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Trapped in a Video Game: The Complete Series by Dustin Brady
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive books in one box! With nonstop action, huge plot twists, and tons of humor, this series will quickly have your 7- to 12-year-old video game fan begging for just one more chapter.Getting sucked into a video game is not as much fun as you'd think... -
![Ghost Country by J.K. Franks]()
Ghost Country by J.K. Franks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA major release in the bestselling Catalyst series, as America struggles after a global blackout, this is JK Franks, Ghost Country. Since the Solar superstorm and CME almost two years ago, the Gulf Coast town of Harris Springs, Mississippi has suffered from gang attacks, famine, hurricanes and battled a crusading army of religious zealots. Now, they face their greatest challenge... -
![Kernel by Alex Kozlowski]()
Kernel by Alex Kozlowski
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEarly one morning, the world ended. The devastating Alpha Event rewrote the very laws of reality itself, transforming peaceful cities and communities into sprawling hellscapes filled with flesh-eating zombies - and worse!For Daniel, a Zombie Apocalypse couldn’t have happened at a worse time. If he’d been back at the farm, he might have stood a better chance than most... -
![Den Usynlige Krig by Boris Hansen]()
Den Usynlige Krig by Boris Hansen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"VI KAN REJSE IND I BØGER NU.ÆNDRE DEM INDEFRA.ET ELLER ANDET FJOLS OPFANDT TEKNOLOGIEN TIL DET.OG NU PRØVER NOGEN AT MISBRUGE DEN."Olivia Alby anser ikke ligefrem 'fiktionsagent' for at være et drømmejob... -
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![Summa Technologiae by Stanisław Lem]()
Summa Technologiae by Stanisław Lem
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Polish writer Stanisław Lem is best known to English-speaking readers as the author of the 1961 science fiction novel Solaris, adapted into a meditative film by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972 and remade in 2002 by Steven Soderbergh... -
![Choice by Jodi Picoult, Thérèse Plummer]()
Choice by Jodi Picoult, Thérèse Plummer
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsListening Length: 38 minutesIn this thought-provoking short, #1 New York Times best-selling and award-winning author Jodi Picoult explores a dystopian crisis through the pinhole lens of an ex-couple experiencing an unwanted pregnancy.Margot and James are broken up—for good this time. James made sure of it when he dropped the bomb on Margot: that he doesn’t want kids, ever... -
![Zomblog II by T.W. Brown]()
Zomblog II by T.W. Brown
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeredith Gainey is a survivor...and determined to retain that status as the zombie apocalypse wipes out most of humanity. Unable to accept an existence behind walls and fences, she finds herself in constant danger...and she wouldn't have it any other way...Categorized as:
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![Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling]()
Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsIn the near future sci-fi world of Qualityland, algorithms help create an idyllic life for its citizens, but what if the perfect world wasn't built for you?Welcome to QualityLand, the best country on Earth. Here, a universal ranking system determines the social advantages and career opportunities of every member of society... -
![Radicalized by Cory Doctorow]()
Radicalized by Cory Doctorow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHere are four urgent stories from author and activist Cory Doctorow, four social, technological and economic visions of the world today and its near—all too near—future.Unauthorized Bread is a tale of immigration, toxic economic stratification and a young woman's perilously illegal quest to fix a broken toaster...Categorized as:
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![Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual by Rick Sternbach]()
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual by Rick Sternbach
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUNLOCK THE SECRETS OF TEROK NOR! It was once a battered Cardassian ore-processing facility orbiting the planet Bajor. But Terok Nor took on new life when the Cardassians evacuated and were replaced by Starfleet personnel... -
![All the Pretty Little Horses by Mira Grant]()
All the Pretty Little Horses by Mira Grant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Newsflesh novella from the New York Times bestselling author that brought you Feed, Mira Grant.Stacy and Michael Mason are among the most famous heroes of the zombie apocalypse. Stacy, however, has fallen into a deep depression after having to shoot their infected son... -
![The Seeker's Keys by Christina L. Rozelle]()
The Seeker's Keys by Christina L. Rozelle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Where is The Wall?” I asked my father one night while he brushed my hair. “Somewhere east . . . And you’re going to find it one day, I know you are. I hear,” he whispered, “there’s an underground passageway that leads straight there.” Joy Montgomery’s life has never been as it seems. She knows this now...Categorized as:
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![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 Resort by Matt Drabble]()
The Last Resort by Matt Drabble
