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otter.covblogs.com - 8/22/2009
SF/F/H Reviewer Linkup Meme, 2nd Edition
— otter.covblogs.com — Welcome to the second edition of the book reviewer linkup meme. Here you will find a list... of many of the best speculative fiction review blogs on the internet. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to copy the entire list from the text box at the bottom of this post and post it to ... (more) SF/F/H Reviewer Linkup Meme, 2nd Edition

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ubiquitous-absence.blogspot.com - 8/22/2009
Ubiquitous Absence
— ubiquitous-absence.blogspot.com — Back on Friday, I wrote about wanting to highlight individuals surrounding the sf landscape. I've found, largely... through the forums at sffworld (thanks to The Hobbit/Mark Yon), that interacting with the people who enjoy the genre as much as I do, to ... (more) Ubiquitous Absence

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The Adventure OF the Mummy's Curse - H. Paul Jeffers
32 minutes ago at Not Free SF Reader : Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Have You Any Wool - Alan De Niro
2 hours ago at Not Free SF Reader : Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
The Muse Of Empires Lost - Paul Berger
2 hours ago at Not Free SF Reader : Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Random Sample
3 hours ago at The Daily Cabal
Two bookcases full of books
4 hours ago at OF Blog of the Fallen
darkinthedark.com - 8/22/2009
dark culture: movies * books * toys * papercraft
— darkinthedark.com — Astounding Stories February 1936 This is the Happy Birthday H.P. Lovecraft edition of Pin-Up of the Week.... Featuring the cover for Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness . darkinthedark does not claim copyright on this image. If you are the copyright ... (more) dark culture: movies * books * toys * papercraft

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theostentatiousogre.blogspot.com - 8/22/2009
The Ostentatious Ogre
— theostentatiousogre.blogspot.com — Impressions aren't a review per say rather just some thoughts on what I've been reading. Impressions will... usually consist of a cluster of short stories seeing as I usually read short stories in spurts between novels. I feel this will be a good way to ... (more) The Ostentatious Ogre

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baens-universe.com - 8/5/2009
Universe Closing
— baens-universe.com — Jim Baen’s Universe will be closing after the April 2010 issue... (more) Universe Closing

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kbgbabbles.blogspot.com - 8/22/2009
BABBLING ABOUT BOOKS, AND MORE!
— kbgbabbles.blogspot.com — Hello everyone! It’s my release day! Thanks for letting me hang out here to celebrate, KB!! A... few months ago, Katie wrote a great post about the use of the word “cream” in erotic romance. Female body fluids, whether they gush or drip or flow like ... (more) BABBLING ABOUT BOOKS, AND MORE!

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multigenrefan.com - 8/22/2009
Multi-Genre Fan
— multigenrefan.com — Cate has just posted a Summary of Gatefail 2009 , at Hard Core Nerdity, which explains the... Stargate Universe controversy. “In its final iteration, Gatefail is not about a single episode of a particular sci-fi show, but rather about the genre’s ... (more) Multi-Genre Fan

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stuffandnonsense-pete.blogspot.com - 8/22/2009
Satisfying The Need To Read
— stuffandnonsense-pete.blogspot.com — The Miernik Dossier by Charles McCarry. An engaging and very readable spy novel told as a collection... of intelligence reports, surveillance notes, wire taps and transcripts. The City and the City by China Mieville is an amazing detective novel that ... (more) Satisfying The Need To Read

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dukestreet.org - 8/22/2009
The Wizard of Duke Street
— dukestreet.org — So a mail came through on the corporation mailing list this morning. It read, in part, The... idea is to go wormhole spelunking with a capital ship (carriers, more often that not), and whatever else others have in place or around. Most of us have the ... (more) The Wizard of Duke Street

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bestsf.net - 8/22/2009
for the best in short SF
— bestsf.net — Updates this month: cover 22nd August 2009 - Best SF Reviews Hartwell/Cramer's 'Year's Best SF #14' cover... 15th August 2009 - Best SF Reviews Interzone #223 July-Aug 2009 cover 1st August 2009 - Best SF Reviews Interzone #222 June 2009 last month's ... (more) for the best in short SF

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fantasydreamersramblings.blogspot.com - 8/22/2009
Fantasy Dreamer's Ramblings
— fantasydreamersramblings.blogspot.com — Fantasy Dreamer's Ramblings: Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles - Choice Giveaway 2 Copies of Retribution and 2 copies... of winners choice plus book cover magnets all around will be given away by myself and Jeanne C. Stein. Open to Everyone. Deadline to ... (more) Fantasy Dreamer's Ramblings

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gamecouch.com - 8/22/2009
Game Couch
— gamecouch.com — Comments: 0 ( Go to Comments ) Categories: Review Tags: 360 , gta , leisure suit larry... Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust Cover Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust Developer: Team 17 Publisher: Codemasters Platform: Xbox 360 (also on PS3 and PC) ... (more) Game Couch

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keepingthedoor.com - 8/22/2009
Keeping the Door | All you can eat sci-fi and fantasy books
— keepingthedoor.com — MandyJane : He has some things right, and others wrong.. I’ll still buy his books :) Fractured... Psyche : Sandrider, I appreciate your loyalty to the original series. I agree that these books were more... Marc Vun Kannon : The Door Into Summer was my ... (more) Keeping the Door | All you can eat sci-fi and fantasy books

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blog.largeheartedboy.com - 8/22/2009
largehearted boy: a music and literature blog
— blog.largeheartedboy.com — August 25, 2009 Try It Before You Buy It (August 25th, 2009 Music Releases) Try It Before... You Buy It features free and legal mp3 downloads and full album streams from this week's music releases : Alan Singley and Pants Machine: Feelin' Citrus "Le ... (more) largehearted boy: a music and literature blog

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carmen-papaleo.blogspot.com - 8/22/2009
ludis inventio A blog for speculative fiction
— carmen-papaleo.blogspot.com — End Notes on Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie: Sheesh. I guess I've put this off... for too long. I should really get it over with. I didn’t like Last Argument of Kings and I'm somewhat embarrassed by that fact. In fact I'm embarrassed that I'm ... (more) ludis inventio A blog for speculative fiction

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markfreeman.wordpress.com - 8/22/2009
Mark Freeman's Journal
— markfreeman.wordpress.com — Dina&Daniel Daniel Nayeri and Dina Viergutz’s debut novel, ANOTHER FAUST , will be released on August 25th.... Both Dina and Daniel were kind enough to sit down with me at this busy and exciting time to discuss their new novel and writing in ... (more) Mark Freeman's Journal

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sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com - 8/22/2009
The Sci-Fi Gene
— sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com — The book sends up many fantasy cliches - the "chosen one" Zanna is incapacitated early leaving her... ordinary, prophecy-free friend Deeba to save the day. In doing so Deeba is tasked with a chain of thirteen magical-object quests - but refreshingly ... (more) The Sci-Fi Gene

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startingfresh-gaby317.blogspot.com - 8/22/2009
Starting Fresh
— startingfresh-gaby317.blogspot.com — My Cousin Caroline (The Pemberley Chronicles, #6) I'm excited to participate in the Blog Tour for My... Cousin Caroline by Rebecca Ann Collins and to share a post from Rebecca where she talks about her love for Jane Austen's work and how she began her ... (more) Starting Fresh

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The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood | Book review | Books | The Guardian
guardian.co.uk - 8/29/2009
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood | Book review | Books | The Guardian
— guardian.co.uk — To my mind, The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake and now The Year of the Flood all... exemplify one of the things science fiction does, which is to extrapolate imaginatively from current trends and events to a near-future that's half prediction, half ... (more) The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood | Book review ...

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