Download or read book Young Adult Science Fiction written by Charles William Sullivan and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1999-03-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the close of the nineteenth century, American youths developed a growing interest in electricity and its applications, machines, and gadgetry. When authors and publishers recognized the extent of this interest in technology, they sought to create reading materials that would meet this market need. The result was science fiction written especially for young adults. While critics tended to neglect young adult science fiction for decades, they gradually came to recognize its practical and cultural value. Science fiction inspired many young adults to study science and engineering and helped foster technological innovation. At the same time, these works also explored cultural and social concerns more commonly associated with serious literature. Nor was young adult science fiction a peculiarly American phenomenon: authors in other countries likewise wrote science fiction for young adult readers. This book examines young adult science fiction in the U.S. and several other countries and explores issues central to the genre. The first part of the book treats the larger contexts of young adult science fiction and includes chapters on its history and development. Included are discussions of science fiction for young adults in the U.S. and in Canada, Great Britain, Germany, and Australia. These chapters are written by expert contributors and chart the history of young adult science fiction from the nineteenth century to the present. The second section of the book considers topics of special interest to young adult science fiction. Some of the chapters look at particular forms and expressions of science fiction, such as films and comic books. Others treat particular topics, such as the portrayal of women in Robert Heinlein's works and representations of war in young adult science fiction. Yet another chapter studies the young adult science fiction novel as a coming-of-age story and thus helps distinguish the genre from science fiction written for adult readers. All chapters reflect current research, and the volume concludes with extensive bibliographies.
Download or read book Rule of Wolves written by Leigh Bardugo and published by King of Scars Duology. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the instant #1 New York Times–bestselling King of Scars Duology.
Download or read book Young Adult Science Fiction written by C. W. Sullivan III and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-03-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the close of the nineteenth century, American youths developed a growing interest in electricity and its applications, machines, and gadgetry. When authors and publishers recognized the extent of this interest in technology, they sought to create reading materials that would meet this market need. The result was science fiction written especially for young adults. While critics tended to neglect young adult science fiction for decades, they gradually came to recognize its practical and cultural value. Science fiction inspired many young adults to study science and engineering and helped foster technological innovation. At the same time, these works also explored cultural and social concerns more commonly associated with serious literature. Nor was young adult science fiction a peculiarly American phenomenon: authors in other countries likewise wrote science fiction for young adult readers. This book examines young adult science fiction in the U.S. and several other countries and explores issues central to the genre. The first part of the book treats the larger contexts of young adult science fiction and includes chapters on its history and development. Included are discussions of science fiction for young adults in the U.S. and in Canada, Great Britain, Germany, and Australia. These chapters are written by expert contributors and chart the history of young adult science fiction from the nineteenth century to the present. The second section of the book considers topics of special interest to young adult science fiction. Some of the chapters look at particular forms and expressions of science fiction, such as films and comic books. Others treat particular topics, such as the portrayal of women in Robert Heinlein's works and representations of war in young adult science fiction. Yet another chapter studies the young adult science fiction novel as a coming-of-age story and thus helps distinguish the genre from science fiction written for adult readers. All chapters reflect current research, and the volume concludes with extensive bibliographies.
Download or read book Clash of Flesh and Metal written by Alicia Ellis and published by Figmented Ink. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She must obey a stranger's orders, or the androids will attack again… Despite Lena's fears about the dangers of the Model One androids, CyberCorp has shipped them to customers. They work perfectly—except around Lena. When an android attacks one of her best friends, she insists the robots are fatally flawed. Desperate to keep this situation from spiraling out of control, like it did last time, Lena casts suspicion on everyone she knows. This time, she won't trust anyone. When she gets a threatening note from someone claiming to be controlling the androids, she'll obey—but only to stall for time. Can she find whoever's responsible, before someone else she loves dies?
