Science Fiction

Norman Spinrad
“Raising Hell“ takes a poke at Christian fundamentalists and corporate CEOs through an account of the fight to improve working conditions in Hell, with the help of Jimmy Hoffa, John L. Lewis, and César Chávez.

Karen Joy Fowler
Known for her bestseller, The Jane Austen Book Club, here she offers a short collection of perceptive, entertaining, thought-provoking, and often hilarious speculative stories with a progressive and feminist edge.

John Shirley
A mix of outlaw humor, SF, and cutting social criticism; a radical revisioning of America, a horrifying and hilarious look at the prison industry, the 1% getting their comeuppance, and a contrarian view of the next forty years.

Ken MacLeod
The Human Front follows the adventures of a young Scottish guerrilla, drawn into low-intensity sectarian war in a high-intensity future, when the arrival of an alien intruder calls for new tactics and strange alliances.

Nalo Hopkinson
“Report from Planet Midnight” takes on race and racism in literature. In “Message in a Bottle,” an American Indian who doesn't like children is befriended by a strange four-year-old, who seems wise beyond her years.

Cory Doctorow
The high-velocity adventures of a transhuman teenager in a toxic post-Disney dystopia, battling wireheads and wumpuses until he meets the girl of his dreams. Plus Cory's historic 2010 World SF Convention address.

Nick Mamatas
Love, Politics, Parasitic Manipulation. An underworld of radical political gestures and Internet organizing looking to overthrow a a ruling class it knows nothing about.

Ursula K. Le Guin
Two children are determined to enter "that possible even when unattainable space in which there is room for justice," leading to a violent and loving end. Plus a scorching essay on corporate publishing, and more.

Terry Bisson
These short stories cover all the territory—from his droll faux-FAQ’s done for Britain’s Science magazine, to the most seductive of his fantasies, to an eerie dreamlike evocation of the 9/11 that might have been.

Michael Moorcock
Moorcock's most audacious creation, Jerry Cornelius—assassin, rock star, chronospy, and maybe-Messiah—is back with a time twisting odyssey. that connects '60s London with post-Obama America.

Eleanor Arnason
In an "alternate history" saga that spans the globe, Eleanor Arnason tells of a modern woman's struggle to use the weapons of DNA science to fulfill the ancient promises of her Lakota heritage.

Terry Bisson
Sardonic and merciless, this satire of the entire apocalyptic enterprise provides a humorous and timely interpretation of the bestselling Left Behind series.