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Orphan Black: The Next Chapter by Malka Ann Older, Madeline Ashby
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe official continuation of Orphan Black, narrated by Emmy Award winner Tatiana Maslany. The story we never wanted to end continues... -
![Remember Me, Synthetica by K. Aten]()
Remember Me, Synthetica by K. Aten
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when a woman loses her memory but gains a conscience?Dr. Alexandra Turing is a roboticist whose intellect is unrivaled in the field of artificial intelligence. While science has always come easy, Alexandra struggles to understand emotional cues and responses... -
![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... -
![Now Will Machines Hollow the Beast by Benjanun Sriduangkaew]()
Now Will Machines Hollow the Beast by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVishnu’s Leviathan: a half-beast, half-machine warship famed for its speed and might. The great prize that armies across the galaxies will kill to possess.Admiral Anoushka was once a ghost. Now she's the universe's most brutal commander with a debt to a godlike AI. To repay it—and to complete her long revenge—she’s set her sights on the leviathan... -
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![Criminal Minds by Niall Teasdale]()
Criminal Minds by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Marie lands what seems to be the chance of a lifetime, starring in a new, rather low-budget, action movie based on the Whitechapel murders, she is thrilled. But when sex workers begin being murdered, their bodies mutilated in a chillingly familiar fashion it falls to Fox Meridian to hunt down the killer. But it seems that the new Jack has a few tricks up his sleeve which the old one did not... -
![Dominance by Niall Teasdale]()
Dominance by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith the new private policing contracts coming in at the start of the 2062, Fox Meridian can finally relax and devote all her time to her new position as the terrorism liaison for Palladium Security Solutions. She may have no boyfriend and no life, but at least she’s back doing what she wants to do: investigate crimes... -
![Death's Handmaiden by Niall Teasdale]()
Death's Handmaiden by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Clan Worlds Alliance is the larget political body in the known galaxy. At its centre lies Shinden, home to the Clan Assembly and the Shinden Alliance School of Sorcery, probably the best educational facility of its type anywhere. Students from all over the Clan Worlds go there to study a form of magic based squarely on scientific principles... -
![Black Knight by Svetlana R. Ivanova]()
Black Knight by Svetlana R. Ivanova
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAntonina Black, or just Nina, is a wise-mouthed but wounded girl. She is sent to live with her aunt in America. After leaving her homeland Russia, Nina tries to adjust to a new life with her homophobic cousins and American high school. But her life begins to take a strange new turn when an enigmatic girl shows up. Allecra Knight is a gorgeous blonde mystery... -
![Off The Written Path by Natalie Debrabandere]()
Off The Written Path by Natalie Debrabandere
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSOMETIMES THE MORE YOU RUN, THE BETTER YOU’LL BE FOUNDCommunity rescue pilot, Kai Walker, has learned the hard way that needing anyone can be dangerous. Appreciated by all, she is known by few. Her intimate relationships also remain short, sweet, and superficial. Her life may be empty, but it is safe, and good enough.Science-fiction author, Eleanor St James, needs peace and quiet to work... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Then Will the Sun Rise Alabaster by Benjanun Sriduangkaew]()
Then Will the Sun Rise Alabaster by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOn a remote planet, a convent harbors a deadly secret buried beneath quiet violence--a secret that the woman known only as the Alabaster Admiral will obtain at any cost. Set in the same universe as And Shall Machines Surrender... -
![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... -
![Prelude to War by T.S. Paul]()
Prelude to War by T.S. Paul
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWith the destruction of the Earth ship Colossus the 3rd interstellar war is about to begin. The Cabal plan to reveal their political intentions to the Galaxy, but before they can, they have to eliminate their enemies first. Athena and her whole family are in their sights along with anyone that stands in the way of progress and control... -
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![Lucky 7 by Rae D. Magdon]()
Lucky 7 by Rae D. Magdon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElena Nevares is on the run. She’s a jacker, someone who connects to virtual reality with their brain, and everyone else on her crew was murdered during a mission gone wrong. Sasha Young is planning a rescue. She’s a handler, a team leader whose crew has been scattered by an evil corporation: Axys Generations... -
![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... -
![Five-Twelfths of Heaven by Melissa Scott]()
Five-Twelfths of Heaven by Melissa Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a space-faring civilization where a single woman is increasingly sisenfranchised, the star pilot Silence Leigh is defrauded from her inheritance by a greedy competitor. Forced to ally with two men, Silence is dragged into a deadly political struggle, and is tantalized by the hints of the legendary Earth, as well as the dread and the glory of Magi's power... -
![Dreaming Metal by Melissa Scott]()
Dreaming Metal by Melissa Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScott returns to the world of her earlier novel, Dreamships, and, as in several of her novels, takes up the theme of artificial intelligence. Persephone is a planet racked by class struggle and economic and political upheaval... -
