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2) Anthem
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IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 3
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Equality 7-2521 lives in the Dark Ages of the future, where all decisions are made by committee, all people live in collectives, all traces of individualism have been wiped out. But the spark of individual thought and freedom still burns in Equality 7-2521, a passion which he has been taught to call sinful. In a purely egalitarian world, he dares to stand forth from the herd -- to think and choose for himself, to discover electricity, and to love...
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A “dark, restrained, and powerful” mirror of current politics from the Science Fiction Grand Master (Science Fiction Ruminations).
In the barren landscape of the late Cambrian period, a penal colony sits high above the ocean on the east coast of what would become the United States. The men—political prisoners—have been sent from the twenty-first century on a one-way ticket to a lifetime of...
In the barren landscape of the late Cambrian period, a penal colony sits high above the ocean on the east coast of what would become the United States. The men—political prisoners—have been sent from the twenty-first century on a one-way ticket to a lifetime of...
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Julian West is an aristocrat in 19th century America. He has all that he would ever need, a happy engagement, wealth, and a pleasant place to live. Because of his comfortable place in society, Julian is unsympathetic to the plight of the middle and lower class, and even looks to their protests and strikes with distain and contempt. One day, to calm himself, he decides to be put in a hypnotic sleep by his doctor, in his own underground bunker. This...
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Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838-1926), the author of more than fifty books on classics, theology, history, and Shakespeare, was headmaster of the City of London School and one of the leading educators of his time. Thomas Banchoff is professor emeritus of mathematics at Brown University and author of Beyond the Third Dimension.
In 1884, Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote a mathematical adventure set in a two-dimensional plane world, populated by a hierarchical...
6) Eon
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Researchers from Earth explore the vast libraries of a large hollow asteroid to learn its secrets. They tell about another Earth in a parallel universe. If its records are accurate, destruction of this Earth is imminent.
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After the work-related incident that nearly took his life, Jonassen has found the road back to society long and difficult. The year is 3293 and after 3 Nuclear Wars, the majority of Earth's surface is uninhabitable, with Africa left as home to the remaining population. "The Company", using its new technology, assigns Jon and other contractors, to clean up radiation fallout at key international locations. After a dangerous incident during the first...
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Melvin Travis thought it was over, but it wasn't.
It was only the beginning.
When the woman he loves is kidnapped, Melvin quickly finds out that he had only stumbled onto a power loving cult. In the process of trying to rescue his lover, he discovers even more groups, both for and against, time reversion. These power loving factions want to use the technology of reverse time to reshape the world.
He wind up stuck in a nightmare web...
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It's 2064 and Donald Trump is President of the United States of America, and in his final year of the first of three 4-year terms of office. He's not exactly following in his father's footsteps, as his sister, Ivanka, followed by brother, Eric, preceded his tenure. However, in 2062 Donald Junior, aged 83, took the popular decision and knocked the Mexican wall down. Like the one in China it too could be seen from outer space. Three townships were created...
10) The Turning
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Follow one woman's journey as she embarks on a new career in four-dimensional espionage and national security with the intriguing, yet lethal, Agency of Adjustments.
"An intriguing mix between reality and sci-fi,"
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Kalila Grey is a new recruit in an unknown British security organisation and is about to find out if she has the nerve to survive in a government role that few people even know exists.
A former social worker with a gift...
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A man on a mission to save his brother and pay back the people who locked him up must decide the best way to manage his quest. Then there are the trust issues. Is anyone trustworthy, and can the man finally put a face to a murderer and a name to his potential executioner?
Against his own personal wishes and better judgement, Max Stevens returns in this novella, A Conclusive Parallel. Another time travelling adventure, complete with a healthy portion...
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Light Ahead for the Negro (1904) is a novel by Edward A. Johnson. Written while Johnson was working as an assistant U. S. Attorney in North Carolina, the novel is a groundbreaking work of speculative fiction and Afrofuturism from a pioneering African American politician and lawyer. "I glanced through the floor but the earth was almost indistinguishable, and was disappearing rapidly. There was absolutely nothing that I could do. I looked up again at...
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Nous sommes en juillet 2040, et comme à quelques mois auparavant, le patron d'un journal parisien a chargé Hubert, l'un de ses jeunes journalistes, de revoir Gilles Devechter avec qui il avait déjà collaboré sur un livre. Ils avaient passé plus d'un mois ensemble sur son bateau, plongeant dans les événements entre 2005 et 2040. Cependant, un espace-temps manquait, laissant un vide en ce qui concerne l'environnement, le réchauffement climatique...
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