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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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Upright Women Wanted
by Sarah Gailey
A near-future exploration of queer identity, written in the style of a pulp western, finds a woman stowing away to escape her arranged marriage to a man who was once engaged to the late best friend she secretly loved.
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The Vanished Birds by Simon JimenezAn out-of-time space traveler who only aged months while decades passed back home navigates the loss of everyone she knew before finding new purpose caring for a mysterious broken child who communicates through a wooden flute.
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Bent Heavens by Daniel KrausFed up with her missing father’s delusions about alien abductions, Liv endeavors to destroy her father’s “alien traps,” before an astonishing discovery forces Liv and her friend, Doug, to make an impossible choice. By the award-winning author of Trollhunters.
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Emily Eternal by Mark WheatonDesigned in a lab to help humans process trauma when the Earth's sun begins to die prematurely, an artificial consciousness discovers a possible way to save humanity, only to be attacked by individuals who would control her technology.
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Fledgling by Octavia E. ButlerA young girl suffering from amnesia wakes up to find that she's actually a middle-aged vampire.
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesHired to find a mysterious boy who disappeared three years before, Tracker joins a search party that follows the boy's trail through ancient cities and into dense forests, and encounter creatures intent on destroying them.
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. JemisinAfter Yeine Darr is summoned to the majestic city of Sky and named an heiress to the king of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, she is thrust into a vicious power struggle with cousins she never knew she had, drawing ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history.
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Dark Matter : a Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora by Sheree R. ThomasA remarkable, richly diverse anthology of African-American fantasy, science fiction, and speculative fiction features some forty short stories by Octavia E. Butler, Samuel R. Delany, Tanararive Due, Walter Mosley, Ishmael Reed, Steven Barnes, and other notable authors.
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Sealed by Naomi BoothHaunted by rumors of a skin sealing epidemic infecting the urban population, heavily pregnant Alice and her partner Pete find refuge in a remote mountain house where, instead, they are forced to fight for their survival when they are faced with a different kind of danger.
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Starbreaker by Amanda BouchetThe galaxy’s Most Wanted, Captain Tess Bailey, Shade Ganavan and the remaining crew of the Endeavor must learn to trust each other to change history while tackling one crisis at a time.
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The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Joseph FinkThe best-selling authors of Welcome to Night Vale present the story of the Faceless Old Woman, from her 19th-century childhood and rise in the criminal underworld to her plot for vengeance and decades as a restless spirit.
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The God Game
by Danny Tobey
Five ambitious high school students find their lives at risk when a video game that thinks it’s God won’t let them quit.
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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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Forsyth County Public Library 660 W 5th Street Winston Salem, North Carolina 27101 336-703-3030www.forsythlibrary.org |
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