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Hearing Red by Nicole Maser
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew Recommended for ages 18+In a world overrun by an unprecedented outbreak, two young women find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle for survival.Saff, a determined new doctor in the first year of her internship, had clawed her way out of a tumultuous past, only to be dragged back into it when the zombie outbreak hits... -
![Five Great Novels (The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Martian Time-Slip, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly) by Philip K. Dick]()
Five Great Novels (The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Martian Time-Slip, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly) by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn omnibus volume of five of the best novels by 'the most consistently brilliant SF writer in the world' (John Brunner). Dick's tales of twisted perceptions and false realities have shaped modern SF and provided the inspiration for numerous blockbuster movies.'For everyone lost in the endlessly multiplicating realities of the modern world, remember: Philip K... -
![Lo que pasa es que te quiero: Poemas de amor y desamor by Gloria Fuertes]()
Lo que pasa es que te quiero: Poemas de amor y desamor by Gloria Fuertes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPara Gloria Fuertes el amor era algo involuntario, como la poesía o el hipo. Curiosa, melancólica y mordaz, durante toda su vida amó y escribió con un espíritu de libertad y ternura insólito en la España de su época. Le rompieron el corazón mil veces, y mil veces lo recompuso para seguir queriendo... -
![Loved and Lost: Author's Edition by Stephanie E. Kusiak]()
Loved and Lost: Author's Edition by Stephanie E. Kusiak
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlake Fortier and Rachel Kaplan are the perfect couple. Driven and successful in their own pursuits, they're fifteen years into a marriage that will seemingly last forever. When a tragic accident tears them apart, Blake is left with nothing but the harsh light of hindsight and the bitterness of regret... -
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![Summa Technologiae by Stanisław Lem]()
Summa Technologiae by Stanisław Lem
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Polish writer Stanisław Lem is best known to English-speaking readers as the author of the 1961 science fiction novel Solaris, adapted into a meditative film by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972 and remade in 2002 by Steven Soderbergh... -
![The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Lily Tomlin]()
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Lily Tomlin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis side-splitting yet dramatic tour-de-force features a dazzling parade of characters immediately familiar to the coast-to-coast Wagner/Tomlin fans. Enhanced with remarkable onstage photographs of Tomlin. 78 halftones... -
![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... -
![Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays by Laurent Bouzereau]()
Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays by Laurent Bouzereau
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsn all three full-length screenplays, presented with the secrets that led to their creation. Through hours of exclusive interviews with George Lucas and others involved in crafting the original trilogy, Laurent Bouzereau has uncovered the complex process through which life was breathed into the legendary Star Wars saga... -
![Death by Sex Machine by Franny Choi]()
Death by Sex Machine by Franny Choi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPoetry. In Death by Sex Machine fem-surrogate cyborgs of manga and film are used as a force "for understanding personal suppression of language," a series of poems made uncomfortable by both what is said and not said... -
![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... -
![Μαύρο νερό by Μιχάλης Μακρόπουλος]()
Μαύρο νερό by Μιχάλης Μακρόπουλος
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsΈνας πατέρας κι ο ανάπηρος γιος του, με όπλο την αγάπη που τρέφουν ο ένας για τον άλλο, παλεύουν να επιβιώσουν σ' ένα χωριό που ερημώνει, στα βουνά της Ηπείρου. Γύρω τους έχει συντελεστεί μια οικολογική καταστροφή· το νερό πλέον δεν πίνεται, τα ζώα και τα φυτά είναι δηλητηριασμένα.Ο αγώνας τους δίνεται με λόγο λιτό και ποιητικό στο Μαύρο νερό... -
![Effacement by Hieronymus Hawkes]()
Effacement by Hieronymus Hawkes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen recording every aspect of your life has become the law, what happens when your connection to the world is severed? With the advent of BioNarratus’s Vitasync neurochip, serious crime has all but disappeared. Without a lifelog you can’t get a bank account, medical insurance, or a job... -