![Deep Merge by Linda North]()
Deep Merge by Linda North
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKaesah, a geneticist from an all-female species living on the other side of the galaxy, is stranded on Earth when her mate, who was vital in piloting their starship, dies. Kaesah must report the disturbing events on Earth that could impact the survival of her species... -
![Safe Passage by Rachel Ford]()
Safe Passage by Rachel Ford
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGo big or go home. For privateer Captain Magdalene Landon, it's all about going big. For Kay Ellis, it's about getting home. Together, they're about to architect the most daring heist in the galaxy. Kay knows too much. She knows it’s a matter of time before a Conglomerate hitman finds her. She’s desperate for safe passage back to Union space... -
![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... -
![Little Birds: A collection of short stories by Hannah Lee Kidder]()
Little Birds: A collection of short stories by Hannah Lee Kidder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis best-selling debut of short stories is a collection of glimpses into some of the darkest corners of our lives–the lies we tell ourselves, the ways we hurt others, the painful truths we pretend to face. Each story is a raw, unflinchingly human experience... -
![The I Inside by Alan Dean Foster]()
The I Inside by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor over 100 years, the machine called Colligatarch had ruled the Earth. Its predictions of the future have proved so accurate that humans accepted its recommendations as the best course of action--until a young engineer in Phoenix begins to travel without authorization, enter secret places, assume aliases, and display super-human feats of strength... -
![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... -
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![Bending The Landscape: Science Fiction by Nicola Griffith, J.K. Potter]()
Bending The Landscape: Science Fiction by Nicola Griffith, J.K. Potter
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEdited by world-renowned lesbian fantasy author Nicola Griffith and fantasy publisher Stephen Pagel, this groundbreaking anthology of all-original science fiction stories brings together some of mainstream's and science fiction's most notable writers -- gay and straight -- creating worlds where time and place and sexuality are alternative to the empirical environment... -
![Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women by Sally Miller Gearhart]()
Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women by Sally Miller Gearhart
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis novel tells of a world in which men and women are separated, with women fleeing to the hills for freedom while men remain in the cities. Women gain telepathic abilities, unique flying and healing techniques, and go on duty to assist women in the cities still struggling for enlightenment... -
![The Rivals by Jane Pek]()
The Rivals by Jane Pek
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA prescient literary mystery about corporate espionage, family dynamics, and the follow-up to Jane Pek’s “thoroughly modern twist on classic detective fiction,” The Verifiers (New York Times Book Review)“Exhilaratingly well-written. I loved it so much that I didn’t want it to end.” —Emily St... -
![Daughters of a Coral Dawn by Katherine V. Forrest]()
Daughters of a Coral Dawn by Katherine V. Forrest
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLate in the 22nd century, the settling of a new world falls on the strong shoulders of young Megan. The perfect leader, she undertakes to guide her sisters to a new planet, free from the shackles of the brutal Earth regime. Negotiating politics in a society of women is second only to securing their safety... -
![What We Did While You Were Gone by Rory Power]()
What We Did While You Were Gone by Rory Power
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat We Did While You Were Gone is a 26-page short story featuring Hetty, Reese, and Byatt from Wilder Girls and set early in their friendship, prior to the events of the book... -
![The Chosen Twelve by James Breakwell]()
The Chosen Twelve by James Breakwell
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Hunger Games meets Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy in this breathless survival thriller.Lord of the Flies meets Philip K Dick. There are 22 candidates. There are 12 seats.The last interstellar colony ship is down to its final batch of humans after the robots in charge unhelpfully deleted the rest... -
![Doc and Fluff: The Dystopian Tale of a Girl and Her Biker by Patrick Califia-Rice]()
Doc and Fluff: The Dystopian Tale of a Girl and Her Biker by Patrick Califia-Rice
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in the bleak and not-too-distant future of a culture in its death throes, Doc and Fluff careens through the lives of a pair of outlaw women struggling to survive on the road. Packed with true love, rough sex, and over-the-top adventure, this popular novel is now available with a new introduction to the wild world of Pat Califia's imagination... -
![Daughters of an Emerald Dusk by Katherine V. Forrest]()
Daughters of an Emerald Dusk by Katherine V. Forrest
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Do I sense the writing of a third book in this wonderful series? I sure hope so!”—She magazine on Daughters of an Amber NoonLate in the twenty-second century, 4,000 women escape the tyranny of a male-dominated Earth and colonize the planet of Maternas. Katherine V. Forrest’s influential 1984 novel, Daughters of a Coral Dawn, told the story of this exodus... -
![The Salvation Gambit by Emily Skrutskie]()
The Salvation Gambit by Emily Skrutskie
