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Cover of The small assassin

1976

The small assassin

by Ray Bradbury

Includes The Small Assassin; The Next in Line; The Lake; The Crowd; Jack in the Box; The Man Upstairs; The Cistern; The Tombstone; The Smiling People; The Handler; Let's Play Poison; The Night; The Dead Man David and Alice Leiber are a happily married couple living in Los Angeles…

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2000

Preserver

by William Shatner

For three full decades, on television and in film, actor William Shatner has portrayed one of the legendary heroes of science fiction: James Tiberius Kirk, captain of the starship Enterprise. Although Kirk was believed to have perished at the conclusion of Star Trek Generations,…

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1998

Star Trek - Mirror Universe - Spectre

by William Shatner

For three full decades, on television and in film, actor William Shatner has portrayed one of the most thrilling heroes of science fiction: James Tiberius Kirk, captain of the starship Enterprise. Although Kirk was believed to have perished at the conclusion of Star Trek: Generat…

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1965

The forgotten door

by Alexander Key

4.7

This is a Scholastic book I got around 1965-66 while in grade school. The book is 140 pages with a drawing at the beginning of each of the 12 chapters. I think it's cover, which is the original, is somehow more intriguing than the later releases. The portion of the following text…

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1996

The invisible country

by Paul J. McAuley

4.0

A review by Greg L. Johnson: The Invisible Country is McAuley's second short story collection. The stories, mostly hard SF that draw on McAuley's background in biology, are a good introduction to a writer who is both a first-rate story teller and stylist. The title story, a does-…

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1998

At the Earth's Core

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.2

Dr. Abner Perry has invented a high-calibration digging machine affectionately called 'The Iron Mole'. While testing his invention with his financial backer and former student David Innes, the machine malfunctions and the pair end up burrowing deep into the earth to emerge in Pel…

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