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1) I, robot
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1992.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Description
In the spellbinding Arthur C. Clarke tradition, here is an exhilarating adventure into the hearts of both the Universe and mankind . . . By the twenty-third century Earth has already had two encounters with massive, mysterious robotic spacecraft from beyond our solar system--the incontestable proof of an alien technology that far exceeds our own. Now three human cosmonauts are trapped aboard a labyrinthine Raman vessel, where it will take all of...
Author
Series
Farseer trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fantasy tale on a man who carves a dragon out of stone with which to defend his kingdom from enemies. The novel is the last installment in a trilogy which began with Royal Assassin.
6) Blue Mars
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Series
Language
English
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Description
After declaring independence from Earth, Mars still faces problems: an impending ice age, a search for religious meaning, and immigration. New medical discoveries enable people to live 200 years, causing overpopulation on Earth and the Martians object to being swamped by Earthmen. A replay of New World problems in space. By the author of a trilogy, of which this is the last volume.
8) Rebel dawn
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
The third volume in an exciting trilogy that began with The Paradise Snare, this explosive story describes how Han Solo won the Millennium Falcon, the fastest ship in the galaxy, and how he ended up at Mos Eisley in Chalmun's Cantina.
Author
Series
Dune. Prelude to dune series volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 36
Language
English
14) Snow crash
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
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Description
In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's CosaNostra Pizza Incorporated, but in the Metaverse he's a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that is striking down hackers everywhere, he races through a search-and-destroy mission to find the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about Infocalypse
Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 45
Language
English
Description
After centuries of strife, the seven powers dividing the land have worn themselves down into a stalemate. The monstrous King Joffrey is dead, and the Northern rebels are scattered. Into this blasted peace, however, come the scavengers, outlaws and renegades, who have been waiting to pick over the remnants. Daring new plots and alliances are formed, and personalities new and old have emerged from the struggle to take up new positions. It is a time...
Author
Series
Capital code trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
After years of denial and non-action, a near-future Earth faces a crossroad when it is threatened with the dire implications of global warming, an environmental crisis that ironically could unleash a devastating Ice Age on the planet.
19) Broken
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Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Ever since she discovered she's pregnant, Elena Michaels has been on edge. After all, she's never heard of another living female werewolf, let alone one who's given birth. But thankfully, her expertise is needed to retrieve a stolen letter allegedly written by Jack the Ripper. As a distraction, the job seems simple enough--only the letter contains a portal to Victorian London's underworld, which Elena inadvertently triggers--unleashing a vicious killer...
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