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Arkady Martine

Pen name of AnnaLinden Weller, American science fiction author and Byzantinist; her Teixcalaan novels A Memory Called Empire (2019) and A Desolation Called Peace (2021) each won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.

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ForeignerBook C. J. Cherryh

recommended

Foreigner is the first book of a long series.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Best Political Sci-Fi Books

2024-06-28·fivebooks.com ↗

Last First SnowBook Max Gladstone

recommended

Last First Snow is the fourth book in Max Gladstone’s Craft sequence, but each of the books are standalone.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Best Political Sci-Fi Books

2024-06-28·fivebooks.com ↗

InfomocracyBook Malka Older

recommended

Infomocracy is a 2016 book, and it’s the first in Older’s trilogy, The Centenal Cycle.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Best Political Sci-Fi Books

2024-06-28·fivebooks.com ↗

ExordiaBook Seth Dickinson

recommended

Exordia is set precisely in 2013.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Best Political Sci-Fi Books

2024-06-28·fivebooks.com ↗

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