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Fantasy and Science Fiction July 2022 |
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Invisible Things: A Novel by Mat JohnsonArriving on Jupiter, Nalini and her crew find a city encased in a bubble where they are taken captive and forced to start new lives in a place riven with wealth, populated by alien abductees and plagued by an invisible entity. |
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Dead Silence by S. A. BarnesInvestigating a strange distress signal, Claire Kovalik and her crew discover a luxury space-liner that vanished 20 years prior and board the vessel to find words scrawled in blood, strange movements and whispers in the dark. |
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The Kaiju Preservation Society
by John Scalzi
What happens: Laid off in the early days of the pandemic, Jamie Gray finds a new job. In another dimension. At the Kaiju Preservation Society.
Wait, what? The Kaiju Preservation Society is an unusual animal rights organization that protects these noble and dangerous creatures from humans and vice versa.
Is it for you? Fast-paced, action-packed, and full of snarky humor, this offbeat tale by perennially popular author John Scalzi is closer in tone to Redshirts or Fuzzy Nation than to his recent Interdependency trilogy.
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Seven Mercies by Laura LamSettling briefly on Fortuna, the seven devils, after discovering that the Oracle has gone rogue, must use their unique skills, no matter the sacrifice, to get to the heart of the Empire, destroy the Oracle and burn it all to the ground.
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| A Mirror Mended by Alix E. HarrowOnce upon a time: Erstwhile "Sleeping Beauty" Zinnia Gray traveled through the multiverse, fixing fairy tales by liberating princesses.
Mirror, mirror: Now, summoned by so-called "evil queen" Eva, Zinnia enters the world of "Snow White" to rescue a woman who no longer wishes to play the role she was assigned.
Series alert: This inventive fairy tale mashup marks the 2nd installment of the Fractured Fables series, which begins with A Spindle Splintered. |
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Eyes of the Void by Adrian TchaikovskyFacing impending extinction, an Intermediary decides to help the Human Colonies stop the Architects who are back consuming entire planets after 80 years of a fragile peace, in the second novel of the series following Shards of Earth.
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The Autobiography of Mr. Spock: The Life of a Federation Legend by Una McCormackRevealing brand-new details of his experiences on Vulcan and the Enterprise, Mr. Spock, one of Starfleet’s finest officers, uses own distinctive voice to shed new light on his relationships with the most important figures in his life
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| Juniper & Thorn by Ava ReidWhat it is: a loose retelling of "The Juniper Tree" by the author of The Wolf and the Woodsman.
Starring: Marlinchen, youngest daughter of Oblya's last wizard, who defies her abusive father by pursuing an illicit romance with dancer Sevas.
Is it for you? Like Elana K. Arnold's Damsel or Margo Lanagan's Tender Morsels, this dark fantasy novel puts the "grim" in Grimm with its traumatized characters and graphic depictions of sexual violence. |
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Dune: The Lady of Caladan by Brian HerbertLady Jessica must decide if her loyalty to the Sisterhood that she already betrayed once is more important than the love of her family in the second novel of a trilogy based in the Dune universe.
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