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Science Fiction April 2021
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Open Minds, Open Worlds
"The default strategy for science fiction and for fantasy is the strategy of estrangement: taking something that we are actually very familiar with, spinning it in a different way, and allowing us to approach it without all of our defenses, without all of our prejudices, without all of our preconceptions." Junot Díaz Welcome to the FCPL Science Fiction Newsletter. This bi-monthly newsletter provides reading suggestions for science fiction books both new and old. All of the titles can be found within Forsyth County where you can either place holds and pick up books at your local library branch, or check out the NC Digital library for e-books & audiobooks right through your phone or tablet!
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Hummingbird Salamander
by Jeff Vandermeer
Sent taxidermied specimens of two endangered species, a software manager becomes the target of the ecoterrorists and wildlife traffickers behind a catastrophic global conspiracy. By the award-winning author of the Southern Reach trilogy.
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Annie and the Wolves
by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Sacrificing everything to research the life of her idol, Annie Oakley, a modern-day historian discovers a journal that reveals the formative events that compelled Oakley’s emergence as a gifted sharpshooter.
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Prepped by Bethany MangleRaised in a community of doomsday preppers and survivalists, a girl hides her plan to leave from the boy selected to be her husband, before a devastating accident catapults her neighbors into full-blown paranoia.
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The Echo Wife
by Sarah Gailey
A precarious arrangement between a man, his wife, and his wife’s clone explodes in a violent confrontation that forces the two women to figure out a creative way to stay out of prison.
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The Bear by Andrew KrivakLiving close to the land in an Eden-like post-civilization world, a girl learns the secrets of hunting and star navigation before finding herself in an unknown landscape, where a bear imparts powerful natural-world lessons.
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The Water Knife by Paolo BacigalupiSevere water shortages across the American Southwest fuel cutthroat competition between independent city-states for scarce resources. On one end of the spectrum is Las Vegas, a lush, high-tech "arcology" of fountains and gardens; on the other is Phoenix, devastated by drought yet inundated with refugees from bone-dry Texas. Against this vividly rendered backdrop, a diverse cast of characters do what they must to survive.
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The Fifth Season
by N. K Jemisin
This first entry in a new trilogy by the award-winning author N. K. Jemisin finds the sole continent of the earth threatened by murder, betrayal, a super-volcano and opressors who use the planet's power as a weapon.
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Unwind
by Neal Shusterman
In a future world where abortion is illegal, but those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to survive until the safety of adulthood.
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Lagoon
by Nnedi Okorafor
A famous rapper, a biologist, and a rogue solder become world protectors after the first contact with an alien ambassador results in global chaos and an attack that threatens humanity with mass extinction
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Idlewild
by Nick Sagan
Waking up with no memory of his identity and a certainty that someone is trying to kill him, a young man reacquaints himself with eight companions under the training of the enigmatic Maestro.
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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, etc. 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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