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1) I, robot
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English
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The three laws of Robotics: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. With these three, simple directives, Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when...
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Expanse volume 1
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English
Description
"Humanity has colonized the solar system -- Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond -- but the stars are still out of our reach. Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for -- and kill on a scale unfathomable...
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Expanse volume 2
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English
Description
"We are not alone. The alien protomolecule is clear evidence of an intelligence beyond human reckoning. No one knows what exactly is being built on Venus, but whatever it is, it is vast, powerful, and terrifying. When a creature of unknown origin and seemingly impossible physiology attacks soldiers on Ganymede, the fragile balance of power in the Solar System shatters. Now, the race is on to discover if the protomolecule has escaped Venus, or if someone...
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Expanse volume 2
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English
Description
"We are not alone. The alien protomolecule is clear evidence of an intelligence beyond human reckoning. No one knows what exactly is being built on Venus, but whatever it is, it is vast, powerful, and terrifying. When a creature of unknown origin and seemingly impossible physiology attacks soldiers on Ganymede, the fragile balance of power in the Solar System shatters. Now, the race is on to discover if the protomolecule has escaped Venus, or if someone...
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Library of America volume 173
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Putnam Inc
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
This Library of America volume brings together four of Dick's most original novels. The Man in the High Castle (1962), which won the Hugo Award, describes an alternate world in which Japan and Germany have won World War II and America is divided into separate occupation zones. The dizzying The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965) posits a future in which competing hallucinogens proffer different brands of virtual reality, and an interplanetary...
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Jimmy Fincher saga volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Description
From Duluth, Georgia, fourteen-year-old Jimmy Fincher sets off on a quest that takes him across the country and to other, sometimes terrifying, worlds, armed with a powerful gift and a mission: to prevent the evil Stompers from destroying Earth.
9) Futureland
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Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Offers nine stories of speculative fiction, creating worlds inhabited by leaders, commoners, technocrats, criminals, and revolutionaries, covering issues including social stratification, technological advances, and civil rights.
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Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Dirty Computer introduced a world in which thoughts--as a means of self-conception--could be controlled or erased by a select few. And whether human, A.I., or other, your life and sentience was dictated by those who'd convinced themselves they had the right to decide your fate. That was until Jane 57821 decided to remember and break free. Expanding from that mythos, these stories fully explore what it's like to live in such a totalitarian existence--and...
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13th reality volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Description
Mistress Jane has tapped into the universe's darkest secret to create the Blade of Shattered Hope, and in her quest to attain a utopian reality for the future of mankind she is ready to risk billions of lives to set her plan in motion.
12) Worlds of Honor
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
The Stray/ Linda Evans--What Price Dreams?/ David Weber--Queen's Gambit/Jane Lindskold--The Hard Way Home/ David Weber--Deck Load Strike/ Roland J. Green.
14) A gift of ice
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Series
Jimmy Fincher saga volume 2
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English
Description
In Japan, fourteen-year-old Jimmy Fincher adds another gift to the arsenal of weapons he can use in his mission to prevent the evil Stompers from destroying Earth, much to the dismay of the Bosu Zoku, agents of the Shadow Ka.
15) Other worlds
Series
Guys read volume 4
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
An anthology of original science fiction and fantasy stories.
16) The tower of air
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Series
Jimmy Fincher saga volume 3
Language
English
Description
While Jimmy Fincher and the odd bunch of stragglers called the Alliance desperately search for the Third Gift, the Shadow Ka are evolving and something is about to happen to Jimmy's father.
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