only needed it to teach him Martian Colony Swahili before he got expelled from the Space Academy.

Jeff Wells didn't really know what he had purchased.

He didn't realize that the robot had been constructed by a genius half a century ago - from the salvaged parts of a damaged alien spacecraft.

He didn't know about the robot's amazing technological skills - such as antigrav and a strange capacity for human emotions - among other things.

Jeff Wells didn't really know what he was getting himself into....

This book was previously published as two titles, Norby the Mixed-Up Robot and Norby's Other Secret.


Outback (Outback Saga, Bk 1)
Outback (Outback Saga, Bk 1)
Author: Aaron Fletcher
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 3/20/2009


Patrick Garrity started life as the bastard son of a female convict. Unwanted and unloved, he was born in shame and raised in the poverty of a Sydney orphanage. Barely out of his teens, he left the brawling city to make a new life for himself in the limitless back country of New South Wales. Alone and hungry, he met the woman who would change his destiny and that of an entire continent.
Innocent in the ways of Europeans, Mayrah was the native girl Garrity bought to satisfy his passions. Divided by competing cultures, they were nevertheless united by their fierce love of the land - and eventually, each other. Together they carved out an enormous empire in the great outback, and founded a new generation of Australians who would forever bear the imprint of their pride and passion.


Outback Station (Outback Saga, Bk 2)
Outback Station (Outback Saga, Bk 2)
Author: Aaron Fletcher
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 3/20/2009


The convict: David Kerrick was a man with nothing left to lose. Betrayed by the woman he adored, deported to Australia for murdering her lover, he had lost the will to live until the lure of the outback claimed his soul. Captivated by the sweeping wild beauty of the land, its freedom and mystery, he set out to make a piece of it his own. Battling drought and dingoes, bushfires and bushrangers, he lived for the moment until the past came back to haunt him.

The colonist: Wealthy and beautiful, Alexandra Hammond had every reason to disdain the penniless convict who had killed her cousin. But Alexandra was a woman with the strength to judge the truth for herself, and the determination to forge her own destiny.

Together, they would take on the vast outback, burying the bitterness of the past and planting the seeds of a shining future.


Run for Your Life
Run for Your Life
Author: Ann Brahms
Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 2/23/2010


From the back cover:

Annik Miller is trapped. A man she once spurned, Gibson Spenser, has become her bitter enemy. He calls her endlessly, follows her everywhere, even threatens her. Annik fears that there is no escape...until she inherits a wilderness cabin in Maine. She flees there, hoping that at last she'll be safe.
But one night Annik wakes up to see a masked man...a shadowy form that could be Gibson. Then a horrific nighttime attack tells Annik that she is still in grave peril. For a lovesick madman stalks her...a man who would like nothing better than to wrest every last bit of happiness from her life - just before he ends it.
I liked enough to read it twice.


A rustle in the Grass
A rustle in the Grass
Author: Robin Hawdon
Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 6/15/2016


From the back cover:
Above ground the countryside stretches quietly and idyllically under the blue sky. Peaceful and untroubled, far from the wars and woes of man, nature moves through her simple, timeless cycles.
But look closer. For there in the secret world beneath the grasses lies an empire in turmoil.
A great leader has died and, as the enemy prepares its armies for war, rebellion is whispered through the undergrowth. There in the kingdom of the ants, way below the gaze of man, the old order crumbles and the new prepares for its fantastic birth.


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