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the Multi Award Winning & Best Selling author of "GATED" & "ASYLUM" with a highest Amazon Horror Author Ranking of 5th, comes comes a new trip to terror. The Paradise Resort is the ultimate in exclusive luxury island resorts. A private haven for only those deemed worthy enough to attend.Landon Verger is a titan of industry, a man who casts a long dark shadow and founder of Paradise... -
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![Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict by Max Brooks, Jaym Gates]()
Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict by Max Brooks, Jaym Gates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe most successful film franchise of all time, Star Wars thrillingly depicts an epic multigenerational conflict fought a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. But the Star Wars saga has as much to say about successful strategies and real-life warfare waged in our own time and place... -
![Zomblog: The Final Entry by T.W. Brown]()
Zomblog: The Final Entry by T.W. Brown
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt has been over two years since the dead began to walk. The shattered remnants of civilization continue desperately to try and rebuild society...for better or for worse. As far as Meredith Gainey is concerned, they can do it without her help. Fixated on a mysterious radio message, she sets out on an unlikely adventure. This time she is joined by her dog and an unlikely companion... -
![Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century by Justine Larbalestier, Lisa Tuttle]()
Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century by Justine Larbalestier, Lisa Tuttle
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWomen's contributions to science fiction over the past century have been lasting and important, but critical work in the field has only just begun to explore its full range... -
![Flotilla of the Dead by David P. Forsyth]()
Flotilla of the Dead by David P. Forsyth
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the second book of the Sovereign Spirit Saga. Picking up where "Voyage of the Dead" left off, follow the adventures of Scott, Carl, and other survivors of the zombie apocalypse that occurred on April 1, 2012... -
![Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson]()
Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContents:Melancholy Elephants (1982)Half an Oaf (1976)High Infidelity (1984)Antinomy (1978)In the Olden Days (1984)Chronic Offender (1981)No Renewal (1977)Common Sense (1985)Rubber Soul (1982)Concordiat to "Rubber Soul" (1985) essayFather Paradox (1985)True Minds (1984)Satan's Children (1979)Not Fade Away... -
![Animal Farm by Ian Wooldridge, George Orwell]()
Animal Farm by Ian Wooldridge, George Orwell
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeorge Orwell’s 1945 satire on the perils of Stalinism has proved magnificently long-lived as a parable about totalitarianism anywhere—and has given the world at least one immortal phrase: “Everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others... -
![Gods of the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker]()
Gods of the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNathan Brazil deals with a clever trap, and Mavra Chang confronts nasty drug smugglers--but these trials are trivial compared to the terror that awaits inside the Well of Souls... -
![Doctor Who: The Fearmonger by Jonathan Blum, Sylvester McCoy]()
Doctor Who: The Fearmonger by Jonathan Blum, Sylvester McCoy
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOne would-be assassin is in a mental ward. Another's on the run. Their intended victim is stirring up the mobs. Terrorists are planning a strike of their own. A talk-radio host is loving every minute of it. A Whitehall insider whispers about a mysterious UN operative, with a hidden agenda. Everyone's got someone they want to be afraid of...Categorized as:
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![R.U.R. / War with the Newts by Karel Čapek]()
R.U.R. / War with the Newts by Karel Čapek
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo dystopian satires from one of the most distinguished writers of 20th-century European science fiction. R.U.R. is the work that first introduced the word 'robot' into popular usage.Written against the background of the rise of Nazism, War With the Newts concerns the discovery in the South Pacific of a sea-dwelling race, which is enslaved and exploited by mankind... -
![After The Siege by Cory Doctorow]()
After The Siege by Cory Doctorow
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShe carried water that day. She'd expected to be balancing buckets over her shoulders like in the schoolbooks, but they fitted her with a bubble-suit that distributed the weight over her whole body and then filled it up with a hose until she weighed nearly twice what she normally did... -
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![The Leaky Establishment by David Langford]()
The Leaky Establishment by David Langford
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings_The Leaky Establishment_ is an atomic farce whose author David Langford once worked in the gentle radioactive glow of Britain's nuclear weapons industry, and hilariously satirizes its ghastly bureaucracy from the inside... -
![Imaginary Maps by Mahasweta Devi]()
Imaginary Maps by Mahasweta Devi
