sci-fi
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World Running Down
Protagonist Valentine is a cupcake too good for this world – and way too good for dystopian Utah, where the story takes place. World Running Down, the first traditionally published foray by Al Hess, weaves together the experiences of Valentine’s search for gender-affirming care with the dawning sentience of android sex workers. Along the way,…
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Gideon the Ninth
Gideon the Ninth, debut novel of Tamsyn Muir, is no longer the new kid on the block. (But as a former homeschooler, I’m used to being late to the pop culture party. So here we are!) The premise of this soft sci-fi brick (seriously, it’s long) pits main character pair Gideon Nav and Harrowhark Nonagesimus…
Mackenzie Snader 