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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Mercury Rising
The year is 1975 – Robert Oppenheimer has invented the Atomic Engine, the first human has walked on the moon, and Jet Carson and the Eagle Seven have sacrificed their lives to stop alien invaders. Brooklyn, however, just wants to keep his head down, pay his mother’s rent, earn a little scratch of his own, and maybe get laid sometime.
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The Absolute
A provocative multigenerational exploration of creative genius, madness, and family relationships, both profound and handled with a light touch.
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Azura Ghost
On the run for ten years with his unique starship in order to keep his adversary, Threi, imprisoned, Caiden is lured into a game of cat and mouse with the one person whose powers rival Threi's: Threi's sister Abriss.
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I Who Have Never Known Men
A prize-winning Belgian "womanist" novel--part thriller, part science-fiction fantasy--traces the emotional and sexual awakening of one woman, the youngest of a group imprisoned in a world of men who attempt to dehumanize them.
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The Paradox Hotel
In the Paradox Hotel, where ultra-wealthy guests can take "flights" to the past, head of security January Cole finds her job getting harder when a handful of trillionaires arrive to bid on time-travel technology and there's a murderer on the loose.
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Child Zero
After losing his wife in a bioterrorist attack, a Manhattan detective must locate a 12-year-old boy on the run from dangerous men who may have been involved in a mass murder at a Central Park shantytown.
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Under Fortunate Stars
A modern, progressive homage to classic space opera stories, with flawed heroes and time travel.
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Blue Haven
Welcome to Blue Haven, the world's most lucrative condo corporation—so exclusive only five lucky residents live in this lush, tropical paradise, housed in a top-secret location. But all is not as it seems, in this Sci-Fi thriller.
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The Devil's Dictionary
In this fast-paced cyberpunk thriler, Polyamorous crypto-currency fiends with a tendency toward eco-terrorism have executed the largest land grab in U.S. history, but something's rotten in Eden.
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The Spare Man
Tesla Crane, one of the richest women in the world, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space liner, when someone is murdered and her husband is named as the prime suspect.
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