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Fantasy and Science Fiction August 2022 |
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| A Prayer For The Crown-Shy by Becky ChambersThe premise: Centuries ago, robots collectively quit their jobs, fleeing to the wilderness and becoming mythical figures.
What happens: In this 2nd book in the Monk and Robot series, after A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Mosscap the Robot and his Tea Monk companion, Sibling Dex, continue their journey to answer one question: what do humans need? |
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| Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonaldStarring: Raine, a 17-year-old orphan who can see and communicate with the dead.
No good deed goes unpunished... Raine's intervention on behalf of an injured fugitive brings her to Redwinter, the fortress-like home of the Draoihn, an order of magical warrior monks. |
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| The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-GarciaStarring: Sheltered Carlota Moreau, whose father, mad scientist Doctor Moreau, keeps her isolated on their estate in 1870s Yucatán, Mexico.
What happens: A visit from Eduardo Lizalde, the son of her father's benefactor, sets Carlota down a dangerous path as she navigates her feelings for him and begins to see herself reflected in her father's animal-human hybrid creatures who long for freedom.
Also available in eBook on Libby |
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| Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie RobsonStarring: Lydia, a human who serves as a translator for telepathic alien "Fitz," the Logi cultural attaché to Earth.
What happens: When her boss is murdered, Lydia becomes the prime suspect. However, clearing her name will be a challenge as she has no memory of the night in question, a side effect of the Logisi language, which intoxicates humans.
Why you might like it: Part first contact story, part locked room mystery, this novel by the creator of the BBC radio series Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully features a sympathetic heroine and a twisty plot. |
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| Flying the Coop by Lucinda RoyWelcome to: The Homestead Territories of the Disunited States, established by white supremacists in the aftermath of a second American Civil War known as "The Sequel."
Where you'll meet: Winged Black girl Ji-ji, who has escaped from bondage to seek freedom in the former U.S. capital, now known as Dream City. |
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| Thrust by Lidia YuknavitchStarring: Laisvé, a "carrier" who uses objects to move through time and reach out to the people she encounters on her travels.
Reviewers say: This "kinky, queer, and razor sharp" (Booklist) novel by the author of The Book of Joan is "part history, part prophecy, all fever dream" (Washington Post). |
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