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Science Fiction
December 2024 |
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Open Minds, Open Worlds“As civilization advances, so does indifference. It is a disease. Immunize yourself with art. And love. Dark matter is needed to hold galaxies together. Your mind is a galaxy. More dark than light. But the light makes it worthwhile.”― Matt Haig
Welcome to the FCPL Science Fiction Newsletter. This bi-monthly newsletter provides reading suggestions for science fiction books both new and old. All titles will be available in print through the Forsyth County library system, and some are available for immediate download in e-book or audiobook format on your phone or tablet! Download the Libby and Hoopla apps or ask a librarian about our digital library for more information.
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The Living Force
by Miller, John Jackson
Sent on a goodwill mission to help the planet Kwenn, twelve Jedi Masters are met with an infestation of warring pirate factions who are intent on assassinating the Jedi Council members and willing to destroy countless innocent lives to do so. Cut off from Coruscant, the Jedi Masters must reckon with an unwelcome truth: While no one thinks more about the future than the Jedi Council, nobody needs their help more than those living in the present.
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Hum
by Phillips, Helen
In a near-future world addled by climate change and inhabited by intelligent robots called “hums,” May loses her job to artificial intelligence. Desperate to resolve her family’s debt, she becomes a guinea pig in an experiment that alters her face so it cannot be recognized by surveillance. Seeking reprieve from her recent hardships and her family’s addiction to their devices, May splurges on passes for her family to spend three nights respite in the Botanical Garden: a rare green refuge where forests, streams, and animals still thrive. But when her children come under threat, May is forced to put her trust in a hum with uncertain motives to save her family.
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This Great Hemisphere
by Mateo Askaripour
Northwestern Hemisphere, 2529: an Earth on which half of people are now born literally invisible. Sweetmint, a young woman, is one of them and thus relegated to second-class citizenship. She has done everything right her entire life, from school to landing a highly sought-after apprenticeship. But all she has fought so hard to earn comes crashing down when she learns that her brother (whom she had presumed dead) is not only alive and well but also the primary suspect in a high-profile political murder.
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Key Lime Sky
by Hess, Al
Driving home from a tasting gone wrong, pie aficionado Denver Bryant witnesses a UFO explode into shards of light over their tiny town of Muddy Gap, Wyoming. Yet when they ask their neighbors about it, it appears that Denver’s the only one who cares. And everyone’s acting… strange. Frustrated, Denver documents the bizarre incidents on their pie blog, and their online popularity skyrockets. Their readers want the truth, spurring them to get to the bottom of things.
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Stranded
by MacLeod, Bracken
Forced by an apocalyptic storm into freezing, fog-enveloped waters, the crew of a ship without functioning navigation or communication equipment begins falling prey to a mysterious illness, forcing deckhand Noah Cabot and his remaining able-bodied shipmates to begin a treacherous journey across the ice.
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Early Riser
by Fforde, Jasper
The best-selling author of the Nursery Crimes series imagines the reader as a first-winter employee with the misfit Winter Consuls, who protect the world's hibernating masses until an outbreak of viral nightmares starts triggering mysterious deaths.
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The Left Hand of Darkness
by Le Guin, Ursula K.
The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary’s mission to Winter, an unknown alien world whose inhabitants can choose—and change—their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.
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Ascension
by Binge, Nicholas
An enormous snow-covered mountain has appeared in the Pacific Ocean. No one knows when it showed up, precisely how big it might be, or how to explain its existence. When Harold Tunmore is contacted by a shadowy organization to help investigate, he has no idea what he is getting into as he and his team set out for the mountain. Soon paranoia turns to violence as the crew is compelled to keep climbing for answers.
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The Plot Against America
by Roth, Philip
In a novel of alternative history, aviation hero Charles A. Lindbergh defeats Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election, negotiating an accord with Adolf Hitler and accepting his conquest of Europe as well as his anti-Semitic policies.
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Light Years from Home
by Mike Chen
When their brother who has been missing for years suddenly returns a changed man, Evie and Kass Shao must cast aside their differences to hide him from the FBI and an entire alien army who are in fast pursuit.
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Parasite
by Mira Grant
By the 2020s, human beings can regulate their personal health with Intestinal Bodyguards, genetically engineered tapeworms. However, Sally Mitchell, whose own implant enabled her to survive a near-fatal car accident, remains skeptical of the company and their flagship product - with good reason, as it turns out.
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Skyward by Sanderson, BrandonSpensa’s world has been under alien attack for decades. Pilots are the heroes of what’s left of humanity and becoming a pilot is Spensa’s dream. However, her father’s legacy as a deserter stands in the way, branding Spensa the daughter of a coward, and making her chances of attending flight school slim to none. Still, Spensa is determined to fly and her accidental discovery in a long forgotten cavern might just grant her a way to claim the stars.
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