What to read while waiting for...

Artemis By Weir, Andy 2017-11 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780553448122 Check Our Catalog The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller--a heist story set on the moon. Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich. Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity's first and only lunar colony. Just rich enough to move out of her …More

Are you patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for that best seller?  Here are some suggestions.

Aurora By Robinson, Kim Stanley 2015-07 - Orbit 9780316098106 Check Our Catalog A major new novel from one of science fiction's most powerful voices, AURORA tells the incredible story of our first voyage beyond the solar system. Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, it is the work of a writer at the height of his powers. Our voyage from Earth began generations ago. Now, we approach our new home. …More

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress By Heinlein, Robert A. 1997-06 - Orb Books 9780312863555 Check Our Catalog The Hugo Award-winning classic that helped launch modern libertarianism, "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" is Heinlein's unforgettable tale of a Lunar revolution in 2076. Led by a one-armed computer technician, a radical blonde bombshell, an aging academic, and a sentient, all-knowing computer, the revolution's proclamation--"TANSTAAFL" (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch)--remains a slogan of …More

Ultima By Baxter, Stephen 2015-08 - Ace Books 9780451467720 Check Our Catalog Hailed as -one of the most inventive writers that science fiction has ever produced- (SF Site), Stephen Baxter builds on the massive success of Proxima with a career-defining novel of big ideas.... On the planet of Per Ardua, alien artifacts were discovered--hatches that allowed humans to step across light-years of space as if they were stepping into another room. But …More