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Fantasy fiction. Fiction. novel Science fiction. Short stories. Speculative fiction. War stories.Bradbury, Ray
Summary: Once upon a time people described Ray Bradbury as a particularly gifted writer of science fiction. Today he seems more like a magical realist, a small-town American cousin to Borges and Garcia Marquez. A writer whose vision of the world is so intense that the objects in it sometimes levitate or glow with otherworldly auras. Who but Bradbury could imagine the playroom in which children's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1990
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRAStephenson, Neal
Summary: Raz, a mathematician, is among a cohort of secluded scientists and philosophers who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2008
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STEMcCaffrey, Anne.
Summary: Three tales about the fantasy world of Pern, where a kitchen drudge battles dragonmen, a tiny fire-dragon causes big problems and a bored Lord trains to conquer a threatening force.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1988
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCLe Guin, Ursula K.
Summary: A revolt of slaves in space ends in disillusion for the women. The men have become free, but the women are oppressed as ever. So, on one of the planets women launch their own war of liberation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPrism 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEGRingo, John
Summary: With Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the peaceful and friendly races of the Galactic Federation offer their resources to help the backward Terrans--for a price. As Earth's armies rush into battle and special operations units scout alien worlds, the humans begin to learn a valuable lesson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baen Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RINViehl, S. L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ROC 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VIECherryh, C. J.
Summary: While the world of the atevi fragments into two antagonistic political camps, eight-year-old Cajeiri, the heir of Tabini-aiji--and the first atevi to have an understanding of the humans--becomes a target for those who oppose his father's rule.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books, Inc. 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHERingo, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baen Pub. Enterprises 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RINWeber, David
Summary: A collection of short fiction presents the dangerous and multifaceted world of Honor Harrington--starship captain, admiral, and interstellar heroine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baen Books 2001