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"""As first contact transforms Earth, a team of gifted visionaries race to create a new future.""--"

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“Karen Lord weaves a complex story of first contact from a unique perspective that is warm, engaging, and wildly original. I thoroughly enjoyed this book!”—Martha Wells, New York Times bestselling author of The Murderbot Diaries “Wherever you are, whatever your genre of choice, Dr. Karen Lord is essential reading. This is the thrilling, cerebral, empathetic, and hopeful speculative fiction the world absolutely needs—now and always.”—Samit Basu, author of The City Inside “The Blue, Beautiful World launches you into an exquisite world bursting with people and ideas that reach beyond its pages. If you enjoy large-scale, big-brained fiction with a heart of gold, this is the book for you.”—Suyi Davies Okungbowa, author of Son of the Storm “A wise, ambitious, and beautifully crafted novel of first contact, the future of Earth, and the challenges posed by survival, change, and compassionate connection.”—Kate Elliott, author of Unconquerable Sun and The Keeper’s Six   “The Blue Beautiful World is unlike any science fiction you’ve read. It is a treatise on global diplomacy, a first-contact adventure, and a meditation on the transformative power of pop culture. Most of all, it is a gorgeous, wise tale of our shared traumatic histories and potential futures together, on a planet whose mysteries humans have only begun to explore. Step into Karen Lord’s world and be changed forever.”—Annalee Newitz, author of Autonomous and The Terraformers “An exquisite novel of galactic diaspora, of long-lost humankind coming home, The Blue Beautiful World is a thoughtful and dreamlike examination of the goodness and potential in humanity. It will change the way you think about family, empathy, and the mysterious ghosts born here on our own world.”—Tessa Gratton, author of The Queens of Innis Lear

Karen Lord weaves a complex story of first contact from a unique perspective that is warm, engaging, and wildly original. I thoroughly enjoyed this book! -Martha Wells, New York Times bestselling author of The Murderbot Diaries Wherever you are, whatever your genre of choice, Dr. Karen Lord is essential reading. This is the thrilling, cerebral, empathetic, and hopeful speculative fiction the world absolutely needs-now and always. -Samit Basu, author of The City Inside A wise, ambitious, and beautifully crafted novel of first contact, the future of Earth, and the challenges posed by survival, change, and compassionate connection. -Kate Elliott, author of Unconquerable Sun and The Keeper's Six

Karen Lord weaves a complex story of first contact from a unique perspective that is warm, engaging, and wildly original. I thoroughly enjoyed this book! -Martha Wells, New York Times bestselling author of The Murderbot Diaries Wherever you are, whatever your genre of choice, Dr. Karen Lord is essential reading. This is the thrilling, cerebral, empathetic and hopeful speculative fiction the world absolutely needs-now, and always. -Samit Basu, author of The City Inside A wise, ambitious, and beautifully crafted novel of First Contact, the future of Earth, and the challenges posed by survival, change, and compassionate connection. -Kate Elliott, author of Unconquerable Sun and The Keeper's Six

Karen Lord weaves a complex story of first contact from a unique perspective that is warm, engaging, and wildly original. I thoroughly enjoyed this book! -Martha Wells, New York Times-bestselling author of The Murderbot Diaries

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Barbadian writer Dr. Karen Lord is the author of Redemption in Indigo, which won the William L. Crawford Award and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Her other works include the science fiction novels The Best of All Possible Worlds and The Galaxy Game, and the crime fantasy novel Unraveling. Lord also edited the anthology New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean.

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