From lichens to malls to merchant republics, it’s “another day in this here cosmos,” in Maureen N. McLane’s stunning third poetry collection, This Blue. Here are songs for and of a new century, poems both archaic and wholly now. In the middle of life, stationed in our common “Terran Life,” the poet […]
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The Shark Rider, Ellen Prager
After thwarting the dastardly plans of JP Rickerton, Tristan Hunt is having trouble keeping his newfound talents a secret. And if undercover spies and a mysterious illness threatening to expose the secrets of camp weren’t enough, reports of dying fish and disappearing sponge in the Caribbean call Tristan and his […]
Read MoreGray Mountain, John Grisham
Her new job takes Samantha into the murky and dangerous world of coal mining, where laws are often broken, rules are ignored, regulations are flouted, communities are divided, and the land itself is under attack from Big Coal. Violence is always just around the corner, and within weeks Samantha finds […]
Read MoreStormteller, David Thorpe
This bewitching drama for young adults set in the very near future entwines Celtic myth and climate-changed destinies to answer the fundamental question: can we escape our apparent fate? If our lives are governed by forces outside our control, where can we find hope? Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads
Read MoreWatermind, M.M. Buckner
From storm drains, illegal dumps, and flooded landfills, all of North America’s most advanced technology flows down the Mississippi River—microchips, nano-devices, pharmaceuticals, genetically modified seed—and lodges in the Louisiana delta. Out of this mire emerges a self-organized neural net, drifting in the water: the Watermind. Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads
Read MoreLilith’s Brood, Octavia Butler
Lilith Iyapo is in the Andes, mourning the death of her family, when war destroys Earth. Centuries later, she is resurrected — by miraculously powerful unearthly beings, the Oankali. Driven by an irresistible need to heal others, the Oankali are rescuing our dying planet by merging genetically with mankind. But […]
Read MoreThe Alchemist and the Executioness, Paolo Bacigalupi & Tobias S. Buckell
The Alchemist and the Executioness is the unique collaborative effort of two leading science fiction authors, Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell. Working together for the first time, the authors stepped out of their comfort zone (both primarily write science fiction) to delve into fantasy, producing these linked stories that […]
Read MoreThe Magic Goes Away, Larry Niven
Larry Niven created his popular “Magic Goes Away” universe in 1967, and it has been a source of delight and inspiration ever since. By asking the simple question, What if magic were a finite resource?, Niven brought to life a mesmerizing world of wonder and loss, of hope and despair. […]
Read MoreThe Lorax, Dr. Seuss
In this classic kid’s tale, we meet the Lorax, who represents all the trees whose lives are threatened by the forces of industry. A gentler version of Miyazaki’s troubling, intense film Princess Mononoke, it’s one of the best-known environmental parables for children. It has proven controversial too, getting banned in […]
Read MoreBoneshaker, Cherie Priest
In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska’s ice. Thus was Dr. Blue’s Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill […]
Read MoreThe Color of Distance, Amy Thomson
Juna is the sole survivor of a team of surveyors marooned in the dense and isolated Tendu rain forest, an uninhabitable world for humans. Her only hope for survival is total transformation–and terrifying assimilation–into the amphibian Tendu species. Juna will learn more about her own human nature than ever before. […]
Read MoreThe Quiet War, Paul J. McAuley
This exotic, fast-paced space opera turns on a single question: who decides what it means to be human? Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads
Read More#foodcrisis, Evan Fraser
Even though we catalog and promote fictional work, we include graphic novels due to their creative, imaginative, and artistic approach. Thanks to Evan Fraser for permissions to repost this graphic novel’s book cover and descriptions. #foodcrisis is a graphic novel, with a publication date of December 1, 2014; the book […]
Read MoreThe Wind and the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
The tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with the Water Rat instead of spring-cleaning, he discovers a new world. As well as the river and the Wild Wood, there is Toad’s craze for fast travel which leads him and his friends on a whirl of […]
Read MoreThe Dragon Keeper, Mindy Meija
A zookeeper fights to save the animal she loves, even as her own life crumbles around her… Mindy Mejia’s gripping debut novel highlights the perils of captivity and the astonishing ways in which animals evolve. Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads
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