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H.G. Wells' original masterpiece now includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on the author, a list of further reading, and detailed notes. Famous for the mistaken panic that ensued from Orson Welles' 1938 radio dramatization, "The War of the Worlds" remains one of the most influential of all science fiction works.

An official novelization of the "Star Wars" film continues the epic adventures of Rey, Finn, Poe, and Luke Skywalker.

When Lando turns up at Han Solo's doorstep with Fyzen Gor's assassins on his tail, Han must journey across the stars and face his past in order to save all life on Cloud City.

Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist on a distant planet populated by the Ariekei, sentient beings famed for their unique language, returns to Embassytown after many years of deep space exploration to find she has become a living simile in the Ariekei language even though she cannot speak it, and she is torn by competing loyalties when hostilities erupt between humans and aliens.

Despite the implacable hostility of the Church of God Awaiting, Charis still stands, still free, still tolerant, still an island of innovation in a world in which the Church has worked for centuries to keep humanity locked at a medieval level of existence. But the powerful men who run the Church aren't going to take their defeat lying down. Charis may control the world's seas, but it barely has an army worthy of the name. And as King Cayleb knows,...

A story bridging the period between "Return of the Jedi" and "The Force Awakens" follows the efforts of the Rebel Alliance to defeat the fracturing forces of a desperate Empire.

"At the dawn of the 31st millennium, the Imperium of Man has reasserted its dominance over the galaxy. It is a golden age of rediscovery and conquest, and the Emperor's Great Crusade has placed his superhuman primarch sons at the head of the mighty Space Marine Legions--the most powerful military force ever assembled. Newly promoted to serve as the Emperor's Warmaster, the idealistic Horus now stands above his brothers, even as the Crusade enters...

In the embattled Occlusion Zone where evil pirates continue to threaten the Republic's very existence, Jedi Padawans plot their escape from enemy territory.

Those on the side of progressing humanity through advanced technology have finally triumphed over their oppressors.The unholy war between the small but mighty island realm of Charis and the radical, luddite Church of God's Awaiting has finally come to an end. However, even though a provisional veil of peace has fallen over human colonies, many secrets of Safehold's past still remain unearthed. With new alliances forged and old regimes fractured, Merlin--the...