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Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsStark lives in Colour, a neighbourhood whose inhabitants like to be co-ordinated with their surroundings – a neighbourhood where spangly purple trousers are admired by the walls of buildings as you pass them. Close by is Sound, where you mustn’t make any, apart from one designated hour a day when you can scream your lungs raw... -
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Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Four by Jack Townsend
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs the new owner of the worst business in history, Jack has a lot on his plate. His self-appointed “biggest fan” wants to finally meet, and won’t take no for an answer. The annoying cultists are back and cultier than ever. Plus, there’s a creature living under the building's crawlspace that must be fed regularly (or else)... -
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A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBook Two in the madcap time-travel series based at the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research that seems to be everyone's cup of tea...Categorized as:
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The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out, but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best friend, our narrator, back to their own beginnings...Categorized as:
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![The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross]()
The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsBob Howard, from The Laundry, secret UK agency against evil forces, narrates boarding yacht of Ellis Billington for Gravedust device that talks with dead. Ellis plans to raise Jennifer Morgue, monster from deep sea, rule world. U.S. Black Chamber sends lethal Ramona Random, in conflict with her bosses. Includes: Pimpf tale - Bob in virtual game; Afterword; Glossary... -
![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 ratingsNightmarish 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.Together, they will decide the future of mankind... -
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Overtime by Charles Stross
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIntroduced to readers in the novels The Atrocity Archive and The Jennifer Morgue, the Laundry is a secret British government agency charged with preventing dark interdimensional entities from destroying the human race... -
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The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsNEVER VOLUNTEER FOR ACTIVE DUTY ...Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob's under a desk restoring lost data. His world was dull and safe - but then he went and got Noticed...Categorized as:
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The Eye in the Pyramid by Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt was a deadly mistake. Joseph Malik, editor of a radical magazine, had snooped into rumors about an ancient secret society that was still alive and kicking. Now his offices have been bombed, he's missing, and the case has landed in the lap of a tough, cynical, streetwise New York detective...Categorized as:
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Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMortimer Tate was a recently divorced insurance salesman when he holed up in a cave on top of a mountain in Tennessee and rode out the end of the world. Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse begins nine years later, when he emerges into a bizarre landscape filled with hollow reminders of an America that no longer exists... -
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Zombie, Ohio by Scott Kenemore
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen rural Ohio college professor Peter Mellor dies in an automobile accident during a zombie outbreak, he is reborn as a highly intelligent (yet somewhat amnesiac) member of the living dead. With society crumbling around him and violence escalating into daily life, Peter quickly learns that being a zombie isn’t all fun and brains... -
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Alan Lennox and the Temp Job of Doom by Brian Olsen
Rated: 3.47 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B00DLJDRU2Alan Lennox has been assigned yet another soul-crushing temp job, keeping him from his first loves – drinking, playing video games, and looking for a boyfriend. But Alan’s new job proves to be anything but boring when his co-workers start turning up dead... -
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Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsJane Charlotte has been arrested for murder.She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons—"Bad Monkeys" for short...Categorized as:
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![A Murder of Manatees by Larry Correia, Adam Baldwin]()
A Murder of Manatees by Larry Correia, Adam Baldwin
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Further Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance AgentWhen half your galaxy is unexpectedly sucked into a black hole - when a hitherto-unknown species of space aliens lays waste to your home planet - when disaster rears its ugly head (or heads) - who can you call for faster-than-light appraisals and best-in-the-multiverse customer service? Just one man - Tom Stranger,... -
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![Assassination Classroom, Vol. 01 by Yusei Matsui, 松井優征]()
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 01 by Yusei Matsui, 松井優征
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThe students in Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High have a new teacher: an alien octopus with bizarre powers and unlimited strength, who's just destroyed the moon and is threatening to destroy the earth - unless they can kill him first!Meet the would-be assassins of class 3-E: Sugino, who let his grades slip and got kicked off the baseball team... -
