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Review: The Secret Life of Bees

Review: The Secret Life of Bees

The ambient backdrop of beekeeping elevates Monk Kidd’s narrative in original ways, but the goopy theatrics and unnatural characters weigh it back down.

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Review: Sharp Objects

Review: Sharp Objects

Flynn’s debut novel is arguably her darkest to date, spiked with plot twists and cruel women.

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Review: Prelude to Foundation

Review: Prelude to Foundation

For the 6th entry in Asimov’s Foundation series, adventure on Trantor awaits as the birth of psychohistory dawns.

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Review: Foundation

Review: Foundation

Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi classic ponders big ideas as Hari Seldon, mastermind founder of psychohistory, steers civilization through the chaos of a creaking empire.

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Review: Hatchet, The River

Review: Hatchet, The River

A review double feature of Gary Paulsen’s survivalist series for young readers.

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Review: The City and the Stars

Review: The City and the Stars

Arthur C. Clarke’s visionary tale of the distant future shines a light on humanity’s relationship with technology as a guarded society rediscovers its place in the universe.

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Review: Whiteout

Review: Whiteout

A master of storytelling delivers a high-strung thriller just compelling enough to dispel disbelief.

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Review: The Drive-In

Review: The Drive-In

A two-shot pulse of comedy and horror, The Drive-In is a goretastic romp through B-movie stardom.

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Review: The Black Cloud

Review: The Black Cloud

Fred Hoyle’s sci-fi debut continues to transport readers to places science cannot yet take us.

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Review: The Martian

Review: The Martian

Andy Weir invites us into a world where bottomless ingenuity, basic NASA provisions, and copious amounts of duct tape are all you need to survive a death trip to Mars.

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Review: 1984

Review: 1984

A generation-spanning dystopian vision of government overreach, from one of the greatest writers the English language has ever known.

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Review: I Am Legend

Review: I Am Legend

That moment you realize how sharply the film deviates from the source material.

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