Key, Justin C.
Summary: Justin C. Key has long been obsessed with monsters. Reading R.L. Stine's Goosebumps as a kid, he imagined himself battling monsters and mayhem to a triumphant end. But when watching Scream 2, in which the movie's only Black couple is promptly killed off, he realized that the Black and Brown characters in his favorite genre were almost always the victim or villain--if they were portrayed at all....
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KEYContents: Introduction / by Jody Lynn Nye -- The Illustrators of the Future contest / by Echo Chernik -- Art gallery -- The edge of where my light is cast / by Sky McKinnon ; illustrated by Carina Zhang -- Son, spirit, snake / by Jack Nash ; illustrated by Pedro N. -- Nonzero / by Tom Vandermolen ; illustrated by Jennifer Mellen -- On writing and science fiction / by L. Ron Hubbard -- The last drop / by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Galaxy Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC L.Summary: Be amazed, be amused, be transported by stories that take you by surprise and take you further and deeper into new worlds and new ideas than you've ever gone before. Join a team of time travelers who set out to save London from a terrorist's nuclear attack... when a blast from the past changes everything. Follow Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I., who's investigating the craziest case of his so-called...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Galaxy Press, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC L.Monáe, Janelle
Summary: "Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Monáe and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Monáe such a compelling and celebrated storyteller. Dirty Computer introduced a world in which thoughts-as a means of self-conception-could be controlled or erased by a select...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MONCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: SF MONShusterman, Neal
Summary: A collection of stories that span the time when humans live in a world without hunger, disease, or death and Scythes act as the living instruments of population control.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "A collection of the year's best science fiction and fantasy short fiction selected by New York times bestselling author of the Silo series Hugh Howey"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2024
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Summary: "Bora Chung's inimitable blend of horror, absurdity, and dark humor reaches its peak in these tales of loss and discovery, dystopia and idealism, death and immortality. In a thrilling translation by the acclaimed Anton Hur, readers will experience a variety of possible fates for humanity, from total demise via a disease whose only symptom is casual cannibalism to a world in which even dreams...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC CHUSummary: "Solarpunk is a type of optimistic science fiction that imagines a future founded on renewable energies. ... These are stories of adaptation, ingenuity, and optimism for the future of our world and others. For readers who are tired of dystopias and apocalypses, these visions of a brighter future will be a breath of fresh air."--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Weaver Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GLASummary: "Thrilling short stories featuring fan favorite characters from the beloved High Republic series each written by a New York Times bestselling author. The High Republic authors share unmissable short stories that bridge Phases, resolve mysteries, and offer tantalizing hints of what is to come. Rejoin the adventures of the Jedi and Padawans, Pathfinders and Path members, heroes and villains...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Lucasfilm Press, an imprint of Buena Vista Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TALMann, George
Summary: Travel to the far reaches of the Star Wars universe-- including to the remote outer rim world of Batuu from Galaxy's Edge-- with this unique treasury of in-world space tales. Featuring lush illustrations, this beautiful collection includes nine original fairy tales, myths, and fables. Passed down through generations, spanning millennia, carried from planet to planet, these are the legends that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Lucasfilm Press 2019
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Summary: "Collected for the first time, these four previously unpublished Dune novellas by bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe. Spanning space and time, Sands of Dune is essential reading for any fan of the series. The world of Dune has shaped an entire generation of science fiction. From the sand blasted world of Arrakis, to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HERSanderson, Brandon
Summary: "Return to the planet Detritus with FM, Alanik, and Jorgen in this must-have three-novella collection featuring exclusive character art and deleted scenes from Skyward with commentary from Brandon Sanderson"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SANWells, Martha
Summary: "Sci-Fi's favorite antisocial AI is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Corey, James S. A.
Summary: Humanity's war is eternal, spread across the galaxy and the ages. Humanity's best hope to end the endless slaughter is the Livesuit forces. Soldiers meld their bodies to the bleeding edge technology, becoming something more than human for the duration of a war that might never end.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD FIC CORWells, Martha
Summary: "Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Murderbot Diaries, comes to a thrilling conclusion in Exit Strategy. Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WELAshing-Giwa, Kemi
Summary: "After fleeing her controlling and murderous family with her fiancée Vinh, Amara embarks on a colonization project, New Belaforme, along with her childhood friend, Jesse. The planet, beautiful and lethal, produces the Gray, a "self-cleaning" mechanism that New Belaforme's scientists are certain only attacks invasive organisms, consuming them. Humans have been careful to do nothing to call...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nightfire, Tor Publishing Group
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC ASHRevis, Beth
Summary: "A high octane sexy space heist from New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis, the first in a novella trilogy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Le Guin, Ursula K.
Summary: [This book] represents the first time that all of Le Guin novellas have been collected in a single volume. Featuring thirteen unforgettable stories, this literary treasure is easily one of the most anticipated collections of the year. In addition to more than 800 pages of extraordinary storytelling, [this book] also includes an introduction from the legendary author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories of the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). The editor, selected by SFWAs anthology Committee (chaired by Mike Resnick), is American science fiction and fantasy writer Mercedes Lackey. This years Nebula...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyr, an Imprint of Prometheus Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEBCorey, James S. A.
Summary: For the first time, all of the short fiction set in James S.A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series is available in this collection, including a brand new novella. Includes Drive; The Butcher of Anderson Station; The Churn; Gods of Risk; The Vital Abyss; Strange Dogs; Auberon; and The Sins of Our Fathers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CORSanderson, Brandon
Summary: In the near future, humans choose life--for a price. Injectable nanite technology is the lifeblood that flows through every individual wishing to experience the world through the lens of their own theme. While death from mortal wounds is still possible, life is made easier in a socially liberated society where automation and income equality allow passion pursuits to flourish over traditional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020