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Science Fiction February 2021 |
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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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Dealbreaker
by L. X. Beckett
A sequel to Gamechanger finds Ruby Whiting’s successful effort to gain humanity a seat at the galactic table stymied by adversarial beings that would sabotage Earth’s entry into a new age of scientific discovery and technological advancement.
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We Could Be Heroes
by Mike Chen
Two superpowered individuals who have lost all memory of their real identities use their respective powers to commit or fight crime before teaming up together to stop the mad scientist behind a devastating medical conspiracy.
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A History of What Comes Next
by Sylvain Neuvel
A woman from a powerful family that has shaped nearly 100 generations of history undertakes a precarious effort to recruit Wernher Von Braun away from the Nazis and into the American rocket program.
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Remote Control
by Nnedi Okorafor
When an alien artifact turns her into Death’s adopted daughter, Sankofa, with her name being the only tie to her family and her past, searches for answers as cities fall in her wake.
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A Complicated Love Story Set in Space
by Shaun David Hutchinson
Sixteen-year-olds Noa, DJ, and Jenny awake on a spaceship, unaware of how they got there or what is coming, but soon Noa and DJ are falling in love.
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Winter's Orbit
by Everina Maxwell
After being forced by his Emperor grandfather into a marriage of convenience to unite their planets, Prince Kiem discovers that his intended, Count Jainan, is a suspect in his late husband’s death despite it being ruled an accident.
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Across the Universe
by Beth Revis
Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet 300 years in the future, but her frozen slumber abruptly ends 50 years too soon, not as the result of a computer malfunction but because someone on board the ship has tried to murder her. A debut novel.
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Deuces Down by George MartinIn this revised collection of classic Wild Cards stories, the spotlight is on the most unusual Wild Cards of them all--the Deuces, or people with minor superpowers. In Deuces Down, iconic celebrities and landmark events are seen in a whole new light, such as John Jos. Miller's exciting 1969 World Series between the Baltimore Orioles and the Brooklyn Dodgers; Michael Cassutt's first moon landing, when the world wasn't watching; Walter Simons' Great New York City Blackout of 1977; and Melinda M. Snodgrass's account of Grace Kelly's mysterious disappearance during the filming of The French Lieutenant's Woman. Deuces Down also features brand-new stories from Carrie Vaughn, Mary Anne Mohanraj, and Caroline Spector.
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Rebel Sisters
by Tochi Onyebuchi
Living a comfortable life in the Space Colonies, Ify, now nineteen and a medical administrator, must return to wartorn Nigeria, where she last saw her sister, to investigate why young refugees from that nation are carrying a deadly virus.
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Burn-in : a Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution
by P. W. Singer
Narrowly averting a Union Station bombing, an FBI special agent teams up with the world's first police robot before investigating a criminal conspiracy that is armed with cutting-edge tech. By the authors of Ghost Fleet.
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Light of the Jedi
by Charles Soule
A new Star Wars saga set 200 years before the events of The Phantom Menace finds the heroes of the Jedi Order confronted by an unexpected sinister force while defending the Republic from a catastrophic hyperspace disaster.
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Into the Light
by David Weber
In a follow-up to Out of the Dark, the survivors of a conquered Earth rapidly rebuild using left-behind technology, including a powerful spaceship that vengeful blood drinkers commandeer with intent to destroy the Shongairi homeworld.
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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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