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Prophet
Par Helen Macdonald, Sin Blaché. 2023
A genre-bending, strikingly original tour-de-force about an unlikely spy duo on the most dangerous and otherwordly mission of their lives,…
from the New York Times–bestselling author of H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald, and the stunning new voice of Sin Blaché.Adam Rubinstein and Sunil Rao have been nemeses and reluctant partners since their Uzbekistan days. Adam is a seemingly unflappable American Intelligence officer; Rao is ex-MI6, an addict and rudderless pleasure-hound with an uncanny ability to discern the truth about anything and anyone—except Adam.Adam and Rao have gone their separate ways until they are called back together when a full-sized, 1950s American diner shows up in an English farmer's field and a mysterious death ensues. What follows is a reality-twisting, action-filled quest as the unlikely duo begin to uncover how and why people’s fondest memories are being manifested and weaponized against them, in increasingly bizarre and tangible forms, by a spooky, ever-shifting substance called Prophet. Adam and Rao must find a way to stop these malevolent entities from taking over a world that is just one perilous step from our own.The brilliant minds of Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché have created a tantalizing fusion of sci-fi, detective noir, action, and romance in this high-tension, fast-paced adventure. Prophet is a triumph of storytelling.
Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring…
new perspectives from forty contributors. On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi . In honor of its fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the Jedi through the eyes of a supporting character, from heroes and villains to droids and creatures. From a Certain Point of View features contributions by bestselling authors and trendsetting artists: • Olivie Blake provides a chilling glimpse into the mind of Emperor Palpatine. • Saladin Ahmed recounts the tragic history of the rancor trainer. • Charlie Jane Anders explores the life and times of the Sarlacc. • Fran Wilde reveals Mon Mothma’s secret mission to save the Rebel Alliance. • Mary Kenney chronicles Wicket the Ewok’s quest for one quiet day on the forest moon of Endor. • Anakin Skywalker becomes one with the Force in a gripping tale by Mike Chen . Plus more hilarious, heartbreaking, and astonishing tales from: Tom Angleberger, K Arsenault Rivera, Kristin Baver, Akemi Dawn Bowman, Emma Mieko Candon, Olivia Chadha, Gloria Chao, Adam Christopher, Paul Crilley, Amal El-Mohtar, M. K. England, Jason Fry, Adam Lance Garcia, Lamar Giles, Max Gladstone, Thea Guanzon, Ali Hazelwood, Patricia A. Jackson, Alex Jennings, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Sarah Kuhn, Danny Lore, Sarah Glenn Marsh, Kwame Mbalia, Marieke Nijkamp, Danielle Paige, Laura Pohl, Dana Schwartz, Tara Sim, Phil Szostak, Suzanne Walker, Hannah Whitten, Sean Williams, Alyssa Wong To celebrate the launch of this book, Penguin Random House and Disney/Lucasfilm will each make donations to First Book—a leading nonprofit that provides new books, learning materials, and other essentials to educators and organizations serving children in need. In recognition of both companies’ longstanding relationships with First Book, Penguin Random House will donate at least $100,000 worth of books to First Book and Disney/Lucasfilm will donate 100,000 children’s books to support First Book and their mission of providing equal access to quality education. Narrated by a full cast, including: Daniel Davis, Jonathan Davis, Sean Kenin, Nika Futterman, Jon Hamm, David Lee Huynh, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Brandon McInnis, Euan Morton, John Pirkis, Adam Scott, Kristen Sieh, Marc Thompson, Shannon Tyo, and Sam Witwer
Do You Remember Being Born?
