From Huxley's Brave New World in 1932 to The Hunger Games, our fascination with the speculative & extreme never dwindles
Dystopian & Alternative History Fiction Books
Silver Sprocket Emotional Data
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£8.69
Silver Sprocket Sports Is Hell (hardcover Edition)
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£20.39
Silver Sprocket Sports Is Hell (2nd Edition)
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£14.99
Royal Hawaiian Press Sultana Kosem: In The Harem
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£22.99
Source Point Press Wretched Things
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£999.99
Source Point Press Apocalypse Girl
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£17.09
McNally Jackson Books They
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£12.99
Meerkat Press Missing Signal
Book SynopsisFrom Seb Doubinsky, author of The Song of Synth, The Babylonian Trilogy, White City, Absinth, Omega Gray and Suan Ming, comes his highly anticipated next installment in the City-States Cycle.Missing Signal—a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a government conspiracy? Agent Terrence Kovacs has worked for the New Petersburg Counter-Intel Department propagating fake UFO stories for so long that even he has a hard time separating fact from fiction. Especially when he’s approached by a beautiful woman named Vita, who claims she’s been sent from another planet to liberate Earth.Trade ReviewBeneath the entertaining wrapper of science fiction, Missing Signal is a masterfully written work, both provocative and rewarding. -- Susan Waggoner -- Foreword Reviews"Crisp chapters cartwheel you in an incredible odyssey that gets wilder and weirder as it possesses you . . . Something about the novel abolishes distraction. Once you open the book, you are committed. No hard work, just a heart-thud moment, electricity, and you're hooked. In its tiny chapters pulsing with voltage, the narrative leaves nothing short. The reading is like a golden egg hunt, literary gifts tucked away in findable nests." -- Eugen Bacon -- Breach Magazine"Seb Doubinsky's always beena critique of modern politics and the tyrannical fallacies of consumerism.Missing Signalis another addition to that nuanced, but powerful legacy as it's a novel about being told what to do and who to believe, which doesn't lead to any satisfying answers if you don't proactively choose your own path through a maze of make believes and misinformation." -- Benoit Lelievre -- Dead End Follies(5 stars) "I'm delighted to have discovered an exciting new voice in Seb Doubinsky's unusual novella. This is not a traditional sci-fi story but is one which offers a disturbing glimpse into a dystopian city-state future which reflects, albeit in an exaggerated way, so much of all that is disturbing in our 21st century world. -- Linda Hepworth -- Nudge-Book MagazineThe tense, sparse prose of this novella-which explicitly names its inspirations in the aesthetics of Michelangelo Antonionia's 'beautiful emptiness,' William S. Burrough's theories, and the porn and B-movies of the 1960s and '70s, as well as the tropes of alien encounters in early SF matches its strong themes of loneliness, paranoia, and the search for identity in a world of deception. -- Publishers Weekly
£12.56
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Una novela criminal (Premio Alfaguara 2018) / The
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£18.95
C. S. Johnson Prince of Secrets and Shadows
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£20.24
Monkfish Book Publishing Company The Return of the Goddess: A Divine Comedy
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£23.89
Tortoise Books Infinite Blues: A Cold War Fever Dream
Book SynopsisJune, 1968. An air force astronaut flies to an orbiting observation platform for a forty-day stint spying on the Soviet Union from spaceand discovers a plot that will determine the fate of the world.The fourth book in the Altered Space series, Infinite Blues imagines a militarized Space Race in a Cold War that never was, with America trying to find its way back to normalcy after the MacArthur presidency, and warily watching as Beria's Soviet Union builds the ballistic missiles that threaten to destroy it on a half-hour's notice. A thoroughly researched thriller full of political paranoia and imaginative intrigue, it's also a look at today's America through the lens of an alternate past, as well as a literary examination of observation and participation, individualism and collectivism, the ideas and attitudes that hold our country togetherand the ones that might send it careening towards catastrophe.The titles in the Altered Space series are wholly separate narratives, but all deal with the mysteries of space and time, progress and circularity. Each one is an enso of words in which orbits of spacecraft, moons, planets, and people allow us fresh perspectives on the cycles of our own lives.
