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xkcd: Sea Level

By Lynn McGuire on Sat Aug 30 14:19:08 2025

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YASID: Similar to The Man in the High Castle

By BCFD 36 on Thu Aug 28 17:49:31 2025

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Unlike the Man in the High Castle...

By Bobbie Sellers on Sat Aug 30 14:40:20 2025

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BC: Incantation

By Lynn McGuire on Sat Aug 30 14:03:56 2025

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2025 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Winners

By jdnicoll on Sun Aug 17 16:59:39 2025

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(Worst) Tarnsman of Gor (Gor, volume 1) by John Norman

By jdnicoll on Tue Jul 22 13:04:06 2025

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Literary standards

By ram on Sun Aug 24 11:28:25 2025

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"Storm Furies (Elfhome)" by Wen Spencer

By Lynn McGuire on Fri Aug 29 17:45:49 2025

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(WFC) Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei

By jdnicoll on Fri Aug 29 13:01:52 2025

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(Tears) Galaxy: The Best of My Years by Jim Baen

By jdnicoll on Sun Aug 17 13:21:03 2025

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Questionable Content: Yay is back !

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 28 21:28:06 2025

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(ReacTor) Four SF Book Series Adapted Into Roleplaying Games

By jdnicoll on Thu Aug 28 14:13:55 2025

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Over The Hedge: Zombie Lawyer

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 28 21:18:56 2025

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(review) Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky

By jdnicoll on Thu Aug 28 09:04:34 2025

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"Harvard scientist says interstellar object on course for Earth could be nuclear-powered in latest wild claim"

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 21 16:15:01 2025

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(Translation) Sinopticon by Xueting Christine Ni

By jdnicoll on Wed Aug 27 13:00:02 2025

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A Reason for Being Alone

By John Savard on Sun Aug 24 05:42:21 2025

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Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

By kludge on Tue Jul 22 08:37:56 2025

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Clarke Award Finalists 2011

By jdnicoll on Mon Aug 25 16:40:49 2025

Latest reply by William Hyde on Tue Aug 26 16:23:58 2025
TRAPPIST-1d isn't the Earth-like planet scientists had hoped

By a425couple on Fri Aug 15 10:16:22 2025

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(The Realized World) Facets by Walter Jon Williams

By jdnicoll on Tue Aug 26 12:54:37 2025

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(Worst) Robert A. Heinlein by William H. Patterson

By jdnicoll on Tue Aug 19 09:07:11 2025

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The Future Falls by Tanya Huff.

By Bobbie Sellers on Mon Jul 28 22:03:28 2025

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(ReacTor) Five SF Works About Repurposing Organs and Other Body Parts

By jdnicoll on Tue Aug 19 10:17:51 2025

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Re: xkcd: Drafting

By John Savard on Mon Aug 25 16:19:08 2025

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[misc] Can Arthur C. Clarke's "osmotic bomb" [a] be far behind?

By danny burstein on Mon Aug 25 04:29:53 2025

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_Lords of Creation_ by S. M. Stirling

By Robert Woodward on Thu Aug 21 22:18:21 2025

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(Tears) Stories of Suspense by Mary E. MacEwen

By jdnicoll on Sun Aug 24 12:53:15 2025

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Writing SF books

By ram on Sun Aug 24 11:21:50 2025

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By Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 21 17:25:54 2025

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Monty: Heat Wave

By Lynn McGuire on Fri Aug 22 15:53:20 2025

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xkcd: Coastline Similarity

By Lynn McGuire on Fri Aug 22 15:35:00 2025

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(ReacTor) No Two Worlds Are the Same: Planetary Diversity in SF

By jdnicoll on Thu Aug 21 19:19:38 2025

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(WFC) Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta

By jdnicoll on Fri Aug 22 12:59:39 2025

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Yellow Blue Tibia. Adam Roberts.

