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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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H.G. Wells' "scientific romance," published first in serial form and then as a book in 1898, attained perhaps its greatest fame in another form, the infamous realistic 1939 radio broadcast "Invasion from Mars" by Orson Welles. It was also made into an early 1950s science fiction adventure movie. Stover (emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology) describes Wells' story as "a prophecy of startling originality foreseeing the coming of totalitarianism...
2) Moving Mars
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English
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Sacrifice, revolution, the promise of freedom. These flood into the life of Casseia Majumdar, daughter of the Binding Multiples. Rebelling against her conservative family, the colonists who occupy Mars, Casseia takes part in the brewing revolution sparked by student protests in the year 2171. Meanwhile, her love life is in a very precarious situation, with her beloved Charles Franklin's seeking to merge his mind with the most advanced artificial mind....
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Thunder and lightning (John Varley) volume 2
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English
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It doesn't matter that Ray Garcia-Strickland's father was one of the first men on Mars. The now overdeveloped planet has lost its hip factor, its luxurious hotels - like the one Ray's father manages - overrun with gravity-dependent tourists from Earth. Ray is over the Red Planet.
Soon he gets his own chance at interplanetary adventure when an unknown object hits Earth and causes a massive tsunami. Ray heads back to Florida to help family and friends...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he...
7) Impact
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Wyman Ford novels volume 3
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English
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When a brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast, and NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars, it's just the start of the adventure for a former CIA operative, technicians, and many others.
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After barely surviving his last tour on Mars, Master Sergeant Michael Venn finds himself back on earth in enforced isolation. Through a dangerous series of operations he returns to Mars to further his investigation into the Drifters--ancient artifacts suddenly reawakened on the red planet. But another front in the war leads his team to make the difficult journey to Saturn's moon, Titan. Here, in the cauldron of war, hides new truths about the Drifters,...
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Thunder and lightning (John Varley) volume 3
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English
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Lieutenant Patricia Kelly Elizabeth Strickland--otherwise known as Podkayne--is a third-generation Martian. Her grandfather, Manny, was one of the first men to set foot on Mars. So Poddy has some planet-sized shoes to fill. That's why she's joined the Music, Arts, and Drama Division of the Martian Navy. Though some may say her voice is a weapon in itself, Poddy passed the audition. And now she's going to Europa, one of Jupiter's many moons, to be...
10) Jupiter War
Author
Series
Owner trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Night Shade Books[Start]
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (563 pages)
Language
English
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"Alan Saul is now part-human and part-machine, and our solar system isn't big enough to hold him. He craves the stars, but can't leave yet. His sister Var is trapped on Mars, on the wrong side of a rebellion, and Saul's human side won't let her die. He must leave Argus Station to stage a dangerous rescue -- but mutiny is brewing onboard, as Saul's robots make his crew feel increasingly redundant. Serene Galahad will do anything to prevent Saul's escape....
Author
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Barsoom series volume 1
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (160 pages)
Language
English
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Civil War veteran John Carter is transported to a dying planet, where he must elude capture by giant green barbarians to rescue a Martian princess from certain doom. In this landmark of science fiction, the myths and mystery of the red planet supply a vibrant backdrop for a swashbuckling epic. Published in 1911, A Princess of Mars introduced a popular series of novels recounting John Carter's Martian exploits. Author Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known...
12) Morning star
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 26
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English
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Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society's mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart...
13) Red Mars
Author
Series
Mars trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
519 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
14) Mars crossing
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
330 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
15) The martian race
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
16) Blue Mars
Author
Series
Mars trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
609 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
17) Pandora's star
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
758 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the arrival of human colonists in a faraway system unleashes a race of aliens formerly imprisoned within a giant force field, the aliens, having fought for centuries over scarce resources, turn to human space to fulfill their wants.
18) The martians
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
336 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
19) Ilium
Author
Publisher
EOS
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
570 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Lords of Creation volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
304 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
American archaeologist Jeremy Wainman journeys to Mars to explore the long-dead cities of the Deep Beyond, joined by Martian mercenary Teyud Zha-Zhalt, who is linked to the mysterious city where the last aging descendant of the Tollamune emperors resides.
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