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• 5th Annual New Year, New Books Recommendations: 2021 | EPL Science Fiction & Fantasy Discussion Group

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  As usual, we started off the year with our 5th Annual New Year, New Books meeting, where our members recommend their personal favorite sci fi and fantasy books to each other!

• The Prey of Gods

  Drayden, Nicky,

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  Feb. 2021 - a genre-bender in which gods and a future South Africa collide!

• The Book of Ile-Rien

  Wells, Martha,

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  March 2021 - Martha Wells is most famous now for her sci-fi Murderbot series, but The Death of the Necromancer (on of the novels from her Ile-Rien series) shows she is a master of fantasy as well!

• The Female Man

  Russ, Joanna

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  April 2021 - this classic of feminist science fiction was a challenging and thought-provoking read.

• The King of Elfland's Daughter

  Dunsany, Lord, 1878-1957

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  May 2021 - Written in 1924, this is one of the early and influential books in the fantasy genre, and went on to inspire many of the most well-known authors today. It also holds up beautifully as a story in its own right.

• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters. Book One

  Ferris, Emil,

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  June 2021 - This tour-de-force among graphic novels explores Chicago's Uptown neighborhood in the 1960s and 70s through the eyes of a young girl who identifies with the classic movie monsters she sees on tv. We were fortunate enough to be joined by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Luminous Dead

  a Novel

  Starling, Caitlin,

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  July 2021 - this is not a book for the claustrophobic, as it focuses on a cave exploration gone wrong in deep space!

• The Memory Police

  Ogawa, Yōko, 1962-

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  August 2021 - although only recently translated to English at the time, this allegory for oppressive government and censorship seemed very modern and timely.

• A Memory Called Empire

  Martine, Arkady,

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  September 2021 - the first in Arkady Martine's award-winning Teixcalaan duology is a political thriller and thought-provoking meditation on colonialism, set in a a space empire based loosely on Aztec civilization.

• Dune

  Herbert, Frank,

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  October 2021 - this classic sci-fi needs almost no introduction, but we read it to prepare for the release of the new movies coming out this month.

• The Power

  a Novel

  Alderman, Naomi,

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  November 2021 - dystopian feminist sci fi about a world in which women gain the power to kill with a touch, and how they use and abuse that power to reshape society.

• Six of Crows

  Bardugo, Leigh,

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  December 2021 - this fantasy heist novel is the first in a duology by Bardugo, who has gone on to write a number of popular books and series.

• 6th Annual New Year, New Books Recommendations: 2022 | EPL Science Fiction & Fantasy Discussion Group

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  January 2022 - all the books recommended by our members at our 6th Annual New Year, New Books meeting!

• How Long 'til Black Future Month?

  Jemisin, N. K,

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  February 2022 - this short story collection from award-winning author N. K. Jemisin gave a fascinating insight into some of her larger works, as well as some stand-alone short stories.

• Unconquerable Sun

  Elliott, Kate,

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  March 2022 - the elevator pitch is "gender-flipped Alexander the Great...in space!"

• Stranger in a Strange Land

  Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988

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  April 2022 - the group all agreed that this was definitely...a book. That had been written. Whether this classic free-love sci-fi novel appeals to you more than it did to us is not for us to say...

• The Conductors

  Glover, Nicole,

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  May 2022 - What if the Underground Railroad had a little magic help?

• Project Hail Mary

  a Novel

  Weir, Andy,

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  June 2022 - Andy Weir is known for his detailed explorations of how various scientific scenarios and principles might play out in real life, and this book is no exception.

• The City We Became

  Jemisin, N. K.,

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  July 2022 - we just can't get enough of N. K. Jemisin in this group! In this series, cities have avatars that walk among us. A real love letter to NYC, and all of its neighborhoods!

• She Who Became the Sun

  Parker-Chan, Shelley,

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  August 2022 - Really fascinating and well-written alternate history, with compelling characters and deep insight into gender, fate, and how the two intertwine.