Robert A Heinlein
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Language
English
Description
In "Gulf," the greatest superspy of them all is revealed as the leader of a league of supermen and women who can't quite decide what to do with the rest of us. "Elsewhen" deals with the nature of Being. In "Lost legacy" it is proved that we are all members of that league--or would be, if we but had eyes to see. "Jerry was a man" deals with what it means to be a man.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
"A deluxe hardcover edition of the most famous science-fiction novel of all time--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman A human raised on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith has just arrived on planet Earth. Among his people for the first time, he struggles to understand the social mores and prejudices of human nature that are so alien to him, while his own "psi" powers--including...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
In a futuristic military adventure a recruit goes through the roughest boot camp in the universe and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry in what historians would come to call the First Interstellar War
Author
Series
SF masterworks volume 72
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Overview: Robert A. Heinlein was the most influential science fiction writer of his era, an influence so large that, as Samuel R. Delany notes, "modern critics attempting to wrestle with that influence find themselves dealing with an object rather like the sky or an ocean." He won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, a record that still stands. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress was the last of these Hugo-winning novels, and it is widely considered...
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This volume includes the screenplay for the classic science fiction film Project Moonbase, eleven screenplays by the author and Jack Seaman adapted from original stories by the author, and two story outlines for a television series.
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A team of top-level government agents makes a chilling discovery: extraterrestrial beings have landed and are quickly taking control of the residents of a small midwestern town--manipulating their bodies and minds like puppets.
16) Glory road
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
After being discharged from the war, E.C. Gordon responds to a newspaper ad which asks "Are you a coward?". He discovers the ad has been placed by a beautiful woman named Star. Star informs him that he is the one to embark on a perilous quest to retrieve the Egg of the Phoenix.
18) Revolt in 2100
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In the year 2100 a corrupt dictator rules the United States, but one soldier dares to defy authority and risk his life to overthrow tyranny.
20) The star beast
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1954]
Language
English
Description
A young boy believes he and his ancestors have been raising an extra-terrestrial pet for several generations, when actually the beast has been raising them. When the beast must be returned to his native planet, he insists on taking his human "pet" with him.