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Malka Older

State Tectonics: New Excerpt

By Malka Older

State Tectonics by Campbell Award-finalist Malka Older is the conclusion to The Centenal Cycle cyberpunk political thriller series. Prefer audiobooks? Click here to listen to an excerpt! The future of democracy must evolve or die. The last time Information held an election, a global network outage, two counts of sabotage by major world governments, and a…

Book-Inspired Cocktails: “var Spirit = null;”

By Adam Wagner

September 22, 2017

When the future of democracy is about to implode, the freedom of choice becomes even more sacred. So choose your favorite spirit with this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—the “var Spirit = null;” cocktail, inspired by Malka Older's second Centenal Cycle novel, Null…

Malka Older Excerpt: Null States

By Malka Older

September 14, 2017

Null States by Malka Older is the second book in the Centenal Cycle series (available September 19, 2017). The future of democracy is about to implode. After the last controversial global election, the global infomocracy that has ensured thirty years of world peace is fraying at the edges. As the new Supermajority government struggles to…

Infomocracy: Audio Excerpt

By Malka Older

June 9, 2016

Infomocracy by Malka Older is a debut novel and futuristic political thriller examining the corruption of power in a global micro-democracy. It's been twenty years and two election cycles since Information, a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring nation-states to global micro-democracy. The corporate coalition party Heritage has won the last two…

“GINFOMOCRACY” Cocktail

By Adam Wagner

June 3, 2016

Power corrupts, but surely alcohol has never caused any problems!?   This week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—will help you forget that the computers have taken over the world and that privacy is a thing of the past! So, accept the inevitable with…

Infomocracy: New Excerpt

By Malka Older

June 2, 2016

Infomocracy by Malka Older is a debut novel and futuristic political thriller examining the corruption of power in a global micro-democracy (Available June 7, 2016). It's been twenty years and two election cycles since Information, a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring nation-states to global micro-democracy. The corporate coalition party Heritage has…

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