Parking Lot Construction: As part of our ongoing work to maintain and improve Central Library, the parking lot will be closed for construction from Tuesday, July 28, to Saturday, August 1. Visit the Central Library page for more details. 

CLOSURE: Central Library will be closed Tuesday, July 21, through Saturday, July 25, while emergency repairs are made to the building’s cooling system. We expect to reopen Monday, July 27.

Notice of Public Meeting: Kalamazoo Public Library Board of Trustees | July 27 | 5:30 pm | Central Library/Van Deusen Room. The packet of information for the meeting can be found on the library’s website. 

Book

FTL, y'all! : tales from the age of the $200 warp drive

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL FTL TEEN (POW)

Publication Information

[Chicago, Illinois] : Iron Circus Comics, [2018]

Physical Description

304 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Summary

"Six months from now, detailed schematics anonymously uploaded to the Internet will describe, in perfect detail, how to build a faster-than-light engine for $200 in easily-available parts. Space travel will become instantly--and chaotically--democratized. The entire cosmos will be within reach of all humankind. This is what happens next"--

Contents

  • Soft physics / Cabbage Island / M.S.P.I.P.S.P. / Lia / Passing through / Ignition / Brilliant + handsome / Space to grow / Failsafe / Finders keepers / Microwave / Prodigal sunset / Story of a rescue / Words from the dead / Solitary / Granddad's second wife / The senior project / My stars and garters / Wayhome

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