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Brilliant Comrade Li sets in motion a plan to trick the US and Russia into annihilating each other. The results far exceed even Li's expectations.

Commander‑1 by Peter George
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Princess Louise and the rest of the British Royal Family receive the bill for decades of secretive self-indulgence.

King and Joker (Princess Louise, volume 1) by Peter Dickinson
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Having rescued his adopted father Ashton and humiliated Skaith’s Lords Protector, Eric John Stark faces another challenge: surviving the consequences of his actions.

The Hounds of Skaith (Ginger Star, volume 2) by Leigh Brackett
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A Jesuit little inhibited by actual Catholic doctrine wrestles with his fear newly-contacted aliens are a Satanic creation.

A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, volume 3) by James Blish
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Alithough magic is real and the Plantagenets have enjoyed eight centuries of rule, murder is still murder and it is up to Lord Darcy to deliver justice.

Murder and Magic (Lord Darcy, volume 2) by Randall Garrett
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Earth's saviour is a pragmatic, ruthless autocrat willing to cause the deaths of millions to save the Earth from cosmic doom: World Science Foundation’s Lieutenant Commissioner of Grants Henry Clark.


Lifeboat Earth (Kyyra, volume 2) by Stanley Schmidt
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Dispatched to Moonbase Alpha to get the Meta Probe back on schedule, John Koenig discovers a moon on the brink of a horrendous space kablooie!


Breakaway (Space 1999, # 1) by Lee H. Katzin & George Bellak
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Seka is far smarter and more observant than her witless but beautiful mother Cija. Alas, not only can Seka not speak, she is still but a child when she's dragged along on Cija's latest misadventure.

Some Summer Lands (Atlan, volume 4) by Jane Gaskell
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Dispatched to investigate reports of a psychokinetic on the prison planet Engo, Alek Selby discovers scapegoated telepaths and mutants have a secret even greater than a boy who can move objects with his mind.

The Beyond by Jean Sutton & Jeff Sutton
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A physicist determined to complete his research emigrates from a planet of idealists to a planet of economic surpluses.

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Green Prairie's sister city River City does not have a troublesome pool hall. The two cities do have an A-Bomb with their name on it. Green Prairie prepares prudently. River City? Less prudently but very educationally.

Tomorrow! by Philip Wylie
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Dominic Flandry: a man who can be depended upon to do the necessary thing, even when it is the wrong thing, because he believes all other options are worse.

Agent of the Terran Empire (Dominic Flandry, volume 1) by Poul Anderson

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