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Warcross

Marie Lu - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu - when a game called Warcross takes the world by storm, one girl hacks her way into its dangerous depths. For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn't just a game - it's a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base...
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The Impossible Fortress

Jason Rekulak - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

A dazzling debut novel - at once a charming romance and a moving coming-of-age story - about what happens when a fourteen-year-old boy pretends to seduce a girl to steal a copy of Playboy but then discovers she is his computer-loving soulmate.Billy Marvin's first love was a computer....
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Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison -- a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world. Neal Stephenson is such a writer and Snow Crash is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everyth
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Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card - Tor Teen; 3 edition
Format: Book

The worldwide bestseller, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card comes to the screen at last in a major motion picture event in November 2013. Starring Hugo's Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, and Ben Kingsley, the movie is sure to inspire a new audience of fans to read the book that started...
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Only You Can Save Mankind

Terry Pratchett - HarperCollins
Format: Book

The alien spaceship is in his sights. His finger is on the Fire button. Johnny Maxwell is about to set the new high score on the computer game Only You Can Save Mankind.Suddenly:We wish to talk.Huh? We surrender.The aliens aren't supposed to surrender -- they're supposed to die! Now what...
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Insignia

S. J. Kincaid - Katherine Tegen Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

"Insignia expertly combines humor with a disarming and highly realistic view of the future. The characters are real, funny, and memorable. You won't be able to put this book down."—Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent and InsurgentThe earth...
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Dark Matter: A Novel

Blake Crouch - Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Format: Hardcover

A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy-"Are you happy with your life?" Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped...
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The Lives of Tao: Tao Series Book One

Wesley Chu - Angry Robot
Format: Print book

Goodreads Choice 2013 Finalist - Science FictionWinner of the Alex Award for the American Library Association's 2014 Youth Media Awards
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My Best Friend's Exorcism: A Novel

Grady Hendrix - Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Format: Audiobook

Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fifth grade, when they bonded over a shared love of ET, roller-skating parties, and scratch-and-sniff stickers. But when they arrive at high school, things change. Gretchen begins to act . . . different. And as the strange coincidences and bizarre...
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The Running Man: A Novel

Stephen King - Pocket Books
Format: Paperback

A desperate man attempts to win a reality TV game where the only objective is to stay alive in this #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman.It was the ultimate death game in a nightmare future America. The year is 2025 and reality TV has grown to the point where...
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Scott Pilgrim Color Hardcover Volume 1: Precious Little Life

Bryan Lee O'Malley - Oni Press
Format: Hardcover

Just when you thought you knew all there was to know about Scott Pilgrim comes Scott Pilgrim Color Hardcover Volume 1: Precious Little Life! The first in a series of brand-new hardcover editions, this remastered, 6"x9" hardcover presents Scott's first "evil...
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Little Brother

Cory Doctorow - Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Format: Hardcover

Marcus, a.k.a "w1n5t0n," is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works-and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school's intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems.But...
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32 Candles: A Novel

Ernessa T. Carter - Amistad
Format: Hardcover

“32 cheers for Ernessa T. Carter! She’s created one of the freshest, funniest characters I’ve ever read….32 Candles is a charmer.”—Carleen Brice, author of Orange Mint and Honey 32 Candles by exciting newcomer Ernessa T. Carter is the slightly twisted,...
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Otherworld

Jason Segel - Delacorte Press
Format: Library Binding

"Full of high stakes, thrillers, and fantastic twists and turns, fans of Ready Player One are sure to love this addictive read." - Buzzfeed.com "A fantastic journey from start to finish." - Hypable.com "A potent commentary on how much we're willing to give...
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All Our Wrong Todays: A Novel

Elan Mastai - Dutton
Format: Print book

"There's no such thing as the life you're "supposed" to have ... You know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we'd have? Well, it happened. In Tom Barren's 2016, humanity thrives in a techno-utopian paradise of flying cars, moving sidewalks, and moon bases, where...
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The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu - Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience the Hugo Award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin.Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into...
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Armada: A Novel

Ernest Cline - Crown
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Ready Player One, a rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction conventions as only Ernest Cline can. Zack Lightman has never much cared for reality. He vastly prefers the countless science-fiction movies, books, and videogames...
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