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Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor weaves two plotlines that are related, though owing to a twist at the end (no spoilers here), are related in a surprising way. The heart of the book is the power […]
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Science fiction challenges our assumptions about the world and gets us to think about the world and our place in it in a new way. That’s what good science fiction should do. Invisible Things does exactly that. The […]
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The Magic Circle by Barry Ryerson takes the reader on a twisty, exciting ride through a post-apocalyptic world. I’d call this a techno-magic-thriller. Is that a genre? If not, I just made it up. The devastation wreaked by […]
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In the near future, a billionaire businessman aims to change the climate of the planet. What could go wrong? This is the Big Idea tackled in Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson. The novel is huge, featuring multiple intertwined […]