Spydus Search Results - Science Fiction https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=(BIBCOLX%3A%20ASF)%20%2B%20(PD%3A%20%22%20%3E%20TODAY(-365)%22)&QRYTEXT=Science%20Fiction&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20&ISGLB=0 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. Simul / Andrew Caldecott. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3638238&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 'Remember Simul' - the last words of a dying man, and the key to mankind's survival. Words which will take Morag, Fogg and their friends on a wild ride through caverns and over mountain tops, into old paintings, to a university unlike any other and up the lethal Tower of No Return. A ride where mythical beasts and legendary monster-hunters - and the forces of a corrupt establishment led by the murderous Cosmo Vane - lie in wait. And all the while, the weather-watchers look on and bide their time. It's a race against extinction for Morag and Fogg and finally everyone - for nature herself is also bent on vengeance. 'Remember Simul' - the last words of a dying man, and the key to mankind's survival. Words which will take Morag, Fogg and their friends on a wild ride through caverns and over mountain tops, into old paintings, to a university unlike any other and up the lethal Tower of No Return. A ride where mythical beasts and legendary monster-hunters - and the forces of a corrupt establishment led by the murderous Cosmo Vane - lie in wait. And all the while, the weather-watchers look on and bide their time. It's a race against extinction for Morag and Fogg and finally everyone - for nature herself is also bent on vengeance.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Caldecott, Andrew<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Jo Fletcher Books, 2024.<br />384 pages ; 24 cm.<br />Momenticon ; 2.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - On order<br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - On order<br /> Red side story / Jasper Fforde. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3654678&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Imagine a world where your position in society depended on what bit of the colour spectrum you could see. This is the world inhabited by Eddie Russett (red, middle-level) and Jane Grey (monochromatic, lowest in society). Eddie and Jane must negotiate the delicate Chromatic politics of society to find out what the 'Something that Happened' actually was, how society got to be this way, and crucially, is there Somewhere Else beyond their borders - and if there is, could there be Someone Else, too, someone whose unseen hand has been guiding the fortunes and misfortunes of the nation for the past 500 years? It's a tale of a young couple's thirst for justice and answers in an implacably rigid society, where the prisoners are also the guards, and cages of convention bind the citizens to only one way of thinking - or suffer the consequences. Imagine a world where your position in society depended on what bit of the colour spectrum you could see. This is the world inhabited by Eddie Russett (red, middle-level) and Jane Grey (monochromatic, lowest in society). Eddie and Jane must negotiate the delicate Chromatic politics of society to find out what the 'Something that Happened' actually was, how society got to be this way, and crucially, is there Somewhere Else beyond their borders - and if there is, could there be Someone Else, too, someone whose unseen hand has been guiding the fortunes and misfortunes of the nation for the past 500 years? It's a tale of a young couple's thirst for justice and answers in an implacably rigid society, where the prisoners are also the guards, and cages of convention bind the citizens to only one way of thinking - or suffer the consequences.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Fforde, Jasper<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2024.<br />384 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - On order<br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - On order<br /> Light bringer / Pierce Brown. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3011384&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man, the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains. But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars, a husband, a father, a friend. The worlds once needed the Reaper. But now they need Darrow. Because after the dark age will come a new age, of light, of victory, of hope. The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man, the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains. But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars, a husband, a father, a friend. The worlds once needed the Reaper. But now they need Darrow. Because after the dark age will come a new age, of light, of victory, of hope.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Brown, Pierce, 1988-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2023.<br />682 pages ; 24 cm.<br />Red Rising novel<br />A Red Rising novel ; 6<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2 reserves</span><br /><br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Physical Processing (Set: 25 Nov 2023) - 4062624<br /> Weaponized / Neal Asher. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3239137&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 With the advent of new AI technology, Polity citizens now possess incredible lifespans. Yet they struggle to find meaning in their longevity, seeking danger and novelty in their increasingly mundane lives. On a mission to find a brighter future for humanity, ex-soldier Ursula fosters a colony on the hostile planet Threpsis. Here, survival isn't a given, and colonists thrive without their AI guidance. But when deadly alien raptors appear, Ursula and her companions find themselves forced to adapt in unprecedented ways. With the advent of new AI technology, Polity citizens now possess incredible lifespans. Yet they struggle to find meaning in their longevity, seeking danger and novelty in their increasingly mundane lives. On a mission to find a brighter future for humanity, ex-soldier Ursula fosters a colony on the hostile planet Threpsis. Here, survival isn't a given, and colonists thrive without their AI guidance. But when deadly alien raptors appear, Ursula and her companions find themselves forced to adapt in unprecedented ways.