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Sci-Fi and Fantasy Special Editions

With physical books making a comeback in recent years, there are more gorgeous special editions out there than ever before. Here’s a few of my favourites in the science-fiction and fantasy genre.

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This Is How You Lose the Time War (Deluxe Edition)

This Is How You Lose the Time War (Deluxe Edition)

ByMax Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar

The gorgeous, enthralling hardcover deluxe edition of the bestselling Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning sci-fi novella spanning time and space about two time-travelling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future. Including new cover art, stencilled edges, designed endpapers, and a deluxe printed and debossed case. Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of...

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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

ByDennis E. Taylor

“I love the Bobiverse! Some of the best sci-fi out there. These novels have everything, but most importantly Bob was there, too.” —Andy Weir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Project Hail MaryFeaturing stenciled edges, original art for the front and back endpapers, and a new cover.The book that launched a thousand Bobs and the first novel in the Bobiverse series from Dennis E. Taylor, part space adventure, part philosophical voyage, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) is a captivating and hilarious exploration of the joys and dangers of artificial intelligence, the wonders of space, and everything that may await us out there.Welcome to the Bobiverse. We are Bob. We are legion. And we never intended on this.Bob Johansson had a plan. After selling his software business, a leisurely retirement awaited him. And, if the...

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Red Rising Deluxe Edition

Red Rising Deluxe Edition

ByPierce Brown

10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago.Driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity's overlords struggle for power. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . ....

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The Shadow of the Gods

The Shadow of the Gods

ByJohn Gwynne

This is a stunning special edition of The Shadow of the Gods, the first novel in the internationally bestselling Bloodsworn series from master storyteller John Gwynne. This edition features: Jacket with full artwork Four colour end papers Foil embossing on the board Designed sprayed edges THE GREATEST SAGAS ARE WRITTEN IN BLOOD. A century has passed since the gods fought and drove themselves to extinction. Now only their bones remain, promising great power to those brave enough to seek them out. As whispers of war echo across the land of Vigrið, fate follows in the footsteps of three warriors: a huntress on a dangerous quest, a noblewoman pursuing battle fame, and a thrall seeking vengeance among the mercenaries known as the Bloodsworn. All three will shape the fate...

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The Will of the Many
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The Will of the Many

ByJames Islington

Phenomenal! One of the best high fantasy novels I’ve read in years – think Red Rising meets The Name of the Wind. I couldn’t put it down. – Lynette Noni Unsettling, gripping, timely, powerful – this book is highly recommended. – Rick Riordan The Catenan Republic – the Hierarchy – may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilised society in allowing my strength, my drive and my focus – what they call Will –...

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Songs of the Dead
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Songs of the Dead

ByBrandon Sanderson and Peter Orullian

Featuring stenciled edges and original art for the front and back endpapers.A London rocker is faced with a life-or-death choice when he realizes that a powerful society of magic wielders are the only ones keeping London safe in this deft contemporary fantasy cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson with author and musician Peter Orullian.When Jack Solomon, a struggling musician who works in London’s West End, is killed, he awakens to a new reality in which light and music are used to create magic and where living eras of the past sprawl beneath modern London, layer upon layer, all the way back to recorded history.Jack also soon discovers that many of those who reside in the stratums of London’s past have grown angry with the present world,...

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The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

ByCixin Liu

Read the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science fiction phenomenon – now a major Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones. 1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind. Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides. Wang's investigation will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredictable interaction of its three suns. This is the Three-Body Problem and it is the key to everything: the key to the scientists' deaths, the key to...

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Katabasis
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Katabasis

ByR.F. Kuang

Katabasis is a formidable, timeless work, destined to be a modern classic. – OLIVIE BLAKE Katabasis is more than a novel to savour. This book is an experience. I envy those who get to read it for the first time. – REBECCA ROSS A witty, gory, harrowing ride. – LEIGH BARDUGO Only available in select territories. Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld. Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick. But the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and – inconveniently – in Hell. Alice, along with her biggest rival Peter Murdoch, is going after him. But Hell is not as the philosophers...

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Operation Bounce House

Operation Bounce House

ByMatt Dinniman

From the author of the sensational global bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series comes a brand new epic standalone . . . All colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do is run the family ranch and keep his family's aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking. But when his planet's transfer gate finally opens and restores instant travel and full communication between Earth and his planet, New Sonora, there's a complication. The colossal Apex Corporation is hired to commence an "eviction action", and they charge bored Earthers for the opportunity to design their own war machines, remotely pilot them, and make it a game. Oliver and his friends soon find themselves fighting for their lives against these machines. But with the help of an old book from his grandfather,...

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The Song of Achilles

The Song of Achilles

ByMadeline Miller

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller reimagines the ancient Greek myth of Achilles and the Trojan War. It explores the deep bond between Achilles and Patroclus, narrating their journey from friendship to love amidst the epic backdrop of war and destiny. The novel blends heart-wrenching romance with heroic adventure.

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The Martian

The Martian

ByAndy Weir

This hardcover edition celebrates the No. 1 New York Times bestseller that set our sights on Mars and inspired the major motion picture starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain, with special features including: Intricately designed sprayed edges New cover art on a deluxe jacket Full-color illustrated endpapers A custom-stamped case A mission to Mars. A freak accident. One man’s struggle to survive. Brilliant . . . a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years . . . utterly compelling. The Wall Street Journal Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew...

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