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Meet Boilerplate, the world's first robot soldier-not in a present-day military lab or a science-fiction movie, but in the past, during one of the most fascinating periods of U.S. history. Designed by Professor Archibald Campion in 1893 as a prototype, for the self-proclaimed purpose of "preventing the deaths of men in the conflicts of nations," Boilerplate charged into combat alongside such notables as Teddy Roosevelt and Lawrence of Arabia. Campion...
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There he was in his sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic, all alone and loving it.
Well, there was a US Navy carrier group on his southern horizon, but he was a Navy guy himself, so he didn't mind.
Then came the UFOs, hurtling in from the Outer Black to overfly the carriers at Mach 17. Their impossible aerobatics were bad enough-but then they started shooting at each other, and at the Navy, with nukes. Little ones at first, but winding up with a...
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Dorothy Gentleman volume 1
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""Near the top most deck of an interstellar generation ship, Dorothy Gentleman wakes up in a body that isn't hers--just as someone else is found murdered. As one of the ship's detectives, Dorothy usually delights in unraveling the schemes on board the Fair weather, but when she finds that someone is not only killing bodies, but purposefully deleting minds from the Library, she realizes something even more sinister is afoot. Dorothy suspects the misfortune...
4) The Original
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Hugo Award-winning authors Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal team up in this sci-fi thriller set in a world where one woman fights to know her true identity and survive the forces that threaten her very existence.In the near future, humans choose lifefor a price. Injectable nanite technology is the lifeblood that flows through every individual wishing to experience the world through the lens of their own theme. While death from mortal wounds...
5) High Life
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2019.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Monte (Robert Pattinson) and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to the outer reaches of the solar system. The crew—death-row inmates led by a doctor (Juliette Binoche) with sinister motives—has vanished. As the mystery of what happened onboard the ship is unraveled, father and daughter must rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole. Official Selection at the **Toronto...
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2022.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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On the brink of separation, Ethan (Mark Duplass) and Sophie (Elisabeth Moss) escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage.
7) Gamer
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2009.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Set in a future-world where people pay to “play” convicts in virtual war games, Kable (Gerard Butler) is a star player. Imprisoned for life, Kable could win his freedom if he survives a total of 30 games. Operated by a wealthy teenager (Logan Lerman) but up against unforeseen odds, Kable’s success and defeat is a mission for many… strings attached.
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1997.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (119 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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César (Eduardo Noriega) is a rich womanizer who prowls the parties and bars of Madrid, intent on bagging chicks. But when César falls for the beautiful Sofía (Penélope Cruz), he's the one who's bagged. After he is placed in a psychiatric penitentiary for a murder he does not remember committing, his only hope is to delve into the depths of his subconscious mind where the answer to ending his living nightmare lies in his dreams.
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Astra Black volume 2
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Beyond the Orun Gate, Epyc Ro and her elite soldiers are stranded. Capturing an alien ship and searching for a way home, they discover a stowaway who may be the key to overcoming the alien forces swarming all around them. On board the Cypher, Captain Stacia Chikeke is struggling to keep her ship and its fractured crew together. But the discovery of an interstellar phenomenon and the opportunity to explore unites them in a singular purpose, for now....
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Four years after the Rending, Mira's best friend, Lana, announces her pregnancy, the first since everything changed and a new source of hope for Mira. But when Lana gives birth to an inanimate object--and other women of Zion follow suit--the thin veil of normalcy Mira has thrown over her new life begins to fray. As the Zionites wrestle with the presence of these Babies, a confident outsider named Michael appears, proselytizing about the world beyond...
12) Splinter
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2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (82 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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A young couple and an escaped convict find themselves working together to survive and escape from a vicious parasitic monster that transforms people into bloodthirsty hosts.
13) Lamb
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2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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In rural Iceland, a childless couple discover a strange and unnatural newborn in their sheep barn. They decide to raise her as their own, but sinister forces are determined to return the creature to the wilderness that birthed her.
14) Knowing
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2009.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (121 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Nicolas Cage (National Treasure) stars in this edge of your seat sci-fi thriller as John Koestler, a professor who deciphers a coded message with terrifying, accurate predictions about every major world disaster. Looking to protect his family and prevent future calamities, he enlists the reluctant help of Diana Wayland (Rose Byrne), daughter of the now-deceased author of the prophecies. His quest to understand the message ad his own family's involvement...
15) Dream scenario
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Hapless family man Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate the consequences of his newfound stardom. A wickedly entertaining comedy from writer-director Kristoffer Borgli (Sick of Myself), producer Ari Aster (Hereditary), and a rollicking ensemble cast featuring Julianne...
16) Take me with you
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United by the requirement to take care of a mysterious, electronic cube, Eden, Eli, Marwan, and Ilanka are driven ever further apart, and disobeying the device has life-threatening consequences.
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A wave of kidnappings leads cybernetic samurai Cat LeBlanc deep into the labyrinthine tunnels beneath the city in this action-packed cyberpunk adventure.
In the megacity of New Montreal, those with wealth and power live in towers high above the teeming masses struggling to get by day after day. When the poor and destitute vanish, the police can't be bothered to spend time and resources investigating. But Franny, a nun who isn't afraid to practice...
18) Space: Online
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The Empire is splitting at the seams. The Great Houses refuse to obey the Throne World and have begun to conduct increasingly independent politics. Sensing the weakness of the central government, even the most loyal star systems of the Imperial Core are refusing to take orders from above.
Is this just a string of coincidences, or a coordinated campaign? Can a disjointed humanity rally around a strong leader to deflect an alien invasion? Who of the...
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Olgerd and his tribal NPC gang have finally discovered the Forbidden City. Problem is, they haven't found what they were looking for. The ancient maps are hopelessly out of date and the Ennan capital city is lying in ruins.
In the meantime, their enemies are closing in. Noctean hordes are arriving from the Silver Mountain Valley; the Dark army has already crossed the Back Stream, and the forces of Light have already entered the Icy Woods.
The magic...
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Czy podróż na kraniec wszechświata jest możliwa? Jak może wpłynąć na los ludzkości?
W małym obserwatorium na południu USA astronomka Celia odkrywa anomalię podczas rutynowego badania ciemnej chmury LDN 63. Niestety koledzy po fachu nie wierzą jej. Wszystko przez to, że w przeszłości dokonała rzekomo przełomowego odkrycia – przy pomocy sfałszowanych danych. Kobieta wie, że to największa szansa na jej rehabilitację w oczach innych...





