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This year's Philip K. Dick Award goes to Adam-Troy Castro's detective story Emissaries From The Dead and David Walton's Terminal Mind. And meanwhile, Ken McLeod's intricate murder mystery The Night Sessions won the BSFA Award. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5209423&view=rss&microfeed=true I praised Adam-Troy Castro's space murder mystery Emissaries From The Dead a while back, for its intriguing setting, fascinating A.I. characters and unconventional supporting cast. Now you can judge for yourself: Harper Eos is offering Emissaries as a free e-book download. The only catch: You have to sign up for their newsletter. [Eos] More »
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I was incredibly excited when I saw that Adam-Troy Castro, one of my favorite short-story writers, had finally published a novel. And Emissaries From The Dead is as great as I'd hoped, a noirish murder mystery set inside an artificial environment created by A.I.s for some unknown purpose. As with the best detective novels, Andrea Cort's murder investigation uncovers a slew of other mysteries, which unravel the dark secrets of the artificial intelligences and the humans' expedition to study them. More »
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