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Science Fiction October 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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Eden
by Tim Lebbon
From the bestselling author of The Silence comes a brand-new horror eco thriller! In large areas of the planet, nature is no longer humanity’s friend…The Virgin Zones were established to help combat the effects of global warming. Extreme sports enthusiasts target these dangerous zones for illicit races. When one such team enters the oldest Zone, Eden, they find nature has returned to Eden in a primeval way. And here, nature is no longer humanity’s friend.
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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
by Christopher Paolini
A space voyager living her dream of exploring new worlds lands on a distant planet ripe for colonization before her discovery of a mysterious relic transforms her life and threatens the entire human race.
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The Ministry for the Future
by Kim Stanley Robinson
Told entirely through fictional eye-witness accounts of living creatures both past and present, this brilliant novel is one of the most powerful and original books on climate change ever written.
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The Last Emperox
by John Scalzi
This thrilling conclusion to the best-selling Interdependency series follows Emperox Grayland II as she fights a desperate final battle for her crown and empire while striving to save her citizens from eternal intergalactic isolation.
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Too Soon? - Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi
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Supernova Era
by Cixin Liu
When a distant supernova showers the Earth with radiation that kills all adults, the planet’s surviving teens begin acting on violent ideas to rebuild the world. By the Hugo Award-winning author of the Remembrance of Earth’s Past series.
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New York 2140
by Kim Stanley Robinson
When a New York City of the near future is submerged by rising waters, the residents rapidly adapt the thriving metropolis until it becomes a vibrant, though permanently changed, canal region of island skyscrapers and remarkable inhabitants.
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Wanderers : a novel
by Chuck Wendig
When her little sister is afflicted by a bizarre sleepwalking disorder that begins to affect people all across the country, Shana is embroiled in an apocalyptic epidemic involving a decadent rock star, a religious radio host and a disgraced scientist.
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The End of October
by Lawrence Wright
Investigating dozens of mysterious deaths in an Indonesian internment camp, a World Health Organization doctor finds himself on a race to uncover the origins of a mysterious killer virus and find a cure before it decimates world populations.
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Master Class
by Christina Dalcher
Transferring from an elite post to the state boarding school where her daughter has been placed, a teacher is horrified to discover that the students are secretly being put to work as child laborers and subjected to involuntary lab experiments.
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The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
by Ken Liu
The award-winning author of The Grace of Kings presents a selection of 17 short science fiction and fantasy stories from the past five years that includes an excerpt from the third entry in his Dandelion Dynasty series.
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The Ghost Machine
by James Lovegrove
When Mal and the crew of the Firefly are hired to transport a sealed crate to Badger, they all find themselves paralyzed by hallucinations of their deepest hopes and desires that cannot be distinguished from reality, causing the ship to spin wildly out of control.
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Strange Exit
by Parker Peevyhouse
Trapped on an orbiting spaceship after a nuclear event destroys life on a forgotten Earth, a 17-year-old girl is challenged to convince her in-stasis fellow passengers to leave their virtual-reality world, before a new friend begins making murderous decisions.
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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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