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IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 18
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A masterful achievement that ranks with "Brave New World" and "1984", this mesmerizing tale of the terrible aftermath of nuclear war has captivated generations of readers since its first publication in 1959. "Prodigiously imaginative, richly comic, terrifyingly grim".--"Chicago Tribune."
2) Sundiver
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Series
Pub. Date
c1980
Description
Mankind encounters conflicts among the inhabitants of the universe, as brave individuals prepare to journey into the boiling inferno of the sun.
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Foundation series volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 22
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At last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations had come to an end. The scientists of the First Foundation had proved victorious; and now they retum to Hari Seldon''s long-established plan to build a new Empire that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all-and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge. Now the two exiled citizens of the Foundation-a renegade Councilman and the doddering historian-set out in...
8) Earth
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Series
Pub. Date
1990
Description
A microscopic black hole has accidently fallen into the Earth's core and the entire planet is in danger of being destroyed within two years.
9) Fire sea
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Series
Death Gate cycle volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
Description
Abarrach, the Realm of Stone. Here, on a barren world of underground caverns built around a core of molten lava, the lesser races-humans, elves, and dwarves-seem to have all died off. Here, too, what may well be the last remants of the once powerful Sartan still struggle to survive. For Haplo and Alfred-enemies by heritage, traveling companions by necessity-Abarrach may reveal more than either dares to discover about the history of Sartan...and the...
12) Mars
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Series
Pub. Date
[1992]
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Half Navajo American Jamie Waterman is a geologist whose dream comes true when he is selected for the first landing team on Mars. He endures the rigors of training, the personality conflicts and political intrigues, as well as the dangers of traveling over 100 million kilometers in space. Once the international crew lands on Mars, they discover they must battle not only the alien land they have invaded but earthbound bureaucrats as well. As they head...
13) Snow crash
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 27
Description
"Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states, where law-abiding citizens don't dare leave their mansions. Hiro delivers pizza to the mansions for a living, defending his pies from marauders when necessary with a matched set of samurai swords. His home is a shared 20 X 30 U-Stor-It. He spends most of his time goggled in to the Metaverse,...
14) Ghost legion
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Series
Pub. Date
1993
Description
Even though the galaxy is at peace, it is an uneasy peace. Dion, the ruler, has fallen in love with a woman who is not his queen, and suddenly the fragile alliances that rest on his marriage are threatened.
15) The last command
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Series
Star Wars novels. Thrawn trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 23
Description
Five years after the events of Return to the Jedi, the fragile New Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn and his army of clone soldiers.
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"West of the land called Artemisia, past mountains, valleys, arroyos, and mesas, atop a sinuous, canyon-climbing road, the Place of Power spreads clawlike at the edge of the chasm. Here are walls to hold out the dragons, ogres, and goblins of the ruined lands. And from here the Witch, Quince Ellel, peers out into a world of faded pageantry, archetypal villages, and gang-filled cities decimated by violence and plague." "The scattered remnants of humanity...
18) Darkspell
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Series
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 22
Description
A sequel to "Daggerspell" in which Nevyn, Rhodry, and Jill struggle to unite the humans of Deverry with the powerful, mysterious, and once-hostile race of Elves.
19) Death dream
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Series
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
A thriller set in the world of virtual reality. In Florida, a company creates an amusement park which gives people the impression they are walking on the moon, swimming under the ocean, or playing major league baseball. But delusion has its downside and in this case it is deadly. By the author of Dream of the Wolf.
20) Furious gulf
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Series
Pub. Date
1994
Description
In the spaceship, Argo, humans flee machine creatures determined to exterminate them. The escape route takes them dangerously close to a black hole where they discover the remains of an ancient human civilization and a way of defeating the mechs. By the author of Great Sky River.
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