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Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty, David Roberts
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal--to fly--Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt's dream come true... -
![Exhalation by Ted Chiang]()
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsalternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereThe universe began as an enormous breath being held.From the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others — the basis for the Academy Award-nominated film Arrival — comes a ground-breaking new collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories... -
![Golden in Death by J.D. Robb]()
Golden in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn the latest thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, homicide detective Eve Dallas investigates a murder with a mysterious motive―and a terrifying weapon.Pediatrician Kent Abner received the package on a beautiful April morning. Inside was a cheap trinket, a golden egg that could be opened into two halves... -
![I, Robot by Isaac Asimov]()
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 76 ratingsThey mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence...but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two. With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked on a bold new era of evolution that would open up enormous possibilities - and unforeseen risks...Categorized as:
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![Good Old Neon by David Foster Wallace]()
Good Old Neon by David Foster Wallace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings...Categorized as:
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![Ride, Sally, Ride (Or Sex Rules) by Douglas Wilson]()
Ride, Sally, Ride (Or Sex Rules) by Douglas Wilson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's two decades in the future, and a Christian college student named Ace Hartwick has just destroyed his neighbor's so-called "wife" -- actually a sexbot named Sally -- in a trash compactor. Soon, Ace will be on trial for murder.Unfortunately for Ace, everyone despises his kind of "radical" Christianity, and, in the fragile America of the future, all the juries are fixed... -
![Torture the Artist by Joey Goebel]()
Torture the Artist by Joey Goebel
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVincent Spinetti is an archetypal tortured artist ? a sensitive young writer who falls victim to alienation, parental neglect, poverty, depression, alcoholism, illness, nervous breakdowns, and unrequited love... -
![The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg]()
The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsPowerful and haunting, The Positronic Man is an unforgettable novel that redefines Isaac Asimov's and Robert Silverberg's place among the greatest science fiction authors of all time.In the twenty-first century the creation of the positronic brain leads to the development of robot laborers and revolutionizes life on Earth... -
![Revelation X: The 'Bob' Apocryphon: Hidden Teachings and Deuterocanonical Texts of J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs by SubGenius Foundation, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs]()
Revelation X: The 'Bob' Apocryphon: Hidden Teachings and Deuterocanonical Texts of J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs by SubGenius Foundation, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIts hour come round at last: the prophesied do-it-yourself end times religion for swinging mutants and terminal abnormals Eternal Salvation- or triple your money back. Beyond science, reason, and orgasm... -
![The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell by Brian Evenson]()
The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell by Brian Evenson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Here is how monstrous humans are."A sentient, murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy creatures lurking behind a shimmering wall; brutal barrow men: of all the terrors that populate The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, perhaps the most alarming are the beings who decimated the habitable Earth: humans... -
![One Door Away from Heaven by Dean Koontz]()
One Door Away from Heaven by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMichelina Bellsong is on a mission. She is following a missing family to the edge of America...to a place she never knew existed--a place of terror, wonder, and shattering revelation.What awaits her there will change her life and the life of everyone she knows--if she can find the key to survival... -
![The Hush by Sara Foster]()
The Hush by Sara Foster
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA multigenerational, female-led thriller, and a terrifying conspiracy that goes right to the heart of the British Government.Six months ago, in an English hospital, a healthy baby wouldn’t take a breath at birth. Since then there have been more tragedies, and now the country is in turmoil. The government is clamping down on people’s freedoms... -
![Not Fade Away by Jim Dodge]()
Not Fade Away by Jim Dodge
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeorge Gastin is a Bay Area tow-truck operator who wrecks cars as part of an insurance scam. One of the cars he is hired to demolish is a snow-white Cadillac that was supposed to be a present for the Big Bopper, who died in the Iowa plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens. Gastin has a change of heart and takes off in the car, heading for Texas where the Bopper is buried...Categorized as:
