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About Brenda Noiseux

Brenda Noiseux is a host of New Books in Science Fiction.

Brenda Noiseux is a host of New Books in Science Fiction.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Brenda:

Science Fiction September 7, 2023

The Death I Gave Him

Em X. Liu

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Em X. Liu’s The Death I Gave Him (Solaris, 2023) brings a science fiction twist to Shakespeare’s beloved Hamlet. Working at Elsinore Labs, Hayden Lichfield and his father are in …
Science Fiction June 1, 2023

The Archive Undying

Emma Mieko Candon

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The Archive Undying (Tordotcom, 2023) is Emma Mieko Candon’s ambitious epic science fiction novel about intertwined human survivors following the violent fall of cities run by AI entities so massive, they …
Science Fiction March 2, 2023

The Ten Percent Thief

Lavanya Lakshminarayan

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In Lavanya Lakshminarayan’s science fiction novel, The Ten Percent Thief (Solaris, 2023), is set in a world centered on meritocracy, where everyone is judged on the Bell Curve. Apex City …
Science Fiction December 1, 2022

Leech

Hiron Ennes

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“Soft sci-fi, gothic body horror” is how Hiron Ennes describes their debut novel, Leech (Tordotcom, 2022). But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Set in an isolated winter chateau …
Science Fiction October 6, 2022

The Sleepless

Victor Manibo

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Part mystery, part thriller, with a splash of cyberpunk, Victor Manibo’s debut novel The Sleepless (Erewhon, 2022) imagines a near-future New York City where a quarter of the population has lost …
Science Fiction July 14, 2022

The Peacekeeper

B. L. Blanchard

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The rich worldbuilding of a never-colonized North America sets the stage for this unusual murder mystery debut by B. L. Blanchard. Chibenashi is a broken man. He’s a peacekeeper for …