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Valis by Philip Dick (Valis, #1)
VALIS is the first book in Philip K. Dick's incomparable final trio of novels (the others being The Divine Invasion …
judev rated The lathe of heaven: 4 stars
The lathe of heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
“The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award for this story) George Orr …
judev rated Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea: 5 stars
judev rated The City We Became: 4 stars
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (The Great Cities Duology, #1)
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's …
judev rated I Who Have Never Known Men: 5 stars
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, Ros Schwartz
‘For a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, then I began to think, …
judev rated The Creative Act: 5 stars
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully …
judev rated A Tale for the Time Being: 5 stars
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there’s only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates’ bullying, but before …
judev rated An Immense World: 5 stars
An Immense World by Ed Yong
The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal …
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler (Patternmaster, #1)
In an "epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant" story of love and hate, two immortals chase each other across continents and …
judev rated Some Desperate Glory: 4 stars
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
All her life, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the destruction of planet Earth. Raised on Gaea …
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, …
judev rated Station Eleven: 5 stars
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The international publishing sensation now available in paperback: an audacious, darkly glittering novel about art, fame and ambition, set in …
judev rated Abaddon's Gate: 4 stars
Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #3)
For generations, the solar system — Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt — was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The …
judev rated Caliban's War: 4 stars
Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #2)
We are not alone.
On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered …