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Malka Older

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Malka Older is a writer, aid worker, and sociologist. Her science-fiction political thriller Infomocracy was named one of the best books of 2016 by Kirkus, Book Riot, and the Washington Post, and shortlisted for the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award. The Centenal Cycle , which also includes Null States (2017) and State Tectonics (2018), is a finalist for the Hugo Best Series Award of 2018. She is also the creator of the serial Ninth Step Station, currently running on Serial Box, and her short story collection And Other Disasters will come out in December 2019. Named Senior Fellow for Technology and Risk at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs for 2015, she has more than a decade of field experience in humanitarian aid and development. Her doctoral work on the sociology of organizations at Sciences Po Paris explores the dynamics of post-disaster improvisation in governments.

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The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles book cover

The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles

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Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays book cover

Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays

Mary Robinette Kowal
Ninth Step Murders: Book 1 book cover

Ninth Step Murders: Book 1

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Machina book cover

Machina

Fran Wilde
Ninth Step Murders: Book 2 book cover

Ninth Step Murders: Book 2

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The Mimicking of Known Successes book cover

The Mimicking of Known Successes

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Apex Magazine Issue 121 book cover

Apex Magazine Issue 121

Jason Sizemore
Sunspot Jungle, Vol. 1 book cover

Sunspot Jungle, Vol. 1

Bill Campbell
Orphan Black: The Next Chapter Episode 1 book cover

Orphan Black: The Next Chapter Episode 1

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State Tectonics book cover

State Tectonics

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Null States book cover

Null States

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The Tor.com Sampler book cover

The Tor.com Sampler

Ruthanna Emrys
Infomocracy book cover

Infomocracy

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Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2015 book cover

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2015

Nino Cipri
Tear Tracks book cover

Tear Tracks

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