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Citoyen MR rated Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind: 4 stars
Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens.
How …
Citoyen MR rated Tears of the Trufflepig: 5 stars
Tears of the Trufflepig by Fernando A. Flores
Near future. South Texas. Narcotics are legal and there’s a new contraband on the market: ancient Olmec artifacts, shrunken indigenous …
Citoyen MR rated The Ballad of Black Tom: 4 stars
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
The Ballad of Black Tom is a 2016 fantasy/horror novella by Victor LaValle, revisiting H. P. Lovecraft's story "The Horror …
Citoyen MR rated A Memory Called Empire: 5 stars
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A Memory Called Empire is a 2019 science fiction novel, the debut novel by Arkady Martine. It follows Mahit Dzmare, …
Citoyen MR rated The Haunting of Tram Car 015: 4 stars
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 returns to the alternate Cairo of Clark's short fiction, where humans live and work …
Citoyen MR rated The Lady Astronaut of Mars: 3 stars
The Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Lady Astronaut Universe, #4.5)
Thirty years ago, Elma York led the expedition that paved the way to life on Mars. For years she's been …
Citoyen MR rated La Horde du Contrevent: 5 stars
Citoyen MR rated Exhalation: 4 stars
Citoyen MR rated The Only Harmless Great Thing: 4 stars
Citoyen MR rated Children of Ruin: 4 stars
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Adrian Tchaikovsky
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity’s battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
Thousands …
Citoyen MR rated Dune: 5 stars
Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune, #1)
"One of the monuments of modern science fiction."--Chicago Tribune
"A portrayal of an alien society more complete and deeply detailed …
Citoyen MR rated To Say Nothing of the Dog: 5 stars
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, Steven Crossley
In the second of Connie Willis' brilliant Oxford trilogy, Ned's holiday in Victorian England becomes a mad struggle to put …
Citoyen MR rated Doomsday Book: 5 stars
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Somewhere in the future, ordinary history students must travel back in time as part of their university degree. An award-winning …