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Other Worldly Words 2019 Other Worldly Words 2019 Thursday, January 31st at 6:45 pm What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror by David Wong While investigating a fairly straightforward case of a shape-shifting interdimensional child predator, Dave, John and Amy realized there might actually be something weird going on. Thursday, February 28th at 6:45 pm The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi An empire of star systems, connected by an extradimensional conduit called the Flow, is threatened by eventual extinction as it appears to be breaking down. Thursday, March 28th at 6:45 pm The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty On the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, Nahri is a con woman of unsurpassed skill. She makes her living swindling Ottoman nobles, hoping to one day earn enough to change her fortunes. Thursday, April 25th at 6:45 pm Jade City by Fonda Lee Jade is the lifeblood of the island of Kekon. It has been mined, traded, stolen, and killed for -- and for centuries, honorable Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family have used it to enhance their magical abilities and defend the island from foreign invasion. Thursday, May 30th at 6:45 pm Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett In a city that runs on industrialized magic, a secret war will be fought to overwrite reality itself. Thursday, June 27th at 6:45 pm Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance As a swollen red sun grows ever closer to annihilating the Earth, decadent magicians compete for the technology of an ancient age — a science now known as magic. Thursday, July 25th at 6:45 pm The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal A huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space. Thursday, August 29th at 6:45 pm Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Maria Arena awakens in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood. She has no memory of how she died. This is new; before, when she had awakened as a new clone, her first memory was of how she died. Thursday, September 26th at 6:45 pm How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North The only book you need if you're going back in time. What would you do if a time machine hurled you thousands of years into the past. and then broke? Thursday, October 24th at 6:45 pm Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant Seven years ago the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a mockumentary bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a tragedy. Thursday, November 21st at 6:45 pm Sea of Rust by Robert Cargill A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic robot western. Thursday, December 19th at 7:00 pm Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. .
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