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December 01, 2017

OLM Favorites: Rarest Spun Heavenmetal

December 01, 2017/ Justin Hickey
OLM Favorites: Rarest Spun Heavenmetal

A Clockwork Orange turned 50 this year and received the gift of an anniversary edition. Justin Hickey looks anew at the novel Anthony Burgess claimed to have knocked off in three weeks, and which made him famous.

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December 01, 2017/ Justin Hickey/
Arts & Life
Anthony Burgess, December 2017, Justin Hickey, literary criticism, science fiction
November 29, 2017

In Paperback: Beyond the Red

November 29, 2017/ Justin Hickey

The relationship between an alien queen and a renegade warrior forms the heart of Jae's epic SFF novel set on the desert planet Safara in "Beyond the Red," now in paperback.

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November 29, 2017/ Justin Hickey/
Science Fiction
fiction, Justin Hickey, November 2017, science fiction
March 07, 2015

Book Review: The Violent Century

March 07, 2015/ Steve Donoghue

In a world very much like our own, super-powered clandestine operatives vie with each other on missions to save or destroy humanity

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March 07, 2015/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction, Arts & Life, Science Fiction
comics, fiction, March 2015, science fiction
February 18, 2015

Book Review: The Just City

February 18, 2015/ Robert Minto

In Jo Walton's latest novel, the "just city" of Plato's Republic is brought to life via Greek gods, robots, and a little discreet time travel

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February 18, 2015/ Robert Minto/
Fiction, Science Fiction
February 2015, fiction, jo walton, science fiction
January 21, 2015

Book Review: Unbreakable

January 21, 2015/ Steve Donoghue

When young Promise's family is killed on their peaceful frontier planet, she signs up with the space-Marines - as one tends to do in such circumstances

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January 21, 2015/ Steve Donoghue/
Science Fiction
fiction, January 2015, science fiction
September 23, 2014

Book Review: The Golden Princess

September 23, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

The latest of S. M. Stirling's novels of the post-technology "Change" takes up the adventures of a new generation in a strange new (and yet old) world

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September 23, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
Monthly Cover
s- m- stirling, science fiction, September 2014
September 04, 2014

Book Review: Sword of the Bright Lady

September 04, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

A mild-mannered engineer goes out walking in Arizona and suddenly finds himself transported to a strange and violent alien world in M. C. Planck's fantastic latest novel

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September 04, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
Monthly Cover
science fiction, September 2014
July 20, 2014

Book Review: The Year's Best Science Fiction, 31st Collection

July 20, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

The legendary science fiction anthology series by Gardner Dozois reaches its thirty-first incarnation, with 700 pages of standout stories

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July 20, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
Monthly Cover, Our Year in Reading
gardner dozois, July 2014, Our Year in Reading, science fiction
July 14, 2014

Book Review: California

July 14, 2014/ Justin Hickey

After a handily vague apocalypse, a forlorn hipster couple bickers in the woods in Edan Lepucki's much-hyped debut novel

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July 14, 2014/ Justin Hickey/
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fiction, July 2014, Justin Hickey, science fiction
March 28, 2014

Book Review: The Time Traveler's Almanac

March 28, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

A key element of science fiction DNA is the whole concept of time travel, and a gigantic new anthology assembles all the greatest time travel stories ever told

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March 28, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
Monthly Cover
March 2014, science fiction
March 20, 2014

Book Review: Lockstep

March 20, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

When a tech-savvy young man wakes up fourteen thousand years after entering suspended animation, he finds the galaxy radically altered - and his brother firmly in charge

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March 20, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
Monthly Cover
March 2014, science fiction
March 11, 2014

Book Review: Words of Radiance

March 11, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy series set on a storm-raked world continues

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March 11, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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brandon sanderson, March 2014, science fiction
March 06, 2014

Book Review: A Darkling Sea

March 06, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

A murder at the bottom of an alien ocean looks likely to spark an interstellar war

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March 06, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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March 2014, science fiction
February 25, 2014

Book Review: The Waking Engine

February 25, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

In an amazing science fiction debut, a New Yorker awakens in a strange new world

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February 25, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
Monthly Cover
February 2014, science fiction
February 15, 2014

Book Review: The Martian

February 15, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

An unassuming botanist gets separated from his exploration team and finds himself stranded alone on Mars - and his survival rests entirely in his own hands.

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February 15, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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February 2014, science fiction
February 11, 2014

Book Review: Like a Mighty Army

February 11, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

Armies clash and the technological stakes are raised in the latest installment in David Weber's rip-roaring "Safehold" series

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February 11, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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February 2014, science fiction
January 31, 2014

Book Review: The Emperor's Blades

January 31, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

The engrossing first volume of a very promising new fantasy series

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January 31, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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fantasy, January 2014, science fiction
January 28, 2014

Book Review: What Makes This Book So Great

January 28, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

One of the brightest stars in the sci-fi/fantasy night sky writes about the interesting stuff she's been re-reading

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January 28, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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fantasy, January 2014, jo walton, science fiction
December 25, 2013

Book Review: Two Serpents Rise

December 25, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

In a fantasy version of LA where sorcerous captains of industry wage war against the gods, a conflicted young 'risk manager' works to prevent a dark plot from poisoning millions of people

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December 25, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
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December 2013, fantasy, science fiction
December 17, 2013

Book Review: 21st Century Science Fiction

December 17, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A legendary editor assembles the leading lights of science fiction for the new century - he hopes.

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December 17, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
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December 2013, elizabeth bear, jo walton, science fiction
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