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(282)
Summary: "Featuring speculative fiction-writing exercises from Harlan Ellison (R), Piers Anthony, Ramsey Campbell, Jack Ketchum, screenwriters of The Twilight Zone and Star Trek: The Next Generation, and many...
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Call #: 808.3 NOW
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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Michael Reisman
(424)
Summary: When twelve-year-old Simon becomes the official Keeper of the Order of Physics, he and his friends Owen and Alysha face extreme danger as they try to protect the Universe from destruction by evil forces.
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(405)
Summary: This superlative collection of futuristic tales explores groundbreaking supernatural themes from the founding heroes of the science fiction genre. The short story form is perfect for capturing the...
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by
Lois Lowry
(129,824)
Summary: In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.
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Summary: Stories to explore the unknown. From the radio shows of Dimension X, Lights out, X-minus one, Exploring tomorrow, The shadow, The Lux Radio Theatre and CBS Radio Workshop. Authors include: Robert A....
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Call #: CD BOOK F LEGENDS
Location: Adult CD Books Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Philip K Dick
Summary: This volume collects three early science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick. "Piper in the Woods" (1953): Earth maintained an important garrison on Asteroid Y-3. Now suddenly it was imperiled with a biological impossibility -- men becoming plants!
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Sorin Suciu
(120)
Summary: "Master Dung's study was silent. So silent, in fact, that one might have been able to hear a gnat passing air, if only an obligingly flatulent gnat had happened nearby. The Scriptlings is the...
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Call #: F SUCIU
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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Summary: Scientist Bruce Banner has been living in the shadows, scouring the earth for an antidote. Warmongers dream of abusing his powers and won't leave Bruce alone. He suffers from his constant need to be...
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Call #: BLU ACT/ADV INCREDIBLE
Location: Blu-rays Action/Adventure
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
James Rollins
Series:
Sigma Force Series - #11
(14,845)
Summary: "In this groundbreaking masterpiece of ingenuity and intrigue that spans 50,000 years of human history, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins takes us to mankind's next great leap. But will...
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BOOK
Call #: F ROLLINS
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
James Rollins (read by Christian Baskous)
Series:
Sigma Force Series
(14,845)
Summary: "In this groundbreaking masterpiece of ingenuity and intrigue that spans 50,000 years of human history, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins takes us to mankind's next great leap. But will...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: CD BOOK F ROLLINS
Location: Adult CD Books Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(229)
Summary: With short works from some of the most lauded science fiction authors, as well as rising stars, this collection displays the top talent and the cutting-edge cultural moments that affect our lives,...
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Call #: F STORIES
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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Series:
Yeowe and Werel
(229)
Summary: Annual collection of outstanding science fiction stories, showcasing the highest levels of creativity and craft in the genre.
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Call #: F STORIES
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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Series:
The Year's Best Science Fiction
(215)
Summary: Includes "Summation 1991" and stories by "Brian W. Aldiss, Gregory Benford, Pat Cadigan, Karen Joy Fowler, William Gibson, Kathe Joja, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert Silverberg, Connie Willis," and others.
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Call #: F STORIES
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Taylor Anderson
Series:
Destroyermen Series - #1
(6,832)
Summary: An imaginative alternate history saga begins. Pressed into service when World War II breaks out in the Pacific, the USS "Walker" retreats from Japanese battleships. Its captain, Lieutenant Commander...
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BOOK
Call #: PB AND
Location: Adult Paperbacks
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Cixin Liu
Series:
Three Body Series - #2
(112,182)
Summary: "With the scope of Dune and the rousing action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from...
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Call #: F LIU
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Kim Stanley Robinson
(2,900)
Summary: From the summit of their distant future, a charismatic renegade named Ganymede travels to the past to bring Galileo forward in an attempt to alter history and ensure the ascendancy of science over...
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BOOK
Call #: F ROBINSON
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
James Patterson
(59,726)
Summary: When Max and the Flock discover an unscrupulous scientist who is experimenting on humans in an effort to "improve" the human race, they decide that they must try to stop him, in spite of Angel's prediction about Fang dying.
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by
Robert A. Heinlein
(5,647)
Summary: A young boy believes he and his ancestors have been raising an extra-terrestrial pet for several generations, when actually the beast has been raising them. When the beast must be returned to his...
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by
Kazuo Ishiguro
(628,830)
Summary: From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous...
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by
Douglas Adams
(1,739,864)
Summary: After Earth is demolished to make way for a new hyperspatial expressway, Arthur Dent begins to hitch-hike through space. Chronicles the off-beat and occasionally extraterrestrial journeys, notions, and acquaintances of the galactic traveler.
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by
Daniel Keyes
(614,397)
Summary: From the Publisher: With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of...
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by
Kim Stanley Robinson
(4,180)
Summary: A saga of life thirty thousand years ago during the Ice Age depicts the lives of the shaman Thorn, an outsider named Elga, and Loon, the next shaman, who is struggling to find his own path in a treacherous and uncertain world.
BOOK
Call #: F ROBINSON
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Lauren Oliver
(234,414)
Summary: After falling in love, Lena and Alex flee their oppressive society where love is outlawed and everyone must receive "the cure"--an operation that makes them immune to the delirium of love--but Lena...
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by
Brian Falkner
(500)
Summary: In the year 2030, six teens who have been modified to look like the aliens who are battling for control of Earth go behind enemy lines and discover a shocking, secret alien project.
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Amy Kathleen Ryan
Summary: Waverly, Kieran and Seth are in a race against time - and with the future of humanity hanging in the balance, there's no room for mistakes...After a desperate escape from the enemy ship, Waverly has...
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by
Lauren Oliver
Series:
Delirium Series
(234,420)
Summary: After falling in love, Lena and Alex flee their oppressive society where love is outlawed and everyone must receive "the cure"--an operation that makes them immune to the delirium of love--but Lena...
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Call #: YA F OLIVER
Location: YA Fiction
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by
Mike A Lancaster
(5,877)
Summary: Twenty-first century fourteen-year-old Kyle was hypnotized when humanity was upgraded to 1.0 and he, incompatible with the new technology, exposes its terrifying impact in a tape-recording found by the superhumans of the future.
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Marissa Meyer
(866,530)
Summary: As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past...
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by
Ray Bradbury
(639)
Summary: In Bradbury's unforgettable modern Gothic masterpiece, "Something wicked this way comes", something evil arrives in a small Midwestern town on the crest of the wind one autumn night. A "dark...
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by
M. T Anderson
(61,969)
Summary: In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.
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by
Patrick Ness
(92,431)
Summary: Alternate chapters follow teenagers Todd and Viola, who become separated as the Mayor's oppressive new regime takes power in New Prentisstown, a space colony where residents can hear each other's thoughts.
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by
James Patterson
(5,192)
Summary: As Daniel X continues to hunt for intergalactic aliens, he and his friends go to England searching for Beta, an outlaw who takes the form of fire and who killed Daniel's parents when he was two years old.
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by
Lois McMaster Bujold
(24,159)
Summary: Miles Vorkosigan graduates from the Barrayaran Military Academy with high expectations of ship command, but is disappointed with an assignment as meteorologist to Lazkowski Base, an arctic training...
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by
Lois McMaster Bujold
(17,925)
Summary: Dying is easy. Coming back to life is hard. At least that's what Miles Vorkosigan thinks, and he should know, having done both once already. Thanks to his quick-thinking staff and incredible artistry...
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by
Larry Niven
Summary: In the free-fall environment of the Smoke Ring, the descendants of the crew of the Discipline no longer remembered their Earth roots-or the existence of sharls Davis Kendy, the computer-program...
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