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The Archive Undying (The Downworld Sequence #1) By Emma Mieko Candon Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250821546
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Published: Tordotcom - June 27th, 2023

War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon's bold entry into the world of mecha fiction.

WHEN AN AI DIES, ITS CITY DIES WITH IT
WHEN A CITY FALLS, IT LEAVES A CORPSE BEHIND
WHEN THAT CORPSE RUNS OFF, ONLY DEVOTION CAN BRING IT BACK


Atoms Never Touch By Micha Cárdenas, Adrienne Maree Brown (Foreword by) Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781849355285
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Published: AK Press - October 10th, 2023

Fierce, poignant sci-fi, about hacking, love, and resistance.

Jumping to alternate realities sounds great, if you're in control. But what if you're not? What if you're propelled away from the people and places you love the most in the blink of an eye? And what if these involuntary journeys happen because your neurochemistry is different, and your brain works differently?


Some Desperate Glory By Emily Tesh Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250834980
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Published: Tordotcom - April 11th, 2023

Instant National Bestseller and International Bestseller!

A thrillingly told queer space opera about the wreckage of war, the family you find, and who you must become when every choice is stripped from you, Some Desperate Glory is Astounding Award Winner Emily Tesh’s explosive debut novel.


Arch-Conspirator By Veronica Roth Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250855466
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Published: Tor Books - February 21st, 2023

In this gripping and atmospheric reimagining of Antigone, #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth reaches back to the root of legend and delivers a world of tomorrow both timeless and unexpected.

“I’m cursed, haven’t you heard?”


Bang Bang Bodhisattva By Aubrey Wood Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781786187017
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Published: Solaris - May 9th, 2023

An edgy, queer cyberpunk detective mystery by an exciting new trans voice from New Zealand.

This punk ain’t feelin’ lucky.

It’s 2032 and we live in the worst cyberpunk future. Kiera is gigging her ass off to keep the lights on, but her polycule’s social score is so dismal they’re about to lose their crib.


Maroons: A Grievers Novel (Black Dawn) By Adrienne Maree Brown Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781849354806
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Published: AK Press - February 14th, 2023

Praise for Maroons: "brown's sensational second contribution to AK Press's Black Dawn series.... Equally thrilling and thought-provoking, this will put readers in mind of speculative greats like Octavia Butler and Samuel R. Delaney."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)


Station Six (Black Dawn #3) By S. J. Klapecki Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781849354783
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Published: AK Press - February 21st, 2023

A galactic class struggle against impossible odds, battling against exploitation, fighting capitalist moguls, building union solidarity, and finding hope in the darkest times.


The Deep Sky: A Novel By Yume Kitasei Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9781250875334
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Published: Flatiron Books - July 18th, 2023

Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space that begins with a lethal explosion that leaves the survivors questioning the loyalty of the crew.

They left Earth to save humanity. They’ll have to save themselves first.


Shadow Speaker: The Desert Magician's Duology: Book One By Nnedi Okorafor Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780756418762
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Published: DAW - September 26th, 2023

Amazon Editor's Pick, Best SFF September 2023 •  The Strand, Science Fiction Pick of the Month October 2023

Deluxe, expanded edition of an out-of-print early novel from Africanfuturist luminary Nnedi Okorafor, with a brand-new introduction from the author.


Niger, West Africa, 2074
 


Like Thunder: The Desert Magician's Duology: Book Two By Nnedi Okorafor Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780756418793
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Published: DAW - November 28th, 2023

This brand-new sequel to Nnedi Okorafor’s Shadow Speaker contains the powerful prose and compelling stories that have made Nnedi Okorafor a star of the literary science fiction and fantasy space and put her at the forefront of Africanfuturist fiction


Destroyer of Light By Jennifer Marie Brissett Cover Image
$17.99
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ISBN: 9781250268631
Published: Tor Books - March 7th, 2023

The Matrix meets an Afro-futuristic retelling of Persephone set in a science fiction underworld of aliens, refugees, and genetic engineering in Jennifer Marie Brissett's Destroyer of Light

KirkusBest Fiction Books of the Year 2021
Tor.com—Best of the Year 2021

New York Public Library—Nine New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Reads


Devil's Gun (The Disco Space Opera #2) By Cat Rambo Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250269355
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Published: Tor Books - August 29th, 2023

No one escapes their past as the crew of the You Sexy Thing attempts to navigate the hazards of opening a pop-up restaurant and the dangers of a wrathful pirate-king seeking vengeance in Cat Rambo's Devil's Gun.

Life’s hard when you’re on the run from a vengeful pirate-king…


I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself: A Novel By Marisa Crane Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781646221295
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Published: Catapult - January 17th, 2023

Dept. of Speculation meets Black Mirror in this lyrical, speculative debut about a queer mother raising her daughter in an unjust surveillance state


The Free People's Village By Sim Kern Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781646142668
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Published: Levine Querido - September 12th, 2023

USA TODAY BESTSELLER
Official IndieNext Selection

"Incisive and insightful." — Texas Monthly

From environmental journalist and founder of the #TransRightsReadathon Sim Kern, comes the eat-the-rich climate fiction you won't want to put down:


In an alternate 2020 timeline, Al Gore won the 2000 election and dec


The Future By Naomi Alderman Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781668025680
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Published: Simon & Schuster - November 7th, 2023

A Most Anticipated Book of Fall at Associated Press, Booklist, Chicago Tribune, Goodreads, Good Housekeeping, Literary Hub, Time, The Week, and W Magazine

The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power


Feed Them Silence By Lee Mandelo Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250824509
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Published: Tordotcom - March 14th, 2023

Lee Mandelo dives into the minds of wolves in Feed Them Silence, a novella of the near future.


