Science Fiction
A variety of recently published science fiction titles recommended by our librarians. Annotations by NoveList unless otherwise noted.
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The Tusks of Extinction
When her digitized consciousness is downloaded into the mind of a mammoth, which have been resurrected, Dr. Damira Khismatullina, who was brutally murdered trying to defend the world’s last elephants, must teach them how to be mammoths to avoid dooming them to a new extinction.
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The Terraformers
As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, Destry is dedicated to terraforming the planet Sask-E until she discovers a city full of people that shouldn't exist, and as she uncovers more about their past, she starts to question the mission she's devoted her life to.
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In Universes
A profoundly imaginative debut novel set in numerous universes, which follows a queer physicist’s search for belonging across time and space.
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Emergent Properties
A state-of-the-art AI with a talent for asking questions and finding answers, Scorn is nevertheless a parental disappointment. Defying the expectations of zir human mothers, CEOs of the world’s most powerful corporations, Scorn has made a life of zir own as a reporter, crisscrossing the globe in pursuit of the truth, no matter the danger. In the middle of investigating a story on the moon, Scorn comes back online to discover ze has no memory of the past ten days—and no idea what story ze was even chasing. Letting it go is not an option—not if ze wants to prove zirself. Scorn must retrace zir steps in a journey to uncover an even more explosive truth than ze could have ever imagined.
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More Perfect
Set in a near-future London where people have a small implant allowing access to social media as an augmented reality, the British government takes things too far, slow tilting towards a dystopian overreach, all in the name of safety.
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The Blighted Stars
She's a revolutionary. He's the heir to the dynasty. Tarquin Mercator never wanted to run a galaxy-spanning business empire. He just wanted to study rocks and read books. But Tarquin's father has tasked him with monitoring the settlement of a new planet, and he doesn't really have a choice in the matter. Disguised as Tarquin's new bodyguard, Naira plans to destroy the settlement ship before they make land. But neither of them expects to end up stranded on a dead planet. To survive and keep her secret, Naira will have to join forces with the man she's sworn to hate. And together they will uncover a plot that's bigger than both of them.
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Lost Ark Dreaming
After the dangerous rise of the Atlantic Ocean, the survivors live inside partially submerged, kilometers-high towers where the rich rule from the top while the rest are crammed into the dark, fetid floors below sea level until the dead, reawakened by ancient power, seek vengeance on those who offered them up to the waves.
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The Mimicking of Known Successes
Combining planetary resettlement SF with steampunk, mystery, climate fiction, and a touch of romance, Older's newest moves from a remote train station over a gas giant planet to the halls of academia as a case of a missing scholar reunites investigator Mossa with her former lover Pleiti. (Library Journal)
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The Mars House
A queer sci-fi novel about a marriage of convenience between a Mars politician and an Earth refugee.
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The Surviving Sky
High above a jungle-planet float the last refuges of humanity—plant-made civilizations held together by tradition, technology, and arcane science. Here, architects are revered deeply, with humanity’s survival reliant on a privileged few. Charismatic and powerful, Iravan is one such architect. His abilities are his identity, but to Ahilya, his archeologist wife, they are a method to suppress non-architects. Their marriage is thorny and fraught—yet when an expedition goes wrong, jeopardizing their careers, Ahilya and Iravan must work together to save their reputations. But as their city begins to plummet, their discoveries threaten not only their marriage, but their entire civilization.
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