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Spaceman blues: A Love Song
Par Brian Francis Slattery. 2008
After Manuel Rodrigo de Guzman Gonzalez disappears, his lover Wendell Apogee searches through New York City's "Darktown" to find him.…
Along the way, he encounters everything from black market dealers to alien assassins. 2008.Starcross: a stirring adventure of spies, time travel and curious hats (Larklight. #2.)
Par Philip Reeve. 2008
Young Arthur Mumby, his sister Myrtle, and their mother accept an invitation to take a holiday at an up-and-coming resort…
in the asteroid belt, where they become involved in a dastardly plot involving spies, time travel, and mind-altering clothing. Sequel to "Larklight", followed by "Mothstorm". Junior High. 2008.Skyfall (Saga of the Skolian Empire. #9.)
Par Catherine Asaro. 2017
Eldrinson Valdoria is a bard and leader on the planet Skyfall, a world with a culture considered primitive by the…
starflung civilization of the Imperialate. As adept with a sword as he is with a ballad, he is also an undiscovered telepath of great power. Roca Skolia, a former dancer, is now the Councilor for Foreign Affairs in the Imperialate's governing Assembly and heir to the Ruby Pharaoh of the Skolian Imperialate. Caught in a political struggle with her warlord son, she ends up stranded on Skyfall and missing a meeting of the Assembly to vote on humanity's first interstellar war. Though trapped, she finds herself drawn to Eldrinson, whose thoughts are as clear as the words he cannot write. As their attraction deepens into a love that the laws of both their peoples forbid, the flames of war ignite among the stars. Sequel to "The moon's shadow", followed by "Schism". 2017.Spherical harmonic (Saga of the Skolian Empire. #7.)
Par Catherine Asaro. 2016
Separated for decades by circumstance and political machinations, the Ruby Dynasty, hereditary rulers of the Skolian Empire, struggle to bring…
together the tattered remnants of their family in the shadow of a disastrous interstellar war. Too many have died, others are presumed lost, yet they must move quickly if they are to resume their rightful place as rulers of Skolia. Sequel to "The quantum rose", followed by "The moon's shadow". 2016.Stargate
Par Pauline Gedge. 1982
A universe ruled by immortal sun gods is threatened by dark forces. The struggle that engulfs them imperils the harmony…
of their worlds as they are confronted by incomprehensible evil. Winner of the Jean Boujassy Award. Nominated for the 1985 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. c1982.State of fear: a novel
Par Michael Crichton. 2005
In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor. In the jungles of Malaysia, a…
mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications. In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters of New Guinea. And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means. 2005.Star of gypsies
Par Robert Silverberg. 1987
More than 1,000 years into the future, the human race has spread all over the galaxy, settling in a host…
of bizarre and exotic worlds. In this great galactic civilization, one race alone has the unique sensitivity to pilot the starships safely through the hazardous depths of inter-stellar space - the Romany people. Yacoub, their king, finds himself in a time of turmoil as the old myths are put to the test. 1987.Starborne
Par Robert Silverberg. 1995
In the twenty-third century humans must find a new planet to inhabit. Fifty people board a starship to find a…
new world, led by a year-captain and a sightless young woman, Noelle, a telepathic mission communicator who stays in touch with her twin sister on Earth. When she loses contact with the planet, she is surprised by another presence in "nospace." Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1995.Starburst
Par Frederik Pohl. 1982
Starfarers
Par Poul Anderson. 1998
Astronomers have discovered the possibility of advanced civilizations in the far reaches of the galaxy. A group of ten scientists…
boards the starship Envoy for a journey that will take thousands of years to complete. Although they eventually encounter another civilization, they are unprepared for the ramifications of their adventure. 1998.Starfire: a novel
Par Dale Brown. 2014
While leading a team of young engineers designing Starfire, the world's first orbiting solar power plant, James McLanahan Bradley is…
caught in the middle of a battle that threatens to become an all-out global war for control of space after the U.S. President ignites an arms race. 2014.Star Lord
Par Louise Lawrence. 1978