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Asher, Neal L., 1961-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Tor, 2023.<br />xi, 530 pages ; 20 cm<br />Jack Four<br />Jack Four ; 2<br /><br />Turriff Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF Pbk - Onloan - Due: 30 Oct 2023 - 4050251<br /> In ascension / Martin MacInnes. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3239309&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as a refuge from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the marine world of her childhood, she excels in postgraduate research on ancient algae. When an unfathomable vent appears in the mid-Atlantic floor, Leigh joins the investigating team; what she finds there will change her life forever. Around the same time, a trio of engineers, unknown to each other, make a seismic breakthrough in rocket propulsion, announcing an almost limitless era of space exploration. Billions of dollars is poured into projects, and Leigh's classified research on the ocean vent sees her recruited to develop an experimental food source for off-world travel. From her base in the Mojave desert, she's drawn further into the space agency's work, where she learns of a series of anomalies suggesting a beacon sent from the far side of the solar system. Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as a refuge from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the marine world of her childhood, she excels in postgraduate research on ancient algae. When an unfathomable vent appears in the mid-Atlantic floor, Leigh joins the investigating team; what she finds there will change her life forever. Around the same time, a trio of engineers, unknown to each other, make a seismic breakthrough in rocket propulsion, announcing an almost limitless era of space exploration. Billions of dollars is poured into projects, and Leigh's classified research on the ocean vent sees her recruited to develop an experimental food source for off-world travel. From her base in the Mojave desert, she's drawn further into the space agency's work, where she learns of a series of anomalies suggesting a beacon sent from the far side of the solar system.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>MacInnes, Martin<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Atlantic Books, 2023.<br />496 pages ; 21 cm<br /><br />Banchory Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Onloan - Due: 21 Nov 2023 - 4058127<br />Mearns Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4049897<br /> Infinity gate / M.R. Carey. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3242856&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds - except that they're really just the one world, Earth, in many different realities. And when an AI threat arises that could destroy everything the Pandominion has built, they'll eradicate it by whatever means necessary, no matter the cost to human life. Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal is looking for a solution to her own Earth's environmental collapse when she stumbles across the secret of inter-dimensional travel. It could save everyone on her dying planet, but now she's walked into the middle of a war on a scale she never dreamed of. And she needs to choose a side before it kills her. The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds - except that they're really just the one world, Earth, in many different realities. And when an AI threat arises that could destroy everything the Pandominion has built, they'll eradicate it by whatever means necessary, no matter the cost to human life. Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal is looking for a solution to her own Earth's environmental collapse when she stumbles across the secret of inter-dimensional travel. It could save everyone on her dying planet, but now she's walked into the middle of a war on a scale she never dreamed of. And she needs to choose a side before it kills her.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Carey, M. R., 1959-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Orbit, 2023.<br />516 pages ; 24 cm.<br />Pandominion ; 1.<br /><br />Aberchirder Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4051586<br />Banchory Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4051587<br />Portlethen Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4051585<br /> Defiant / Brandon Sanderson. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3243029&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answers to the questions she's had about her own strange Cytonic gifts. The Superiority didn't stop in it's fight for galactic dominance while she was gone, though. Spensa's team, Skyward Flight, was able to hold Winzik off, and even collect allies to help with the cause, but it's only a matter of time until humanity - and the rest of the galaxy - falls. Defeating them will require all the knowledge Spensa gathered while in the Nowhere. But being Cytonic is more complicated than she ever could have imagined. Now, Spensa must ask herself: how far is she willing to go for victory, if it means losing herself - and her friends - in the process. Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answers to the questions she's had about her own strange Cytonic gifts. The Superiority didn't stop in it's fight for galactic dominance while she was gone, though. Spensa's team, Skyward Flight, was able to hold Winzik off, and even collect allies to help with the cause, but it's only a matter of time until humanity - and the rest of the galaxy - falls. Defeating them will require all the knowledge Spensa gathered while in the Nowhere. But being Cytonic is more complicated than she ever could have imagined. Now, Spensa must ask herself: how far is she willing to go for victory, if it means losing herself - and her friends - in the process.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sanderson, Brandon<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Gollancz, 2023.