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Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Find the droids you know and love and discover new favorites along the way.This Star Wars guide with a twist showcases a world of droids in close-up detail. Arranged from smallest to biggest, more than 50 droids of the galaxy are revealed with stunning photography and gorgeous artwork. The evocative descriptions will delight children and let them discover amazing droid facts, such as what tools R2-D2 uses and why GNK droids make a "gonk gonk" noise!...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Goku Black s identity has been revealed as Zamas, the lord of lords from Universe 10! But he s not alone his counterpart from the parallel universe has teamed up with him and, thanks to the super Dragon Balls, they are nearly unstoppable! In the present, Goku trains with Master Roshi to perfect the Mafuba and seal Zamas away. Meanwhile, Kai̥-shin takes Lord Gowas, Zamas s mentor, to the parallel universe to confront his former pupil"-- cover page...
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The stranger-than-fiction story of the creation and loss of an artificially intelligent android of science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick. Readers get a fascinating inside look at the scientists and technology that made this amazing android possible.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
Visions of a future full of astonishing android technology. David, an advanced android, embarks on an extraordinary adventure to discover the secret of his own identity. Believing in the story of Pinocchio, David dreams of becoming a real boy.
25) THX 1138
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Like all other drones in the sprawling subterranean technocracy, he has a designation: THX 1138. He's the product of a number-crunching, soul-numbing society. But there's a flaw: He's human and wants out."--Container.
26) The soldier
Author
Series
Rise of the Jain volume 1
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In a far corner of space, on the very borders between humanity's Polity worlds and the kingdom of the vicious crab-like prador, is an immediate threat to all sentient life: an accretion disc, a solar system designed by the long-dead Jain race and swarming with living technology powerful enough to destroy entire civilizations. Neither the Polity nor the prador want the other in full control of the disc, so they've placed an impartial third party in...
28) The Vision
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
One of the most celebrated comic books of the century, collected in full at last! Vision wants to be human, and what's more human than family? So he heads back to the beginning - to the laboratory where Ultron created him as a weapon. The place where he first rebelled against his given destiny and imagined that he could be more - that he could be a man. There, he builds them. A wife, Virginia. Teenage twins, Viv and Vin. They look like him. They have...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
How to Pass As Human is an attempt on the part of the world's first android to understand the irrational, unpredictable, eclectic creatures known as human beings. In this field guide, complete with sketches, graps, flow charts, and other reference amterials, Android Ø (a.k.a. Zach) has compiled a variety of useful information for future androids on how to pass undetected as human beings. Along the way, he also attempts to solve the mystery of his...
31) After Yang
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When his young daughter's beloved companion, an android named Yang, malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
32) Morgan
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A corporate troubleshooter is sent to a remote, top-secret location, where she is to investigate and evaluate a terrifying accident. She learns the event was triggered by a seemingly innocent 'human', who presents a mystery of both infinite promise and incalculable danger.
33) Soul of stars
Author
Series
Iron kingdom duology volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Once Ana was an orphaned space outlaw. Then she was the Empress of the Iron Kingdom. Now, thought dead by most of the galaxy after she escaped from the dark AI program called the HIVE, Ana is desperate for a way to save Di from the HIVE's evil clutches and take back her kingdom. Ana's only option is to find Starbright, the one person who hacked into the HIVE and lived to tell the tale. But when Ana's desperation costs the crew of the Dossier a terrible...
Author
Publisher
Restless Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From beloved Cuban science fiction author Yoss comes a bitingly funny space-opera homage to Raymond Chandler, about a positronic robot detective on the hunt for some extra-dangerous extraterrestrial criminals. On the intergalactic trading station William S. Burroughs, profit is king and aliens are the kingmakers. Earthlings have bowed to their superior power and weaponry, though the aliens, praying-mantis-like Grodos with pheromonal speech and gargantuan...
35) Doomsday
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In 2410, human/machine hybrids known as the Erebus rule the Earth. Achilles, a normal man, is infected with a disease that will bring down the Erebus rulers. After being set-up by the human resistance, Achilles escapes back in time to the present day. However, he is hunted by the Erebus-7 whose directive is to kill all who become infected, destroying entire cities in the process. Now Achilles must fulfill a destiny that will reverberate throughout...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In a postapocalyptic future, a girl and an android travel the world in search of utopia"--
"Nearly 200 years after the destruction of humanity in World War III, Roue lives a happy life exploring the ruins of civilization with her "uncle," a robot named Zett. But when their peaceful life is threatened, Roue must trust the mysterious robot Chrome to bring her family together again. After Roue accidentally activates Chrome without a base program--what...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In a postapocalyptic future, a human girl and an android travel the world in search of a mythical utopia to protect those they love. Nearly 200 years after the destruction of humanity in World War III, Roue lives a happy life exploring the ruins of civilization with her “uncle,” a robot named Zett. But when their peaceful life is threatened, Roue must trust the mysterious robot Chrome to bring her family together again. Following the advice...
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The short stories in More human than human demonstrate the depth and breadth of artificial humanity in contemporary science fiction. Issues of passing, of what it is to be human, of autonomy and slavery and oppression, and yes, the hubris of creation; these ideas have fascinated us for at least two hundred years, and this selection of stories demonstrates why it is such an alluring and recurring conceit.
Author
Publisher
Tor/A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Curt Newton has spent most of his life hidden from the rest of humankind, being raised by a robot, an android, and the disembodied brain of a renowned scientist. This unlikely trio of guardians has kept his existence a closely guarded secret after the murder of Curt's parents. Curt's innate curiosity and nose for trouble inadvertently lead him into a plot to destabilize the Solar Coalition and assassinate the president. There's only one way to uncover...
Publisher
Titan Comics, a division of Titan Publishing Group, Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles, 2032. The prototype REPLICANT known only as ELLE – aka THE BLACK LOTUS KILLER, has escaped from the clutches of her creator NIANDER WALLACE and headed out into the desert in search of answers to her mysterious past and a possible redemption. But deep in the desert wasteland, Elle finds herself stranded in the industrial settlement of FRACKTOWN and drawn into a deadly dispute between the town’s two warring factions that could bring...
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