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIncludes one short story and one long story by Mahasweta Devi:'The Hunt,' 'Douloti the Bountiful' and the novelette 'Pterodactyl, Puran Sahay and Pirtha;' with a long interview with the author and two texts by the translator... -
![The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks]()
The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis novella chronicles a Culture mission to Earth in the late Seventies, and also serves as a prequel of sorts to Use of Weapons by featuring one of that novel's characters, Diziet Sma. Here, Sma argues for contact with Earth, to try to fix the mess the human species has made of it... -
![Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present by Cory Doctorow]()
Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present by Cory Doctorow
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHave you ever wondered what it's like to get bitten by a zombie? To live through a bioweapon attack? To have every aspect of your life governed by invisible ants? In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable experience in technology and computing to give us mindbending sci-fi tales that explore the possibilities of information technology — and its various uses — run amok...Categorized as:
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![The Stone Canal by Ken MacLeod]()
The Stone Canal by Ken MacLeod
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife on New Mars is tough for humans, but death is only a minor inconvenience. The machines know their place, the free market rules all, and only the Abolitionists object.Then a stranger arrives on New Mars, a clone who remember his life on Earth as Jonathan Wilde, the anarchist with a nuclear capability who was accused of losing World War III...Categorized as:
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![Shadow of the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker]()
Shadow of the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImmortal, unchanging, the eternal survivor, Nathan Brazil had tired of his long duty as the guardian of the Well World and had enlisted Mavra Chang, space pilot and adventurer, as his companion and equal, sharing with her the godlike power to control the universe's destiny. Now the Well World is changing, and Brazil and Chang have drifted apart . . -
![The Box by Hugh Howey]()
The Box by Hugh Howey
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens when artificial intelligence comes online, only to find itself locked in a room with a... -
![Cruel Miracles by Orson Scott Card]()
Cruel Miracles by Orson Scott Card
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA collection of science fiction tales includes An Eye for an Eye, as well as an autobiography by the author... -
![The Rise of the Meritocracy by Michael Young]()
The Rise of the Meritocracy by Michael Young
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMichael Young has christened the oligarchy of the future "Meritocracy." Indeed, the word is now part of the English language. It would appear that the IQ+Effort=Merit may well constitute the basic belief of the ruling class in the twenty-first century. Projecting himself into the year 2034, the author of this sociological satire shows how present decisions and practices may remold our society... -
![Toward the Brink: The Apocalyptic Plague Survival Series Book One by Craig A. McDonough]()
Toward the Brink: The Apocalyptic Plague Survival Series Book One by Craig A. McDonough
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 1 of the Brink Series.When an outbreak of walking dead appear throughout the cities and towns of Idaho it sends a shock wave to the highest office in the land. Seemingly a spontaneous event, teenager Elliot Goodwin knew better. His mother, a nurse of many years, told him of a diabolical illness that had swept through Idaho a few years before.. -
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![Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence by Susan Schneider]()
Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence by Susan Schneider
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA timely volume that uses science fiction as a springboard to meaningful philosophical discussions, especially at points of contact between science fiction and new scientific developments... -
![How to Build a Robot Army: Tips on Defending Planet Earth Against Alien Invaders, Ninjas, and Zombies by Daniel H. Wilson]()
How to Build a Robot Army: Tips on Defending Planet Earth Against Alien Invaders, Ninjas, and Zombies by Daniel H. Wilson
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt goes without saying that robots kill. They hunt, swarm, and fire lasers from their eyes. They even beat humans at chess. So who better to stand with us when the real villains arrive? Movies instruct us that, whether we like it or not, we will one day be under siege by pirates, ninjas, zombies, aliens, and Godzilla. Also great white sharks. And-let's face it-we're not prepared... -
![Micromegas and Other Short Fictions by Voltaire]()
Micromegas and Other Short Fictions by Voltaire
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomething between a tale and a polemic, these "fables of reason" are feats of narrative compression and contain much of Voltaire's best and funniest writing. From ribald tales of adultery to conversations between cosmic travellers, the stories in this collection pose moral, philosophical and social questions... -
![Plowing the Dark by Richard Powers]()
Plowing the Dark by Richard Powers