<br />420 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.<br />Skyward ; book 4.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Physical Processing (Set: 25 Nov 2023) - 4062607<br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Physical Processing (Set: 25 Nov 2023) - 4062608<br /> For the first time, again / Sylvain Neuvel. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3273397&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 After a traumatic incident, Aster finds that her blood work comes back with some unusual readings. Unsurprising, as she's the last of an alien race called the Kibsu. But Aster doesn't know this. Immediately, Aster finds herself the focus of a hunt, with her mortal enemies, the Trackers, on one side, and the American government on the other. There seems to be nowhere she can run. But help often comes from the most unexpected quarter. One thing is certain. Whoever finds Aster first will hold the fate of the Kibsu - and our world - in their hands. After a traumatic incident, Aster finds that her blood work comes back with some unusual readings. Unsurprising, as she's the last of an alien race called the Kibsu. But Aster doesn't know this. Immediately, Aster finds herself the focus of a hunt, with her mortal enemies, the Trackers, on one side, and the American government on the other. There seems to be nowhere she can run. But help often comes from the most unexpected quarter. One thing is certain. Whoever finds Aster first will hold the fate of the Kibsu - and our world - in their hands.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Neuvel, Sylvain, 1973-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Michael Joseph, 2023.<br />307 pages ; 24 cm.<br />Take them to the stars ; book 3.<br /><br />Peterhead Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4052992<br />Turriff Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Onloan - Due: 24 Nov 2023 - 4052993<br /> Arch-conspirator / Veronica Roth. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3300534&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Outside the last city on Earth, the planet is a wasteland. Antigone's parents have been murdered, leaving her father's throne vacant. As her militant uncle Kreon rises to claim it, all Antigone feels is rage. When he welcomes her and her siblings into his mansion, Antigone sees it for what it really is: a gilded cage, where she is a captive as well as a guest. But her uncle will soon learn that no cage is unbreakable. And neither is he. Outside the last city on Earth, the planet is a wasteland. Antigone's parents have been murdered, leaving her father's throne vacant. As her militant uncle Kreon rises to claim it, all Antigone feels is rage. When he welcomes her and her siblings into his mansion, Antigone sees it for what it really is: a gilded cage, where she is a captive as well as a guest. But her uncle will soon learn that no cage is unbreakable. And neither is he.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Roth, Veronica<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Titan Books, 2023.<br />137 pages ; 21 cm<br /><br />Kemnay Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4050434<br />Stonehaven Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4050435<br /> Lords of uncreation / Adrian Tchaikovsky. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3304569&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 'Lords of Uncreation' is the gripping conclusion to Adrian Tchaikovsky's masterful 'Final Architecture' trilogy. 'Lords of Uncreation' is the gripping conclusion to Adrian Tchaikovsky's masterful 'Final Architecture' trilogy.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Tor, 2023.<br />xv, 607 pages ; 24 cm.<br />Final architecture<br />The final architecture ; 3<br /><br />Westhill Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4053015<br />Westhill Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4053016<br /> Sea of Tranquility / Emily St. John Mandel. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3304579&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Lives separated by time and space have collided, and an exiled Englishman, a writer trapped far from home, and a girl destined to die too young, have each glimpsed a world that is not their own. Travelling through the centuries, between colonies on the moon and an ever-changing Earth, together their lives will solve a mystery that will make you question everything you thought you knew to be true. Lives separated by time and space have collided, and an exiled Englishman, a writer trapped far from home, and a girl destined to die too young, have each glimpsed a world that is not their own. Travelling through the centuries, between colonies on the moon and an ever-changing Earth, together their lives will solve a mystery that will make you question everything you thought you knew to be true.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mandel, Emily St. John, 1979-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Picador, 2023.<br />255 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Banchory Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF Pbk - Available - 4051563<br /> Red Team blues / Cory Doctorow. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3304701&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 A hard-charging, hard-fighting techno-thriller detective story about a forensic accountant, Marty, who is coming out of retirement for one last job. Helping out a pal who has built a new cryptocurrency, his plans are in ruins when the keys are stolen - and a billion dollars of exposure granted to whoever got hold of them. When Marty finds out where the keys are, he quickly becomes implicated with two different criminal cartels, each more dangerous than the last. A hard-charging, hard-fighting techno-thriller detective story about a forensic accountant, Marty, who is coming out of retirement for one last job. Helping out a pal who has built a new cryptocurrency, his plans are in ruins when the keys are stolen - and a billion dollars of exposure granted to whoever got hold of them. When Marty finds out where the keys are, he quickly becomes implicated with two different criminal cartels, each more dangerous than the last.