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Category: Recommendations

  • Earthwind

    Earthwind by Robert Holdstock Published by Pan Science Fiction in 1978 Humans have colonised many planets and on one, Aeran, something strange has happened. The colonists have de-evolved into a…

  • The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future

    The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future by Victor Cha Published by Vintage in 2013 The Impossible State is an examination of North Korea and whether it will ever…

  • Mindplayers

    Mindplayers by Pat Cadigan Published 1988 by Gollancz In a world where virtual reality is inside everyone’s head and you can choose to be someone else if you tire of…

  • Shake Hands with the Devil

    Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire Published by Random House in 2003 I went to Rwanda last year on a…

  • The Secret State

    The Secret State by Peter Hennessy Published by Penguin in 2002, updated in 2010 The Secret State is about Britain’s secret plans to respond to an attack on the UK…

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