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![残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by Priest](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/66263078a2b0b2ef052d2dbf.jpg)
残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by Priest
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“这是最好的时代，也是最坏的时代。”——狄更斯《双城记》“我带着深藏骨血的仇恨与酝酿多年的阴谋，把自己变成一个死而复生的幽灵，沉入沼泽，沉入深渊，我想埋下腐烂的根系，长出见血封喉的荆棘，刺穿这个虚伪的文明。我到了淤泥深处……捡到了一颗星星。”It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.—— C. Dickens《A Tale of Two Cities》I took my hatred and plot for revenge with me down the mire, to the depths of the abyss, and returned as a ghost of the past... -
![Untamed by Lindsey Pogue]()
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... -
![Beyond Surrender by Kit Rocha]()
Beyond Surrender by Kit Rocha
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe final book in the bestselling, award-winning series... She's the heart of O'Kane liquor. He's the brains of the revolution. They're facing a war that could end their world. Again. On December 13th, the Beyond series comes to its climactic conclusion with Nessa and Ryder's story--and the final battle between the sectors and Eden... -
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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... -
![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... -
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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... -
![Fated by Teri Terry]()
Fated by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm just one girl. What can I do?Sam's cosy life as daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister is about to end. These are turbulent times. Borders have closed and protests are turning violent. The government blames the country's youth, and is cracking down hard. Mobile phones are blocked, gatherings are banned and dissent is brutally crushed.Sam is torn between family loyalty and doing what is right... -
![Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones by Torrey Peters]()
Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones by Torrey Peters
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the future, everyone will be trans. So says Lexi. She's a charismatic trans woman furious with the way she sees her trans friends treated by society and resentful of the girl who spurned her love... -
![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... -
![Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman]()
Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Arc of a Scythe series continues with stories that span the timeline. Storylines continue. Origin stories are revealed. And new Scythes emerge...There are still countless tales of the Scythedom to tell. Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and Scythe Goddard trying to turn it upside down... -
![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 Barriers by Katie French]()
The Barriers by Katie French
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook Five in the best-selling young adult dystopian series, The Breeders Riley hasn't seen her boyfriend Clay or her nine-year-old brother Ethan for two months. Between violent road gangs and ongoing clashes between the Breeders and the Free Colonies, are they even still alive? But Riley will never stop looking... -
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![Horatio by T.J. Klune]()
Horatio by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn October 15, 1979, two men take to the road, leaving their town behind, waiting for the peanut farmer president to come onto the radio to make an important announcement about the future of all mankind. In the hours leading up to the broadcast, Jamie and Harry will look back on their relationship, and what it means to live in defiance like there's no tomorrow... -
![Bajo el metal by Irene Morales]()
Bajo el metal by Irene Morales
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJapón, 2304.Hotaro e Ichiro son dos mecatrónicos de los bajos fondos de la desértica ciudad de Tokio. Su fama de aceptar cualquier encargo, por truculento o retorcido que sea, lleva a un capo de la mafia a proponerles un nuevo y jugoso trabajo: arreglar y actualizar al último neómano del país, un androide ilegal al que planea subastar entre las altas esferas... -
![Your Body is Not Your Body by L.C. von Hessen, Rain Corbyn]()
Your Body is Not Your Body by L.C. von Hessen, Rain Corbyn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEXTREME CONDITIONS DEMAND EXTREME RESPONSES.Over thirty creators from the Trans/Gender Nonconforming communities come together to voice their rage, defiance and fearlessness in the New Weird Horror tradition that Tenebrous Press exemplifies.A centaur seeks illicit surgery in an alien bodily modification club... -
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Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen an unprecedented hurricane devastates the city of Houston, Noah Mishner finds shelter in the Dallas Mavericks’ basketball arena. Though he finds community among other queer refugees, Noah fears his trans and Jewish identities put him at risk with certain "capital-T" Texans. His fears take form when he starts seeing visions of his great- grandfather Abe, who fled Nazi Germany as a boy... -
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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... -
![The Sowing by Steven dos Santos]()
The Sowing by Steven dos Santos
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis time, there are no choices.Lucian “Lucky” Spark leads a double life. By day, he trains to become one of the Establishment elite. At night, he sabotages his oppressors from within, seeking to avenge the murder of his love, Digory Tycho, and rescue his imprisoned brother... -
![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 Block by Ben Oliver]()
The Block by Ben Oliver
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the second book of The Loop trilogy, Luka is trapped in a fate worse than death. But now that he knows the truth about what he and his fellow inmates are being used for, it's more important than ever that he not only escape, but that he build an army.Luka in a prisoner once again. But this time it's a fate worse than death... -
![The Outrage by William Hussey]()
The Outrage by William Hussey
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"You know, when you live in a time of progress, it seems that progress is the only possible way. The idea that everything we'd gained, all of those hard-won rights, could be taken away from us, and that open minds could be closed again? But then the Outrage happened."Welcome to England, where the Protectorate enforces the Public Good... -
![The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi]()
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds--past, present, and future. Choi's third book features poems about historical and impending apocalypses, alongside musings on our responsibilities to each other and visions for our collective survival.Many have called our time dystopian... -
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![Defying Doomsday by Tsana Dolichva, Octavia Cade]()
Defying Doomsday by Tsana Dolichva, Octavia Cade
