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Fantasy and Science Fiction December 2018
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| Red Moon by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe backstory: By 2048, China has colonized the Moon.
What happens: When hapless American Fred Fredericks is falsely accused of murder, he must evade the authorities and escape to Earth with the help of politician's daughter Chan Qi and journalist Ta Shu.
For fans of: the geopolitical lunar colony intrigue found in Robert Heinlein’s The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Adam Roberts’ Gradisil, or Ian McDonald’s Luna: New Moon. |
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| The Consuming Fire by John ScalziWhat it's about: a collapsing intergalactic empire and the leader who's trying desperately to save it.
Series alert: The Consuming Fire is the 2nd Interdependency novel, after The Collapsing Empire.
Is it for you? Fans of John Scalzi's work will find this action-packed space opera closer in tone to his Old Man's War series than his more recent Lock In novels. |
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Books You May Have Missed
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| Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuireWelcome to: Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children
Meet: Rini, whose mother Sumi has died -- years before Rini was even born. To resolve this particular paradox, Rini and her classmates must journey to the world of Confection (think Candy Land, only creepier).
Series alert: Beneath the Sugar Sky is the 3rd book in the Wayward Children series, after Every Heart a Doorway and Down Among the Sticks and Bones; book 4, In an Absent Dream, arrives in 2019. |
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| The Outcasts of Time by Ian MortimerThe deal: In 1348, as the Black Death ravages England, brothers John and William are given a choice: succumb to the plague now, or receive an additional six days in which to seek salvation.
The catch: Each day must be lived 99 years after the one before.
For fans of: Connie Willis' Doomsday Book or Michael Flynn's Eifelheim. |
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| Spinning Silver by Naomi NovikWhat it is: a mash-up of "Rumpelstiltskin" and Russian fairy tales by the author of Uprooted.
Starring: moneylender's daughter Miryam, whose success in turning silver into gold attracts the attention of the icy Staryk, a race of otherworldly creatures.
You might also like: Katherine Arden's Winternight trilogy, beginning with The Bear and the Nightingale. |
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| Red Clocks: A Novel by Leni ZumasIn a world... where a "personhood" amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants legal rights to embryos, everything from abortion to in vitro fertilization is illegal. (And no, fleeing to Canada is not an option.)
What happens: five women from different backgrounds attempt to navigate this new world.
For fans of: reproductive dystopias such as Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale or Hillary Jordan's When She Woke. |
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