![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... -
![The Vindication by C.J. Cherryh]()
The Vindication by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA compelling heroine…a future as detailed as that of Herbert's Dune…and finely orchestrated suspense right up to the end. Strongly recommended... -
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![Tagwind - Der Bewahrer der Jahreszeiten by Jennifer Wolf]()
Tagwind - Der Bewahrer der Jahreszeiten by Jennifer Wolf
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYannis David Tagwind wird in ganz Hemera als hilfsbereiter junger Mann geschätzt und für sein Geigenspiel heiß und innig geliebt. In der Stadt wundert man sich schon, wann er sich wohl eine Frau suchen wird. Ganz besonders natürlich seine eigene Familie, die ihn schon umringt von einer Schar Kinder sieht. Doch Yannis hat ein Problem... -
![Destiny by Matthew Mather, Lucas Bale]()
Destiny by Matthew Mather, Lucas Bale
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs the Earth plunges toward Saturn, Jessica struggles to decide whether to save the ones she loves, or save the human race... -
![Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry]()
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this illuminating script book, Charlie Kaufman, the Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation , shares the logistical challenges of writing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in a fascinating interview... -
![Hope by Marc Levy]()
Hope by Marc Levy
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor anyone who’s dreamed of immortality comes a twice-in-a-lifetime love story by Marc Levy, the phenomenal, internationally bestselling French author of P.S. from Paris and The Last of the Stanfields.In Massachusetts, neuroscience students Luke, Josh, and Hope have formed an unbreakable and unconditional friendship... -
![Villains Don't Train Heroes! by Mia Archer]()
Villains Don't Train Heroes! by Mia Archer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsNight Terror, the greatest villain the world has ever known, has problems. Life should be great. She saved the day again. She sort of defeated her new archnemesis again. She got the girl again. Only Night Terror is learning that if she starts doing heroic things then the world, and her girlfriend, is going to start expecting her to be heroic... -
![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... -
![Reinventing Lindsey by Maggie Brown]()
Reinventing Lindsey by Maggie Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStudying the past hasn’t prepared Daisy Parker—anthropologist-turned-matchmaker—for her latest client. Finding Lindsey Jamieson-Ford a life partner isn’t exactly a simple exercise. Not only hasn’t Lindsey dated for years, the prickly reclusive scientist relates better with her robots than with people. Lindsey has no idea what matchmaking involves when she hires Daisy... -
![Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison]()
Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"A thought-provoking play about memory, its corruption and our insistence that technology help us outwit death."—The New York Times "It's the kind of experience that keeps unfolding in the mind long after the play is over... -
![Carrier Wave by Robert Brockway]()
Carrier Wave by Robert Brockway
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHumanity listened to the night sky. What we heard shattered the world.Listen.Just once. That’s it.As soon as you hear it, it has you. And once it has you, it’s over. You may think you’re in control. You’re not. You want one more listen. You want to look at that strange spot in the sky. The one that’s been slowly growing. The one that didn’t make sense… until you listened... -
![The Moments by Nicole Pyland]()
The Moments by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBailey Sayers has a decision to make. That decision will impact her entire life. If she says something, she risks embarrassment and her heart. If she doesn’t say something, she may never know if Jenna Cabot feels the same way about her. In Path I, Bailey risks it all and asks Jenna out on a date on their high school graduation day... -
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![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... -
![Upgrade by Blake Crouch]()
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLogan Ramsay is about to get the brain he always dreamed of. But will he be transformed into something more than human…or something less? The mind-blowing new thriller from the 'New York Times' best-selling author of 'Dark Matter' and 'Recursion'.When the SWAT team gives the all-clear and Logan Ramsay steps into the basement, he has no idea that everything's about to change... -
