Tag: science fiction
2022 Adult Reading Challenge! May
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2022/05/04/2022-adult-reading-challenge-may/
DISCOVER DIFFERENT GENRES! FIND NEW AUTHORS! WIN PRIZES! Join us for a fun book challenge throughout 2022! Sign up and keep track via Beanstack. If you’ve participated in any of our recent summer or winter reading challenges, you’re all set to go...
Be Prepared. Read More SciFi.
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2020/04/20/be-prepared-read-more-scifi/
Do you feel like you’re living in a SciFi novel?? Now might be a great time to read or listen to some Science Fiction while you’re staying home and staying safe. Here are a few suggestions that you can download from Overdrive with your...
The Martian
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2015/12/20/the-martian/
Title: The Martian Author: Andy Weir Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, 2011 Summary/Review: To understand why you will enjoy this novel let’s start with the author. Andy Weir was hired as a computer programmer for a national laboratory at age 15. He is a self-described...
Lexicon
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2013/09/16/lexicon/
Title: Lexicon Author: Max Barry Publisher: Penguin Press, 2013 Summary/Review: “Sticks and Stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me” is basically a big, fat lie in the world of Max Barry’s Lexicon. If a Poet tells you to go...
After the Fall Before the Fall During the Fall
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2012/10/25/after-the-fall-before-the-fall-during-the-fall/
Title: After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall Author: Nancy Kress Publisher: Tachyon, April 2012 Summary/Review: In 2035, the Earth as we know it is no more. An alien attack by the mysterious ‘Tesslies’ has devastated the planet, transforming it into a poisoned...