People of the Talisman by Leigh Brackett

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Eric John Stark: Outlaw of Mars
Leigh Brackett
1982 · 208 pages · 3 reviews
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"Mars was old, tired, and steeped in every evil of a dying world. There, to the sinful cities of the Low Canals, came Eric John Stark, adventurer, roisterer, and outlaw from Earth. But there were evils more ancient and fearsome than could be found in the decadence and vices of the tribes and cities. Far to the north, amid the wastes of bitter snows lay the Gates of Death. And among the wasted ruins of the deserts, the tribes were losing something beyond their utmost dreams of loot and ravage. To such peril, inevitably, Stark was drawn. Who else could bear the Talisman? What other war leader could the false messiah of the tribes summon? But Eric John Stark was more than he seemed--more, in fact, than he knew." (Contains the stories The Secret of Sinharat and People of the Talisman)
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Foundation
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Black Easter
James Blish
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Baines is a filthy rich arms dealer and connoisseur of destruction. Ware is the greatest living black magician. They will work together to throw the world into chaos. And not even the efforts of the white magicians of Monte Albano will stop them.
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Dawn
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aliens reproducing with humans. they are mixing genes with humans because humans have destroyed earth basically because nuclear war. because they are stupid. credit to katsoda26
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Expedition
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In 2358, wildlife artist Wayne Douglas Barlowe joined the first manned flight to Darwin IV, fourth planet in the newly discovered F-Class binary system 6.5 light years from Earth. Now his long-awaited account of that historic journey has been published. More vivid than the holos and more interpretive than the videos, these extraordinary paintings, plus numerous drawings, studies, and sketchbook pages, transport the reader to a wild, beautiful, untouched world-a planet teeming with incredible beasts and exotic vegetation.Expedition is the most important travel book of the 24th century. Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club and the Astronomy Book Club.
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