A Cozy Sci-Fi Mystery: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Release Date: March 7, 2023
Publisher: Tordotcom
Genre: Science Fiction

Description

On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing. The enigmatic Investigator Mossa follows his trail to Valdegeld, home to the colony’s erudite university–and Mossa’s former girlfriend, a scholar of Earth’s pre-collapse ecosystems.Pleiti has dedicated her research and her career to aiding the larger effort towards a possible return to Earth. When Mossa unexpectedly arrives and requests Pleiti’s assistance in her latest investigation, the two of them embark on a twisting path in which the future of life on Earth is at stake–and, perhaps, their futures, together.

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Review: “Local Star” by Aimee Ogden

Release Date: April 5, 2021
Publisher: Interstellar Flight Press
Genre: Space Opera

Description

Local Star is a polyamorous space opera with a fast-paced, action-packed adventure that’s sure to punch you in the feels. It follows guttergirl Triz as she saves her hub from invaders from the Cyberbionautic Alliance, all the while negotiating her rekindled romance with Kalo, her ex who’s returned from battle and won’t stop hanging around the wrenchworks.

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Review: “The Nameless City” and “The Girl Who Married a Skull and Other African Stories”

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Comic: The Nameless City vols. 1-3
Release date: April 5, 2016
Publisher: First Second
Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade

Comic: The Girl Who Married a Skull and Other African Stories
Release date: October 2, 2018
Publisher: Iron Circus Comics
Genre: Mythology, Middle Grade

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