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![The Beasts of Success by Jasun Ether]()
The Beasts of Success by Jasun Ether
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this dog-eat-dog world, three friends find themselves getting nowhere in their careers despite their education and work skills. They decide to make their own rules to the game of life and play dirty to get ahead. Each of them concoct schemes to sabotage colleagues and clear the path for their swift advancement... -
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![The Mine-O-Saur by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, David H. Clark]()
The Mine-O-Saur by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, David H. Clark
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA group of dinosaurs is playing in the school yard when the Mine-o-saur arrives. He snatches all the toys, grabs all the snacks, and hoards the blocks. Soon enough, no one wants to play with him. What will it take for the Mine-o-saur to realize that what he really wants are friends? Full color... -
![Everything's Fine by Matthew Pridham]()
Everything's Fine by Matthew Pridham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEric’s day is off to a rough start: his regional managers are in town, he’s running late to work, the moon seems to be falling apart, and he just can’t seem to get his tie right. At least he has his priorities straight: it’s the little things that matter... -
![Writings 1997–2003 by Ccru]()
Writings 1997–2003 by Ccru
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom before the beginning (which was also, according to them, already the end), the adepts of the Architectonic Order of the Eschaton have worked tirelessly to secure the past, present, and future against the incursions of Neolemurian time-sorcery, eliminating all polytemporal activity, stitching up the future, sealing every breach and covering every track... -
![The Last Man Alive by A.S. Neill]()
The Last Man Alive by A.S. Neill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe adventures of a group who survived a poisonous cloud that turned everyone else into stone...Categorized as:
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![VALIS by Philip K. Dick]()
VALIS by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsVALIS is the first book in Philip K. Dick's incomparable final trio of novels (the others being The Divine Invasion and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer). This disorienting and bleakly funny work is about a schizophrenic hero named Horselover Fat; the hidden mysteries of Gnostic Christianity; and reality as revealed through a pink laser... -
![White Light by Rudy Rucker]()
White Light by Rudy Rucker
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFelix Rayman spends the day teaching indifferent students, pondering his theories on infinity, and daydreaming. When his dreams finally separate him from his physical body, Felix plunges headfirst into a multidimensional universe beyond the limits of space and time -- the place of White Light... -
![The Starlight Watchmaker by Lauren James]()
The Starlight Watchmaker by Lauren James
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWealthy students from across the galaxy come to learn at the prestigious academy where Hugo toils as a watchmaker. But he is one of the lucky ones. Many androids like him are jobless and homeless. Someone like Dorian could never understand their struggle - or so Hugo thinks when the pompous duke comes banging at his door... -
![The Invented Part by Rodrigo Fresán]()
The Invented Part by Rodrigo Fresán
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A kaleidoscopic, open-hearted, shamelessly polymathic storyteller, the kind who brings a blast of oxygen into the room... -
![Edge of Destruction by Franklin W. Dixon]()
Edge of Destruction by Franklin W. Dixon
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVOICE OF DOOMIn the middle of a gala political banquet, Fenton Hardy is kidnapped, Then a mysterious caller outlines his terrifying demand: unless he receives twenty million dollars, Fenton Hardy - along with many thousands of innocent victims - will be infected with a fatal virus...Categorized as:
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![The Far Side of Evil by Sylvia Engdahl]()
The Far Side of Evil by Sylvia Engdahl
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOn completion of her training as an agent of the interstellar federation's Anthropological Service, Elana is sent to a world whose people may soon destroy their civilization... -
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![The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang]()
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat's the best way to create artificial intelligence? In 1950, Alan Turing wrote, "Many people think that a very abstract activity, like the playing of chess, would be best. It can also be maintained that it is best to provide the machine with the best sense organs that money can buy, and then teach it to understand and speak English. This process could follow the normal teaching of a child... -
![Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes]()
Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWednesday, September 5, 1973: The first day of Karl Shoemaker’s senior year in stifl ing Lightsburg, Ohio. For years, Karl’s been part of what he calls “the Madman Underground”—a group of kids forced (for no apparent reason) to attend group therapy during school hours. Karl has decided that senior year is going to be different. He is going to get out of the Madman Underground for good... -
![The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe by Arvind Ethan David, Neil Gaiman]()
The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe by Arvind Ethan David, Neil Gaiman
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA man awakens, adrift in deep space, with little memory of who he is – only to discover that he is the commander of a space mission; the rest of the crew is gone; and he is apparently a writer of some small renown named Neil Gaiman... -
![Set My Heart To Five by Simon Stephenson]()
Set My Heart To Five by Simon Stephenson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratings‘You shall read this with unadulterated pleasure’ Scotland on Sunday‘A beautiful, funny, heartfelt analysis of what it means to be human’ Simon Pegg Set in a 2054 where humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated the moon, Set My Heart To Five is the hilarious yet profoundly moving story of one android’s emotional awakening... -
![The Candy House by Jennifer Egan]()
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom one of the most dazzling and iconic writers of our time and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the quest for authenticity, privacy, and meaning in a world where our memories are no longer our own—featuring characters from A Visit from the Goon Squad.It’s 2010. Staggeringly successful and brilliant tech entrepreneur Bix Bouton is desperate for a new idea... -
![I'd Really Prefer Not to Be Here with You, and Other Stories by Julianna Baggott]()
I'd Really Prefer Not to Be Here with You, and Other Stories by Julianna Baggott
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Reading this story collection is like stepping in front of a fun house mirror…Julianna Baggott’s words ground us with the familiar truths that allow us to see the ordinary as something truly extraordinary... -
![As You Wish by Jude Deveraux]()
As You Wish by Jude Deveraux
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux returns with the highly anticipated third installment in her beloved Summerhouse series, where three women have the coveted opportunity to answer the age-old question: What would you do differently if you could do it all again? One fateful summer, three very different women find themselves together in Summer Hill, Virginia, where they find they... -
![The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition by Ira Steven Behr, Quark]()
The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition by Ira Steven Behr, Quark
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Ferengi are greedy, avaricious, ruthless, cowardly and completely unscrupulous. For centuries the famous Ferengi Rules of Acquisition have been the guiding principles of the galaxy's most successful entrepreneurs. These 285 Rules of Acquisition range from, #1 "Once you have their money, never give it back." to #21 "Never place friendship before profit... -
![The Martian in the Wood by Stephen Baxter]()
The Martian in the Wood by Stephen Baxter
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStephen Baxter's The Martian in the Wood, a Tor.com Original In the aftermath of the First Martian War, in the interim between it and what was to come later, England seemed to once again become a green and peaceful place, if one haunted by the terrible events in Surrey that had happened in those early years of the century. Although people hoped and prayed peace had come, they were wrong... -
![Wish by Peter Goldsworthy]()
Wish by Peter Goldsworthy
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJ.J. has always been more at home in Sign language than in spoken English. Recently divorced, he returns to school to teach Sign. His pupils include the foster parents of a beautiful and highly intelligent ape named Eliza. The author has also written "Maestro" and "Honk If You Are Jesus"... -
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![The Wave by Virginia Moffatt]()
The Wave by Virginia Moffatt
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTonight they’ll share their darkest secrets, but tomorrow, there is no escape… Haunting, scarily real and brilliantly executed; the heart-stopping novel that everyone will be talking about in 2019 A devastating tsunami is heading towards the Cornish coast. With no early warning and limited means of escape, many people won’t get away in time... -
![Beast of the North Woods by Annelise Ryan]()
Beast of the North Woods by Annelise Ryan
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a local fisherman is mauled to death, it seems like the only possible cause is a mythical creature in the latest puzzling entry in this USA Today bestselling series.An ice fisherman is savagely mauled to death in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and an eyewitness claims the man was attacked by a hodag... -
![The Martian Child: A Novel About a Single Father Adopting a Son by David Gerrold]()
The Martian Child: A Novel About a Single Father Adopting a Son by David Gerrold
