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The android's dream
by Scalzi, John
April 23, 2012
Call Number: SF
What if you were given a nearly impossible task to accomplish, in an equally impossible time frame, with the knowledge that if you were unsuccessful, Earth would be plunged into war with a technologically superior race? This is the scenario for The Android's Dream by John Scalzi.Harry Creek is an unassuming mid-level diplomat with Earth’s State Department. His job is delivering difficult and upsetting news to extra-terrestrial ambassadors. He is also a veteran of an off-world military campaign and an expert with computers. So, when a human diplomat is accused of assassinating a... Read Full Review
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Empire state
by Christopher, Adam
March 26, 2012
Call Number: SF
What if there was another New York City, a copy of New York from the 1920s, that was trapped in a parallel dimension and known to its citizens, who have never heard of New York, as the The Empire State? There are boot-leggers, private detectives in overcoats, dames and femmes fatales, rain-drenched streets, and a seemingly never-ending night. There are also police blimps, super heroes, super villains and secrets. When Rad Bradley, a low-end detective, is hired to investigate a murder, he uncovers a series of secrets that will change the lives of everyone that lives in The Empire State.In... Read Full Review
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Cinder
by Meyer, Marissa
March 12, 2012
Call Number: YA
What if Cinderella was a cyborg? A girl that was part human and part machine, with a mechanical foot? And what if her story was not set in a once-upon-a-time European setting, but in a brutal, war-ravaged, plague-infested Earth on the brink of war with an estranged Lunar colony? These are the questions Marissa Meyer tackles in Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles.Linh Cinder spends her days working as a mechanic in her stall at the market. She repairs malfunctioning, broken machines of all types and sizes to provide money for her stepmother and two stepsisters. Her skills have garnered... Read Full Review
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Night of the living Trekkies
by Anderson, Kevin David
March 5, 2012
Call Number: SF
What if zombies overran a Star Trek convention? Would the attendees’ devotion to the franchise, and possible familiarity with the science fiction genre, give them an advantage over non-fans in surviving a zombie attack? This humorous and enjoyable question is answered in Kevin David Anderson's and Sam Stall’s Night of the Living Trekkies.Jim Pike (yes, this pun should give you an idea of the tone of the book), was a life-long, devoted Star Trek fan, until a skirmish during his second tour of duty in Iraq had deadly repercussions for his team. That deadly encounter has shaken... Read Full Review
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Ghosts of Manhattan : a tale of the Ghost
by Mann, George
February 27, 2012
Call Number: M
What if the usual trappings of the Steampunk sub-genre were extended beyond the Victorian era and beyond the United Kingdom? What would an alternate New York in the 1920s look like? This is the jumping-off point for George Mann’s Steampunk-tinged, noir and pulp influenced novel.The year is 1926 in an alternate New York from our own. The streets are choked with coal-powered cars and there are bi-plane launches off the roofs of most buildings. America is caught in a Cold War with the British Empire which has kept Queen Victoria alive, through artificial means, until the age of 107, and... Read Full Review
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The map of time : a novel
by Palma, Felix J.
December 5, 2011
Call Number: F
What if someone published a novel that changed the way an entire culture thought about a concept? How would that new way of thinking affect people and the way they live their lives? And how might the long-term ramifications of those changes manifest themselves? This intriguing idea is explored in Felix Palma'a novel The Map of Time.This tale is set in the late 1800's during the scientific revolution that swept Victorian London--and the rest of the world--with the promise that science could, and would, open new doorways for humanity and solve all of our problems. During this... Read Full Review
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