Category: science fiction
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The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Scholastic Inc., c2008, 2009 Genres: Science fiction, adventure, dystopian, thriller Series: The Hunger Games; 1 ISBN: 9780439023528 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 374 Setting: District 12 & the Capitol, Panem Time period: Sometime in the future – after “the Dark Days, the uprising of…
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Little Brother
By Cory Doctorow Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Tor, c2008, 2010 Genres: Science fiction, general fiction ISBN: 9780765323118 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 416 – includes 2 afterwards, a bibliography, acknowledgements, and excerpts from For the Win. The story is 365 pages. Setting: San Francisco, CA and the Bay area Time period:…
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Boneshaker
By Cherie Priest Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Tor, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, steampunk, horror, science fiction, adventure ISBN: 9780765318411 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 416 Setting: Seattle, WA Time period: 1880 Plot summary: In an alternate history, the Klondike gold rush began a few decades earlier and brought huge numbers of people to…
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So This is How it Ends
By Tui T. Sutherland Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Eos, 2006 Genre: Fantasy, time travel fantasy, adventure, mythic fiction, science fiction Series: Avatars; 1 ISBN: 9780060750299 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 480 Settings: Many various settings including: Los Angeles, NYC, Chile, Mexico Time periods: 2003 – 2012, 2087 Plot summary: Five teenagers…
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Bone Dance: a Fantasy for Technophiles
By Emma Bull Place: Publisher & Year: Orb Books: New York, 2009, c1991 Genres: Fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, mythic fiction ISBN: 9780765321732 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 315 Setting: The City (formerly the Twin Cities, MN) Time period: A post- Armageddon future Plot summary: In the post-Bang world, Sparrow makes a living by…
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The Family Tree
By Sheri S. Tepper Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Avon Books, 1997 Genres: Science fiction, fantasy, time travel fantasy, eco-fiction ISBN:0380791978 Intended audience: Adults Number of pages: 480 Settings: An unnamed American city and future landscapes and cities Time period: The year 2000 and three thousand years in the future Plot summary: Police officer…
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Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome Volume 1
By Chuck D and Adam Wallenta Illustrators: Adam Wallenta with Peov, Komikers Studios and Michael Bianco Place: Publisher & Year: Naugatuck: American Mule Entertainment, 2009 Genres: Adventure; science fiction; mystery Format: Graphic novel ISBNs: 0967390893, 9780967390895 Intended audience: Public Enemy fans – adults and young adults Number of pages: unpaginated Setting: Greater NY metropolitan area…
Ra's Spiral Path 