![An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green]()
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 63 ratingsThe Carls just appeared.Roaming through New York City at three AM, twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor—April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life... -
![The Truth Teller by Angela Elwell Hunt]()
The Truth Teller by Angela Elwell Hunt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen her child is born with an incredible ability, dangerous forces pursue Hunter Godfrey and seek to abuse the gift her child possesses, and she must take the child and flee in terror for their very lives... -
![ಯಾನ [Yaana] by S.L. Bhyrappa, ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್. ಭೈರಪ್ಪ]()
ಯಾನ [Yaana] by S.L. Bhyrappa, ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್. ಭೈರಪ್ಪ
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's a story of two astronauts (a man and a woman) travelling in a starship to Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the earth which is around 4-6 light years away. The journey takes several decades. The novel focuses on scientific problems and human relationships... -
![Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual by Rick Sternbach]()
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual by Rick Sternbach
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUNLOCK THE SECRETS OF TEROK NOR! It was once a battered Cardassian ore-processing facility orbiting the planet Bajor. But Terok Nor took on new life when the Cardassians evacuated and were replaced by Starfleet personnel... -
![Noughts & Crosses (Stage Version) by Dominic Cooke, Malorie Blackman]()
Noughts & Crosses (Stage Version) by Dominic Cooke, Malorie Blackman
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAdaptation of much-loved thriller about racism by award-winning children's author Malorie Blackman... -
![Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow by Kirsten Berg, Nnedi Okorafor]()
Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow by Kirsten Berg, Nnedi Okorafor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFuture Tense Fiction is a collection of electrifying original stories from a veritable who’s-who of authors working in speculative literature and science fiction today.Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Emily St... -
![Double Threat by F. Paul Wilson]()
Double Threat by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDouble Threat is a new stand-alone thriller from New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson.Daley has a problem. Her 26-year life so far has been unconventional, to say the least, but now she's got this voice in her head. It claims to be a separate entity that's going to be sharing her body from now on... -
![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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![Bug Week by Airini Beautrais]()
Bug Week by Airini Beautrais
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA science educator in domestic chaos fetishises Scandinavian furniture and champagne flutes. A group of white-collar deadbeats attend a swinger’s party in the era of drunk Muldoon. A pervasive smell seeps through the walls of a German housing block. A seabird performs at an open-mic night... -
![Göttertochter - Das Kind der Jahreszeiten by Jennifer Wolf]()
Göttertochter - Das Kind der Jahreszeiten by Jennifer Wolf
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLiora Vivian Götterkind ist die Tochter von gleich zwei Jahreszeitengöttern und wächst bei Yannis und Sol in Hemera auf. So sehr sie dort von den Menschen als Götterkind verehrt wird, so sehr wird sie aber auch von den anderen Jugendlichen in der Schule ausgeschlossen... -
![Rising Storm: An Apocalyptic Survival Thriller by Kyla Stone]()
Rising Storm: An Apocalyptic Survival Thriller by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"I'd give it more stars if I could...Characters well developed, plot intricately woven, and twists and turns at every corner!" -Amazon Top 500 Reviewer ★★★★★ A hijacked cruise ship. A deadly virus unleashed. The fate of mankind hangs in the balance... In a near future devastated by famine and disease, the United States balances on the cusp of collapse... -
![The Effect by Lucy Prebble]()
The Effect by Lucy Prebble
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou're on a placebo, Tristan. Least I've got an excuse. She told me: you're nothing, you're a control. This is all just you.The Effect is a clinical romance. Two young volunteers, Tristan and Connie, agree to take part in a clinical drug trial...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Survival of the Fittest by Sabine C. Bauer]()
