The Legend Of Drizzt Series
by R. A. Salvatore

Drizzt Do'Urden, a Dark Elf, finds adventure, peril and awesome magical power as he confronts the underground civilization of the evil and treacherous matriarchal race of Drow elves.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:48

Old Man's War
by John Scalzi

Enlisting in the Army on his 75th birthday, John Perry joins an interstellar war between Earth and alien enemies who would stake claims on the few existing inhabitable planets, unaware that the conflict involves much more than he understands.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:49

The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson

The story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what happens when a young girl of the poor underclass obtains the device. Literary Award Winner

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:51

Rendezvous With Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke

During the 22nd century, a space probe's investigation of a mysterious, cylindrical asteroid brings man into contact with an extra-galactic civilization.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:52

The Kushiel's Legacy Series
by Jacqueline Carey

Sold into indentured servitude at the exotic Night Court as a child, Phedre faces a difficult choice between honor and duty as she deals with a world of glittering luxury, conspiracy, sacrifice, and betrayal. Two subsequent trilogies chronicle the adventures of her adopted son and her distant descendant.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:55

The Dispossessed
An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. Le Guin

Unwilling to accept that his anarchist world must be separated from the rest of the civilized universe, Shevek, a brilliant physicist, risks his life by traveling to the utopian mother planet of Urras.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:57

Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury

When the carnival comes to town, two boys unearth the terrifying and horrible secrets that lurk within Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show and learn the consequences of wishes, as a sinister and evil force is at work in Green Town, Ill.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:58

Wicked
The Life And Times Of The Wicked Witch Of The West
by Gregory Maguire

Set in an Oz where a morose Wizard battles suicidal thoughts, the story of the green-skinned Elphaba, otherwise known as the Wicked Witch of the West, profiles her as an animal-rights activist striving to avenge her dear sister's death.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:59