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Science Fiction February 2017
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The swarm
by Orson Scott Card
A prequel to Ender's Game profiles the past of Ender's world and is set in the aftermath of the Scouring of China as part of the Formic's efforts to eradicate all life on Earth. By the best-selling authors of Invasive Procedures.
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| Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation by Ken LiuShort Stories. China's "vibrant, diverse science fiction culture" is on display in this anthology of short stories edited by author and translator Ken Liu. In addition to an introduction explaining his selection process, Liu provides notes on language and dialect as well as cultural context to help general readers navigate the collection. Short author bios preface the stories, which are supplemented by accessible essays written by literary scholars on topics such as "What Makes Chinese Science Fiction Chinese?" If you're curious about the universe of science fiction beyond the English-speaking world, check out Invisible Planets. |
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Star Wars, catalyst : a Rogue One novel
by James Luceno
A prequel novel to the upcoming film, set before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, reveals the previously untold story of the rebel effort to steal the plans to the Death Star. Movie tie-in.
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Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
by Ken Liu
Short Stories. China's "vibrant, diverse science fiction culture" is on display in this anthology of short stories edited by author and translator Ken Liu. In addition to an introduction explaining his selection process, Liu provides notes on language and dialect as well as cultural context to help general readers navigate the collection. Short author bios preface the stories, which are supplemented by accessible essays written by literary scholars on topics such as "What Makes Chinese Science Fiction Chinese?" If you're curious about the universe of science fiction beyond the English-speaking world, check out Invisible Planets.
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Apes and Angels
by Ben Bova
Arriving at Mithra Gamma, the third planet of the star Mithra, to protect its stone-age inhabitants from the Death Wave, the crew of the Odysseus is confronted by threats that force them to defend themselves in a conclusion to the trilogy by the six-time Hugo Award-winning author of New Earth.
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Interstellar Civilizations
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| Leviathan Wakes: The Expanse by James S.A. CoreySpace Opera. Earth's colonies include Mars and frozen rocks in "the Belt," asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. While ice-rig captain Jim Holden discovers a deserted Belter ship bearing the marks of a Martian military assault, Earth-based Detective Miller pursues a missing persons case that may be related. The duo must dodge violent revolutionaries, corporate heavies, and corrupt government foes to find the truth before it's too late. Fortunately, the Belt favors underdogs. Leviathan Wakes is the opening installment of a collaborative effort by author Daniel Abraham (of Long Price Quartet series fame) and newcomer Ty Frank; it's also been adapted for television as The Expanse. |
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| Ancillary Justice by Ann LeckieSpace Opera. Artificial intelligence One Esk once commanded an entire starship, the formidable Justice of Toren; now, confined to a single mortal body cobbled together from interchangeable human parts, the entity known as "Breq" must figure out how to survive as a multi-segmented ancillary humanoid being in an oppressive galactic empire -- and without disobeying the law that forbids AIs from harming their creators. With its sympathetic protagonist and complex plot, this compelling debut serves as the opening installment of the Imperial Radch series, which continues with Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy. |
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| Out of the Dark by David WeberMilitary SF. Although the Hegemony long ago wrote off Earth civilization as too violent and unstable to benefit from membership in a galactic alliance, they have no problem with letting the expansionist Shongairi conquer the planet. However, the humans of Earth refuse to submit to its new alien overlords, instead joining forces with their former enemies -- vampires -- to repel the extraterrestrial invaders. Bestselling author David Weber applies his skill at depicting futuristic warfare (honed in his Honor Harrington novels) to this stand-alone novel, which began life as a short story in the anthology Warriors, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. |
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