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The River of No Return, A Novel of Literate Time-Travel by Bee Ridgway

On May 5, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Science Fiction, by Editor

In Bee Ridgway’s wonderfully imaginative debut novel, a man and a woman travel through time in a quest to bring down a secret society that controls the past and, thus, the future.

Wool, A Novel About a Society Living Underground in a Silo by Hugh Howey

On March 13, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Science Fiction, by Editor

In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.

The Teleportation Accident: A Sci-Fi-Noir-Comedy Novel by Ned Beauman

On March 1, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Science Fiction, by Editor

From Ned Beauman, the author of the acclaimed Boxer, Beetle, comes a historical novel that doesn’t know what year it is; a noir novel that turns all the lights on; a romance novel that arrives drunk to dinner; a science fiction novel that can’t remember what isotope means; a stunningly inventive, exceptionally funny, dangerously unsteady and (largely) coherent novel about sex, violence, space, time, and how the best way to deal with history is to ignore it.

The Summer Prince, A Nuanced and Original Cyberpunk Adventure by Alaya Dawn Johnson

On February 19, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Literature, by Editor

Pulsing with the beat of futuristic Brazil, burning with the passions of its characters, and overflowing with ideas, this fiery novel will leave you eager for more from Alaya Dawn Johnson.

A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

On December 31, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Science Fiction, Vampires, Werewolves, Fantasy, by Editor

Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in over thirty languages.

Seraphina: Young Adult Novel of Humans and Dragons by Rachel Hartman

On December 24, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Science Fiction, Vampires, Werewolves, Fantasy, Young Adult Literature, by Editor

In her New York Times bestselling debut, Rachel Hartman introduces mathematical dragons in an alternative-medieval world to fantasy and science-fiction readers of all ages. Eragon-author Christopher Paolini calls them, “Some of the most interesting dragons I’ve read in fantasy.”

The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy): A Novel by Justin Cronin

On October 11, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, Science Fiction, Vampires, Werewolves, Fantasy, by Editor

In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong. Now the scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic story surges forward with The Twelve. A heart-stopping thriller rendered with masterful literary skill, The Twelve is a grand and gripping tale of sacrifice and survival.

Son, the Long-Awaited Finale to the Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry

On September 29, 2012, in Book Reviews, Children's Literature, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Literature, by Editor

Son thrusts readers once again into the chilling world of the Newbery Medal winning book, The Giver, as well as Gathering Blue and Messenger where a new hero emerges. In this thrilling series finale, the startling and long-awaited conclusion to Lois Lowry’s epic tale culminates in a final clash between good and evil.

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and Evil Brain-Chewers by Max Brooks

On September 12, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Science Fiction, by Editor

The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet.

The Rapture of the Nerds: A Tale of the Singularity, Posthumanity, and Awkward Social Situations by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross

On September 7, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Science Fiction, by Editor

Welcome to the fractured future, at the dusk of the twenty-first century. Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. For the most part, they are happy with their lot, living in a preserve at the bottom of a gravity well. Those who are unhappy have emigrated, joining one or another of the swarming densethinker clades that fog the inner solar system with a dust of molecular machinery so thick that it obscures the sun.