Survival of the Fittest by Sabine C. Bauer
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn eye for an eye…Colonel Frank Simmons has never been a friend to SG-1. Working for the shadowy government organization, the NID, he has hatched a horrifying plan to create an army as devastatingly effective as that of any Goa’uld. And he will stop at nothing to fulfill his ruthless ambition, even if that means forfeiting the life of the SGC’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Janet Fraiser... -
![Marionettes, Inc. by Ray Bradbury]()
Marionettes, Inc. by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Marionettes, Inc., Ray Bradbury offers his devoted readers something both special and unexpected: a unified view of one small corner of a varied fictional universe. In five stories (one of them original to this collection, plus a rare, previously unpublished screen treatment), Bradbury explores the concept of Robotics and examines its impact on the day-to-day lives of ordinary people... -
![Brännmärkt by Lizette Edfeldt]()
Brännmärkt by Lizette Edfeldt
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVänskap har aldrig varit så dödlig. Efter flera hundra år av översvämningar, orkaner, epidemier och krig tvingas återstoden av mänskligheten att hålla hårt i sina resurser för att inte gå under. Befolkningen är inordnad i ett hierarkiskt system, där bara den som fötts som Alfa kan göra sin röst hörd.En värld, fyra zoner, tio rang. Detta är Imperiet... -
![A.S.H.E.R. by Kallysten]()
A.S.H.E.R. by Kallysten
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDear Author,Tell me about a day in the life of this sexbot. Maybe it’s the day he’s first been unpacked and settled into his new home! Maybe it’s sometime after he’s settled into a routine... -
![The Alien's Vacation Fling: Wolf by Lorelei M. Hart]()
The Alien's Vacation Fling: Wolf by Lorelei M. Hart
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf putting a little distance between you and your ex is a good idea, putting a galaxy between you must be an amazing one, right?Nevol booked his “human” style vacation when he had a mate to travel by his side—before that mate left him for another. No ex of his was going to ruin a perfectly good adventure to a far-off primitive planet. Not when he could go alone... -
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![Cartas desde el desierto by Manu Carbajo]()
Cartas desde el desierto by Manu Carbajo
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEn un futuro no muy lejano, La Mili vuelve a ser obligatoria para todos los jóvenes que cumplan dieciséis años. Hacerla implica muchas cosas, pero hay una a la que todos temen: El Desierto. El peor sitio al que te pueden mandar es un lugar tan árido y aislado que nadie sabe decir con exactitud dónde está... -
![...Who Needs Enemies? by Alan Dean Foster]()
...Who Needs Enemies? by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCollection of short stories. Swamp Planet ChristmasSnake EyesBystanderWhat do the Simple Folk do?.. -
![ওমেগা পয়েন্ট by Humayun Ahmed]()
ওমেগা পয়েন্ট by Humayun Ahmed
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsফ্ল্যাপে লিখা কথাওমেগা পয়েন্ট নিয়ে গুছিয়ে একটা গল্প দাঁড়া করাবার ইচ্ছা আমার অনেক দিনের। বিষয়টা শুধু জটিল বললে ভুল বলা হবে-বেড়াছেড়া লেগে যাবার মত জটিল। শেষ পর্যন্ত জটিল চিন্তাগুলি লিখে ফেলতে পেরেছি এটাই বড় কথা। গল্প বলার সময় বিজ্ঞানের কাছাকাছি থাকার চেষ্টা করেছি। পাঠকদের কাছে অনেক তথ্যেই উদ্ভট লাগতে পারে। তাঁরা ভুরু কুঁচকে ফেলতেও পারেন। ভুরু কুঁচকানো পাঠকদের সবিনয়ে জানাচ্ছি বিজ্ঞানে উদ্ভট বলে... -
![The Box by Hugh Howey]()
The Box by Hugh Howey
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens when artificial intelligence comes online, only to find itself locked in a room with a... -
![Harvest by Manjula Padmanabhan]()
Harvest by Manjula Padmanabhan
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOm, a young man, is driven by unemployment to sell his body parts for cash. Guards arrive to make his home into a germ-free zone. When his brother Jeetu arrives unexpectedly, he is taken away as the donor. Om’s wife Jaya is left alone... -
![Tras esa montaña está la orilla by Eva Cid, Nacho Vigalondo]()
Tras esa montaña está la orilla by Eva Cid, Nacho Vigalondo
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHace siglos que la Tierra dejó de ser habitable. Nuestros descendientes sobreviven en un planeta formado por dos grandes continentes, dos civilizaciones que han evolucionado de manera completamente distinta. Uno de estos continentes está habitado únicamente por mujeres...
![ಯಾನ [Yaana] by S.L. Bhyrappa, ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್. ಭೈರಪ್ಪ](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/62462c39cb5f36b9faaee49c.jpg)
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