The Lost Road and Other Writings
A collection of Tolkien drafts, fragments, and notes tracing early Númenor lore, time travel, and the shaping of Middle-earth.
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Utopia
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Huxley revisits Brave New World’s ideas in a set of essays on propaganda, overpopulation, and freedom under modern pressures.
Back to the Future
A teen accidentally travels from 1985 to 1955 and must fix the past without erasing his own future.
Dreamsongs, Volume I
A career-spanning collection of George R.R. Martin’s early short fiction, framed by candid autobiographical commentary.
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Dark Days: The Road to Metal
Batman uncovers a hidden metal-linked mystery that could reshape the DC Multiverse, with key setup issues and tie-ins.
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Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology
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A Stitch in Time
A DS9 character study told in Garak’s own voice, tracing his secret past, exile, and Cardassia’s aftermath.
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Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction
A curated anthology of 13 Chinese SF stories, newly translated into English with notes that deepen their cultural context.
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Soft Science
A poetry collection uses cyborgs and Turing tests to probe queer Asian American identity, language, and survival.
1985
A hybrid essay-and-novella response to Orwell that critiques 1984 and imagines a harsher, union-dominated Britain.
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Bloodchild and Other Stories
A Hugo-winning short story collection where Octavia Butler explores alien coexistence, illness, language loss, and the costs of survival.