Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett
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Elysium combines the alternate reality concept of The Matrix with the gender-switching concept of Orlando and the retelling-Roman-history aspect of Julian Comstock to create something deeply inventive.
Sci-fi
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The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord
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Science fiction? Adventure? Romance? Travelogue? Karen Lord’s “The Best of All Possible Worlds” is an unusual blend of genres.
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Binti by Nnedi Okorafor: Alienation and Alien Nations
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Mathematical meditation, living spaceships, and unexpectedly brokering a peace between two warring species: a lot happens in “Binti” by Nnedi Okorafor.
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Carbide-Tipped Pens: Showcasing the Full Variety of Hard SF
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Carbide-Tipped Pens, an anthology edited by Eric Choi and Ben Bova, showcases the full variety of hard SF and interrogates the boundaries of the genre.
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The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes: Time Travel, a Serial Killer, and the Girl Who Lived
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Lauren Beukes displays her razor sharp prose in The Shining Girls, a story that pits a determined young journalist against a time-travelling serial killer.