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTeens form an all-girl band in the face of an impending comet.A woman faces giant spiders to collect silk and protect her family.New friends take their radio show on the road in search of plague survivors.A man seeks love in a fading world... -
![The Hands We're Given by O.E. Tearmann]()
The Hands We're Given by O.E. Tearmann
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAidan Headly never wanted to be the man giving orders. That's fine with the Democratic State Force base he's been assigned to command: they don't like to take orders. Nicknamed the Wildcards, they used to be the most effective base against the seven Corporations owning the former United States in a war that has lasted over half a century... -
![The Merro Tree by Katie Waitman]()
The Merro Tree by Katie Waitman
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn the far reaches of our galaxy, the artist will face the ultimate censorship.Mikk of Vyzania, the galaxy's greatest performance master, commanded stages on all the myriad worlds. His sublime, ethereal performances were unforgettable, drawing on the most treasured traditions of every culture, every people, throughout inhabited space... -
![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... -
![La invención de Morel / El gran Serafín by Adolfo Bioy Casares]()
La invención de Morel / El gran Serafín by Adolfo Bioy Casares
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEl argentino Adolfo Bioy Casares, nacido en 1914, tiene en su haber una larga y consistente labor literaria finalmente reconocida al concedérsele el Premio Cervantes en 1990. En el presente volumen se ofrecen dos de sus obras más características, la novela La invención de Morel y la colección de cuentos cortos El gran Serafín... -
![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... -
![Machine's Last Testament by Benjanun Sriduangkaew]()
Machine's Last Testament by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo give humanity peace, the artificial intelligence Samsara will wage an eternal war . . .In a universe torn by combat, Samsara's world is the final haven that refugees will pay any price to enter. At the Selection Bureau, Suzhen Tang upholds the AI's will and grants citizenship to those deemed worthy... -
![Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories by Vandana Singh]()
Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories by Vandana Singh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn her first North American collection, Vandana Singh’s deep humanism and scientific background intersect in stories that celebrate characters who are trying to make sense of the people they meet, what they see, and the challenges they face in this world and others. In “Requiem”, a woman goes to Alaska to try and make sense of her aunt’s disappearance... -
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![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... -
![The Shape of My Name by Nino Cipri]()
The Shape of My Name by Nino Cipri
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Shape of My Name by Nino Cipri is a time travel story about what it means to truly claim yourself... -
![Magda und Ben by Thomas Thiemeyer]()
Magda und Ben by Thomas Thiemeyer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDer Kampf der Geschlechter steuert seinem Höhepunkt entgegen. Als die Frauenarmee immer tiefer ins Herz der Männerstadt vorrückt, treffen ein alter Mann und eine alte Frau aufeinander - und machen eine unglaubliche Entdeckung: Magda, die oberste Heilerin, und Benedikt, der Prior der Abtei, waren vor fünfundsechzig Jahren ein junges Paar, das durch den Virus auseinandergerissen wurde... -
![the earthquake room by Davey Davis]()
the earthquake room by Davey Davis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the near future, Oakland is haunted by natural disaster and political collapse. When k realizes that she has infected her girlfriend, bea, with a disease, she loses herself in a masochistic quest for atonement, leaving bea to contend with her fears about an increasingly precarious world by herself... -
![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... -
![Cronus by P. Djèlí Clark]()
Cronus by P. Djèlí Clark
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA young Black woman challenges the indignity of a segregated dystopian future and exposes a time-bending secret in this dark, defiant short story from P. Djèlí Clark, award-winning author of Ring Shout.The year is 2030. Annabeth works a stable job at CRONUS, a time travel company that caters to wealthy clients... -
![The Maerlande Chronicles by Élisabeth Vonarburg]()
The Maerlande Chronicles by Élisabeth Vonarburg
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA future society, where women far outnumber men, has abandoned the models of patriarchy and matriarchy and established new gender roles. But Lisbei, a young thinker whose gift is exploring the past, confronts the new establishment in order to force changes of her own. The Maerlande Chronicles is a sequel to the critically-acclaimed novel The Silent City... -
![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... -
![Wolf and Iron by Gordon R. Dickson]()
Wolf and Iron by Gordon R. Dickson
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter the collapse of civilization, when the social fabric of America has come apart in bloody rags, when every man's hand is raised against another, and only the strong survive."Jeebee" Walther was a scientist, a student of human behavior, who saw the Collapse of the world economy coming, but could do nothing to stop it... -
![The Wall by Gautam Bhatia]()
The Wall by Gautam Bhatia
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMithila’s world is bound by a Wall enclosing the city of Sumer—nobody goes out, nothing comes in. The days pass as they have for two thousand years: just enough to eat for just enough people, living by the rules. Within the city, everyone knows their place. But when Mithila tries to cross the Wall, every power in Sumer comes together to stop her... -
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![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... -
![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... -
![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... -
![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... -
![The First 7 by Laura Pohl]()
The First 7 by Laura Pohl
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"An imaginative, sophisticated science fiction trip for young adults." - Foreword "If you loved novels like Lifelike by Jay Kristoff and Renegades by Marissa Meyer, this one is sure to be a hit for you." - The Nerd Daily The thrilling conclusion to The Last 8 duology that follows the Last Teenagers on Earth as they head home to a now-hostile planet... -
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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 69 by Neil Clarke, An Owomoyela
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFICTION"Immersion" by Aliette de Bodard"If The Mountain Comes" by An Owomoyela"You Were She Who Abode" by E. Catherine ToblerNON-FICTION"Energizing Futures: How SF Fuels Itself" by Stephen Gaskell"Neither the Billionaire nor the Tramp: Economics in Speculative Fiction" by Jeremy L. C...
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