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Fantasy and Science Fiction November 2020
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Peace talks : a novel of the Dresden files
by Jim Butcher
Joining the White Council’s security team to help facilitate peace among hostile supernatural nations, wizard Harry Dresden is confronted by manipulative political forces that threaten all of Chicago. By the best-selling author of the Codex Alera series.
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Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
The only people in the world: "Piranesi," the narrator, and his mysterious mentor, known as "the Other," who dwell in the House, a surreal labyrinthine building full of impossible things.
Why you might like it: This long-awaited novel by the author of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell offers a puzzle box of a plot and metafictional magical realism wrapped up in lyrical prose.
Reviewers say: "a tenebrous study in solitude" (The Guardian).
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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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Chaos rising
by Timothy Zahn
Beyond the edge of the galaxy lies the Unknown Regions: chaotic, uncharted, and near impassable, with hidden secrets and dangers in equal measure. And nestled within its swirling chaos is the Ascendancy, home to the enigmatic Chiss and the Nine Ruling Families that lead them.
The peace of the Ascendancy, a beacon of calm and stability, is shattered after a daring attack on the Chiss capital that leaves no trace of the enemy. Baffled, the Ascendancy dispatches one of its brightest young military officers to root out the unseen assailants. A recruit born of no title, but adopted into the powerful family of the Mitth and given the name Thrawn.
With the might of the Expansionary Fleet at his back, and the aid of his comrade Admiral Ar’alani, answers begin to fall into place. But as Thrawn’s first command probes deeper into the vast stretch of space his people call the Chaos, he realizes that the mission he has been given is not what it seems.
And the threat to the Ascendancy is only just beginning.
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Permafrost
by Alastair Reynolds
2080: at a remote site on the edge of the Arctic Circle, a group of scientists, engineers and physicians gather to gamble humanity's future on one last-ditch experiment. Their goal: to make a tiny alteration to the past, averting a global catastrophe while at the same time leaving recorded history intact. To make the experiment work, they just need one last recruit: an ageing schoolteacher whose late mother was the foremost expert on the mathematics of paradox. 2028: a young woman goes into surgery for routine brain surgery. In the days following her operation, she begins to hear another voice in her head ... an unwanted presence which seems to have a will, and a purpose, all of its own -- one that will disrupt her life entirely. The only choice left toher is a simple one. Does she resist ... or become a collaborator?
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A beautifully foolish endeavor : a novel
by Hank Green
A sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing finds Andy assuming a late April speaking tour in the aftermath of the Carls’s departure, while Miranda infiltrates a new scientific operation that poses consequences beyond her comprehension.
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My name is memory
by Ann Brashares
Sharing multiple lifetimes with the reincarnations of Sophia, Daniel, a soul with a rare ability to remember his past lives, arrives in the present frustrated that their time together has always been cut short and hopeful that Sophia's burgeoning memories can help them overcome past-life challenges. Reprint.
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The operator
by Kim Harrison
Abandoning the wealth of Opti for anonymity riddled with memory gaps and self-doubt, Peri Reed must choose between remaining vulnerable or returning to the above-the-law power she once left when a highly addictive drug promises to end her dependency on those who¡d use her for their own means. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author.
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| Mem by Bethany C. MorrowWhat it’s about: In 1925 Montreal, the wealthy deposit their memories in “Mems,” people who exist only to relive them. Unbeknownst to everyone, the Mem known as Dolores Extract No. 1 possesses the unique ability to create memories of her own.
Why you should read it: If you liked the movie Blade Runner and enjoy philosophical explorations of topics like memory, mortality, wealth, and what it means to be human, don’t miss this haunting speculative fiction debut. |
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The ocean at the end of the lane
by Neil Gaiman
A man returns to his childhood village seeking comfort in memories of his youth and the friend who long ago transformed his life. Once upon a time in a rural English town, an 11-year-old girl named Lettie shows a little boy the most marvelous, dangerous, and outrageous things beyond his darkest imagination. But an ancient power has been disturbed, and now invasive creatures from beyond the known world are set loose. Determined to get what they want, these otherworldly beings will destroy a meddling little boy if he dares to get in the way.
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