Science Fiction
A variety of recently published science fiction titles recommended by our librarians. Descriptions adapted from Kirkus Review of Books and NoveList, unless otherwise attributed. (Updated November 2022)
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Buffalo Is the New Buffalo
Powerful stories of Indigenous futurism through a Métis lens that envision a world without violence, capitalism, and colonization.
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Deep Dive
Coming off a failed project, a video game developer needs a win to save his struggling company and accidentally gets trapped in an eerily familiar world where his children no longer exist while testing a new VR headset.
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The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories
A groundbreaking short story collection that explores the expanse of Chinese science fiction and fantasy.
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August Kitko and the Mechas From Space
Jazz pianist Gus Kitko expected to spend his final moments on Earth playing piano at the greatest goodbye party of all time, when suddenly Gus's swan song becomes humanity's encore.
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The Circus Infinite
A mixed-species fugitive, Jes tries to blend in on a pleasure moon, but instead catches the attention of a crime boss who owns the resort-casino where he lands a circus job and is forced to bend to the mobster's will until he decides to take the big bossdown.
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Thrust
As rising waters--and an encroaching police state--endanger her life and family, a girl with the gifts of a "carrier" travels through water and time to rescue vulnerable figures from the margins of history.
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Seattle Picks: Science Fiction 2021
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