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Fantasy and Science Fiction June 2019
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We hunt the flame by Hafsah FaizalDisguising herself as a man to hunt food for her people in the cursed and forbidden forest, a Hunter in a fantasy realm inspired by ancient Arabia is targeted by the Prince of Death, who would kill her for her disobedience to an autocratic king and claim the powerful artifact she seeks. Available in the library
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| Exhalation: Stories by Ted ChiangWhat it is: the long-awaited 2nd short story collection by the author of Stories of Your Life and Others.
Don't miss: "The Life Cycle of Software Objects," in which humans and machines form parent-child bonds; "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," a time travel tale in the style of One Thousand and One Nights.
Reviewers say: "likely to linger in the memory the way riddles may linger -- teasing, tormenting, illuminating, thrilling" (The New Yorker). eBook and Audiobook on Overdrive |
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The red scrolls of magic by Cassandra ClareHigh Warlock Magnus Bane learns that a demon-worshipping cult, the Crimson Hand, is wreaking havoc across Europe, threatening more than just his romantic getaway with new boyfriend, Alec Lightwood. Available in the library Audiobook on RB Digital and Overdrive
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The fall of Crazy House by James PattersonBarely escaping the Crazy House alive, twins Becca and Cassie, now trained fighters, race to free the people of the former United States from a despotic government that threatens to turn the sisters into the very thing they hate. Available in the library eBook and Audiobook on RB Digital Audiobook on Overdrive
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Staff Picks for Fantasy and Science Fiction |
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Ready player one by Ernest ClineImmersed in a mid-21st-century virtual utopia to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty and disease, Wade Watts joins a violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world's wealthy creator, who has promised that the winner will be his heir. Available in the library eBook and Audiobook on RB Digital and Overdrive
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Artemis by Andy WeirBurdened by debt and hampered by poor job prospects, courier Jazz Bashara can't earn enough to get ahead in the (expensive) lunar city of Artemis -- even with a lucrative sideline in smuggling. So when a wealthy businessman makes her an offer she can't refuse, she doesn't. Hired to carry out an act of industrial sabotage, Jazz soon finds herself in over her head. Don't miss this fast-paced SF caper novel by the author of The Martian. Available in the library eBook on Overdrive
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Eragon by Christopher PaoliniWhen fifteen-year-old Eragon comes to learn that he is a gifted Dragon Rider, he realizes that his destiny is to fight the evil powers that will bring complete destruction to the Empire and so leaves his quiet life as a farm boy to succeed in his one true mission in life. Available in the library eBook and Audiobook on RB Digital and Overdrive
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Valor's choice [sound recording] by Tanya HuffWhen humans are granted membership in the Confederation along with several other alien races, they must protect the older, more civilized members of the alliance who have long ago pursued a more peaceful course. Available in the library Audiobook on Hoopla
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