Stephenson, 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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Summary: Klawde is not your basic cat. He's an emperor from another planet, exiled to Earth. He's cruel. He's cunning. He's brilliant ... and he's also Raj Banerjee's best friend. Following a humiliating, defeated effort to conquer Earth, Klawde has had it with this this dismal planet. And anyway, what's the point in conquering such an insignificant corner of the galaxy, when there's an entire universe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MARLerner, Jarrett
Summary: When a group of nerdy best friends each begin receiving robots that start to act like real creatures, it is up to them to save the day, and the planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LERVonnegut, Kurt.
Summary: Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale preys on our deepest fears of Armageddon. Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy. For he is the inventor of ice-nine, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three eccentric children, to a crazed dictator,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gollancz 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VONAdams, Douglas
Summary: In this collection of novels, Arthur Dent is introduced to the galaxy at large when he is rescued by an alien friend seconds before Earth's destruction, and embarks on a series of amazing adventures with his new companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gramercy Books 2005
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Summary: "Imagine a world where all humans must hibernate through a brutally cold winter, their bodies dangerously close to death as they enter an ultra-low metabolic state of utterly dreamless sleep. All humans, that is, apart from the Winter Consuls, a group of officers who diligently watch over the vulnerable sleeping citizens. Charlie Worthing is a novice, chosen by a highflying hero Winter Consul...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FFOMessinger, Jonathan
Summary: "Eight-year-old Finn is the first kid born in space and he spends his days looking for a new planet to call home with his three best friends and his robot, Foggy. He's used to wild, galaxy hopping adventures. But when Explorer Troop 301 gets stuck on a planet that's about to explode, Finn and his friends will have to face giant aliens, a leader with mind control powers, and one evil, fluffy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020
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Summary: Arthur Dent, a refugee from the late planet Earth and his pal from the planet Betelgeuse, Ford Prefect, thumb their way through comic misadventures throughout the Universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dove Audio 1993
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ADAWillis, Connie
Summary: Francie is in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate's UFO-themed wedding-- complete with a true-believer bridegroom. Aliens obviously don't exist. Imagine her surprise, then, when she is abducted by one. She's not the only victim of the alien's abduction spree. He has acquired a con man named Wade, a sweet little old lady with a casino addiction, a retiree with a huge RV and a love for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2023
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Summary: When the spaceships arrive-- and then depart suddenly without a word-- it creates many forms of uncertainty on our planet. When his kids blithely ponder skinning people to see if they're aliens, Blaine begins to crack. Half a continent away, Heather watches the massive ships hover overhead and is certain that her life is finally going to start. After twenty catatonic years, Olives is suddenly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Avenue 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JANGutman, Dan
Summary: Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini is not Harry Houdini, the famous escape artist who died in 1926. But Harry does live in Houdini's old New York City home, and he definitely knows everything there is to know about Houdini's life. What is he supposed to do, then, when someone starts texting him claiming that they're Houdini, communicating from beyond the grave? Respond, of course. It's hard for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC GUTPilkey, Dav
Summary: Best friends always stick together--especially when they are in trouble!Ricky Ricotta and his Mighty Robot always watch out for each other--that's what friends are for! This time, they've managed to mangle the Ricotta family's minivan. Somehow they have to find a way to make up for their mistake. When a mean little Martian named Major Monkey invades Earth, Ricky and his Robot race to save the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: While his evil pet cat Klawde, an exiled emperor from across the universe, faces a treasonous plot to overthrow him, Raj has to survive an even more perilous group: the students and parents of the Elba Middle School newspaper club.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MARAdams, Douglas
Summary: This is the story of Arthur Dent, who, seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, is plucked off the planet by his friend, Ford Prefect, who has been posing as an out-of-work actor for the last fifteen years but is really a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Together they begin a journey through the galaxy aided by quotes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ADAPilkey, Dav
Summary: When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG PILBarnett, Mac
Summary: In a world of villainous cowboys, high-speed chases, and falling pianos, can our iconic trio find their way back to one another and save the Moon Queen before it's too late? And who would want to poison her? With few she can trust in her own royal court, Moon Queen and First Cat will have to journey alone to find the antidote. If only LOZ 4000 were still with them... but our once-heroic toenail...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC BARGraff, Lisa (Lisa Colleen)
Summary: "As far as twelve-year-old McKinley O'Dair is concerned, the best thing about living in Gap Bend, Pennsylvania, is the Time Hop--the giant party the town throws every June to celebrate a single year in history. That one day is enough to make the few things that aren't so fantastic about McKinley's life--like her crabby homeroom teacher or her super-scheduled father--worth suffering through. And...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRAChhibber, Preeti
Summary: Kamala Khan, Miles Morales, Doreen Green, America Chavez, and other young Marvel heroes join forces to defeat . . . the academic decathlon? Welcome to the Avengers Institute!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHHStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Friends of the spacemice have disappeared on a strange ice planet, Polarix! Geronimo Stiltonix and his crew are called to search for them. When the spacemice arrive on Polarix, they're surprised at the inhabitants -- cute little aliens that look like colorful fuzz balls! But are these creatures as harmless as they look?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2015
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Summary: "To fix the world they must first break it, further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into its core programming, they murder their owner. The robot discovers they can also do something else they never did before: They can run away. Fleeing the household they enter a wider world they never...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2024
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Summary: "Space travel is tough. No air, cosmic radiation, absolute lack of other life-sustaining essentials. What better way to deal with space travel than to man ships with creatures that regenerate or don't need air, or are immune to various maladies? In a future world where zombies, vampires and werewolves co-exist with 'normal' humans on Earth, these ships are staffed by a motley crew of various...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Caezik SF & Fantasy, an imprint of Arc Manor LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LACAdams, Douglas
Summary: The show that began with the end of the world at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe continues with Arthur Dent and friend Ford Prefect stranded on prehistoric Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD SF ADABarnett, Mac
Summary: First Cat, LOZ 4000, and the Moon Queen work together to uncover who poisoned the Queen's soup. Unbeknownst to our trio, secret forces are working against them. With villainous cowboys about, high-speed chases, and pianos falling from the sky--can our iconic trio find their way back to one another and save the Moon Queen before it's too late?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC BARAkahori, Satoru.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2005