Washoe County Library System

"When the colonial Marines set out after their deadliest prey, the Xenomorphs, it's what Corporal Hicks calls a bug hunt - kill or be killed. Here are fifteen all-new stories of such "close encounters".--Dust flap.

Siblings Klatu, Lek, and Ploo, along with their human friends Lily and Jo-Jo, travel to Hollywood, California, where the aliens become extras on a science fiction television show while waiting for the spaceship that will take them home.

In the aftermath of a series of plane crashes caused by birds, seventeen-year-old Reese and her debate-team partner, David, receive medical treatment at a secret government facility and become tangled in a conspiracy that is, according to Reese's friend, Julian, connected with aliens and UFOs.

Thirteen-year-olds Haley and Dodger, winners of a fellowship, set out to investigate a series of possible alien abductions on tortuous family road trips that converge in a town that does not seem to exist.

"Jasper and his friends go to Gulaga to participate in the Tundra Trials, a team-based scavenger hunt that will have them journeying across the planet's frigid landscape to find enough cache boxes to win the competition"-- "Jasper learns that secrets can strain even the strongest bonds as the Bounders adventure continues. After discovering that Earth Force is waging a covert alien war, Jasper and his friends return to space and continue their training....

When Luno's dad FINALLY gives him the responsibility of delivering pizza orders all over the galaxy, Luno is excited, mostly. He knows that delivering pizza is no walk on the moon. There are hostile customers, and there's always the threat of his deliveries being intercepted by Quantum Pizza, the fast growing chain restaurant that will do anything to put indies like Zorgoochi Intergalactic out of business. Luno is joined by his best friend Clive,...

"Joe Pidge, king of the neighborhood, and Pluto Rocket, an alien who's new in town, have become fast friends, with Joe acting as Pluto's guide on her secret mission to discover what life in the neighborhood is really like. But on Joe's tour (where he shows Pluto the best fire escape and the best garbage can in the world!), it becomes clear that Joe has never actually left his tiny slice of the planet... Pluto encourages Joe to get out of his comfort...

The Doctor is traveling through time and space in his TARDIS. New traveling companions Bill Pots and Nardole, old enemies with the return of Missy, and lots of adventures are awaiting him in his season ten journey.

Clark Kent confronts his extraterrestrial origins and fights to save humanity when Earth is invaded by General Zod and his army. A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

"The battle for Koro Sensei's life against a multinational operation's soldiers and weaponry is difficult enough, but now his creator, mad scientist Yanagisawa, and his former protege, Grim Reaper II, join the battle to destroy him--and they've both had major enhancements! But the stakes abruptly change when a 3-E student is fatally caught in the crossfire... If there's one thing that enrages 3-E's teacher, it's harming--let alone killing--his students!...