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA hotheaded hacker must outwit the AI at the heart of a rogue warship–turned–penal colony if she and her crew of con women want to escape with their lives in this electrifying sci-fi thriller from the acclaimed author of Bonds of Brass. Murdock has always believed in Hark, the woman who shaped her from a petty thief and lowlife hacker into a promising con artist... -
![The Sky Used to be Blue by Patrice Fitzgerald]()
The Sky Used to be Blue by Patrice Fitzgerald
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThis is an 8,500 word short story based on Hugh Howey's WOOL books, published with his encouragement.Karma lives in a Silo deep beneath the earth. She isn't sure of much else… only that the wallscreen shows an outside view that is barren and swirling with toxic clouds. Most of the others seem content—except for the ones who jump to their death from the hundred-level spiral staircase... -
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![Shadow Man by Melissa Scott]()
Shadow Man by Melissa Scott
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFive human sexual identities are spread throughout the galaxy, and humanity has adjusted to this new culture. Except on Hara--there everyone must choose to be a man or a woman and that decision is final. Warreven, a Haran man, could have married the son of the ruler of the planet--if he had chosen to be a woman... -
![The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea & Heart of the Earth: A Popul Vuh Story by Cherríe L. Moraga, Irma Mayorga]()
The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea & Heart of the Earth: A Popul Vuh Story by Cherríe L. Moraga, Irma Mayorga
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn The Hungry Woman, an apocalyptic play written at the end of the millennium, Moraga uses mythology and an intimate realism to describe the embattled position of Chicanos and Chicanas, not only in the United States but in relation to each other... -
![Dreamships by Melissa Scott]()
Dreamships by Melissa Scott
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDreamships is the story of a freelance space pilot and her crew, who are hired by a rich corporate owner to track down her crazy brother--who just may have created the first sentient Artificial Intelligence. Social texture and a tough, cyberpunk attitude make this an exceptionally intense read... -
![The Opposite of a Person by Lieke Marsman]()
The Opposite of a Person by Lieke Marsman
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Ida, a Dutch climatologist, accepts an internship at a climate research institute in the Italian Alps, it means leaving her girlfriend Robin behind in Amsterdam. As she and her new colleagues prepare to demolish a decommissioned hydropower dam, Ida finds herself grappling with love, loneliness and her place in a society unwilling to confront global warming... -
![Motherlines by Suzy McKee Charnas]()
Motherlines by Suzy McKee Charnas
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Everything I've always wanted from an adventure, and then some!"Samuel R Delany "[Motherlines is] a pioneer exercise in women's fantasies of independence, skill, freedom. It has a robust, earthy beauty. She has a genius for grasping ideas and dreams that are in the air and making them concrete and dramatic in her fiction... -
![The Cartography of Sudden Death by Charlie Jane Anders]()
The Cartography of Sudden Death by Charlie Jane Anders
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime travel doesn’t actually solve problems. It just makes them more complex…When Ythna is sent to serve the Beldame Thakkra, she is only a child, but as she grows, so does her love of her mistress. When tragedy strikes, Ythna has no idea what to do, or how to save herself from Obsolescence, until she meets the mysterious Jemima Brookwater. Ms... -
![Beyond the Dragon's Gate by Yoon Ha Lee]()
Beyond the Dragon's Gate by Yoon Ha Lee
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFormer Academician Anna Kim’s research into AI cost her everything. Now, years later, the military has need of her expertise in order to prevent the destruction of their AI-powered fleet.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied... -
![Mighty Good Road by Melissa Scott]()
Mighty Good Road by Melissa Scott
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGwynne Heikki is in the business of salvaging. Her company wins a contract to find and salvage a lighter-than-air craft that had disappeared in the wilds on the planet of Iadara. The craft had been transporting a valuable experimental crystal matrix would make great changes to the interstellar railway currently in place... -
![The Falling Sky by Pippa Goldschmidt]()
The Falling Sky by Pippa Goldschmidt
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA blackly comic campus satire combined with a heart-breaking family mystery, The Falling Sky brilliantly mixes fiction and astronomy into a fascinating, compelling, and moving narrative.Jeanette is a young, solitary post-doctoral researcher who has dedicated her life to studying astronomy... -
![Valide by Chris Bergeron]()
Valide by Chris Bergeron
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsD’abord : ceci est une mutinerie.Et si notre mutinerie doit réussir, il faut que je nomme bien les choses, sans détour. Sans ça, tu ne dérogeras pas à tes certitudes.Alors voilà: je suis trans.Comme dans transgression. J’ai cassé les genres, je me suis soustraite aux codes.Je suis trans.Comme dans translation... -
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![Vieraat by Johanna Sinisalo]()
Vieraat by Johanna Sinisalo
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKuusivuotias Sissi viiltää itseään päiväkodissa saksilla ja hänen vanhempiensa maailma järkkyy. Siirin ja Essin perheessä lähes kaikki on siihen mennessä sujunut mallikkaasti: on kaksi kaunista lasta, tyttö ja poika, ja molemmat vanhemmat menestyviä uranaisia. Lääkärintarkastuksessa selviää, että Sissillä on vanhempikin haava...
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