SCIENCE FICTION
Included are fiction, graphic novels, nonfiction, poetry
and short stories that are futuristic, dystopian, or scientifically
fictitious. Each book includes title, author, call number
(where to find it at Uni!), and a short description from NoveList.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Adams, Douglas
Fiction As173h 1980
After Earth is demolished to make way for a new hyperspatial expressway,
Arthur Dent begins to hitch-hike through space.
Sequels:
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe [Fiction Ad173r1995]
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish [Fiction Ad173s]
Life, The Universe and Everything[Fiction Ad173L 1995]
Tales From Jabba's Palace
Anderson, Kevin J. (ed.)
Fiction An234t 1996
Tales From the Mos Eisley Cantina
Anderson, Kevin J. (ed.)
Fiction An234ta 1995
Virtual Destruction
Anderson, Kevin J. and Doug Beason
Fiction An234v 1996
Feed
Anderson, M.T.
Fiction An2415f
In a future where most people have computer implants in their
heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl
who is in serious trouble.
Orn
Anthony, Piers
Fiction An86or 1971
The Foundation
Asimov, Isaac
Fiction As4Fou 1991
Sequels:
Second Foundation [Fiction As4s 1953]
Forward the Foundation [Fiction As42Fo 1994]
A Clockwork Orange
Burgess, Anthony
Fiction B911cL 1986
Told through a central character, Alex, the disturbing novel creates
an alarming futuristic vision of violence, high technology, and
authoritarianism. A modern classic of youthful violence and social
redemption set in a dismal dystopia whereby a juvenile deliquent
undergoes state-sponsored psychological rehabilitation for his
aberrant behavior.
Ender's Game
Card, Orson Scott
Fiction C178en 1994
Child hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a
deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.
Sequels:
Speaker for the Dead [Fiction C178sp 1994]
Xenocide [Fiction C178x 1992]
Children of the Mind [Fiction C178chi1997]
Ender's Shadow [Fiction C178en2000]
Shadow Puppets [Fiction C178sha]
The Memory of Earth
Card, Orson Scott
Fiction C178me1993
Sequels
The Call of Earth [Fiction C178ca]
The Ships of Earth [Fiction C178shi 1995]
Rendezvous with Rama
Clarke, Arthur C.
Fiction C552re 1990
Sequels:
Rama II [Fiction C552r 1990]
Garden of Rama [Fiction C55ga 1992]
Rama Revealed [Fiction C552rr 1990]
2001: A Space Odyssey
Clarke, Arthur Charles
Fiction C552tw1968
The Supernaturalist
Colfer, Eoin
Fiction C68s 2005
In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from
his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who
share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together
they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites
that are invisible to most humans.
Jurassic Park
Crichton, Michael
Fiction C866ju 1990
Jurassic Park is a tourist trap with a new theme: on a small Pacific island,
enterprising scientists create living, breathing replicas of every species
of dinosaur that walked the earth. One can expect their efforts to go
horribly awry.
Sequel:
The Lost World [Fiction C866L 1996]
Prey
Crichton, Michael
Fiction C866p
Han Solo Trilogy
Crispin, A. C.
The Paradise Snare [Fiction C8688p 1997]
The Hutt Gambit [Fiction C8688r 1998]
Rebel Dawn [Fiction C8688h 1997]
The City of Ember
DuPrau, Jeanne
Fiction D928c
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day
to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved
city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
Sequels:
The People of Sparks
The Prophet of Yonwood
The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm
Farmer, Nancy
Fiction F229E
In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika’s three children are kidnapped
and put to work in a plastic mine while three mutant detectives use
their special powers to search for them.
The House of the Scorpion
Farmer, Nancy
Fiction F229h
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status
as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt
drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
Dune
Herbert, Frank
Fiction H413d 2005
Never Let Me Go
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Fiction Is32n 2000
Within the grounds of Hailsham, Kathy grows from schoolgirl to
young woman, but it’s only when she and her friends Ruth and
Tommy leave the safe grounds of the school (as they always knew
they would) that they realize the full truth of what Hailsham is.
Evil Genius
Jinks, Catherine
Fiction J564e
Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers
his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an
advanced crime academy.
Mortal Engines: A Novel
Reeve, Philip
Fiction R295m2004
In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller
towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the
man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous
Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another.
Earthseed
Sargent, Pamela
Fiction SA733E
Before Zoheret and her companions can populate a new planet,
they must learn to conquer those same instincts that almost
destroyed their ancestors on Earth over one hundred years ago.
House of Stairs
Sleator, William
Fiction SL22H
Five fifteen-year-old orphans of widely varying personality
characteristics are involuntarily placed in a house of endless
stairs as subjects for a psychological experiment on conditioned
human response.
Child of Dreams
Asamiya, Kia
GN As12ba2003
Shockrockets: We Have Ignition
Busiek, Kurt
GN Bu964sh2004
Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction
Barron, Neil (ed.)
Reference 016.8083 AN161987
Sci-fi Private Eye
Waugh, Charles G. (ed.)
Fiction Sci1
Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories
Ellison, Harlan (ed.)
813.08 El5d 2002
The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Turtledove, Harry (ed.)
813.08 B46455
Young Star Travelers
Asimov, Isaac (ed.)
813.08 Y843
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