Science Fiction Discussion Group Bloomington IN
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Starfish
by Peter Watts
An international corporation has developed a power facility at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to exploit geothermal power. The only people who can withstand …
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
A Yankee mechanic, knocked out in a fight, awakens at Camelot in A.D. 528. He saves himself from prison and death by posing as a …
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Bible Stories for Adults
by James Morrow
The author of Only Begotten Daughter unabashedly delves into matters both sacred and secular in this collection of eleven short stories buoyed by his delicious …
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The Lunatic Cafe
by Laurell K. Hamilton
Fourth in a series introducing Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter.
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Primary Inversion
by Catherine Asaro
The Skolian Empire rules a third of the civilized galaxy through its mastery of faster-than-light communication. But war with the rival empire of the Traders …
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Brain Plague
by Joan Slonczewski
Brain Plague is the new hard SF novel by Joan Slonczewski, set in the same future universe as her award-winning A Door into Ocean and …
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A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick
A drug dealer of the future periodically moves away from his spaced-out world to become an informer for narcotics agents until he becomes unable to …
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The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that …
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Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
The first novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION • Nominated as …
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The Light of Other Days
by Arthur Charles Clarke
An inventor discovers a way to us quantom physics to see anywhere, even into the past, changing the fabric of society.
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Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson
With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private …
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Slow River
by Nicola Griffith
She awoke in an alley to the splash of rain. She was naked, a foot-long gash in her back was still bleeding, and her identity …
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Aftermath
by Charles Sheffield
An exploding star causes electromagnetic storms which destroy most of the world's computers. The novel traces the effect of this on various people, from patients …
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China Mountain Zhang
by Maureen F. McHugh
China Mountain Zhang, a Chineselooking New Yorker, travels the world and tackles the demanding discipline of jacked-in Organic Engineering in the 22nd century.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J. K. Rowling
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for …
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Darwin's Radio
by Greg Bear
A 2000 HUGO AWARD NOMINEE Ancient diseases encoded in the DNA of humans wait like sleeping dragons to wake and infect again--or so molecular biologist …
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As She Climbed Across the Table
by Jonathan Lethem
Anna Karenina left her husband for a dashing officer. Lady Chatterley left hers for the gamekeeper. Now Alice Coombs has her boyfriend for nothing …
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The Wood Wife
by Terri Windling
Maggie Black comes to the Southwestern desert to pursue her passion and her dreams. Her mentor, the acclaimed poet Davis Cooper, has mysteriously died in …
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Kirinyaga
by Mike Resnick
Hailed for his grandeur of imagination and superb worldbuilding, winner of and nominee for more than fifty awards for his outstanding work, Mike Resnick has …
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Year's Best SF 4
by David G. Hartwell
Presents twenty short stories representing the best in science fiction of 1998, with introductory biographical sketches on each author.
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Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
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 …