Breach the Hull
 Military SF that takes no prisoners: Military SF has been a growing sub-genre for years now, but one that usually speaks only to a small niche market. But then an anthology like BREACH THE HULL, edited by Mike McPhail, comes along and kicks down the [... more]
$16.00
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Outbound
has a Kristi Lang story: Some of you might be fans of Jack McDevitt thru reading his novels, several of which have sold well and are currently in print. Chances are that many fewer will have read the short stories and commentaries in Outbound. Ok, some [... more]
$30.00
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Odyssey (Hutch)
Boring and predictable: This book was billed as "flying off the shelves" and the author's books are said to be lapped up by eager fans. What's the attraction here? I sure don't know. The writing is pretty decent; the plot is fine, but what [... more]
$24.95
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Moonfall
Amazon.com Review: Over the last few years, Jack McDevitt has quietly been producing an outstanding collection of science fiction novels. Earlier works such as The Engines of God and Ancient Shores had a thoughtful, archeological-exploration bent, but [... more]
$24.00
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Polaris (Alex Benedict)
favorite book in the series!: i love this series and this book was my favorite of the three. it had the best mystery for the duo to solve and i feel the characters were more fun here than the first. i loved all the books, but this was the most exciting [... more]
$7.99
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Deepsix
Amazon.com Review: Deepsix is concerned with the motivating force that drives all scientists--the quest for truth, for expanding the limits of human knowledge. How much are we willing to risk for that moment of discovery, of knowing what no other soul [... more]
$12.40
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Eternity Road
Amazon.com Review: Eternity Road is set 1,000 years from now, when the world as we know it has been dead for eight centuries, destroyed by a plague that killed most of humanity. Technological artifacts remain, but the knowledge of what they are and how [... more]
$22.00
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The Devil's Eye: An Alex Benedict Novel
A departure from previous Benedict novels...: I was very excited to get the new Alex Benedict novel by Jack McDevitt, having read "Seeker" and "Polaris" and being a big fan of both. In those, the author wove together hard sci-fi with [... more]
$24.95
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Infinity Beach
Amazon.com Review: What happens when first contact goes horribly wrong? When that initial meeting between two sentient species leads to utter confusion and misunderstanding, murder and hijacking, and a tight-lipped coverup for years afterward? Jack [... more]
$7.99
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Polaris (Alex Benedict)
favorite book in the series!: i love this series and this book was my favorite of the three. it had the best mystery for the duo to solve and i feel the characters were more fun here than the first. i loved all the books, but this was the most exciting [... more]
$24.95
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Talent for War
One Of My Favorite Books: A Talent For War is one of those rare books you can read over and over. A classic tale of mystery set upon a backdrop of a fallen hero and a two hundread year old war. Follow the mystery with Alex Benedict and his offsider Chase [... more]
$5.99
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Seeker (Alex Benedict)
not worth your time, really: I usually rely on Hugo and Nebula award-winners to help me wade through the mediocre science fiction / fantasy, and get to the good stuff. But I feel let down in this case: This book is actually mystery, and a tepid mystery [... more]
$7.99
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