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The Island and Other Stories by Peter Watts

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Josh

A collection of creative-commons licensed stories by Peter Watts, compiled by Paweł Dembowski, with the author’s permission. I love Watts’ writing–dark, sharp, hard science fiction–and his short work is a great place to start. Pawel wrote: Here’s a collection of … Continue reading →

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The Ware Tetralogy by Rudy Rucker

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Josh

“One of cyberpunk’s most inventive works.” — Rolling Stone From the author: Your Guide to the 21st Century! It starts with Software, where rebel robots bring immortality to their human creator by eating his brain. Software won the first Philip K. Dick Award. … Continue reading →

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Starfarers by Vonda N. McIntyre

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Josh

From Book View Cafe: The starship Starfarer is poised for our first voyage to another star system. The Alien Contact Team — physicist Victoria Fraser MacKenzie, geneticist Stephen Thomas Gregory, geographer Satoshi Lono, and alien contact specialist J.D. Sauvage — and … Continue reading →

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Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Josh

A Hugo-award nominated story from the anthology Eclipse Two. “And now for something quite extraordinary. If you’re looking for a single reason to purchase Eclipse Two then you may be out of luck, because Ted Chiang’s “Exhalation” is at least … Continue reading →

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Grey by Jon Armstrong

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Josh

“Grey is a legendary book waiting to happen. It’s a mad, stylish, trippy, endlessly inventive romp through the biohazardous wastes of post-genre literature. Jon Armstrong is a genius, with an umlaut, to the fifth power.” — Michael Chabon, author of … Continue reading →

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Butcher Bird by Richard Kadrey

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Josh

“If this novel had been rendered in oil or acrylic, it would be kicking world class Lowbrow ass in multi-page spreads in Juxatapose or on the walls of La Luz de Jesus. Go for it. The man is mad, in … Continue reading →

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