#fridayreads (7/14/17)

#fridayreads (7/14/17)

Today’s #fridayreads are: The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois The multiple Locus Award-winning annual collection of the year’s best science fiction stories. Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology by Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero An original anthology of zombie stories by other respected horror and thriller writers including Mira […]

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New Sci-Fi/Fantasy!

New Sci-Fi/Fantasy!

If your patrons love science fiction & fantasy, hand them these three new books: DEADMEN WALKING by Sherrilyn Kenyon #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon debuts a sweeping new epic historical fantasy series! “Kenyon’s trilogy launch showcases new and familiar faces from her ‘Dark-Hunters’ universe. A crew of dead spirits get a last […]

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Friday Reads: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Friday Reads: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Our #FridayReads are outta-this-world new sci-fi & fantasy titles, all on library shelves now! BORNE by Jeff VanderMeer One of Publishers Weekly‘s Best Books of Summer 2017 and Buzzfeed’s “Incredible New Books You Need To Read This Spring” with THREE starred reviews! “VanderMeer, author of the acclaimed Southern Reach trilogy, has made a career out […]

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Friday Reads All-Stars

Friday Reads All-Stars

Happy Friday, friends! Our #FridayReads have multiple starred reviews: DOWN AMONG THE STICKS AND BONES by Seanan McGuire — 3 starred reviews!  “Beautifully crafted and smartly written, this fairy-tale novella is everything that speculative fiction readers look for: fantastical worlds, diverse characters, and prose that hits home with its emotional truths.” — Library Journal, starred review […]

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Fiction All-Stars

Fiction All-Stars

We’re seeing lots of stars for these upcoming fiction releases: THE DARK FLOOD RISES by Margaret Drabble – 3 stars! “For women of a certain age, it is a pure pleasure to grow older alongside Drabble. For all others, there’s plenty of joy to be had in this thoughtful meditation on aging and mortality.” — […]

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Whatcha (e-) Reading?

Whatcha (e-) Reading?

Here are the most popular e-galleys librarians have recently downloaded from Edelweiss* (maybe we’ll see some of them on a LibraryReads list soon!): Mystery: A MOST NOVEL REVENGE by Ashley Weaver A TERRIBLE BEAUTY by Tasha Alexander GLOW OF DEATH by Jane K. Cleland NORMAL by Warren Ellis SAY NO MORE by Hank Phillippi Ryan STONE […]

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Genre Stars!

Genre Stars!

We’re seeing many stars for these great genre reads: BY GASLIGHT by Steven Price “With its intricate cat-and-mouse game, array of idiosyncratic characters, and brooding atmosphere, BY GASLIGHT has much to please fans of both classic suspense and Victorian fiction.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review “The author’s blend of quest, grief, betrayal, and the mysteries […]

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LJ Genre Spotlight: SF/Fantasy

LJ Genre Spotlight: SF/Fantasy

Library Journal‘s genre spotlight on SF/Fantasy has so much Macmillan goodness, it’s out of this world! A MULTIPLICITY OF CHARACTERS September marks the publication of James Tiptree Jr. Literary Award–winning short story writer Nisi Shawl’s highly anticipated first novel, EVERFAIR, a steampunk alternate history set in the Belgian Congo. “It’s as diverse in about as […]

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Fall 2016 & Winter 2017 Sci-Fi Preview

Fall 2016 & Winter 2017 Sci-Fi Preview

We loved seeing Booklist‘s Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror picks and are excited for Tor.com’s Fall 2016 season. Here’s even MORE sci-fi and fantasy we’re looking forward to this fall and in Winter 2017, plus a special video for all you lovely librarians from Leanna Renee Hieber, author of ETERNA & OMEGA (available now). SPELLBREAKER by Blake Charlton – […]

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Booklist’s Best SF/Fantasy/Horror of 2016

Booklist’s Best SF/Fantasy/Horror of 2016

Booklist recently unveiled their Top 10 SF/Fantasy/Horror reading lists of 2016, including these Macmillan titles: Top 10 SF/Fantasy: 2016 (full list) ARABELLA OF MARS by David D. Levine The alternate-world science is novel, and the plot is thrilling in this Verne-inspired tale, a joyous throwback to sf adventure of old. Top 10 Horror: 2016 (full […]

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