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1. In Hugh Walters' classic "UNEXA" young adult sci-fi series, four intrepid astronauts visit some of the planets in Earth's solar system for the very first time, and even make 'first contact' with an alien. Who are our four brave heroes?
2. Olwen is the only human to live on the planet where her parents died. They left her in the care of a robot Guardian, who genetically modified her to better survive conditions there. How is Olwen known in the title of the first book about her, written by Monica Hughes?
3. A totalitarian state uses one way time travel to exile its political prisoners to a prison camp in the pre-Cambrian period of Earth's history. They eke out a lonely existence among the trilobites, and most of them are insane in one way or another. Which story by Robert Silverberg is this?
4. In a series of books by James White, the crew of the Rhabwar are often the first people to make contact with previously unknown alien races. What type of ship is the Rhabwar?
5. When a hyperspace jump goes wrong, and the planet where they make an emergency landing is inhabited by hostile aliens, things look pretty bleak for the people aboard the spaceliner Asgard. Eventually, "Steward's Mate third class" Max's photographic memory of the missing astrogation tables, and innate ability as an astrogator, save the ship and her passengers and bring them safely home to Earth.
Which book by Robert A. Heinlein is this?
6. Very few offworlders are privileged to visit the Mygra Swamp on Khatka and see its unique wildlife and habitats. Dane Thorson, Tau, and Captain Jellico, go there to help Chief Ranger Asaki stop an evil magician who wants to take over Khatka.
Which of Andre Norton's "Solar Queen" stories is this?
7. The 240 people permitted to live on the planet Cadwal are there for one reason; they must prevent anyone else taking up residence, and preserve the uniquely beautiful world from the effects of humanity. The "yips", illegal descendants of runaway servants, have other ideas. The place where the guardian "Agents" live is also in the title of this book by Jack Vance. What is it called?
8. When a giant asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, the last working space shuttle takes off with the lucky chosen few on board, in suspended animation, in the hopes of preserving the human race on another planet. Among them are Jobs, 2Face, and Mo'steel.
Written for younger readers, which book by K.A. Applegate is this?
9. In "The Legacy of Heorot", the two hundred human colonists on the planet Avalon are almost wiped out when the innocuous aquatic "samlon" metamorphose into vicious predatory beasts and go on the attack. What name do the colonists give to these creatures?
10. When the crew of the spaceship Desiree make contact with the alien Simiu, things go horribly wrong, and interspecies war looks inevitable. Thanks to the friendship between the human girl Mahree and the alien Dhurrrkk' they manage to stop the war and save their worlds.
Which book, by A.C. Crispin, is this?
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