Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Chronicles the off-beat and occasionally extraterrestrial journeys, notions, and acquaintances of galactic traveler Arthur Dent. See also: Restaurant at the End of the Universe and Life, the Universe and Everything. (Adams, Douglas) Darksaber Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, cloaked by the Force and riding with the hostile Sand People, have returned to the dunes of the desert planet Tatooine in hopes of finding what Luke so desperately seeks: contact with Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke is hoping the old Jedi Knight's spirit will tell him how to help his love, Callista, regain her lost ability to use the Force. See also: Ground Zero (X-Files) and Hopscotch. (Anderson, Kevin J.) Feed In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble. (Anderson, M. T.) I, Robot The development of robot technology to a state of perfection by future civilizations is explored in nine science fiction stories. See also: Asimov's Foundation series. (Asimov, Isaac) Darwin's Radio Molecular biologist Kaye Lang has a theory on human retroviruses and it has just been verified with the discovery of SHEVA, a virus that has slept in our DNA for millions of years and is now waking up. Kaye and her colleagues must race against a genetic time bomb in this international adventure taking place in a cave high in the Alps and in Southern Russia. See also: Darwin's Children and Rogue Planet. (Bear, Greg) A Matter of Profit Sick of the horrors of conquering beings on other planets, Ahvrem will end his service as a soldier and save his sister from marrying the emperor's son if he can discover who is behind a rumored plot to assassinate the Emperor. See also: The Goblin Wood and Navohar. (Bell, Hilari) Martian Chronicles The tranquility of Mars is disrupted by the earthmen who have come to conquer space, colonize the planet, and escape a doomed earth. See also: Driving Blind and Farenheit 451. (Bradbury, Ray) Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille A traveling space bar and grill, reputed to be the site of the best matzo-ball soup and musicians in the galaxy, becomes humanity's last hope for survival in the wake of a mysterious conspiracy that threatens to reduce all inhabited worlds to radioactive ash. See also: The Phoenix Guard. (Brust, Steven) Ender's Game An expert at simulated war games, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin believes that he is engaged in one more computer war game when, in truth, he is commanding the last Earth fleet against an alien race seeking Earth's complete destruction See also: Maps in a Mirror, The Memory of Earth and Seventh Son. (Card, Orson Scott) The White Mountains Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods, who capture mature human beings and make them docile, obedient servants. (Christopher, John) 2001: A Space Odyssey The epic novel of human transformation that inspired the Stanley Kubrick film delves into the origin of the species, alien visitation, and the future of humankind. See also: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke and Childhood's End. (Clarke, Arthur) Things Not Seen When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it. (Clements, Andrew) Sphere Four American scientists are summoned in great secrecy to the South Pacific to investigate a giant spacecraft at least three hundred years old. See also: Timeline and Jurassic Park. (Crichton, Michael) The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine, while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them. See also: House of the Scorpion (Farmer, Nancy) The Exchange Student When her mother arranges to host one of the young people coming to Earth from Chela, Daria is both pleased and intrigued by the keen interest shown by the Chelan in her work breeding endangered species. (Gilmore, Kate) Trio In the vastness of space, the crimes just get bigger and Slippery Jim diGriz, the Stainless Steel Rat, is the biggest criminal of them all. He can con humans, aliens and any number of robots time after time. Jim is so slippery that all the inter-galactic cops can do is make him one of their own. Harrison, Harry) Friday In a Balkanized North America of the near future, threatened by imminent extinction, a strikingly beautiful and resourceful interplanetary secret agent--an Artificial Person named Friday--tries to survive a gigantic human comedy. See also: Stranger in a Strange Land and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. (Heinlein, Robert) Dune Opposing forces struggle for control of the universe when the archenemy of the cosmic emperor is banished to a barren world where savages fight for water. See also: The Children of Dune and The Dune Encyclopedia. (Herbert, Frank) Invitation to the Game Unemployed after high school in the highly robotic society of 2154, Lisse and seven friends resign themselves to a boring existence in their "Designated Area" until the government invites them to play The Game. (Hughes, Monica) Winds of Mars When rebel forces strike against her father, the all-powerful president of Mars, teenage Annalyn finds her comfortable existence turned upside-down and her life threatened from unexpected sources. See also: Children of Morrow. (Hoover, H. M.) Hex Raven and her brother, Wraith, risk death to discover what happened to their sister Rachel, a fellow Hex--human mutant with a supercomputer mind--by hacking into the secret government agency CPS, which is trying to destroy all Hex. (Lassiter, Rhiannon) The Giver Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. See also: Gathering Blue. (Lowry, Lois) Nineteen Eighty-four Thought Police. Big Brother. Orwellian. These words have entered our vocabulary because of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, 1984. The story of one man's nightmare odyssey as he pursues a forbidden love affair through a world ruled by warring states and a power structure that controls not only information but also individual thought and memory, 1984 is a prophetic, haunting tale. (Orwell, George) Jenna Starborn Created out of frozen embryonic tissue, Jenna Starborn grows up unloved and unwanted, until she journeys to the planet Fieldstar to take a job at Thorrastone, an estate owned by an enigmatic and reclusive aristocrat. See also: The Shape-changer's Wife. (Shinn, Sharon) Interstellar Pig Barney's boring seaside vacation suddenly becomes more interesting when the cottage next door is occupied by three exotic neighbors who are addicted to a game they call "Interstellar Pig.See also: The Boy Who Reversed Himself. (Sleator, William) Journey to the Center of the Earth This high-tension odyssey follows three men in an awesome search for the mysterious center of the earth-as they risk their chances of ever returning to the surface alive. See also: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. (Verne, Jules) Psion The extraordinary telepathic powers of Cat, an illiterate slum kid of the year 2417, lead to government service and confrontation with unscrupulous, destructive enemies. See also: Tangled Up In Blue. (Vinge, Joan) Heir to the Empire Star-freighter captain Jordan McKell doesn't think much about the monopoly the alien Patth race maintains on interstellar commerce, until he finds himself enmeshed in a conspiracy that could forever alter the history of the human race. See also: Dark Force Rising (Star Wars). (Zahn, Timothy) Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction Sixteen original stories showcase some of the genre's most admired authors, including multiple award-winners Diana Wynne Jones, Garth Nix, Lloyd Alexander, Nancy Farmer, Meredith Ann Pierce, and Patricia A. McKillip. Here you will find a sparkling range of writing, from dark humor to high sword and sorcery to traditional ballads-something for every sort of reader.