Nayler, Ray
Summary: "Following a mysterious murder on an island off the coast of Vietnam, a research team convenes to study an octopus community that seems to be developing its own language and culture. Humans, AIs, and animals are swept up in the machinations of governments and corporations in this near-future thriller about the nature of intelligence"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD 2022
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: SF NAYGrumley, Michael C.
Summary: The world is losing hope. Political and social infighting threaten to destroy the world. Rancor and hatred only grow stronger, engulfing entire nations. And each day moral and economic strife brings embroiled countries ever closer to war. But hope is not dead. Everywhere, pockets of human kindness and compassion continue to persevere. Where lives are cherished and virtue endures. And one small,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: In the near-future, people use technology to give the illusion of all kinds of body modifications-but some people have "Egan's Syndrome," a highly sensitive immune system that rejects these "mods" and are unable to use them. Those who are affected maintain a "natural" appearance, reliant on cosmetics and hair dye at most to help them play with their looks. Sunati is attracted to Austen the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yellow Jacket 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 NORLu, Marie
Summary: "Talin is a Striker, a member of an elite fighting force that stands as the last defense for the only free nation in the world: Mara. A refugee, Talin knows firsthand the horrors of the Federation, a world-dominating war machine responsible for destroying nation after nation with its terrifying army of mutant beasts known only as Ghosts. But when a mysterious prisoner is brought from the front...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puck 2021
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Summary: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea tells the classic story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the point of view of Professor Pierre Aronnax, who was commissioned to find the mysterious sea monster responsible for sinking ships. Written by French science fiction writer Jules Verne in 1870, the novel illuminates themes that transcend time, such as man versus nature,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canterbury Classics 2012
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Summary: "Stage four. Surgery. Recovering." While those are the simple words that once described Dr. Francine Burk's situation, the reality is much more complex. Her new reality is feeling unduly thrilled by her increasing ability to walk across a room without assistance. And it's being offered a placement at a prestigious research institute where she can put to good use her recent award money. With the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHMeaney, John.
Summary: Devastated by her husband's death. Earth-based biologist Yoshiko Sunadomari journeys to the paradise world of Fulgar to see her estranged son. Tetsuo, in the hope of bridging the gulf between them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyr 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEAHuff, Tanya.
Summary: When former Marine Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr finds out why space pirates needed salvage operator Craig Ryder, she calls in the Marines to get him back--and to stop the pirates from changing the balance of power in known space.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2010
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Summary: Jumping at the chance to go to Crucible, the Marine Corps training planet, to work with Major Svensson, Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr finds herself caught in a desperate fight for survival when someone begins attacking the training scenarios.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUFBauers, W. C.
Summary: "The colonists of the planet Montana are accustomed to being ignored. Situated in the buffer zone between two rival human empires, their world is a backwater: remote, provincial, independently-minded. Even as a provisional member of the Republic of Aligned Worlds, Montana merits little consideration--until it becomes the flashpoint in an impending interstellar war"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2015
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Summary: Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr is a Confederation Marine's marine. She's survived more deadly encounters--and kept more of her officers and enlistees alive--than anyone in the Corps. Unexpectedly pulled from battle, Torin finds herself in an underground POW camp that shouldn't exist, where her fellow marine prisoners seem to have lost all will to escape. Now, Torin must fight her way not only out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUFVan Lente, Fred.
Summary: The reason Wolverine never tells anybody about his birthday is that every year on that date Sabretooth shows up to dice him into cutlets. Now the love of his life, with whom he is sharing his birthday dinner, is in grave danger!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WOLWinterson, Jeanette
Summary: "Lake Geneva, 1816. Nineteen-year-old Mary Shelley is inspired to write a story about a scientist who creates a new life-form. In Brexit Britain, a young transgender doctor called Ry is falling in love with Victor Stein, a celebrated professor leading the public debate around AI and carrying out some experiments of his own in a vast underground network of tunnels. Meanwhile, Ron Lord, just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WINOliver, Lauren
Summary: Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2011
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Summary: "Kurt Austin races to Antarctica to stop a chilling plot that imperils the entire planet. After a former NUMA colleague disappears while researching the icebergs of Antarctica, Kurt Austin and his assistant Joe Zavala embark for the freezing edge of the world to investigate. Even as they confront perilous waters and frigid temperatures, they are also are up against a terrifying man-made...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CUSCarbone, Courtney
Summary: This book about the adventure featuring Batgirl and Wonder Woman--the most iconic female super hero of all time!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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Summary: "Life for Roz and the animals on their island is perfect. But when mysterious, dangerous waters surround the island, the animals are forced inland to fight over dwindling resources. Roz calms and organizes the animals, but the poison tide takes a terrible toll on the island. So the wild robot sets out across the ocean, determined to stop the poison tide. During her journey, Roz encounters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction BrownCussler, Clive
Summary: In the early days of World War II, the infamous German Luftwaffe embark upon an expedition to Antarctica, hoping to set up a military base to support their goal of world domination. Though the military outpost never comes to fruition, what the Nazis find on the icy continent indeed proves dangerous...and will have implications far into the future. In the present day, Kurt Austin and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2021
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CUSRingo, John
Summary: "With human civilization annihilated by a biological zombie plague, a rag tag fleet of yachts and freighters known as Wolf Squadron scours the Atlantic, searching for survivors. Within every abandoned liner and carrier lurks a potential horde of zombies but also holds the flickering hope of survivors. Now Wolf Squadron must clear the assault carrier USS Iwo Jima of infected before the trapped...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baen 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RINStephenson, Neal
Summary: In twenty-first-century America, a teenaged computer hacker finds himself fighting a computer virus that battles virtual reality technology and a deadly drug that turns humans into zombies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHECho, Elaine U.
Summary: "Ocean Yoon has never felt very Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haenyeo, Jeju Island's beloved female divers. She doesn't like soju, constantly misses cultural references, and despite her love of the game, people still say that she doesn't play Hwatu like a Korean. Ocean's also persona non grata at the Alliance, Korea's solar system-dominating space agency, since a mission...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hillman Grad Books, a Zando imprint 2024
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Summary: "Supergirl (aka Kara Danvers) has been running across average citizens performing amazing feats all over National City. But that's not even the weirdest thing going on. The Department of Extranormal Operations has captured a mysterious humanoid sea creature. Supergirl must find out what has drawn him to National City, and his connection to this surge of super-citizens"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WHICherryh, C. J.
Summary: Regenesis continues the story of Ariane Emory PR, the genetic clone of one of the greatest scientists humanity has ever produced, and of her search for the murderer of her progenitor--the original Ariane Emory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2009