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Annie Bot A Novel [electronic resource] : by Greer, Sierra.aut; Araya, Jennifer Jill.nrt; cloudLibrary;
""Provocative...a Frankenstein for the digital age...a rich text about power, autonomy, and what happens when our creations outgrow us."" — Esquire ""Unexpected and subtle...delicious and thought-provoking."" — New Scientist For fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark Vanessa, a powerful, provocative novel about the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions of intimacy, power, autonomy, and control. Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the pert outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his moods. True, she’s not the greatest at keeping Doug’s place spotless, but she’s trying to please him. She’s trying hard. She’s learning, too. Doug says he loves that Annie’s AI makes her seem more like a real woman, so Annie explores human traits such as curiosity, secrecy, and longing. But becoming more human also means becoming less perfect, and as Annie’s relationship with Doug grows more intricate and difficult, she starts to wonder: Does Doug really desire what he says he wants? And in such an impossible paradox, what does Annie owe herself?
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Literary; Science Fiction; Psychological;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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The Equalizer. [videorecording] / by Wenk, Richard,screenwriter.; Lindheim, Richard,screenwriter.; Sloan, Michael,1946-screenwriter.; Denman, David,1973-actor.; Fanning, Dakota,1994-actor.; Fuqua, Antoine,film director.; Mastrandrea, Eugenio,actor.; Washington, Denzel,1954-actor.; Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.;
Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea, David Denman, Gaia Scodellaro, Remo Girone, Sonia Ammar, Daniele Perrone.Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he's done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for some language and strong bloody violence.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Gangsters; Assassins; Special forces (Military science); Vigilantes; Mafia; Mafiosi;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Geek ink : the world's smartest tattoos for rebels, nerds, scientists, and intellectuals / by Inkstinct (Organization);
Exhibiting cutting-edge designs from the most sought-after and acclaimed contemporary tattoo artists worldwide, Geek Ink presents magnificent ideas for tattoos on themes from science fiction and fantasy, as well as a wide range of topics across science, mathematics, literature, and philosophy. With commentary from creators of the Inkstinct project--which connects people with the finest tattoo art from 380,000 studios worldwide and has an Instagram fan base of more than 1 million--as well as interviews with world-renowned masters like Eva Krbdk (460K followers), David Cote (232K followers), and Thomas Eckeard (169K followers), this is the definitive tattoo inspiration sourcebook for hipsters, bookworms, scientists, academics, engineers, and, of course, geeks!
Subjects: Tattooing; Tattooing.; Body art.; Tattoo artists.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Shipwreck in Seal Bay / by Marlin, Jen,author.; Kissi, Marta,illustrator.; Container of (expression):Marlin, Jen.Shipwreck in Seal Bay.Spoken word (Fouhey); Fouhey, James,narrator.;
Read by James Fouhey.You never know where Wind Rider will take you ... Sofia and Max know that each time they step aboard the abandoned, magical sailboat, some animal desperately needs their help! This time, the kids travel to Scotland where they must contain an oil spill threatening harbor seals. Fans of Zoey and Sassafras and Magic Tree House will love this new magical adventure series set in our modern world. Wind Riders: Shipwreck in Seal Bay promises adventure and draws tension from the real world's environmental problems for its high stakes. Each book features an amazing creature that shares the planet with us, like harbor seals (which have a fatty, multifunctional layer of fat called blubber!), and the human-made problems they face, such as oil spills caused by wrecked boats or damaged oil beds. This series is grounded in science and encourages collaboration. Max and Sofia must work with the locals to protect the seals. These books have everything to engage emerging readers: action, humor, friendship, animal facts, and the important message of protecting Earth for all creatures.Ages 6-9.K-4.
