Books like 'We See a Different Frontier: A Postcolonial Speculative Fiction Anthology'
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Untamed by Lindsey Pogue
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s been eleven years since a pandemic devastated the population and left survivors with superhuman capabilities, and the world has finally settled into a new sense of normal.Beau has learned to embrace and grow into his Ability, but when he loses his best friend, Beau’s world crumbles all over again...Categorized as:
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![Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline]()
Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA new story about hope and survival. Years ago, when plagues and natural disasters killed millions of people, much of the world stopped dreaming. Without dreams, people are haunted, sick, mad, unable to rebuild. The government soon finds that the Indigenous people of North America have retained their dreams, an ability rumored to be housed in the very marrow of their bones... -
![Cyber Trips by Marie Graßhoff]()
Cyber Trips by Marie Graßhoff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIm Jahr 2101 hat die Menschheit nach erbitterten Kämpfen gegen die künstliche Intelligenz KAMI einen herben Rückschlag erlitten. Millionen wurden von ihrem technologischen Virus infiziert und verloren jeglichen eigenen Willen... -
![The Long Run by Daniel Keys Moran]()
The Long Run by Daniel Keys Moran
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFew of the telepaths survived the massacre by the United Nations Peaceforce. Seven years later, the last telepaths, Denice and Trent, are marked by the Peaceforce, and will die unless Trent can carry out his plan to avenge the deaths of his friends... -
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![House of Gold by C.T. Rwizi]()
House of Gold by C.T. Rwizi
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom visionary author C. T. Rwizi comes the epic journey of four people on a distant planet who face the ultimate test of loyalty, friendship, and duty in the rising tide of war.A corporate aristocracy descended from Africa rules a colony on a distant planet.Life here is easy—for the rarified and privileged few... -
![Geometry for Ocelots by Exurb1a]()
Geometry for Ocelots by Exurb1a
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt is the end of history and all is known, or will be soon. Humanity long ago transitioned to the era of holy technology. Now humans present as saintly animals, spending their days in meditation and drug-induced euphoria, far from the dark secrets their paradise is founded upon... -
![Viendra le temps du feu by Wendy Delorme]()
Viendra le temps du feu by Wendy Delorme
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Elles étaient toutes brisées et pourtant incassables. Elles existaient ensemble comme un tout solidaire, un orchestre puissant, les organes noués en ordre aléatoire, un grand corps frémissant. Et j'étais l'une d'entre elles." Une société totalitaire aux frontières closes, bordée par un fleuve... -
![Radio by Sophia Elaine Hanson, Sophia Slade]()
Radio by Sophia Elaine Hanson, Sophia Slade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the traumatic events at the dreaded prison Red Bay, Ronja is hanging by a thread. Whispers trail her through the Belly, carrying rumors of her borderline supernatural voice. Plagued by nightmares and haunted by the memories of those she could not save, she clings to the promise that her gift will soon become the weapon of the Anthem... -
![Race Across Spacetime by M.D. Cooper]()
Race Across Spacetime by M.D. Cooper
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Alliance has suffered an unimaginable loss: Tangel is dead. The crew of the I2 struggles to carry on, dealing with the impending occupation of New Sol and surrender of the Orion Freedom Alliance. But Bob harbors a suspicion, a kernel of hope, and sends the Falconer in search of additional survivors... -
![M Archive: After the End of the World by Alexis Pauline Gumbs]()
M Archive: After the End of the World by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFollowing the innovative collection Spill, Alexis Pauline Gumbs's M Archive—the second book in a planned experimental triptych—is a series of poetic artifacts that speculatively documents the persistence of Black life following a worldwide cataclysm. Engaging with the work of the foundational Black feminist theorist M... -
![Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead]()
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis exciting and groundbreaking fiction anthology showcases a number of new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer Indigenous) writers from across Turtle Island. These visionary authors show how queer Indigenous communities can bloom and thrive through utopian narratives that detail the vivacity and strength of 2SQness throughout its plight in the maw of settler colonialism's histories... -
![Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora by Sheree Renée Thomas, W.E.B. Du Bois]()
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora by Sheree Renée Thomas, W.E.B. Du Bois
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis volume introduces black science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers to the generations of readers who have not had the chance to explore the scope and diversity among African-American writers.Fiction. Sister Lilith - Honoree Fanonne JeffersThe Comet - W.E.B. Du Bois Chicage 1927 - Jewelle GomezBlack No More (novel excerpt) - George S... -
