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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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The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle

2016-10-27

When he delivers an occult tome to an old woman in Queens, a street-smart hustler opens a door to deeper kind of magic and attracts the attention of things best left sleeping…

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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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Six-Gun Snow White – Catherynne M. Valente

2016-03-09

The Snow White fairytale recast through the lens of the gritty Old West, an enchanting glimpse through the looking glass at guns, blood, women, and race.

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The Word for World is Forest – Ursula K. Le Guin

2015-06-06

Terran exploitation of an alien planet causes the “docile” near-human natives to rise up in bloody rebellion, in this novel rich in ’70s SFnal themes.

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Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang – Kate Wilhelm

2015-04-19

In the face of a looming eco-apocalypse, a small band of survivalist scientists turn to cloning to preserve the human race. The clones, of course, have other goals in mind.

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Parable of the Sower – Octavia Butler

2015-03-22

In the apocalyptic 2020s, teenager Lauren Olamina watches the world collapse from the safety of her gated community, and establishes her own religion: Earthseed.

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The Iron Dream – Norman Spinrad

2015-01-25

The best SF novel Hitler (n)ever wrote! Spinrad’s alt-history satire casts Adolf Hitler as a pulp author living out his fantasies of world domination via trashy post-apocalyptic novels.

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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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The Ship Who Sang – Anne McCaffrey

2012-08-27

Girl born with severe physical deformities is encased in titanium and linked up to become the “brain” of a starship. Collects various stories of her many adventures.

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The Lathe of Heaven – Ursula K. Le Guin

2012-07-22

“Reality is a dream. George Orr is the dreamer. George’s dreams change the world. In the hands of a power-mad psychiatrist George is forced to dream… forever seeking utopia…”

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