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Surface Action Surface Action David Drake Most boys, at least back when I was young, would love to be cowboys or soldiers. In our play, there was no blood and when we "killed" our playmates, they came right back to life and vied to return t… OL1000190W
Book of Thunder Book of Thunder John Peel Score, Pixel, and Helaine return to Dondar to help their unicorn friends find the former leader of their herd and to fend off a dangerous wizard. OL1000309W
Frankenstein Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Deborah Tempest *Frankenstein* is probably the most famous horror story in the world. Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who creates a monster from parts of dead bodies. At first the monster looks for love and… OL10055585W
The golden apples of the sun and other stories The golden apples of the sun and other stories Ray Bradbury,Francisco Abelenda,Richard Negrou Bundel science-fiction verhalen OL103125W
The Illustrated Man The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of eighteen science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring theme throughout the eighteen stories is the conflict of the cold mecha… OL103128W
Footfall Footfall Jerry Pournelle,Larry Niven The book depicts the arrival of members of an alien species called the Fithp that have traveled to the Solar System from Alpha Centauri in a large spacecraft driven by a Bussard ramjet. Their intent … OL10587701W
Powers That Be Powers That Be Anne McCaffrey,Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Strange things were happening on the icy planet called Petaybee. Unauthorized genetically engineered species had been spotted, while some people were simply disappearing. None of the locals were talk… OL10673095W
Soon Soon Jerry B. Jenkins Paul Stepola, an agent working for the National Peacekeeping Organization (NPO), has been assigned to enforce compliance with the world government's prohibition on religion. Paul relishes his job and… OL108030W
Heart of the Comet Heart of the Comet Gregory Benford,David Brin,Gabrielle de Cuir,Stefan Rudnicki,P J Ochlan,Cassandra De Cuir From inside front cover: EXILES from a world devastated by fear and political strife. HEROES who first must conquer their own conflicts before the greater goal can be won. PIONEERS, hundreds of … OL108292W
Lord demon Lord demon Roger Zelazny The great wars between gods and demons began five millennia ago, and ended with the demons' crushing defeat and banishment from their homeland. The demon race would have surely perished in the empty … OL11018799W
THE MOON AND THE FACE THE MOON AND THE FACE Patricia A. McKillip Kyreol's mission to another planet and Terje's trip to observe their old river home both meet with unexpected dangers and an eventual melding of very different cultures. OL11024550W
Whales on stilts Whales on stilts M. T. Anderson Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales. OL112042W
Feed Feed M. T. Anderson For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon—a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the c… OL112043W
Of Worlds Beyond Of Worlds Beyond Lloyd Arthur Eshbach Seven famous science fiction authors present essays on the science and art of writing science fiction. They offer valuable tips and insights to the writer breaking into science fiction, and give the … OL113454W
Snoggle Snoggle J. B. Priestley Three English children befriend a strange creature from outer space and try to protect it from the aroused community. OL1162709W
Animal Farm / Nineteen Eighty-Four Animal Farm / Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell Contains: - Animal Farm - [Nineteen Eighty-Four](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1168091W/Nineteen_Eighty-Four) OL1167981W
The forgotten door The forgotten door Alexander Key This is a Scholastic book I got around 1965-66 while in grade school. The book is 140 pages with a drawing at the beginning of each of the 12 chapters. I think it's cover, which is the original, is… OL11699682W
Reckless revolution Reckless revolution Lynne Hansen Twentieth-century teenager Mindy Gold, seventeenth-century minister Jonathan Hartthorne, and twenty-second-century "time cop" Jasper time travel to 1775 Philadelphia, where they face rabble-rousing W… OL11751340W
The gigantic ants and other cases The gigantic ants and other cases Seymour Simon Einstein Anderson uses his scientific knowledge to solve a variety of puzzles, including a snake that chases people and a machine that can stop hurricanes. OL118069W
The Gone-Away World The Gone-Away World Nick Harkaway A wildly entertaining novel, introducing a bold new voice that combines antic humor (think Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut) with a stunning futuristic vision (a la A Clockwork Orange and 1984) to giv… OL11876909W
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