Girls Read SciFi » read SciFi http://www.girlsreadscifi.com Committed to enriching the intergalactic discourse Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:42:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 La Guerre Des Mondes http://www.girlsreadscifi.com/2008/la-guerre-des-mondes/ http://www.girlsreadscifi.com/2008/la-guerre-des-mondes/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:54:37 +0000 XBOT http://www.girlsreadscifi.com/?p=22 La Guerre Des Mondes, The War of the Worlds, French edition

110 years of The War of the World covers. (Dr. Zeus)

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Take a wild guess at the artist behind the cover.

(Penguin Blog via Book Design Review)

]]> http://www.girlsreadscifi.com/2008/1984-penguin-modern-classics/feed/ 0 Dune: extra credit http://www.girlsreadscifi.com/2008/dune-activity-book/ http://www.girlsreadscifi.com/2008/dune-activity-book/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:11:29 +0000 XBOT http://www.girlsreadscifi.com/2008/04/06/dune-activity-book/ You’ve read the novel and you’ve watched the film. But have you connected the dots?

Dune: Coloring & Activity Book cover

Dune: Coloring & Activity Book


Dune:Paul Atreides Coloring & Activity Book cover

Paul Atreides needs pants. Help him.


Reverend Mother, A Coloring Book Page

A five-head.


Feyd, A Coloring Book Page

Sting and his shiv.

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Here’s the CDE-approved list:

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
  • Feed, M.T. Anderson
  • Foundation, Isaac Asimov
  • I, Robot, Isaac Asimov
  • Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence, Marion Dane Bauer (editor)
  • Darwin’s Radio, Greg Bear
  • Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
  • Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

  • The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury
  • The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
  • Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card
  • Ender’s Shadow, Orson Scott Card
  • Tomorrowland: Ten Stories About the Future, Michael Cart (compiler)
  • City of Gold and Lead, John Christopher
  • The White Mountains, John Christopher
  • Things Not Seen, Andrew Clements
  • King of Shadows, Susan Cooper
  • Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton
  • Bone Wars, Brett Davis
  • The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
  • Eva, Peter Dickinson
  • Lord Foul’s Bane: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Stephen R. Donaldson
  • Enchantress from the Stars, Sylvia Louise Engdahl
  • The House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer
  • Neuromancer, William Gibson
  • Among the Hidden, Margaret Peterson Haddix
  • Running Out of Time, Margaret Peterson Haddix
  • Dr. Franklin’s Island, Ann Halam
  • Have Space Suit – Will Travel, Robert A. Heinlein
  • Dune, Frank Herbert
  • Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
  • Star Split, Kathryn Lasky
  • The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Eden, Stanislaw Lem
  • Memoirs of a Space Traveler, Stanislaw Lem
  • A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
  • Gathering Blue, Lois Lowry
  • The Giver, Lois Lowry
  • The Gift Moves, Steve Lyon
  • Sparks: An Urban Fairytale, Lawrence Marvit
  • Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
  • Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • The Transall Saga, Gary Paulsen
  • Wump World, Bill Peet
  • The Sterkarm Handshake, Susan Price
  • Summer Reading Is Killing Me!, Jon Scieszka
  • Stinker from Space, Pamela F. Service
  • Downsiders, Neal Shusterman
  • On the Beach, Nevil Shute
  • Parasite Pig, Sleator, William
  • Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau, H. G. Wells
  • The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells
  • Empire of the Ants, Bernard Werber
  • Doomsday Book, Connie Willis
  • Dragon’s Blood, Jane Yolen

(via California Department of Education)

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