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I find stimulation, knowledge and entertainment in a wide range of reading material, from crime fiction to true crime, horror and westerns and science fiction.

This tale of a space ship named Providence and its four-member crew battling a new alien species ranks among my science fiction favorites, alongside Justin Cronin’s Passage trilogy and the Wool books now being serialized on Apple TV as Silo. Published in 2020 by veteran SciFi author Max Barry, it recounts a future voyage into deep space to scout the new species after first contact 17 years before.

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These Blue Mountains by Sarah Loudin Thomas,

A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.

German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda…

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