All the Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Coming in 2014

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There's a ton of ambition on display in this year's science fiction and fantasy books. Bestselling authors are stretching out of their comfort zones, and our favorite authors are pushing the boundaries. Plus David Cronenberg has written a book about sex and weird diseases. Here's the ultimate guide to this year's can't-miss books.

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Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh (Crown)

A novel about a hitman in a dystopian near future, in which the rich all escape into virtual reality and everybody else is screwed.

On Such a Full Sea: A Novel by Chang-rae Lee (Riverhead)

A future dystopia that's more like Clockwork Orange than Hunger Games, as ecological collapse takes its toll on the last surviving power, New China.

Dreams of the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn (Tor Books)

The sequel to Vaughn's After the Golden Age, which skips forward in time and follows the daughter of the original novel's protagonist, who wants to be a superhero like her grandpa.

A Highly Unlikely Scenario by Rachel Cantor (Melville House)

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All the Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Coming in 2014