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Fantasy and Science Fiction May 2018
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| The City of Lost Fortunes by Bryan CampMaintaining a low profile in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans,Jude Dubuisson, a street magician who inherited an ability to find lost things from his superhuman father, is drawn back into the world by the murder of a Fortune god to whom he owes a debt, an event that exposes a plot that threatens the city's soul.
The City of Lost Fortunes is the 1st of the Crescent City novels.
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| The Wolf by Leo CarewShattering a centuries-old peace between their peoples, the Sutherners of Albion invade the Black Kingdom of the Anakim.
This opening installment of the Under the Northern Sky series stages an epic clash of civilizations in a setting reminiscent of Anglo-Saxon Britain.
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| The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa GrattonAn epic adult fantasy inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear depicts a once-bountiful isle decimated by a prophecy-obsessed king's erratic decisions, where three rival princesses use respective approaches to prepare for a war that will determine their realm's leadership and survival. By the author of the Gods of New Asgard series. |
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| Head On: A Novel of the Near Future by John ScalziIn a world... where the incurable Haden's Syndrome causes paralysis of the voluntary nervous system, so-called "locked in" patients navigate the world in sophisticated robot bodies known as "threeps."
This sequel to Lock In reunites FBI agents Chris Shane and Leslie Vann as they investigate a seemingly impossible crime. An intricately plotted SF mystery involving a futuristic sports franchise that's as corrupt as it is lucrative. |
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| Guardian Angels & Other Monsters: Stories by Daniel H. WilsonFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse comes a fascinating and fantastic collection that explores complex emotional and intellectual landscapes at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human life. . Guardian Angels and Other Monsters displays the depth and breadth of Daniel H. Wilson's vision and examines how artificial intelligence both saves and destroys humanity.
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| Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil GaimanA short story collection by Neil Gaiman in the vein of previous compilations Fragile Things and Smoke and Mirrors.
Contains: a Sherlock Holmes pastiche, a Doctor Who homage, and a story set in the world of the author's own American Gods.
Reviewers say: Trigger Warning is "full of small and perfect jewel-like tales," according to Publishers Weekly. |
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Shadowed souls
by Jim Butcher (editor) and Kerrie L. Hughes (editor)
A curated collection of urban fantasy tales features short stories of magic and mayhem from the New York Times best-selling authors Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, Rob Thurman and many more.
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| Rogues by George R.R. Martin (editor) and Gardner Dozois (editor)If you’re a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire.
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| The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. ValenteFrom the New York Times bestselling author Catherynne Valente comes a series of linked stories from the points of view of the wives and girlfriends of superheroes, female heroes, and anyone who's ever been "refrigerated": comic book women who are killed, raped, brainwashed, driven mad, disabled, or had their powers taken so that a male superhero's storyline will progress. In an entirely new and original superhero universe, Valente explores these ideas and themes in the superhero genre, treating them with the same love, gravity, and humor as her fairy tales. After all, superheroes are our new fairy tales and these six women have their own stories to share |
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