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Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive -- and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though,...
2) Marsbound
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Marsbound novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Young Carmen Dula and her family are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime--they're going to Mars, in this novel from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of "The Accidental Time Machine" and "Old Twentieth."
3) Mars
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Grand tour of the solar system volume 4
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English
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This grand epic adventure from six-time Hugo Award–winning author Ben Bova tells the irresistible story of man's first mission to that great unconquered frontier, Mars—a planet pocked by meteors, baked by ultraviolet light, and covered by endless deserts the color of dried blood. Technically plausible and compellingly human, Bova's story explores the political, scientific, and social repercussions of our greatest quest yet: the search
...4) Olympos
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Ilium volume Bk. 2
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English
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A companion to Ilium finds the briefly allied Achilles and Hector laying siege to the home of the gods, inadvertently triggering a massive conflict between humanity and such powerful beings as Setebos, Prospero, and Caliban.
5) Impact
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Wyman Ford volume 3
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English
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Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia...to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world.
7) Red Mars
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Mars trilogy volume 1
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English
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Chronicles the colonization of Mars in the year 2026. In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of research and cutting-edge science in the first of three novels that will chronicle the colonization of Mars. For eons, sandstorms have swept the barren desolate landscape of the red planet. For centuries, Mars has beckoned to mankind to come and conquer its hostile climate. Now, in the year 2026,...
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Jupiter twins volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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The space class takes a field trip to the planet Mars, but twins Trudy and Tina get lost while exploring.
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Girl of the year. 2018: Luciana volume 3
Girl of the year. 2018 Luciana volume 3
Girl of the year. Luciana volume 3
Girl of the year. 2018 Luciana volume 3
Girl of the year. Luciana volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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When her family trip to Chile doesn't go as planned, Luciana decides to give her friendship with frenemy Claire Jacobs another chance when she is invited to a NASA run Mars habitat in the desert.
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Lords of Creation volume 2
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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In a parallel world where Mars is home to a dying civilization, a modern American explores its secrets--and discovers more than he bargained for.
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2008
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With the planet Mars rapidly changing from red to gray, scientists send a probe to investigate the situation, and discover that the planet is being used as a staging ground for an invasion of Earth by a robotic race intent on destroying human civilization.
17) The lion of Mars
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[2021]
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"Bell has spent his whole life - all eleven years of it - on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid - he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why they don't have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell to uncover...
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[2022]
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What if humans discovered the secret to prolonged life? Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two biochemists investigating a rare lichen, separately discover that it has a remarkable property: It slows the aging process almost to a halt. Francis, realizing the horrifying implications of an ever-youthful wealthy elite, decides to keep his findings a secret. But the younger and more daring Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo and...
19) Light bringer
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The legendary Reaper, Darrow, to defend Mars from a bloodthirsty would-be conqueror, begins his long voyage home, an interplanetary adventure where old friends will reunite, new alliances will be forged, and rivals will clash on the battlefield.
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