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The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsA publishing event: Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantasy tales for a groundbreaking collection—including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume.With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short fiction in The Paper Menagerie...Categorized as:
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The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsJim Butcher, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden Files and the Codex Alera novels, conjures up a new series set in a fantastic world of noble families, steam-powered technology, and magic-wielding warriors…Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity, towering for miles over the mist-shrouded surface of the world...Categorized as:
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The Light-field by Traci Harding
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the battle to get the Being of the Field back to the Universe Parallel, the greatest weapon and risk lay in its own light-field.Ten years in Maladaan′s past, Taren Lennox seizes the opportunity to secure personal financing for the AMIE Project and base the building on Frujia -- away from Maladaan and its Secret Service... -
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Star Kissed by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis stand-alone short story was originally written for the February 2008 edition of Germany's Love Letter magazine... -
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The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTracking the evolution of Hansel and Gretel at seventy-five-year intervals that correspond with earth’s visits by Halley’s Comet, The Archive of Alternate Endings explores how stories are disseminated and shared, edited and censored, voiced and left untold.In 1456, Johannes Gutenberg’s sister uses the tale as a surrogate for sharing a family secret only her brother believes...Categorized as:
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Sword in the Stars by A.R. Capetta, Cory McCarthy
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn this epic sequel to Once & Future, to save the future, Ari and her Rainbow knights pull off a heist...thousands of years in the past.Ari Helix may have won her battle against the tyrannical Mercer corporation, but the larger war has just begun...Categorized as:
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The Road to Hell by David Weber, Joelle Presby
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEntry #3 in the popular Hell's Gate series by 28 times New York Times best-selling author David Weber and Joelle Presby.The war between magically-gifted Arcana and psionically talented Sharona continues to rage. The dragon-borne Arcanan assault across five universes has been halted at Fort Salby by a desperate defense, but at atrocious cost... -
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Too Many Magicians by Randall Garrett
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGarrett's detective, Lord Darcy, investigates a classic locked-room murder in an unconventional setting--a sorcerer's convention held in barely recognizable London. Gambling, espionage, and mind reading enter the solution... -
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New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color by Nisi Shawl, Rebecca Roanhorse
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color showcases emerging and seasoned writers of many races telling stories filled with shocking delights, powerful visions of the familiar made strange. Between this book’s covers burn tales of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and their indefinable overlappings...Categorized as:
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Apocalypso by Robert Rankin, Axel Merz
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Ministry of Serendipity at Mornington Crescent runs everything. And that is everything. When the Ministry learns of' a spacecraft that crashed four thousand years ago into the Pacific Ocean, it sends Sir John Rimmer and his elite team of' paranormal investigators to recover it. Amongst Sir John's team is Danbury Collins, and Danbury isn't keen. He's seen the movies...Categorized as:
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The Family Trade by Charles Stross
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA bold fantasy in the tradition of Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber, The Merchant Princes is a sweeping new series from the hottest new writer in science fiction!Miriam Beckstein is happy in her life. She's a successful reporter for a hi-tech magazine in Boston, making good money doing what she loves...Categorized as:
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Sovereign by April Daniels
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsOnly nine months after her debut as the fourth superhero to fight under the name Dreadnought, Danny Tozer is already a scarred veteran. Protecting a city the size of New Port is a team-sized job and she's doing it alone. Between her newfound celebrity and her demanding cape duties, Dreadnought is stretched thin, and it's only going to get worse...Categorized as:
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Lake of Fire by Nathan Fairbairn, Matt Smith
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt is 1220 AD, and the gears of the Albigensian Crusade grind on. When an alien spacecraft infested with a horde of bloodthirsty predators crash-lands in the remote wilderness of the French Pyrenees, a small band of crusaders and a Cathar heretic are all that stand between God's Kingdom and Hell on Earth...Categorized as:
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The Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsIn an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born to women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, "To save the world."These seven children form the Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers...Categorized as:
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