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Sharon Public Library (781) 784-1578 www.sharonpubliclibrary.org National Sci-Fi Day at SPL January 2, 2018 Classics The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Stranger in a Strange Land Douglas Adams Robert A. Heinlein Foundation Dune Isaac Asimov Frank Herbert The Handmaid’s Tale Brave New World Margaret Atwood Aldous Huxley Fahrenheit 451 The Left Hand of Darkness Ray Bradbury Ursula K. Le Guin A Clockwork Orange Sunshine Anthony Burgess Robin McKinley Ender’s Game 1984 Orson Scott Card George Orwell 2001: A Space Odyssey Contact Arthur C. Clarke Carl Sagan Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Hyperion Philip K. Dick Dan Simmons Neuromancer Snow Crash William Gibson Neal Stephenson Contemporary All the Birds in the Sky Red Rising Charlie Jane Anders Pierce Brown The Berlin Project The Devourers Gregory Benford Indra Das Moxyland Amberlough Lauren Beukes Lara Elena Donnelly Sharon Public Library (781) 784-1578 www.sharonpubliclibrary.org The Prey of Gods Nicky Drayden Super Sad True Love Story Gary Shteyngart Neverwhere Neil Gaiman Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel The Humans Matt Haig The Quantum Thief Hannu Rajaniemi The Moon and the Other John Kessel New York 2140 Kim Stanley Robinson The Big Sheep Robert Kroese Lotus Blue Cat Sparks Ninefox Gambit Yoon Ha Lee Borne Jeff VanderMeer Radio Free Vermont Bill McKibben Rainbows End Vernor Vinge Binti Nnedi Okorafor How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe Infomocracy Charles Yu Malka Older .

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