New Frontiers

This month's display features science fiction, science fact, and the gray areas in between!

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Updated December 5, 2024
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All systems red
Wells, Martha
Paper Book
Winner: 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella Winner: 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novella Winner: 2018 Alex Award Winner: 2018 Locus Award One of the Verge's Best Books of 2017 A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Coming to...
You look like a thing and I love you
Shane, Janelle
Paper Book
'I can't think of a better way to learn about artificial intelligence, and I've never had so much fun along the way' Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Option B AI is the technology of the future, but how does it actually work? A...
Sleeping giants
Neuvel, Sylvain 1973-
Paper Book
A page-turning debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery--and a fight to control a gargantuan power. A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in...
Service Model: A charming tale of robot self-discovery from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winning author of Children of Time
Tchaikovsky, Adrian.
Paper Book
Task List Item No.1 - Become self-aware . . .Meet CharlesTM, the latest in robot servant technology. Programmed to undertake the most menial household chores, Charles is loyal, efficient and logical to a fault. That is, until a rather large fault causes him to murder his owner.Understandably...
The great unknown : seven journeys to the frontiers of science
Du Sautoy, Marcus
Paper Book
"An engaging voyage into some of the great mysteries and wonders of our world." --Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's Dream and The Accidental Universe   "No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting." --Bill Bryson
In the lives of puppets
Klune, TJ
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER! New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. Most Anticipated...
Exhalation
Chiang, Ted
Paper Book
A New York Times BestsellerIn these nine provocative and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity's oldest questions along with new quandaries. In "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," a portal through time forces a fabric seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and...
The encyclopedia of TV science fiction
Fulton, Roger.
Paper Book
An A to Z guide to TV science fiction, covering nearly 40 years of memorable - and forgettable - programmes. Over 250 entries cover all major series, plays and cartoons, and over 2000 individual episode and plot lines. This book provides an inexhaustible supply of TV trivia.
The collapsing empire
Scalzi, John
Paper Book
In the far future, humanity has left Earth to create a glorious empire. Now this interstellar network of worlds faces disaster. The Collapsing Empire is a propulsive space opera from John Scalzi, the first in the award-winning Interdependency series. Does the biggest...
The visioneers : how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future
McCray, Patrick (W. Patrick)
Paper Book
The story of the visionary scientists who invented the future In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the...
The long way to a small, angry planet
Chambers, Becky
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A quietly profound, humane tour de force' Guardian The beloved debut novel that will restore your faith in humanity #SmallAngryPlanet When Rosemary Harper...

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