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When worlds collide

1999
Scientists are building rocket ships for a chosen few to escape from two planets hurtling toward each other on a direct collision course. Their secret leaks out touching off a savage struggle for survival.

Nineteen eighty-four

a novel
2003
Winston Smith, a worker at the Ministry of Truth in the future political entity of Oceania, puts his life on the line when he joins a covert brotherhood in rebelling against the totalitarian regime that controls all human thought and action.

Interstellar pig

1995
Barney's boring seaside vacation suddenly becomes more interesting when the cottage next door is occupied by three exotic neighbors who are addicted to a game they call "Interstellar Pig.".

Fantastic voyage

1966
Five people are miniaturized and sent on a rescue mission through a man's body where they have sixty minutes to reach and break up a blood clot in his brain.

Breakfast of champions, or, Goodbye blue Monday!

1999
Dwayne Hoover, a successful automobile dealer in Midland City, suddenly decides that he is a machine and begins to act accordingly. Science fiction writer Kilgore Trout is on his way to the Midland City Festival of the Arts. When they meet, the result is catastrophe.

Brave new world

2006
A satirical novel about the utopia of the future, a world in which babies are decanted from bottles and the great Ford is worshipped.

The collected stories of Arthur C. Clarke

2002
Collects more than one hundred short stories by renowned science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, spanning his career from 1937 through 1999.

Tales of wonder

2003
Examines Mark Twain's forays into the world of science fiction through fifteen short stories and novel excerpts.

Gathering blue

2002
Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.

Among the betrayed

2003
Thirteen-year-old Nina is imprisoned by the Population Police, who give her the option of helping them identify illegal "third-born" children, or facing death.

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