Science Fiction

Review: Robotika by Alex Sheikman

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Niko, the Steampunk Samurai, is in her Majesty’s service. But is he a faithful royal bodyguard, or a for-hire yojimbo? A perfect warrior, or a soulless weapon? Follow Niko on his journey of self-discovery with Uri Bronski and Cherokee Geisha, as the Three Yojimbo discover a world populated by silent samurai, fast talking geisha, deadly mechabetsushikime, digital djihits and morphing butterflies.

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Review: WE3 by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely

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Deep inside a top-secret U.S. Air Force research facility, a revolution in cybernetics is taking shape. Using ordinary domestic animals for their test subjects, the scientists of Project AWE have created a new class of cyborgs… With their nervous systems enhanced and supplemented by cutting-edge military hardware, WE3 are the ultimate smart weapons… But successful as they are, WE3 are still only prototypes, to be dismantled when their testing is complete. Inside their fearsome mechanical shells, however, are three lost pets whose amplified traits include the will to survive-an instinct which proves to be even stronger than their makers knew. Faced with destruction, WE3 runs-out into a frightening and confusing world, where they are now as much of a threat as those who hunt them. Relentlessly pursued, WE3 fights with the combined firepower of a battalion-and a faint, warm memory of somewhere called “Home”.

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Review: Rex Libris: I, Librarian by James Turner

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In this first collection of librarian adventures, Rex must confront the powerful Space Warlord Vaglox and retrieve the overdue Principia Mathematica while his fellow librarians attempt to fend of a manifestation of blood-thirsty Vandals set on burning down the Middleton Library to the ground.

The astonishing story of the incomparable Rex Libris, Head Librarian at Middleton Public Library. From ancient Egypt, where his beloved Hepatia was murdered, to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in search of overdue books, Rex upholds his vow to fight the forces of ignorance and darkness. Wearing his super thick bottle glasses and armed with an arsenal of high technology weapons, he strikes fear into recalcitrant borrowers, and can take on virtually any foe from zombies to renegade literary characters.

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Review: Maintenance by Jim Massey & Robbi Rodriguez

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You think your job is bad? Doug and Manny have you beat! These guys are janitors! But they’re not your typical custodial crew-no, sir! They’re the guys who keep things shiny and clean at TerrorMax Inc., the world’s biggest and best evil science think tank! When they’re not dealing with toxic spill monsters and talking mansharks, they still have to worry about mad scientists, crazy would-be dictators, and the cute girl who works at reception!

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Review: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

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In an age that has seen the wildest speculations of science become reality, Jules Verne is regarded as both a technological prophet and one of the most exciting masters of imagination the world has ever known. This extraordinary voyage into the depths of the unknown aboard the legendary submarine Nautilus-commanded by the brilliant, tragic Captain Nemo-explores both the limitless possibilities of science and the twisted labyrinth of the human mind.

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Review: Foreigner by Robert J. Sawyer

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Alien minds in the tradition of James White. The Quintaglios are a race of intelligent dinosaurs (evolved descendants of dinosaurs rescued in prehistory from Earth) who have learned of a threat to their very existence. Now they must quickly advance from a culture equivalent to our Renaissance to the point where they can leave their planet. While the Quintaglios rush to develop space travel, the discovery of a second species of intelligent dinosaurs rocks their most fundamental beliefs. Meanwhile, blind Afsan-the Quintaglio Galileo-undergoes the newfangled treatment of psychoanalysis, throwing everything he thought he knew about his violent people into a startling new light.

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Review: PX! Book One: A Girl & Her Panda by Anderson & Trembley

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Front cover of PX! Book One: A Girl and Her Panda

Follow along with a young girl named Dahlia and her trusty panda sidekick as she sets off on a journey around the globe to save her missing father, who has been kidnapped by Pollo – an evil goat mastermind bent on taking over the world.

Along the way she’ll meet Weatherby Ian Poppington III, a Victorian secret agent and Wikkity Jones, a roller-skating swordsman (or is it samurai?) whose mysterious motivations are not entirely clear. Paths will be crossed, alliances will be formed, and ninjas will be punched.

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