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Eric Frank Russell
Eric Frank Russell (1905-1978)

engineer

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The Hugo Winners [volume I]
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume Two A
Microcosmic Tales
Fifty short science fiction tales
Science Fiction A to Z
Intergalactic empires
Three to Conquer
Men, Martians and Machines
Invasions
Wasp
Young extraterrestrials
Next of Kin
The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction
The Golden Years of Science Fiction -- Third Series
Exiles (... And Then There Were None by Eric Frank Russell / Gypsy by Poul Anderson / Profession by Isaac Asimov)
Isaac Asimov presents the golden age of science fiction. Sixth Series
Science Fiction. The Great Years
The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction
The Best of Eric Frank Russell
The Golden Years of Science Fiction -- Fifth Series
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941)
The Seven Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction (Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction / Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction)
The Golden Years of Science Fiction -- Second Series
The Great Explosion
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 10 (1948)
Somewhere a Voice
Isaac Asimov presents the great science fiction stories -- volume 5, 1943
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9 (1947)
Sentinels from Space
Like nothing on earth
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 12 (1950)
Dreadful Sanctuary
… And Then There Were None
Entities
With a Strange Device
Sinister Barrier
Flying Saucers
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 14 (1952)
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 17 (1955)
Dark Tides
The Mindwarpers
Far stars
Dreadful Sanctuary
Like Nothing on Earth
Wasp
Mindwarpers
Best of Eric Frank Russell
Deep space
Gedanken-Vampire
The great explosion
Wasp
The mindwarpers
The Hugo Winners, Volumes one and two
Creations
Starships
Faszination der Science Fiction
Friends, robots, countrymen
TV 2000
The Century's Best Horror Fiction. Volume 2
Weird Legacies
Great World Mysteries
Sentinels from Space
The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction
Next of Kin
WASP
Isaac Asimov Presents Volume 7
Astounding Science Fiction - April 1959
Deep space
The Space Willies / Six Worlds Yonder
Die besten Stories von 1943
Fantastic Reading
Science Fiction Hall of Fame, The Novellas. Book 3
Leben ohne Ende/Störfaktor - Zwei SF-Romane in einem Band
Astounding Science Fiction
Major Ingredients
Guerre aux invisibles
Invasion of the Robots
GUERRE AUX INVISIBLES
5 Unearthly Visions
Plus X
Ve Sonra Hic Kalmadi
Guêpe/Plus X
Men Martins and machines
Sentinelle de l'espace
Sentinels from Space / The Ultimate Invader
Flucht ins Heute/ Der Stich der Wespe:
Gedanken-Vampire - SF-Roman
Somewhere a voice,and other stories
Compleat Collected SSF Works of Eric Frank Russell 1905-1978
Prisonniers des étoiles
Vergangenheit mal 2
DARKER TIDES - THE WEIRD TALES OF ERIK FRANK RUSSELL
The Best of Eric Frank Russell
Best Eric F Russell
Three to Conquer / Doomsday Eve (Classic Ace Double, D-215)
With a Strange Device (The Mindwarpers)
Robert E. Vardeman
Robert E. Vardeman (born 1947)