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Doctorow, Cory<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Head of Zeus, 2023.<br />212 pages ; 24 cm<br />Red Team<br /><br />Inverurie Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4052706<br /> Some desperate glory / Emily Tesh. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3367565&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 All her life, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the destruction of planet Earth. Raised on Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a dead planet. Then Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to the nursery to bear sons, and she knows she must take humanity's revenge into her own hands. Alongside her brother's brilliant but seditious friend and a lonely, captive alien, Kyr must escape from everything she's ever known. All her life, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the destruction of planet Earth. Raised on Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a dead planet. Then Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to the nursery to bear sons, and she knows she must take humanity's revenge into her own hands. Alongside her brother's brilliant but seditious friend and a lonely, captive alien, Kyr must escape from everything she's ever known.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Tesh, Emily<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Orbit, 2023.<br />448 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Peterhead Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4052166<br /> Chain-Gang All-Stars / Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3380650&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Welcome to Chain-Gang All-Stars - the highly popular, highly controversial profit-raising program inside America's private prison system. Harkening back to the time of gladiators, but watched by millions of live-stream subscribers, prisoners compete for the ultimate prize: their freedom. Loretta Thurwar and Hamara 'Hurricane Staxxx' Stacker, teammates and lovers, are the fan favourites. If all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. But will the price be simply too high? Welcome to Chain-Gang All-Stars - the highly popular, highly controversial profit-raising program inside America's private prison system. Harkening back to the time of gladiators, but watched by millions of live-stream subscribers, prisoners compete for the ultimate prize: their freedom. Loretta Thurwar and Hamara 'Hurricane Staxxx' Stacker, teammates and lovers, are the fan favourites. If all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. But will the price be simply too high?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Harvill Secker, 2023.<br />384 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Grampian - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4057373<br />Kemnay Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4057372<br /> Fractal noise / Christopher Paolini. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3382284&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 'Fractal Noise' is the prequel to the space opera 'To Sleep in a Sea of Stars'. On the planet Talos VII, twenty-three years before the events of 'To Sleep in a Sea of Stars', an anomaly is detected - a vast circular pit, with dimensions so perfect that it could only have been the result of conscious design. So a small team is assembled to learn more - perhaps even who built the hole and why. Their mission will take them on a hazardous trek to the very edge of existence. For one explorer, this is the opportunity of a lifetime. For another, a risk not worth taking. And for xenobiologist Alex Crichton, it's a desperate attempt to find meaning in an uncaring universe. But every step they take towards that mysterious abyss is more punishing than the last. Ultimately, no one is prepared for what they will encounter. 'Fractal Noise' is the prequel to the space opera 'To Sleep in a Sea of Stars'. On the planet Talos VII, twenty-three years before the events of 'To Sleep in a Sea of Stars', an anomaly is detected - a vast circular pit, with dimensions so perfect that it could only have been the result of conscious design. So a small team is assembled to learn more - perhaps even who built the hole and why. Their mission will take them on a hazardous trek to the very edge of existence. For one explorer, this is the opportunity of a lifetime. For another, a risk not worth taking. And for xenobiologist Alex Crichton, it's a desperate attempt to find meaning in an uncaring universe. But every step they take towards that mysterious abyss is more punishing than the last. Ultimately, no one is prepared for what they will encounter.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Paolini, Christopher<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Tor, 2023.<br />286 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.<br />Fractalverse<br /><br />Peterhead Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4054071<br />Portlethen Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Onloan - Due: 11 Dec 2023 - 4054072<br /> The space between us / Doug Johnstone. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3384657&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Lennox is a troubled teenager with no family. Ava is eight months pregnant and fleeing her abusive husband. Heather is a grieving mother and cancer sufferer. They don't know each other, but when a meteor streaks over Edinburgh, all three suffer instant, catastrophic strokes - only to wake up the following day in hospital, miraculously recovered. When news reaches them of an octopus-like creature washed up on the shore near where the meteor came to earth, Lennox senses that some extra-terrestrial force is at play. With the help of Ava, Heather and a journalist, Ewan, he rescues the creature they call 'Sandy' and goes on the run. But they aren't the only ones with an interest in the alien - close behind are Ava's husband, the police and a government unit who wants to capture the creature, at all costs. And Sandy's arrival may have implications beyond anything anyone could imagine. Lennox is a troubled teenager with no family. Ava is eight months pregnant and fleeing her abusive husband. Heather is a grieving mother and cancer sufferer. They don't know each other, but when a meteor streaks over Edinburgh, all three suffer instant, catastrophic strokes - only to wake up the following day in hospital, miraculously recovered. When news reaches them of an octopus-like creature washed up on the shore near where the meteor came to earth, Lennox senses that some extra-terrestrial force is at play. With the help of Ava, Heather and a journalist, Ewan, he rescues the creature they call 'Sandy' and goes on the run. But they aren't the only ones with an interest in the alien - close behind are Ava's husband, the police and a government unit who wants to capture the creature, at all costs. And Sandy's arrival may have implications beyond anything anyone could imagine.