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Fantasy and Science Fiction October 2018
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Two brothers learn of the apocalypse after being out of touch for a few days. Returning to town, they learn first-hand, the dead are coming back to life with a taste for flesh. With their parents in Nebraska they must embark on a journey to rescue them as they set into motion their zombie apocalypse plan. But they'll see not all is fun and games as they realize it is nothing like they imagined it would be.Can they make it in time to save their parents from a fate worse than death?
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The spaceship next door by Gene DoucetteSorrow Falls, Massachusetts, is an average-enough town except for the UFO that landed there three years before. A UFO that has not moved or changed in three years. But it brings to town a different sort of person; that is what draws one 16-year-old girl, Annie Collins, to a new stranger claiming to be a reporter. Annie quickly spots the reporter for what he really is: a government operative. Annie is a fascinating girl who maneuvers her way into a government-sponsored job of helping the newcomer. She is also working in the town library, keeping her eye on the UFO, and taking care of her sick mother. At the same time that Annie is helping the government agent, the UFO is beginning to change. With a dynamic character like Annie and the background of a UFO, The Spaceship Next Door is a must-read hit.
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| Temper by Nicky DraydenIn a world... where everybody has a twin, and virtues and vices are split unevenly between pairs, siblings Auben and Kasim Mtuze's symbiotic bond is strained to the breaking point by Kasim's higher social status and Auben's sudden possession by demons. Detailed world-building that encompasses a South African setting in which European colonization never occurred, and a society underpinned by a non-binary conception of gender. |
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| Relic by Alan Dean FosterRuslan, the last surviving human after a bioweapon wipes out his entire civilization. The alien Myssari wants to clone Ruslan and revive the human species. In exchange for his cooperation, they promise to help him locate his ancestral planet: Earth. |
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| Wild Hunger: An Heirs of Chicagoland Novel by Chloe NeillElisa Sullivan, the first and only vampire to be born instead of made. Following a period of self-imposed exile in Paris, Elisa must return to Chicago to broker peace talks among the different vampire factions. Wild Hunger kicks off the Heirs of Chicagoland series, a spin-off of the Chicagoland Vampires novels. |
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| The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart TurtonAn unusual take on an Agatha Christie-style country house mystery, in which an unnamed narrator must solve a murder while imprisoned in a time loop. As if that's not difficult enough, each day the protagonist wakes up in the body of a different guest. Failure to identify the killer will reset the entire scenario. |
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| The Power by Naomi AldermanWhat if... women were in charge? Would they create a more just society...or would they electrocute men with their bare hands and establish a matriarchy?
What it is: Framed as historical fiction penned millennia after the balance of power shifts, this thought-provoking novel follows a diverse cast whose abilities transform them from victims to oppressors.
Book buzz: The Power won the 2017 Women's Prize for Fiction. |
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| The Waking Land by Callie BatesWhat it's about: Lady Elanna Valtai grew up as a hostage in the court of a king who took her to ensure her rebellious father's compliance. Now the prime suspect in the king's murder, Elanna has nowhere to go to but the homeland she's spent her life trying to forget and no one to turn to except the family she's been raised to hate.
Why you might like it: Elanna's transformation from sheltered girl to courageous leader may appeal to fans of Erika Johansen's The Queen of the Tearling. |
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| Uprooted by Naomi NovikBackstory: Once every ten years, a powerful wizard known as the Dragon chooses one young woman from Agnieszka's valley and spirits her away to his enchanted tower. Why? Nobody knows.
What happens: Unexpectedly chosen over more likely candidates, Agnieszka discovers untapped talents, challenges the Dragon's rules (and patience), and battles the malevolent influence of the nearby enchanted Wood in order to save her village.
Why you might like it: Based on Polish folklore, this stand-alone novel by Temeraire series author Naomi Novik is a fantastical coming-of-age tale combining magic, warfare, politics, and romance. |
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| Binti by Nnedi OkoraforIntroducing: Binti of the Himba people, who rarely travel beyond their ancestral lands.
What happens: Admitted to the prestigious Oomza University, Binti must leave her family and traditional way of life behind. But her struggle to adjust to her new situation is nothing compared to the trouble caused by the alien Meduse.
Series alert: The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Binti kicks off a trilogy that continues with Binti: Home and Binti: The Night Masquerade. |
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