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Fantasy and Science Fiction June 2025 |
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The Dream Hotel: A Novel
by Laila Lalami
Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA's algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming the person she loves most: her husband. Eerie, urgent, and ceaselessly clear-eyed, The Dream Hotel artfully explores the seductive nature of technology, which puts us in shackles even as it makes our lives easier. - Provided by the publisher
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| The Third Rule of Time Travel by Philip FracassiScientist Beth Darlow has done the impossible and unlocked the secrets of time travel. Her device allows human consciousness to revisit any moment in their lifetime, but only to observe. However, as Beth's life begins to unravel, she realizes that even just looking can have consequences. This tightly plotted and character-driven science fiction thriller will appeal to fans of Recursion by Blake Crouch and Dissolution by Nicholas Binge. |
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| When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John ScalziWhen the Earth's moon inexplicably turns into cheese, it turns the entire planet on its head. From astronauts to billionaires, teenagers and terminal patients, and everyone else besides, each character faces a surreal personal transformation over the course of a single lunar cycle. "Scalzi’s ability to balance scathing satire with heartfelt optimism shines" (Publishers Weekly) in this new title that will delight both long-time fans and newcomers looking for hopeful and hilarious science fiction. |
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When We Were Real: A Novel
by Daryl Gregory
"From multiple award-winning author Daryl Gregory comes a madcap adventure following two friends on a cross-country bus tour through the mind-boggling glitches in their simulated world as they grapple with love, family, secrets, and the very nature of reality in a simulation."
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The Raven Scholar
by Antonia Hodgson
Neema Kraa is a Junior Archivist at the Raven palace, the first Commoner of Scartown to be admitted. Ostracized by her peers, all of whom are from Venerant or High Middling families, she rises to prominence when High Commander Hol Valbras selects her to write an Order of Exile for Yanara Valit, daughter of Andren Valit, the traitor who attempted to assassinate the emperor eight years prior. The deceptions, intricate twists, and the occasional Raven as a point-of-view character make this a page-turner that will leave readers eagerly anticipating the next book in the Eternal Path Trilogy. - adapted from Booklist
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Gifted & talented
by Olivie Blake
Three telepathic and electrokinetically gifted children of a recently-deceased tech mogul: a biotech fraud, a struggling congressman and a former ballerina, each vie for control of his groundbreaking business empire in a ruthless inheritance war.
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