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"Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, a pharmaceutical Robin Hood traversing the world in a submarine, fabricating cheap scrips for poor people who can't otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack leaves a trail...
"Welcome to the Poppy Fields, where there's hope for even the most battered hearts to heal. Here, in a remote stretch of the California desert, lies an experimental and controversial treatment center that allows those suffering from the heartache...
"spam the "serious" readers, slam the ideas' feeders.
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Shame-less-ly mock the conventional fame.
Sham journey runs surreally goddam.
diesel, metal, wind sails,
lives powered in sea of rails;
only a few shorelines and islands stand firm;
belo..."
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"Mieville is incredibly creative. This novel is obviously imitative of Moby Dick--except with trains instead of ships and moles instead of whales. And it is so much more. Great characters and an incredibly imagined and diverse world. I have t..."
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"Railsea is another highly inventive world from Mieville. If you like his writing and you like steampunk, what's not to like? I was completely tickled by the parallels to a certain ultra-famous novel. I found the plot twists surprising at every tur..."
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