By Titus G on Wed Aug 20 16:50:57 2025

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(End of History) Project Farcry by Pauline Ashwell

By jdnicoll on Thu Aug 21 13:34:28 2025

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By a425couple on Fri Aug 15 07:54:09 2025

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Re: Arlo and Janis: Time is killing us

By John Savard on Thu Aug 21 01:58:28 2025

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Clarke Award Finalists 2010

By jdnicoll on Mon Aug 18 14:38:45 2025

Latest reply by Tony Nance on Wed Aug 20 15:00:06 2025
Project Hyperion

By scott on Sat Aug 9 21:57:34 2025

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(Reactor) Women Have Always Written SFF But

By jdnicoll on Wed Aug 13 14:17:41 2025

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"Shadow Over Fin's South"

By ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan on Mon Aug 18 04:59:00 2025

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Re: 678 aiiens in Earth Moon system

By Colonel Bleep on Mon Aug 18 00:54:35 2025

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Breaking Cat News: Cats and Recliners

By Lynn McGuire on Sun Aug 17 15:44:13 2025

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By Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 14 17:52:40 2025

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"Harbinger (Elfhome)" by Wen Spencer

By Lynn McGuire on Sat Aug 16 16:39:57 2025

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"Texas oil giants plot enormous Gulf oil well surpassing 40,000 feet"

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 14 15:40:11 2025

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(WFC) VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

By jdnicoll on Fri Aug 15 13:03:13 2025

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Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

By Bobbie Sellers on Fri Aug 15 13:03:12 2025

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By Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 14 19:16:31 2025

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Over The Hedge: A Furry Lawyer

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 14 17:39:50 2025

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BC: Drug Testing

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 14 17:34:53 2025

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Alley Oop: We Live Inside Rocks Like Civilized People

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 14 17:26:10 2025

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Clarke Award Finalists 2009

By jdnicoll on Mon Aug 11 15:30:17 2025

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(review) The Adventure of the Demonic Ox by Lois McMaster Bujold

By jdnicoll on Thu Aug 14 13:02:21 2025

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Bundle of Holding: Girl Genius & Girl Genius 2

By jdnicoll on Wed Aug 13 19:48:50 2025

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The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, Part 1

By Tony Nance on Wed Aug 13 15:32:02 2025

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2025 Aurora Award Winners

By jdnicoll on Mon Aug 11 02:22:51 2025

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(OT) Possible gas giant seen orbiting Alpha Centauri A

By jdnicoll on Sat Aug 9 08:36:41 2025

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rec.arts.sf.written Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) by Evelyn Leeper

By Lynn McGuire on Wed Aug 13 00:42:24 2025

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(Big Hair Big Guns) The Four Wishes By Charlotte Stone

By jdnicoll on Tue Aug 12 14:04:54 2025

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xkcd: Where Babies Come From

By Lynn McGuire on Tue Aug 12 01:15:45 2025

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(Meetpoint) The Tree of Swords and Jewels (Ealdwood, volume 2) by C J Cherryh

By jdnicoll on Tue Aug 5 08:53:42 2025

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SpaceX shop

By Lynn McGuire on Sat Aug 9 13:50:15 2025

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The Dallergut Dream-Making District

By Bobbie Sellers on Sun Aug 10 19:15:31 2025

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(Tears) Beyond Apollo by Barry N. Malzberg

By jdnicoll on Sun Aug 10 13:08:52 2025

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(Big Hair Big Guns) The Integral Trees by Larry Niven

By jdnicoll on Thu Aug 7 08:53:24 2025

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Highlights and Lowlights - July 2025

By Tony Nance on Thu Aug 7 11:32:39 2025

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By Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 7 17:19:59 2025

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The Invisible College by Jeff Wheeler

By Bobbie Sellers on Thu Aug 7 12:45:48 2025

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Re: (tears) The Continent Makers by L. Sprague de Camp

By John Savard on Mon Aug 4 00:00:45 2025

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Re: David Weber's plans for the next 22 books ...

By Lynn McGuire on Tue Aug 5 15:19:22 2025

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"Perry Rhodan 79: The Sleepers" by William Voltz

By Lynn McGuire on Sun Aug 3 14:07:28 2025

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Re: David Weber reports on FB that his new book is doing well !

