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Brain Jack
by Brian Falkner
Having disrupted the world's largest communications company with his mischievous tampering, precocious teen Sam Wilson hacks the White House on a dare and catches the attention of an aggressively malfunctioning cyber-crime computer. By the author of The Tomorrow Code.
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Across the universe
by Beth Revis
Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet 300 years in the future, but her frozen slumber abruptly ends 50 years too soon, not as the result of a computer malfunction but because someone on board the ship has tried to murder her. A debut novel. 200,000 first printing.
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Little brother
by Cory Doctorow
Having mastered the cutting-edge technologies of the networked world, seventeen-year-old Marcus and his friends cut school in search of high adventure and find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco and wrongfully incarcerated in a secret prison by a totalitarian Department of Homeland Security. 50,000 first printing.
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Ready player one
by Ernest Cline
Immersing himself in a mid-21st-century technological virtual utopia to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty and disease, Wade Watts joins an increasingly violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world's super-wealthy creator, who has promised that the winner will be his heir. (This book was previously listed in Forecast.)
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Robopocalypse : a novel
by Daniel H. Wilson
A tale set in the near future finds the world thrown into chaos by rebelling artificial intelligences under the leadership of a murderous technology called Archos that kills its creator and takes over the global network, triggering an unprecedented united front among all human cultures. By the author of How to Build a Robot Army. 150,000 first printing.
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Illuminae
by Amie Kaufman
Caught in the crossfire of a megacorporation rivalry in 2575, Kady and Ezra, who have just broken up, flee their home planet on an evacuation ship that is quickly overwhelmed by a fast-spreading plague
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Steelheart
by Brandon Sanderson
A decade after a bizarre celestial event causes certain individuals to manifest extraordinary powers and a fierce desire to rule the world, young David, the son of a father who was killed by supernatural oppressors, uses inside knowledge to help a shadowy group of freedom fighter assassins. By the best-selling author of the Mistborn trilogy.
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Insignia
by S. J. Kincaid
Drifting through casinos his entire life alongside his unlucky gambler father, Tom survives by keeping his head low and developing con artist skills only to capture the attention of someone who recognizes his virtual-reality prowess and offers him a place in an elite military academy where he trains for an imminent World War Three. 100,000 first printing.
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Grease monkey
by Tim Eldred
In a future world where mysterious aliens have advanced the intelligence of simians, young Robin Plotnik, apprenticed to a cranky gorilla supervisor, works on an Earth defense station and becomes entangled in a scandal over a bet about the planet's top fighter squadrons.
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Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all
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The house of the scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El PatrĂ³n, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. A Newbery Honor book. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.
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InterWorld
by Neil Gaiman
Directionally challenged, Joey Harker, after discovering that he has the power to travel between dimensions, walks right out of his universe and into the middle of an epic battle between good and evil.
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Feed
by M. T. Anderson
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, Titus meets Violet, an unusual teenage girl who is in serious trouble. By the author of Burger Wuss.
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iBoy
by Kevin Brooks
When a bizarre accident causes fragments of a shattered iPhone to become embedded in his brain and profoundly affect his thinking process, Tom develops extraordinary senses and mental capabilities and considers taking revenge on violent gangs who are terrorizing the South London housing projects. By the author of Dawn.
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Pirate cinema
by Cory Doctorow
Disgraced and cut off from the Internet for illegally creating films by reassembling footage from popular movies, Trent, a brilliant teen living in a dystopian near-future London, flees to the streets where he joins a group of artists and activists trying to prevent the passage of a bill that will criminalize Internet creativity.
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Dune
by Frank Herbert
The new hardcover release of a sci-fi classic follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny. Reissue.
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