{"product_id":"secondhand-science-fiction-bargain-book-box-sp4011","title":"Secondhand Science Fiction Bargain Book Box SP4011","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Science Fiction Bargain Book Box SP4011\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwenty-four titles ranging from the Star Wars expanded universe — Timothy Zahn, Kevin J. Anderson, K.W. Jeter, and more — to five Isaac Asimov Robot and Foundation classics, Arthur C. Clarke, David Brin, Philip K. Dick, and Anne McCaffrey. A remarkable sweep of popular science fiction across forty years. Please note these are secondhand copies and may show light signs of wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStar Wars: Assault at Selonia — Roger MacBride Allen — The second volume of the Corellian Trilogy, in which Han Solo’s home planet erupts in civil war and a superweapon capable of destroying entire systems is discovered.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStar Wars: Outbound Flight — Timothy Zahn — Set before the events of the prequel trilogy, this novel follows Jedi Master Jorus C’baoth’s doomed expedition beyond known space. Zahn expands the Star Wars universe with his characteristic precision.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStar Wars: Allegiance — Timothy Zahn — A small group of stormtroopers desert the Empire in the years between Episodes IV and V, creating an unlikely alliance with a very dangerous woman. One of Zahn’s most inventive Star Wars novels.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImperial Earth — Arthur C. Clarke — A Titan-born man visits Earth in 2276 for the United States’ quincentennial in Clarke’s typically thoughtful exploration of identity, politics, and the long arc of human history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConquerors’ Legacy — Timothy Zahn — The third volume of Zahn’s Conquerors’ trilogy, in which the nature of humanity’s war with the alien Zhirrzh is finally understood. Zahn writes first-contact science fiction with rare complexity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStartide Rising — David Brin — Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards; a crew of humans and genetically uplifted dolphins discover an ancient derelict fleet that threatens to bring every alien civilisation in the galaxy down upon them. One of the great science fiction novels of the 1980s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Stone Within — David Wingrove — The second volume of Wingrove’s Chung Kuo sequence, in which a future ruled by a Chinese world empire begins to crack under the pressure of its own contradictions. Wingrove’s ambition is extraordinary.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Death of Sleep — Anne McCaffrey \u0026amp; Jody Lynn Nye — The second Planet Pirates novel, following Lunzie Mespil’s extraordinary life, sleep-extended across centuries, as she confronts the pirates who have haunted her family.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobot Dreams — Isaac Asimov — A collection of short stories including the title tale in which a robot’s dreams raise troubling questions about consciousness and servitude. Asimov at his most philosophically engaged.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConquerors’ Heritage — Timothy Zahn — The second Conquerors’ novel, this time told from the alien Zhirrzh perspective; Zahn’s decision to inhabit the enemy’s point of view completely transforms the trilogy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStar Wars: Darksaber — Kevin J. Anderson — Daala and Pellaeon attempt to rebuild Imperial power while a group of Hutts construct a new superweapon. Anderson’s Star Wars novels move at pace and take the expanded universe in unexpected directions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStar Wars: The Mandalorian Armor — K.W. Jeter — The first Bounty Hunter Wars novel, following Boba Fett’s escape from the Sarlacc pit and the political intrigues of the bounty hunter guilds. An unexpectedly compelling story for a character about whom little was previously known.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMass Effect: Ascension — Drew Karpyshyn — The second Mass Effect novel, following the events of the original game as Commander Shepard’s world is further complicated by a young biotic with the power to change everything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Stainless Steel Rat — Harry Harrison — The first of Harrison’s comic science fiction series, in which master criminal Slippery Jim DiGriz meets his match in a society that has eliminated crime — and then gets hired to commit it. One of the most entertaining anti-heroes in the genre.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobbers and Robots — Mike Carr — A Top Secret\/D\u0026amp;D Endless Quest adventure book in which the reader makes the choices; a product of the great choose-your-own-adventure boom that gave a generation their first taste of speculative fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneration Warriors — Anne McCaffrey \u0026amp; Elizabeth Moon — The concluding Planet Pirates novel, bringing together the various storylines of Sassanak and Lunzie in a satisfying finale to this collaborative series.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade — Novelization — The official novelisation of the third Indiana Jones film, capturing the father-son dynamic and the race for the Holy Grail. A film tie-in that works particularly well because the source material is so strong.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinority Report — Philip K. Dick — The essential Dick story collection, including the title tale (basis for the Spielberg film) in which a man is arrested for a murder he has not yet committed. Dick’s ideas about predetermination and justice have never felt more urgent.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Robots of Dawn — Isaac Asimov — The third Elijah Bailey mystery, in which the detective must investigate the apparent murder of a robot on the world of Aurora. The most complex of Asimov’s robot detective novels.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI, Robot — Isaac Asimov — The foundational text of robot fiction; nine interconnected stories in which Dr. Susan Calvin narrates the history of robotics and the Three Laws that govern it. Essential science fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Rest of the Robots — Isaac Asimov — A collection of robot short stories complementing I, Robot, with Asimov continuing to probe the logical limits of the Three Laws with characteristic ingenuity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobots and Empire — Isaac Asimov — The fourth Robot novel and the bridge to the Foundation universe; R. Daneel Olivaw and Giskard Reventlov take actions that will shape the future of humanity for twenty thousand years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoundation — Isaac Asimov — The opening volume of one of science fiction’s most celebrated sequences, in which a mathematician’s plan to shorten a coming dark age by thousands of years sets in motion a story that spans millennia. A genuine landmark of the genre.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStar Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace — Terry Brooks — The official novelisation of Episode I by the bestselling fantasy author, expanding Lucas’s story with additional character detail and backstory. An interesting companion to the film.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50595577102555,"sku":"SP4011","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp4011.jpg?v=1791418001","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-science-fiction-bargain-book-box-sp4011","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}