Title: Deadline Author: Mira Grant Genre: Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Horror, Thriller, Zombies, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: June 2011 Paperback: 581 Pages Shaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organization he built with his…
Title: Bumped Author: Megan McCafferty Genre: Dystopian, Satire, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Balzer + Bray (Harper Teen) Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 336 Pages When a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-be parents pay…
Title: Divergent Author: Veronica Roth Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (Harper Teen) Publication Date: May 2011 Paperback: 487 Pages In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the…
Welcome to BEA Appreciation Week 2011! As is our annual tradition, this week we bring you reviews of some of the titles we have scooped up at BEA, as well as some general news and ponderings concerning the trade…
Title: Burn Bright Author: Marianne de Pierres Genre: Dystopian YA Publisher: Random House Australia Publication date: March 1st 2011 Paperback: 316 pages In Ixion music and party are our only beliefs. Darkness is our comfort. We have few rules…
Title: The Wikkeling Author: Written by Steven Arntson, Illustrated by Daniela J. Terrazzini Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Middle Grade Publisher: Running Press Kids Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 256 Pages Young Henrietta is about to uncover a mystery she…
Title: Plague Author: Michael Grant Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: April 2011 Hardcover: 497 Pages It’s been eight months since all the adults disappeared. GONE. They’ve survived hunger. They’ve survived lies. But…
Title: America Pacifica Author: Anna North Genre: Speculative Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Literary Fiction Publisher: Little Brown & Co. Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 294 Pages Eighteen-year-old Darcy lives on the island of America Pacifica—one of the last places on…
Welcome everyone, to The Book Smugglers’ Nebula Readathon 2011! In honor of the annual Nebula Awards, we will be hosting an interwebs readathon, in which we will attempt to read all of the titles on the Best Novel and…
Title: Broken Author: Susan Jane Bigelow Genre: Dystopian / Fantasy / Superheroes Publisher: Candlemark & Gleam Publication date: January 2011 Ebook: 340 pages In a post-war future world where First Contact has been made, humans are colonizing the stars,…
