SCIENCE FICTION The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas SCI-FI Adams Hapless hero Arthur Dent is grabbed from Earth moments before a cosmic construction team destroys it to build a freeway. Foundation Asimov, Isaac SCI-FI Asimov All is not well with the Galactic Empire and the only person who can confront this imminent catastrophe is Hari Seldon. No Phule Like an Old Phule Asprin, Robert SCI-FI Asprin Determined to kick Phule out of the Space Legion, General Blitzkrieg sends a team of investigators, including Barky the Environmental Dog, to uncover the truth about Phule and his Omega Company. Eon Bear, Greg SCI-FI Bear The 300 kilometer long stone was the answer to humanity's desperate plea to end the threat of nuclear war. Inside the deep recesses of the stone lies Thistledown: the remnants of a human society. Foundation’s Fear Benford, Gregory SCI-FI Benford Based on Isaac Asimov's famous Foundation series, Hari Seldon is trying to prevent the collapse of the Galactic Empire and the dark age that will ensue. The Martian Chronicles Bradbury, Ray SCI-FI Bradbury In the far-flung future of 1999, expeditions leave Earth to investigate Mars. The Martians guard their mysteries well, but they are decimated by the diseases brought by Colonists, who have no respect for the culture they have displaced. Earth Brin, David SCI-FI Brin Though the population is growing at an alarming rate, the main problem Earth is facing is a black hole that may destroy it. Ender’s Game Card, Orson Scott SCI-FI Card Ender was only six when he was sent for special training. He may be humanity's only hope in a war against aliens. Cyteen Cherryh, C. J. SCI-FI Cherryh When a geneticist is murdered, he is replicated in the lab, leaving a clone who attempts to chart a different The City and the Stars Clarke, Arthur C. SCI-FI Clarke The city of Diaspar is humanity's last home. The only man born in 10 million years desperately wants to find what lies beyond the City. His quest will uncover the destiny of a people and a galaxy. Blade Runner or (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) Dick, Philip K. SCI-FI Dick Somewhere among the hordes of humans lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment is to find them and then "retire" them. Trouble is, the androids looked exactly like humans! Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean SCI-FI Foster A young man, Pip, and his friend, Flinx, a flying dragon-like snake, leave their home and travel into outer space. This Alien Shore Friedman, C. S. SCI-FI Friedman Earth's first starships caused severe genetic damage. Generations later, a new mutated race arises, one which can safely conduct people between the stars. Neuromancer Gibson, William SCI-FI Gibson Case, a burned out computer whiz, is asked to steal a security code that is locked in the most heavily guarded databank in the solar system. Slow River Griffith, Nicola SCI-FI Griffith Awakening in an alley, naked, bleeding, and missing her identity implant, Lore Van Oesterling, the daughter of a powerful family, finds a chance to reinvent herself in expert data pirate Spanner. Stranger in a Strange Land Heinlein, Robert SCI-FI Heinlein A human child raised on Mars returns to Earth with unusual powers. Dune Herbert, Frank SCI-FI Herbert The desert planet Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is needed for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers, so whoever controls it wields great influence. Brave New World Huxley, Aldous SCI-FI Huxley Huxley’s novel describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom. The City Who Fought McCaffrey, Anne SCI-FI McCaffrey A sentient city is all that stands between the inhabitants within its borders and an alien invasion. Seeker McDevitt, Jack SCI-FI McDevitt After the disappearance of an entire colony, antiquities dealer Alex Benedict finds a cup that appears to be from one of the colony’s ships. The Host Meyer, Stephenie SCI-FI Meyer An alien species has invaded the bodies of humans. They retain all of the memories of the person, and after time they obtain total control of their mind. Except for Wanderer, whose host refuses to fade away. Beowulf’s Children Niven, Larry SCI-FI Niven For two decades, the colonists of the planet Avalon hid from the carnivorous monsters of the main continent. Now their children have one goal: to conquer the mainland. Forty Signs of Rain Robinson, Kim Stanley SCI-FI Robinson Charlie Quibler is frustrated in his attempts to prove that global warming has reached cataclysmic levels, a situation that is complicated when a new technology is exploited for private interests. Hominids Sawyer, Robert J. SCI-FI Sawyer In a parallel world in which Neanderthals became the dominant intelligent species, a dangerous scientific experiment traps a Neanderthal physicist on Earth. Hyperion Simmons, Dan SCI-FI Simmons Seven pilgrims travel to the planet Hyperion to visit the Time Tombs, home of the Shrike. Along the way, each traveler tells of how they came to be on the pilgrimage. One Small Step Wright, Susan SCI-FI STAR TREK Wright Captain Kirk and his crew attempt to unlock the secrets of an ancient artifact that has hurled the Enterprise more than one thousand light years in an instant. The Star Wars Trilogy SCI-FI STAR WARS Star Luke Skywalker dreamed of adventures out among the stars. But when he intercepted a message from a captive princess, he got more than he had bargained for—and that was how the adventure of his life began. Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction SCI-FI STORIES Far An anthology of science fiction including stories based on popular books such as Anne McCaffrey’s sentient ship, Helva. The Great War: American Front Turtledove, Harry SCI-FI Turtledove After the South won independence in the Civil War, the North's president Teddy Roosevelt allies with Germany while his counterpart, Woodrow Wilson, joins with Britain and France, and World War I begins in North America. Psion Vinge, Joan SCI-FI Vinge A sixteen-year-old delinquent who has spent his life lying and stealing becomes involved in a research project which unleashes his extraordinary telepathic powers. Cat’s Cradle Vonnegut, Kurt SCI-FI Vonnegut A young writer decides to interview the children of a scientist primarily responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb. On Basilisk Station Weber, David SCI-FI Weber Instead of remaining out of sight during her assignment to a forlorn outpost, commander Honor Harrington, along with her vessel, the Fearless, performs incredible flying maneuvers to stop a foreign takeover of a major space station. War of the Worlds Wells, H. G. SCI-FI Wells Soon after the observation of flashes of light on Mars, strange cylinders fall to earth around London. The spaceships and small craft they send forth destroy Earth's most modern armies. Fire Watch Willis, Connie SCI-FI Willis A collection of 12 short stories including "Fire Watch", which won both the Hugo and Nebula awards.