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Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe hero of Will Save the Galaxy for Cash returns to do what he does best. Which is - what again, exactly?With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity in a changing universe... -
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Cat's Cradle/God Bless You Mr. Rosewater/Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKurt Vonnegut: Three Complete Novels: Cat's Cradle; God Bless You Mr. Rosewater; Breakfast of Champions... -
![Junkers Season Two (Junkers #2) by Benjamin Wallace]()
Junkers Season Two (Junkers #2) by Benjamin Wallace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was supposed to be the happiest place on the whole wide planet. It was supposed to be a place where every child’s favorite characters came to life. And, it was, until those characters went nuts and started killing everyone. Then it wasn’t so happy... -
![Paradox Lost, And Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories by Fredric Brown]()
Paradox Lost, And Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories by Fredric Brown
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA collection of thirteen short stories. Includes a three-page introduction by Elizabeth Brown, the author's widow... -
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![Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong, Jason Pargin]()
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin takes readers to a whole new level with his darkly comic sci-fi thriller. A Winner of the 2016 Alex AwardsNightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements. An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move. Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes. A young woman from the trailer park. And her very smelly cat... -
![Why Visit America by Matthew Baker]()
Why Visit America by Matthew Baker
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEqual parts speculative and satirical, the stories in Why Visit America form an exegesis of our current political predicament, while offering an eloquent plea for connection and hope.The citizens of Plainfield, Texas, have had it with the broke-down United States... -
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Why? by Adam Rex
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"[Adam] Rex delivers a storytime home run—hilarious, heartfelt, instructive, and interactive... -
![New American Stories by Ben Marcus]()
New American Stories by Ben Marcus
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn New American Stories, the beautiful, the strange, the melancholy, and the sublime all comingle to show the vast range of the American short story . In this remarkable anthology, Ben Marcus has corralled a vital and artistically singular crowd of contemporary fiction writers. Collected here are practitioners of deep realism, mind-blowing experimentalism, and every hybrid in between... -
![Ghosts Aliens by Trey Hamburger]()
Ghosts Aliens by Trey Hamburger
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you freaked out by the mere thought of a bird winking at you? Or do you panic when you hear an unexplained gurgling sound?Well, listen to this. On Saturday, March 8, at 7:12 p.m., Trey Hamburger heard a second hand account of a teleporting Hot Pocket and started wiggin' out bad... -
![The Lake Wobegon Virus by Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky]()
The Lake Wobegon Virus by Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBestselling author and humorist Garrison Keillor returns to one of America's most beloved mythical towns, beset by a contagion of alarming candor. A mysterious virus has infiltrated the good people of Lake Wobegon, transmitted via unpasteurized cheese made by a Norwegian bachelor farmer, the effect of which is episodic loss of social inhibition... -
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One Human Minute by Stanisław Lem
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsContains three essays: "One Human Minute," "The Upside-Down Revolution ," and "The World as Cataclysm" - from science fiction master Stanislaw Lem... -
![Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of the Hippies from Hell by Harry Harrison, David Bischoff]()
Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of the Hippies from Hell by Harry Harrison, David Bischoff
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBARWORLD! For all the years that BILL had served in the Troopers, with all the hard beds, hard heads & no creds, any booze on offer was probably embalming fluid, or worse. BARWORLD! An assignment there promised bubbly, brandy & beer galore--enough to give BILL's right arms, both of them, at last some idea of just what they were for... -
![Humancorp Incorporated by Andrew Stanek]()
Humancorp Incorporated by Andrew Stanek
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHumancorp Incorporated is another wacky comedy adventure from author Andrew Stanek. Meet Sean. Sean is the worst employee in the whole world. After being fired, Sean can't find a job and enters a downward spiral. He becomes depressed, turns to drinking, and experiences thoughts of suicide and sociology professorship. Then, an idea dawns on him... -
![The Senility of Vladimir P. by Michael Honig]()
The Senility of Vladimir P. by Michael Honig
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet twenty-odd years from now, it opens on Patient Number One—Vladimir Putin, largely forgotten in his presidential dacha, serviced by a small coterie of house staff, drifting in and out of his memories of the past...Categorized as:
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![The Big Disruption: A Totally Fictional But Essentially True Silicon Valley Story by Jessica Powell]()
The Big Disruption: A Totally Fictional But Essentially True Silicon Valley Story by Jessica Powell
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA rip-roaring comedy about big plans and bigger egos at the world's largest tech companySomething is fishy at Anahata--and it's not just the giant squid that serves as a mascot for the tech company. A prince in exile is working as a product manager. The sales guys are battling with the engineers. The women employees are the unwitting subjects of a wild social experiment... -
![Greegs & Ladders by Zack Mitchell, Danny Mendlow]()
Greegs & Ladders by Zack Mitchell, Danny Mendlow
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGreegs & Ladders is a wildly exciting tale of three oddball characters romping around space and time. Equal parts social satire and fun loving adventure, Greegs promises laughs, a few mildly intelligent and/or interesting observations, & several run-on sentences... -
