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Presence

by Michele Sharpe

In Brenda Iijima’s multilayered science fiction novel "Presence", interspecies and interdimensional communication is transcendent. On toxic Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, people from different chronological dimensions coexist,... Read More

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Pacific State

by Joseph S. Pete

Grant Price’s cyberpunk thriller "Pacific State" follows a revenge assassination scheme in future-set, corporation-dominated Berlin, where skyscrapers loom over a devastated environment. Mia is a crusading mercenary; Owen is a former... Read More

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In Utero

by Peter Dabbene

A girl befriends an orphaned monster in the graphic novel "In Utero". Despite her protests, Hailey is dropped off at a holiday camp in an old, near-abandoned shopping mall. As other children discover strange jelly objects, Hailey wanders... Read More

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The Rain Artist

by John M. Murray

In Claire Rudy Foster’s speculative novel "The Rain Artist", a celebrated umbrella artist goes on the run after being framed for the murder of the planet’s wealthiest man. In a too-believable future, the planet has lost most of its... Read More

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Womb City

by Meg Nola

In Tlotlo Tsamaase’s fearsome futuristic novel "Womb City", a woman struggles to escape the dystopian horror of her AI-controlled existence. Twenty-eight-year-old Nelah lives in Botswana with her police officer husband, Elifasi.... Read More

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Artificial Wisdom

by Eileen Gonzalez

The future-set science fiction novel "Artificial Wisdom" paints a grim but intriguing picture of a climate change-ravaged world in which the truth is hard to find. In Thomas R. Weaver’s science fiction novel "Artificial Wisdom", a... Read More

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Vestige

by Eileen Gonzalez

Young people inherit their parents’ global project in "Vestige", a philosophical science fiction novel. A group of powerful young people decides how, and if, they want to help the world in "Vestige", a novel by an anonymous author.... Read More

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Three Lives

by John M. Murray

A man who’s capable of reincarnation recalls his past lives, looking for connections between them, in the musing novel "Three Lives". In Yank Shi’s novel "Three Lives", a reincarnated man with past-life memories reflects on his... Read More

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