Category: science fiction
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Procrastination 2013
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Happy Belated New Year! I started writing this a couple of weeks ago to post in mid-January – and it had been a while since I had finished the books then…. Some parts of my life just feel as though I am wading through quickly drying mud. A couple of weeks ago, I was going…
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Touched by an Alien
By Gini Koch Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DAW Books, Inc. 2010 Genres: Science fiction, thriller, romance Series: Alien; 1 Format: Paperback (mass market) ISBN: 9780756406004 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 389 Setting: Pueblo Caliente, AZ, Roswell, NM, & New York City Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: As marketing manager, Katherine “Kitty” Katt, is…
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Mockingjay
By Suzanne Collins Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Scholastic Press, 2010 Genres: Science fiction, adventure, dystopian, thriller Series: The Hunger Games; 3 ISBN: 9780439023511 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 392 Setting: Panem – mainly District 13 & the Capitol, but also Districts 12, 8, and 2 Time period: Sometime in the future Plot…
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Who Fears Death
By Nnedi Okorafor Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Daw Books, Inc., 2010 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, science fiction, magical realism ISBN: 9780756406172 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 387 Setting: Jwahir & Seven Rivers Kingdom, Africa Time period: An unspecified time in the future Plot summary: In a post-apocalyptic Africa, Onyesonwu is born to an…
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Matched
By Ally Condie Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dutton Books, 2010 Genres: Science fiction, dystopian, romance Series: Matched; 1 ISBN: 9780525423645 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 369 Setting: The City & Mapletree Borough, Oria Province Time period: An unspecified time in the future Plot summary: Cassia Reyes lives in a perfect society. Debilitating…
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Neuromancer
By William Gibson Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 1984 Genres: Science fiction, cyberpunk Series: Sprawl Trilogy; 1 ISBN: 0441569595 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 271 Settings: Chiba City, the Sprawl (Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis), Istanbul, & Freeside Time period: An unspecified time in the future Plot summary: Case, an ex-cowboy, is hanging out…
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Catching Fire
By Suzanne Collins Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Scholastic Press, 2009 Genres: Science fiction, adventure, dystopian, thriller Series: The Hunger Games; 2 ISBN: 9780439023498 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 391 Setting: Panem – mainly District 12 & the Capitol Time period: Sometime in the future Plot summary: When Katniss returns to District 12…
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