![The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard]()
The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFirst published in 1978, this collection of nineteen of Ballard's best short stories is as timely and informed as ever. His tales of the human psyche and its relationship to nature and technology, as viewed through a strong microscope, were eerily prescient and now provide greater perspective on our computer-dominated culture... -
![The A.I. War: The Big Boost by Daniel Keys Moran]()
The A.I. War: The Big Boost by Daniel Keys Moran
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Long-Awaited Sequel to The Long Run and The Last Dancer.In 2072, the United Nations Space Force began building the Unity . . . at Halfway.The Unity was seven kilometers long... -
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![Unexpected Stories by Octavia E. Butler]()
Unexpected Stories by Octavia E. Butler
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn NPR Books Great Read: Two never-before-published stories from the archives of one of science fiction’s all-time masters. The novella “A Necessary Being” showcases Octavia E. Butler’s ability to create alien yet fully believable “others.” Tahneh’s father was a Hao, one of a dwindling race whose leadership abilities render them so valuable that their members are captured and forced to govern...Categorized as:
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![Becoming Elektra by Christian Handel]()
Becoming Elektra by Christian Handel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSie bestimmen, wer du bistWenn dein Leben eine Lüge ist ... Als die junge und schöne Elektra Hamilton bei einem Reitunfall ums Leben kommt, erhält Isabel ein unerwartetes Angebot. Sie, die Elektra wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten ist, soll deren Platz einnehmen. Sie muss lediglich für immer verschweigen, wer sie wirklich ist... -
![The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due]()
The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn her first new book in seven years, Tananarive Due further cements her status as a leading innovator in Black horror and Afrofuturism “Tananarive Due is the master of Black horror, even teaching a class where Jordan Peele guest-lectured. So her new collection, The Wishing Pool, out in mid-April, is a major treat, full of major scares... -
![Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories by Richard Van Camp]()
Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories by Richard Van Camp
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe characters of Moccasin Square Gardens inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the sixtieth parallel. These stories are filled with in-laws, outlaws and common-laws. Get ready for illegal wrestling moves (“The Camel Clutch”), pinky promises, a doctored casino, extraterrestrials or “Sky People,” love, lust and prayers for peace... -
![Active Memory by Dan Wells]()
Active Memory by Dan Wells
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence and the John Cleaver series, comes the third and final book in the dark, pulse-pounding, sci-fi neo-noir series that began with the acclaimed novel Bluescreen... -
![Beast Master's Ark by Andre Norton, Lyn McConchie]()
Beast Master's Ark by Andre Norton, Lyn McConchie
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first new exciting Beast Master adventure in decades!Danger on ArzorBeast Master Hosteen Storm has endured great perils to carve out a life for himself on Arzor, the colony planet he's called home since the destruction of Earth by the alien Xik... -
![Ninguém nasce herói by Eric Novello]()
Ninguém nasce herói by Eric Novello
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNum futuro em que o Brasil é liderado por um fundamentalista religioso, o Escolhido, o simples ato de distribuir livros na rua é visto como rebeldia... -
![The Second Wave by Krista Street]()
The Second Wave by Krista Street
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe thought the danger was past, but it was only the beginning... Two years ago, the Makanza virus was eradicated from the public. Now, everyone thinks they’re safe—including Davin. As the oldest among his siblings, Davin plans to leave for college after a short visit with his divorced father on the Cheyenne River Reservation... -
![Crusade by Jonathan Yanez]()
Crusade by Jonathan Yanez
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe book, the cup, the sword; ancient alien relics buried on Earth have been recovered. But before they can be put to use, two old friends must be saved. Angelica and Jax codenamed Angel and Spartan have been gone since the end of the Voy invasion. With no communication received from the two original members of the Pack Protocol, the search begins...Categorized as:
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![Apex Magazine Issue 99 by Jason Sizemore, Rebecca Roanhorse]()
Apex Magazine Issue 99 by Jason Sizemore, Rebecca Roanhorse
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsApex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field. New issues are released the first Tuesday of every month.This month we celebrate Indigenous American fantasists with guest editor Amy H. Sturgis... -
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![Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams]()
Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSuccessful in its efforts to create a glittering interstellar empire, founded on the use of an ultra-advanced computer and bioengineering technology, humankind becomes the prey of its own creation, the Aristoi... -
![State Tectonics by Malka Ann Older]()
State Tectonics by Malka Ann Older
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne of the best books of 2018, according to Kirkus Reviews, the Chicago Review of Books, and BookRiot.Campbell Award finalist Malka Older's State Tectonics concludes The Centenal Cycle, the cyberpunk poltical thriller series that began with Infomocracy and is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series.The future of democracy must evolve or die... -
![Rubicon Beach by Steve Erickson]()
Rubicon Beach by Steve Erickson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA prisoner with a haunted past is released into ravaged Los Angeles, where he pursues an elusive girl to the shores or Rubicon Beach and faces his lost destiny. In his second novel, Steve Erickson creates a decaying world filled with leftover passions and poetic vision that established him as one of the most original and evocative American writers of his generation... -
![Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany]()
Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA father must come to terms with his son's death in the war. In Venice an architecture student commits a crime of passion. A white southern airport loader tries to do a favor for a black northern child... -
![Report from Planet Midnight by Nalo Hopkinson]()
Report from Planet Midnight by Nalo Hopkinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsInfused with feminist, Afro-Caribbean views of the science fiction and fantasy genres, this collection of offbeat and highly original works takes aim at race and racism in literature... -
![The A.I. Chronicles (The Future Chronicles by Samuel Peralta]()
The A.I. Chronicles (The Future Chronicles by Samuel Peralta
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Even today, machines that mimic human thinking surround us... -
![Carthage by J.J. Green, M.D. Cooper]()
Carthage by J.J. Green, M.D. Cooper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn enemy thought long dead waits in the shadows. It’s taken nearly two centuries to reach the New Canaan System. Four beautiful, pristine new worlds await the colonists, but there’s trouble in paradise.Upon arrival, Governor Richards gives Erin a special mission: to build secret shipyards in the outer system, hidden within moons and safe from prying eyes... -
![Begin the World Over by Kung Li Sun]()
Begin the World Over by Kung Li Sun
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBegin the World Over is a fictional alternate history of how the Founders’ greatest fear—that Black and indigenous people might join forces to undo the newly formed United States—comes true...Categorized as:
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![Eclipse Corona by John Shirley]()
Eclipse Corona by John Shirley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"John Shirley's prophet-in-the-cyberwilderness voice deserves high billing among the best." -- Roger Zelazny This classic of cyberpunk literature brings John Shirley's "A Song Called Youth" trilogy to a thrilling conclusion. After the fundamentalists of the Christian Fascist Second Alliance find themselves discredited in the United States, they make a final, terrifying stand in Europe... -
![Dark Reflections by Samuel R. Delany]()
Dark Reflections by Samuel R. Delany
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArnold Hawley, a gay, African–American poet, has lived in NYC for most of his life. Dark Reflections traces Hawley's life in three sections — in reverse order. Part one: Hawley, at 50 years old, wins the an award for his sixth book of poems. Part two explores Hawley's unhappy marriage, while the final section recalls his college days... -
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![Мова by Віктар Марціновіч]()
Мова by Віктар Марціновіч
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings«Мова» – другі беларускамоўны раман Марціновіча пасля «Сцюдзёнага выраю». «У “Мове” я паспрабаваў сабраць у незвычайным сюжэце маё разуменне багажу праблем, звязаных з нашай ідэнтычнасцю, з культурай, мовай і гісторыяй. З тутэйшасцю, з правінцыйнасцю, з гатоўнасцю адмовіцца ад свайго», – кажа аўтар... -
![11,4 sueños luz by Nicholas Avedon]()
11,4 sueños luz by Nicholas Avedon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEn el París del siglo XXIII donde todo está en venta, las emociones puras son de gran valor para aquellos que no pueden vivirlas. Ariel de Santos es un creador de sueños vívidos, uno de los pocos artistas capaces de modelar las emociones para seducir e inspirar a un mundo que se ha olvidado de soñar... -
![Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe]()
Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this debut collection of body-horror fairy tales and mid-apocalyptic Catholic cyberpunk, memory and myth, loss and age, these are the tools of storyteller Jarboe, a talent in the field of queer fabulism... -
![The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei]()
The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt is the late twenty-first century, and Momo is the most celebrated dermal care technician in all of T City. Humanity has migrated to domes at the bottom of the sea to escape devastating climate change. The world is dominated by powerful media conglomerates and runs on exploited cyborg labor... -
