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Acacia: The War With the Mein

Acacia: The War With the Mein

…opiate known as the Mist. Those years of peace come at a great price, however, and the bill’s come due in the form of assassins, vengeful nations eager to avenge…

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The Diviners

Posted: October 19, 2012 by Nickolas in Books We Love Meta: Libba Bray, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
The Diviners

…imagination. There is a storm coming, and the events of THE DIVINERS are just the beginning. I would wager there are more books to come, filling in the features of…

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Ball Lightning

Posted: September 11, 2018 by Jane Funk in Books We Like Meta: Cixin Liu, Science Fiction
Ball Lightning

…with Lin Yun, an incredible engineer and weapons expert, and Ding Yi, a brilliant physicist, to study and weaponize this force of nature. When they discover the true nature of…

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Energized

Posted: April 18, 2013 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Edward M. Lerner, Science Fiction
Energized

…story in ENERGIZED mostly revolves around Marcus Judson, NASA engineer on the Powersat One–an enormous solar power satellite that is in constant view of the sun, and then beams that…

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Planesrunner

Posted: December 27, 2011 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Ian McDonald, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Planesrunner

the young captain of the Everness and her sense of honor; Mr. Sharkey, the American “gentleman” who spews bible verse; Mchynlyth, the Scottish engineer; and Charlotte Villiers, the E2 agent…

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The Silver Ships

Posted: August 21, 2015 by Vanessa in Books We Don't Like Meta: S.H. Jucha, Science Fiction
The Silver Ships

…know exactly how to run everything. There are other issues such as the jumpy/telling omniscient narrative, high school level drama, politically correct commentary, copyediting errors, cliffhanger ending, complete lack of…

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Linesman

Posted: April 11, 2016 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: S.K. Dunstall, Space Opera
Linesman

…empty of aliens, but the ship was able to travel faster than light, so humans reverse-engineered the technology. They call the energy the ships use to travel through space “lines,”…

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The Lazarus Machine

Posted: August 23, 2013 by Writer Dan in Books that are Mediocre Meta: Paul Crilley, Steampunk
The Lazarus Machine

…book and things started getting ridiculous (like, for example, punch-card driven computers that could be accessed remotely, retinal scans and voice prints as security measures, or jumping out of the

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Leviathan Wakes

Posted: June 22, 2011 by Writer Dan in Books We Love Meta: James S.A. Corey, Science Fiction
Leviathan Wakes

…Miller and Jim Holden. Holden is the XO on a space freighter that moves massive icebergs from the rings of Saturn to deep space communities built on spun-up (gravity-bearing) asteroids….

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Warbound

Warbound

WARBOUND is the third entry in New York Times Bestselling Author, Larry Correia’s urban fantasy epic, Grimnoir Chronicles. Though Larry has suggested the possibility of future books set in…