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Spotlight on New Science Fiction at the Library

Posted on June 30, 2013 by


There’s new genre fiction at the library this fall. Check out the sci-fi books and DVDs we just got in, and keep an eye out for future spotlights on mysteries and thrillers, fantasy and nonfiction!

DVDs

Star Trek Into Darkness: In this sequel to 2009’s Star Trek, Captain Kirk and his crew face off against a mysterious terrorist.

Iron Man 3: In the aftermath of The Avengers (2012), billionaire Tony Stark must battle personal demons while fighting a rival from his past.

Fiction

Kindred by Octavia Butler: This classic book tells the story of Dana, a modern black woman, who is transported through time to the antebellum South. Read if you liked: 1Q84, The Last Unicorn, People of the Book

Transcendental by James Gunn: This master of sci-fi’s latest book is about an ex-soldier who is coerced into joining an interstellar pilgrimage in order to destroy the alleged prophet at the pilgrimage’s end.  Read if you liked: Ender’s Game, The Listeners

The Circle by Dave Eggers: When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels that she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime.  But what begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy and the limits of human knowledge. Read if you liked: 1984, “Harrison Bergeron”

The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter: A new device allows people to easily step between different universes, exploring endless possible pasts and futures.  Read if you liked: The Discworld Series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

The Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon: A fraud investigator and Upper West Side mom looks into a suspicious computer security company in 2001.  Read if you liked: Digital Fortress, Little Brother

Young Adult and Middle School Fiction

The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson: A heart-stopping story of love, death, technology and art, set amid the tropics of a futuristic Brazil. Read if you liked: Divergent, The Hunger Games

Proxy by Alex London: In a futuristic society built on data and debt, two teens, one rich and one poor, are tied together by guilt and blood.  Read if you liked: Feed, BZRK Inheritance by Malinda Lo: In this sequel to Adaptation, the alien race that has been visiting Earth for decades has finally been revealed, leaving Reese, David and Amber at the center of a firestorm of conspiracies and power struggles. Read if you liked: Contact, The Compound Happy reading! Ms.


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