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Science Fiction August 2020
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Welcome to the FCPL Science Fiction newsletter! This monthly newsletter provides reading suggestions for science fiction books both new and old. All of the titles can be found at the Forsyth County Public Library. You can place holds and pick up books at your library branch or check out our digital library for e-books.
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In this Issue
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Virtual LibraryCheck out our out-of-this-world website for help finding what you need!
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Glorious by Gregory BenfordA long-awaited series entry traces the efforts of an emboldened astronaut team to explore and document a massive alien labyrinth constructed from incomprehensible technology. By the Nebula Award-winning authors of Shipstar.
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Afterland by Lauren BeukesFleeing west to find a safe haven in a world vastly transformed by a pandemic that has killed nearly all men, a mother disguises her son as a girl to escape dangerous adversaries, including her own sister.
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Space Station Down by Ben BovaA lone survivor becomes the world's only defender when a millionaire space tourist lands aboard the International Space Station, murders her colleagues and sets the station to crash into New York City.
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88 Names : a novel by Matt RuffA romantic cyberthriller set in a world of fluid identities follows the experiences of a paid guide to online role-playing games who comes to believe that an anonymous wealthy new client is actually a violent dictator.
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The Loop by Ben OliverEnduring a tortuous existence on a futuristic death row for teens where inmates can delay their execution date in exchange for becoming laboratory subjects, Luka uncovers rumors about chaos spreading throughout the outside world before he becomes targeted by his crazed fellow prisoners.
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Hawk
by James Patterson
Growing up hard and fast in gritty, post-apocalyptic New York City, 17-year-old Hawk, a teen who is not aware of her relation to Max, gives up her search for her biological family before realizing that she is being targeted by an assassin. 250,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor : a novel
by Hank Green
A sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing finds Andy assuming a late April speaking tour in the aftermath of the Carls’s departure, while Miranda infiltrates a new scientific operation that poses consequences beyond her comprehension.
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Girls with Razor Hearts
by Suzanne Young
Resolving to shut down the corporation that subjected them to violent experiments, Mena and her fellow escapees from Innovations Academy relocate to a private prep school to take down a powerful investor from the inside.
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Devolution : a Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
by Max Brooks
A modern retelling of the Bigfoot legend is presented as a gripping journal by a woman from a high-tech Pacific Northwest community who becomes cut off from civilization by a volcanic eruption before witnessing the flight of starving humanoid beings.
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Quantum Shadows
by L. E. Modesitt
On a world called Heaven, Conwyn, known as the Shadow of the Raven, contains the collective memory of humanity’s Falls from Grace and discovers that another Fall may happen and if he doesn’t stop it, mankind will not survive.
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Harrow the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
"After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth, a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders. Harrowhark's health is failing, her magic refuses to cooperate, her sword makes her throw up, and even her mind threatens to betray her. What's worse, someone is trying to kill her. And she has to wonder: if they succeeded, would the universe be better off?"
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Your Virtual Library is Open 24/7
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The Forsyth County Public Library is pleased to offer a great collection of downloadable media — eBooks, audiobooks, video, music (Freegal), and magazines (RBdigital). 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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Contact us for more great books! |
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Forsyth County Public Library 660 W 5th Street Winston Salem, North Carolina 27101 336-703-3030www.forsythlibrary.org |
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