£18.99
Aftershock Comics War on Terror: Godkillers
Book SynopsisHEAVEN HELP US.Abdul Alhazred is an Arab-American folklore professor turned soldier whose fear of death stems from uncertainty about the existence of an afterlife. Then he joins THE GODKILLERS, a special forces unit tasked with fighting insurgents who use mythological creatures as weapons of mass destruction. Now that he knows the supernatural exists, he'll have to decide which is worse death or the nightmarish monsters he thought were mere legends.From writer Mark Sable (Graveyard of Empires, Grounded, Fearless, Supergirl) and newcomer artist Maan House (Spencer & Locke), GODKILLERS is a monster story for the modern age.
£13.49
Aftershock Comics Scout's Honor
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£999.99
City Owl Press Undone
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£11.99
City Owl Press Boleyn Curse
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£14.24
Scout Comics Solar Flare
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£16.99
A Wave Blue World American Terrorist
Book Synopsis"Inspiring, disturbing, and triumphant." -- FOREWORDEmbedded with an eco-terrorist group hellbent on explosive direct action, investigative journalist Owen Graham is enmeshed in a dangerous culture on the political fringe. Ordinary citizens, frustrated by inequality and oppression and a bureaucracy’s resistance to change, are starting to go off the grid and disrupt the status quo. But the fringe is poised to go mainstream, and Owen’s days as a passive observer are running short. While a series of escalating misunderstandings land an idealistic public school teacher in the middle of a hostage situation and the sights of an overeager federal agent who has been trailing Owen for months, he intervenes in a desperate split-second decision. Owen’s old life is gone forever. Now he’s on the run with a trio of fellow crusaders, all fighting for a better world but now labeled as terrorists by the government. Disparate people on all sides, each convinced they’re right – and doing the right thing -- are now spinning towards each other in an inexorable spiral of violence.AMERICAN TERRORIST is a high-speed chase across the country in search of radical solutions to injustice, inspiring a movement that may be snuffed out before it starts.Trade Review"An absorbing graphic novel that is, by turns, inspiring, disturbing, and triumphant." - FOREWORD
£16.19
A Wave Blue World The 27 Run: Crush
Book SynopsisAs if 27 enormous Monsters ruling over post-apocalyptic Earth wasn't enough, now there's a new threat from outer space: Crawlies, a legion of voracious alien predators eating everything in their path. Humanity's only chance is the Pilot Beti, her incredible Mech and her best friend, a telepathic, telekinetic dog named E.K. And Beti will face an even bigger challenge: the return of a long-lost flame. Filled with jaw-dropping visuals, spine-tingling romance and laugh-out-loud comedy, see why THE 27 RUN: CRUSH continues what Steve Orlando (WONDER WOMAN) calls, "A wasteland tale energized with dark humor and fantastic creatures."Trade Review"All in all, we have to recommend everyone picks up a copy of The 27 Run: CRUSH." -- Nerdophiles"THE 27 RUN: CRUSH is a brilliant sci-fi tale. Beautiful from top to bottom, and jam-packed with action and comedy, it also makes you think about how to build a better world. THE 27 RUN: CRUSH is something really special... and something you're not going to want to miss." -- Jason Bennett - POPCULTHQ.com
£19.54
Two Lines Press That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction
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£15.26
Two Lines Press That Time of Year
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£11.69
Inkshares Eudaimonia
Book SynopsisThe year is 2112. To combat the infertility epidemic plaguing the world, the United States government has established the Department of Propagation—the last defense against the extinction of the human race. The agency oversees, facilitates, and monitors all activities related to procreation. Like many women in the twenty-second century, Bette Donovan is infertile and just scraping by. After a seemingly freak accident sends her to the hospital, Bette suddenly finds herself under the scrutiny of the Department of Propagation, triggering a series of changes that turn her life inside out. Soon, she is inside the shiny, clinical walls of the Department’s birthing center. But the birthing center holds dark secrets. Confronted with the fallout of what a desperate society will do to survive, Bette’s only hope is to escape. In any way possible.
