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Text and three-dimensional illustrations describe the main functions and special modifications of the "Millennium Falcon," the fictional space ship that appears in the Star Wars series of movies.

Oichi Angelis, along with her fellow insurgents, head for the planet called Graveyard. Ancient, sentient, alien starships wait for them--three A.I.'s so powerful they remain aware even in self-imposed sleep. The race that made them are dead, but Oichi's people were engineered with this ancient DNA. A delegation must journey to the heart of Graveyard and be judged by the Three. Before they're done, they will discover that weapons are the least of what...

"The human race has extended itself into the far reaches of our solar system and, in doing so, has developed into something remarkable and diverse and perhaps transcendent. The inner system of the Met with its worlds connected by a vast living network of cables is supported by the repression and enslavement of humanity's progeny, nanotechnological artificial intelligences ... beings whom the tryant Ames has declared non-human."--Jacket.

"Captain Alexander Outland of the Sixty-Nine (short for Space Vessel 3369, of course) is the best pilot in the galaxy. He's also a pirate, a smuggler, and loved and loathed by women in umpteen solar systems. His crew of strays and misfits includes an engineer of dubious sanity, a deposed planetary governor, an annoyingly unflappable Sexbot copilot, and a slinky weapons chief who stubbornly refuses to give the captain a tumble. Outland just wants...

"Philip K. Dick knew better than anyone how to recognize the disturbances of exile."-Roberto BolañoWhen catastrophic overpopulation threatens Earth, one company offers to teleport citizens to Whale's Mouth, an allegedly pristine new home for happy and industrious émigrés. But there is one problem: the teleportation machine only works in one direction. When Rachmael ben Applebaum discovers that some of the footage of happy settlers may have been...

A "novelization of the ... final episode."

In the sequel to The Ship Who Won, written by Nye with Anne McCaffrey, Carialle and Keff, the brainship and brawn who discovered intelligent life on the planet Ozran, now serve as couriers for the "globe-frogs", to return their new friends from whence they came. But to get there, they must transit a sector where Carialle experienced a trauma so intense it nearly destroyed her mind.

"Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary earned his rank after being revived from cryogenic sleep to lead the Alliance to victory against the Syndicate Worlds. But his superiors question his loyalty to the regime. Now in command of the First Fleet, Geary is tasked with exploring the frontier beyond Syndic space, a mission he fears deliberately puts the fleet--and himself--in harm's way. An encounter with the alien enigmas confirms Geary's fears. Attacked...

"A thrilling prequel adventure based on the acclaimed TV series Star Picard ! Two years after the USS Voyager ’s return from the Delta Quadrant, Seven of Nine finds herself rejected for a position in Starfleet…and instead finds a new home with the interstellar rogue law enforcement corps known as the Fenris Rangers. The Rangers seem like an ideal fit for Seven—but to embrace this new destiny, she must leave behind all she’s ever known, and...