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Science Fiction August 2021 |
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Open Minds, Open Worlds"The future is in the hands of those who explore... and from all the beauty they discover while crossing perpetually receding frontiers, they develop for nature and for humankind an infinite love." - Jacques Yves Cousteau
Welcome to the FCPL Science Fiction Newsletter. This bi-monthly newsletter provides reading suggestions for science fiction books both new and old. All titles are available in print through the Forsyth Country library system, and some are available for immediate download in e-book or audiobook format on your phone or tablet! Download the Libby app or ask a librarian about our NC Digital Library for more information.
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2034 : a Novel of the Next World War
by Elliot Ackerman
Two former military officers and award-winning authors present a near-future geopolitical thriller that depicts a naval clash between America and Asia in the South China Sea of 2034. Co-written by the National Book Award-nominated author of Waiting for Eden.
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When the Sparrow Falls
by Neil Sharpson
In the Caspian Republic, the last bastion of true humanity in a world given over to artificial intelligence, State Security Agent Nikolai South, when asked to chaperone the widow of a propagandist, stumbles upon a conspiracy that may bring down the Republic for good.
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Shards of Earth
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Fifty years after the destruction of earth by alien aggressors, enhanced human Idris and his crew discover something strange abandoned in space. An item that many people would kill to obtain, but that could also herald the return of mankind's enemies.
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The First Sister
by Linden A. Lewis
A Sisterhood priestess, whose soldiers own the rights to her body, confronts a difficult choice between duty and her heart, while an elite Venus soldier questions his allegiances when he is ordered to kill his former partner.
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Into the Drowning Deep
by Mira Grant
Victoria Stewart and her crew sail to the Mariana Trench, in the hopes of discovering the fate of the Atargatis—which, along with its crew, including Victoria's sister, was lost at sea during the crew's attempt to film a mockumentary on ancient sea creatures of legend.
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Low, Volume 1: The Delirium of Hope
by Rick Remender
Millennia ago, mankind fled the earth's surface into the bottomless depths of the darkest oceans. Shielded from a merciless sun's scorching radiation, the human race tried to stave off certain extinction by sending robotic probes far into the galaxy to search for a new home among the stars. Generations later, one family is about to be torn apart in a conflict that will usher in the final race to save humanity from a world beyond hope
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The Scar
by China Miéville
En route to the fledgling colony of New Crobuzon, a ship carrying prisoners, slaves, and a few travelers, each with their own reason for leaving the city, is attacked by pirates. These pirates bring the surviving passengers to a strange floating city constructed upon the hulls of pirated ships, whose leaders are hiding a sinister agenda.
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The Beast of Cretacea
by Todd Strasser
A futuristic reimagining of Moby Dick finds 17-year-old Ishmael awakening aboard a ship on an unpolluted faraway planet where he harvests resources for a depleted Earth before witnessing his captain's growing obsession with an elusive great sea creature.
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Slipping : Stories, Essays, & Other Writing
by Lauren Beukes
This satiric retrospective collection of fiction and nonfiction writings includes pieces about a Punk Lolita fighter pilot who rescues Tokyo from a marauding art installation, corporate recruits who harvest poisonous plants on an inhospitable planet, and an inquisitive teen ghost who disrupts an architect's life.
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Annihilation
by Jeff VanderMeer
Four women -- a biologist, a psychologist, a surveyor, and an anthropologist -- set out on a scientific expedition to Area X, a quarantined zone that defies all attempts to map its terrain or understand its nature. Eleven previous missions have failed; is the twelfth time the charm, or will these intrepid explorers join their predecessors as casualties of Area X?
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Counter-clock World
by Philip K. Dick
In a world where time has begun moving backward, powerful prophet Anarch Peak is among those who have risen from the dead, but that may not last long, as a number of groups seek to send him back to the grave.
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The Forsyth County Public Library is pleased to offer a great collection of downloadable media — eBooks, audiobooks, video, music, etc. These collections are free and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to FCPL cardholders. Expert reading recommendations from NoveListPlus make finding your next book easier than ever. NoveList includes fiction titles for all ages. |
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