Contact by Carl Sagan
In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who …
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astroMD rated The Dispossessed: 5 stars
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #6)
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
astroMD rated Death on the Nile: 4 stars
Death on the Nile by Kenneth Branagh, Agatha Christie
Young, beautiful, and rich, Linnet Doyle sparks the interest of Detective Hercule Poirot when she and her new husband take …
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #1) by Ransom Riggs
A horrific family tragedy sends sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers …
astroMD rated House Between Earth and the Moon: 3 stars
astroMD rated Imago (Xenogenesis, #3): 4 stars
Imago (Xenogenesis, #3) by Octavia E. Butler
Child of two species, but part of neither, a new being must find his way. Human and Oankali have been …
astroMD rated Adulthood Rites: 4 stars
Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler (Xenogenesis, #2)
The second book in the Lilith's Brood trilogy, this story takes place years after the arrival of Oankali aliens in …
astroMD rated Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1): 4 stars
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) by Octavia E. Butler
Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last stage of the planet’s final …
astroMD rated The Thursday Murder Club: 4 stars
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (The Thursday Murder Club, #1)
Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room …
astroMD rated Death Masks: 5 stars
Death Masks by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #5)
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But now …
astroMD rated Liminal Thinking: 5 stars
astroMD rated Fugitive Telemetry: 4 stars
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.
When …
astroMD rated Uncommon faithfulness: 5 stars
astroMD rated The Eye of the World: 5 stars
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #1)
The Eye of the World is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert Jordan, the first book of The Wheel …