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Johnstone, Doug, 1970-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Orenda Books, 2023.<br />276 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Ellon Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Fiction - FT Pbk - Available - 4052678<br />Inverurie Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Fiction - FT Pbk - Onloan - Due: 09 Dec 2023 - 4051443<br />Inverurie Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF Pbk - Available - 4050673<br />Peterhead Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF Pbk - Available - 4050672<br />Stonehaven Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Fiction - FT Pbk - Available - 4051442<br /> Love & other human errors / Bethany Clift. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3388532&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 How can I possibly convey, in only 100 words, the events of the past year and their impact on my perfectly ordered existence? It is insufficient space to accurately detail how I was blackmailed into demonstrating my flawless algorithm to find a soulmate, despite having no desire for one. In my former life I avoided trivial human connections. I was alone, accomplished and brilliant. Unfortunately, that solitary and driven woman no longer exists. My name is Indiana Dylan and this is the extraordinary account of how I fell in love. How can I possibly convey, in only 100 words, the events of the past year and their impact on my perfectly ordered existence? It is insufficient space to accurately detail how I was blackmailed into demonstrating my flawless algorithm to find a soulmate, despite having no desire for one. In my former life I avoided trivial human connections. I was alone, accomplished and brilliant. Unfortunately, that solitary and driven woman no longer exists. My name is Indiana Dylan and this is the extraordinary account of how I fell in love.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Clift, Bethany<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder, 2023.<br />467 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Peterhead Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF Pbk - Available - 4052878<br /> Translation state / Ann Leckie. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3400731&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade - to learn human ways, and eventually, make a match and serve as an intermediary between the dangerous alien Presger and the human worlds. The realization that they might want something else isn't 'optimal behavior'. It's the type of behavior that results in elimination. But Qven rebels. And in doing so, their path collides with those of two others. Enae, whose dead grandmaman has left her an impossible task as an inheritance: hunting down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. And Reet, an adopted mechanic desperate to learn about his genetic roots. As a Conclave of the various species approaches - and the long-standing treaty between the humans and the Presger is on the line - the decisions of all three will have ripple effects across the stars. Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade - to learn human ways, and eventually, make a match and serve as an intermediary between the dangerous alien Presger and the human worlds. The realization that they might want something else isn't 'optimal behavior'. It's the type of behavior that results in elimination. But Qven rebels. And in doing so, their path collides with those of two others. Enae, whose dead grandmaman has left her an impossible task as an inheritance: hunting down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. And Reet, an adopted mechanic desperate to learn about his genetic roots. As a Conclave of the various species approaches - and the long-standing treaty between the humans and the Presger is on the line - the decisions of all three will have ripple effects across the stars.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Leckie, Ann<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Orbit, 2023.<br />432 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Inverurie Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Onloan - Due: 05 Dec 2023 - 4059483<br /> The house of saints / Derek Künsken. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3401145&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 George-Étienne and his children have formed the House of Styx, after finding a mysterious artefact on the surface of Venus herself. But with the discovery comes great risk, not only from a planet that kills with its very touch but also from the banks and powers of old Earth, who will stop at nothing to claim this new technology for themselves. From humble origins, the House of Styx is determined to become one of the most powerful families in the known galaxy, or die trying. George-Étienne and his children have formed the House of Styx, after finding a mysterious artefact on the surface of Venus herself. But with the discovery comes great risk, not only from a planet that kills with its very touch but also from the banks and powers of old Earth, who will stop at nothing to claim this new technology for themselves. From humble origins, the House of Styx is determined to become one of the most powerful families in the known galaxy, or die trying.