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Science Fiction December 2017
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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 a library in the NC Cardinal system. Looking for even more titles to read? Just connect with one of your knowledgeable local librarians; they are more than happy to help!
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Immortal life : a soon to be true story
by Stanley Bing
A ruthless, aging trillionaire tech inventor engages in a battle of wills against an increasingly desperate man whose body has been created to host the immortality-minded inventor's consciousness. By the best-selling author of Crazy Bosses.
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The salt line
by Holly Goddard Jones
In a future world where the United States' borders have receded behind a ring of scorched earth to protect citizens from deadly disease-carrying ticks, a group of extreme adventurers find themselves at the center of a murderous plot. By the award-winning author of The Next Time You See Me.
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Raining fire
by Rajan Khanna
"Ben Gold, former airship pilot has lost everything: his airship, his friends, and Miranda, the woman he loves. All that he has left is a thirst for revenge, a reckless plan to sate it, and some journal entries from Miranda to help ground him in the chaos. As he spirals out of control, he must survive old friends, new enemies, and of course Ferals, the mindless, violent victims of the global pandemic that shattered the world. Ben must reunite with old friends and find new ones if he is to succeed. Can he overcome the forces arrayed against him in time to save himself--and maybe the world?"
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The end of the day
by Claire North
The enigmatic Charlie, a specter who travels everywhere and visits everyone marked for death, sends messages and makes profound, life-changing offers to those he meets. By the best-selling author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.
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An unkindness of ghosts
by Rivers Solomon
In the lowerdeck of the HSS Matlida, a space vessel run like the antebellum South, Aster, a dark-skinned sharecropper, faces harsh restrictions and punishments from brutal overseers, but the seeds of civil war hold the key to her freedom.
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Canto Bight : Journey to Star Wars: the Last Jedi
by Saladin Ahmed
A collection of stories brings to the life the inhabitants and visitors of a mysterious casino city Canto Bight, which will be featured in the forthcoming film Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
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Kangaroo too
by Curtis C. Chen
In a sequel to Waypoint Kangaroo, secret agent Kangaroo, after his spacecraft is wrecked by a mining robot, must find out who is behind the sabotage, while trying to clear his personal physician’s name of murder and stop a crooked scheme that threatens to ruin approximately one million Moon vacations.
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The wanderers
by Meg Howrey
Auditioning for the first-ever mission to Mars, three astronauts share experiences that push the boundary between the real and surreal while irrevocably changing their relationships and familial bonds.
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The stars are legion
by Kameron Hurley
In an attempt to achieve peace, Anat, the leader of the Katazyrna world-ship and the most fearsome raiding force on the Outer Rim, offers the hand of her daughter, Jayd, who has a unique ability, to her rival, while her sister Zan assembles a band of cast-off warriors to rescue Jayd, but their mission does not go as well. By a Hugo Award winner.
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Empress of a thousand skies
by Rhoda Belleza
Determined to reclaim her crown from a corrupt government and exact revenge for the deaths of her parents, Crown Princess Rhiannon narrowly escapes an assassination attempt and finds herself on the run in outer space alongside a refugee pilot who has been framed for the attack.
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Wayfarer
by Alexandra Bracken
Robbed of the powerful object she needed to save her mother, traveler Etta is stranded far from home and the privateer she loves before resolving to destroy the astrolabe, a mission that is challenged by a shattering revelation.
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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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When the English fall : a novel
by David Williams
A tale told through the diary of an Amish farmer recounts his struggles to protect his family and way of life when a catastrophic solar storm decimates modern civilization, causing "English" outsiders to violently target the Amish for their resources.
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