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1) I, robot
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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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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On May 25, 1977, the world was introduced to Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, and a galaxy full of possibilities. In honor of the fortieth anniversary, more than forty contributors lend their vision to this retelling of Star Wars. Each of the forty short stories reimagines a moment from the original film, but through the eyes of a supporting character. From a Certain Point of View features...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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"Kurt Vonnegut strips the flesh from bone and makes you laugh while he does it. . . . There are twenty-five stories here, and each hits a nerve ending. These superb stories share Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision.
5) Exhalation
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English
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“The universe began as an enormous breath being held.” From the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Othersthe basis for the Academy Award nominated film Arrivalcomes a groundbreaking new collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories. These are tales that tackle some of humanitys oldest questions along with new quandaries only Ted Chiang could imagine. In “The Merchant and the Alchemists Gate,”...
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Library of America volume 322
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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Four mind-bending novels from science fiction's most transformative decade in a deluxe collector's edition hardcover, including two long out-of-print classics. In this second volume of a two-volume set gathering the best American science fiction from the tumultuous 1960s, R. A. Lafferty's quirky and utterly original Past Master, an unjustly neglected classic, imagines Sir Thomas More transported to the colony Astrobe in the year 2535, where he is...
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Tor
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 39
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English
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This new collection of Card's short fiction contains 22 stories, including two from the Alvin Maker Universe, with new introductions and commentary on his life and work, all written by Card himself.
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Library of America
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Bending and stretching its conventions to imagine new, more feminist futures and new ways of experiencing gender, visionary women writers have been from the beginning an essential if often overlooked force in American science fiction. Two hundred years after Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, SF-expert Lisa Yaszek presents the best of this female tradition, from the pioneers of the Pulp Era to the radical innovators of the 1960s New Wave, in a landmark...
12) Shadowed souls
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English
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"In this dark and gritty collection--featuring short stories from Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, and Rob Thurman--nothing is as simple as black and white, light and dark, good and evil... Unfortunately, that's exactly what makes it so easy to cross the line. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's Cold Case, Molly Carpenter--Harry Dresden's apprentice-turned-Winter Lady--must collect a tribute from a remote Fae colony...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 23
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English
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In a sleepy steel-mill town, the ultimate battle between Good and Evil is about to begin. The brewing conflict draws John Ross, a Knight of the Word, to town. Nightmares tell him that an ancient horror is coming. Caught between them is Nest Freemark, a 14-year-old-girl with the gift. Now the future of humanity depends upon a man haunted by his dreams and a gifted young girl--two who will discover what survives when hope and innocence are shattered...
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Smart Pop, an imprint of BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 13
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English
Description
Go deeper into the complexities of Orson Scott Card's classic novel with science fiction and fantasy writers, YA authors, military strategists, including: Aaron Johnston on Ender and the evolution of the child hero; Matt Nix on Ender's Game as a guide to life, and Neal Shusterman on the ambivalence toward survival that lies at the heart of Ender's story.
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