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Science FictionAugust 2014
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"I've woken up in a lot of weird places in my life, but coming to in a xith'cal escape pod was pushing it even for me." ~ from Rachel Bach's Heaven's Queen
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| Heaven's Queen by Rachel BachSpace Opera. Once a security guard, now the carrier of a virus that could destroy the Phantoms threatening to annihilate all of existence, ex-soldier Devi Morris has become the most wanted individual in the galaxy. Unfortunately, nearly everyone searching for her -- including her former employers, several lethal alien species, and the governments of multiple worlds -- wants her dead. But daring Devi's decided that if she's destined to die, she'll do so on her own terms. And if Devi's going down, she might just take the entire universe with her. Don't miss this exciting, action-packed conclusion to the Paradox trilogy, after Fortune's Pawn and Honor's Knight. |
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| The Boost by Stephen BakerCyberpunk. Responsible for implementing the "boosts," software upgrades to the chips implanted in the brains of most of the world's population, low-level IT employee Ralf discovers an intentional security glitch that enables governments to conduct illegal surveillance on their own citizens and powerful corporations to harvest personal data to increase their profits at the expense of privacy. When Ralf attemps to fix the "bug," he's unceremoniously fired and subsequently disconnected from the neural network that binds the rest of society together. Alone in the "wild," Ralf struggles to adapt to a world without technology until he encounters others in the same situation. With his new allies, he concocts an ambitious scheme to free humans' minds from their technologically enhanced brains. This suspenseful, action-packed tale of nanotechnology and government conspiracy may appeal to fans of Namez Raam's Nexus. |
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Dark Eden
by Chris Beckett
A marooned outpost of humanity struggles to survive on a startlingly alien world.
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Rescue mode
by Ben Bova
The first human mission to Mars meets with near-disaster when a meteoroid strikes the spacecraft, almost destroying it. The ship is too far from Earth to simply turn around and return home. The eight-person crew must ride their crippled ship to Mars while they desperately struggle to survive. On Earth, powerful political forces that oppose human spaceflight try to use the accident as proof that sending humans into space is too dangerous to continue. The whole human space flight program hangs in the balance. And if the astronauts can't nurse their ship to Mars and back, the voyagers will become either the first Martian colonists--or the first humans to perish on another planet
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| Cibola Burn by James S.A. CoreySpace Opera. In this follow-up to Abbadon's Gate, the human race -- both Earth-based and "Belter" -- has gained access to a seemingly infinite number of worlds outside of our solar system. As interstellar travel increases exponentially, so do conflicts between inner and outer system populations. At the center of the dispute is newly discovered, lithium-rich planet Ilus, forcing UN representative James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante to try their hands at diplomacy. Fans of sweeping, dramatic space operas that combine deft characterization with detailed world-building will want to get their hands on this 4th book in the Expanse series, which begins with Leviathan Wakes, followed by Caliban's War. |
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The first fifteen lives of Harry August
by Claire North
Forced to relive his life over and over again, Harry August receives a message on his eleventh death bed from a little girl who tells him that the world is about to end, and it is up to him to stop it.
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| Authority by Jeff VanderMeerSF. In Annihilation, readers encountered Area X, a mysterious, isolated zone where travelers (un)fortunate enough to be granted access either don't return or else come back changed beyond recognition. This sequel provides answers to some of the enigmas encountered in the first book, but also raises more questions concerning the nature of Area X. Although each book in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy can be read on its own, intrepid adventurers who proceed through the novels in order will gain a deeper understanding of this strange world. Meanwhile, series fans will want to keep an eye out for the forthcoming finale, Acceptance. |
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| Robogenesis: A Novel by Daniel H. WilsonSF. Archos is dead! Long live Archos! In this sequel to the best-selling Robopocalypse, human survivors of the New War discover that while their original A.I. nemesis has been destroyed, enough copies of it exist to launch a whole new end game. What's more, humanity isn't even central to this new conflict, in which machine battles machine for total domination. In fact, humans have two choices: they can submit to extinction, becoming collateral damage, or they can ally themselves with a robotic faction that will keep them alive until it can deploy them as expendable weapons in the fight. Structured as an oral history in the vein of Max Brooks' World War Z, Robogenesis should appeal to anyone who enjoys a good robot uprising. Speaking of which, author Daniel H. Wilson has recently collaborated with John Joseph Adams to put together Robot Uprisings, an anthology of short stories on the same subject. |
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