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Science Fiction in the Collection

So Long Been Dreaming by Nalo Hopkinson (Editor); Uppinder Mehan (Editor)
Call Number: 808.83876 S6758
Publication Date: 2004
So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy is an anthology of original new stories by leading African, Asian, South Asian, and Aboriginal authors, as well as North American and British writers of colour.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Call Number: 813.6 C6411r
Publication Date: 2011
In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days.
The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. le Guin by Lisa Yaszek (Editor)
Call Number: 813.008 F9963
Publication Date: 2018
SF-expert Lisa Yaszek presents the biggest and best survey of the female tradition in American science fiction ever published, a thrilling collection of twenty-five classic tales.
The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe
Call Number: 813.6 M7345me
Publication Date: 2022
The Memory Librarian serves to readers tales that dissect the human trials of identity expression, technology, and love, reaching through to the worlds of memory and time, and the stakes and power that pulse there.

Author Spotlights

Ursula K. LeGuin
Call Number: 813.54 U82
Conversations with Octavia Butler
Call Number: 813.54 B986zz C766
Ray Bradbury
Call Number: 813.54 B798pid
George Orwell
Call Number: 828.91209 G348
Hitchhiker:
A Biography of Douglas Adams
Call Number: 823.914 A211s

Recommended Books

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Contemporary Speculative Fiction by M. Keith Booker (Editor)
Speculative fiction has a long and progressive history, from the mythos of J.R.R. tolkien to the radical alternativity of China Miville and the ecofeminism of Suzanne Collins.
Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction
Call Number: 809.38762 B8261
Historical dictionary devoted to science fiction words and their associated concepts.
Science Fiction
Call Number: 809.38762 S4164
Science fiction has progressed from wondrous tales of adventure to serious studies of the technological possibilities and their ramifications for the future.
The Influence of Imagination: Essays on Science Fiction and Fantasy as Agents of Social Change
Call Number: 823.08762 I433
This collection explores the potential connections between speculative narrative in fictional works and actual social change.

History of Science Fiction

The History of Science Fiction by Adam Roberts
This book is the definitive critical history of science fiction.
Who Shaped Science Fiction?
Call Number: 813.08762 S115wh
One hundred brief biographies of those who created and shaped the Science Fiction genre.
Mutants and Mystics
Kripal offers a brilliantly insightful account of how comic book heroes have explored and express a wealth of paranormal experiences.

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