Heroes of an Unknown World By Ayize Jama-Everett Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781618731975
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Published: Small Beer Press - February 14th, 2023

In the final novel of the Liminals, a found family of Black superheroes has one last chance to save the world.


Hush Harbor By Anise Vance Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781335449528
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Published: Hanover Square Press - September 5th, 2023

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
A Most Anticipated Book in The Rumpus

A Most Anticipated Crime Fiction Book of Fall 2023 in CrimeReads
A Debutiful Can't-Miss Book
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The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport By Samit Basu Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250827517
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Published: Tordotcom - October 3rd, 2023

A "Best Of" pick in BookBub | Lit Hub | Book Riot | The Mary Sue

Highly anticipated in Library Journal | Goodreads | io9 | Smart Bitches, Trashy Books | Tor.com | We Are Bookish | The Portalist

“So much fun!”–Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling author


Land of Milk and Honey: A Novel By C Pam Zhang Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593538241
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 26th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK 

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR AND KIRKUS REVIEWS!

“One of the most pleasurable, inventive reads of the year… fiendishly, deliciously fun."—San Francisco Chronicle


The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti #1) By Malka Older Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250860507
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Published: Tordotcom - March 7th, 2023

“Every once in a while, a book comes along that is both a comfort read and a rousing, fist-pumping adventure, and The Mimicking of Known Successes absolutely is both of those things. An utter triumph.”—Charlie Jane Anders

A Barnes & Noble Best Science Fiction Book of 2023


The stunning follow-up to the multiple-award-winning anthology of SFF by people of colour

Octavia E.


Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Series #3) By Tamsyn Muir Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250899132
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Published: Tordotcom - September 12th, 2023

Tamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona ...the Ninth?

A Finalist for the Hugo and Locus Awards!

An Indie Next Pick!

The Locked Tomb is a 2023 Hugo Finalist for Best Series!


“You will love Nona, and Nona loves you.” —Alix E. Harrow


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Ocean's Echo (The Resolution Universe) By Everina Maxwell Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250758873
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Published: Bramble - October 3rd, 2023

Ocean's Echo is a stand-alone space adventure about a bond that will change the fate of worlds, set in the same universe as Everina Maxwell's hit debut, Winter's Orbit.

"I inhaled this one like I needed it to live." —New York Times Book Review


Prophet By Helen MacDonald, Sin Blaché Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780802162021
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Published: Grove Press - August 8th, 2023

From the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald and first time author Sin Blach , Prophet is their electric debut, a tantalizing adventure fusing noir, sci-fi and a slow burn queer romance--set in a universe just one perilous step from our own.


Sea of Tranquility: A novel By Emily St. John Mandel Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593466735
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Published: Vintage - March 28th, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning, best-selling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel returns with a novel of art, time travel, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon five hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space.


The Splinter in the Sky By Kemi Ashing-Giwa Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781668008478
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Published: Gallery / Saga Press - July 11th, 2023

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER

A “breathtaking space opera” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) about a young tea expert who is taken as a political prisoner and recruited to spy on government officials—a role that may empower her to win back her nation’s independence—perfect for fans of N.K.


The Ten Percent Thief By Lavanya Lakshminarayan Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781786188533
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Published: Solaris - March 28th, 2023

A bold, bitingly satirical near-future mosaic novel about a city run along 'meritocratic' lines, the injustice it creates, and the revolution that will destroy it.

Nothing has happened. Not yet, anyway.


The Terraformers By Annalee Newitz Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250228017
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Published: Tor Books - January 31st, 2023

From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration of the future.

Destry's life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the planet and its burgeoning eco-systems as her parents and their parents did before her.


Translation State By Ann Leckie Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316289719
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Published: Orbit - June 6th, 2023

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful novel from a Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author.

"There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can.


Uranians: Stories By Theodore McCombs Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9781662601941
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Published: Astra House - May 30th, 2023

"Playful and provocative . . . McCombs’s mix of heart and zany ideas is often reminiscent of George Saunders. Readers will find plenty of earthy and unearthly delights."
Publishers Weekly


Where Peace Is Lost: A Novel By Valerie Valdes Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780063085930
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Published: Harper Voyager - August 29th, 2023

A brand-new space fantasy novel from master world-builder Valerie Valdes! A refugee with a secret, a dangerous foe, and a road trip that could either save a planet or start a war. 

Where peace is lost, may we find it.


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Yours for the Taking: A Novel By Gabrielle Korn Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9781250283368
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Published: St. Martin's Press - December 5th, 2023

The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon, it won't be safe outside at all.


The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer By Janelle Monáe Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780063070882
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Published: Harper Voyager - January 31st, 2023

New York Times bestseller!


The Genesis of Misery By Neon Yang Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250788993
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Published: Tor Books - July 25th, 2023

A Goodreads Best Science Fiction Choice Award Nominee
A New York Public Library Top 10 Book of 2022

An immersive, electrifying space-fantasy, Neon Yang's debut novel The Genesis of Misery is full of high-tech space battles and political machinations, starring a queer and diverse array of pilots, princesses, and prophetic heirs.


A Half-Built Garden By Ruthanna Emrys Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250210999
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Published: Tordotcom - June 27th, 2023

A literary descendent of Ursula K. Le Guin, Ruthanna Emrys crafts a novel of extra-terrestrial diplomacy and urgent climate repair bursting with quiet, tenuous hope and an underlying warmth. A Half-Built Garden depicts a world worth building towards, a humanity worth saving from itself, and an alien community worth entering with open arms.


The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 By R. F. Kuang, John Joseph Adams Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780063315747
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Published: Mariner Books - October 17th, 2023

“Short stories have to accomplish a nearly impossible magic trick: to introduce a world often much stranger than our own and make you care about it in a matter of pages,” writes R. F. Kuang in her introduction.