Science Fiction & Fantasy

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A Beginning at the End is a heartfelt family drama . . .”

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“The future does not look good, but Shane Hinton’s Radio Dark lachrymose fiction does provide some hope for survival in the face of apparent annihilation.”

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Rusty Brown is a masterful study of ordinary American humanity.

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“A well-written bit of escapism that offers a few hours of easy reading fun.”

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“Like Semiosis, this novel is a rich and engaging exploration of different forms of intelligent life and how they might think and act.”

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Anyone is a mostly satisfying read that will keep you turning pages into the night.”

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an exciting tapestry of love, loss, bittersweet melancholy, and adrenalin pumping action.”

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“Wilson has fashioned a good follow up to Crichton’s Andromeda Strain. It’s a fast read and well-constructed.

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“In this entry in the series, the characters are at their most human, touching as it does on that one condition every person secretly fears, the loss of self.”

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“The story is great fun, full of biting (no pun intended) satire, sharp irony, and witty one-liners, with a well-written storyline that calls for an Action Hero, such as ‘Bruce Willis in a

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“Although the painterly art style and attention to environmental detail provide much to admire visually, narratively this is yet another joyless and bloody tale of a man sent on a rampage o

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“an entertainingly vivid, blood-soaked, sexually charged page turner.”

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“Hints of magic and the dark atmosphere of an isolated island create a compelling environment for a mystery.”

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“As all good stories do, The Starless Sea immerses the reader in romance and adventure before finally arriving at a heart-warming, enchanting ending . . .”

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“Ta-Nehisi Coates has long been among America’s most clear-eyed scholars of race and racism. The Water Dancer is a masterpiece built within that clarity.

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“As the turbulent events of the Jin-Song Wars gather speed, the scope of the story is poised to expand far beyond a simple tale of filial vengeance.”

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“Invigoratingly engaging from start to finish, Nicholas Meyer has yet again created a fresh take on an old genre.”

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The Ascent to Godhood is definitively not to be missed.”

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“While The Testaments drops some of its political threads, it’s a wonderfully-written, absorbing novel.

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“What makes Ninth House authentic is Bardugo's ability to mix the supernatural with everyday humanity and make it seem perfectly normal.”

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"‘Books have songs, songs have stories, and then there are humans at the heart of the jumbled mess.’"

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“Bob Proehl’s The Nobody People is a thought-provoking exploration of what it is like to be an extraordinarily gifted somebody in a world filled with average but paranoid and bigot

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“The long-awaited third novel of the Relic series is here.

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“Gorgeous graphics and a neat idea cannot save what eventually becomes a tragically flawed effort.”

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“In the end the mind-blowing art can’t save a book that fails to deliver on the promise of its premise.”

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