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.
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Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton: Pride and Prejudice and Dragons
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A Victorian-ish, Jane-Austen-ish drama where everyone is a dragon. Yes, this is literally what happens in Jo Walton’s “Tooth and Claw”.
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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson: Squirrel!
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I’m nuts about The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North and Erica Henderson. How often do you get a comic with such humour and a kick-ass theme song?
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Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay: Learning Craft Through Personal Essays
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Roxane Gay may call herself a Bad Feminist, but this insightful collection of personal essays on race, gender, and culture proves that she’s a Good Writer.