Download or read book War of Flesh and Metal written by Alicia Ellis and published by Figmented Ink. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With no way out, she’ll face a pissed-off artificial intelligence and two killers… Lena’s ready to put it all behind her. She helped catch two killers who used CyberCorp to commit murder, and starting right now, she vows never to set foot inside the company’s headquarters again. But when those killers show up at CyberCorp Tower to confess everything they’ve hidden, Lena can’t resist seeing justice done. As she steels herself to confront them again, decommissioned androids go berserk inside the headquarters, forcing a lockdown. Lena is trapped inside not only with the killers she brought down—but also with the dangerous technologies she fears. Can Lena escape, or will she die inside CyberCorp Tower? Don't miss the thrilling conclusion to the YA science fiction Flesh and Metal trilogy.
Download or read book Girl of Flesh and Metal written by Alicia Ellis and published by Figmented Ink. This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A devastating accident. An artificially intelligent prosthetic that makes her sleepwalk… A series of murders. Lena hates her parents’ tech company. The world worships each cutting-edge CyberCorp release, but Lena has her doubts. Machines that think for themselves? She doesn’t trust them… So when a car accident lands her with the company’s first cybernetic arm, she’s pissed. A glitch in the arm’s artificial intelligence makes her sleepwalk. Meanwhile, children of CyberCorp employees start dying in their beds, and thanks to her unwanted nighttime strolls, Lena has no alibi. Is she a target? A suspect? Lena literally can't sleep at night until she proves her innocence—or her guilt. Marissa Meyer’s Cinder meets Netflix’s Black Mirror in this YA sci-fi murder mystery with a twisty ending you won't forget. Don't miss the first ever self-published book to make the American Library Association’s LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists.
Download or read book World of Flesh and Metal Omnibus written by Alicia Ellis and published by Figmented Ink. This book was released on 2023-11-08 with total page 935 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marissa Meyer’s Cinder meets Netflix’s Black Mirror in these YA sci-fi murder mysteries with twisty endings you won't forget. Book 1: Girl of Flesh and Metal A devastating accident. An artificially intelligent prosthetic that makes her sleepwalk… A series of murders. Lena hates her parents’ tech company. The world worships each cutting-edge CyberCorp release, but Lena has her doubts. Machines that think for themselves? She doesn’t trust them… So when a car accident lands her with the company’s first cybernetic arm, she’s pissed. A glitch in the arm’s artificial intelligence makes her sleepwalk. Meanwhile, children of CyberCorp employees start dying in their beds, and thanks to her unwanted nighttime strolls, Lena has no alibi. Is she a target? A suspect? Lena literally can't sleep at night until she proves her innocence—or her guilt. Book 2: Clash of Flesh and Metal She must obey a stranger's orders, or the androids will attack again… Despite Lena's fears about the dangers of the Model One androids, CyberCorp has shipped them to customers. They work perfectly—except around Lena. When an android attacks one of her best friends, she insists the robots are fatally flawed. Desperate to keep this situation from spiraling out of control, like it did last time, Lena casts suspicion on everyone she knows. This time, she won't trust anyone. When she gets a threatening note from someone claiming to be controlling the androids, she'll obey—but only to stall for time. Can she find whoever's responsible, before someone else she loves dies? Book 3: War of Flesh and Metal With no way out, she’ll face a pissed-off artificial intelligence and two killers… Lena’s ready to put it all behind her. She helped catch two killers who used CyberCorp to commit murder, and starting right now, she vows never to set foot inside the company’s headquarters again. But when those killers show up at CyberCorp Tower to confess everything they’ve hidden, Lena can’t resist seeing justice done. As she steels herself to confront them again, decommissioned androids go berserk inside the headquarters, forcing a lockdown. Lena is trapped inside not only with the killers she brought down—but also with the dangerous technologies she fears. Can Lena escape, or will she die inside CyberCorp Tower? The Flesh and Metal trilogy is a thrilling, near-future young adult mystery collection including the first self-published book ever to make the American Library Association’s LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists.
