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S wants to read: Looking to get back on the reading track for the summer! I'd like to catch up on new YA releases in the past six months, but any kind of sci-fi/fantasy/historical novel is also good. I want to read something captivating, something grand—about empires ...more

May 19, 2017 02:27AM · Like

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The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
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Iain M. Banks

he said: " Sci-fi + captivating characters (drones!) + empires + political trickery + held me in thrall for many days afterward = was this book made for you? "

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The Risen Empire (Succession, #1-2)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)

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Revenger (Revenger #1)
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Alastair Reynolds

he said: " YA science fiction, space opera. "

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Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)
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Amie Kaufman (Goodreads Author)

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Shadow Run (Kaitan Chronicles, #1)
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AdriAnne Strickland (Goodreads Author)

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A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
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Vernor Vinge

he said: " Favorite sci-fi I've read so far. Great story and amazing characters, many being nonhuman perspectives! My favorites would have to be the Tines: hive minded dogs/wolves! It explores some really cool concepts and I would recommend this to anyone who even remotely enjoys sci-fi! ...more "