£13.99
Winged Hussar Publishing The Hangings
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£15.30
Arcade Publishing City of Ash and Red
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£14.44
Ablaze, LLC Crueler Than Dead Vol 1
Book SynopsisNo one knows where it started ... But when the world finally realized what was going on, it was already too late. When Maki Akagi wakes up in a lab full of corpses, she learns from a dying soldier that she is the result of a last-ditch experiment to cure humans of a virus turning them into zombies. Accompanied by a young boy who also miraculously escaped, she will have to try to get to the very center of a devastated Tokyo filled with bloodthirsty monsters. The dome located there contains the last survivors of mankind. And humanity's very survival depends solely on a few drops of this miraculous vaccine... Inspired by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira), The Walking Dead, Romero classics, and new zombie films like 24 Hours Later, Crueler Than Dead delights in the meticulous detail of decomposed flesh, with a wicked and hungry eye...evoking a modern vision of a zombie world that is terrifying and tension filled. (published in Japan by Tokuma Shoten)Trade Review"engaging in ways you might not have expected"---animenewsnetwork.com"This first volume is a great beginning to an ambitious zombie manga. I had a surprisingly good time with this one, and can't wait for the next one soon! 4 out of 5" --gamingtrend.com"The black and white art effectively creates atmosphere, and with brutal detail Takahashi captures gruesome imagery and makes reading it a visceral experience. The manga is written by Tsukasa Saimura, and they work as a good team to make this manga stand out." --otakuusamagazine.com"The creators go for the jugular.""Kozo Takahashi’s artwork seems inspired by the work of Junji Ito. This is not only evidenced through the grotesque designs of the zombies, but also through the human characters who look like they are on the brink of insanity."-----aiptcomics.com
£10.79
Ablaze, LLC Gung-Ho Vol 2
Book SynopsisGUNG-HO Vol 2 picks up shortly after the events in “Short Circuit”, where at Fort Apache, the situation is more tense than ever, as the threat posed by the rippers adds to an increasingly difficult life for the colony, which is running out of supplies, heavy weapons and ammunition. In the midst of it all, Archer accuses Bagster of raping Celine, and demands a public trial from Kingsten. But the trial does not go as planned. Instead of Bagster, it's Archer who is accused, betrayed and condemned by false evidence. He is exiled from Fort Apache, and tattooed with a cross on his forehead, a mark that makes him an outlaw, unable to seek refuge in any colony whatsoever. But Zack doesn't believe in his brother's guilt, so an expedition is launched into the danger zone. Unbeknownst to the rest of the community, the teens go to look for Archer, if he is still alive. The expedition will not be without risks though, nor without unpleasant surprises... GUNG-HO Volume 2 collects the next two storylines of the critically acclaimed series, "Sexy Beast" and "Anger", into one terrific, tension-filled volume, along with bonus cover gallery!
£21.84
Ablaze, LLC Crueler Than Dead Vol 2
Book SynopsisAfter a grueling and dangerous trip, Maki and Shota finally make it to Tokyo Dome, the largest refugee camp in the entire Kanto region and one of the last places to survive the zombie outbreak that has overwhelmed the whole world. Maki, who brings with her the remaining doses of the vaccine developed at the Gunma pharmaceutical center where she woke up in the first volume, is taken care of by the structure in power in the Dome, where a handful of privileged people, under the leadership of Colonel Shimamoto, live in luxury, while the majority of the rest of the survivors are reduced to survive in appalling conditions. Shota and Miura are thrust into the difficult daily lives of survivors who do not have the chance to be privileged. Miura is assigned to a work team while Shota befriends the leader of a gang of children who say they can help locate her father... Inspired by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira), The Walking Dead, Romero classics, and new zombie films like 28 Day Later, Crueler Than Dead delights in the meticulous detail of decomposed flesh, with a wicked and hungry eye...evoking a modern vision of a zombie world that is terrifying and tension filled. Trade Review"This first volume is a great beginning to an ambitious zombie manga. I had a surprisingly good time with this one, and can't wait for the next one soon! 4 out of 5" --gamingtrend.com
£10.79
First Hale Press The Captive Born
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£16.14
Unnamed Press Milk Teeth
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£20.80
Magnetic Press The Wall
Book SynopsisIn a post-apocalyptic future, civilization is no more and humanity lives on looting and hacking, organizing itself into makeshift villages or caravans of roaring wrecks. In this brutal society, a young repairman named Solal does what he can to protect his sister Eva, who suffers from a respiratory illness. But when their medication runs out, they have only one hope: to go to the “Wall”, a gigantic impregnable enclosure guarded by monstrous robots. Inside that fabled shelter lives a community of powerful people with the resources to help them... but all is not as optimistic as it seems… Collecting the full dystopic trilogy created by film director Antoine Charreyron and artist Mario Alberti, THE WALL is a fast-paced survival story mixing elements of science fiction and horror in perfect blockbuster proportions. Brimming with the nihilism of Mad Max and The Walking Dead, this gripping drama plunges us into a maelstrom of dust, rust, and blood. A graphic feat for a wild and post-apocalyptic road movie that, in the purest tradition of the genre, questions the future of humanity and the consequences of our actions.