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Künsken, Derek<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : Solaris, 2023.<br />600 pages ; 24 cm.<br />Venus ascendant ; 1.<br /><br />Ellon Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4058801<br />Kemnay Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4058800<br /> Shift / Hugh Howey. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3406650&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 In a future less than 50 years away, the world is still as we know it. Time continues to tick by. The truth is that it is ticking away. A powerful few know what lies ahead. They are preparing for it. They are trying to protect us. They are setting us on a path from which we can never return. A path that will lead to destruction; a path that will take us below ground. The history of the silo is about to be written. Our future is about to begin. In a future less than 50 years away, the world is still as we know it. Time continues to tick by. The truth is that it is ticking away. A powerful few know what lies ahead. They are preparing for it. They are trying to protect us. They are setting us on a path from which we can never return. A path that will lead to destruction; a path that will take us below ground. The history of the silo is about to be written. Our future is about to begin.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Howey, Hugh<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Penguin Books, 2023.<br />592 pages ; 20 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Aboyne Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF Pbk - Onloan - Due: 06 Dec 2023 - 4058196<br />Grampian - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF Pbk - On reserve shelf at Grampian - 4058197<br /> War bodies / Neal Asher. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3417717&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Implanted with secret technology, Piper was raised to be a weapon against the dictatorial Old Guard. When rebellion strikes, he must decide where his loyalties lie - with the Cyberat who made him, the Polity who want him - or the planet that needs him. Implanted with secret technology, Piper was raised to be a weapon against the dictatorial Old Guard. When rebellion strikes, he must decide where his loyalties lie - with the Cyberat who made him, the Polity who want him - or the planet that needs him.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Asher, Neal L., 1961-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Tor, 2023.<br />xi, 562 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Kemnay Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4055948<br />Stonehaven Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - Recently returned - 4055947<br /> Infinity gate / M.R. Carey. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3442237&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds - except that they're really just the one world, Earth, in many different realities. And when an AI threat arises that could destroy everything the Pandominion has built, they'll eradicate it by whatever means necessary, no matter the cost to human life. Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal is looking for a solution to her own Earth's environmental collapse when she stumbles across the secret of inter-dimensional travel. It could save everyone on her dying planet, but now she's walked into the middle of a war on a scale she never dreamed of. And she needs to choose a side before it kills her. The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds - except that they're really just the one world, Earth, in many different realities. And when an AI threat arises that could destroy everything the Pandominion has built, they'll eradicate it by whatever means necessary, no matter the cost to human life. Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal is looking for a solution to her own Earth's environmental collapse when she stumbles across the secret of inter-dimensional travel. It could save everyone on her dying planet, but now she's walked into the middle of a war on a scale she never dreamed of. And she needs to choose a side before it kills her.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Carey, M. R., 1959-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Orbit, 2023.<br />499 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Pandominion ; 1.<br /><br />Ellon Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF Pbk - Available - 4059161<br /> The women could fly / Megan Giddings. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3470816&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Deborah Harkness, and Octavia E. Butler, 'The Women Could Fly' is a feminist speculative novel that speaks to our times - a piercing dystopian tale about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her absent mother, set in a world in which magic is real and single women are closely monitored in case they are shown to be witches. Josephine Thomas has heard every conceivable theory about her mother's disappearance. That she was kidnapped. Murdered. That she took on a new identity to start a new family. That she was a witch. This is the most worrying charge, because in a world where witches are real, peculiar behaviour raises suspicions and a woman - especially a Black woman - can find herself on trial for witchcraft. Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Deborah Harkness, and Octavia E. Butler, 'The Women Could Fly' is a feminist speculative novel that speaks to our times - a piercing dystopian tale about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her absent mother, set in a world in which magic is real and single women are closely monitored in case they are shown to be witches. Josephine Thomas has heard every conceivable theory about her mother's disappearance. That she was kidnapped. Murdered. That she took on a new identity to start a new family. That she was a witch. This is the most worrying charge, because in a world where witches are real, peculiar behaviour raises suspicions and a woman - especially a Black woman - can find herself on trial for witchcraft.