![The Butt: A Novel by Will Self]()
The Butt: A Novel by Will Self
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne of contemporary fiction's most "wickedly brilliant…endlessly talented" (Publishers Weekly) satirists delivers a dystopian novel skewering global politics and Big Brother-style government post-9/11.When Tom Brodzinksi tries to give up smoking, he inadvertently sets off a chain of events that threaten to upset the tenuous balance of peace in a not-too-distant land... -
![Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi]()
Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn urgent, groundbreaking and visually stunning new collection of graphic story-telling about the present Iranian revolution, using comics to show what would be censored in photos and film in Iran... -
![Trigun Maximum Volume 2: Death Blue by Yasuhiro Nightow]()
Trigun Maximum Volume 2: Death Blue by Yasuhiro Nightow
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the first volume of Trigun Maximum, we caught up with Vash and watched him jump back into service for Peace and Love! But now the action really begins... -
![Gwenpool, the Unbelievable, Vol. 4: Beyond the Fourth Wall by Christopher Hastings]()
Gwenpool, the Unbelievable, Vol. 4: Beyond the Fourth Wall by Christopher Hastings
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGwen Poole is everyone's favorite character from the "real" world! And her superpower is Official-Handbook-level knowledge of top-secret comic book facts! But the longer she's in the Marvel Universe, and not reading about it from the outside, the more her powers run out.. -
![NextWave: Agents of H.A.T.E., Vol. 2: I Kick Your Face by Warren Ellis, Wade Von Grawbadger]()
NextWave: Agents of H.A.T.E., Vol. 2: I Kick Your Face by Warren Ellis, Wade Von Grawbadger
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat? You haven't been reading Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.? Here's a quick rundown of what you missed:SuperheroesfightingexplosionsexAvengersFinFangFoomgiantflyingsubmarinemonstrositiesformerXForcebabeexplosionskickingMachineManpunchinggiantevilcoprobotshotEnglishchicksecretterroristorganization.Whew! And that's only the beginning. But don't worry, it's never too late to join the party... -
![Deadpool, Volume 2: Dark Reign by Daniel Way, Paco Medina]()
Deadpool, Volume 2: Dark Reign by Daniel Way, Paco Medina
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRemember when Deadpool saved the Earth from those pesky Skrulls? Well, the guy who stole the intel Deadpool worked so hard to acquire - and positioned himself as Earth's Number One War Hero - wants to make sure you don't... -
![Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #3 by Cullen Bunn, Lee Loughridge]()
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #3 by Cullen Bunn, Lee Loughridge
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDeadpool continues to strike down hero after hero in a post-apocalyptic... -
![The Art of Rick and Morty by Justin Roiland]()
The Art of Rick and Morty by Justin Roiland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFeaturing exclusive never before seen concept art with a killer Glow-in-the-Dark cover, this is the art book that Rick and Morty fans have been waiting for!The animated science-fiction adventures of Rick and Morty are irreverent, shocking, and hilarious--from the cynical and rapid-fire one liners, to the grotesquely and endearing character designs...Categorized as:
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![Gin Tama, Vol. 19 by Hideaki Sorachi]()
Gin Tama, Vol. 19 by Hideaki Sorachi
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's samurai vs. aliens!; He's too busy fighting aliens, the yakuza and unemployment!Reads R to L (Japanese Style). It's samurai vs. aliens!; He's too busy fighting aliens, the yakuza and unemployment! A Schemer Caught in His Own Scheme. Top 5 Things to Consider Before Joining the Shinsengumi: 1. Your sword might be cursed by the vengeful spirit of an anime otaku. 2... -
![Mr. Invincible: Local Hero by Pascal Jousselin]()
Mr. Invincible: Local Hero by Pascal Jousselin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTremble, crooks, here's Mr. Invincible! This new protagonist helps widows and orphans as any self-respecting hero would, but also dogs, cats, grandmothers, the mayor's son, and, well, the rest of the city. Masked and caped, like any good superhero, he thwarts the mad scientists and bad guys without much worry... -
![Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus: Volume One by Grant Morrison, Andy Kubert]()
Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus: Volume One by Grant Morrison, Andy Kubert
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling tales of Batman by Grant Morrison are now collected in their entirety in this oversize omnibus edition!One of the greatest storytellers of his generation, Grant Morrison's arrival onto the Dark Knight was one of the most hyped debuts in industry history...Categorized as:
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![Trigun Maximum Volume 4: Bottom of the Dark by Yasuhiro Nightow]()
Trigun Maximum Volume 4: Bottom of the Dark by Yasuhiro Nightow
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVash and Wolfwood go up against Hoppered the Gauntlet, with his strange hockey mask and shield body and Midvalley the Hornfreak whose saxophone will blow your mind! And what's worse is these two killers won't take no for an answer. On top of that they've got Zazie the Beast with his weird animal ways waiting in the wings... -
![Doom Patrol: Book One by Grant Morrison, Richard Case]()
Doom Patrol: Book One by Grant Morrison, Richard Case
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe groundbreaking series from Grant Morrison that led American comics in a wholly unexpected direction. Originally conceived in the 1960s by the visionary team of writer Arnold Drake and artist Bruno Premiani, the Doom Patrol was reborn a generation later through Grant Morrison’s singular imagination... -
![Gwenpool, the Unbelievable, Vol. 5: Lost in the Plot by Christopher Hastings]()
Gwenpool, the Unbelievable, Vol. 5: Lost in the Plot by Christopher Hastings
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGwenpool: Avenger?! That’s the goal she’s set her sights on! Since arriving in the Marvel Universe from the real world, Gwen Poole has made a name for herself by teaming up with Spider-Man and the Mighty Thor, and tackling villains such as M.O.D.O.K. and Arcade...
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