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Plan your next trip to the planet Vulcan! Find restaurants that serve the best, fried sandworms and Vulcan port. Take a trip to the Fire Plains or experience spring break at the Voroth Sea. Learn all about the native people of Spock's home planet and their unusual customs. Discover how to correctly perform the traditional Vulcan salutation (you really don't want to get this wrong). Learn key Vulcan phrases such as Nam-tor puyan-tvi-shal wilat: "Where...
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Journey deeper into the magical world of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, through exclusive interviews with director Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman, Orlando Bloom and principal filmmakers and new cast members, including Stephen Fry as the Master of Lake-town, Evangeline Lilly, who plays Tauriel the Elf, and Benedict Cumberbatch, who reveals film-making secrets about playing the dragon, Smaug.Richly illustrated with a treasure trove of behind-the-scenes photos...
84) Ian Talks SF A-Z
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Unlock the mysteries of science fiction with this guide to the key concepts and definitions. From warp technology and lasers to starships and energy shields, this book provides a clear and accessible reference to the field of science fiction. Written for beginners, it is the perfect resource for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of this rapidly evolving field. With clear explanations, this book is your go-to reference for all things SF....
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Vampires have walked among us for thousands of years. These reanimated corpses survive by draining and consuming the blood of the living, and their threat to humanity cannot be ignored. Throughout the centuries, professors and peasants have offered their own vampire-fighting tips, but these were often old wives' tales, based more on superstition than on fact. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive vampire-fighting guide for the twenty-first...
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Tiddles is a suave, carefree kitty cat whose only pleasures in life are eating mice, wooing the ladies, and being generally apathetic toward his owner, Jake. But when a toxic spill occurs outside of town, Tiddles finds himself savagely attacked by a nasty-looking radioactive field mouse, and he wakes up as one of the undead. However, he still retains a bit of compassion and refrains-for now-from zombie Bacchanalian delights, such as eating living...
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Zombie expert Scott Kenemore (The Zen of Zombie) unearths a collection of top-secret lost documents from WWII (originally intercepted by the U.S. Signal Corps in 1941 and presented to Franklin Roosevelt in a confidential memorandum), describing efforts of the Nazi Sicherheitsdienst (or SD) to harness and weaponize Haitian Voodoo and zombie-creating technologies for military purposes. For the first time, here is the thrilling, humorous, and satisfyingly-gory...
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Celebrate 50 years of one of the longest running and beloved sci-fi franchises with "The Star Trek Book." This comprehensive guide to the series delves into the myriad worlds and different dimensions visited by the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Perfect for fans of the various "Star Trek" TV series, including "The Next Generation," "Deep Space Nine," "Voyager," and "Enterprise," "The Star Trek Book" details everything you need to know about 50 years...
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The Gory Guide to the Walking Dead
While most people know what zombies look like, do they actually know how they act? What they do during their spare time? What their work ethic is? Probably not.
Enter The Ultimate Book of Zombie Warfare and Survival. From bestselling zombie author Scott Kenemore, learn all the tricks to the living dead trade. Whether you're fighting the zombies or are a zombie yourself, this collection is all...
While most people know what zombies look like, do they actually know how they act? What they do during their spare time? What their work ethic is? Probably not.
Enter The Ultimate Book of Zombie Warfare and Survival. From bestselling zombie author Scott Kenemore, learn all the tricks to the living dead trade. Whether you're fighting the zombies or are a zombie yourself, this collection is all...
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The #1 New York Times–bestselling prolific author recounts his storied career as one of the top novelizers of films and television in Hollywood.
Author Alan Dean Foster is a Grand Master of Media Tie-In Fiction. He has written both original tie-ins and script novelizations since the 1970s, bringing his straightforwardness-a favorite to readers but a nuisance to directors-to his many projects. For Foster, Hollywood is a unique world that has allowed...
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"What is the deadliest weapon in the universe? The most dangerous stunt ever performed in Doctor Who? The Doctor's greatest weakness? Delve into the impossible world of Doctor Who and discover its firsts and bests, both human and alien. From the longest fall through time and space to the biggest explosion in the universe, these feats are literally out of this world."--Page [4] of cover.
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Famous Robots and Cyborgs is a high-octane voyage through the history of our metallic friends and foes. Dan Roberts narrates the history, strengths, weaknesses, quirks, and foibles of a plethora of fictional robots, cyborgs, and mechanical races-taking in the pronouncements of sci-fi visionaries and eminent robotics scientists along the way. Roberts guides us through the evolution of the deadly Cylons of Battlestar Galactica in its various forms to...
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From 9/11 to COVID-19, the twenty-first century looks increasingly dystopian-and so do its television shows. Long-form science fiction narratives take one step further the fears of today: liberal democracy in crisis, growing economic precarity, the threat of terrorism, and omnipresent corporate control. At the same time, many of these shows attempt to visualize alternatives, using dystopian extrapolations to spotlight the possibility of building a...
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While you may struggle to get out of bed each morning, swaying lifelessly across the room, mouth agape, arms hanging slack, and murmuring unintelligibly, take at heart that you are not alone. While many people feel this way, most of those staggering, limp, perpetually drowsy folks just happen to be zombies-and it turns out they can teach us a lot about enjoying life!
Zen of Zombie will teach you their secrets to happiness, by learning how to slow...
96) Dark parties
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2011.
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IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 10
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Sixteen-year-old Neva, born and raised under the electrified Protectosphere that was built when civilization collapsed in violent warfare, puts her friends, family, and life at risk when she tries to find out if their world is built on a complex series of lies and deceptions.
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2003
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The year is 1980 and the aliens have landed. But they do not come in peace - they are capturing humans to harvest their organs, apparently in an attempt to extend their own lives. Earth's only hope is S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization) led by The stalwart Ed Striker. Working in complete secrecy, it's operatives deploy an incredible arsenal of high-tech weapons to stop the extra-terrestrial invaders... Much more adult in...
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2008.
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As Johnis, Silvie, Billos, and Darsal continue their quest for the four still missing Books of History, Billos makes a decision that has devasting consequences for himself and his companions, especially the devoted Darsal.
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2020
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Award-winning horror film director, writer, producer and actor Eli Roth brings together the masters of horror - the storytellers and stars who define the genre - to explore its biggest themes and reveal the inspirations and struggles behind its past and present. Each one-hour episode will take viewers on a chilling exploration of how horror has evolved through the years and examine the genre's impact on society as well as delving into how horror maintains...
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