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Posted on Jul 19, 2011 under science fiction books, sf | Comments are off

My hard SF books may not be for everyone, but I don't believe they're bad. So in my own mind I mostly ignored the question. Some writers succeed, others don't. That's just the way it is. …

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100 Must-read Science Fiction Novels (Bloomsbury Good Reading …

Posted on Jul 18, 2011 under science fiction books, sf | Comments are off

I have a list of SF books that I want to read and I added a slew of new titles. Some I had heard about but hadn't considered reading, some were new to me, some were books by authors I already knew but had only considered …

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Realms Of Speculative Fiction: The Pile – May & June '11

Posted on Jul 18, 2011 under science fiction books, sf | Comments are off

The Quantum Thief is one of the most challenging hard SF books I've ever read, and worth every second of frustration. The characters and plot are incredibly complex, and Hannu throws you in the deep end of one of the most imaginative SF …

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Realms Of Speculative Fiction: The Pile – May & June '11

Carmen's Page: SF Books reviews The Sixth Discipline

Posted on Jul 17, 2011 under science fiction books, sf | Comments are off

SF Books reviews The Sixth Discipline. The SFBook Reviews blog has posted a review of The Sixth Discipline. Reviwer Anthony's post reveals the story and characterization didn't resonate that much with him, but it's not a …

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Reading Statistics: 2010 in Numbers « The Entropy Pump

Posted on Jul 14, 2011 under science fiction books, sf | Comments are off

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The Hard SF Renaissance | Find Smart Sale

Posted on Jul 13, 2011 under science fiction books, sf | Comments are off

Some current SF books I can't even finish, whereas I continue to read the old ones over and over. I can't recall ANY memorable SF books written within the last 20 years. In my humble opinion, there are very few recent …

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Literary and Genre Fiction: Cloud Atlas and Never Let Me Go …

Posted on Jul 13, 2011 under science fiction books, sf | Comments are off

A familiar enough concept then, featured in a number sf books and films; Michael Bay's The Island released at the same time as the book was based around the same idea. But the key difference is in the type of story …

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Slow Reader: Film Review – Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Posted on Jul 11, 2011 under science fiction books, sf | Comments are off

Slow Reader This is a website dedicated to news and reviews of a generally SF nature, particularly SF books , but with diversions into games, TV and film. Don't be expecting the SF books reviewed to be completely new! …

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Monday Original Content: (Global) Women in SF Round Table « The …

Posted on Jul 11, 2011 under science fiction books, sf | Comments are off

Now that I think back, the Soviet SF books I read were mostly written by men with only a few women writers. I am sure the contribution of women in the Soviet fantastika must have been greater than the handful of stories …

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a moment of burnt hat – I call myself out

Posted on Jul 09, 2011 under science fiction books, sf | Comments are off

LIz's immediate instinct was to blame the award, but when we took a look we found that not ony had the Clarke had a pretty good track record in its earlier years, but that there weren't many SF books by female writers …

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