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Liege-Killer

Claimed Blog: FROM A SCI-FI STANDPOINT

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Flash reviews — November ‘09
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Flash reviews — November ‘09
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — Title: Breaking Point Author: James E. Gunn Year: 1972 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Short story... collection with your standard range of quality: some good ones, some average ones, some poor ones. Solid reading, but nothing overly memorable. Title: In the Problem Pit Author: Frederick Pohl Year: ... (more) Flash reviews — November ‘09

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Nojiri offers a solid first contact story in Usurper
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 10/24/2009
Nojiri offers a solid first contact story in Usurper
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — Something bizarre, bigger than anyone could ever build, was protruding from the surface of Mercury. She was... not sure whom to tell. She was not even sure she should tell anybody at all. Title: Usurper of the Sun Author: Housuke Nojiri Year: 2002 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars VIZ Media’s ... (more) Nojiri offers a solid first contact story in Usurper
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Revisiting an old favorite — Friedman’s In Conquest Born
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 10/22/2009
Revisiting an old favorite — Friedman’s In Conquest Born
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — The K’airth-v’sa — literally, “mate of the private war” — was as attractive to the Braxaná warrior... as he or she was deadly. And it could be a woman. Yes, though years of male dominance had buried that fact. And if any woman deserved the title, this one ... (more) Revisiting an old favorite — Friedman’s In Conquest Born

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The secret history of science fiction; or, trying to please mainstream readers
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 10/18/2009
The secret history of science fiction; or, trying to please mainstream readers
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — What we hope to present in this anthology is an alternative vision of sf from the 1970’s... to the present, one in which it becomes evident that the literary potential of sf was not squandered. Title: The Secret History of Science Fiction Editors: James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel Year: ... (more) The secret history of science fiction; or, trying to ...

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Through the wormhole — 10/8/09
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 10/8/2009
Through the wormhole — 10/8/09
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — A few weeks ago Kim Stanley Robinson wrote an article for New Scientist, Science fiction: the stories... of now. It’s a stirring defense of the genre and its importance in today’s world. Robinson criticizes the jurors of Britain’s Booker award for judging “in ... (more) Through the wormhole — 10/8/09

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Is this SF? Fantasy? Slipstream? Philosophy? Maybe all of the above.
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 10/6/2009
Is this SF? Fantasy? Slipstream? Philosophy? Maybe all of the above.
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — We work to make the many worlds better. There. That’s the official line. Title: Transition Author: Iain... M. Banks Year: 2009 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars At first glance, the latest novel from Banks is a conspiracy thriller set against the context of a familiar science fiction concept: the ... (more) Is this SF? Fantasy? Slipstream? Philosophy? Maybe ...

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Flash reviews — September ‘09
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 9/28/2009
Flash reviews — September ‘09
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — Title: The Gold at the Starbow’s End Author: Frederik Pohl Year: 1972 Rating: 3 out of 5... stars A very decent collection of stories, most of them somewhat long since there are only five in total. Not really a bad story in the bunch; I enjoyed them all, to varying degrees. Nothing here [...] (more) Flash reviews — September ‘09

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Immortality and its discontents
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 9/20/2009
Immortality and its discontents
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — It was the same dream for everyone. The dream was complex, but the dream in its most... fundamental form was a single thought, a question posed in six billion human skulls and more than three thousand languages. The question was: Do you want to live? Title: The Harvest Author: Robert Charles ... (more) Immortality and its discontents

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Through the wormhole 9/13/09
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 9/13/2009
Through the wormhole 9/13/09
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — Linky time again. Sci Fi Wire has a map of 68 must-see sci-fi sites around the U.S.... (with a few in Canada as well). Museums, buildings and locations used in movies, that sort of thing. Some of them are pretty lame; and hey, what’s The Texas Chainsaw Massaacre doing in there? The Midwest [...] (more) Through the wormhole 9/13/09

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A galaxy full of SF/F/H blogs
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 9/13/2009
A galaxy full of SF/F/H blogs
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — I guess I’m a little late in posting this, but here I am, doing my duty (I’m... such a damned procrastinator). John at Grasping for the Wind went to the trouble of compiling this massive list of blogs that include, as at least a portion of their mission, reviews of science fiction ... (more) A galaxy full of SF/F/H blogs
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Disch presents a ruinous anthology
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 9/12/2009
Disch presents a ruinous anthology
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — While most of us listened, enraptured by the siren-songs of Technology, they [the authors included in this... volume] have never ceased to warn of the reefs awaiting us on the other side of the song. Title: The Ruins of Earth: An Anthology of Stories of the Immediate Future Editor: Thomas M. ... (more) Disch presents a ruinous anthology

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Book meme: My Life as Literature
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 9/9/2009
Book meme: My Life as Literature
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — Here’s a fun book meme I’ve seen floating around lately. Copy the following questions, and answer them... using only the titles of books you have read this year! Have fun. ___________________________________ Describe Yourself: Man Plus How do you feel: The Hollow Man Describe where you ... (more) Book meme: My Life as Literature
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Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t build utopias… or something like that
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 9/6/2009
Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t build utopias… or something like that
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — You will subjugate the unknown beings on other planets, who may still be living in the primitive... condition of freedom, to the beneficent yoke of reason. If they fail to understand that we bring them mathematically infallible happiness, it will be our duty to compel them to be happy. Title: ... (more) Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t build utopias… ...

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Campbell said all fiction is science fiction
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 8/30/2009
Campbell said all fiction is science fiction
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — I just read something of interest. John W. Campbell, the influential editor of Astounding and shaper of... many of SF’s Golden Age authors, once wrote in one of his editorials: That group of writings which is usually referred to as “mainstream literature” is actually a special ... (more) Campbell said all fiction is science fiction

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Flash reviews: Banks, Tenn
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 8/29/2009
Flash reviews: Banks, Tenn
— scifistandpoint.wordpress.com — When I started this blog I set myself the task of reviewing every single book I read.... And so far that’s what I’ve done. But it’s finally time to face the fact that that’s not always going to happen. For one thing, I have some demands on my time that I didn’t [...] (more) Flash reviews: Banks, Tenn

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