Download or read book Presenting Young Adult Science Fiction written by Suzanne Elizabeth Reid and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this introduction to science fiction for young adults, Reid explores the lives and works of eight major figures of particular interest to teenage readers such as Doug Hill, O.S. Card, Douglas Adams and Octavia Butler looking at themes such as feminist science fiction, the "cyberpunk" vogue and humor.
Download or read book The Year s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens written by Jane Yolen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning anthologists Jane Yolen and Patrick Nielsen Hayden have combed through a year's worth of books and magazines and websites to find the most outstanding fantasy and science fiction stories of 2004--and collected them into a single volume aimed specifically at teens and young adults. Many of today's most popular authors are represented here, including: * Garth Nix, author of Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen, who presents an unforgettable tale of two swords, two daughters, and two endings.... * S. M. Stirling, author of Island in the Sea of Time, sends a likeable young barbarian across the Channel to Alba, for a confrontation with a wizard from faraway Nantucket that will change his life forever... * David Gerrold, creator of "The Trouble with Tribbles," who takes you to a remote countryside surrounded by a mysterious darkness, whose secret has yet to be revealed...
Download or read book The Tom Corbett Space Cadet Megapack written by Carey Rockwell and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 1569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume collections 10 young adult science fiction novels: 7 in the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet series, plus Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet, by Blake Savage; Star Born, by Andre Norton; and The Secret of the Ninth Planet, by Donald A. Wollheim. And don't forget to search this ebook store for more entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, mystery, adventure, ghost stories, and much, much more!
Download or read book Shattered Young Adult Science Fiction written by Claire Chilton and published by Ragz Books. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only thing she has left to lose is herself. Carla Mainston is stuck in a dead end job, and her friends have all left her behind. Life sucks, so she quits her job and nearly blows up her bullying boss with her malfunctioning powers. Then she heads out into the world on a quest to find her missing friends. High on power and running away from her problems, Carla travels to Zoola—party central—and becomes engrossed in a dangerous world of drinking and escapism, completely unaware of the devastating effects it will have on the people she cares about the most. Her drinking and clubbing begins to spiral out of control when she ends up homeless and friendless with dangerous enemies popping up all over the place. With a hit man trying to kill her and a psychopath stalking her, she’ll be lucky if she survives long enough to make amends and pick up the pieces of her shattered life. **The Outliers are a bestselling series of comedy science fiction, young adult books.The dystopian novels in this teen urban fantasy series follow Carla as she explores each colony on a quest to find out more about herself and uncovers the secrets of her world in the process. Tags: young adult science fiction, ya fantasy series, teen science fiction books, comedy sci-fi novels, young adult humor books, ya dystopian novels, teen urban fantasy series, teen sci-fi books.
Download or read book Science Fiction The Well Book 3 A Young Adult Horror Futuristic Dystopian Science Fiction Short Story written by R. E. Rice and published by Millennium Books. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David's endless trek on the road to salvation has brought him only grief and unending nightmares. He reaches a milestone in his life when he becomes a man on his journey to find the well. Before he can recover from one tormenting loss after another, he will have to face more devastation and loss before his journey comes to an end. The future looks bleak for David who has witnessed the loss of his entire family. The constant search for food and water leaves him broken and questioning his will to go on. Will David give up and accept that he will not make it out of this horror? What is waiting for him at the end of this endless search for the well? key words young adult, free 1st in series, young adult, young adult, young adult freebie, action and adventure young adult, young adult, teens, free horror, juvenile horror short story, futuristic story, futuristic story, horror, horror, dystopian short story, science fiction, science fiction, young adult short story, young adult futuristic story, juvenile short stories, juvenile short stories, young adult futuristic dystopian story, juvenile dystopian horror short stories, science fiction, dystopian, action and adventure in the future. Action and adventure, apocalyptic world teen age horror stories, dystopian future, dystopian future, dystopian future, dystopian science fiction dystopian world, juvenile fiction, teen action and adventure. Fiction post apocalyptic adventure.
