One of the men who brought us Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, Ben H. Winters is back and this time has teamed with none other than Russian literary giant Leo Tolstoy. The result of this unlikely partnership is Android Karenina which sees this classic love story lifted from the time when Russia was revolting and plonked into a dystopian world of cyborgs, robots, and intergalactic space travel. As with original, the story follows 2 relationships and 4 people are intertwined in a world that seems heavily inspired by steampunk. Old Leo may not care for what has happened to his classic tome we. On the other hand, are appreciating old books more with these zany twists.
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Once upon a time a caveman picked up a rock and proceeded to chuck it at someone or something. A History of Weapons ($14) began at that moment. John O’Bryan is a respected comedy writer and self described weapons nerd who relays to us through A History Of Weapons the often freaky highlights of the obsession […]