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Space trilogy volume 2
Description
The second book in Lewis science fiction trilogy.
Sequel to Out of the silent planet. Followed by The hideous strength.
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Space odyssey volume Bk. 1
Description
Accompanied by a navigator, three deep-freeze hibernauts, and the computer that guides him, David Bowman sets out in the spaceship Discovery to investigate a planet that may be inhabited by alien creatures.
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Series
Space trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 26
Description
Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy, of which That Hideous Strength is the third volume, stands alongside such works as Albert Camus's The Plague and George Orwell's 1984 as a timely parable that has become timeless, beloved by succeeding generations as much for the sheer wonder of its storytelling as for the significance of its moral concerns. For the trilogy's central figure,...
4) Plague ship
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Pub. Date
1978, c1956
Description
The Solar Queen series continues with a riotous adventure in space and a battle against a deadly plague. Apprentice cargo-master Dane Thorson and the crew of the Solar Queen travel to the new planet Sargol to trade with the Salariki, a strange race of cat-men, for the fabulous Koros stones. When an Inter-Solar trading ship tries to cut in on their trading rights, they're forced, according to Salariki custom, to fight a duel with a representative...
5) Space case
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Series
Pub. Date
[1980]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When the thing from outer space visits earth, it is taken first for a trick-or-treater and then for a robot.
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Series
Pub. Date
1982
Description
The celebrated author continues his Space Odyssey with this Hugo Award winner.
In 1968, Arthur C. Clarke's bestselling 2001: A Space Odyssey captivated the world and was adapted into the classic film by Stanley Kubrick. Fourteen years later, fans and critics were thrilled by the release of 2010: Odyssey Two.
Nine years after the ill-fated Discovery One mission to Jupiter, a joint Soviet-American crew travels to the planet to investigate the...
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Series
Space Odyssey series volume 2
Description
Dr. Heywood Floyd travels to Jupiter to find out what happened to the astronauts of the spaceship Discovery and its computer, HAL 9000.
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Series
Space Odyssey series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Fifty years after meeting the spirit of Dave Bowman aboard the abandoned Discovery and witnessing the fiery transformation of Jupiter into Earths second sun, 103-year-old Dr. Heywood Floyd boards the luxury spaceship Universe for the historic first landing on the surface of Halley's Comet. At the same time, the Galaxy expedition sets out to probe the evolutionary upheaval on Jupiter's former moon Europa haunted by the fate of a doomed Chinese mission...
12) Stowaways
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Series
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Jake and Nog sneak aboard a shuttle piloted by Dr. Bashir, only to find themselves having to rescue the doctor from a camp of ruthless Bajoran assassins called the Turnaways.
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Series
Description
Dr. Ransom, a noted philologist, is kidnapped and flown by spaceship to Malacandra (Mars) where he flees his human captors and establishes communication with the planet's extraordinary inhabitants. What he learns galvanizes his attempt to return to Earth with a message of great urgency.
14) Seasons
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Description
An illustrated introduction to what the seasons are, why and when they change, and how they affect plants, animals, and people.
15) Stars
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Pub. Date
1996
Description
An illustrated description of the origin, evolution, and activities of the stars, including the sun.
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Series
Space Odyssey series volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 9
Description
From the Publisher: One thousand years after the Jupiter mission to explore the mysterious Monolith had been destroyed, after Dave Bowman was transformed into the Star Child, Frank Poole drifted in space, frozen and forgotten, leaving the supercomputer HAL inoperable. But now Poole has returned to life, awakening in a world far different from the one he left behind-and just as the Monolith may be stirring once again.
18) Spaceships
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Series
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Briefly discusses various spacecraft, including rockets, satellites, and space shuttles, and the jobs they perform.
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Series
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Studies comets, asteroids and meteorites and answers suchquestions as what they are made of, how comets are predicted, and how big asteroids are, and includes projects designed to help children learn more about them.
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