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Author
Series
Hainish series volume 1
Pub. Date
2003, c1974
Description
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, attempts to reunite two planets cut off from each other by centuries of distrust.
Pub. Date
2011.
Formats
Description
Thrive is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what's really going on in our world by following the money upstream -- uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, Thrive offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Description
'Better to Have Gone' blends memoir, history, sociology, and politics. It probes the under-explored yet universal idea of utopia, and it portrays in vivid detail the daily life of one particular utopian community striving to create a better world. Above all, it is a love story about two doomed and idealistic dreamers, wrapped in the longing of the daughter who has lost them.
Author
Series
Mouseheart volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Hopper escapes a pet shop and soon finds himself in the tangle of Brooklyn's transit tunnels in Atlantia, a utopian rat civilization where Hopper is treated as a royal guest until a multi-generational and multi-species battle breaks out and Hopper learns terrible, extraordinary secrets, including one about his destiny.
87) Surrogates
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates - sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It's an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don't exist. When the first murder in years jolts this utopia, FBI agent Greer discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon and must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel the mystery.
88) The Island
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a utopian facility in the mid 21st century. Like all of the inhabitants, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island." But Lincoln soon realizes that everything about his existence is a lie. He discovers that all of the inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones. Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta. Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the evil...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Forced to flee a small North Carolina town when the neighbors suspect they are aliens, sixth-grader Meggie Blue and her family leave Earth and arrive in Fashion City, where individuality is punished and the greatest crime is being "grossly unique."
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Appears on list
Description
"In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the Oasis.Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines - puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stumbles upon the first...
91) Aeon rising
Author
Series
Aeon volume Book One
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
An apocalyptic supernova flashes over the South Pole. A mysterious mission sent deep into the Amazon. The story of one family’s struggle to reunite … Max Carver, a down-on-his-luck truck driver and Army vet, joins a rescue mission into Brazil. The target is a utopian tech village, the Colony, hidden in the rainforest and run by a charismatic genius. Max’s pregnant wife, Talisha Carver, is the NSA analyst who intercepted encrypted Colony messages...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Eugene, a wealthy paraplegic, must decide whether to preserve his consciousness forever in a digital utopia or suffer the pain tormenting his existence. Yet the more he learns about digital replication, the more deeply he understands personhood, empathy, and the value of suffering"--
Author
Series
Ready player novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Appears on list
Description
Estamos en el aǫ 2044 y, como el resto de la humanidad, Wade Watts prefiere mil veces el videojuego de OASIS al cada vez ms̀ sombro̕ mundo real. Se asegura que esconde las diabl̤icas piezas de un rompecabezas cuya resolucin̤ conduce a una fortuna incalculable. Las claves del enigma estǹ basadas en la cultura de finales del siglo XX y, durante aǫs, millones de humanos han intentado dar con ellas, sin x̌ito.
96) Son #4GQ
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 4
Pub. Date
p2012
Description
Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
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