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Fantasy and Science Fiction November 2018
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Foundryside
by Robert Jackson Bennett
What it's about: Talented thief Sancia Grado discovers a powerful magical artifact that could forever alter the balance of power in Tevanne, a city-state controlled by four merchant houses.
About the author: Robert Jackson Bennett is best known for the detailed world-building of his Divine Cities series, which begins with City of Stairs.
For fans of: Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastards novels, starting with The Lies of Locke Lamora.
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Her smoke rose up forever by James TiptreeContains a selection of short science fiction by Alice B. Sheldon written under the pseudonym of James Tiptree, Jr. Tiptree is one of the legends of science fiction writing. This book was originally published in 1990.
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| Time's Convert by Deborah HarknessThen: Eighteenth-century surgeon Marcus MacNeil joined the Continental Army, met vampire Matthew de Clermont, and took the plunge into immortality.
Now: Marcus is engaged to mortal Phoebe Taylor, who has agreed to undergo the dangerous transition to vampire prior to their marriage.
Spinoff alert: Fans of Deborah Harkness' All Souls Trilogy (beginning with A Discovery of Witches) will enjoy catching up with Matthew, Diana, and their precocious twins. |
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Wildcard
by Marie Lu
"Teenage hacker Emika Chen embarks on a mission to unravel a sinister plot and is forced to join forces with a shadowy organization known as the Blackcoats"
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Ball Lightning
by Cixin Liu; translated by Joel Martinsen
Introducing: scientist Chen, whose parents' incineration by ball lightning sparks an obsessive quest to understand the phenomenon; army major Lin Yun, who's also interested in ball lightning -- as a weapon.
Author alert: Multi-award-winning Chinese SF novelist Cixin Liu is the author of the epic trilogy that begins with The Three-Body Problem.
Read this next: If you're interested in the growing body of Chinese speculative fiction, check out the anthology Invisible Planets: Contemporary Science Fiction in Translation, edited by Ken Liu.
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| Time Salvager by Wesley ChuOne last job: On the eve of his planned retirement, James Griffin-Mars, a "chronman" who salvages materials from history for use in the resource-poor 26th century, breaks a Time Law by rescuing 21st century scientist Elise Kim from certain death. Now they're both on the run.
About the author: Prior to launching his literary career with The Lives of Tao, the Taiwanese-born writer pursued acting (and had a small role in the film Fred Claus).
Series alert: This opening installment of the Time Salvager series continues with Time Siege. |
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The mere wife
by Maria Dahvana Headley
A modern retelling of Beowulf recasts classic themes from the perspectives of the attackers and finds a suburban housewife and a battle-hardened veteran navigating dark realities to protect the sons they love. By the best-selling author of Aerie
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An absolutely remarkable thing : a novel
by Hank Green
The first to document the appearance of the Carls, giant robot-like statues popping up around the world, April May finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight that puts her relationships, identity and safety at risk.
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