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Wasting Time (Physics, Lust and Greed #2) by Mike Murphey

A darkly humorous romp… Murphey’s swiftly paced second installment in the Physics, Lust and Greed series is an invigorating and emotionally satisfying SF drama. After the time travelers failed to significantly alter the past, Global Research Consortium is in danger…
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The Perfection of Fish by J.S. Morrison

A zany, darkly humorous, and perfectly executed literary SF tale… Gender wars, corporate chicanery, sibling love, family ties, trauma, regret, and yearning are the themes of Morrison’s outstanding debut, a tale of gender wars set in futuristic America. It’s near-future,…
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Stranded in Eloi by Jim Hamilton

A lighthearted, perfectly executed SF romance… Hamilton adeptly mixes gentle science fiction elements with just enough romance, a dash of fantasy, a nostalgic small-town setting, and the sweetly exotic storytelling of a classic fairytale in his latest SF tale. Nick…
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Amir of Guelph by Albert Marsolais

A whopper of a near-future SF mystery… Set in Near-future, Marsolais’s excellent latest, a sweetly charming, delightedly entertaining tale of a group of people trying to unravel a government conspiracy examines friendship, family ties, and loyalty while probing bigger questions,…
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The Pystead Group by James Pryor

An intricate mix of hard SF and philosophy… Set in near-future in 2052, Pryor’s elaborate SF tale features a young cognitive scientist wrestling with superbly real moral, ethical, and political dilemmas. Hoping to escape the violent extremists and oppressive government…
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It Gives You Strength by Philip Raymond Brown

A rip-roaring blend of space opera, history, and fantasy, this is entertainment at its best… In New York City of the prohibition era of 1920s, when the mobster Jack “Legs” Diamond is not the man to mess with, the heavyweight…
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PIERCING THE CELESTIAL OCEAN: The Saga of the Cerulean Universe Begins by Kip Koelsch

A standout… In this multifaceted and rewarding novel, Koelsch has created a world which features some of the most ambitious aspects of SF: faster-than-light travel, alternate reality, multiple universes, and artificial intelligence among other intergalactic scientific elements. When Captain Anton…
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Taking Time: A Tale of Physics, Lust and Greed by Mike Murphey

Vibrant characters and scientific intrigue mark this engrossing SF thriller… Set in 2044 in the Eastern Arizona, Murphey’s intriguing latest science fiction tale featuring a young insecure hero finds the latter trying to fit in with a motley crew of…
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The Connection by David Billingsley

Provocative and intense… In this almost flawless tale set in the small West Texas town of Dinley by Billingsley, a mysterious stranger’s arrival threatens to turn the townsfollks’ life upside down. Sandy McAllister, a radio DJ, is content to live…
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The Albatross: Contact by Connor Mackay

An intelligent and gripping start to the ambitious space opera series… Mackay’s wonderfully complex, captivating first installment in the series finds humans and aliens over their heads in deep space intrigue as they journey across stars to battle a forbidding…