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1) Dune
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny.
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Sci-Fi's favorite antisocial AI is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good."
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
The role of robots in our lives is growing all the time. Learn about their many different shapes, sizes and uses and meet robots who do dangerous and dirty jobs, help perform surgery, look like us, show emotion like us and much more.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the evil De Nomolos dispatches robots to kill Bill & Ted, not only is the future of the universe at stake, but there's no way they can win the battle of the bands. Luckily, when they knock on death's door, he answers, becoming their faithful servant in a whacked-out journey through Heaven, Hell and San Dimas, California. Bill & Ted meet Martians, marry their historical girlfriends, & even learn how to play the guitar.
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 6
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people-who knew?) Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans! Again! A new standalone adventure in the New York Times-bestselling,...
9) Spacebot
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious visitor arrives from outer space one night, a family dog makes an unexpected friend.
10) Tin Men: a novel
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the near future, the U.S. has deployed the Remote Infantry Corps: thousands of robots remote-piloted by soldiers whose bodies lie hidden in underground bases. But the worst occurs when anarchists set off a global pulse that shorts out electrical connections. In Damascus, Private Danny Kelso, Corporal Kate Wade, and their platoon realize they are trapped inside the Tin Men--something the government never warned them could happen. In Athens, the...
Publisher
Warner Bros Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The terminator: A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
Terminator 2: Judgement day: A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son, John Connor, from a more advanced and powerful cyborg.
Terminator...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Deep Sea Diver, Robot, and Monkey board a submarine, the Guppy, to delve into the darkest depths to discover what has taken the light from the sea.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Night shift edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recently fired and desperate for work so that he can keep custody of his little sister, Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But Mike soon discovers that nothing at Freddy's is what it seems. Mike's nights at Freddy's will lead him into unexplainable encounters with the supernatural and drag him into the black heart of an unspeakable nightmare.
15) WALL-E
Series
Language
English
Description
After hundreds of lonely years, a waste management robot finds a new purpose in life. With only a cockroach for a friend, he finds true love in another robot sent on a mission to Earth to see if it is safe for human life.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
[4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray combo edition].
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays + 1 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Neo and his allies race against time before the machines discover the city of Zion and destroy it. While seeking the truth about the Matrix, Neo must save Trinity from a dark fate within his dreams.
17) Tightrope
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"An unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a machine that could change [their 1930s] world ... Former trapeze artist Amalie Vaughn moved to Burning Cove to reinvent herself, but after spending her inheritance on a mansion with the intention of turning it into a bed-and-breakfast, she learns that the villa is said to be cursed. When the first guest, Dr. Norman Pickwell, is...
18) All systems red
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
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...
Publisher
FUNimation
Pub. Date
[2017?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Blu-ray.
Language
日本語
Description
2032. With the advancement of medical technology humanity has grown into a more techologically driven creature, creating a breed of cyborg citizen. Along with the development of cybernetics, the world has seen rapid development in the field of artificial intelligence, making androids a commercially viable venture. A recent string of murders perpetrated by a prototype female android had drawn the attention of Section 9, a unit specializing in counter...
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 4
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
172 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah--its former owner (protector? friend?)--submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending...
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