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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Afrofurturism, Feminist & Queer World-Building - an invitation to step into other worlds has always been at the center of our brick-and-mortar. Our first scifi/fantasy lists were built by WisCon fans, heavy on Butler and Le Guin and the other founding women of the genre. We’ve maintained our commitment to find, read, shelve, and recommend diverse voices. Browse here and find books for middle-grade and up, as the best speculative fiction crosses ages and genres!

Neil Gaiman, "Anansi Boys" available 04/20/21

Neil Gaiman, "Anansi Boys" available 04/20/21

$18.35

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a tale playful, profound, and rife with mayhem and mischief―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee

When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Fat Charlie "Fat Charlie." Even now, twenty years later, Charlie Nancy can't shake that name, one of the many embarrassing "gifts" his father bestowed--before he dropped dead on a karaoke stage and ruined Fat Charlie's life. Because Mr. Nancy left Fat Charlie things. Things like the stranger who appears on Charlie's doorstep, who appears to be the brother he never knew. And all of a sudden, life starts getting very interesting for Fat Charlie.

Neil Gaiman journeys deep into myth to brings us a tale playful, profound, and rife with mayhem and mischief--an audacious and inspired story of family, luck, deceit, and an unusual legacy that illuminates the divine in our humanity. Not to mention a lime.

"Awesomely inventive.... When you take the free-fall plunge into a Neil Gaiman book, anything can happen and anything invariably does." --Entertainment Weekly

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Neil Gaiman, "Neverwhere"

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Terry Pratchett, "Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far"

Terry Pratchett, "Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far"

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Robert Jackson Bennett, "Founders Trilogy" 9781524760380.jfif

Robert Jackson Bennett, "Founders Trilogy"

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Jeff VanderMeer, " Borne"

Jeff VanderMeer, " Borne"

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Sam J. Miller, "Blackfish City"

Sam J. Miller, "Blackfish City"

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