Happy Constitution Day!
For a guide to the documents and activities relating to the U.S. Constitution, please see the research guide for Constitution Day. Join us in the Odum Auditorium for events celebrating our Constitution and its interpretations September 19th-22nd this year!
On Display at Odum
At the End of Everything by Call Number: LZ PZ7.1.N55 At 2022ISBN: 9781492673156Publication Date: 2022-01-25
The Silence by Call Number: POPULAR PS3554.E4425 S55 2020ISBN: 9781982164553Publication Date: 2020-10-20
Upright Women Wanted by Call Number: POPULAR PS3607.A35943 U67 2020ISBN: 9781250213587Publication Date: 2020-02-04
Hazards of Time Travel by Call Number: PS3565.A8 H39 2018ISBN: 9780062319593Publication Date: 2018-11-27
All Rights Reserved by Call Number: PZ7.1.K3727 All 2017ISBN: 9780373212446Publication Date: 2017-08-29
Riot Baby by Call Number: POPULAR PS3615.N93 R56 2020ISBN: 9781250214751Publication Date: 2020-01-21
Margaret Atwood's dystopian fiction : fire is being eaten by Call Number: PR9199.3.A8 Z738 2017ISBN: 9781443883672
Alternate History: playing with contingency and necessity by ISBN: 3110272474Publication Date: 2013-10-14
The First Reconstruction by Call Number: E185.18 .G67 2021 and OnlineISBN: 9781469660103Publication Date: 2021-02-22
The People's Constitution by Call Number: KF4541 .K69 2021ISBN: 9781620975619Publication Date: 2021-09-21
The Pursuit of Happiness in the Founding Era by Call Number: KF4541 .C553 2019 and OnlineISBN: 9780826221858Publication Date: 2019-05-01
The Second Founding by Call Number: KF4558 14th .W87 2020ISBN: 9781108843157Publication Date: 2020-11-12
Votes for Women! the American Woman Suffrage Movement and the Nineteenth Amendment by Call Number: HQ1236.5.U6 R69 2020ISBN: 9781440836701Publication Date: 2020-07-08
The tidings of the trees by ISBN: 1931883734
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Call Number: POPULAR PS3619.O43724 U55 2017 and as an E-book!ISBN: 9781617755880Publication Date: 2017-10-03
Dies the Fire by ISBN: 9780451460417One library in the University of Georgia system holds a copy of this first novel in The Change or Emberverse series.
A Natural History of Dragons by ISBN: 9780765375070Two libraries in our consortium offer copies of this first book in the Lady Trent series.
Uglies by ISBN: 9780689865381Four libraries in the University of Georgia system have copies of this first novel in the Uglies series in their catalog.
Banned Books Week
In the Fall of every year the American Library Association celebrates Banned Books Week to bring awareness to the number of books commonly challenged and the effort to keep information available to the public. This year we are celebrating it September 18th-24th! If you are interested in learning more about banned books and the ALA's virtual events, please head over to Banned Books Week.
Artwork courtesy of the American Library Association, www.ala.org
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Outside resources
Audiobooks
- LibrivoxLibrivox is a website dedicated to recording and distributing free audiobook copies of books that have fallen out of copyright. They have several titles considered dystopian from the early days of this genre available.
Podcasts
- After Impact
A six-part scripted fiction podcast that follows Reagan in three places in her timeline and introduces the listener to a cast of other characters. - We Fix Space Junk
'We Fix Space Junk' follows seasoned smuggler Kilner and reluctant fugitive Samantha as they travel the galaxy, dodging bullets and meeting strange and wonderful beings as they carry out odd jobs on the fringes of the law. - The City Within the Walls
350 years ago, a great cataclysm nearly wiped out all life on earth. The descendants of the survivors are now ruled by a dystopian council. - Beyond the Dark
Atmospheric sci-fi stories. You might find yourself in the heart of a cyberpunk metropolis, a post-apocalyptic wasteland, or an alien world. Each story features its own original music score for a truly immersive experience. - The Silt Verses
In this horror/fantasy serial drama, Carpenter and Faulkner, two worshippers of an outlawed god, travel up the length of their deity’s great black river, searching for holy revelations.
- Apocalyptic HorseplayThe terrible Horsemen of the Apocalypse have reformed and sworn off their ancient ways. Now retired and leading peaceful lives in a small town of England, these ancient calamities eventually find their anonymity, as well as their very existence, threatened by the arrival of one nosy student journalist… and a child who could bring about the End of the World.
- Jackie RoseAction, adventure, air pirates; Set in an alternate 1940s, Jackie Rose is a rip-roaring adventure story filled with excitement and fun, that still manages to tug at the heart strings.
- FluidiumJesse was born like every citizen in the Fluidum universe, spending their first 20 years shifting seamlessly between a male and female body. Now with only one year left until they must choose one body for the rest of their life, Jesse is questioning the unquestionable... why decide at all?
- Blue MatterSociety has risen into the sky with beings known as Angels. Capable of wielding a powerful element, Angels use this incredible ability to combat the threat of mindless killers — Demons. But one choice may change the course of the world when Shinsa, a completely cognizant Demon, is spared by the high-ranking Angel, Astler Leidt.
- Always HumanThis is a story about nanobots, genetic engineering, and two girls falling in love. No matter how technology changes us, we'll always be human.
- SeedWelcome to the future – where our world has become an exercise in contradictions. We are more connected than ever but alone. Healthier than ever but sick. Safer than ever but ultimately vulnerable. Seed is a story for these future times. Where the relationship between a girl and an AI system that begins simply, quickly complicates things for the entire world.
Contact us
If any material listed is problematic or you would like to suggest future recommendations and themes please contact Crystal Miller at crrichardson@valdosta.edu! They would love feedback, or just to talk about books!
