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Locus Online: 2008 Recommended Reading List
locusmag.com - 2/2/2009
Locus Online: 2008 Recommended Reading List
— locusmag.com — Matter , Iain M. Banks (Orbit UK) Flood , Stephen Baxter (Gollancz, Roc '09) Weaver , Stephen... Baxter (Gollancz, Ace ) City at the End of Time , Greg Bear (Gollancz, Del Rey ) Incandescence , Greg Egan (Gollancz, Night Shade ) January Dancer ... (more) Locus Online: 2008 Recommended Reading List

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Federations
johnjosephadams.com - 2/2/2009
Federations
— johnjosephadams.com — The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi Speech Sounds by Octavia E. Butler When Sysadmins... Ruled the Earth by Cory Doctorow The End of the Whole Mess by Stephen King The End of the World as We Know It by Dale Bailey Mute by Gene Wolfe Dark, ... (more) Federations

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New Images From Legion Unleashes The Plague Of Flies And Ice-Cream Demons [Legion]
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Interfictions 2 Interview
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Cover Art | The Commonwealth Saga, French Edition by Peter F Hamilton (Milady)
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Black Friday Shill
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Fresh blood at Futurismic: Tim Maly, Excavating Worlds
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jameswharris.wordpress.com - 2/2/2009
The Fate of SF Magazines
— jameswharris.wordpress.com — Over at Slashdot.org they posted a news announcement with comments, “ Difficult Times for SF Magazines ”... that is very worth reading if you’re worried about the fate of SF magazines.  The main announcement was Realms of Fantasy ... (more) The Fate of SF Magazines

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shirleyjacksonawards.org - 2/2/2009
Shirley Jackson Awards Lottery » About The Shirley Jackson Awards Fund-Raiser
— shirleyjacksonawards.org — Online “Lottery” to Benefit the Shirley Jackson Awards Takes place from February 9 through February 23, 2009... Boston, MA (January 2009) – The Shirley Jackson Awards will hold a “lottery” to raise funds for the award. This on-line event takes place ... (more) Shirley Jackson Awards Lottery » About The ...

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punkadiddle.blogspot.com - 2/2/2009
Neal Stephenson, Anathem (2008)
— punkadiddle.blogspot.com — Considerably better formed and more enjoyable than Stephenson’s prodigiously clotted Baroque books, Anathem is a pudding baked... of equal parts Harry Potter, A Canticle of Liebowitz , Tolkien, Heinlein’s juveniles (or some of them) and Bertrand ... (more) Neal Stephenson, Anathem (2008)

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An Interview with Jeff VanderMeer by Neddal Ayad
clarkesworldmagazine.com - 2/2/2009
An Interview with Jeff VanderMeer by Neddal Ayad
— clarkesworldmagazine.com — Jeff VanderMeer is all over the place. In the best possible way. When he's not kicking people... in the head with the novels in his Ambergris Cycle; City of Saints and Madmen, Shriek: An Afterword, and Finch, he's editing anthologies; The Leviathan ... (more) An Interview with Jeff VanderMeer by Neddal Ayad

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ofblog.blogspot.com - 2/2/2009
Trying to grasp a (somewhat) poorly-written review, part III
— ofblog.blogspot.com — In the name of fairness and because I said at one point that I'd point out something... in his reviews if the situation merit it, this edition of "What annoys Larry about some of the reviews that he reads" will look at a just-published positive review, ... (more) Trying to grasp a (somewhat) poorly-written review, part III

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Marsbound: Joe Haldeman: Books
amazon.com - 2/2/2009
Marsbound: Joe Haldeman: Books
— amazon.com — From Publishers Weekly Hugo and Nebula winner Haldeman infuses this yarn with his teen narrator's intelligent curiosity.... Carmen Dula, part of the first human colony on Mars, looks like a typical young adult heroine: distanced from her parents, ... (more) Marsbound: Joe Haldeman: Books

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Rolling Thunder: John Varley: Books
amazon.com - 2/2/2009
Rolling Thunder: John Varley: Books
— amazon.com — From Publishers Weekly Nebula and Hugo winner Varley continues the space opera saga of the Garcia-Strickland clan... (last encountered in 2006's Red Lightning ) in this enjoyable if simplistic tale. Patricia Kelly Elizabeth Podkayne ... (more) Rolling Thunder: John Varley: Books

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afterburnsf.com - 2/2/2009
The Very Best in Speculative Fiction
— afterburnsf.com — Twilight on Phobos - Michael Anthony Email this to a friend! Diego fingered a pill into his... mouth and sat on his trembling hands. If there had been a flight attendant aboard they might have mistaken his affliction with nervousness and offered him some ... (more) The Very Best in Speculative Fiction

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pyrsf.blogspot.com - 2/2/2009
2008, Not Criminalized
— pyrsf.blogspot.com — Over on SFSite, Kay Kenyon's A World Too Near comes in at #7 in Greg L. Johnson's... Best of 2008 ! Which is a good thing, since the sadly-now-defunct Realms of Fantasy wrote last year that, "It would be criminal if this novel didn’t make year’s best lists at the end of 2008.” And look, the trade ... (more) 2008, Not Criminalized

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