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Giddings, Megan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Pan Books, 2023.<br />368 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Inverbervie Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF Pbk - Onloan - Due: 08 Jan 2024 - 4057901<br /> Prophet / Helen Macdonald, Sin Blaché. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3471019&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Your happiest memory is their deadliest weapon. This is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you. But who has created it? And what do they want? An all-American diner appears overnight in a remote British field. It's brightly lit, warm and inviting but it has no power, no water, no connection to the real world. It's like a memory made flesh - a nostalgic flight of fancy. More and more objects materialise: toys, fairground rides, pets and other treasured mementos of the past. And the deaths quickly follow.Something is bringing these memories to life, then stifling innocent people with their own joy. This is a weapon like no other. But nobody knows who created it, or why. Sunil Rao seems a surprising choice of investigator. Your happiest memory is their deadliest weapon. This is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you. But who has created it? And what do they want? An all-American diner appears overnight in a remote British field. It's brightly lit, warm and inviting but it has no power, no water, no connection to the real world. It's like a memory made flesh - a nostalgic flight of fancy. More and more objects materialise: toys, fairground rides, pets and other treasured mementos of the past. And the deaths quickly follow.Something is bringing these memories to life, then stifling innocent people with their own joy. This is a weapon like no other. But nobody knows who created it, or why. Sunil Rao seems a surprising choice of investigator.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Macdonald, Helen, 1970-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Jonathan Cape, 2023.<br />448 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Banchory Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4058527<br /> A second chance for yesterday / R. A. Sinn. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3471602&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Nev Bourne has SavePoint 1.0 just like everybody else, the latest and greatest tech that erases five seconds in the past. But when Nev tests out the SavePoint 2.0 upgrade early, she finds herself falling backwards in time, forced to relive and re-experience life one day at a time. With the help of a mysterious hacker named Airin, Nev has to figure out how to turn the clock forward - or risk falling out of existence altogether. Nev Bourne has SavePoint 1.0 just like everybody else, the latest and greatest tech that erases five seconds in the past. But when Nev tests out the SavePoint 2.0 upgrade early, she finds herself falling backwards in time, forced to relive and re-experience life one day at a time. With the help of a mysterious hacker named Airin, Nev has to figure out how to turn the clock forward - or risk falling out of existence altogether.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sinn, R A<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : Solaris, 2023.<br />320 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />HQ-New Stock - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4058803<br />Stonehaven Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4058804<br /> Saha / Cho Nam-Joo ; translated by Jamie Chang. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3471940&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 In a country called 'Town', Su is found dead in an abandoned car. The suspected killer is presumed to come from the Saha Estates. Town is a privatised country, controlled by a secretive organisation known as the Seven Premiers. It is a society clearly divided into the haves and have-nots and those who have the very least live on the Saha Estates. Among their number is Jin-Kyung, a young woman whose brother, Dok-yung, was in a relationship with Su and quickly becomes the police's prime suspect. When Dok-yung disappears, Jin Ky-ung is determined to get to the bottom of things. On her quest to find the truth, though, she will uncover a reality far darker and crimes far greater than she could ever have imagined. In a country called 'Town', Su is found dead in an abandoned car. The suspected killer is presumed to come from the Saha Estates. Town is a privatised country, controlled by a secretive organisation known as the Seven Premiers. It is a society clearly divided into the haves and have-nots and those who have the very least live on the Saha Estates. Among their number is Jin-Kyung, a young woman whose brother, Dok-yung, was in a relationship with Su and quickly becomes the police's prime suspect. When Dok-yung disappears, Jin Ky-ung is determined to get to the bottom of things. On her quest to find the truth, though, she will uncover a reality far darker and crimes far greater than she could ever have imagined.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Nam-Joo, Cho<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Scribner, 2023.<br />228 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Stonehaven Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF Pbk - Available - 4058147<br /> The blue, beautiful world / Karen Lord. