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The Female Man – Joanna Russ

2017-02-04

Unknown events bring together four women from four alternate timelines; the results are startling, outrageous, radical, and subversive.

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Walk to the End of the World – Suzy McKee Charnas

2017-01-12

A post-apocalyptic dystopia set in a hyper-masculine society, where a trio of male anti-heroes and their female slave set out on a journey to the far ends of the world.

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The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe – D.G. Compton

2017-01-08

In a future where death has become all but extinct, the last days of those with terminal illnesses are televised before a pain-starved public. But one terminal woman, Katherine Mortenhoe, resists.

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Tower of Glass – Robert Silverberg

2016-10-23

Industrialist Simeon Krug’s dream is to contact the source of an alien code broadcast to Earth, building his communications tower on the backs of android servitors yearning for their freedom.

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The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick (II)

2016-02-20

I’m participating in the Philip K. Dick-of-the-month-club and Exegesis support group along with some other book nerds in the blogosphere, having decided that it …

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The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick (I)

2016-01-27

I’m participating in the Philip K. Dick-of-the-month-club and Exegesis support group along with some other book nerds in the blogosphere, having decided that it …

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In the Enclosure – Barry Malzberg

2015-12-08

“Here we are: in the enclosure. It has been some two years and four months since we were placed here and now, past the initial riots and educative tortures, things are comfortable.”

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The Pastel City – M. John Harrison

2015-12-04

An aging warrior-poet answers a summons to war, fighting for the young queen of Viriconium, city at the end of time. Far-future decay clothed in the raiments of sword-and-sorcery.

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All Heads Turn When The Hunt Goes By – John Farris

2015-10-25

An atmospheric Southern Gothic following the cursed Bradwin line, an aristocratic clan whose fortunes (and destruction) was built on the blood and bodies of Africa.

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Rouse the Demon – Carolyn Weston

2015-09-06

When a famed hypnotist is found bludgeoned to death in his home, detectives Krug and Kellogg set out to solve what may be their strangest case yet.

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Inter Ice Age 4 – Kōbō Abe

2015-08-20

When the Japanese scientists who’ve developed a prognostication device set their machine to track an individual, they uncover the greatest scientific conspiracy of their age.

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