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Wild robot volume 1
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English
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Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
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Murderbot diaries volume 5
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English
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It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human crew who've grown to trust it, but only where no one can see. It tells itself that they're only a professional obligation, but when they'e captured and an old friend from the past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action. Drastic action it is, then.
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"It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer...
Author
Series
Wild robot volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Roz must take an under-the-ocean journey to save her island from a mysterious poison tide"--
7) Timeweb
Author
Series
Timeweb chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
9) Ungifted
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
10) Robot rebellion
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Series
Astrid the astronaut volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition, First Aladdin paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Banding together to create the perfect gift for their teacher's big birthday, Astrid and the rest of the Shooting Stars decide to have their robot do a fun dance for her during the robotics competition, but things don't go as planned.
11) All systems red
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 1
Language
English
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A murderous android discovers itself in "All Systems Red", a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial intelligence. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest...
13) Cog
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English
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"After an accident leaves him damaged and separated from his scientist caregiver, a young android recruits four robot accomplices and embarks on a cross-country road trip to reunite with her"--
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"After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home. They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe. Becky Chambers's new series continues to ask: in a world where people...
15) Robo-Dodo rumble
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Series
Language
English
Description
Koko Dodo's cookie shop is facing some stiff competition from an evil robotic dodo, and a giant sea monster starts destroying the town, but Didi Dodo has some daring plans.
16) Humans, bow down
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Great War is over. The Robots have won. The humans who survived have two choices--they can submit and serve the vicious rulers they created or be banished to the Reserve, a desolate, unforgiving landscape where it's a crime to be human. And the robots aren't content--following the orders of their soulless leader, they're planning to conquer humanity's last refuge. With nothing left to lose, Six, a feisty, determined young woman whose family was...
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English
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Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne—and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins...
Author
Series
Robopocalypse novels volume 1
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Two decades into the future humans are battling for their very survival when a powerful AI computer goes rogue, and all the machines on earth rebel against their human controllers.
20) Blippo & Beep
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When robots Blippo and Beep share knock-knock jokes, Beep realizes Blippo does not understand how they work, and begins to run out of patience.
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