£22.94
Ahoy Comics Billionaire Island
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£13.49
Rocketship Entertainment Darbi Volume 1
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£16.99
Rocketship Entertainment Darbi Volume 1
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£21.24
Delphinium Books The Monsoon War
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£18.99
Three Rooms Press The Unvarnished Gary Phillips: A Mondo Pulp
Book SynopsisAward-winning author, screenwriter, and editor Gary Phillips gathers his most thrilling, outlandish, and madcap pulp fiction in an 17-story collection that straddles the line between bizarro, science fiction, noir, and superhero classics. Aztec vampires, astral projecting killers, oxygen stealing bombs, undercover space rangers, aliens occupying Los Angeles, right wing specters haunting the ’hood, masked vigilantes, and mad scientists in their underground lairs plotting world domination populate the stories in this rip-snorting collection. In these pages grindhouse melds with blaxploitation along with strong doses of B movie hardcore drive-in fare. Phillips, editor of the Anthony Award-winning The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, and author of One-Shot Harry and Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem, said this about pulp. “The most common definition of pulp is it’s fast-paced, a story containing out there characters and a wild plot. There is that. But certainly, as we’ve now arrived at the era of retro-pulp, these stories have elements of characterization: not just action, but a glimpse behind the steely eyes of these doers of incredible deeds.” As an added bonus, Phillips resurrects Phantasmo, a Golden Age comics character created by Black artist-writer E.C. Stoner in an all-new outing of ethereal doings (includes 4 original illustrations by cover artist Adam Shaw).Trade ReviewHigh Praise for The Unvarnished Gary Phillips“Phillips (One-Shot Harry) carves out a niche for himself in this eccentric collection. . . . Readers looking for action-heavy popcorn entertainment will certainly find it here.” —Publishers Weekly “The Unvarnished Gary Phillips is a fabulous exploration of the career of a true trailblazer in the crime fiction universe. Gary paved the way for a lot of us writers of color with his fearless artistry and sharp dialogue and his endless wit and wisdom. A magnificent collection.” —S.A. Cosby, best-selling author, Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland“The Unvarnished Gary Phillips is a blast of a collection by the wizard of pulpy crime stories set in the past and far into the future. Phillips gives us smart-ass characters punching their way through kick-ass action scenes. An incredible read!” —Rachel Howzell Hall, New York Times and Wall Sreet Journal bestselling author “Chaotic, funny, insightful and faster than a blast of speeding bullets. Into pulp fiction? Unvarnished is your Shangri La.” —Joe Ide, best-selling author, the IQ Series“Few people know pulp like Gary Phillips, who is not only a student of the genre, but a master. The Unvarnished Gary Phillips shows him in top form and with the verve and grit that are essential to the best pulp and hardboiled tales. I had a blast reading these. You will, too.” —Alex Segura, best-selling award-winning author, Secret Identity “Pulp is the jazz of literature, and Gary Phillips is it’s impresario—riffing and improvising on themes from mean streets to the phantasmagorical in seventeen compositions designed to flip your wig!” —Christopher Chambers, author, Scavenger, StandalonePast Praise for Gary Phillips For One-shot Harry “For thirty years Phillips has been a must-read writer.” —Lee Child“Phillips is a storyteller first, and the social chronicling never becomes didactic or overtakes the narrative.” The New York Times Book Review For Matthew Henson and The Ice Temple of Harlem “A wildly entertaining extravaganza.”―Booklist (Starred) For The Obama Inheritance “Cheerfully strange and purposefully bizarre.” ―The Washington Post “So sly, fresh and Bizarro World witty, they reaffirm the resiliency of the artistic imagination.” ―Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air For Astonishing Heroes: Shades of Justice “Gary Phillips is the man. . . . Hand-to-hand combat action, demons and magic to boot, internal dialogue, buckets of high-caliber bullets, plus scantily clad women and the heroes they love. Add a Black Dynamite blaxploitative filter and you’re in.” —Ebony “A book for anyone who remains nostalgic for the golden age of Toei films, blaxploitation movies, and lusty grindhouse cinema.” —Superhero NovelsTable of Contents1) Demon of the Track 2) Comstock’s Edge3) The Kwanzaa Initiative4) Thus Strikes the Black Pimpernel5) No Room! No Room!6) Fangs of the Fire Serpent7) The Darklight Gizmo Matter8) Shaderoc the Soul Shaker9) Grag’s Last Escape10) Bret Khodo, Agent of C.O.D.E.11) Enter the Silencer 12) Tobin and Gagarin13) Matthew Henson and the Treasure of the Queen of Sheba14) Tacos de Cazuela con Smith & Wesson15) Desal Plant No. 916) I, Truck17) Phantasmo and the Vault of Heaven
