science fiction

Ender Wiggin has an opportunity to atone for his earlier failures through a second alien race discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania.

In an alternative civilization where the social status of each person is monitored and rated and anyone can drop from celebrity to nobody, fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse's popularity ranking is so low her only chance of moving up is to find a good story, so when she meets a group of girls who hide an explosive secret, Aya decides to expose the group and unknowingly puts her own life in danger.

Robert, one of a group of young people called Decryptors for their unique ability to read the encrypted messages of the intelligent computer Sibyl, turns to the computer for help when his elderly neighbor Mr. Calendar, a storyteller and magician, attracts the attention of the Methuselah Society, as well as two very strange individuals.

Presents twenty-six short stories by H. G. Wells, including fantasies, fables, horror tales, and science fiction stories, and includes an introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin.

Presents H. G. Wells's classic story in which Earth is invaded by hostile, technologically superior aliens from Mars. Includes a study guide.

A biography of science fiction author, political writer, and speaker Orson Scott Card; and chronicles his childhood, early writing career, and his faith.

Examines the life and career of Ray Bradbury, author of over five hundred works of science fiction and fantasy.

A collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury that have an element of the unexpected, including an electric grandmother, a strange parrot, and a priest on Mars.

A biography of Russian-American science-fiction author Isaac Asimov that discusses his childhood, schooling, futuristic ideas, literary accomplishments, and other related topics.