Par Sean Michaels. 2023
Scotiabank Giller Prize-winner Sean Michaels' luminous new novel takes readers on a lyrical joy ride—seven, epic days in Silicon Valley…
with a tall, formidable poet (inspired by the real-life Marianne Moore) and her unusual new collaborator, a digital mind just one month old. It's both a love letter to and an aching examination of art-making, family, identity and belonging.Dear Marian, the letter from the Company begins. You are one of the great writers of this century.At 75, Marian Ffarmer is almost as famous for her signature tricorn hat and cape as for her verse. She has lived for decades in the one-bedroom New York apartment she once shared with her mother, miles away from any other family, dedicating herself to her art. Yet recently her certainty about her choices has started to fray, especially when she thinks about her only son, now approaching middle age with no steady income. Into that breach comes the letter: an invitation to the Silicon Valley headquarters of one of the world's most powerful companies in order to make history by writing a poem.Marian has never collaborated with anyone, let alone a machine, but the offer is too lucrative to resist, and she boards a plane to San Francisco with dreams of helping her son. In the Company's serene and golden Mind Studio, she encounters Charlotte, their state-of-the-art poetry bot, and is startled to find that it has written 230,442 poems in the last week, though it claims to only like two of them.Over the conversations to follow, the poet is by turns intrigued, confused, moved and frightened by Charlotte's vision of the world, by what it knows and doesn't know ("Do you remember being born?" it asks her. Of course Marian doesn't, but Charlotte does.) This is a relationship, a friendship, unlike anything Marian has known, and as it evolves—and as Marian meets strangers at swimming pools, tortoises at the zoo, a clutch of younger poets, a late-night TV host and his synthetic foam set—she is forced to confront the secrets of her past and the direction of her future. Who knew that a disembodied mind could help bend Marian's life towards human connection, that friendship and family are not just time-eating obligations but soul-expanding joys. Or that belonging to one’s art means, above all else, belonging to the world.
Anticipations
1978
Collection of eight science-fiction stories. Among those included are Robert Sheckley's wry tale about voyeurism, Ian Watson's metaphysical vision of…
a slothful time machine, and J. F. Ballard's haunting obsession with World War II artifacts. Some strong language
Gnome is where your heart is
Par Casey Lyall. 2023
Lemon Peabody is certain that aliens visited Grandpa Walt thirty years ago, but she's running out of time to prove…
it before he forgets his best story. This humorous and tenderhearted story about family, friendship, and always believing in yourself is for fans of Greg van Eekhout, Stuart Gibbs, and Hour of the Bees. Lemon Peabody loves spending time with Grandpa Walt. Even though he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and moved to an assisted living facility, he's still the same funny, loving grandpa he's always been. One of Grandpa's claims to fame is his story about meeting an alien years ago—and that it looked like a garden gnome. Ever since, it's been something of a town-wide joke, and the cause of a rift between Grandpa and Lemon's dad. Lemon is determined to find those extraterrestrial gnomes and vindicate Grandpa Walt—while Grandpa can still remember it. Late one night, after seeing the flash of a spaceship during a storm, Lemon enlists the help of two friends to find out what might have crashed in the woods. But then the aliens find her, and nothing goes the way she expected. Lemon is sure she can convince the aliens to fix Grandpa Walt's memory and bring back the grandpa she misses so much for good. But the aliens are dealing with problems of their own. With a little creativity and compassion, maybe they can all help one another. Casey Lyall's lively, voice-driven novel bursts with heart and humor. With family and friendship—and aliens!—at its core, Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is will captivate readers of Rebecca Stead's and Wendy Mass's Bob, Greg van Eekhout's Weird Kid, and Adam Rex's The True Meaning of SmekdayTwenty-one science fiction stories written between 1935 and 1985 that deal with the theme of human survival after global war.…
Includes "Lot" by Ward Moore, "Terminal Beach" by J. G. Ballard, and "A Boy and His Dog" by Harlan Ellison. Strong language and violence
The midnight library: A Novel
Par Matt Haig. 2020
After she attempts suicide, Nora wakes up in a mysterious library. The shelves are full of books, each the story…
of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with other books for the other lives you could have lived. Strong language. Bestseller. 2020
Record of a spaceborn few: Wayfarers, book 3 (Wayfarers #03)
Par Becky Chambers. 2018
Centuries after the last humans have left Earth, humanity has finally been accepted into the galactic community. However, those who…
still live in the Exodus Fleet fear that their way of life is under threat. Sequel to A Closed and Common Orbit (BR 23785). 2018
Ikenga
Par Nnedi Okorafor. 2020
In southeastern Nigeria, twelve-year-old Nnamdi is determined to avenge his police chief father, who was murdered while trying to rid…