Download or read book Young Adult Sci Fi written by Randall Pliler and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fantasy is a mixed genre within the umbrella of speculative fiction which simultaneously draws upon or combines tropes and elements from both science fiction and fantasy An EMT in 2042 San Diego, Jack knows he won't survive the impact of the massive asteroid hurtling towards Earth. After all, he's not one of the handfuls of lucky lottery winners scheduled for rescue. But he did luck into a NexGenVR capsule, which means Jack can risk a one-way trip to the virtual reality world of Viridian Gate Online, a completely immersive online multiplayer fantasy role-playing game, or RPG.
Download or read book The Order and the Other written by Joseph W. Campbell and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid- to late 2000s, the United States witnessed a boom in dystopian novels and films intended for young audiences. At that time, many literary critics, journalists, and educators grouped dystopian literature together with science fiction, leading to possible misunderstandings of the unique history, aspects, and functions of science fiction and dystopian genres. Though texts within these two genres may share similar settings, plot devices, and characters, each genre’s value is different because they do distinctively different sociocritical work in relation to the culture that produces them. In The Order and the Other: Young Adult Dystopian Literature and Science Fiction, author Joseph W. Campbell distinguishes the two genres, explains the function of each, and outlines the different impact each has upon readers. Campbell analyzes such works as Lois Lowry’s The Giver and James Dashner’s The Maze Runner, placing dystopian works into the larger context of literary history. He asserts both dystopian literature and science fiction differently empower and manipulate readers, encouraging them to look critically at the way they are taught to encounter those who are different from them and how to recognize and work within or against the power structures around them. In doing so, Campbell demonstrates the necessity of both genres.
Download or read book Earthshine written by Kadee Carder and published by Clean Reads. This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standing on top of the world changes a person. So does dying.
Download or read book Alien Echo written by Mira Grant and published by Imprint. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original young adult novel of the Alien universe Olivia and her twin sister Viola have been dragged around the universe for as long as they can remember. Their parents, both xenobiologists, are always in high demand for their research into obscure alien biology. Just settled on a new colony world, they discover an alien threat unlike anything they’ve ever seen. And suddenly the sisters’ world is ripped apart. On the run from terrifying aliens, Olivia’s knowledge of xenobiology and determination to protect her sister are her only weapons as the colony collapses into chaos. But then a shocking family secret bursts open—one that’s as horrifying to Olivia as the aliens surrounding them. The creatures infiltrate the rich wildlife on this untouched colony world—and quickly start adapting. Olivia’s going to have to adapt, too, if she’s going to survive... An Imprint Book “An electrifying adventure ... Olivia and Kora are smart, strong young women, and their romance, born in the midst of unspeakable horror, is believable. ... A worthy and terrifying addition to a classic sci-fi/horror franchise.” —Kirkus Reviews “Mira Grant blends gritty science fiction, complex characters, and nail-biting horror in Alien: Echo! A spellbinding novel of courage and terror.” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times–bestselling author of Broken Lands and editor of Aliens: Bug Hunt
Download or read book Dissent Intent written by Eliza Green and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-03 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dissent: Dom Pavesi is not who he says he is. And he's about to show Arcis what he's really made of. Orphaned Dom Pavesi and Sheila Kouris are rescued from their ailing towns to join the emerging adult education programme in Arcis. But what Arcis doesn't know is they're in the programme for a reason. Discover Dom and Sheila's secrets. Intent: Warren Hunt was abandoned by his parents. He will stop at nothing to find out why. Warren Hunt knows that Compliance is used to subdue the Arcis participants. But his parents' talk of "the outside" pushes him to complete the programme and find out whether they really abandoned him to join the rebellion. Uncover the truth about Warren's motives in Arcis. Two Feeder stories.
