Vonnegut, Kurt.
Summary: The author questions the condition of modern man in this novel depicting a science fiction writer's struggle to find peace and sanity in the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When MIT grad student Liam Cole discovers an asteroid is set to collide with Earth in 186 days, he joins forces with tech billionaire Darius Tanz and the U.S. government to try and stop it, and together they stumble onto the greatest conspiracy never told.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SALNiven, Larry.
Summary: This book collects a dazzling assortment of Niven's most eclectic work into one captivating volume. Here are hand-selected excerpts from his novels as well as numerous short stories, nonfiction articles, collaborations, and correspondence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NIVMcCaffrey, Todd
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Pub. Group 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCCLe Guin, Ursula K.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala Publication 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay Le GuinAtwood, Margaret
Summary: A series of essays explores essential truths about the modern world and the author's personal relationship with the science fiction genre, in a volume complemented by key reviews and her three unpublished Ellmann Lectures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 ATWVonnegut, Kurt.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC VONDick, Philip K.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 DICAsimov, Isaac
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ASIMOV, ISSAC ASMPatterson, William H.
Summary: Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) is widely considered the greatest American science fiction writer of the 20th century. A famous and bestselling author in later life, he started as a navy man and graduate of Annapolis who was forced to retire because of tuberculosis. A left-wing politician in the 1930s, he became one of the sources of Libertarian politics in the USA in his later years. His most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HEINLEIN, ROBERT A PATSummary: Bill Nye illustrates how various types of transportation utilize friction, from traction in trains and the "roll" of ball bearings in skateboards and automobiles, to the lack of friction in a hovercraft.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008