physicist, engineer

  • University of New Mexico

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The Klingon Gambit
Mutiny on the Enterprise
The flame key
Echoes of Chaos (The Weapons of Chaos, Bk. 1)
The infinity plague
A plague in paradise
The War of Powers
Vor
The skeleton lord's key
To Demons Bound
Masters of Space 2
Road to the stars
Demon of the Dark Ones
The Quaking Lands (The Jade Demons, Book 1)
Death's Acolyte (Swords of Raemllyn, No 4)
In the Shadow of Omizantrim (War of Powers, No 5)
The Fallen Ones (The War of Powers, Book 4)
For Crown And Kingdom (Swords of Raemllyn, No 6)
Masters of space
The ruins of power
Crystal Clouds (The Jade Demons, No 3)
Ancient Heavens (War of the Powers) Robert E. Vardeman
The Klingon Gambit
The Yoke of Magic (Swords of Raemllyn, No 2)
The Destiny Stone (War of Powers, Book 3)
Mutiny on Enterprise Star Trek
Space Vectors (Biowarriors, No 3)
The glass warrior
Crisis at Starlight (Biowarriors, No 2)
Hell Heart
Mutiny on the Enterprise
Gene Roddenbery's Xander in Lost Universe
Blood Fountain
Key of ice and steel
Demon of the Dark Ones
Cenotaph Road
Sos the rope
DESTINY STONE
To demons bound
Iron Tongue (Cenotaph Road, #4)
A symphony of storms
Blood Fountain
A Yoke of Magic (Swords of Raemllyn, Bk. 2)
Sorcerer's Skull (Cenotaph Road #2)
The Sundered Realm
Deathfall
God of War
World Of Mazes (Cenotaph Road No 3)
The White Fire (Jade Demons, No 4)
The sorcerer's skull
Grimm, Grit, and Gasoline
World Of Mazes (Cenotaph Road, #3)
Cenotaph Road
Alien death fleet
The Resonance of Blood
The Jade Demons Quartet
Alien Web (Masters of Space, No 2)
Phantoms on the Wind (Demon Crown, No 2)
Sorcerer's Skull
Dark Legacy
The Demon Crown Trilogy
Istu Awakened
Death Channels
The Stellar Death Plan (Masters of Space, No 1)
The Screaming Knife
God of War II
The Accursed
Statistical Quality Wave Site
Equations of Chaos (The Weapons of Chaos Book 2)
God of War II
To demons bound
Rocket's Red Glare
Plague in Paradise (Masters of Space, No 3)
Fate of the Kinunir
Dark legacy
BattleTech Legends
The destiny stone
God Of War
Khozyaeva kosmosa
Intergalactic orgy (Beeline late night library)
The Stink of Flesh
Pillar of Night (Cenotaph Road No 6)
Ogre Castle
Sqa with Spc Excel Set
Sandcats of Rhyl
Gateway to Rust and Ruin
Funland Kill Zone
Demons Bound Raemllyn #1
Masters Of Space
The sundered realm
Colors of Chaos (Weapons of Chaos, Book 3)
The keys to paradise
Swords of Raemllyn, Book 2
The Black Nebula
Klingon Gambit
The long walk
Fire and Fog (Cenotaph Road #5)
VOR
Keys To Paradise Book II
Colors of chaos
Symphony of Storms (Demon Crown, No. 3)
The colors of chaos
Equations of chaos
The Infinity Plague (Biowarriors, Book 1)
Klingon Gambit
The beasts of the mists
The weapons of chaos
Swords of Raemllyn
Tales from the Otherverse
Sandcats of Rhyl
To demons bound
For crown and kingdom
In the sea nymph's lair
Death's acolyte
The stellar death plan
Blue Kingdoms: Buxom Buccaneers
Outer space embrace
Weapons of Chaos
A Yoke of magic
The genetic menace
Ramez Naam
Ramez Naam (born 2000)

computer scientist, computer engineer

  • University of Illinois system, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

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Loosed Upon the World
Meeting Infinity
Nexus
Crux
Apex
Crux
Nexus
Apex
Crux
The Infinite Resource
More Than Human
Sinirsiz Kaynak
Apex: Nexus Trilogy Book 3 (Nexus Arc)
Nexus Yükle
Apex BaÄŸlan-Nexus 3
Crux - Güncelle
Ramez Naam Seti
Austen Andrews
Austen Andrews (born 1967)

software engineer

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Robert Zubrin
Robert Zubrin (born 1952)

flight engineer, engineer, journalist

  • University of Washington, University of Rochester

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First landing
The Holy Land
First Landing
How to live on Mars
Merchants of despair
The Case for Space
New World on Mars
The case for Mars
Energy Victory
Mars on Earth
Mars on Earth
Entering space
Entering Space
Benedict Arnold
The case for Mars
The Case for Nukes
On to Mars
On to Mars No. 2
Worst-Case Scenario Ultimate Adventure : Mars
Mars Direct
From imagination to reality
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin (born 1930)

air force officer, fighter pilot, astronaut, autobiographer, engineer, businessperson

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Military Academy

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The return
Encounter with Tiber
Return
Welcome to Mars
Magnificent Desolation
No dream is too high
First on the moon
Reaching for the Moon
Mission to Mars
Men from earth
Guinness World Records 2017
Look to the stars
Return to earth
Reaching for the Moon
Buzz Aldrin Reaching for the Moon
Return to earth
Return to Earth
Paper astronaut
Men From Earth
Return to Earth
Space Atlas
The Everyday Space Traveler Discover 9 Lifeaffirming Insights Into The Wonders Of Inner And Outer Space
To the Moon and Back
Men from Earth-19.95
The Wright Stuff
Men from Earth
Investing in Our Future
Galileo for Kids
Space 2.0 Lib/E
Guinness Dünya Rekorlar Kitabi 2017
Die Rückkehr.
NASA
Space Encyclopedia
Space 2. 0
Beyond Flagpoles and Footprints
Return to Earth
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Eliezer Yudkowsky (born 1979)

artificial intelligence researcher, blogger, computer scientist

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Magdalena Mouján
Magdalena Mouján (1926-2005)

mathematician, computer scientist

  • National University of La Plata

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