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1) Ringworld
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Series
Pub. Date
[1970]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
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Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel, Ringworld remains a favorite among science fiction readers.
The artifact is a vast circular ribbon of matter, some 180 million miles across, with a sun at its center. Pierson's puppeteers—strange, three-legged, two-headed aliens—discovered this "Ringworld" in a hitherto unexplored part of the galaxy. Curious about the immense structure, but frightened by the prospect of
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Series
Pub. Date
c1976
Description
Bold, imaginative and packed with excitement, STAR WARS is destined to become a classic in the genre. This is the novel that brings that "sense of wonder" back to science fiction--each page brimming with heroic adventure, unexpected marvels and amazing characters like... Luke Skywalker, a young farmboy on the remote, sun-baked world of Tatooine, who is compelled to break from the dull chores on his uncle's ranch. When he intercepts a cryptic message...