Harlan Ellison
1) Ender's game
Author
Series
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once again, the Earth is under attack. An alien species is poised for a final assault. The survival of humanity depends on a military genius who can defeat the aliens. But who? Ender Wiggin is a brilliant, ruthless, cunning, a tactical and strategic master, and a child. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battle School. How will Ender perform in real combat conditions?...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
3 audio discs (approximately 3.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This 1872 sequel to Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finds the inquisitive heroine in a fantastic land where everything is reversed. Looking-glass land, a topsy-turvy world lurking just behind the mirror over Alice's mantel, is a fantastic realm of live chessmen, madcap kings and queens, strange mythological creatures, a garden of talking flowers, and rude insects. Brooks and hedges divide the lush greenery of looking-glass...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Everybody wants more time, which is why on Discworld only the experts can manage it -- the venerable Monks of History who store it and pump it from where it's wasted, like underwater (how much time does a codfish really need?), to places like cities, where busy denizens lament, "Oh where does the time go?"
While everyone always talks about slowing down, one young horologist is about to do the unthinkable. He's going to stop. Well, stop time that...
Author
Publisher
IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In this graphic novel adaptation of the classic Star Trek episode, Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock travel through a time portal to 1930's New York City in order to rescue a delusional Dr. McCoy and prevent him from altering human history.
9) Jewish noir
Publisher
PM Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
418 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A unique collection of all-new stories by award-winning authors. This anthology includes the work of numerous authors such as Marge Piercy, Harlan Ellison, S. J. Rozan, Nancy Richler, Moe Prager (Reed Farrel Coleman), Wendy Hornsby, Charles Ardai, and Kenneth Wishnia. The stories explore such issues as the Holocaust and its long-term effects on subsequent generations, anti-Semitism in the mid- and late-20th-century United States, and the dark side...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (approximately 448 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A dramatization written by Orson Scott Card, based on his bestselling novel and the upcoming theatrical film release. Seventy years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion.