There are some sci fi works with deaf characters or those with disabilities. Here are some ways you can find that literature and videos. Use the RIT Libraries Catalog and use the terms (deaf OR disabilit*) AND "science fiction" to find a few works. If we do not have it in our collection, use the WorldCat (link below) to find your title and order it via interlibrary loan (ILL).
Cosmicomics by 
Deaf Lit Extravaganza by 
Fahrenheit 451 by 
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy by
Works of science fiction and fantasy are enormously popular among students and general readers. The combined effort of some 150 expert contributors--including Richard Bleiler, John Clute, Ian Nichols, and Darrell Schweitzer--this encyclopedia discusses pervasive themes in science fiction and fantasy and gives detailed attention to selected novels, films, and television series. The first two volumes provide 400 alphabetically arranged entries on individual themes, while the last volume includes alphabetically arranged entries on 200 particular works. Accessible to a wide range of audiences, this encyclopedia is destined to be a favorite resource for anyone interested in fantasy and science fiction. While other references provide relatively brief entries, or offer essays on a limited group of writers, this encyclopedia gives extensive treatment to the most important themes and works of science fiction and fantasy across a range of media. Gary Westfahl, and internationally recognized authority on science fiction and fantasy, has coordinated the effort of some 150 expert contributors. In addition, the project was shaped by an advisory board of some of the most distinguished names in the field, including: ; Richard Bleiler ; John Clute ; Fiona Kelleghan ; David Langford ; Andy Sawyer ; And Darrell Schweitzer. Canonical works of science fiction and fantasy are central to the curriculum, while more popular works are being taught with greater frequency and often appear on summer reading lists. The format of this encyclopedia makes it an essential tool for students writing thematic essays, and teachers will also value it as guide for planning lessons. In addition to high school libraries, public libraries supporting student research or book discussion groups will welcome the lucid, thoughtful essays in this encyclopedia. Includes 400 entries on themes. Includes 200 entries on classic works. Covers literature, film, and television. Employs the talents of roughly 150 expert contributors. Overviews canonical and contemporary works. Entries on themes define and discuss the theme, relate it to works of science fiction and fantasy, and cite numerous resources. Entries on works provide critical information and discuss central themes. Provides an alphabetical list of entries. Lists entries grouped in topical categories. Entries are fully cross-referenced. Includes a detailed index. Offers a selected, general bibliography of major works on science fiction and fantasy. Numerous quotations from classic works highlight themes in science fiction and fantasy.
Into the Drowning Deep by
New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant, author of the renowned Newsflesh series, returns with a novel that takes us to a new world of ancient mysteries and mythological dangers come to life. The ocean is home to many myths, But some are deadly. . . Seven years ago the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a mockumentary bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a tragedy. Now a new crew has been assembled. But this time they're not out to entertain. Some seek to validate their life's work. Some seek the greatest hunt of all. Some seek the truth. But for the ambitious young scientist Victoria Stewart this is a voyage to uncover the fate of the sister she lost. Whatever the truth may be, it will only be found below the waves. But the secrets of the deep come with a price.
Milan by
A transgression against the natural rights of Deaf people to use and develop sign language - the infamous Milan 1880 Revolution - has created a turbulent legacy which exerts its influence to this day. There would never again be another Milan 1880. Or, so we thought... As the story begins, an unknown force calling itself MILAN inexplicably transforms the entire British Deaf people into hearing people, and sign language is reduced to near extinction. Two of the Deaf survivors, JOHN McCALVIN and his ladyfriend, DAWN WINTERS, soon find themselves in fear of Milan's three hunters, led by the notorious female villain, REDLIPS. Dawn is captured by the hunters whilst John and the mysterious RICHARD COX, who has a 'personal issue' with Redlips, conspire to search for, and retrieve the Talisman of Signs, sought also by Milan. John discovers that he is "The One" to use the Talisman's power to destroy Milan before it achieves world domination with the destruction of Deaf people, sign language and also a mystical place which exists in closely-guarded secret. The battle to save them is on... MILAN is an exciting and sprawling Deaf fantasy epic, written out of an alarming and key chapter of Deaf history. It has been written in a Deaf-friendly way that is accessible to everyone, Deaf or hearing, and of most ages. A VISUAL GLOSSARY is included to illlustrate key characters, architectural features and plan views. For more information please visit: www.milan1880.com
Silent Songs by
A. C. Crispin is the bestselling author of Sarek and Yesterday's Son. She has written six books in the StarBridge series. Crispin's other books include V and Time for Yesterday.
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Typhon's Children by
To the new colonists, the teeming, ocean-dominated planet of Typhon seems a wondrous and exotic paradise--until the land erupts with incomprehensible violence, consuming the colony in a fiery hell. Their supplies lost, the survivors find themselves struggling against a world where death wears many guises. But the deadliest menace strikes from within--for every child born on Typhon suffers strange, degenerative mutations. Unless the situation can be reversed, the Typhon colony is doomed. Per Langstaff is a scientist obsessed with the life-and-death mystery, certain that the answer to the colony's survival lies with the virulent planet itself. His staunchest ally, Dilani, is a rebellious young girl born deaf to sound and convention, an orphan as unruly as the oceans themselves. Together these two outcasts, bound by a shared love of the depths, embark on an unforgettable journey that will take them to the utmost reaches of humanity . . . and beyond.
Virus L.I.V. 3 ou la mort des livres (French)
Order via ILL. https://ill.rit.edu/. At the end of the 21st century, Europe was governed by the AEIOU, the Scholars who sit at the TGB (Très Grande Bibliothèque). This organization prohibits the use of multimedia (modern communication techniques), namely computers, televisions, video games, and of course the Internet. The literate world comes up against the world of the Web, represented by the ZZ (Zinzin Zappers) who have developed a virus called LIV3. This virus erases the pages of the book after reading. Libraries, second-hand booksellers, bookstores, books… will disappear. Allis, a young literate, deaf and mute, joins the circle of vowels of the Academy of Letters, not without Celine's reluctance because a screen is necessary to communicate with her. Emma, head of vowels, gives him a mission: to infiltrate the ZZs to find out who has developed the LIV3 virus and to find the antidote. Then she will also ask him to try to find her son Lund, blind, whom she suspects a ZZ supporter. Allis will learn about Lund's multiple identities, namely Mondaye (a web chat friend), and Sonn, leader of the ZZ at the origin of the virus. This virus is a kind of revenge on its tyrannical mother. However, this virus contains in itself the solution to continue reading since it gives the possibility of entering the book universe in Virtual Interactive Reading (LIV). Emma finds her son, the antidote does not exist but the Virtual Interactive Reading makes it possible to read without danger, Lund will be admitted to the Academy of vowels. Allis and Lund will live together, she will have an implant that will allow her to hear, and Lund will have artificial eyes.
Dark Space by 
Deaf Republic by
Finalist for the National Book Award*Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Award*Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award* Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize*Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award*Winner of the National Jewish Book Award*Finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award *Finalist for the T. S. Eliot Prize* Finalist for the Forward Prize for Best Collection Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing parable in poems asks us, What is silence? Deaf Republic opens in an occupied country in a time of political unrest. When soldiers breaking up a protest kill a deaf boy, Petya, the gunshot becomes the last thing the citizens hear--they all have gone deaf, and their dissent becomes coordinated by sign language. The story follows the private lives of townspeople encircled by public violence: a newly married couple, Alfonso and Sonya, expecting a child; the brash Momma Galya, instigating the insurgency from her puppet theater; and Galya's girls,heroically teaching signing by day and by night luring soldiers one by one to their deaths behind the curtain. At once a love story, an elegy, and an urgent plea, Ilya Kaminsky's long-awaitedDeaf Republic confronts our time's vicious atrocities and our collective silence in the face of them.
Islay
Now, a new edition of the classic novel Islay promises to entertain a contemporary audience with its Deaf American dream first conceived by Douglas Bullard in 1986. Islay is the name of an imaginary island state coveted by Lyson Sulla, a Deaf man who is tired of feeling that "hearing think deaf means dumb, pat head." Sulla signs this to his wife Mary in explanation of his desire to tum Islay into a state solely for Deaf people, with himself as governor. From there, his peripatetic quest begins. Sulla initiates his plan by driving to Islay to survey the lay of the land. There, he meets Gene Owls, another Deaf man who also has designs on the island. Sulla then embarks on travels around the nation recruiting Deaf people to join his crusade. Along the way, he meets a Deaf doctor, a bowling alley owner, a family of peddlers, a Deaf minister, and a willing businessman. Far from a heroic character, Sulla engages in each encounter in an earthy, self-sewing fashion that sends up all parties involved, hearing and Deaf. Islay uniquely blends classic English forms of satire with the direct, down-to-earth expression of American Sign Language ingenuously rendered throughout. Deaf himself, Bullard has created a wonderfully amusing story that features Deaf people seeking their American dream in a manner both serious and joyous at the same time.
Mother and Child by 
Outcasts and Angels by 
Silent Dances by
In this Starbridge novel, a young deaf native American girl is sent into space to establish contact with a race of aliens.
Silent Fear (a Novel Inspired by True Crimes) by
When you can't hear...death comes silently. Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the Deaf in London, England. The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world. When more Deaf students are murdered, it becomes clear there is a serial killer operating within the sealed-off university. A chilling cat-and-mouse game evolves as the unknown killer targets Valerie and the virus claims more lives. A stunning, claustrophobic, "whodunit" murder mystery, Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) is the eighth novel by father-and-son writing team Lance & James Morcan. Included is a commentary by Deaf filmmaker Brent Macpherson on the unique aspects of Deaf culture the story covers. Together, the Morcans and Macpherson are currently developing a feature film adaptation of Silent Fear.
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