- Adams, Douglas - Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy (book,
audio,
audio,
audio)
- Arthur Dent thinks he has problems when he wakes up to find
bulldozers at his doorstep, ready to demolish his house to make
way for a new highway. But when his friend Ford Prefect turns out
to be an alien journalist and takes Arthur away from Earth on a
Vogon spaceship, Arthur realizes things are worse than he ever imagined.
- Cart, Michael, editor -
Tomorrowland: Ten Stories About the Future
- From early humans making fun of their superiority over Neanderthals,
to a frightened young monk faced with the terrifying Plague in first
millennium Europe, to an epileptic gang member who is unable to
use mind-probes in the era following the "Great Shake," these stories
all look at the future from different perspectives.
- Cormier, Robert -
Fade
- During the summer of 1938, Paul discovers that he is the one
in the family who has inherited the ability to "fade." It is both
a gift and a hindrance when he sees things and learns things that
are better left unknown.
- Danziger, Paula -
This Place Has No Atmosphere
- Aurora has it good. Her best friend is a celebrity, her gang
of friends is called the Turnips, and Matthew has just asked her
to the homecoming dance. Isn't it just like her parents to announce
that the family is moving to the space colony on the Moon? Now what?
- Farmer, Nancy - The Ear, the Eye and the
Arm (book,
audio)
- Zimbabwe in 2194 is a very dangerous place. In this past-paced
and funny look at what the future might hold, the parents of three
missing children hire three bumbling detectives, named the Ear,
the Eye and the Arm. The detectives stay hot on the trail of the
kids but always one step behind.
- Farmer, Nancy -
The House of the Scorpion
- In a world where clones are both common and despised by humans,
Matt discovers that he is the young clone of a powerful, yet aging
drug lord. This is a story filled with adventure, suspense and horror
as Matt slowly comes to realize the true reason for his creation.
- Howarth, Lesley -
MapHead: The Return
- Would life be easier if you had the power to control people's
thoughts, melt things with your eyes, or travel anywhere in a flash
of light? MapHead can do all these things and more, but he still
faces problems such as fitting in with other people, being alone
without his father for the first time, and learning that his powers
come with great responsibility.
- Howarth, Lesley -
The Weather Eye
- After nearly getting killed in a heavy wind storm, Telly comes
back to life with a supernatural sense of life and death, and a
special knowledge of why the weather all over the world is suddenly
getting so bad. She decides to use her new gifts to motivate others
in her own British town, and around the globe, to work together
in calming the Earth.
- King, Stephen - Gunslinger (book,
book,
audio,
audio)
- This first book in the Dark Tower series is a complex mix of
science-fiction and fantasy. Long after the world has become only
a dead husk of what it once was, Roland is the last Gunslinger.
As he hunts down the Man in Black and searches for the Dark Tower,
he befriends young Jake, battles "slow mutants," and faces a vision
of his future.
- L'Engle, Madeleine -
Ring of Endless Light
- Vicky Austin is coping with a lot this summer. Her beloved grandfather
is slowly dying, and she has three very different boys competing
for her attention. A chance to help with a dolphin communication
experiment reveals a whole new ability as she discovers that she
can communicate with them telepathically.
- Lubar, David -
Hidden Talents
- After being kicked-out of every other school possible, Martin
Anderson is sent to Edgeview Alternative School, where he finds
himself in trouble all over again. He and his new friends, Torchie,
Cheater, Lucky and Trash begin to realize however, that they each
have a unique psychic power that can be both the cause and the solution
for their problems.
- Nix, Garth -
Shade's Children
- In a post-nuclear world, Shade, mentor to four young people,
helps them overthrow the bloodthirsty Overlords.
- O'Brien, Robert -
Z For Zachariah
- As far as Ann Burden knows, she is the last person left alive
on earth after a nuclear war. One day she spots the smoke from a
campfire, and the smoke gets closer each day. Is there someone else
left alive, and is his coming good--or bad--for her?
- Paulsen, Gary -
Transall Saga
- Mark's camping trip becomes a nightmare in this time-travel
adventure as he works to survive and thrive in the strange, primitive
future world while he does his best to escape back to his own time.
- Philbrick, Rodman -
Last Book in the Universe
- Spaz, Ryter and Chox travel across two latches of the Urb and
rescue a proov who is willing to bring them across the Zone into
Eden in her takvee, all to find a cure for Spaz's sister Bean. In
their world, hundreds of years in the future, mind probes are the
most popular form of entertainment, and books are only a distant
memory from the backtimes.
- Shusterman, Neal -
Dark Side of Nowhere
- Jason faces an identity crisis after discovering that he is
the son of aliens who stayed on earth following a botched invasion
mission.
- Shusterman, Neal -
Downsiders
- What happens to basements, subway tunnels and other spaces that
are abandoned and forgotten? Lindsay finds out when she meets Talon
and discovers the vast and mysterious Downside below the streets
of New York City. Faced with a series of disasters, Talon and Lindsay
must use their courage, knowledge and honesty to save a secret world.
- Skurzynski, Gloria -
The Virtual War
- In a future world, where war has become a computer game played
on a universal scale, three young people with unique genetically
engineered abilities are teamed up to wage war on virtual reality.
- Sleator, William -
The Boy Who Reversed Himself
- Laura knows there is something strange about Omar. Once she
finds out about his visits to "4-space," Omar introduces Laura to
an unknown dimension. Unfortunately, she tries to use her newfound
knowledge to impress a boy she likes, and realizes how dangerous
the fourth dimension can be.
- Sleator, William -
Instellar Pig
- Sixteen-year-old Barney's vacation at the beach seems boring
until he meets Zena, Manny and Joe, three weird neighbors who play
an even weirder game called "Interstellar Pig". As he gets to know
his neighbors better, and gets caught up in their quest for "the
piggy," he starts to realize that it's more than just an ordinary
game.
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