£13.29
Artists Writers & Artisans American Ronin
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£9.49
Artists Writers & Artisans Year Zero: Vol. 2
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£8.54
Two Dollar Radio Landscapes
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£20.80
Behemoth Comics Quad Vol. 1
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£13.49
Red 5 Premium The Dark Age
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£16.96
Aftershock Comics WE LIVE VOL 2: AGE OF THE PALLADIONS
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£16.19
Aftershock Comics WE LIVE VOL 1 HARDCOVER
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£19.54
Aftershock Comics SAMURAI DOGGY
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£19.54
Devil's Due Comics The Encoded: Splintered Souls
Book SynopsisThe breakout action packed, seductive series with a twist on the class 'Man vs. Machine' theme is now collected in a 144 page trade paperback! The Encoded takes readers to the year 2055...the world runs on almost magical A.I. technology, but it came with a cost of following a messy war against the self-aware A.I. AURELIUS, brought on by our own human shortcomings, humanity must now coexist alongside the disconnected, sentient robot creators of the dead cyber-god. They must endure never ending digital network shutdowns, triggered at random, to prevent future self-aware technology from being born, and in a world where every movement is tracked and recorded, these Analog Protocol shutdowns are a great time to settle scores. Now civilization is fractured between the hi-tech societies of their time, secret places where only machines dwell, and a growing movement of people forsaking any post-internet era technology know as the ANCHORITES.
£15.99
Zmok Books The Great Martian War: The Grand Alliance
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£16.80
Saved by Story Publishing The Alchemy of The Beast
Book SynopsisI wept as time stopped, and I wept as time refused to cease.Grieving her faith, her love, and her identity, twenty-one-year-old Scarlett V. Leonelli is devastated by an unexpected tragedyone threatening to unravel her to her very core. Following a series of inexplicable synchronicities, Scarlett journeys deep into the jungle of a hidden village in Costa Rica where, far beyond the only reality she has ever known, she is forced to trust the path as it appears beneath her feet.Led by the sacred invitations in riddles of mysterious guides, romantic rendezvous, and enticing adventures, Scarlett falls into the belly of the Beast itself.Will Scarlett give in or choose to alchemize one of humanity's inevitable tragedies?The Alchemy of The Beast is the first installation of The Lionheart Chronicles, a series inspired by author Alyssa Noelle Coelho's own truth-seeking journey. Drawing upon her training in sociocultural anthropology and her own experiences as a Traveler, wrestling with the meaning of existence, love, connection, and contribution, Alyssa shines a light on the raw truths of the human condition and showcases the beauty of cultures worldwide.
£20.39
Little, Brown & Company Touring After the Apocalypse, Vol. 1
Book SynopsisWith a surprisingly upbeat tone, readers of Girls’ Last Tour will enjoy this trip throughapocalyptic Japan. All alone after the end of days, two girls bike through the emptyruins of Japan—and they’re not about to let the collapse of civilization get in the way ofsightseeing! Even when the world ends, their journey goes on.
£10.44
Little, Brown & Company Touring After the Apocalypse, Vol. 2
Book SynopsisYouko and Airi’s next stop is Umihotaru, a rest stop in the middle of Tokyo Bay famous for its nighttime view. But with the Aqua-line tunnel from Kawasaki flooded, they’re forced to take a huge detour all the way to Chiba. On the way, they make a stop in Akihabara to investigate a mysterious radio signal. Could someone still be alive there…?
£10.44
