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Fantasy and Science Fiction October 2018
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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.
Read it for: 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.
You might also like: Laura Lam's False Hearts, another genre-blending speculative tale about twins with a complex and unusual bond. |
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| Wild Hunger: An Heirs of Chicagoland Novel by Chloe NeillIntroducing: Elisa Sullivan, the first and only vampire to be born instead of made.
What happens: Following a period of self-imposed exile in Paris, Elisa must return to Chicago to broker peace talks among the different vampire factions.
Series alert: 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 TurtonWhat it is: an 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.
What's at stake: Failure to identify the killer will reset the entire scenario.
Further reading: For another science fictional take on Golden Age detective fiction, try Adam Roberts' Jack Glass. For mysteries involving time loops, check out Sean Ferrell's Man in the Empty Suit. |
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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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| Star's End by Cassandra Rose ClarkeWhat it's about: Philip Coramina is dying. His final wish? To see his daughters one last time. Loyal Esme already serves as his second-in-command, but her three estranged half-sisters want nothing to do with the family's corporate empire.
Why you might like it: Although family drama is the beating heart of this character-driven novel, there's plenty of intrigue surrounding the Coramina Group and its various enterprises.
For fans of: the complex relationships in Nicola Griffith's Slow River. |
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Uprooted
by Naomi Novik
A tale inspired by the "Beauty and the Beast" story follows the experiences of Agnieszka, who becomes the latest girl chosen to serve an immortal wizard who protects their village from the malevolent forces of a nearby forest.
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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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