Science Fiction for Adults

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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Artist/Author/Cast:
Green, Hank
Call Number:
F Green
Description:

Dozens of cities around the world wake up to find ten-foot-tall Transformer-like sculptures towering over them, but what are they, and more importantly, what do they want?

Binti
Artist/Author/Cast:
Okorafor, Nnedi
Call Number:
F Okorafor
Description:

The first of her people to be offered a place at the finest university in the galaxy, Binti’s travel there puts her in reach of the Meduse, an alien race that is the stuff of nightmares.

The Calculating Stars
Artist/Author/Cast:
Kowal, Mary Robinette
Call Number:
F Kowal
Description:

1952. A massive meteorite has destroyed the eastern coast of the U.S. and has made the earth inhospitable. As part of an effort to colonize space, an experienced WASP pilot and mathematician wants to become the first woman in space.

Darwin's Radio
Artist/Author/Cast:
Bear, Greg
Call Number:
F Bear
Description:

Ancient diseases hidden in our DNA have the potential to wake and infect again. A discovery high in the Alps reveals a shocking truth; something sleeping in our genes is waking up.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Artist/Author/Cast:
Dick, Philip K.
Call Number:
F Dick
Description:

Although androids have been banned from Earth, some have blended in. A bounty hunter is sent to “retire” them, but when cornered, androids tend to fight back.

Dune
Artist/Author/Cast:
Herbert, Frank
Call Number:
F Herbert
Description:

On the desert planet Arrakis, the son of a betrayed duke becomes the mysterious Maud’dib and avenges his betrayed noble family.

Finder
Artist/Author/Cast:
Palmer, Suzanne
Call Number:
F Palmer
Description:

This latest job should be simple-find the spacecraft Venetia’s Sword and steal it back, but when war breaks out on Cernee, Fergus Ferguson becomes inconveniently invested in the lives of the colony.

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Artist/Author/Cast:
North, Claire
Call Number:
F North
Description:

Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. On his eleventh, a little girl appears and tells him that the world is about to end, and he can stop it from happening.

The Forever War
Artist/Author/Cast:
Haldeman, Joe W.
Call Number:
F Haldeman
Description:

Propelled through space and time to fight in a war he doesn’t particularly believe in, Private William Mandella returns home to an Earth that has aged centuries in his absence.

Foundation
Artist/Author/Cast:
Asimov, Isaac
Call Number:
F Asimov
Description:

As the Galactic Empire begins to die, a band of psychologists create a colony to encourage art, science, technology, and to preserve the accumulated knowledge of humankind.

Here and Now and Then
Artist/Author/Cast:
Chen, Ming-Fu
Call Number:
F Chen
Description:

Kin Stewart has been stranded on earth for eighteen years. Now, rescuers are here to take him home to a family he doesn’t remember.

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Artist/Author/Cast:
Yu, Charles
Call Number:
F Yu
Description:

A time travel technician, along with an operating system with low self-esteem and a nonexistent dog, set out to find the day where he and father can meet in memory.

The Lesson
Artist/Author/Cast:
Turnbull, Cadwell
Call Number:
F Turnbull
Description:

A tenuous peace exists between the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands and the super-advanced aliens known as the Ynaa, a peace that cannot last.

Light from Other Stars
Artist/Author/Cast:
Swyler, Erika
Call Number:
F Swyler
Description:

Attempting to extend her life, her father’s invention altered the fabric of time. Now an astronaut, Nedda must come to terms with her past and the crisis it has created.

A Memory Called Empire
Artist/Author/Cast:
Martine, Arkady
Call Number:
F Martine
Description:

(2020) Her predecessor is found dead and Ambassador Mahit Dzmare must now protect herself, her independent mining Station, and a deadly secret.

Neuromancer
Artist/Author/Cast:
Gibson, William
Call Number:
F Gibson
Description:

A burned-out data-thief is recruited to steal a security code locked in the most heavily guarded databank in the solar system.

Out of the Silent Planet
Artist/Author/Cast:
Lewis, C. S.
Call Number:
F Lewis
Description:

When two shady characters from Ransom’s old university meet him on vacation in the English country, he wakes to find himself in a metal ball on his way to a world called Malacandra.

Recursion
Artist/Author/Cast:
Crouch, Blake
Call Number:
F Crouch
Description:

Following a woman’s apparent suicide, NYPD detective Harry Sutton investigates a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.

Redshirts
Artist/Author/Cast:
Scalzi, John
Call Number:
F Scalzi
Description:

Ensign Andrew Dahl is enjoying his assignment in the xenobiology lab onboard the Intrepid, but away missions can be deadly to low-ranking officers like him, and shockingly so.

The Robots of Gotham
Artist/Author/Cast:
McAulty, Todd
Call Number:
F McAulty
Description:

The mechanical uprising has left the U.S. a step away from subjugation. A Canadian businessman and a Russian medic stumble upon a machine conspiracy that will exterminate all life on the continent.

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