A Welsh family is caught up in the struggle between the supernatural powers of a mountain and the technological powers…
of a star lord who crashes into it. For junior high readers. c1978.Starclimber
Par Kenneth Oppel. 2008
Paris. Matt Cruse is looking forward to spending time with Kate de Vries over the summer, but first he is…
attacked and then Kate's parents summon her home. Things look up when the Canadian government makes an exciting offer to them both - Canada wants to reach space first, and the Canadian Minister of Air wants Kate to join the first expedition as an expert in aerial zoology. There's a place for Matt, too - if he can pass the gruelling tests to become one of the world's first astralnauts onboard the incredible ship Starclimber. For junior and senior high readers. Sequel to "Skybreaker" (DC27968). Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2008.Something better than home: a novel
Par Leona Beasley. 2017
Onnie Armstrong crowns herself king in her small backyard in Eleven Light City. But being a king isn't what a…
proper Southern girl should desire. Nor should she kiss other girls, go on adventures, or want to live some place other than the city she was born. To keep Onnie in line, Daddy watches her every move and will make his point with his belt, Mama employs preachy folk sayings and the occasional lick, while both insist there isn't time to be gay or to dream of faraway lands. School is the focus and college in Eleven Light City is the goal. But when Mama feels she's losing control and her only child could become a full-fledged lesbian, she whisks Onnie off for a summer visit with her uncle in San Francisco, but unknown to Mama it is the epicenter of gay life. Onnie not only gets a front row seat to gay culture but now she has a real place in mind when she imagines herself escaping from home. With sheer will, drive and a little planning, Onnie propels herself toward her future, but she'll have to wage a final battle with Mama and Daddy if she is to live the life she's always wanted. 2017.Space trap
Par Monica Hughes. 1983
Slow water
Par Annamarie Rustom Jagose. 2003
The year is 1836 and English clergyman William Yate sets sail from London, bound for New Zealand. Caught up in…
a shipboard love affair, he is utterly transformed. During the four-month sea voyage the passengers and crew are drawn into Yate's life. On landfall at Sydney their world changes and Yate finds his life and reputation threatened. The novel is based on a true story. Descriptions of sex. 2003.Smoke and mirrors
Par Tanya Huff. 2005
Tony Foster, a burgeoning wizard and production assistant on a television show, has to contend with filming haunted house scenes…
in a house that's actually haunted. When all the doors slam shut, he finds himself trapped with ghosts repeatedly reenacting their deaths, his painfully cynical and egotistical colleagues, and - worst of all - the boss's bratty daughters. Sequel to "Smoke and shadows" (DC27499). Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.Smoke and shadows (DAW book collectors ; #1289)
Par Tanya Huff. 2004
Tony Foster, saved from the streets by 450-year-old vampire Henry Fitzroy, is now a production assistant for the show Darkest…
Night, where he has just discovered the dead body of the guest star. Tony fears it has something to do with the strange shadows he has seen around the studio, and asks special-effects wizard Arra Pelindrake, who turns out to be a real wizard, for help. When Tony and Henry can't persuade Arra to face down the shadows, they must battle them before they gain a foothold in this world. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. Followed by "Smoke and mirrors" (DC27498). 2004.Specials (Uglies series ; #3)
Par Scott Westerfeld. 2006
Fifteen-year-old Tally from "Pretties" (DC29400), her boyfriend Zane, and their boss Shay have been reconstructed into super-strong paramilitary "specials." When…
they are sent to capture rebels who want to return to an unaltered state of mind, part of Tally wants to resist her programming. Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. Followed by "Extras" (DC32654). 2006. (Uglies series ; 3)Spelling Mississippi: a novel
Par Marnie Woodrow. 2002
Cleo, a Canadian on holiday in New Orleans, is sitting alone on a French Quarter wharf late one November night…
when a woman clad in full evening dress takes a running leap off the wharf into the river. When the woman, whom Cleo has assumed was dead by suicide, reappears a few nights later on the late evening news, Cleo is determined to find her. Both women make some startling self-discoveries and even find romance when Cleo finds the mysterious woman at last. 2002.