"A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe." ~ Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007), American writer
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The Time Traveller's AlmanacThe time traveller's almanac is the largest, most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, here is over a century's worth of literary travels into past and the future. The anthology covers millions of years of Earth's history from the age of the dinosaurs to strange and fascinating futures, through to the end of Time itself. The Time Traveller's Almanac will reacquaint readers with beloved classics and introduce them to thrilling contemporary examples of the time travel genre.
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| Iron Winter by Stephen BaxterA changing climate threatens civilisation. Sound familiar? Well, it is and it isn't. In this alternate history, prehistoric humans in the Northland once built a massive wall to hold back the encroaching seas. That wall has since expanded into Extelur, a linear city with far-reaching power and influence. However, as the Northland grows increasingly uninhabitable, Extelur's denizens migrate to more hospitable lands, causing widespread conflict as they come into contact with other cultures. History buffs who love extensive, richly detailed world-building will want to check out this final volume of the Northland Trilogy, which begins with Stone Spring and Bronze Summer. |
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Work done for hire
by Joe W. Haldeman
An aspiring author and former sniper accepts an assignment to write a novel about a serial killer but is distracted when he receives a message blackmailing him to take up his former occupation for one last job, or risk his girlfriend's life.
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Ancillary justice
by Ann Leckie
Now isolated in a single frail human body, Breq, an artificial intelligence that used to control of a massive starship and its crew of soldiers, tries to adjust to her new humanity while seeking vengeance and answers to her questions
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| Orfeo: A Novel by Richard PowersExperimental composer Peter Els sets up a homebrew microbiology lab in his rural Pennsylvania residence to dabble in some DIY genetic engineering. Consumed by his obsession with inserting musical patterns into the genome of a common bacterium, Els is probably the only one who's surprised when Homeland Security raids his house, branding him a terrorist. Now a fugitive from the law, the so-called "biohacker Bach" heads West on a cross-country trip that will reunite him the people and places he once intimately knew as he reflects on his past and contemplates his future. As with The Gold Bug Variations, author Richard Powers presents another cerebral, stylistically complex meditation on music and science. |
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| A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories by Ray BradburySince its publication in 1953, Fahrenheit 451 has become a modern classic. This anthology by Ray Bradbury collects companion tales that are either precursors to the novel or set in its dystopian future society. "Long After Midnight" and "The Fireman" both feature protagonist Montag, while stand-alone stories flesh out Bradbury's dark vision: "Bright Phoenix" examines the reactions of library patrons to censorship, while "The Mad Wizards of Mars" populates the red planet with characters from banned (and burned) literature. A Pleasure to Burn is an essential read for Bradbury fans, but anyone who enjoys provocative ideas presented in smooth, skillful prose should pick up this book. . |
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| Cryoburn by Lois McMaster BujoldCryoburn continues Lois McMaster Bujold's wildly popular Vorkosigan series with hero Miles Vorkosigan taking centre stage. (New readers need not shy away, however: each book's plot stands alone.) Once cryogenically resurrected from death himself, Miles - now an interplanetary diplomat - is ordered to investigate shady dealings in the cryo industry. His unexpected ally is Jin, a young boy whose mother was force-frozen under false pretences after she pushed for industry reform. Bujold wields deceptive levity and wit with tremendous skill here, the depth of her plot crystallizing at its surprisingly painful conclusion. |
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| The Gone-Away World: A Novel by Nick HarkawayDoomsday "Go Away" bombs have begun erasing whole sections of reality from Earth. Meanwhile, an unnamed narrator and his ex-military buddies must extinguish a fire raging inside the Jorgmund Pipe, which sustains a thin strip of livable space around the planet. And that's just the beginning. This genre-defying, combat-heavy debut by the son of author John le Carré sets a mystery "replete with ninjas, mimes and cannibal dogs" (Publishers Weekly) in a post-apocalyptic world and spins a convoluted, tangential story that has invited comparisons to Vonnegut, Pynchon, Fight Club, and Apocalypse Now. Hop in, buckle up, and hang on! |
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1632
by Eric Flint
A mysterious accident in time causes twenty-first-century American democracy to collide head-on with the Thirty Years War in seventeenth-century Germany as Mike Stearn and a group of armed miners take on a gang of strangely attired invaders who are threatening peaceful Grantville, West Virginia. Part of the Ring of Fire series.
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