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3479410&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 The world is changing, and humanity must change with it. Rising seas and soaring temperatures have radically transformed the face of Earth. Meanwhile, Earth is being observed from afar by other civilizations - and now they are ready to make contact. Vying to prepare humanity for first contact are a group of dreamers and changemakers, including Peter Hendrix, the genius inventor behind the most advanced VR tech; Charyssa, a beloved celebrity icon with a passion for humanitarian work; and Kanoa, a member of a global council of young people drafted to reimagine the relationship between humankind and alien societies. And they may have an unexpected secret weapon: Owen, a pop megastar whose ability to connect with his adoring fans is more than charisma. The world is changing, and humanity must change with it. Rising seas and soaring temperatures have radically transformed the face of Earth. Meanwhile, Earth is being observed from afar by other civilizations - and now they are ready to make contact. Vying to prepare humanity for first contact are a group of dreamers and changemakers, including Peter Hendrix, the genius inventor behind the most advanced VR tech; Charyssa, a beloved celebrity icon with a passion for humanitarian work; and Kanoa, a member of a global council of young people drafted to reimagine the relationship between humankind and alien societies. And they may have an unexpected secret weapon: Owen, a pop megastar whose ability to connect with his adoring fans is more than charisma.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lord, Karen, 1968-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Gollancz, 2023.<br />256 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Banchory Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4058632<br />Ellon Library - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4058633<br /> Beyond the burn line / Paul McAuley. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3484322&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 In the deep future beyond the burn line of the Anthropocene and the extinction of humanity, the city states of an intelligent species of bear have fallen to a mind-wrecking plague. The bears' former slaves, a peaceable, industrious and endlessly curious people, believe that they have inherited the bounty and beauty of their beloved Mother Earth. But are they alone? After the death of his master, a famous scholar, Pilgrim Saltmire vows to complete their research into sightings of so-called visitors and their sky craft. To discover if they are a mass delusion created by the stresses of an industrial revolution, or if they are real - a remnant population of bears which survived the plague, or another, unknown intelligent species. In the deep future beyond the burn line of the Anthropocene and the extinction of humanity, the city states of an intelligent species of bear have fallen to a mind-wrecking plague. The bears' former slaves, a peaceable, industrious and endlessly curious people, believe that they have inherited the bounty and beauty of their beloved Mother Earth. But are they alone? After the death of his master, a famous scholar, Pilgrim Saltmire vows to complete their research into sightings of so-called visitors and their sky craft. To discover if they are a mass delusion created by the stresses of an industrial revolution, or if they are real - a remnant population of bears which survived the plague, or another, unknown intelligent species.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>McAuley, Paul J.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Gollancz, 2023.<br />455 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />HQ-New Stock - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF Pbk - Available - 4060063<br /> Starter villain / John Scalzi. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3484424&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine. Sure, there are the things you'd expect. The undersea volcano lairs. The minions. The plots to take over the world. The international networks of rivals who want you dead. Much harder to get used to are the sentient, language-using, computer-savvy cats. And the fact that in the overall organization, they're management. Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine. Sure, there are the things you'd expect. The undersea volcano lairs. The minions. The plots to take over the world. The international networks of rivals who want you dead. Much harder to get used to are the sentient, language-using, computer-savvy cats. And the fact that in the overall organization, they're management.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Scalzi, John, 1969-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Tor, 2023.<br />264 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Grampian - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4059830<br />Grampian - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - Available - 4059831<br /> Machine vendetta / Alastair Reynolds. https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3486440&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten thousand disparate city states orbiting the planet Yellowstone. Ingvar Tench was one of Panoply's most experienced operatives. So why did she walk alone and virtually unarmed into a habitat with a vicious grudge against her organisation? As his colleagues pick up the pieces, Dreyfus must face his conscience. Four years ago, when an investigation linked to one of his most dangerous adversaries got a little too personal, Dreyfus arranged for Tench to continue the enquiry by proxy. In using her - even though he had his reasons - did Dreyfus also put her in the line of fire? And what does Tench's misadventure tell him about an enemy he had hoped was dormant? Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten thousand disparate city states orbiting the planet Yellowstone. Ingvar Tench was one of Panoply's most experienced operatives. So why did she walk alone and virtually unarmed into a habitat with a vicious grudge against her organisation? As his colleagues pick up the pieces, Dreyfus must face his conscience. Four years ago, when an investigation linked to one of his most dangerous adversaries got a little too personal, Dreyfus arranged for Tench to continue the enquiry by proxy. In using her - even though he had his reasons - did Dreyfus also put her in the line of fire? And what does Tench's misadventure tell him about an enemy he had hoped was dormant?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Reynolds, Alastair, 1966-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Gollancz, 2023.<br />488 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - On order<br />Central Procurement - (Aberdeenshire Libraries) - Science-Fiction - SF - On order<br />