The Tusks of Extinction

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1. SamoyedFurFluffApr 2026
   I really like Ray Nayler’s work, who intersects his real experience in international politics with science fiction technology. His Tusks of Extinction uses the sci-fi notion of brain transfer and bringing back mammoths to explore the economical pressures behind poaching. His “Where the axe is buried” explores surveillance state technology with political bodies that feel like real modern nations.
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2. scrapheapNov 2025
   Stand out books for me that I've read this year:

   * The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler (Short, but a great read)

   * The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

   * The Armchair Universe by A.K.Dewdney (First read this one many years ago, but I've been reading it again)

   * Final Orbit by Chris Hadfield (third book in a series, so you'd want to start at the begining with The Apollo Murders)

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3. world2vecJun 2024
   If you're interested in this subject, modern tusk hunters and science-fiction, then let me recommend the book "Tusks of Extinction" (2024) by Ray Nayler [0].

   Very interesting read (his previous book "The Mountain in the Sea" (2022) is, however, much better and IMHO one of the best sci-fi books I've read in a long time).

   [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127284214-the-tusks-of-e...

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