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- Touched : a novel / by Mosley, Walter,author.;
- "Martin Just wakes up one morning after what feels like, and might actually be, a centuries-long sleep with two new innate pieces of knowledge: Humanity is a virus destined to destroy all existence. And he is the Cure. Martin begins slipping into an alternate consciousness, with new physical strengths, to violently defend his family--the only Black family in their neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles--against pure evil."--
- Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; African American families; African American men; Good and evil;
- Exordia / by Dickinson, Seth,author.;
- "Anna Sinjari -- refugee, survivor of genocide, disaffected office worker -- has a close encounter that reveals universe-threatening stakes. Enter Ssrin, a many-headed serpent alien who is on the run from her own past. Ssrin and Anna are inexorably, dangerously drawn to each other ... While humanity reels from disaster, Anna must join a small team of civilians, soldiers, and scientists to investigate a mysterious broadcast and unknowable horror. If they can manage to face their own demons, they just might save the world"--
- Subjects: Science fiction.; Apocalyptic fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Genocide; Human-alien encounters;
- Priest [videorecording] / by Amick, Madchen.; Bettany, Paul,1971-; Collins, Lily,1989-; Dourif, Brad,1950-; Gigandet, Cam,1982-; Moyer, Stephen.; Plummer, Christopher.; Q., Maggie(Maggie Quigley),1979-; Stewart, Scott(Scott Charles); Urban, Karl,1972-; Screen Gems (1998- ); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
- Music by Christopher Young ; cinematography, Don Burgess ; edited by Lisa Zeno Churgin, Rebecca Weigold.Brad Dourif, Cam Gigandet, Christopher Plummer, Karl Urban, Madchen Amick, Maggie Q, Paul Bettany, Stephen Moyer, Lily Collins.A legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined by his niece's boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses other worldly fighting skills.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen presentation (2.40:1); Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Dystopias; Feature films.; Nieces; Priests; Vampire films.; Vampires; Vows;
- © c2011., Screen Gems,
- Undergrowth [graphic novel] / by Lima, Ricky,author.; Aquilani, Daniele,illustrator.; Shevtsova, Yuliia,colourist.; Thomas, Andrew(Comic book creator),letterer.;
- After Red and her friends are killed by invaders from beyond, they're revived inside massive organic battle-mechs. Time to take their planet back! It's a truly epic graphic novel about global crisis, mental health, and giant robots.
- Subjects: Science fiction comics.; Dystopian comics.; Graphic novels.; Dryads; Imaginary wars and battles; Mecha (Vehicles); Robots;
- Trashlands / by Stine, Alison,1978-author.;
- "A few generations from now, the coastlines of the continent have been redrawn by floods and tides ... In the region-wide junkyard that Appalachia has become, Coral is a plucker, pulling plastic from the rivers and woods. She's stuck in Trashlands, a dump named for the strip club at its edge ... When a reporter from a struggling city on the coast arrives in Trashlands, Coral is presented with an opportunity to change her life. But is it possible to choose a future for herself?"--
- Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Climatic changes; Life change events; Women;
- Red Rising / by Brown, Pierce,1988-author.;
- Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.
- Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Government, Resistance to;
- Gliff : a novel / by Smith, Ali,author.;
- "From a literary master, a moving and genre-bending story about our era-spanning search for meaning and knowing. Gliff explores how and why we endeavor to make a mark on the world. In a time when western industry wants to reduce us to algorithms and data--something easily categorizable and predictable--Smith shows us why our humanity, our individual complexities, matter more than ever."--
- Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Children; Disappeared persons; Electronic surveillance; Government, Resistance to; Human-animal relationships; Identity (Psychology); Outcasts; Siblings; Technology and state; Totalitarianism; Xenophobia;
- The salt line / by Jones, Holly Goddard,author.;
- "In the spirit of Station Eleven and California, award-winning novelist Holly Goddard Jones offers a literary spin on the dystopian genre with this gripping story of survival and humanity about a group of adrenaline junkies who jump "the Salt Line." How far will they go for their freedom--once they decide what freedom really means? In an unspecified future, the United States' borders have receded behind a salt line--a ring of scorched earth that protects its citizens from deadly disease-carrying ticks. Those within the zone live safe, if limited, lives in a society controlled by a common fear. Few have any reason to venture out of zone, except for the adrenaline junkies who pay a fortune to tour what's left of nature. Those among the latest expedition include a popstar and his girlfriend, Edie; the tech giant Wes; and Marta; a seemingly simple housewife. Once out of zone, the group find themselves at the mercy of deadly ticks--and at the center of a murderous plot. They become captives in Ruby City, a community made up of outer-zone survivors determined to protect their hardscrabble existence. As alliances and friendships shift amongst the hostages, Edie, Wes, and Marta must decide how far they are willing to go to get to the right side of the salt line"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Dystopian fiction.; Epidemics;
- Iron gold / by Brown, Pierce,1988-author.;
- "Darrow and the Rising are battling the remaining Gold loyalist forces and are closer than ever to abolishing the color-coded caste system of Society for good. But new foes will emerge from the shadows to threaten the imperfect victory Darrow and his friends have earned"--HL720L.
- Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Caste; Caste-based discrimination; Civil war; Dystopias; Government, Resistance to; Life on other planets; Refugees; Revolutionaries; Social classes; Social conflict; Social stratification; Soldiers; Space colonies; Space warfare; Survival; Totalitarianism;
- The testaments / by Atwood, Margaret,1939-author.; sequel to:Atwood, Margaret,1939-Handmaid's tale.;
- "In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades. When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead. With The Testaments, the wait is over. Margaret Atwood's sequel picks up the story fifteen years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Surrogate mothers; Misogyny; Women; Man-woman relationships;
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