The SupernaturalistColfer, EoinFiction C68s 2005In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans.
Ender's GameCard, Orson ScottFiction C178en 1994Child hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.
Sequels:Speaker for the Dead [Fiction C178sp 1994]Xenocide [Fiction C178x 1992]Children of the Mind [Fiction C178chi1997]Ender's Shadow [Fiction C178en2000]Shadow Puppets [Fiction C178sha]
A Clockwork OrangeBurgess, AnthonyFiction B911cL 1986Told through a central character, Alex, the disturbing novel creates an alarming futuristic vision of violence, high technology, and authoritarianism. A modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption set in a dismal dystopia whereby a juvenile delinquent undergoes state-sponsored psychological rehabilitation for his aberrant behavior.
The FoundationAsimov, IsaacFiction As4Fou 1991
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire had ruled supreme. Now it is dying a slow death from entropy and corruption. To preserve the accumulated wisdom of the ages and save mankind from oblivion, psychohistorian Hari Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire and leads them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy. There they will serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation. And we are its inheritors. (From the book cover)
Sequels:Second Foundation [Fiction As4s 1953]Forward the Foundation [Fiction As42Fo 1994]
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyAdams, DouglasFiction As173h 1980After Earth is demolished to make way for a new hyperspatial expressway, Arthur Dent begins to hitch-hike through space.
Sequels:The Restaurant at the End of the Universe [Fiction Ad173r1995]So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish [Fiction Ad173s]Life, The Universe and Everything [Fiction Ad173L 1995]
