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Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
For thirty years, a secret agency called the Southern Reach has monitored expeditions into Area X, a remote and lush …
Andy rated The Hearing Trumpet: 4 stars
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington, the distinguished British-born Surrealist painter is also a writer of extraordinary imagination and charm. Exact Change launched a …
Andy rated This Census-Taker: 4 stars
This Census-Taker by China Miéville
"For readers of George Saunders, Kelly Link, David Mitchell, and Karen Russell, This Census-Taker is a stunning, uncanny, and profoundly …
Andy rated Dog symphony: 4 stars
Dog symphony by Sam Munson
"Boris Leonidovich, a North American professor who specializes in the history of prison architecture, has been invited to Buenos Aires …
Andy rated Norse Mythology [Paperback] Neil Gaiman: 4 stars
Neil Gaiman: Norse Mythology [Paperback] Neil Gaiman (Paperback, 2018, Bloomsbury India)
Norse Mythology [Paperback] Neil Gaiman by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns …
Andy rated How Should a Person Be?: 3 stars
Andy rated Fever Dream: 5 stars
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
"A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She's …
Andy rated The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: 2 stars
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. is a science fantasy novel by American writers Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland. It …
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
In a ruined, nameless city of the future, a woman named Rachel, who makes her living as a scavenger, finds …
Andy rated Annihilation: 4 stars
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach, #1)
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges …
Andy rated The essential Dykes To Watch Out For: 4 stars
The essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
From the author of Fun Home—the lives, loves, and politics of cult fav characters Mo, Lois, Sydney, Sparrow, Ginger, Stuart, …
Andy rated An elemental thing: 4 stars
Andy rated Going for a beer: 4 stars
Robert Coover: Going for a beer (2018)
Going for a beer by Robert Coover
Robert Coover has been playing by his own rules for more than half a century, earning the 1987 Rea Award …
Andy rated Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit: 5 stars
Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit by Aisha Sabatini Sloan
152 pages ; 21 cm