![The Raising by Steven dos Santos]()
The Raising by Steven dos Santos
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree Pasts. Two Fates. One Choice.Once a humble orphan existing in the shadows of the brutal Establishment, Lucian “Lucky” Spark has evolved from lone vigilante to “The Torch Keeper," a fiery symbol of the valiant resistance. Lucky now leads the heroic fight to restore justice and liberty to the downtrodden survivors of a world devastated by geological catastrophe and tyranny... -
![Cyberpunk City Book One: The Machine Killer by D.L. Young]()
Cyberpunk City Book One: The Machine Killer by D.L. Young
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor fans of Altered Carbon, Neuromancer, and Snow Crash.Former data thief Maddox thinks his life of cybercrime is behind him. He couldn't be more wrong.Forced by a powerful executive to steal a priceless dataset, Maddox uncovers the shocking truth of a secret war between AIs, raging inside the digital universe known as virtual space... -
![Pixel Juice by Jeff Noon]()
Pixel Juice by Jeff Noon
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratings'In the first shop they bought a packet of dogseed, because Doreen had always wanted to grow her own dog...'Pixel Juice is the collected outpourings of an overactive mind. A selection of fifty stories from Jeff Noon's head, each one strange, telling, disturbing, or sometimes just plain wierd...Categorized as:
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![The Stone Within by David Wingrove]()
The Stone Within by David Wingrove
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dying old man's dreams warn the Seven T'Ang that a fierce storm is approaching...so dark, so deadly it can destroy a world. Not even the T'ang, rulers of the magnificent mile-high city-kingdoms of the planet, can predict from where the danger will come. As assassins spread outward to a fortified palace in space, treachery moves inway into men's and women's heart to bring down a dynasy.. -
![The Rule of All by Ashley Saunders, Leslie Saunders]()
The Rule of All by Ashley Saunders, Leslie Saunders
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs America’s twenty-first-century revolution reaches its endgame, twin sisters must outrun, and outlive, the Common enemy.Outlaw twin sisters Ava and Mira Goodwin were born to defy Texas’s tyrannical and oppressive Governor Roth. They inspired millions across the country to liberate themselves and fight to live free under the new Common rule... -
![Toward Eternity by Anton Hur]()
Toward Eternity by Anton Hur
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat does it mean to be human in a world where technology is quickly catching up to biology?In a near-future world, a new technological therapy is quickly eradicating cancer: The body’s cells are entirely replaced with nanites—robot or android cells that not only cure those afflicted but leave them virtually immortal... -
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![Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 160 (January 2020) by Neil Clarke]()
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 160 (January 2020) by Neil Clarke
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 10 ratings2021 Finalist: Hugo Award for Best Novelette, listed under the title "Helicopter Story". This was published as a Clarkesworld audiobook podcast in 2020... -
![Doctor Who: Love and War by Paul Cornell]()
Doctor Who: Love and War by Paul Cornell
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn a planet called Heaven, all hell is breaking loose.Heaven is a paradise for both humans and Draconians - a place of rest in more ways than one. The Doctor comes here on a trivial mission - to find a book, or so he says - and Ace, wandering alone in the city, becomes involved with a charismatic Traveller called Jan. But the Doctor is strenuously opposed to the romance... -
![The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter]()
The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMaya Andreyeva is a "camera", a reporter with virtual reality broadcasting equipment implanted in her brain. What she sees, millions see; what she feels, millions share.And what Maya is seeing is the cover-up of a massacre... -
![Event Factory by Renee Gladman]()
Event Factory by Renee Gladman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA “linguist-traveler” arrives by plane to Ravicka, a city of yellow air in which an undefined crisis is causing the inhabitants to flee. Although fluent in the native language, she quickly finds herself on the outside of every experience. Things happen to her, events transpire, but it is as if the city itself, the performance of life there, eludes her... -
![Rebel Sisters by Tochi Onyebuchi]()
Rebel Sisters by Tochi Onyebuchi
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the epic, action-packed sequel to the “brilliant” (Booklist, starred review) novel War Girls, the battles are over, but the fight for justice has just begun.It’s been five years since the Biafran War ended. Ify is now nineteen and living where she’s always dreamed–the Space Colonies... -
![Lunar Descent by Allen M. Steele]()
Lunar Descent by Allen M. Steele
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsExplosive science fiction-forged in Steele. The moondogs are responsible for maintaining Skycorp's most important off-world projects-and now they're going on strike...
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