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Fantasy and Science Fiction November 2017
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The bear and the nightingale : a novel
by Katherine Arden
A debut novel inspired by Russian fairy tales follows the experiences of a wild young girl who taps the mysterious powers of a precious necklace given to her father years earlier to save her village from dark and dangerous forces. A first novel.
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Down among the sticks and bones
by Seanan McGuire
A stand-alone fantasy in the world of Every Heart a Doorway shares the story of Jack and Jill before they tumbled into Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children, relating their experiences in a childhood world of monsters, mad scientists and fateful choices
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Six wakes
by Mur Lafferty
Awakening in a cloning vat, streaked with blood and possessing no memory of how she died, new clone Maria Arena discovers the clones of six former starship crew members and must identify their murderers before the killer strikes again. Original. 50,000 first printing.
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| Provenance by Ann LeckieSpace Opera. Ingray Aughskold has never been her mother's favorite child; that distinction belongs to her brother, who will almost certainly be named heir. But will a scheme to shame one of her family's political rivals win Ingray enough plaudits to change her fate? Although set in the universe of the author's Imperial Radch trilogy, Provenance stands on its own. |
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| War Dogs by Greg BearMilitary SF. Years ago, aliens known as the Gurus approached humanity with an offer it couldn't refuse: access to advanced technology in exchange for assistance in battling their sworn enemies, the Antags. Now Master Sgt. Michael Venn commands a squad of Skyrines, an elite fighting force capable of combat both in space and on the surface of distant planets. Sent to Mars to fight the Antags, who have decided to use the red planet as their base of operations for conquering the solar system (including Earth), Venn and his crew quickly realize they're outnumbered and outgunned. Can they possibly survive their mission? Find out in this exciting opening installment of the Ares Rising trilogy |
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The Long Mars
by Terry Pratchett
When her long-lost father, the original Stepper inventor, contacts her, Sally joins him on a voyage to Long Mars, while U.S. Navy Commander Maggie Kauffman leads an expedition to the far Long Earth, and Joshua becomes embroiled in the Next's plight
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| Arabella of Mars by David D. LevineAlternate History. Arabella Ashby's happy life on the British colony of Mars comes to an abrupt end when her parents send her to Earth to learn how to be a proper lady. But when Arabella receives word that her brother, still on Mars, is in danger, she disguises herself as a boy and joins the crew of a Mars Trading Company vessel. With its steampunk-infused Regency-era setting and swashbuckling adventure among the stars, Arabella of Mars (and its sequel, Arabella and the Battle of Venus) should satisfy fans of Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs. |
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The Daedalus incident
by Michael J Martinez
"When Mars begins terraforming itself, a 300-year-old journal may hold the only clues as to why two worlds are converging. Nineteenth-century alternate-history fantasy and twenty-second-century science fiction combine in this explosive dimension-spanningstory. Bizarre earthquakes are rumbling over the long-dormant tectonic plates of the planet, disrupting its trillion-dollar mining operations and driving scientists past the edges of theory and reason. However, when rocks shake off their ancient dust andbegin to roll--seemingly of their own volition--carving canals as they converge to form a towering structure amid the ruddy terrain, Lt. Jain and her JSC team realize that their routine geological survey of a Martian cave system is anything but. The only clues they have stem from the emissions of a mysterious blue radiation, and a 300-year-old journal that is writing itself.
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| The Martian: A Novel by Andy WeirNear-Future SF. Stranded on Mars after an aborted surface mission, astronaut Mark Watney must rely on his wits to survive on an inhospitable planet. As Watney documents his attempts to create food, water, and oxygen from limited resources, NASA officials work to increase his chances of survival until they can find a way to bring him back to Earth. Fans of hard science fiction and survival stories will appreciate this debut novel for its smart, likable lead who uses humor and technological ingenuity to make an impossible situation bearable. |
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