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The Turtle Moves!: Discworld's Story So Far by Lawrence Watt-Evans

This book, to quote the author, is "light and fluffy literary criticism." It is a light examination of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series written by someone who lets his love for the series and his...

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New Arrivals compiled by Neil Walsh

The books are arriving fast and furious to the SF Site office. Some of the highlights among our newest arrivals include forthcoming titles from Bruce Sterling, Sarah Ash, Kelley Armstrong, and Ray...

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News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media: a column by Sandy Auden

Virgin Books Editor (and author) Adam Nevill talks about the re-emergence of horror books in the UK; author Toby Frost reveals the inner workings of the British Space Empire and the significance of...

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Nexus Graphica: a column by Rick Klaw and Mark London Williams

On November 8, 2008, Rick Klaw attended his first comic book convention in almost a decade. Throughout the 90s, when he served as the managing editor for Blackbird Comics and Mojo Press, he frequented...

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Masks by Ray Bradbury

Fascinated by carved masks (of which he had assembled a remarkable collection) and intrigued by the concept of masks as a symbol of the way people conceal their true nature and their deepest feelings...

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Stonefather by Orson Scott Card

The despised youngest child from a large family, Runnel decides one day to leave his mountain country village. Allowing his feet to carry him, he soon finds himself in the strange lowland city of...

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Emissaries From The Dead by Adam-Troy Castro

Somewhere in deep interstellar space, the enigmatic faction of machine intelligences known as the AISource have constructed a monumentally huge habitat designated One One One, which they've filled...

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Dead Reign by T.A. Pratt

The story begins with a cranky old necromancer named Ayers, recently released from the Blackwing Institute for insane sorcerers, going back to his old ways. Ayers is grave robbing, against the orders...

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Powers: Secret Histories by John Berlyne -- an article by Rodger Turner

I still remember when I was reading Dinner at Deviant's Palace (1984) by Tim Powers for the first time. After some 27 years of reading SF, I thought it would be hard to startle me with ideas and amaze...

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Star Trek TNG: Greater than the Sum by Christopher L. Bennett

Time and again, Starfleet has encountered, fought, even defeated the Borg, but always at a great cost. The most recent Borg incursion cost numerous lives, and saw the USS Einstein assimilated and...

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Of Wind and Sand by Sylvie Berard

The premise is that a human ship has landed on the planet the passengers christen Mars II. Ostensibly the ship is there for repair, though we never learn how it was damaged, we see no attempt to...

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The Little Book by Selden Edwards

Who is Wheeler Burden and why does he suddenly find himself transported from 1988 San Francisco to 1897 Vienna? From the opening paragraphs, the reader wants to know. In the course of the next 15...

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No Dominion by Charlie Huston

Joe is back to his old tricks, trying to stay flush with the blood and the bling, while also keeping a low profile with the other Vyrus infected factions. One night while hanging out at his favorite...

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From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris

The story starts slowly with Sookie working a wedding where she gets hassled by an ex and she meets a couple of mysterious strangers. From there the story explodes in to a collection of threads...

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The Cold Minds by Kristin Landon

It has been centuries since the malevolent machine intelligences known as the Cold Minds conquered Earth and sent the remnants of humanity fleeing into the depths of space, where they established a...

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Dragonforge by James Maxey

Some time in the far future, after the presumed collapse of human society, sentient dragons, who reproduce through a strict system of eugenics, rule the world and humans are largely slaves. But...

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Dogs by Nancy Kress

It's the familiar, everyday things in life which, if they suddenly turn on you, can be the most frightening. The author evidently knows this very well, because in her latest novel, a taut thriller,...

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The Magicians and Mrs. Quent by Galen M. Beckett

Ivy Lockwell is the eldest daughter of Mr Lockwell, a magician whose sanity has been shattered in a mysterious magickal accident that has left his family impoverished and socially isolated. Dashton...

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The Magazine of Speculative Poetry -- Spring 2008

The Magazine of Speculative Poetry / from the Spring of 2008 / Holds poems related to rocketry / and one of a robot's dark fate.

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Babylon 5.1: TV reviews by Rick Norwood

Rick continues his look at TV writers. He has some thoughts on Tim Kring and Heroes and the recent decision to bring in Bryan Fuller (of Star Trek-Deep Space Nine and Voyager, Wonderfalls, Dead Like...

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The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008): a movie review by Rick Norwood

The 50s are a Sargasso Sea of science fiction amid an ocean desert of movies with not even a hint SF. There were great SF films in the 30s and earlier. But there was no science fiction (except...

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Necropath by Eric Brown

This is the story of a telepath named Jeff Vaughan who works on the docks of the space port known as Bengal Station. His job is to scan ships for contraband and stowaways. He has become suspicious of...

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Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler

So what happened was the world went to Hell, through a combination of war, terrorism, and natural disasters... Nine years later, Mortimer Tate emerges from his well-stocked cave deep in the woods,...

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Busted Flush by George R.R. Martin

First published in the late 80s, the Wild Cards series is resurgent, and this title marks a welcome return to form. This time around, instead of veering madly away from what made this series such a...

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Bram Stoker's Notes for Dracula: A Facsimile Edition by Bram Stoker,...

Talk about expectation versus experience! Richard will confess that he thought this book was going to be a total snoozer. A facsimile of a hundred or so pages of dubiously legible notes by a long-dead...

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The Jack Vance Reader edited by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan

3 books. 3 introductions. 1 author. Jack Vance. Normally, that should be enough to make any collector happy. So perhaps that's what the editors were counting on when they collected three of Vance's...

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Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher

The narrator, Kate Reading, delivers the punch, when needed, in this epic adventure Her voice easily reveals characters' sense of loss or hope and, when the situation requires it, she can drum up...

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UBIK by Philip K. Dick

In the distant future, circa 1992, death has moved from an event, to a process. The newly deceased are placed in cryogenic "cold-pac" and taken to a moratorium where their active minds interact with...

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Star Trek TNG: Gods of Night by David Mack

The Federation is in danger once again, as the Borg have renewed their attacks with a new, vicious enthusiasm, aiming for annihilation rather than assimilation. Entire worlds have already fallen...

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Nexus Graphica: a column by Rick Klaw and Mark London Williams

It's that time of year again -- the existential suspense redolent in the air over whether your uncle will get blindly drunk at Christmas again, whether the country will survive until January 20th,...

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Multireal by David Louis Edelman

It has become a cliche: the difficult middle volume in a trilogy. But it's a real problem nonetheless. The main players have been introduced in the first volume, the dramatic situation has been set...

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Star Wars: Street of Shadows by Michael Reaves

In the bloody, violent days following the implementation of Order 66, the Jedi have been slaughtered, their temples burned, their fellowship broken by the newly-formed Empire, with the Emperor's...

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Memoirs of a Master Forger by William Heaney

This is an elegant, brilliantly written novel that spins the plates of three, possibly four, different threads with the elan of a seasoned circus performer. A compelling narrative and unique voice...

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