Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Coalescent (Destiny s Children, #1)

Coalescent (Destiny s Children, #1)

Coalescent (Destiny s Children, #1)

When his father dies suddenly, George Poole stumbles onto a family secret: He has a twin sister he never knew existed, who was raised by an enigmatic cult called the Order.

The Order is a hive - a human hive with a dominant queen--that has prospered below the streets of Rome for almost two millennia.

After Poole enters the Order's vast underground city and meets the disturbing inhabitants, he uncovers evidence that they have embarked on a divergent evolutionary path.

These genetically superior humans are equipped with the tools necessary to render modern Homo sapiens as extinct as the Neanderthals. And now they are preparing to leave their underground realm.

ISBN: 0345457862
Author: Stephen Baxter
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Rating: 3.74

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Wednesday, September 1, 2004

Saturn

Saturn

Saturn

Second in size only to Jupiter, bigger than a thousand Earths but light enough to float in water, home of crushing gravity and delicate, seemingly impossible rings, it dazzles and attracts us:

SATURN

Earth groans under the thumb of fundamentalist political regimes. Crisis after crisis has given authoritarians the upper hand. Freedom and opportunity exist in space, for those with the nerve and skill to run the risks.

Now the governments of Earth are encouraging many of their most incorrigible dissidents to join a great ark on a one-way expedition, twice Jupiter's distance from the Sun, to Saturn, the ringed planet that baffled Galileo and has fascinated astronomers ever since.

But humans will be human, on Earth or in the heavens-so amidst the idealism permeating Space Habitat Goddard are many individuals with long-term schemes, each awaiting the tight moment. And hidden from them is the greatest secret of all, the real purpose of this expedition, known to only a few....

ISBN: 0812579429
Author: Ben Bova
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
Rating: 3.62

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Akiko: The Menace of Alia Rellapor, Volume 3

Akiko: The Menace of Alia Rellapor, Volume 3

Akiko: The Menace of Alia Rellapor, Volume 3

ISBN: 1579890695
Author: Mark Crilley
Publisher: Sirius Entertainment
Rating: 3.90

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004

Three Among the Wolves: A Couple and Their Dog Live a Year with Wolves in the Wild

Three Among the Wolves: A Couple and Their Dog Live a Year with Wolves in the Wild

Three Among the Wolves: A Couple and Their Dog Live a Year with Wolves in the Wild

Three Among the Wolves is a highly readable true-life adventure tale combined with a fascinating natural history of the wolf. Helen and Bill Thayer, accompanied by their part-wolf, mostly Husky dog, Charlie, set out on foot to live among wild wolf packs — first in the Canadian Yukon and then in the Arctic. They eventually set up camp within 100 feet of a wolf den, and are greeted with apprehension at first. They establish trust over time, because the wolves accept Charlie as the alpha male of the newly arrived "pack."

The Thayers discover the complexities of wolf family structure, including how pups are reared and how the injured are tenderly cared for. They view the intricacies of the hunt firsthand — how ravens direct wolves to prey in exchange for carrion — as well as the wolves' finely honed survival skills and engaging playfulness. Readers observe the ways Helen and Bill model pack behavior and how they address an unforeseen event: the Arctic wolves attempt to lure Charlie to join them.

ISBN: 1570613982
Author: Helen Thayer
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Rating: 4.04

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