sfgospel.typepad.com - 12/30/2008
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Some genre-related, some religion-related, many both. This isn't a top 14, just the first 14 that came to mind, so, in no particular order:Anathem by Neal StephensonIt's a shame there haven't been more SF books about monks who live in...
bookgasm.com - 12/29/2008
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bookgasm.com —
It’s tough times out there, and book-buying dollars
are scarce. But there was some great science fiction...
published in 2008, even though some of the genre’s superstars (Ian McDonald, Richard K. Morgan) didn’t have any novels out this ...
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5 Best Sci-Fi Books of 2008
vectoreditors.wordpress.com - 12/30/2008
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vectoreditors.wordpress.com —
There’s still a few books I hope to
get through before award nomination time (notably The Quiet...
War and Half a Crown ), but this is my list of the top five of books I read in 2008 which were actually published in 2008. 1. The Gone-Away World ...
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Top Five Books of 2008
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SF Gospel: 14 awesome things about 2008
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Some genre-related, some religion-related, many both. This isn’t a top 14, just the first 14 that came to mind, so, in no particular order:Anathem by Neal StephensonIt’s a shame there haven’t been more SF books about monks who live in.
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SF Tidbits for 12/31/08
SF Signal —
... and Mouse: Guns for Hire" is up Audio Fiction: @Escape Pod: "Standards" by Richard K. Lyon, read by Frank Key. @LibriVox: The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum, read by Judy Bieber.
Over at Tor.com, Irene Gallo looks at the history of illustrating Conan the Barbarian
SciFi Wire shares a bunch of Coraline featurettes.
Gabriel McKee at SF Gospel lists 14 awesome things about 2008. (Sadly, I am not one of them.)
Terry ...
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