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Science Fiction for Britton Summer Reading

This year's Britton Summer Reading Club challenge is to read one book from six of the ten defined categories. Each frame in the slideshow below provides a suggestion for a science fiction read that will satisfy the requirements for one of the categories.

With a suggestion from a friend to satisfy the "Ya Gotta Read This" category, it's entirely possible to read six science fiction books to complete the club, but we hope you branch out; along with each suggested science fiction title we've included a link to a list of titles throughout our collections related to that category.

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Death Sentence

by Roger MacBride Allen

When a young agent dies mysteriously of old age during a seemingly routine courier job, BSI agents Jamie Mendez and Hannah Wolfson embark on a race against time to find the key needed to unlock an encrypted datafile filled with sensitive information that may hold the key to a dangerous secret that could lead to an interstellar war. see more suggestions from the Power of Ten category

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Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card

A veteran of years of simulated war games, Ender believes he is engaged in one more computer war game. Instead, he is actually commanding a last fleet against an alien race seeking the complete destruction of Earth. A science fiction classic. see more suggestions from the Best of the Book Brawl category

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The Down Home Zombie Blues

by Linnea Sinclair

Bahia Vista homicide detective Theo Petrakos thought he'd seen it all. Then a mummified corpse and a room full of futuristic hardware send Guardian Force commander Jorie Mikkalah into his life. Before the night is through, he has become her unofficial partner - and official prisoner - in a race to save the earth. see more suggestions for the Monstrous Tales category

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The Island of Doctor Moreau

by H.G. Wells

The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Edward Prendick, a young naturalist, finds himself stranded on a remote Pacific island run by the sinister Dr. Moreau, a mad scientist intent on creating a strain of beast men. see more suggestions from the Animals Real and Imagined category

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The Minority Report: And Other Classic Stories

by Philip K. Dick

Commissioner John Anderton's clever use of the Precrime System, which uses "precogs," people with the ability to see into the future, to identify criminals before they can do any harm, is confronted with a serious glitch when his precogs identify Anderton himself as the next criminal, and he must race against time to save himself. see more suggestions from the Reel Good Books category

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Bram Stoker Award

The Bram Stoker Award is named after Bram Stoker, the author of the famous horror novel Dracula. It is presented by the Horror Writer's Association for works of "superior achievement" in the horror genre.

Hugo Award (Science Fiction)

Given annually for achievement in science fiction by the World Science Fiction Society in honor of Hugo Gernsback, "father of magazine science fiction."

Nebula Award (Science Fiction)

The Nebula Awards® are voted on, and presented by, active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.

World Fantasy Award

The World Fantasy Awards are nominated by members of the World Fantasy Convention and selected by a panel of judges to acknowledge excellence in fantasy writing and art.

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