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by Chriss Cornish on 10/23/08
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Even in Empire City, a town where weird science is the hope for tomorrow, it’s hard for a robot to make his way. It’s even harder for a robot named Mack Megaton, a hulking machine designed to bring mankind to its knees. But Mack’s not interested in world domination. He’s just a bot trying to get by. When Mack’s neighbors are kidnapped, he sets off on a journey through the dark alleys and gleaming skyscrapers of Empire City. Along the way, he runs afoul of a talking gorilla, a brainy dame, a mutant lowlife, a little green mob boss, and the secret conspiracy at the heart of Empire’s founders - not to mention more trouble than he bargained for. What started out as one missing family becomes a battle for the future of Empire and every citizen that calls her home.
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by Chriss Cornish on 02/22/08
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Niko, the Steampunk Samurai, is in her Majesty’s service. But is he a faithful royal bodyguard, or a for-hire yojimbo? A perfect warrior, or a soulless weapon? Follow Niko on his journey of self-discovery with Uri Bronski and Cherokee Geisha, as the Three Yojimbo discover a world populated by silent samurai, fast talking geisha, deadly mechabetsushikime, digital djihits and morphing butterflies.
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by Chriss Cornish on 02/13/08
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Deep inside a top-secret U.S. Air Force research facility, a revolution in cybernetics is taking shape. Using ordinary domestic animals for their test subjects, the scientists of Project AWE have created a new class of cyborgs… With their nervous systems enhanced and supplemented by cutting-edge military hardware, WE3 are the ultimate smart weapons… But successful as they are, WE3 are still only prototypes, to be dismantled when their testing is complete. Inside their fearsome mechanical shells, however, are three lost pets whose amplified traits include the will to survive-an instinct which proves to be even stronger than their makers knew. Faced with destruction, WE3 runs-out into a frightening and confusing world, where they are now as much of a threat as those who hunt them. Relentlessly pursued, WE3 fights with the combined firepower of a battalion-and a faint, warm memory of somewhere called “Home.”
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by Chriss Cornish on 02/06/08
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In this first collection of librarian adventures, Rex must confront the powerful Space Warlord Vaglox and retrieve the overdue Principia Mathematica while his fellow librarians attempt to fend of a manifestation of blood-thirsty Vandals set on burning down the Middleton Library to the ground.
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by Chriss Cornish on 12/12/07
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You think your job is bad? Doug and Manny have you beat! These guys are janitors! But they’re not your typical custodial crew-no, sir! They’re the guys who keep things shiny and clean at TerrorMax Inc., the world’s biggest and best evil science think tank! When they’re not dealing with toxic spill monsters and talking mansharks, they still have to worry about mad scientists, crazy would-be dictators, and the cute girl who works at reception!
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by Chriss Cornish on 12/05/07
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In an age that has seen the wildest speculations of science become reality, Jules Verne is regarded as both a technological prophet and one of the most exciting masters of imagination the world has ever known. This extraordinary voyage into the depths of the unknown aboard the legendary submarine Nautilus-commanded by the brilliant, tragic Captain Nemo-explores both the limitless possibilities of science and the twisted labyrinth of the human mind.
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by Chriss Cornish on 12/02/07
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Alien minds in the tradition of James White. The Quintaglios are a race of intelligent dinosaurs (evolved descendants of dinosaurs rescued in prehistory from Earth) who have learned of a threat to their very existence. Now they must quickly advance from a culture equivalent to our Renaissance to the point where they can leave their planet. While the Quintaglios rush to develop space travel, the discovery of a second species of intelligent dinosaurs rocks their most fundamental beliefs. Meanwhile, blind Afsan-the Quintaglio Galileo-undergoes the newfangled treatment of psychoanalysis, throwing everything he thought he knew about his violent people into a startling new light.
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