Links to Amazon reviews for all the books:

http://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Cinema-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0765329...

http://www.amazon.com/Pump-Other-Stories-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp...

http://www.amazon.com/Zoo-City-Lauren-Beukes/dp/0857662163/

http://www.amazon.com/Invasion-Secret-World-Chronicle-Chroni...

http://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Things-Happen-Kelly-Link/dp/1...

http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Beginners-Kelly-Link/dp/01560318...

Bonus Books (If you pay more than average) :

http://www.amazon.com/Signal-Noise-Edition-Neil-Gaiman/dp/15...

http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mans-War-John-Scalzi/dp/0765348276...

Was that a smaller plot point of the book or have I looked up the wrong one?

http://www.amazon.com/Signal-Noise-Eric-S-Nylund/dp/03807929...