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updated 2009 11 22

Accelerando
by Charles Stross

A family saga that follows three generations of a dysfunctionally postmodern lineage right through a Vingean singularity, as recounted by the family's robot cat.
FROM $7.99
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Acts of the Apostles
by John F. X. Sundman

As American-led forces assemble in Saudi Arabia for the largest military operation since Normandy, computer designer Todd Griffith discovers a secret function burried within the Kali chip. That night he is shot.
FROM $15.00
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Holy Tango Of Literature
by Francis Heaney

A collection mimicking the great writers of literary history, where each writer's name is rearranged as a title, creating the subject for a parody rendered in the author's style.
FROM $11.04
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Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow

The Hugo-nominated Young Adult novel about a group of teens standing up to oppressive power. A how-to on civil disobedience in a wired world.
FROM $12.21
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Makers
by Cory Doctorow

From the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother, a major novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America.
FROM $16.49
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Poke of the Titans
by MCM

When Andrew Carnegie's flying locomotive deposits Archimedes in the vast Ohio desert, it is the beginning of a long journey involving cannibalism, decapitation and social faux-pas. NOT FOR KIDS.
FROM $6.99
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Strange Little Band
by Nancy Brauer and Vanessa Brooks

Two psychics. One mega-corp. All-around bad behavior. Support the web serial by buying merch!
FROM $11.30
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Tokyo Zero
by Marc Horne

A young westerner arrives in Tokyo to join a cult and bring on the end of the world. Welcome to a Tokyo of petty gangsters, slumming millionaires and bizarre messiahs.
FROM $12.95
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The Vector
by MCM

A sci fi thriller about surviving the synthetic virus apocalypse, which io9.com calls 'a gripping, scary viruscore tale.'
FROM $12.99
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xkcd: volume 0
by Randall Munroe

Features selections from the first 600 comics from the mind-blowingly awesome web comic of 'romance, sarcasm, math and language'.
FROM $18.00
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