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Review: REAMDE by Neal Stephenson

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Four decades ago, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa family, fled to a wild and lonely mountainous corner of British Columbia to avoid the draft. Smuggling backpack loads of high-grade marijuana across … Continue reading

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Review: Last Tango in Cyberspace by Steven Kotler

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler crafts a near-future thriller about the evolution of empathy. Hard to say when the human species fractured exactly. Harder to say when this new talent arrived. But Lion … Continue reading

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Review: Detour by Jeff Rake and Rob Hart

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A space shuttle flight crew discovers that the Earth they’ve returned to is not the home they left behind in this emotional, mind-bending thriller from the creator of the hit Netflix series Manifest and the bestselling … Continue reading

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Review: United States of Japan by Peter Tieryas

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Decades ago, Japan won the Second World War. Americans worship their infallible Emperor, and nobody believes that Japan’s conduct in the war was anything but exemplary. Nobody, that is, except the George Washingtons – … Continue reading

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Review: Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner, Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the cute outfits … Continue reading

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Review: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and sets off a high-stakes global competition to dominate the future. Rumors begin to spread of a species of hyperintelligent, … Continue reading

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Review: Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei

Buy it here: Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: From the acclaimed author of The Stardust Grail comes the epic tale of two sisters who sail across oceans to find their missing third sister―and Earth’s environmental salvation. In Earth’s not too distant future, … Continue reading

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Review: > rekt by Alex Gonzalez

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A disturbing examination of toxic masculinity and the darkest pits of the Internet, Alex Gonzalez’s rekt traces a young man’s algorithmic descent into depravity in a future that’s nearly here. > be me, 26> about to … Continue reading

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Review: When the Moon Hits Your Eye

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain comes an entirely serious take on a distinctly unserious subject: what would really happen if suddenly the moon were replaced by a giant wheel … Continue reading

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Review: In the Mad Mountains: Stories Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft by Joe R. Lansdale

Buy it here: Tachyon Press, Amazon Synopsis: Ten-time Bram Stoker Award-winner Joe R. Lansdale (Bubba Ho-tep) returns with this wicked short story collection of his irreverent Lovecraftian tributes. Lansdale is scarily down-home in these tales, merging his classic gonzo stylings … Continue reading

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