Science fiction
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:
The Orion incident, 2005
Item — Item 0113502742431: [Barcode: 0113502742431]
Overview
A science fiction novel that critiques and explores the fictional conventions and assumptions regarding humanity's 'First Contact' with intelligent, extraterrestrial life. -- abstract.
Dates:
2005
The Senator and the Sagittarians, 2023
Item
Identifier: cw_2023spring_gorjance_sophia.pdf
Overview
"The Senator and the Sagittarians follows Diana Hake, nee Graybeal, as she faces struggles both personal and public in her run for one of the seven Prime Senate seats for all of settled space. Set one thousand years in the future, the narrative is split between Di's present, where she deals with the ramifications of humanity's war with the alien Sagittarians, the fallout of her daughter's death, and the complexities of her campaign; and her past, which provides essential context for both the...
Dates:
2023
Tricentennial, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022fall_yeazel_christopher.pdf
Overview
"Tricentennial is a sci-fi fantasy novel of approximately 50,000 words. Its protagonist, Marisol Rivera, is a cult survivor who leads a team of space-based commandos in a conflict she and many on Earth believe is being fought to ensure American dominance over the solar system's resources. Her greatest mentor, Michael Goff, is a publicly disgraced former military officer branded as a traitor by her government. As Marisol wrestles with distressing memories from her childhood, she is dispatched...
Dates:
2022
Undecided/Shimmer, 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_washburn_nicholas.pdf
Overview
"UNDECIDED is an absurd comedy series, set in the world of college admissions, exploring whether outcasts, in an increasing categorized world, can find their own purpose. Through the lens of an admissions counselor, and outcast in his own right, the series contemplates whether the directionless can provide guidance, possibility, and hope to their community while also searching for the same. SHIMMER is a sci-fi drama series set within the toxicity of high school, examining burdgeoning [sic]...
Dates:
2021
Unmasked, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023fall_knowlton_forrest.pdf
Overview
"Rose Evans is surviving on the street when an Amazon food delivery drone captures a shot of her face, unmasked, while she eats. Her location is confirmed by a surveillance drone and police are dispatched to apprehend her. Rose, a 16-year-old orphan, is sent to the group home where they send the girls no one else can handle. Taught to fight at an early age, she is recurited to the home's state champion mixed martial arts team. Rose soon finds herself in a foster home with unimagined wealth...
Dates:
2023