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Fantasy and Science Fiction April 2018
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| Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories by Kelly BarnhillWhat it is: a collection of lush and lyrical short stories for adults by the Newbery Award-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon.
Read it for: "The Unlicensed Magician," which won the 2016 World Fantasy Award for best novella.
For fans of: Kelly Link's offbeat and atmospheric short story collections, such as Magic for Beginners and Stranger Things Happen. |
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| Lake Silence: The World of the Others by Anne BishopIntroducing: Vicki DeVine, a recent divorcée who moves to a village populated by the shapeshifting Others. Vicki's attempts at a fresh start are complicated by a murder investigation, her abusive ex-husband, and her eyeball-eating avian lodger, Aggie Crowe.
Series alert: Set in the world of the Courtyards of the Others series, Lake Silence is a stand-alone story that introduces a brand new cast of characters.
What about...? Fan favorites Meg Corbyn and Simon Wolfgard? Alas, they're not in this book. |
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| Blood of the Four by Christopher Golden and Tim LebbonWhat it's about: The Kingdom of Quandis. Founded by powerful gods, ruled by corrupt royals, and sustained by slave labor, it's a society teetering on the brink of civil war.
Why you might like it: With its detailed world-building and large cast of characters, Blood of the Four packs all of the drama and scope of a multi-volume epic fantasy saga into one stand-alone novel.
Reviewers say: Booklist promises that "the mayhem is epic." |
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| Gunpowder Moon by David PedreiraWhat it's about: By 2072, lunar mining of helium-3 has become a lucrative industry. With so much money (and power) at stake, it's only a matter of time before corruption sets in.
Is it for you? If murder on the moon is your cup of tea, settle in for a suspenseful, deftly plotted SF mystery.
For fans of: the political machinations and financial skullduggery of Ian McDonald's Luna novels. |
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| The Rending and the Nest: A Novel by Kaethe SchwehnIn a world...where a mysterious event known as "The Rending" has wiped out 95 percent of the global population, young women in the refugee settlement of Zion start giving birth to inanimate objects.
Read it for: a vividly rendered post-apocalyptic setting, an introspective first-person narrative, and a community wrestling with sudden change.
For fans of: the surrealistic world-building in Julia Baggott's Pure; leisurely paced yet compelling stories of survival among the ruins, as found in Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven. |
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| The Strange Bird: A Borne Story by Jeff VanderMeerIntroducing: The Strange Bird, an experimental human-animal hybrid created in a laboratory.
What happens: The eponymous protagonist makes a daring escape from captivity, only to find that freedom is elusive as she encounters humans who wish to exploit her.
Reviewers say: Booklist praises the "hallucinatory imagery and expressive prose" of this bleak and lyrical companion novella to Borne. |
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Artemis : a novel
by Andy Weir
Augmenting his limited income by smuggling contraband to survive on the moon's wealthy city of Artemis, Jazz agrees to commit what seems to be a perfect, lucrative crime only to find herself embroiled in a conspiracy for control of the city. By the best-selling author of The Martian. Simultaneous.
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Dune : book one in the Dune chronicles
by Frank Herbert
Opposing forces struggle for control of the universe when the archenemy of the cosmic emperor is banished to a barren world where savages fight for water
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| Artemis Awakening by Jane LindskoldWhat it's about: Long after an interstellar war wipes Artemis off the map, archaeologist Griffin Dane crashes on the planet's surface. Aided by local woman Adara, Griffin searches for a way home.
Series alert: Artemis Awakening is the 1st book in a series of the same name, which continues with Artemis Invaded.
You might also like: Carolyn Gilman Ives' Dark Orbit, which also features an intrepid explorer whose sojourn on a mysterious planet leads to surprising discoveries. |
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Castaway planet
by Eric Flint
Separated from their colony spaceship in a broken lifeboat and lost in the dark, Sakura, her family and an alien called Whips search for a habitable world, but the one they find is also host to thousands of secrets. By the authors of Portal.
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