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10 Books To Read If You’re Not Over The Matrix Resurrections
Get lost in speculative fiction, cyberpunk, and more.
by K.W. Colyard
‘Destroyer of Light’ by Jennifer Marie Brissett
Underground Books
A retelling of the Persephone myth, Jennifer Marie Brissett’s Afrofuturist cyberpunk novel is an epic space opera. Spanning hundreds of years, Destroyer of Light traces the paths of a few very different humans as they work to save humanity from an invasion.
$25.99
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Remember when you first watched The Matrix, and you were desperate to learn more about the world that Lilly and Lana Wachowski had dreamt up? You’ll get the same feeling from Piranesi, Susanna Clarke’s novel about a house with infinite rooms, but only two occupants.
$27
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Evelyn perfected cloning, so naturally she cloned herself. Her doppelgänger is everything Evelyn isn’t, and maybe that’s why she’s having an affair with her husband. But when he winds up dead, both women will have to work together to survive the coming storm.
$24.99
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Decades after the Dirty Dozen’s last adventure went sideways, the old gang reunite for one more job — one that will require them to figure out where they went wrong before, if they ever hope to rescue a lost crew member.
$25.95
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In this cyberpunk adventure from Cold Iron author Stina Leicht, an immortal cleric-turned-crime boss hires a ragtag bunch of mercenaries to protect their isolated planet from the corporate overlords who’ve taken it over.
$27
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A detective answers a distress call from an old friend — only to find her brutally murdered in her apartment. Now, he’s got no choice but to risk everything to solve the mystery.
$27.95
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A spreading empire is on the warpath with its Windups — giant, piloted mecha. Young Eris knows exactly how to disarm a Windup from the inside, and her capture deals a heavy blow to the resistance. Can she turn the tide by teaming up with a Windup pilot?
$18.99
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'Noor' by Nnedi Okorafor
Harriett's Bookshop
After a video of AO killing her attackers in self-defense goes viral, she goes on the lam. She picks up DNA, a herdsman mistaken for a terrorist in another viral incident. Together, they set out across the desert in search of a place to call home
$27
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In this novel from Amatka author Karin Tidbeck, a pair of best friends escape from a magical prison where their lives are forfeit to their immortal masters. To survive, they must race against the clock, searching through space and time to find a cure for their curse.
$25.95
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Another mecha novel, Iron Widow retells the story of China’s only female emperor, casting her as a rare pilot who can withstand the stress of the psychic link with her co-pilot — by killing him, before he kills her.
$17.99
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