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Burning Chrome – William Gibson

2017-01-24

Collecting ten of William Gibson’s early cyberpunk short stories from the late 1970s and early 1980s, dark visions of a globalized, high-tech, and deadly future.

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City – Clifford Simak

2015-07-29

Clifford Simak’s cerebral fixup novel that takes humanity out of its far-future cities, to the stars, and beyond humanity itself.

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Adventures in Art – Jerome Podwil and Jules Verne’s “Fitzroy” Editions

2015-06-14

Cover art for Jules Verne’s “Fitzroy” edition translations, printed by Ace Books in the 1960s-70s.

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Pavane – Keith Roberts

2015-05-01

This classic alternate history examines the England of 1968, after Queen Elizabeth was assassinated and the Spanish Armada led to the successful Catholic conquest of England.

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Why Call Them Back From Heaven? – Clifford Simak

2015-04-15

With the promise of immortality, Forever Center is the ruling power in the world. And one of its executives just stumbled onto one of its deep, dark secrets.

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Mister Justice – Doris Piserchia

2015-03-26

A time-traveling vigilante named Mister Justice takes evidence from the past to condemn criminals in the future; the government uses a young superboy to take him down.

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Farewell, Earth’s Bliss – D.G. Compton

2015-01-21

The scattered lives of a group of convicts cut loose by Earth and sent to colonize Mars. A strong, character-driven work, descending into the grim Martian society.

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Schismatrix Plus – Bruce Sterling

2014-12-20

Abelard Lindsay, disgraced Shaper diplomat, sets out on a grand tour of the posthuman solar system, showcasing some extreme changes in our far-flung future.

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Rocannon’s World – Ursula K. Le Guin

2014-11-10

Stranded on a primitive alien planet, Rocannon must journey across perilous and uncharted continents in hopes of vengeance against a mysterious enemy force.

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A Night For Screaming – Harry Whittington

2014-06-07

On the run for a crime he didn’t commit, Mitch Walker decides to lay low at a prison work-farm. But he finds himself caught between the jealous owner and his flirty wife…

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Neuromancer – William Gibson

2014-01-31

Case was the best interface cowboy who ever ran in Earth’s computer matrix. Then he double-crossed the wrong people…

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