Subjects: Novels.; Children's audiobooks.; Book plus audio.; Dyslexia-friendly books.; Sailboats; Magic; Harbor seals; Pinnipeds; Seals (Animals); Oil spills; Wildlife rescue; Sailboats; Magic; Pinnipedia ; Seals (Animals); Oil spills; VOX books.;
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Star Wars: the prequel trilogy [yoto card] : Yoto card. by Walt Disney Company.; Walt Disney Pictures.; Lucasfilm.; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm);
Read by Bradford Hastings.For use with a Yoto Player, the Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.The Force is strong with this collection of tales from Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy! Join Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Queen Amidala and Yoda on 18 action-packed adventures across the galaxy. A must-have collection for budding Star Wars fans, told in captivating audio form.Ages 8 to 12.System requirements: 1 Yoto Player smart speaker or Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Children's audiobooks.; Sound recordings.; Jedi Knights (Fictitious characters); Space warfare; Preloaded audiobook.; Yoto audio card.;
© 2021., Yoto Inc.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How high we go in the dark : a novel / by Nagamatsu, Sequoia,author.;
"For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague-a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice. Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus. Once unleashed, the Arctic Plague will reshape life on earth for generations to come, quickly traversing the globe, forcing humanity to devise a myriad of moving and inventive ways to embrace possibility in the face of tragedy. In a theme park designed for terminally ill children, a cynical employee falls in love with a mother desperate to hold on to her infected son. A heartbroken scientist searching for a cure finds a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects-a pig-develops the capacity for human speech. A widowed painter and her teenaged granddaughter embark on a cosmic quest to locate a new home planet. From funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships, Sequoia Nagamatsu takes readers on a wildly original and compassionate journey, spanning continents, centuries, and even celestial bodies to tell a story about the resiliency of the human spirit, our infinite capacity to dream, and the connective threads that tie us all together in the universe"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Epidemics; Interpersonal relations; Regression (Civilization); Resilience (Personality trait); Virus diseases;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Nova Jones: S1. by Meeda, Akaash,film director.; Costello, Fergal,film director.; Byrne, David,actor.; Barkley, Grace,actor.; Lynn, John,actor.; Rainford, Molly,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
David Byrne, Grace Barkley, John Lynn, Molly RainfordOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2021.A stratospheric new children’s show. Join intergalactic pop star Nova Jones as she tours the universe, wows her fans – and battles a few trolls along the way.This premium new children’s series follows 18-year-old pop star Nova Jones as she travels the universe in the Jefferson Spaceship, dropping smash-hit singles, killer videos – and playing sell-out gigs throughout the galaxy.The universe offers up a crazy set of problems for hard-working Nova and her even harder working sister and manager McLaren. There are intense chart battles to fight – as well as monsters on the loose and an audience who might literally explode.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Science fiction.;
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Counterweight / by Tyuna,author.; Hur, Anton,translator.; translation of:Tyuna.P'yŏnghyŏngch'u.English.;
"For fans of the worlds of Philip K. Dick, Squid Game, and Severance: An absorbing tale of corporate intrigue, political unrest, unsolved mysteries, and the havoc wreaked by one company's monomaniacal endeavor to build the world's first space elevator-from one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, whose identity remains unknown. On the fictional island of Patusan-and much to the ire of the Patusan natives-the Korean conglomerate LK is constructing an elevator into Earth's orbit, gradually turning this one-time tropical resort town into a teeming travel hub: a gateway to and from our planet. Up in space, holding the elevator's "spider cable" taut, is a mass of space junk known as the counterweight. And it's here that lies the key-a trove of personal data left by LK's former CEO, of dire consequence to the company's, and humanity's, future. Racing up the elevator to retrieve the data is a host of rival forces: Mac, the novel's narrator and LK's Chief of External Affairs, increasingly disillusioned with his employer; the everyman Choi Gangwu, unwittingly at the center of Mac's investigations; the former CEO's brilliant niece and his power-hungry son; and a violent officer from LK's Security Division, Rex Tamaki-all caught in a labyrinth of fake identities, neuro-implant "Worms," and old political grievances held by the Patusan Liberation Front, the army of island natives determined to protect their sovereignty. Conceived by Djuna as a low-budget science fiction film, with literary references as wide-ranging as Joseph Conrad and the Marquis de Sade, The Counterweight is part cyberpunk, part hardboiled detective fiction, and part parable of Korea's neocolonial ambition and its rippling effects"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Artificial intelligence; Corporations; Indigenous peoples;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cold Eternity [electronic resource] : by Barnes, S.A..aut; Jasper, Amara.nrt; CloudLibrary;
"You'll want to read this one with the lights on."—Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author Cold Eternity is the newest action-packed space horror from S.A. Barnes perfect for fans of Severance, where desperation for eternal life leads to a fate worse than death... Halley is on the run from an interplanetary political scandal that has put a huge target on her back. She heads for what seems like the perfect place to lay low: a gigantic space barge storing the cryogenically frozen bodies of Earth’s most fortunate citizens from more than a century ago… The cryo program, created by trillionaire tech genius Zale Winfeld, is long defunct, and the AI hologram "hosts," ghoulishly created in the likeness of Winfeld’s three adult children, are glitchy. The ship feels like a crypt, and the isolation gets to Halley almost immediately. She starts to see figures crawling in the hallways, and there’s a constant scraping, slithering, and rattling echoing in the vents. It’s not long before Halley realizes she may have gotten herself trapped in an even more dangerous situation than the one she was running from…. Also by S.A. Barnes: Dead Silence Ghost Station A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Action & Adventure; Horror;
© 2025., Macmillan Audio,
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Nova Jones: S2. by Meeda, Akaash,film director.; Costello, Fergal,film director.; Byrne, David,actor.; Barkley, Grace,actor.; Rainford, Molly,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
David Byrne, Grace Barkley, Molly RainfordOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2022.Nova Jones, the universe's number one pop star, returns for more out-of-this-world adventures in this vibrant comedy featuring stand-out musical performances. Fresh from her first tour, the queen of tantrums and tiaras has her sights set on more – more fame, more music and more dance! Tune in for Nova’s take on Country, Merseybeat, Motown, and of course the traditional Sports Movie Training Montage Song. Colour and verve arrive in the form of the new Dollograms, a red-green-and-blue trio of identical hologram backing dancers, who have no problems deciding to do the show their own way. And Nova’s long-suffering younger sister and manager McLaren finally gets to step into the limelight when a room full costumed mega-fans turn their attentions on her rather than her popstar sister.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Science fiction.;
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