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NOISE, by Darin Bradley

June 15, 2011

GRIM NEAR-FUTURE APOCALYPSE centers around a youth movement poised between anarchy and fascism.  Chilling.

Grade: B PLUS

NOISE
Spectra
2011

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MECHANIQUE, by Genevieve Valentine

June 2, 2011

A STEAMPUNK CYBORG CIRCUS roams a postapocalyptic world in a dreamlike, poetic, vividly imagined tale.

Grade: B PLUS

MECHANIQUE
Prime
2011

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DEEP STATE, by Walter Jon Williams

April 20, 2011

MASSIVE ONLINE GAMES collide with real-world politics in this technothriller from the great Walter Jon Williams.

Grade: B PLUS

DEEP STATE
Orbit
2011

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REVOLUTION WORLD, by Katy Stauber

April 18, 2011

A PICARESQUE FUTURE TEXAS, plus riotgrrl gene splicers, mutant rabbits, vampires, and online revolutions = fun!

Grade: B PLUS

REVOLUTION WORLD
Night Shade Books
2011

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THE OUROBOROS WAVE, by Jyouji Hayashi

March 5, 2011

LINKED NARRATIVES tell the history of a space project, its human (and artificial intelligence) pioneers. Fun!

Grade: B PLUS

THE OUROBOROS WAVE
Haikasoru Books
2010

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THE DERVISH HOUSE, by Ian McDonald

February 27, 2011

CULTURE CLASHES, NANOTECHNOLOGY are flashpoints for this suspenseful SF novel set in a near-future Istanbul.

Grade: B PLUS

THE DERVISH HOUSE
Pyr
2010

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HOME FIRES, by Gene Wolfe

February 8, 2011

SUSPENSE AND THRILLER elements dominate a lightly sketched SF background in taut page-turner from Gene Wolfe.

Grade: B PLUS

HOME FIRES
Tor
2011

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UNDER THE HARROW, by Mark Dunn

January 27, 2011

EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL: part thriller, part science fiction, part time travel, part historical, totally original.

Grade: A MINUS

UNDER THE HARROW
Macadam/Cage
2010

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THE SUICIDE COLLECTORS by David Oppegaard

May 28, 2009

SPOOKY TALE outlines a grim near-future in spare, simple language reminiscent of Palahniuk, early Stephen King. A MINUS

THE SUICIDE COLLECTORS by David Oppegaard
New York: St. Martin’s Press
December 2008

Grade: A MINUS

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IMPLIED SPACES by Walter Jon Williams

May 21, 2009

TRIPPY, thoughtful virtual-space saga with cool plot twists, plenty of flash and flair. Williams’s best so far. SOLID A

IMPLIED SPACES by Walter Jon Williams
San Francisco: Night Shade Books
June, 2008

Grade: SOLID A

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