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Persona
\"In a world where diplomacy has become celebrity, a young ambassador survives an assassination attempt and must join with an undercover paparazzo in a race to save her life, spin the story, and secure the future of her young country in this near-future political thriller\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017
Stories by N.K. Jemisin, Dale Bailey, Peter S. Beagle, and more: \"Showcases the nuanced, playful, ever-expanding definitions of the genre.\" -TheWashington Post Science fiction and fantasy can encompass so much, from far-future deep-space sagas to quiet contemporary tales to unreal kingdoms and beasts. But what the best of these stories do is the same across the genres-they illuminate the whole gamut of the human experience, interrogating our hopes and our fears. With a diverse selection of stories from major award winners, bestsellers, and rising stars, chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest editor Charles Yu, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 continues to explore the ever- changing world of SFF today, with Yu bringing his unique view-literary, meta, and adventurous-to the series' third edition. \"Superb…This mostly dystopic, sometimes darkly humorous collection of 20 hard-hitting stories feels timely, confronting contemporary cultural crises.\"-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Persona
\"In a world where diplomacy has become celebrity, a young ambassador survives an assassination attempt and must join with an undercover paparazzo in a race to save her life, spin the story, and secure the future of her young country in this near-future political thriller.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Icon : the persona sequence
\"A year ago, International Assembly delegate Suyana Sapaki barely survived an attempt on her life. Now she's climbing the social ranks, dating the American Face, and poised for greatness. She has everything she wants, but the secret that drives her can't stay hidden forever. When she quickly saves herself from a life-threatening political scandal, she gains a new enemy: the public eye. Daniel Park was hoping for the story of a lifetime. And he got her. He's been following Suyana for a year. But what do you do when this person you thought you knew has vanished inside the shell, and dangers are building all around you?\"--Amazon.com.
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The ghost in the shell : global neural network
\"A covert mission in Shanghai reunites Kusanagi with a wartime rival and shifting loyalties. Togusa and Saito set out to infiltrate a bio-supremacist gang, without the use of their cybernetics. A data thief living in the broken remnants of the United States is reuinted with an old flame and gets dragged into a tragedy that neither of them can stop. And a deep dive into the mind of a criminal forces Major Kusanagi to question the nature of imagination, and her own identity.\"--Page 4 of cover.
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