the town of criminals. But Nnamdi feels powerless until he receives a magical object which gives him superpowers. Some violence. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2020
The vanished birds: A Novel
Par Simon Jimenez. 2020
Time traveler Nia lives a lonely life as all her friends and family have aged past her. When she meets…
a mysterious boy who only communicates using his flute, she takes him in and brings him on her journeys. But the boy's past may tear them apart. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2020
The story of the movie Star Wars: Episode III; Revenge of the Sith, told in the format of a Shakespearean…
play, including meter and verse. The Emperor's schemes come to fruition as the Jedi duel against clone troopers and the nascent Empire. Sequel to William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh (BR 24047). 2015
Books seven through nine in the series, published between 2017 and 2020. These reimaginings of three episodes of the Star…
Wars movie franchise as Shakespearean plays include William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken, William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last, and William Shakespeare's The Merry Rise of Skywalker. Sequel to The Jedi Doth Return (DB 79826). Some violence. 2020
This time tomorrow: A Novel
Par Emma Straub. 2022
"On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice's life isn't terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn't exactly…
the one she expected. She's happy with her apartment, her romantic status, her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But her father is ailing, and it feels to her as if something is missing. When she wakes up the next morning she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her 16th birthday. But it isn't just her adolescent body that shocks her, or seeing her high school crush, it's her dad: the vital, charming, 40-something version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, some past events take on new meaning. Is there anything that she would change if she could?" -- Provided by publisher
Klara and the sun: A Novel
Par Kazuo Ishiguro. 2021
Klara, an Artificial Friend, possesses great observational skills, and loves to watch the humans around her. When she is purchased…
to act as a companion for an ill girl, she studies the emotions of her new family closely and tries to learn from them. 2021
Fugitive telemetry (The Murderbot diaries #6)
Par Martha Wells. 2021
When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it must reluctantly join station security in investigating the victim's identity…
and the details of the crime. Sequel to Network Effect (BR 23992). Violence and strong language. 2021
Project Hail Mary: a novel
Par Andy Weir. 2021
Ryland Grace awakens on a spaceship far from Earth with no memory and two dead crewmates. As he begins to…
remember the details of his impossible mission to try to save humanity from an extinction-level threat, he encounters an unexpected ally. Some strong language. 2021
The words in my hands
Par Asphyxia. 2021
Organicore, a company that produces perfectly balanced synthetic meals, replaces wild food. But sixteen-year-old Piper McBride, who is deaf, begins…
to wonder if natural food is as dangerous as Organicore's propaganda says. Schneider Family Book Award. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2020
The time machine: Retold from the H. G. Wells Original (Classic starts)
Par Troy Howell, H. G. Wells, Chris Sasaki. 2008
A retelling of H. G. Wells' classic science fiction tale about the scientist who invents a time machine and uses…
it to travel to the future, where he discovers the childlike Eloi and the hideous underground Morlocks. For grades 3-6. 2008
Drunk on all your strange new words
Par Eddie Robson. 2022
"Lydia works as translator for the Logi cultural attaché to Earth. They work well together, even if the act of…
translating his thoughts into English makes her somewhat wobbly on her feet. She's not the agency's best translator, but what else is she going to do? She has no qualifications, and no discernible talent in any other field. So when tragedy strikes, and Lydia finds herself at the center of an intergalactic incident, her future employment prospects look dire-that is, if she can keep herself out of jail! But Lydia soon discovers that help can appear from the most unexpected source." -- Provided by publisher
Rabbits: a novel (Rabbits Ser. #1)
Par Terry Miles. 2021
"Rabbits is a mysterious alternate reality game so vast it uses the entire world as its canvas. Since the game…
started in 1959, ten iterations have appeared and nine winners have been declared. The identities of these winners are unknown. So is their reward, which is whispered to be NSA or CIA recruitment, vast wealth, immortality, or perhaps even the key to the secrets of the universe itself. But the deeper you get, the more dangerous the game becomes. Players have died in the past-and the body count is rising. And now the eleventh round is about to begin. Enter K-a Rabbits obsessive who has been trying to find a way into the game for years. That path opens when K is approached by billionaire Alan Scarpio, rumored to be the winner of the sixth iteration. Scarpio says that something has gone wrong with the game and that K needs to fix it before Eleven starts, or the whole world will pay the price. Five days later, Scarpio is declared missing. Two weeks after that, K blows the deadline: Eleven begins. And suddenly, the fate of the entire universe is at stake." -- Provided by publisher