Catalog Search Results
1) I, robot
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Here, Isaac Asimov, one of the Grand Masters of science fiction, tells us the stories of the robots of which he dreamed, from the first days of their creation to the days of their ultimate sophistication.
2) Mars
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1992
Description
Jamie Waterman is a young Navaho geologist who is picked for the ground team of the first manned expedition to Mars. He will be joining an international team of astronauts and scientists. But once the crew land on the red planet, they soon discover they must battle not only the alien land on which they have invaded but earthbound bureaucrats as well. When they come face to face with a chasm ten times as deep and large as the Grand Canyon, all twenty-five...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1995
Description
The story of an interactive book, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, written by John Hackworth, a nano engineer. It helps a girl become a princess and educates an army of girls who eventually save his life. The setting is a world where molecular machines create any object desired and where nations have been replaced by cultural enclaves, in this case the neo-Victorians of coastal China. Part-science fiction, part-political thriller.
5) Richter 10
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1996
Description
A race to avert a massive earthquake. The hero is Lewis Crane, a seismologist whose family perished in the one in Los Angles in 1994 and who devotes himself to forecasting them. He predicts a giant one for the Mississippi Valley, it never materializes and Crane is laughed at. Then he discovers a mistake in his calculations and realizes the earthquake is round the corner. But how to convince the country?
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 37
Description
In the penultimate issue of the stunning prequel series from Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Duncan makes a fateful decision, Leto faces an unthinkable tragedy, and Kailea is backed into a corner–with only one way out of damning accusations.
Meanwhile, Rabban makes a rage-inducing discovery that could only lead to murder, while Liet forms an unconventional yet fateful family, and Duncan and Leto reunite in time for Leto to face a difficult crossroads…...
10) Snow crash
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 27
Description
Now featuring never-before-seen material, the “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators
Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states,...
Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2008
Description
The kingdom of Francia has purged its magi. But when a young Guerrier rescues an orphaned street waif, little does he know that she is the daughter of a magus who met his end on their pyres--or that she is guarded by an aethyric spirit and driven by the name of the traitor who condemned her father to flames. With the gift of song infused within her, the child's voice will bring her before the most powerful heads of state. And she will craft herself...
Didn't Find It?
If we don't have what you're looking for, you have 3 options: ask us to bring it in from another library (interlibrary loan), suggest the library purchase it, or call us for assistance.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? You can suggest the library purchase it by submitting a request, or you might find it through our interlibrary loan service. See your options at https://readokaloosa.org/requests. Purchase Suggestion