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Clean Air

A Novel

by Blake, Sarah (Poet)

Book - 2022

"In a near-future world where tree pollen has made outdoor air unbreathable, a woman's safe but tedious life is thrown into turmoil when she witnesses a murder and her young daughter starts sleep-talking about the killer..." "In a near-future world where tree pollen has made outdoor air unbreathable, a woman's safe but tedious life is thrown into turmoil when she witnesses a murder and her young daughter starts sleep-talking about the killer..." Show less

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Appleseed

A Novel

by Bell, Matt

Book - 2021

"In the vein of Neal Stephenson and Jeff VanderMeer, an epic speculative novel from Young Lions Fiction Award-finalist Matt Bell, a breakout book tha...Show more "In the vein of Neal Stephenson and Jeff VanderMeer, an epic speculative novel from Young Lions Fiction Award-finalist Matt Bell, a breakout book that explores climate change, manifest destiny, humanity's unchecked exploitation of natural resources, and the small but powerful magic contained within every single apple..." Show less

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Blackfish City

A Novel

by Miller, Sam J.

Book - 2018

"When a climate-wars project involving the construction of a sophisticated floating city in the Arctic Circle begins to succumb to corruption and cri...Show more "When a climate-wars project involving the construction of a sophisticated floating city in the Arctic Circle begins to succumb to corruption and crime, the arrival of a woman riding an orca at the side of a polar-bear companion subtly brings together four marginalized people to stage strategic acts of resistance." Show less

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Goliath

by Onyebuchi, Tochi

Book - 2022

"In the 2050s, Earth has begun to empty. Those with the means and the privilege have departed the great cities of the United States for the more comf...Show more "In the 2050s, Earth has begun to empty. Those with the means and the privilege have departed the great cities of the United States for the more comfortable confines of space colonies. Those left behind salvage what they can from the collapsing infrastructure. As they eke out an existence, their neighborhoods are being cannibalized. Brick by brick, their houses are sent to the colonies, what was once a home now a quaint reminder for the colonists of the world that they wrecked. A primal biblical epic flung into the future, Goliath weaves together disparate narratives-a space-dweller looking at New Haven, Connecticut as a chance to reconnect with his spiraling lover; a group of laborers attempting to renew the promises of Earth's crumbling cities; a journalist attempting to capture the violence of the streets; a marshal trying to solve a kidnapping-into a richly urgent mosaic about race, class, gentrification, and who is allowed to be the hero of any history." Show less

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The Ministry for the Future

by Robinson, Kim Stanley

Book - 2020

"The 2025 Paris Agreement begets the "Ministry for the Future," led by pragmatic Irishwoman Mary Murphy, to ensure Earth's future through t...Show more "The 2025 Paris Agreement begets the "Ministry for the Future," led by pragmatic Irishwoman Mary Murphy, to ensure Earth's future through the reversal of climate change. Simultaneously, U.S. clinician Frank miraculously survives an extinction-level heat event in Uttar Pradesh. Robinson's dense prose explodes Mary's and Frank's stories (among scores of human, animal, and other stories) into a provocative look at the economic, legislative, and scientific leaps that must be made in order to control rampant climate events that seem all too real. This creates a prickling tension as epic-scale world events are married to micro-scale storytelling, in which even a lowly photon gets a turn to relate its experiences. Humanity is pitted against an inexorably ticking clock as Mary struggles with the ramifications of rogue nation-states manipulating the weather, anarchist political groups trying to force change with violent, massive attacks against wealthy resource-hogging elites, and her kidnapping at the hands of Frank. A breathtaking look at the challenges that face our planet in all their sprawling magnitude and also in their intimate, individual moments of humanity." (Booklist Show less

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Noor

by Okorafor, Nnedi

Book - 2021

"Okorafor's (Remote Control) latest is an Africanfuturist novel (a mode she describes as "specifically…rooted in African culture, history, mytho...Show more "Okorafor's (Remote Control) latest is an Africanfuturist novel (a mode she describes as "specifically…rooted in African culture, history, mythology and point-of-view" that doesn't center the West), set in a near-future Nigeria. Protagonist AO knows that she is only partially human in society's view: she was born disabled, then was injured a car accident, after which she augmented her body with biotech modifications that enhance her existence. When a shopping trip in a Nigerian market leads to her near death--then the deaths of others at her hands--AO flees to the desert, where she meets a lone Fulani herdsman with his own survival story. The two are forced to go on the run, seen as murderers by strangers and friends alike. Their survival depends on reaching the Red Eye, a place that few try to enter, with good reason..." Library Journal Show less

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Termination Shock

A Novel

by Stephenson, Neal

Book - 2021

A sweeping, prescient new science fiction thriller that transports readers to a near-future world in which the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted i...Show more A sweeping, prescient new science fiction thriller that transports readers to a near-future world in which the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics. Show less

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Parable of the Sower

by Butler, Octavia E.

Book - 2000

In 2025 California, an eighteen-year-old African American woman, suffering from a hereditary trait that causes her to feel others' pain as well as her own, flees northward from her small community and its desperate savages. In 2025 California, an eighteen-year-old African American woman, suffering from a hereditary trait that causes her to feel others' pain as well as her own, flees northward from her small community and its desperate savages. Show less

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Trashlands

by Stine, Alison

Book - 2021

"In an environmentally wrecked near-future, plastic is the main currency, and migrant workers like Coral survive by harvesting it from the fields and...Show more "In an environmentally wrecked near-future, plastic is the main currency, and migrant workers like Coral survive by harvesting it from the fields and streams to sell. Coral herself is saving money to rescue her son, kidnapped by child labor traffickers seven years previously, while creating sculptures from refuse that she places anonymously in the woods. (Such is the enduring value of art.) When an accident takes all her savings, Coral must decide whether to become a dancer at Trashlands, the strip joint dominating the garbage dump where she lives." Library Journal Show less

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The Ruins

A Novel

by Smith, Scott

Book - 2006

"The Ruins follows two American couples, just out of college, enjoying a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico as, on an impulse, they go o...Show more "The Ruins follows two American couples, just out of college, enjoying a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico as, on an impulse, they go off with newfound friends in search of one of their group--the young German, who, in pursuit of a girl, has headed for the remote Mayan ruins, site of a fabled archeological dig. This is what happens from the moment the searchers--moving into the wild interior--begin to suspect that there is an insidious, horrific "other" among them ..." Show less

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