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Sue Burke

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in Milwaukee, The United States

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I grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, lived briefly in Austin, Texas, y'all, and moved with my husband to Madrid, Spain, in December 1999. Then back to the US, specifically Chicago, in July 2016.

I've worked for fifty years as a journalist, both as a reporter and editor, and I translate from Spanish to English.

I also write poetry, essays, and fiction, especially science fiction. ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 22,552 ratings · 3,167 reviews · 56 distinct works • Similar authors

	Semiosis (Semiosis, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 15,403 ratings — published 2018 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interference (Semiosis, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 4,308 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usurpation (Semiosis, #3) 3.69 avg rating — 868 ratings — published 2024 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Immunity Index 3.33 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dual Memory 3.68 avg rating — 504 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 177, June 2021 by Neil Clarke (Goodreads Author), Nancy Kress (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Robert Reed (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Normalized Death really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Semiosis Duology it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	West African adire: Dyed and printed textiles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dutch wax prints: Dyed and printed textiles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sue Burke wrote a new blog post ‘Good Boy’ at 50 Give or Take My 50-word science fiction short story “Good Boy” has been published by 50 Give or Take. Read it here.
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Sue Burke and 17 other people liked Rose Rosetree's review of When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion: "What a feminist treasure! This meticulously researched, beautifully recounted history of the era "When Women Ran Fifth Avenue" fascinated me. I read every word, including the author's description of how she spent years just researching this book. Mostl" Read more of this review »
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Sue Burke rated a book it was amazing Electromagnetic Assault by Bruce Landay	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
If you like futuristic military techno-thrillers, you’ll probably like this book. Do I need to say more? Let’s consider the many varieties of book reviews including consumer, preview, sponsored, literary, professional, and academic. In this case I’m a ...more
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Sue Burke entered a giveaway Everybody's Perfect by Jo Walton (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sue Burke wants to read Slow Gods by Claire North	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Feb 21, 2026 10:14AM · 2 likes · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Slow Gods by Claire North. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Slow Gods by Claire North <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Sue Burke and 2 other people liked Matt's review of The Language of Liars: "this book is so high on my anticipated reads of 2026 I swear to god"
Jan 27, 2026 06:38PM · see review
Sue Burke and 22 other people liked Levi Hobbs's review of The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1): "This book shouldn’t work. A grief-stricken mother, a collapsing world, a second-person POV, and a magic system built on geology—and yet somehow Jemisin makes it work. I’ll be honest: at first, the second-person narration threw me off. (Yeah, that’s ri" Read more of this review »
Dec 10, 2025 08:27AM · see review
Sue Burke answered Bonobo's question: Hello Sue, do you have any new book in the works? I think I have read all of your SF, and every single one was ★★★★★ 🙂 And now I can’t wait to read more! Cordially, Tom Hi Tom, I'm writing a book, but there's no publication date yet. Thank you for reading my books! I've also published some short fiction, as you may know. A list is here, and some of it is free to read on the internet: https://sueburke.site/publications See Full Answer
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Sue Burke wants to read They Should Have Been Hanged: War Nerd Essays on the U.S. Civil War by John Dolan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I am glad I grew the humor root. I can endure unpleasant situations better.”
― Sue Burke, Semiosis

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“Equality is not a fact, like the length of days... Equality is an idea, a belief, like beauty.”
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“Each of us needs to be what we are, perhaps even be more of what we are.”
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Polls

Preliminary poll: next SF series read

Manifold Series (4 books) by Stephen Baxter

4 votes, 36.4%

Patternist series (4 books) by Octavia E. Butler

4 votes, 36.4%

Semiosis trilogy by Sue Burke

2 votes, 18.2%

Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson

1 vote, 9.1%

Andrea Cort trilogy by Adam-Troy Castro

0 votes, 0.0%

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