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBasis for the major motion picture from New Line Cinema —starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and Joan Cusack—in theaters November 2007When David Gerrold decided he wanted to adopt a son, he thought he had prepared himself for fatherhood. But eight-year-old Dennis turned out to be more than he expected—a lot more... -
![Freeware by Rudy Rucker]()
Freeware by Rudy Rucker
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRudy Rucker has seen the future. . .and it is extreme.The Godfather of cyberpunk--a mad scientist bravely meddling in the outrageous and heretical--Rucker created Bopper Robots, who rebelled against human society in his award-winning classic "Software... -
![Journey Between Worlds by Sylvia Engdahl]()
Journey Between Worlds by Sylvia Engdahl
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEighteen-year-old Melinda Ashley never wanted to go to Mars. She had her life all planned out - marry Ross and become a teacher. but when her estranged father convinces her to take an interplanetary vacation, she finds herself tempted to leave behind her comfortable existence on Earth... -
![Realware by Rudy Rucker]()
Realware by Rudy Rucker
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis hilarious finale to the award-winning series offers more cutting-edge science, raucous social satire, and deeply informed speculations from one of science fiction's wittiest writers (San Francisco Chronicle)... -
![Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein]()
Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsChildren of the New World introduces readers to a near-future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and alarmingly intuitive robots... -
![Chocky by John Wyndham]()
Chocky by John Wyndham
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsCover Artist: Harry WillockMatthew, they thought, was just going through a phase of talking to himself. And, like many parents, they waited for him to get over it, but it started to get worse. Mathew's conversations with himself grew more and more intense - it was like listening to one end of a telephone conversation while someone argued, cajoled and reasoned with another person you couldn't hear... -
![The Mind-Body Problem by Rebecca Goldstein]()
The Mind-Body Problem by Rebecca Goldstein
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen Renee Feuer goes to college, one of the first lessons she tries to learn is how to liberate herself from the restrictions of her orthodox Jewish background. As she discovers the pleasures of the body, Renee also learns about the excitements of the mind. She enrolls as a philosophy graduate student, then marries Noam Himmel, the world-renowned mathematician... -
![Promises by Nancy Ann Richardson]()
Promises by Nancy Ann Richardson
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBefore she joined the Jedi academy, Anakin's friend Tahiri knew nothing of her real parents--or how she came to live with the treacherous Tusken Raiders. Now the day has come when Tahiri will learn everything, But first she must prove herself worthy. With Anakin at her side, she must pass a deadly test, using the Force like never before...Categorized as:
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![The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, Peter Straub]()
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, Peter Straub
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFor Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true. It is. For behind the town's idyllic facade lies a terrible secret—a secret so shattering that no one who encounters it will ever be the same... -
![This Side of Paradise by Steven L. Layne]()
This Side of Paradise by Steven L. Layne
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen his father relocates the family to Paradise to work for the mysterious Eden Corporation, Jack Barrett uncovers a sinister plot that threatens everyone he loves... -
![Notes From a Coma by Mike McCormack]()
Notes From a Coma by Mike McCormack
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMerging sci-fi with an affectionate portrait of small-town Ireland, this cleverly imagined and constructed novel is both the story of a man cursed with guilt and genius and a look at how our identities are safeguarded and held in trust by those who love us... -
![Zeitgeber by Greg Egan]()
Zeitgeber by Greg Egan
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor millions of years, life on Earth has taken its cues from the rising and setting of the sun, and for most of human history we've followed the same rhythm. But if that shared connection was broken, and we each fell under the sway of our own private clock, could we still hold our lives together? One family is about to find out... -
![The Visible Man by Chuck Klosterman]()
The Visible Man by Chuck Klosterman
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Downtown Owl, “the Ethicist” of the New York Times Magazine, Chuck Klosterman returns to fiction with his second novel—an imaginative page-turner about a therapist and her unusual patient, a man who can render himself invisible... -
![Emporium by Adam Johnson]()
Emporium by Adam Johnson
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn ATF raid, a moonshot gone wrong, a busload of female cancer victims determined to live life to the fullest—these are the compelling terrains Adam Johnson explores in his electrifying debut collection...Categorized as:
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