New Books in Science Fiction — Lavanya Lakshminarayan, "The Ten Percent Thief" (Solaris, 2023)

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Lavanya Lakshminarayan, "The Ten Percent Thief" (Solaris, 2023)

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In Lavanya Lakshminarayan’s science fiction novel, The Ten Percent Thief (Solaris, 2023), is set in a world centered on meritocracy, where everyone is judged on the Bell Curve. Apex City, formerly Bangalore, divides its population into the Virtual and Analog societies where access to technology earns a stark…

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