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2001
£10.992001
On the Moon an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications that, for the first time, men are sent out deep into the solar system. But before they can reach their destination, things begin to go horribly wrong.
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A stroke of the pen
£9.99A stroke of the pen
Twenty early short stories by one of the world’s best loved authors, each accompanied by original woodcut illustrations. These are rediscovered tales that Pratchett wrote under a pseudonym for newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; haunt the Ministry of Nuisances with the defiant evicted ghosts of Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with weird weather and an otherworldly visitor; and go on a dangerous quest through time and space with hero Kron, which begins in the ancient city of Morpork. A collection for fans of all ages.
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Are you happy now
£14.99Are you happy now
At a New York City wedding, in early summer, four people are trying to get their lives started. Yun has everything he ever wanted, but somehow it’s never enough. Emory is finally making her mark, but feels the shame more than the success. Andrew just wants to be honest, but has lied to himself his whole life. Fin can’t resist falling in love, but can’t help wrecking it all either. That night they see something none of them can explain. Someone sits down, and simply gives up. Soon it’s happening all around them. Is it an illness, or a decision? How can anyone really be happy when the only choice is to feel everything – or nothing at all?
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Bewilderment
£9.99Bewilderment
Theo Byrne is a promising young astrobiologist who has found a way to search for life on other planets dozens of light years away. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual nine-year-old. His son Robin is funny, loving, and filled with plans. He thinks and feels deeply, adores animals, and can spend hours painting elaborate pictures. He is also on the verge of being expelled from third grade, for smashing his friend’s face with a metal thermos. What can a father do, when the only solution offered to his rare and troubled boy is to put him on psychoactive drugs? What can he say when his boy comes to him wanting an explanation for a world that is clearly in love with its own destruction? The only thing for it is to take the boy to other planets, while all the while fostering his son’s desperate campaign to help save this one.
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Charlie and the great glass elevator
£7.99Charlie and the great glass elevator
Mr Wonka might be a genius with chocolate, but Charlie and his family don’t trust his flying skills one bit. Especially when the thing he’s flying is a glass elevator and it is zooming out of control into the stratosphere.
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Children of Dune
£9.99Children of Dune
For the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. As the altered climate threatens extinction to the giant sandworms, fanatics challenge the rule of the Atreides family.
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Cursed bread
£9.99Cursed bread
A chilling feminist fable, based on the true story of an unsolved historical mystery. Audacious and mesmerising, ‘Cursed Bread’ is a fevered confession, an entry into memory’s hall of mirrors, a fable of obsession and transformation. Sophie Mackintosh spins a darkly gleaming tale of a town gripped by hysteria, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes.
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Expect Me Tomorrow
£22.00Expect Me Tomorrow
A petty thief known as John Smith was arrested for fraudulent behaviour in 1877. He tricked women into thinking he was rich, then stole their belongings and vanished. His guilt was obvious. In 1852, Adler and Adolf Beck’s father died on an expedition to a glacier, and their lives separated. One became a respected climate scientist, one a successful opera singer touring the world. Or so he claimed. But both remained in touch, if only to share the mysterious voices only they could hear. Charles Ramsey also has a twin. It is 2050, and Greg is a journalist reporting on the climate-change inspired conflicts around the world. When Charles is made redundant from his job as a profiler for the police and sent home with a new experimental chip in his head, he is urged by his brother to explore a little-known aspect of their family history. All of these people are connected. All of their lives will intersect.
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Extremophile
£9.99Extremophile
FINANCIAL TIMES’ BEST SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS OF 2024. In the hothouse of climate-collapse London, punk biohackers are hired by eco-terrorists to rob, murder, and save the world- and hopefully they can play some tight shows on the way. A near-future biopunk thriller, EXTREMOPHILE is the mutant lovechild of Neuromancer and The Water Knife, armed with an A to Z and a mixtape.
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Floating hotel
£9.99Floating hotel
Welcome to the Grand Abeona Hotel: home of the finest food, the sweetest service, and the very best views the galaxy has to offer. Year round it moves from planet to planet, system to system, pampering guests across the furthest reaches of the milky way. The last word in sub-orbital luxury – and a magnet for intrigue. Intrigues such as: Why are there love poems in the lobby intray? How many Imperial spies are currently on board? What is the true purpose of the Problem Solver’s conference? And perhaps most pertinently – who is driving the ship? At the centre of these mysteries stands Carl, one time stowaway, longtime manager, devoted caretaker to the hotel. It’s the love of his life and the only place he’s ever called home. But as forces beyond Carl’s comprehension converge on the Abeona, he has to face one final question: when is it time to let go?
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Going Zero
£9.99Going Zero
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten’s visionary thriller will put you on the edge of your seat. You have two hours to Go Zero. Erase Yourself. The hunt has begun.
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Good Omens
£9.99Good Omens
According to the ‘Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter’ – the world’s only totally reliable guide to the future – the world will end on Saturday.
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Harlequin butterfly
£8.99Harlequin butterfly
Successful entrepreneur A. A. Abrams is pursuing the enigmatic writer ‘Tomoyuki Tomoyuki’, who is never in one place for long. Very little is known about this wandering author, least of all his marvellous ability to write expertly in the tongue of wherever he happens to set foot. Abrams sinks endless resources into finding Tomoyuki, but this elusive writer seems to be both everywhere and nowhere, always taking off moments before being pinned down. Ingenious and dazzling, ‘Harlequin Butterfly’ unfolds one puzzle after another, taking us on a mind-bending journey into the imagination.
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Lord of the empty isles
£9.99Lord of the empty isles
Ash, dried flowers, and a drop of blood: Remy has all he needs to avenge his brother’s death. Five years ago, interstellar pirate Idrian Delaciel ordered a withering – a death curse – cast on Remy’s brother, costing him his life. Now, Remy is ready to return the favour. Only when he casts the withering, it also rebounds onto him. The implications are unthinkable – that Remy is fatebound to his brother’s killer. The only way to slow the curse is to close the distance between them, so Remy infiltrates Idrian’s criminal crew, hiding his identity as the witherer. But Remy quickly learns that Idrian is the sole provider of life-saving supplies to thousands of innocents. And if he dies, they will perish with him. With more at stake now than just revenge, Remy must find a way to break the curse.
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Mickey7
£9.99Mickey7
Mickey7 is the mission Expendable. A disposable member of the crew whose job is to tackle life-threatening and suicidal missions, a new clone being made after each death. On a frozen world with hostile lifeforms, Mickey7’s real trouble starts when he’s mistaken for dead, and a new clone is activated. There’s only one thing worse than being an Expendable, and that’s being a duplicate.Â
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Mickey7
£9.99Mickey7
Mickey7 is the mission Expendable. A disposable member of the crew whose job is to tackle life-threatening and suicidal missions, a new clone being made after each death. On a frozen world with hostile lifeforms, Mickey7’s real trouble starts when he’s mistaken for dead, and a new clone is activated. There’s only one thing worse than being an Expendable, and that’s being a duplicate.Â
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