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metasyn rated Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia: 5 stars
metasyn rated The Left Hand of Darkness: 5 stars

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)
On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female during each mating cycle, and …
metasyn rated Anarchy and the Sex Question: 4 stars
metasyn rated After the Internet: 4 stars

After the Internet by Tiziana Terranova
The internet is no more. If it still exists, it does so only as a residual technology, still effective in …
metasyn rated The Secret World of Terijian: 3 stars

The Secret World of Terijian
For every forest destroyed... And so begins The Secret World of Terijian, a heart-wrenching story recounting the adventure of two …

SP4RX by Wren McDonald
"SP4RX is the story of mankind clawing for survival. Set in a future where a class system has emerged, the …
metasyn rated A Country of Ghosts: 4 stars

A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy (Black Dawn, #2)
Dimos Horacki is a Borolian journalist and a cynical patriot, his muckraking days behind him. But when his newspaper ships …
metasyn rated Sim Sim Magica: 5 stars

Sim Sim Magica by Chu Nap (Sim Sim Magica, #1)
Galey is a student at the Academy of Magica, unsure of their place in this world. An experience with Sim …
metasyn rated A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1): 4 stars

A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) by Ursula K. Le Guin
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to …
metasyn rated Blockchain Chicken Farm: 5 stars

Blockchain Chicken Farm by Xiaowei Wang
Note about the author: The author is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns in English.
"A brilliant and empathetic guide to …
metasyn rated Blockchain Chicken Farm: 5 stars

Blockchain Chicken Farm by Xiaowei Wang
In ihren klugen Reportagen untersucht Xiaowei Wang die politischen und sozialen Folgen des Einsatzes modernster Informationstechnologien im ländlichen China. Von …
metasyn rated Salmon, Run!: 4 stars

Salmon, Run! by Mackenzie Schubert
An army of shape-shifters plague the local salmon run, stealing villagers from the banks of the river to join their …
metasyn rated How to Do Nothing: 3 stars

How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our …