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Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Alternate History
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Search results: The best new books - Book reviews and excerpts from exceptional sci-fi, fantasy & alternate history novels.
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The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials - Book III
by Philip Pullman
Hardcover: Oct 2000
Paperback: 1 Oct 2001
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| Brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy. |
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The Truth
by Terry Pratchett
Hardcover: Nov 2000
Paperback: 1 Sep 2001
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| Pratchett turns his pen on the press, and its power to disseminate and create the truth. The lesser son of one of Ankh most privileged families hits on the brilliant idea of producing his upper-crust newsletter with a newfangled printing press. |
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Ilse Witch: Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Bk. 1
by Terry Brooks
Hardcover: Sep 2000
Paperback: 1 Aug 2001
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| As old secrets come to light, sowing seeds of mistrust and suspicion among the crew, the Jerle Shannara flies into the face of unknown terrors, while the Ilse Witch and her dark allies follow, waiting to strike . . . |
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Dune: House Harkonnen
by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
Hardcover: Oct 2000
Paperback: 1 Aug 2001
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| Follow Leo Atreides, Duke Leto, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, Jessica, Gurney Halleck, and Duncan Idaho on the inexorable and fascinating journey that will lead to Dune. |
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The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
Hardcover: Sep 2000
Paperback: 1 Aug 2001
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| The Blind Assassin is a richly layered and uniquely rewarding experience, told in a style that magnificently captures the colloquialisms and clichés of the 1930s and 1940s. |
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Star Wars: Episode 1: Rogue Planet
by Greg Bear
Hardcover: May 2000
Paperback: 1 May 2001
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| Dispatched to the mysterious planet of Zonama Sekot, source of the fastest ships in the galaxy, Obi-Wan and Anakin are swept up in a swirl of deadly intrigue and betrayal. |
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Inversions
by Iain M. Banks
Hardcover: Jan 2000
Paperback: 1 May 2001
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| An engrossing portrait of an alien world, and of two very different people bound by a startling and mysterious secret. |
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The Fifth Elephant: A Novel of Discworld
by Terry Pratchett
Hardcover: Mar 2000
Paperback: 1 Apr 2001
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| Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants. But weren't there supposed to be five? What happened to the fifth elephant is only one of the many perplexing mysteries solved in this new novel by today's most celebrated fantasy humorist. |
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