By Drifter on Tue Jul 29 09:28:08 2025

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BC: Faster Communication

By Lynn McGuire on Sun Aug 3 23:36:59 2025

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Re: [OT] CBS Makes a Big Beautiful Change to its Late Night Schedule

By Paul S Person on Tue Jul 22 08:48:16 2025

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(ReacTor) Five Books About Sending the Kids to Camp

By jdnicoll on Thu Jul 31 14:20:25 2025

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(Tears) The Holmes-Dracula Files by Fred Saberhagen

By jdnicoll on Sun Aug 3 13:15:33 2025

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"Holding Their Own X: The Toymaker" by Joe Nobody

By Lynn McGuire on Fri Aug 1 19:18:57 2025

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Pearls Before Swine: Writer's Block

By Lynn McGuire on Fri Aug 1 16:54:56 2025

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(WFC) Empath by Hoa Pham

By jdnicoll on Fri Aug 1 12:53:29 2025

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stats 2025 July

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"Courageous (The Lost Fleet, Book 3)" by Jack Campbell

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Jul 31 17:40:02 2025

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Clarke Award 2007

By jdnicoll on Mon Jul 28 13:55:23 2025

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"Demolition"

By ram on Tue Jul 29 16:51:53 2025

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Assorted reading: was: Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

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Re: Looking for stories....

By Michael F. Stemper on Tue Jul 29 14:18:11 2025

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(The Realized World) Angel Station by Walter Jon Williams

By jdnicoll on Tue Jul 29 12:57:57 2025

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Re: "Castigo Cay" by Matthew Bracken

By Lynn McGuire on Tue Jul 22 12:10:49 2025

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[ReacTor] Jumping Jet Packs!

By jdnicoll on Mon Jul 28 12:05:11 2025

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Re: Clarke Award Finalists 2006

By Lynn McGuire on Tue Jul 22 11:59:04 2025

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(Tears) Starshadows by Pamela Sargent

By jdnicoll on Sun Jul 27 08:57:51 2025

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Re: The Ark of the Biology

By Bobbie Sellers on Sun Jul 27 15:18:43 2025

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Re: RI January 2025

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Re: (ReacTor) Five Futures Where the US Ended Not With a Bang But a Whimper

By Christian Weisgerber on Tue Jul 22 18:39:45 2025

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(Reactor) Five SFF Stories About Editing and Storing Memories

By jdnicoll on Wed Jul 23 14:08:47 2025

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Re: The US Likely Has 8 YearsAt MostBefore Crisis

By Paul S Person on Tue Jul 22 08:56:16 2025

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The Owl Service

By Michael F. Stemper on Fri Jul 25 08:28:48 2025

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"Fearless (The Lost Fleet, Book 2)" by Jack Campbell

By Lynn McGuire on Fri Jul 25 16:37:17 2025

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(WFC) The Whisperer in White by Y. R. Liu

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By Lynn McGuire on Wed Jul 23 13:16:20 2025

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Re: [OT] The CBS Late Night Schedule Change

By ram on Thu Jul 24 20:26:50 2025

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Re: Clarke Award Finalists 2005

By Don on Fri Jul 25 00:44:35 2025

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World of Tiers question

By Bice on Thu Jul 24 18:48:17 2025

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[OT] Covid

By ram on Thu Jul 24 20:34:00 2025

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(Review) Astounding by Alec Nevala-Lee

By jdnicoll on Thu Jul 24 09:06:24 2025

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Re: The good or interesting news thread.

By Bobbie Sellers on Thu Jul 24 19:12:27 2025

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SideQuested: Super Heavy Incoming !

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Jul 24 14:31:12 2025

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BC: Body Communications

By Lynn McGuire on Thu Jul 24 14:14:31 2025

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Re: [OT] Trump invoked in the damndest places

By Cryptoengineer on Wed Jul 23 17:45:29 2025

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Ageless the story of immortality

By Bobbie Sellers on Tue Jul 22 21:57:39 2025

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By scott on Tue Jul 22 14:51:29 2025

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"Holding Their Own IX: The Salt War" by Joe Nobody

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Re: YASFID strange color

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