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Author
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Sirens of Titan (1959), Vonnegut's second novel, was on the Hugo final ballot along with Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers and lost in what Harlan Ellison called a monumental injustice. Malachi Constant is a feckless but ultimately good-hearted millionaire who, in this incondensable interplanetary Candide (lacking perhaps Voltaire's utter bitterness), searches the solar system for the ultimate meaning of existence.
Constant
...4) Six wakes
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A space adventure set on a lone ship where the clones of a murdered crew must find their murderer--before they kill again. It was not common to awaken in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood. At least, Maria Arena had never experienced it. She had no memory of how she died. That was also new; before, when she had awakened as a new clone, her first memory was of how she died. Maria's vat was in the front of six vats, each one holding the clone...
5) Gemina
Author
Series
Illuminae files volume 2
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
On board the Jump Station Heimdall, Hanna is the captain's pampered daughter; Nik a member of a notorious crime family. While they are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy's most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion. When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together. But alien predators...
6) Obsidio
Author
Series
Illuminae files volume 3
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza--but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion?
8) Railhead
Author
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a world of drones and androids Zen Starling is a human thief, but mostly he just likes to ride the Interstellar Express, the sentient trains that travel through the K gates from planet to planet, something only the Guardians understand--but now the mysterious Raven wants him to steal the Pyxis, an object that could either open up a new gate, challenging the Guardians, or put the entire gate system, and the universe itself in danger.
9) Dune
Author
Series
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
"Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for... When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul's family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater...
12) Illuminae
Author
Series
Illuminae files volume 01
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The planet Kerenza is attacked, and Kady and Ezra find themselves on a space fleet fleeing the enemy, while their ship's artificial intelligence system and a deadly plague may be the end of them all." --
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
510L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Gurple and Preen crash land onto a strange alien planet, they must work together to build something new from their mistake in order to save their mission"--
14) Space Travel
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
Description
Who was the first man to walk on the moon? Who developed the space shuttle? Will man ever land on mars? Find the answers to these questions and more when you take a look at space travel from a new perspective.
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 06
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people--who knew?) Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans! Again!" --
16) Infinity riders
Author
Series
Voyagers) volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
186 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A spaceship piloted by children travels to Planet Infinity where the youngsters must navigate underground tunnels in search of the fourth element of a power source needed to save Earth.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In the besieged city of Constantinople in 1453, in a public library in Lakeport, Idaho, today, and on a spaceship bound for a distant exoplanet decades from now, an ancient text provides solace and the most profound human connection to characters in peril. They all learn the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to the paradise of Cloud Cuckoo Land, a better world. Twelve-year-old Anna lives in a convent where women...
18) Starflight
Author
Series
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Former high school enemies Solara Brooks and Doran Spaulding must team up when they find themselves aboard a renegade spaceship." -- Provided by publisher.
19) Blood moon
Author
Series
Rising volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Alex Chin and Samantha Dixon may have managed to win a major battle against the powerful enemy determined to destroy civilization as we know it. But the war continues, with Alex and Sam embarking on a desperate journey to save mankind, even as their friendship blossoms into something much more. The roadmap for their journey lies in a mysterious book, the language of which has never been deciphered, until Alex finds himself able to translate the words...
20) Project Alpha
Author
Series
Voyagers volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
219 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eight boys and girls compete for a spot on the space voyage that will search for a source to solve Earth's energy crisis.