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63) Keeper of dreams
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 39
Description
This new collection of Card's short fiction contains 22 stories, including two from the Alvin Maker Universe, with new introductions and commentary on his life and work, all written by Card himself.
66) SAM GUNN JR
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
After finding out he is the son of the famous intergalactic explorer Sam Gunn, Sam Gunn Jr. sets off to fulfill his father's left-behind legacy. Junior takes a journey through the stars, falling in love with beautiful women and leaving his mark everywhere he ventures. Soon, however, this trip through the universe takes a turn when Junior lands on Saturn, leaving him to learn about a recent scientific discovery that will change everything, possibly...
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Series
Pub. Date
c1987
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Volume 7 of a 10 volume series. Contents: V. 1 The invaders plan--v. 2 Black genesis--v. 3 The enemy within-v. 4 An alien affair--v. 5 Fortune of fear--v. 6 Death quest--v. 7 Voyage of vengeance--v. 8 Disaster--v. 9 Villainy victorious--v. 10 The doomed planet.
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Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
For more than fifty years Ray Bradbury has regaled us with wonders, enabled us to view from fresh perspectives the world we inhabit, and see others we never dreamed existed. Here are eighteen brand-new stories and seven previously published but never before collected stories -- proof positive that Bradbury's magic is as potent as ever. Sip the sweet innocence of youth, the wisdom - and folly - of age. Taste the warm mysteries of summer and bitterness...
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Finally together in one volume, the first three books in the world's most beloved science fiction series, The Dragonriders of Pern, by Anne McCaffrey, one of the great science fiction writers of all time: Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White Dragon. Those who know these extraordinary tales will be able to re-visit with Lessa, F'lar, Ruth, Lord Jaxon, and all the others. And for those just discovering this magical place, there are incomparable tales...
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Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
For more than sixty years, the imagination of Ray Bradbury has opened doors into remarkable places, ushering us across unexplored territories of the heart and mind while leading us inexorably toward a profound understanding of ourselves and the universe we inhabit. In this landmark volume, America's preeminent storyteller offers us one hundred treasures from a lifetime of words and ideas. The stories within these pages were chosen by Bradbury himself,...
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Series
Shannara novels. Word & Void trilogy volume 1
Word and the void volume 1
Shannara novels. Word and Void trilogy volume 1
Word and the void volume 1
Shannara novels. Word and Void trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 23
Description
On July 4, the town of Hopwell in Illinois, is invaded by demons intent on destruction. Opposing them is Nest Freemark, a girl who has magical powers. The drama comes when a demon announces he is her father.
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Series
13th reality volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Mistress Jane has tapped into the universe's darkest secret to create the Blade of Shattered Hope, and in her quest to attain a utopian reality for the future of mankind she is ready to risk billions of lives to set her plan in motion.
77) 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,...
78) Dydeetown World
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Series
Pub. Date
1989
Description
Welcome to the future ...
Where the cream of humanity has left for the outworlds, leaving the rest behind; where genetically redesigned T-rexes have supplanted pit bulls; population control measures have created an underclass of Urchins, unlicensed children who have no rights-not even the right to exist; where wireheads with chips in their brains live vicariously through the downloaded experiences of others; and where the UN has been turned into...
Author
Series
Brain and Brawn Ship series volume 1
Pub. Date
[1969]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Born a hopeless cripple, Helga's parents gave her excellent brain to Central Control for the specialized training and adaptation that turned her into one of a special class of sentient spaceship. Her passion for music and her superb, though artificial voice, was a source of solace, pleasure and even protection in her journey among the stars. As number 834, Helga was known as the ship who sang.
80) Split infinity
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Description
Stile, a serf on Proton, escapes death by the aid of Sheen, his robot lady, who shows him the way of escape to the magic world of Phaze, where he again finds his life endangered.