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Dandadan, Vol. 5 by Yukinobu Tatsu, 龍幸伸
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the secret power of his “family jewel,” so who better to fight alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit granny?!Momo Ayase and Okarun are on opposite sides of the paranormal spectrum regarding what they’ll believe in and what they won’t... -
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Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 2 by Gail Carriger, Rem
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSettling into her new life as the Lady Woolsey, Alexia finds her days quite challenging. Whether it is a regiment of supernatural soldiers camped out on her front lawn or the demands of being the Queen’s “muhjah,” there never seems to be a want of new hurdles to overcome...Categorized as:
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Dandadan, Vol. 10 by Yukinobu Tatsu, 龍幸伸
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTo avoid being late for school on Vamola’s first day, Momo takes the mysterious kaiju girl on a shortcut through some off-limits ruins. But the spell she performs with Vamola for protection doesn’t work, and she runs into the slit-mouthed woman who resides there! The two narrowly escape, and it’s only later that Momo realizes the real danger they were in... -
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Dandadan, Vol. 9 by Yukinobu Tatsu, 龍幸伸
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA seemingly unbeatable kaiju is on the attack! Okarun hits on the idea of revisualizing the nanoskin that repaired Momo’s house into a form they can use to counterattack, but he lacks the visual abilities needed, so it’s Kinta Sakata—aka Erosuke—to the rescue! The nerd uses his vast knowledge of sci-fi to transform Momo’s house into…a giant Buddha... -
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Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 3 by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCondemned by society and her werewolf husband due to a pregnancy she cannot explain, Alexia Maccon - preternatural, tea aficionado - seeks an explanation for this "infant inconvenience" so as to cleanse her sullied reputation and prove her fool of a husband wrong...Categorized as:
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Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 1 by Gail Carriger, Rem
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe life of a spinster in Victorian London isn't an easy one on the best of days, but such a life becomes infinitely more complicated when said spinster is "soulless" - a preternatural bridging the gap between the natural and supernatural worlds...Categorized as:
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とある科学の超電磁砲 6 by Kazuma Kamachi, Motoi Fuyukawa
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet Mikoto Misaka, the third most powerful Level 5 esper in Academy City... -
![Doggusu Barettsu & Kāneiji 4 by Shirow Miwa]()
Doggusu Barettsu & Kāneiji 4 by Shirow Miwa
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReads R to L (Japanese Style). Stray dogs howling in the dark. As Campanella Frühling's train speeds on, bearing disaster to the Underground and its denizens, Bishop gives Heine more clues to his past... -
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Dogs: Bullets & Carnage, Vol. 3 by Shirow Miwa
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter Luki and Noki confirm the existence of another person who carries the same blade as Naoto, the train that Mihai’s on is attacked by a group of inhuman shock troops. As he fights against them, their leader is confronted by none other than Bishop. Meanwhile, back at the church, Heine begins to reveal to Badou and Naoto the terrible history of his “collar” and his childhood Below... -
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![A Certain Scientific Railgun Vol 7 by Kazuma Kamachi]()
A Certain Scientific Railgun Vol 7 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the final battle against the Accelerator, the truth cuts like a knife, while romance blossoms between Misaka and Touma. Meanwhile, Tokiwadai Middle School welcomes its newest student, the egotistical Kongou Mitsuko, who immediately sets off a power struggle among the student body as she seeks to form her own faction... -
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とある科学の超電磁砲 3 by Kazuma Kamachi, Motoi Fuyukawa
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSoon to be a hit anime from FUNimation Welcome to a world where mysticism and science collide, and supernatural powers are derived from either science or religion. At the heart of this world is Academy City, an advanced metropolis whose population is comprised mostly of students... -
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A Certain Scientific Railgun, Vol. 4 by Kazuma Kamachi, Motoi Fuyukawa
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling series continues! Welcome to a world where mysticism and science collide, and supernatural powers are derived from either science or religion. At the heart of this world is Academy City, an advanced metropolis whose population is comprised mostly of students... -
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A Certain Scientific Railgun, Vol. 2 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet Mikoto Misaka, the third most powerful Level 5 esper in Academy City... -
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Dandadan, Vol. 1 by Yukinobu Tatsu, 龍幸伸
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMomo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school's UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames "Okarun" because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite...
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