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Science Fiction Day

There is nothing quite like a rag-tag group aboard a rogue spaceship finding out that the real adventure was the friends they made along the way. For National Science Fiction Day, let's talk about everyone's favourite trope: Found Family. 

Found Family, or Chosen Family, centres around the theme of a group of (oftentimes lonely) people coming together in the face of adversity. Some fan-favourite Found Family stories in the Science Fiction genre are, of course, Star Wars, Firefly and Star Trek. Check out the list below for some more recommendations! 

Graphic Novels

  • Descender Vol.1 by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen (Borrow, hoopla eBook)
  • Saga Vol. 1 by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Borrow, hoopla eBook)
  • Paper Girls Vol.1 by Brian K Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Borrow, hoopla eBook)

Books

  • Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Borrow, cloudLibrary audiobook)
  • Providence by Max Berry (Borrow, cloudLibrary eBook)
  • Red Rising by Pierce Brown (Borrow, cloudLibrary eBook, hoopla audiobook)
  • Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (Borrow cloudLibrary eBook, audiobook)
  • The Vela by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, and S. L. Huang (Borrow hoopla eBook)
  • Old Man's War by John Scalzi (Borrow)  
  • All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Borrow cloudLibrary eBook, audiobook)

YA

Middle Grade

  • The Search for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzie (Borrow, cloudLibrary eBook)  

TV Shows

Movies

Board Games