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual reality researchers race to complete the Cavern, an empty white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or a vast Byzantine cathedral. In a war-torn Mediterranean city, an American is held hostage, chained to a radiator in another empty white room...Categorized as:
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![The Water Thief by Nicholas Lamar Soutter]()
The Water Thief by Nicholas Lamar Soutter
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"There is no difference between the saint who gives food to starving children and the worker who operates the gas chamber that kills them, except that one is making money and the other is losing it."CHARLES THATCHER is a private citizen, which is to say that he's the private property of the Ackerman Brothers Securities Corporation... -
![Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan]()
Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBEFORE: In Bristol's center lies the Croft, a digital no-man's-land cut off from the surveillance, Big Data dependence, and corporate-sponsored, globally hegemonic aspirations that have overrun the rest of the world. Ten years in, it's become a center of creative counterculture. But it's fraying at the edges, radicalizing from inside... -
![The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act by Ray Bradbury]()
The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA short story by Ray Bradbury, the prequel to "Fahrenheit 451".First published in The Reporter, August 7 1951... -
![Orbital Cloud by Taiyo Fujii]()
Orbital Cloud by Taiyo Fujii
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe global war on terror has a new front—the very edge of outer space.In the year 2020, Kazumi Kimura, proprietor of shooting star forecast website Meteor News, notices some orbiting space debris moving suspiciously. Rumors spread online that the debris is actually an orbital weapon targeting the International Space Station... -
![Scatterbrain by Larry Niven]()
Scatterbrain by Larry Niven
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother dazzling collection of fact, fiction, and wit from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning master of hard science fiction!Larry Niven is the New York Times bestselling author of such classic science fiction novels as Ringworld and Destiny's Road. His previous collection, N-Space, was lauded by the Houston Post as "outstanding . . -
![Franchise by Isaac Asimov]()
Franchise by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a future United States where one individual is selected by computer to represent the entire national electorate in voting for the new President, ordinary Norman Muller is not sure he wants that privilege... -
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![South: Library Edition by Babak Lakghomi, Shawn K. Jain]()
South: Library Edition by Babak Lakghomi, Shawn K. Jain
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSouth is a haunting and hallucinatory reimagination of life in a world under totalitarianism, and an individual’s quest for truth, agency, and understanding.B, a journalist, travels to the South of an unnamed desert country for a mysterious mission to write a report about the recent strikes on an offshore oil rig... -
![Cumulus by Eliot Peper]()
Cumulus by Eliot Peper
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the not-so-distant future, economic inequality and persistent surveillance push Oakland to the brink of civil war. Lilly Miyamoto is a passionate analog photographer striving to pursue an ever more distant dream. Huian Li is preeminent among the Silicon Valley elite as the founder and CEO of the pervasive tech giant Cumulus... -
![The President's Brain is Missing by John Scalzi]()
The President's Brain is Missing by John Scalzi
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe question is, how can you tell the President's brain is missing? And are we sure we need it... -
![All the Lonely People by David Owen]()
All the Lonely People by David Owen
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone tells Kat that her online personality - confident, funny, opinionated - isn't her true self. Kat knows otherwise. The internet is her only way to cope with a bad day, chat with friends who get all her references, make someone laugh. But when she becomes the target of an alt-right trolling campaign, she feels she has no option but to Escape, Delete, Disappear...Categorized as:
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![Brother Brontë by Fernando A. Flores]()
Brother Brontë by Fernando A. Flores
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo women fight to save their dystopian border town—and literature—in this gonzo near-future adventure.The year is 2038, and the formerly bustling town of Three Rivers, Texas, is a surreal wasteland...Categorized as:
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![Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft by Jennifer Henshaw, Elizabeth Bear]()
Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft by Jennifer Henshaw, Elizabeth Bear
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFuture Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft is an anthology of new short work from some of the greatest science fiction writers in the field. These visionary stories explore prediction science, quantum computing, real-time translation, machine learning, and much more...
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