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1) Cinder
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 1
Language
English
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Description
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.
3) Cress
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 3
Language
English
Description
Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company.
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English
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"Speculative fiction novel set in post-apocalyptic Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2089, after residents have discovered how to survive with biological nanotech. Cyber Mage, the teenager moonlighting as a hacker, crosses paths with mercenary Djibrel and together they seek out the fate of the Djinn, a magical super race of genies"--
6) The Kingdom
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Ana, a half-android, half-human employee of a futuristic fantasy theme park, the Kingdom, faces a charge of murder in a tale told through flashbacks and court transcripts.
8) The revolt
Author
Series
Virtual war chronologs volume 3
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Corgan has a mortal enemy in Brigand, a clone he raised as a baby, who has now aged to the equivalent of 16 years. Now they either have to fight in a Virtual War, or Corgan must escape, ideally with Sharla, Ananda, and Cyborg.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Some super heroes come to Earth with alien powers. Others got their abilities as the result of freak accidents. And some worked really, really hard to master their skills, such as martial arts. Discover the amazing and inspiring stories of DC's super heroes and heroines!"--Introduction.
10) Life l1k3
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Eve learns she can destroy machines with her mind, she becomes a target for a group of puritanical fanatics, and with her new android best friend Ezekiel, faces cyborg assassins.
11) Defy the fates
Author
Series
Constellation trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Abel, the most advanced robot in the galaxy, must save teenaged soldier Noemi by resurrecting her into a human-mech hybrid, a decision which will have consequences throughout the galaxy and may just turn the tide in the war between Genesis and Earth"--
Author
Series
Girls with sharp sticks volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Mena and the other girls of Innovations Academy enroll in Ridgeview Prep, seeking revenge against the corporation that traumatized them at Innovations Academy, but they still face many obstacles.
14) Winter
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
Princess Winter, admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, teams up with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, to defeat Queen Levana and find their happily ever afters.
15) Central Station
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Language
English
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Description
"When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boris's ex-lover is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the datastream of a mind with the touch of a finger. His cousin is infatuated with a robotnik--a damaged cyborg soldier who might as well be begging for parts. His father is terminally-ill with a multigenerational mind-plague. And a hunted data-vampire has followed Boris to where she is forbidden to return. Rising...
Author
Series
Girls with sharp sticks volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In the near future at a girls-only private high school isolated in the Colorado mountains, Mena and her classmates--under the watchful eyes of their Guardian, professors, and analyst--are trained to be beautiful and obedient for their sponsors and investors.
17) Scarlet
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 2
Language
English
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Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood.
18) Synapse
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From the critically-acclaimed author whom Publishers Weekly has called a "master storyteller" comes a taut new thriller where things are not always as they appear to be... Thirty years from now, when Kestrel Hathaway, a pastor in Cincinnati, witnesses a terror attack, she's drawn into a world of conspiracies and lies that she and Jordan, her cognizant robot, have to untangle before it's too late. With the help of counterterrorism agent Nick Vernon,...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Español
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Description
Lunch Lady, la encargada de la comida en la escuela, también tiene vida secreta de guerrera contra el crimen. Ella descubre un plan para sustituir a todos los maestros con robots.
The school lunch lady is a secret crime fighter who uncovers an evil plot to replace all the popular teachers with robots.
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English
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Science fiction is a vital part of popular culture, influencing the way we all look at the world. TV shows like Star Trek and movies from Forbidden Planet to Inception have influenced scientists to enter the profession and have shaped our futures. Science fiction doesn't set out to predict what will happen - it's far more about how human beings react to "What if?..." - but it is fascinating to see how science fiction and reality sometimes converge,...
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