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Science Fiction Classics
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1984 by George Orwell
Visit a world where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can almost read your mind.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Captain Nemo and his unwilling passengers travel to the far depths of the sea.

Dune by Frank Herbert
Visit Arrakis, a planet with political problems and a brave young Duke name Paul Atreides.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Imagine what the world would be like if books were illegal, if houses were fireproof, and firefighters set fire to contraband books.

Flatland by Edwin Abbott
Visit a two-dimensional world where all the inhabitants are geometric shapes.

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Charlie Gordon, who sometimes has problems thinking, becomes a genius through an experimental operation.

The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Visit the far future where humans live all throughout the galaxy.

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Dr. Frankenstein creates a human-like creature whom he later abandons. Who is the real monster?

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Meet Robbie, the extraordinary nanny, and other memorable robots.

Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Shipwreck victims find themselves on an island populated by unusual human-like beings ruled by a sinister scientist.

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Three people travel deep into the Earth by descending into an extinct volcano in Iceland.

The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Two scientists, a big-game hunter, and a journalist travel in South America, and discover a place where surprising animals live.

Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
Five prisoners of war escape from a prison camp in a balloon. The crash on a mysterious island and learn to survive on their own.

Time Machine by H.G. Wells
A Time Traveler journeys to the year 802,700 and finds the world to be completely different.

War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Martians land on Earth, and they do not come in peace!

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