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Use this tag on [story-identification] questions when the work is a book series or when the written media is unclear but use a more specific tag where appropriate e.g. [novel], [novella], [short-stories], [anthology-book], etc. Use this tag to indicate the question is about the book version or adaptation of a work. For differences between the book and other versions, such as a movie, use [adaptation-comparison].
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Why aren't Zarv and his peace negotiators affected when Lorelei speaks?
You said:
We know from the book that Mek Jokkor is not Vulcan (which is my only
thoughts on why Spock is unaffected), but it is possible that Zarv and
Lorritson are.
Let me offer a few quote …
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Book about clones sharing memories via identity transfer; protagonist lives in an extraterre...
You may well be thinking of the novel Today We Choose Faces (1973) by Roger Zelazny. The first-person narrator of the second portion of the novel is a member of a mysterious brotherhood of clones who …
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A book about a guy whose magic works in a very roundabout way
They were the first and second Xanth books by Piers Anthony, and the protagonist of both volumes was a young man named Bink. … To avoid ruining it for anyone unfamiliar with the early Xanth books, I'll hide the description of his talent as a Spoiler: …
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Missing book on future of human race
Birthright: The Book of Man by Mike Resnick.
I reread my copy a few years ago, and found I was still quite fond of it. It definitely is the one you're remembering. The fragile crystalline aliens destr …
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Book where planets are on different levels of development
I am almost certain that you are thinking of Enchantress from the Stars, by Sylvia Engdahl. I linked the book title to the novel's Wikipedia entry, which tells me it was once a runner-up for the Newbe …
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Book about a man that is duplicated in a booth
This is an unusual sensation for me. I immediately recognized the book from your description of the plot -- even though I've never read it myself!
The Duplicated Man was co-authored by James Blish and …
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Sci-fi/fantasy book - ships on steel runners skating across ice sheets
A few years ago I picked up a paperback copy of Ice Prophet by William R. Forstchen. First published by Del Rey in 1983. It was Volume One of a trilogy. I haven't read the later installments, so I can …
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Book series with a battle between scientists and militarists
The books that have seen print are:
Hell's Gate (2006, David Weber & Linda Evans)
Hell Hath No Fury (2007, David Weber & Linda Evans)
The Road to Hell (2016, David Weber & Joelle Presby)
If you click … The war that begins in Book One continues full speed ahead in Books Two and Three (and I suspect it won't be wrapped up for at least a couple more volumes, if those further installments are ever completed …
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Mind transfer to prisoners on moons of Jupiter
Thus, in each case, the local version of the narrator (a different version of his original personality for each of the four books) acquires some interesting powers, and/or becomes well-acquainted with … Looking on Amazon just now, I found that if you wanted to order the four books as Kindle downloads, you'd have to pay several bucks apiece, but if you wanted to buy the same version that I once read -- …
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Sci-fi satire book set in a post-scarcity society
Trample an Empire Down, by Mack Reynolds. First published in 1978. I bought a copy in a used-book shop, some years ago, but I just barely remembered and recognized the general plot when I saw your des …
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70s (or earlier) book about telepathic or psychic young people, one of them unwilling to acc...
As you may have guessed by now, considering that nine other answers have already been offered, what you're describing is a common premise in novels of speculative fiction: The story of a young person …
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Looking for 1950's era book US is surrounded by a force field, and a British pilot lands and...
Atom Curtain -- later known as The Atom Curtain -- by Nick Boddie Williams. Originally published in 1956 as Atom Curtain, half of an "Ace Double" paperback as I thought. (The other half was a story by …
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Science fiction series with female captain
Sounds like the Mageworlds series, co-written by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald (a married couple).
I've only read Book 1. Back in the late 1990s, a paperback novel caught my eye as I was browsing …
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Science fiction book about alien ship containing doorways into alternate worlds or timelines
This sounds like a book I bought in a used-book shop somewhere around the year 2000. It was Stranger Suns (1991) by George Zebrowski.
At first, human scientists are exploring an old alien starship wh …
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A sci-fi novel about augmented mental power
For my own part: I had first read the Foundation Trilogy at least two decades before I ran across Psychohistorical Crisis, and I had reread those books on multiple occasions during that time, so I understood …
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