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Cat Sparks is a multi-award-winning Australian author, editor and artist whose former employment has included: media monitor, political and archaeological photographer, graphic designer, Fiction Editor of Cosmos Magazine and Manager of Agog! Press.

A 2012 Australia Council grant sent her to Florida to participate in Margaret Atwood’s The Time Machine Doorway workshop. She’s currently finishing a PhD in sci fi and cli fi.

Her short story collection The Bride Price was published in 2013. Her debut novel, Lotus Blue, was published by Skyhorse in March 2017.

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	Lotus Blue 3.54 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loosed Upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author), Robert Silverberg 3.70 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy by Hal Duncan, Hal Duncan, Cat Rambo (Goodreads Author) 3.46 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bride Price 4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calvaria Fell by Cat Sparks (Goodreads Author), Kaaron Warren (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Harvest 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agog! Smashing Stories 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agog! Terrific Tales by Cat Sparks (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Martin Livings (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agog! Ripping Reads 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Effigy 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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August SCIENCE FICTION -- The following poll decides which two selections will go on to the final round for Science Fiction BOTM of August 2017.

The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton

21 votes, 33.3%

The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor

18 votes, 28.6%

Eight Worlds Of C.M. Kornbluth by C.M. Kornbluth

7 votes, 11.1%

Lotus Blue by Cat Sparks

6 votes, 9.5%

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

6 votes, 9.5%

How Few Remain: A Novel of the Second War Between the States by Harry Turtledove

5 votes, 7.9%

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